Timor-Leste at the 2025 SEA Games

Timor-Leste at the
2025 Southeast Asian Games
Timor-Leste at the; 2025 Southeast Asian Games
IOC code	TLS
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Timor Leste
in Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand; 9 – 20 December 2025
Competitors	110 in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Jolanio Guterres; Ana da Costa da Silva (opening)
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 5 Total 5
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)
	2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2021; 2023; 2025; 2027; 2029;

Timor-Leste is set to participate at the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will be held from 9 to 20 December 2025 in Bangkok and Chonburi in Thailand. This is the first time that the country will participate in the Games after it gained full ASEAN membership.^[1]

The delegation consists of 110 athletes competing in 14 sports, down from 132 athletes that was initially reported.^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	4	2	6
Boxing	7	2	9
Cycling	0	1	1
Esports	17	11	28
Football	22	0	22
Kabaddi	12	0	12
Karate	4	3	7
Modern pentathlon	2	0	2
Sepak takraw	6	0	6
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	3	6	9
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	82	28	110

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Merlinda da Costa Soares Dircia Adolfina Claudia Punef Try Xena Lindsay da Costa Dias	Taekwondo	Women's recognized poomsae team	December 10
Bronze	Mota Messias Dates	Taekwondo	Men's kyorugi –80 kg	December 11
Bronze	Alexandre Meliano da Costa Freitas	Boxing	Men's -69 kg	December 15
Bronze	Lucia Ventura Barreto de Jesus Pereira Expedina dos Reis Soares Aprilinha Teni Machado Maia Gama Timorina Teni Maia Fanencia Moreira Ximenes	Esports	Arena of Valor (women's team)	December 16
Bronze	Antonio Nicolau Hau da Silva	Boxing	Men's -48 kg	December 16

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage			Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Timor-Leste men's	Men's tournament	Thailand L 1–6	Singapore W 3–1	2	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Team roster

Timor-Leste announced their final squad on 3 December 2025.

Head coach: Emral Abus

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Egidio Luro	(2008-12-05)5 December 2008 (aged 16)	2	0	Emmanuel
2	2DF	Jackson Fowler	(2004-09-03)3 September 2004 (aged 21)	4	0	Sydney Olympic
3	2DF	Ricardo Bianco	(2006-01-15)15 January 2006 (aged 19)	6	1	Ponta Leste
4	2DF	Ryan Jom	(2005-03-03)3 March 2005 (aged 20)	0	0	Rydalmere Lions
5	3MF	Palomito Ribeiro	(2005-06-14)14 June 2005 (aged 20)	4	0	Emmanuel
6	3MF	Tristan Xavi	(2008-07-26)26 July 2008 (aged 17)	2	0	Western Sydney Wanderers
7	4FW	Luís Figo	(2005-04-17)17 April 2005 (aged 20)	7	2	Ponta Leste
8	2DF	Oatnasio Guterres	(2006-06-11)11 June 2006 (aged 19)	3	1	Longhgall
9	4FW	Olagar Xavier	(2003-05-18)18 May 2003 (aged 22)	0	0	Aguilas–UMak
10	4FW	Alexandro Bakhito	(2006-06-01)1 June 2006 (aged 19)	5	3	SLB Laulara
11	3MF	Zenivio	(2005-04-22)22 April 2005 (aged 20)	15	3	Tanjong Pagar United
12	1GK	Filonito Nogueira	(2004-11-16)16 November 2004 (aged 21)	2	0	SLB Laulara
13	3MF	Jonatas Pereira	(2003-06-24)24 June 2003 (aged 22)	1	0	Emmanuel
14	2DF	Aniso Monteiro	(2003-07-01)1 July 2003 (aged 22)	0	0	Assalam
15	4FW	Serafin Brito	unknown	2	0	DIT
16	3MF	Freteliano	(2004-08-09)9 August 2004 (aged 21)	8	1	Emmanuel
17	2DF	Mário Quintão	(2004-02-18)18 February 2004 (aged 21)	9	0	Emmanuel
18	3MF	Leonio Freitas	(2007-04-17)17 April 2007 (aged 18)	3	0	Ponta Leste
19	4FW	Vabio Canavaro	(2007-01-25)25 January 2007 (aged 18)	0	0	Ponta Leste
21	4FW	Gali Freitas	(2004-12-31)31 December 2004 (aged 20)	9	4	Persebaya Surabaya
22	4FW	Paul Godinho	unknown	0	0	Santa Cruz
23	2DF	Anizo Correia	(2003-05-23)23 May 2003 (aged 22)	7	0	Ponta Leste

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	2	2	0	9	1	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Timor-Leste	2	1	1	4	7	−3	3
3	Singapore	2	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

3 December 2025

19:00

Timor-Leste	1–6	Thailand
Palomito 90+3'	Report	Yotsakorn B. 44', 70', 72' Siraphop 49' Iklas 60' Kakana 83'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok^[a]

Attendance: 7,741

Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

6 December 2025

19:00

Singapore	1–3	Timor-Leste
Amir 11'	Report	Canavaro 19' Correia 42' Olagar 45+1'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok^[a]

Referee: Asker Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)

References

^ "Forging a New Era: Timor-Leste Admitted into ASEAN". ASEAN. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
^ "Thailand 2025 releases SEA Games entry lists for 11 NOCs". OCA. 29 June 2025. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Originally planned to be held in Tinsulanon Stadium, but moved to Rajamangala Stadium due to safety concerns

[1] "Forging a New Era: Timor-Leste Admitted into ASEAN". ASEAN. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.

[2] "Thailand 2025 releases SEA Games entry lists for 11 NOCs". OCA. 29 June 2025. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

[Football_stadium_move_1-3] Originally planned to be held in Tinsulanon Stadium, but moved to Rajamangala Stadium due to safety concerns

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