| Competition: | Primeira Divisaun |
| Season: | 2019 |
| Winners: | Lalenok United |
| Relegated: | Académica Atlético Ultramar |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Daniel Adadi (12 goals) |
| Matches: | 56 |
| Total Goals: | 203 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Assalam 5–1 Atlético Ultramar (24 August 2019) AS Académica 5–1 Atlético Ultramar (21 September 2019) |
| Biggest Away Win: | AS Académica 2–5 Lalenok United (3 August 2019) |
| Highest Scoring: | 7 goals AS Académica 2–5 Lalenok United (3 August 2019) |
| Longest Wins: | 3 matches Ponta Leste |
| Longest Winless: | 5 matches Karketu Dili |
| Longest Losses: | 4 matches AS Académica |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
| Updated: | 17 April 2021 |
The 2019 LFA Primeira is the fourth season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão. The season scheduled began on April 27 and finished on September 29.[1] [2] [3]
Boavista is the current defending champions.[4]
There are 8 teams that played this season.
DIT F.C. and Cacusan were relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda after finished 7th and bottom place of 2018 LFA Primeira.
Assalam and Lalenok United promoted to 2019 LFA Primeira after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2018 LFA Segunda.
| Club | City / Area | Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Other sponsor | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | Dili | Andi Sutanto | Iurai |  UNTL | |||
| Assalam | Dili |  Pudji Handoko | Oweltee[5] | iANA[6] | Ipolito Soares | ||
| Atlético Ultramar | Manatuto | Francisco da Costa |  Glauco Trajano | BLK | Eugenio Gusmão | ||
| Boavista | Dili | Fabiano Flora | Henrique Cruz | Nike | npm | MoneyGram | José Ramos-Horta |
| Karketu Dili | Dili | Antonio Timotio | Boavida Olegario | Fitsee[7] | Obrai Unip Lda. Tanjung Motor Emanuel Residence East Gas Corp. Britas Lda. LCF Creative | Jose Adilson Ribeiro | |
| Lalenok United | Dili | Jantje Matmey | Florencio Pereira | Cemile | Bintang Beer | Pedro Belo | |
| Ponta Leste | Dili | Eduardo Pereira | Umbro | ||||
| Benfica | Laulara, Aileu | Juliao Monteiro | Nidio Alves | BLK | TL-cement | Xanana Gusmão | |
| Club(s) | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming Manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | Asala | End of Contract | 27 October 2018 | Pre-season | Andi Sutanto | 1 March 2019[8] |
| Karketu |  Arcan Iurie | End of contract | 30 October 2018 | Antonio Timotio | 10 April 2019[9] | |
| Benfica |  Kim Shin-hwan | End of contract | 30 November 2018 | Juliao Monteiro | 10 April 2019[10] | |
| Boavista | Eladio Rojas | End of contract | 30 November 2018 | Fabiano Flora | 10 April 2019[11] | |
| Atletico Ultramar | Andi Sutanto | Signed by Académica | 1 March 2019 | Francisco da Costa | 1 March 2019 | |
| Atletico Ultramar | Francisco de Araujo | Sacked | 31 May 2019 | Mid-season | Pudji Handoko | 31 May 2019 |
| Stadium | Location | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | |||
| 5,000 | |||
| 5,000 | |||
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five 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.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | |||||
| Assalam |  Boateng[12] | Daniel Adadi | Julian Mancini[13] | Saddam Sudarma | Helmi Sandi |
| Atlético Ultramar | Bernardo Freire[14] | Fábio Christian | Glauco | ||
| Boavista | Antonio Jackson[15] | Marcelo Reis | |||
| Karketu Dili | Melkianus Wakerkwa[16] | Naftali Heluka | |||
| Lalenok United | Igor[17] | Italo | Severino Augusto | Agbozo Nathaniel | |
| Ponta Leste | Daniel Donkor[18] | ||||
| Sport Laulara e Benfica | |||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daneil Adadi | Assalam | 12 |
| 2 | Rafael Marti | Boavista | 10 |
| 3 | Fabio Cristian | Lalenok United | 8 |
| 4 | Edit Savio | Boavista | 7 |
| Rufino Gama | Karketu Dili | ||
| Mauzinho Bareto | SLB Baulara | ||
| Yohanes Kapitan | Lalenok United | ||
| 6 | Italo Pimental | Lalenok United | 6 |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Academica | Karketu Dili | 2–3 (A) | 4 August 2019 | |
| Daneil Adadi | Assalam | Atletico Ultramar | 5–1 (H) | 24 August 2019 |