Liga Futebol Timor-Leste
| Founded | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Country | Timor Leste |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Divisions | Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão |
| Number of clubs | 10 (Primeira Divisão) 7 (Segunda Divisão) |
| Level on pyramid | 1–2 |
| Domestic cup | Taça 12 de Novembro |
| International cup(s) | AFC Challenge League ASEAN Club Championship |
| Current champions | Karketu Dili |
| Most championships | Karketu Dili (4 titles) |
| Broadcaster(s) | Tve Timor |
Liga-Futebol Timor Leste is the overall competition featuring football clubs from Timor Leste.[1] Sanctioned by the Football Federation of Timor-Leste (FFTL). 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]
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
- 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
- 2024: Replaced by the COPA FFTL. Only 3 teams competed from the top 2 divisions. Won by São José FC
- 2025: Karketu Dili
- 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
- 2024: Not done
- 2025: Aitana FC
- 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
- ^ TIMOR LESTE LAUNCH STEPPING-STONE LEAGUE TO BUILD PRO-CLUB BASE (em inglês) Archived 2017-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved in 04/04/16
- ^ "Liga Futebol Amadora". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Adeus LFA Bemvindu LFTL | Liga Timorense". lftl.kalohan.net (in Tagalog). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Stage set for AFC Cup 2020 draw". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ 2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisaun
- ^ a b c 2017 Liga Futebol Amadora Primera Divisaun
- ^ a b "East Timor 2018". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ a b c "East Timor 2019". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ a b "East Timor 2021". RSSSF. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ 2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisaun
- ^ "Liga Futeból Realiza Konferénsia Dahuluk19". lftl.kalohan.net. Retrieved 2021-04-12.