The 2018 LFA Primeira is the third season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão. The season began on March 3 and originally finished on August 5,DALAN BA LIGA FUTEBOL AMADORA EPOCA 2018 but rescheduled to be finished on July 29.

Karketu Dili is the current defending champions.

Boavista won their first LFA Primeira title, with one match to spare following a 10–1 away win over Cacusan on 22 July 2018, while its competitor Karketu only drew 1–1 against Ponta Leste on 20 July 2018.

Cacusan to be the first team who relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda, with four match to spare following a 0–10 loss against Karketu on 30 June 2018. DIT was the second team got relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda, with two match to spare following a 2–4 loss against Ponta Leste on 13 July 2018.

Teams There are 8 teams that will play this season.

from Primeira FC Zebra and FC Porto Taibesse were relegated to 2018 Segunda Divisao after finished 7th and bottom place of 2017 Primeira Divisao.

to Primeira Atlético Ultramar and DIT F.C. promoted to 2018 Primeira Divisao after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2017 Segunda Divisao. DIT F.C. returned to top flight after last season relegated to Segunda Divisao and Atlético Ultramar was newly promotion clubs.

Name changes Carsae FC was renamed to Boavista Futebol Clube Timor Leste in January 2018.

Locations

Personnel and kits ClubCity / Area CoachCaptain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Other sponsor Owner Académica Dili Asala UmbroUMBRO lasala fihir UNTL hodi parseria liuhusi FC-Akadémika UNTL Atlético Ultramar Manatuto Andi Sutanto Glauco Trajano BLK Eugenio Gusmão Boavista Dili Eladio Rojas Henrique Cruz BLK npm MoneyGram José Ramos-Horta Cacusan Becora, Dili Fernando Xavier Juvinal Boavida Cristo Rei D.I.T. Dili Manuel Pinto José Santos BLK Dili Institute of Technology Karketu Dili Dili Arcan Iurie Boavida Olegario Umbro Obrai Unip Lda.Tanjung MotorEmanuel ResidenceEast Gas Corp.Britas Lda.LCF Creative Ponta Leste Dili Eduardo Pereira Umbro Benfica Laulara, Aileu Kim Shin-hwan Nidio Alves BLK TL-cement Xanana Gusmão

Managerial changes Club(s)Outgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming ManagerDate of appointment Boavista Rochy Putiray End of contract 22 September 2017 Pre-season Eladio Rojas 29 December 2017 Karketu Dili Simón Elissetche Signed by Aceh United 28 December 2017 Arcan Iurie 29 January 2018

Stadiums Primary venues used in the 2018 LFA Primera:

Maliana Kampo Demokrasia Malibaca Yamato Stadium Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 5,000

Foreign players Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game. Name on BOLD was foreign players who registered in mid-season transfer window. 17 JOGADORES ESTRAGEIROS SEI HARAME PRIMEIRA DIVISAUN LFAGHANA, BRAZIL NO ARGENTINA REFORSA PONTA LESTE, INDONESIA TOLU IHA CACUSAN FC, BRAZILEIRO 4 DEFENDE ATLETICO ULTRAMAR (Manatuto)

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former player(s) Académica Antunius TanACADEMICA FC, OFICIALMENTE ASINA HO JOGADOR INDONESIA HO MONTANTE 37 MILL DOLLAR Mario Aibekob Atlético Ultramar Bernardo Freire Fábio Christian Gabriel Glauco Boavista Gustavo Rodolfo Antonio VegaCHILE RUA SEI REFORSA CARSAE FC Joao Paulo Pereira Cacusan Kovakou Roni Dani Ardianto Rivaldi Zulkarnain DIT F.C. Yeaode Donald Charles Roby Yan Gilbert Dwaramury Nur Ichsan Iner Sontany Putra Karketu Dili Daniel AdadiSquad no Lista Jogador Foun Karketu Dili f.c ba Segundo Ronda epoka 2018Hanesan Bain bain Clubo Karketu sei iha evaluasaun ba jogador no taktika atu nune mantein kompete iha segundo ronda epoka ne'e 2018 David Annan Agus Halitopo Irvan Mofu Ponta Leste Mario Costas Antonio Teles Adu Akwasi Daniel Kwane Donkor Sport Laulara e Benfica Bakayoko Ozo

League table

Result table

Fixtures and results Due to Timor-Leste national under-21 team schedule in April 2018 for their participation in the 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Round 4 and Round 7 was rescheduled from originally on April 21–22 and May 26–27 in Malibaca Yamato Stadium, Maliana and Baucau Municipal Stadium, Baucau move to April 5–8 and June 7–10 in Kampo Demokrasia, Dili, while Round 6 rescheduled from May 17–20 in Kampo Demokrasia, Dili move to May 26–27 in Malibaca Yamato Stadium, Maliana and Baucau Municipal Stadium, Baucau, also Round 5 rescheduled from April 26–29 move to May 17–20 in same place.ORARIU FOUN BA PRIMEIRA NO SEGUNDA DIVISAUN RELASIONA HO PARTISIPASAUN SELESAUN NASIONAL SUB-21 IHA HASSANAL BOLKIAH TROFÉU, BRUNAI DARUSALAM Rescheduled for Round 8 to Round 14 not yet announced.

On 19 May 2018 Round 6 was rescheduled one more time from originally May 26–27 in Malibaca Yamato Stadium, Maliana and Baucau Municipal Stadium, Baucau move to May 25–28 in Kampo Demokrasia, Dili.Orariu Foun Primeira Divisaun LFA EPOCA 2018 Schedules for Round 8 to Round 14 was also announced at the same time.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Fábio ChristianAtlético Ultramar172 Bernardo FreireAtlético Ultramar123 Henrique CruzBoavista10 Daniel DonkorPonta Leste105 Daniel AdadiKarketu Dili96 Edit SavioBoavista8 José SantosDIT8 Rufino GamaKarketu Dili89 Frangcyatma KefiBoavista710 Mario AibekobAcadémica6112 players5136 players4197 players32614 players24024 players1

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Henrique Cruz Boavista Cacusan 6–1 (H) 27 May 2018 Fábio Christian6 Atlético Ultramar Cacusan 12–0 (A) 8 June 2018 Bernardo Freire4 Atlético Ultramar Cacusan 12–0 (A) 8 June 2018 José Santos DIT Karketu Dili 3–4 (H) 18 June 2018 Daniel Adadi7 Karketu Dili Cacusan 10–0 (A) 30 June 2018 Henrique Cruz4 Boavista Cacusan 10–1 (A) 22 July 2018 Fábio Christian4 Atlético Ultramar Cacusan 8–0 (H) 27 July 2018 Notes: (H) – Home; (A) – Away 4 – player scorer 4 goals 6 – player scorer 6 goals 7 – player scorer 7 goals

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Diamantino Leong Boavista 82 Fagio Augusto Karketu Dili 5 Vicente Marques Atlético Ultramar 54 Fernando da Costa Benfica 35 Ramos Maxanches Ponta Leste 26 DIT 1

Own goals

Rank Player For Against Date Goals1 Anito Cesario Karketu Dili Cacusan 13 April 20181 Dino Amaral Karketu Dili DIT 18 June 20181

See also 2018 LFA Segunda 2018 Taça 12 de Novembro

Notes

References

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