The Timor-Leste women's national football team () represents Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) in international women's association football and is governed by Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL).

History In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Southeast Asian Games in Marikina in December.

In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.

The FIFA trigramme is TLS.

First participations The first match ever recorded by Timor-Leste was against Myanmar. The game was held in Mandalay on 27 July 2016 and Timor-Leste lost 0–17.

In 2016, Timor-Leste participated in their first AFF Women's Championship, held in Myanmar between 26 July and 4 August 2016. The squad lost all their matches, being eliminated from the competition.

First international victory

On 15 August 2019, Timor-Leste won their first international match against Singapore with a score of 2–1. Luselia made history as the first player to score a goal for Timor-Leste, she scored against Singapore in the 59th minute which gave Timor-Leste a 1–0 lead over Singapore in the first match of Timor-Leste in the 2019 AFF Women's Championship.

Results and fixtures

2026

Players Current squad The following 23 players were called up for the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship taking place in August 2025.

Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Previous squads 2016 AFF Women's Championship squad 2018 AFF Women's Championship squad 2019 AFF Women's Championship squad

Competitive Record

World Cup FIFA Women's World CupQualificationYearResultPosition* 1991Part of Part of 1995 1999Did not exist, under United NationsDid not exist, under United Nations 2003Not a member of FIFANot a member of FIFA 2007Did not enterDid not enter 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027Did not qualifyTo be determined 2031To be determined 2035To be determinedTotal–0/12––––––––––––

Summer Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordYearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA 1996Part of 2000 2004 Did Not Enter 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 Did Not QualifyTotal – 0/8 – – – – – –

AFC Women's Asian Cup AFC Women's Asian Cup recordYearResultPosition* 1975 Part of 1977 1979 1981 1983 1986 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 Did not exist, under United Nations 2001 2003 Did not enter 2006 2008 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026Did not qualifyTotal – 0/20 — — — — — — —

Asian Games Asian Games recordYearResultPosition* 1990 Part of 1994 1998 2002Did not enter 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022To be determined 2026Total 0/8 — — — — — — —

ASEAN Women's Championship ASEAN Women's ChampionshipYearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA 2004Did Not Enter 2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 Group stage 8th3003050 2018 10th4004033 2019 7th4103222 2022 11th4004118 2025 8th3003019TotalGroup stage 4/12 15 1 0 14 3 123

South East Asian Games SEA Games women's tournamentYearResultPldWDLGFGA2001–2023Did Not EnterTotal N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0

Head-to-head record

As of 13 July 2026

TeamWin%Win% is rounded to two decimal places AFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCAFCTotal (15 nations) 28 2 3 23 9 135 % –

Player records

Players in bold are still active with Timor-Leste.

Most capped players

RankNameCapsGoalsCareer1Maria de Conceicao802016–2019Luselia Fernandes12016–20193Femania Babo702016–2019Sonia Amaral02016–2019Godelvia Martins02016–2019Natalia da Costa02016–2019Elvira Ana da Silva02018–20198Julia Freitas Belo602016–2019Agostinha Noguera02016–2019Nilda dos Reis02016–2019Rosa da Costa02016–2019

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsCapsRatioCareer1Dolores Costa132019Luselia Fernandes82016–2019

+Youngest debut record# Player Age Debut date Opponent Tournament 1. Inacia dos Anjos 2. Natacha Sarmento 3. Godelivia Martins

Current staff As of November 2024 Position Name Technical director Paulo Mesquita Head coach Emral Bustamam Assistant coach Miro Baldo Bento Goalkeeping coach Derson Gusmão Physiotherapist Olisio Dos Santos Sarmento Media Officer Maria Da Costa Administrator Suzana Cesario Official Sofia Marian Marques Kit manager Juda Fernandes

Coaching history

CoachPeriodPldWDL Gelasio da Silva Carvalho 2016–20173003 Lee Min Young 2018–20??8107 Kim Shinhwan 2023–20?? Vicente Ramos Freitas2024–2025 Simón Elissetche2025–Present

Notes

External links website

References