Federação Futebol Timor-Leste
Federação Futebol Timor-Leste | |
founding | 2000 |
FIFA accession | 2005 |
AFC accession | 2002 |
president | Francisco Jeronimo |
Clubs (approx.) | 24 |
The Federação Futebol Timor-Leste (FFTL) is the national football association of East Timor .
history
The FFTL was founded in 2000 and is based in the capital Dili . She has been an associate member of the Asian Football Association AFC since 2002 . On September 12, 2005, she was accepted into FIFA together with the Comoros Football Association .
Francisco Kalbuadi Lay became the first President of the FFTL, his Vice Filomeno Pedro Cabral Fernandes . In 2007, Pedro Miguel Carrascalão , founder of Carsae FC, claimed office. He was elected by a congress. Lay and other officials ignored the result and declared Congress illegal. There are allegations that Lay was involved in the corruption affair involving Qatari FIFA member Mohamed bin Hammam . Lay is said to have received $ 50,000 as president of the FFTL. This was later followed by a scandal involving 24 Brazilians who were naturalized in East Timor to play for the Southeast Asian country. East Timor has therefore been banned from international tournaments as a penalty.
Finally, in 2017, the previous Vice President Osório Costa took over the office of FFTL President on a provisional basis, until Vice President Francisco Jerónimo was elected as the new FFTL President on February 24, 2018 . The new Vice Presidents are Falur Rate Laek , Aleixo Cobra da Silva Gama and Germano AJ da Silva . Other members of the Executive Committee are Ángelo Lopez, Augusto Henriques, Henrique da Costa, Faustinho Godinho da Costa, Maria Terezinha Viegas , Simão F. Piedade Babo and Ricardino Sarmento dos Reis.
East Timor’s football league system
Even before East Timor's independence was restored, the first national championship took place in 2001. 24 teams from all 13 districts at that time took part. In the 2005/2006 season, the Super League was played with eight teams.
In 2010 and 2011, 14 teams (two as representatives of the capital district Dili and one each for the other districts) played in Taça Digicel . The competition was sponsored by communications company Digicel . The team from Dili Leste (East Dili) won both times ,
In 2015 the Liga Futebol Amadora (LFA) was founded and consists of two league levels:
- Primeira Divisão (1st League)
- Segunda Divisão (2nd division)
There are two promotion and relegation positions between the two leagues.
League champions:
- 2016: Sport Sport Laulara e Benfica
Cup
Currently there are the LFA Super Taça and the Taça 12 de Novembro tournament as national trophies ( Taça in Portuguese ) . At the Super Taça, league champions and winners of Taça 12 de Novembro compete against each other.
Cup winners:
- 2013:
- Taça 12 de Novembro:?
- 2015:
- Taça 12 de November: Aitana FC
- 2016:
- Taça 12 de Novembro: AS Ponta Leste
- Super Taça 2016: AS Ponta Leste
More tournaments
There have been various national tournaments since the FFTL was founded. The first took place in May / June 2001.
In 2003, the East Timorese National Police (PNTL) team won the Police Cup (Polisi Cup 2003) .
In the 2005/06 season, the Independence Cup ( Indonesian Piala Kemederkaan ) was played. The winner was Fima Sporting (Fitun Matebian) from Baucau .
In 2014, 15 teams from the Zona Espesial Ekonomiko Sosial no Merkadu (ZEESM) Oe-Cusse Ambeno played for the Copa ZEESM. Fitun Leo Sae was the winner .
Current league pyramid
level | Division | |||||||||||
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1 |
Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão 8 teams Place 7 & 8: Relegated |
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2 |
Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão 12 teams 1st & 2nd place: Promotion |
See also
- East Timorese National Football Team
- List of internationals for the East Timorese national football team
- List of football clubs in East Timor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sports Integrity Initiative: East Timorese football accused of further corruption , December 5, 2016 , accessed February 24, 2018.
- ↑ Aljazeera: Bin Hammam investigation intensifies , August 6, 2012 , accessed December 24, 2012
- ↑ AFC: FEDERACAO FUTEBOL TIMOR-LESTE (FFTL) , August 16, 2017 , accessed on February 24, 2018.
- ↑ The Timor News: Francisco Jeronimo eleitu ba prezidente FFTL , February 24, 2018 , accessed February 24, 2018.
- ↑ Tatoli: Francisco Jerónimo Eleitu Sai Prezidente FFTL , February 24, 2018 , accessed on February 24, 2018.
- ↑ a b RSSSF: East Timor 2001 , accessed January 8, 2017.
- ↑ a b RSSSF: East Timor 2005/06 , accessed January 8, 2017.
- ↑ RSSSF: East Timor 2010 , accessed January 8, 2017.
- ↑ a b c RSSSF: East Timor 2015/16 , accessed January 8, 2017.
- ↑ RSSSF: East Timor 2015 , accessed January 8, 2017.
- ↑ RSSSF: East Timor 2015 , accessed January 8, 2017.
- ↑ RSSSF: East Timor Cup 2003 , accessed January 8, 2017.
- ↑ RSSSF: East Timor 2014 , accessed January 8, 2017.