The2025 Liga Futebol Timor-Leste season, is the third season under the title of theLiga Futebol Timor-Leste, the seventh season consisting of two divisions, and the tenth season overall.
The winner of the competition is set to gain a qualification place for theAFC Challenge League, provided the winning team gains an appropriate AFC license.[1][2]
Each competing team in the highest division is set to receive $30,000 as payment for entering the competition, while second division clubs are set to receive $5,000. Prize money for the competition consists of a $25,000 prize for the highest division champion and $5,000 for the runner-up, while the second division champion will receive $15,000.[3]
 | |
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 May – 24 August 2025 |
| Champions | Karketu Dili 4th title[4] |
| Relegated | Académica Ponta Leste |
| AFC Challenge League | Karketu Dili |
| Matches | 45 |
| Goals | 98 (2.18 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jose Santos (7 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Karketu Dili 7–0 Académica (5 July 2025) |
| Biggest away win | AS Marca 0–4 Karketu Dili (14 June 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Karketu Dili 7–0 Académica (5 July 2025) |
| Longest winning run | 5 games Karketu Dili |
| Longest unbeaten run | 8 games Karketu Dili |
| Longest winless run | 4 games Coração |
| Longest losing run | 4 games Académica |
2026 → | |
Ten teams compete in the league – eighteen returning teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from theSegunda Divisaun.[5]
Karketu Dili were the defending champions, having won the competition in 2023. The competition did not run during 2024, with the competition being replaced by theCopa FFTL.[6]
Promoted fromSegunda Divisaun |
Relegated toSegunda Divisaun
|
| Rank | Municipalities | Number | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dili | 8 | Académica,Assalam,AS Marca,DIT,Emmanuel,Karketu Dili,Ponta Leste andPorto Taibessi |
| 2 |  Aileu | 1 | Benfica Laulara |
 Manatuto | Coração |
| Stadium | Location | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Stadium | Dili | 5,000 |  |
| Gleno Municipal Stadium |  Gleno | 5,000 | |
| Manatuto Stadium | Manatuto | 5,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karketu Dili(C, Q) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 20 | Qualification for the2026–27 AFC Challenge League play-offs |
| 2 | Emmanuel | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 17 | |
| 3 | Porto Taibessi | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 12 | |
| 4 | Assalam | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 11 | |
| 5 | DIT | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 10 | |
| 6 | Coração[a] | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 10 | |
| 7 | AS Marca | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 10 | |
| 8 | Benfica Laulara | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9[b] | |
| 9 | Académica(R) | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 9[b] | Relegation to theLFTL Segunda Divisaun |
| 10 | Ponta Leste(R) | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 9[b] |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karketu Dili | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Emmanuel | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Porto Taibessi | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Assalam | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| DIT | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Coração | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| AS Marca | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Benfica Laulara | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Académica | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Ponta Leste | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Home \ Away | ACA | SAL | ASM | SLB | COR | DIT | MAN | KKD | PON | FPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| Assalam | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | ||||||
| AS Marca | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | ||
| Benfica Laulara | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |||||
| Coração | 1–1 | |||||||||
| DIT | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
| Emmanuel | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| Karketu Dili | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Ponta Leste | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Porto Taibessi | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D |
| Assalam | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L |
| AS Marca | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L |
| Benfica Laulara | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | D |
| Coração | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | W |
| DIT | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | D |
| Emmanuel | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W |
| Karketu Dili | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L |
| Ponta Leste | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | W |
| Porto Taibessi | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D |
Notes:
| |
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 June – 31 August 2025 |
| Champions | Aitana 1st title[7] |
| Promoted | Aitana Santa Cruz |
| Relegated | Kablaki Zebra |
| Matches | 21 |
| Goals | 62 (2.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mario Pañao (5 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Nagarjo 3–0 Zebra (24 June 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Lica-Lica Lemorai 0–4FIEL (17 July 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Kablaki 3–4 Lica-Lica Lemorai (25 June 2025) FIEL 3–4 Kablaki (30 August 2025) |
| Longest winning run | 4 games Aitana |
| Longest unbeaten run | 5 games Aitana |
| Longest winless run | 5 games Kablaki |
| Longest losing run | 5 games Kablaki |
←2024 2026 → | |
Seven teams compete in the league – six returning teams from the previous season andAitana who relegated from thePrimeira Divisaun.Lalenok United withdrawn from the competition this season.[8]
Relegated fromPrimeira Divisaun
|
Promoted toPrimeira Divisaun
|
| Rank | Municipalities | Number | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dili | 4 | Aitana,FIEL,Nagarjo,Santa Cruz |
| 2 |  Baucau | 1 | Zebra |
 Manufahi | Kablaki | ||
 Viqueque | Lica-Lica Lemorai |
| Stadium | Location | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Stadium | Dili | 5,000 | |
| Gleno Municipal Stadium | Gleno | 5,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aitana(C, P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | Promotion to theLFTL Primeira Divisaun |
| 2 | Santa Cruz(P) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 12[a] | |
| 3 | Nagarjo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12[a] | |
| 4 | FIEL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 | |
| 5 | Lica-Lica Lemorai | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | |
| 6 | Zebra(R) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 | Relegation to theLFTL Terseira Divisaun |
| 7 | Kablaki(R) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ‡ | 1 |
| Santa Cruz | ‡ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Nagarjo | 1 | ‡ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| FIEL | 3 | 1 | ‡ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Lica-Lica Lemorai | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ‡ | 5 |
| Zebra | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ‡ |
| Kablaki | 4 | 7 | 7 | ‡ | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Home \ Away | AIT | FEL | KAB | LEM | NAG | SCZ | ZEB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitana | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||||
| FIEL | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | ||||
| Kablaki | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||||
| Lica-Lica Lemorai | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | ||||
| Nagarjo | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | ||||
| Santa Cruz | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||||
| Zebra | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitana | L | W | W | W | W | ‡ | D |
| FIEL | W | D | ‡ | W | D | L | W |
| Kablaki | L | L | L | ‡ | L | L | W |
| Lica-Lica Lemorai | W | L | L | L | ‡ | W | L |
| Nagarjo | W | ‡ | W | L | L | W | W |
| Santa Cruz | ‡ | D | W | D | W | W | D |
| Zebra | L | W | L | D | D | L | ‡ |
Notes:
‡ Teams that did not play in the aforementioned matchweek.
 | This article about anAsianfootball club is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |
 | This article about an association football competition is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |
