2025 Liga Futebol Timor-Leste

The 2025 Liga Futebol Timor-Leste season, is the third season under the title of the Liga 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 the AFC Challenge League, provided the winning team gains an appropriate AFC license. ^{[1] [2]}

Each competiting 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]

Primeira Divisaun

Liga Futebol Timor-Leste Primeira Divisaun

Season	2025
Dates	24 May – 24 August 2025
Champions	Karketu Dili 4th title [4]
Relegated	Académica Ponta Leste
AFC Challenge League	Karketu Dili
Matches played	45
Goals scored	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
← 2024 Copa FFTL 2026 →

Ten teams compete in the league – eighteen returning teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the Segunda 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 the Copa FFTL. ^[6]

Team changes

To Primeira Divisaun Promoted from Segunda Divisaun DIT AS Marca

From Primeira Divisaun Relegated to Segunda Divisaun Aitana Lalenok United (Withdrew)

Teams by municipalities

Rank	Municipalities	Number	Teams
1	Dili	8	Académica, Assalam, AS Marca, DIT, Emmanuel, Karketu Dili, Ponta Leste and Porto Taibessi
2	Aileu	1	Benfica Laulara
	Manatuto		Coração

Locations

Benfica Laulara

Dili

Coração

Dili teams
Académica
Assalam
AS Marca
DIT
Emmanuel
Karketu Dili
Ponta Leste
Porto Taibessi

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Locations of teams in the 2025 Liga Futebol Timor-Leste Primeira Divisaun

Venue

Stadium	Location	Capacity
National Stadium	Dili	5,000
Gleno Municipal Stadium	Gleno	5,000
Manatuto Stadium	Manatuto	5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Karketu Dili (C)	9	6	2	1	18	2	+16	20	Qualification for the 2026–27 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 the LFTL Segunda Divisaun
10	Ponta Leste (R)	9	2	3	4	7	11	−4	9 [b]

Source: Liga Futebol Timor-Leste 2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Formerly known as Atlético Ultramar.
2. Ranked on head-to-head points: Benfica Laulara 6, Académica 3, Ponta Leste 0.

Position by round

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

Source: Liga Futebol Timor-Leste 2025
  = Leader and qualification for the 2026–27 AFC Challenge League play-offs ;   = Relegation to the LFTL Segunda Divisaun

Results

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

Source: Liga Futebol Timor-Leste 2025
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

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

Source: Liga Futebol Timor-Leste 2025

Notes:

Segunda Divisaun

Liga Futebol Timor-Leste Segunda Divisaun

Season	2025
Dates	24 June – 31 August 2025
Champions	Aitana 1st title [7]
Promoted	Aitana
Relegated	Kablaki Zebra
Matches played	21
Goals scored	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 0–4 FIEL (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 and Aitana who relegated from the Primeira Divisaun. Lalenok United withdrawn from the competition this season. ^[8]

Team changes

To Segunda Divisaun Relegated from Primeira Divisaun Aitana Lalenok United (Withdrew)

From Segunda Divisaun Promoted to Primeira Divisaun DIT AS Marca

Teams by municipalities

Rank	Municipalities	Number	Teams
1	Dili	4	Aitana, FIEL, Nagarjo, Santa Cruz
2	Baucau	1	Zebra
	Manufahi		Kablaki
	Viqueque		Lica-Lica Lemorai

Locations

Zebra

Dili

Kablaki

Lica-Lica Lemorai

Dili teams
Aitana
FIEL
Nagarjo
Santa Cruz

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Locations of teams in the 2025 Liga Futebol Timor-Leste Segunda Divisaun

Venue

Stadium	Location	Capacity
National Stadium	Dili	5,000
Gleno Municipal Stadium	Gleno	5,000

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aitana (C)	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Promotion to the LFTL Primeira Divisaun
2	Santa Cruz	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 the LFTL Terseira Divisaun
7	Kablaki (R)	6	1	0	5	10	16	−6	3

Source: Liga Futebol Timor-Leste 2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Santa Cruz 3, Nagarjo 0.

Position by round

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

Source: Liga Futebol Timor-Leste 2025
  = Promotion to the LFTL Primeira Divisaun ;   = Relegation to the LFTL Terseira Divisaun

Results

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

Source: Liga Futebol Timor-Leste 2025
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

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	‡

Source: Liga Futebol Timor-Leste 2025

Notes:
^‡ Teams that did not play in the aforementioned matchweek.

References

1. "Footy Rankings". Footy Rankings. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
2. "Men's Ranking". the-AFC. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
3. Sanches, Hortencio (2025-05-13). "Klube Primeira Divizaun sei simu $30.000 durante liga la'o". TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
4. "East Timor 2025". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
5. "East Timor 2023". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
6. Sanches, Hortencio (2024-03-23). "SLB-Assalam la konkorda FFTL realiza kopa". TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
7. "East Timor 2025". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
8. "East Timor 2023". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

External links

• Liga Timorense's Official Page at Facebook
• Current LFTL table, and recent results/fixtures at Global Sports Archive