Emmanuel FC
Football club
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Emmanuel Futebol Clube is a professional football club of East Timor based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora, the top flight league in Timor.[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Emmanuel Futebol Clube | ||
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| Founded | 2017 | ||
| Ground | Kampo Democrasia, Dili | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| League | Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão | ||
| 2025 | 2nd | ||
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Between 2017 and 2019, The club played in the third division of the national football championship (2019 LFA Terceira), getting promoted in the latter to the second division (Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão).[2][1]
Competitions per year
2017
In 2017, the Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão had not yet been created. However, the FFTL organized a playoff competition officially named as the Segunda Divisaun Promotion Playoff. And it was in this competition that the official debut of the Emmanuel team took place on 19 May 2017 against FIEL .[4]
The three teams with the best campaigns would (AS Lero (Iliomar), Lalenok United (Dili) and Fiel) win the right to join Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão. The Emmanuel team was unable to gain access.[5]
2019
In 2019 FFTL created Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão. The competition 2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão had the participation of 11 teams divided into 2 groups. Two teams (The best team in each group) would be promoted to Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão. With 5 wins in 5 matches, the Emmanuel FC team managed to get the promotion with the best campaign.[6]
2020
Due to the pandemic of COVID-19, the FFTL canceled the 2020 edition of LFA Primeira and also LFA Segunda, a competition in which Emmanuel would participate for the first time. Instead of this, the FFTL carried out only the competitions 2020 Copa FFTL and the Taça 12 de Novembro. Emmanuel played in both competitions.[7]
Copa FFTL
In 2020, the club participated in the 2020 Copa FFTL, the competition had 20 clubs divided into 4 groups of 5 teams, the two teams that had the most points in the group would advance to the Quarterfinals. With just one win, one draw and two defeats, Emmanuel team ended their participation in third place in group D.[8]
Taça 12 de Novembro
The 2020 edition of the Taça 12 de Novembro was played by 19 clubs. The competition was divided into 5 phases: preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.[9]
Emmanuel did not have to compete in the preliminary round and has already started in the second round by winning the Santa Cruz (East Timor) team 2–0.[9]
Emmanuel's team was eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing the match against Boavista by the score of 3–0.[9]
Squad List
Current Squad as of January 2026 for the Taça da Liga Timor-Leste 2026 [10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competition Record
Competitive records from RSSSF.[6]
| Season | Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | National Cup: |
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| 2019 | 3a Divisaun | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 | 1st in Group A
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| 2020 | Copa FFTL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | 3rd in Group D | Quarter Finals |
| 2021 | Segunda Divisão | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 12 | 1st in Group A
Champions (Promoted) |
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| 2023 | Primeira Divisão | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | -11 | 15 | 2nd | |
| 2025 | Primeira Divisão | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 17 | 2nd |
Honours
Segunda Divisão
- 2021: Champions[11]
Primeira Divisão
- 2023: Runners Up[12]
- 2025: Runners Up