TheFootball Federation of Timor-Leste (Portuguese:Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste -FFTL) is the governing body of football inTimor-Leste.
In 2016 Timor-Leste run their own league under supervision of and Secretary of State for Youth and Sport. The name of the league isLiga Futebol Amadora do Timor-Leste (lit.'Amateur Football League of East Timor').
The chairman of FFTLFrancisco Kalbuadi Lay did not win the FFTL Presidential Race at the 2007 Extraordinary Congress; however, Kalbuadi continued his presidency until now.Pedro Carrascalao, who claimed he won the Presidential Race, had not worked at FFTL office since 2007. At 2007 Extraordinary Congress Carrascalao had 13 voting members who elected him as the President of FFTL. Carrascalao alleges that FFTL members were forced to call an Extraordinary Congress in 2007 after the organisation failed to hold a regular Congress – in which a Presidential vote would have been held – in the necessary timeframe. He says members were also greatly concerned about potential corruption within the organisation at the time.[22]
In February 2017, FIFA terminated and banned General SecretaryAmandio Sarmento of FFTL.[23] Sarmento was banned for three years of football activity. Furthermore, Sarmento was guilty of using falsified documents in connection with the fielding of ineligible players by Timor-Leste.[24][25][26]
^15 August 2002: "East Timor was accepted as an associate member of the Asian Football Confederation at its 20th Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia" Associated Press
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Francisco Jerónimo
Fabio Magrão
Norio Tsukitate
Lee Chung-ho
