Liga Futebol Timor-Leste Explained

Liga-Futebol Timor Leste
Country:Timor Leste
Confed:AFC
Divisions:Primeira Divisão
Segunda Divisão
Terceira Divisão
Teams:8 (Primeira Divisão)
12 (Segunda Divisão)
Levels:1–2
Domest Cup:Taça 12 de Novembro
Confed Cup:AFC Challenge League
ASEAN Club Championship
Champions:Karketu Dili
Most Successful Club:Karketu Dili (3 titles)
Tv:Tve Timor

Liga-Futebol Timor Leste is the overall competition featuring football clubs from Timor Leste.[1] 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 womens 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

Primeira Divisão

Sport Laulara e Benfica[7]

Karketu Dili[8]

Boavista FC[9]

Replaced by the COPA FFTL. Won by Lalenok United

Karketu Dili[11]

Segunda Divisão

Terceira Divisão

Segunda Divisão promotion playoff: Won by Lalenok United

LFA Board directors

Notes and References

  1. http://footballchannel.asia/2015/12/04/post8276/ TIMOR LESTE LAUNCH STEPPING-STONE LEAGUE TO BUILD PRO-CLUB BASE (em inglês)
  2. Web site: Liga Futebol Amadora. www.facebook.com. en. 2019-12-10.
  3. Web site: AFF . Editor . 2020-08-05 . Buibere take lead in Liga Feto Timor . 2024-05-19 . AFF - The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation . en-US.
  4. Web site: Adeus LFA Bemvindu LFTL Liga Timorense. 2021-04-13. lftl.kalohan.net. tl.
  5. Web site: Sanches. Hortencio. LFA transformadu ba Liga Futeból Timor-Leste TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste. 2020-10-29. www.tatoli.tl. 15 August 2020 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Stage set for AFC Cup 2020 draw . 2019-12-10 . www.the-afc.com . en-GB.
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oosttim2016.html 2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisaun
  8. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oosttim2017.html 2017 Liga Futebol Amadora Primera Divisaun
  9. Web site: East Timor 2018. RSSSF. 2019-07-07.
  10. Web site: East Timor 2019. RSSSF. 2019-10-06.
  11. Web site: East Timor 2021 . 2022-03-25 . RSSSF.
  12. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oosttim2016.html 2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisaun
  13. Web site: Liga Futeból Realiza Konferénsia Dahuluk19 . 2021-04-12 . lftl.kalohan.net.