Liga Futebol Timor-Leste

Liga-Futebol Timor Leste is the overall competition featuring football clubs from Timor Leste.^[1] The competition consists of two main divisions, the Primeira Divisão and Segunda Divisão, however has previously featured a promotion playoff to the Segunda Divisão in 2017, and a third division in 2019.^[2] The league has previously featured associated women's competitions in the Liga Feto Timor.^[3]

Liga-Futebol Timor Leste

Founded	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Country	Timor Leste
Confederation	AFC
Divisions	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Number of teams	8 (Primeira Divisão) 12 (Segunda Divisão)
Level on pyramid	1–2
Domestic cup(s)	Taça 12 de Novembro
International cup(s)	AFC Challenge League ASEAN Club Championship
Current champions	Karketu Dili
Most championships	Karketu Dili (3 titles)
TV partners	Tve Timor

In 2020 the competition was renamed from the Liga Futebol Amadora to the Liga Futebol Timor-Leste.^[4][5] In 2020, the winner of the previous Premeria Divisão was able to represent Timor Leste in the AFC Cup.^[6]

In 2020 the competition was cancelled due to the covid pandemic and was replaced by the COPA FFTL.

Liga Futebol Timor-Leste is also the name of the governing body which also organises the Taça 12 de Novembro, and the LFA Super Taça.

List of champions

Primeira Divisão

• 2016: Sport Laulara e Benfica^[7]
• 2017: Karketu Dili^[8]
• 2018: Boavista FC^[9]
• 2019: Lalenok United^[10]
• 2020: Replaced by the COPA FFTL. Won by Lalenok United
• 2021: Karketu Dili^[11]
• 2022: Not done
• 2023: Karketu Dili

Segunda Divisão

• 2016: Cacusan CF^[12]
• 2017: Atlético Ultramar^[8]
• 2018: Assalam FC^[9]
• 2019: DIT FC^[10]
• 2020: Not done^[13]
• 2021: Emmanuel FC^[11]
• 2022: Not done
• 2023: DIT FC

Terceira Divisão

• 2017: Segunda Divisão promotion playoff: Won by Lalenok United^[8]
• 2019: Emmanuel FC^[10]

LFA Board directors

• President: Nilton Gusmão dos Santos
• Vice-president: Alexander Vong
• Director of competition: Martinho Ribeiro
• Executive secretary: Sergio Hornai

References

1. TIMOR LESTE LAUNCH STEPPING-STONE LEAGUE TO BUILD PRO-CLUB BASE (em inglês) Retrieved in 04/04/16
2. "Liga Futebol Amadora". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
3. AFF, Editor (2020-08-05). "Buibere take lead in Liga Feto Timor". AFF - The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation. Retrieved 2024-05-19. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
4. "Adeus LFA Bemvindu LFTL | Liga Timorense". lftl.kalohan.net (in Tagalog). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
5. Sanches, Hortencio (15 August 2020). "LFA transformadu ba Liga Futeból Timor-Leste | TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste". www.tatoli.tl. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
6. "Stage set for AFC Cup 2020 draw". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
7. 2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisaun
8. 2017 Liga Futebol Amadora Primera Divisaun
9. "East Timor 2018". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
10. "East Timor 2019". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
11. "East Timor 2021". RSSSF. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
12. 2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisaun
13. "Liga Futeból Realiza Konferénsia Dahuluk19". lftl.kalohan.net. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

External links

• Liga Futebol Timor-Leste on Facebook