The 2018 LFA Primeira is the third season of the

Liga Futebol Amadora Liga Futebol Timor-Leste (LFTL) is a league competition featuring football clubs from Timor Leste. It replaced Super Liga Timorense in 2015. The competition initially consisted of two main divisions, the Primeira Divisão and Segunda Divisão, ho ...

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. The season began on March 3 and originally finished on August 5, but rescheduled to be finished on July 29.

Karketu Dili Karketu Dili Futebol Clube is a Timorese professional football club based in Dili, that competes in the Liga Futebol Amadora, the top tier domestic league since its inception in 2016. The club wins the Premeira Divisão in 2017, finishing with ...

is the current defending champions. Boavista won their first LFA Primeira title, with one match to spare following a 10–1 away win over Cacusan on 22 July 2018, while its competitor Karketu only drew 1–1 against

Ponta Leste Ponta Leste (also: ''Ponta Calheta'') is the easternmost point of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.Cacusan to be the first team who relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda, with four match to spare following a 0–10 loss against Karketu on 30 June 2018.

DIT DIT or dit may refer to: People * Dit name, an alternative family name, e.g., in French Canadian historical traditions * Dit Clapper (1907–1978), Canadian ice hockey player Information technology * Directory information tree * dit (unit), ...

was the second team got relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda, with two match to spare following a 2–4 loss against

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and

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were relegated to 2018 Segunda Divisao after finished 7th and bottom place of 2017 Primeira Divisao.

to Primeira

Atlético Ultramar Atlético Clube de Ultramar, commonly known as Atlético Ultramar, is an East Timorese football club based in Manatuto, Manatuto Municipality. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora. Ultramar is the only team to have ever won the Taça 12 de N ...

and

DIT F.C. Dili Institute of Technology FC or DIT FC is a football club of East Timor based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora. They reached the 2016 Taça 12 de Novembro semi-finals before they lost 1-2 by the champions AS Ponta Leste. ...

promoted to 2018 Primeira Divisao after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2017 Segunda Divisao. DIT F.C. returned to top flight after last season relegated to Segunda Divisao and Atlético Ultramar was newly promotion clubs.

Name changes

Carsae FC Boavista Futebol Clube Timor Leste or Boavista Timor Leste also abbreviated as BFC-TL, is a football club of East Timor based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora. History Originally the club formed in 1986 when Pedro Carrascalão ...

was renamed to

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in January 2018.

Locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Stadiums

* Primary venues used in the 2018 LFA Primera:

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game. Name on BOLD was foreign players who registered in mid-season transfer window.

League table

Result table

Fixtures and results

Due to Timor-Leste national under-21 team schedule in April 2018 for their participation in the

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, Round 4 and Round 7 was rescheduled from originally on April 21–22 and May 26–27 in Malibaca Yamato Stadium,

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and

Baucau Municipal Stadium Baucau ( pt, Baucau, tet, Baukau) is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies to its west. Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of t ...

Baucau Baucau ( pt, Baucau, tet, Baukau) is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies to its west. Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau municipality, located in the eastern part of t ...

move to April 5–8 and June 7–10 in

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Dili Dili ( Portuguese/ Tetum: ''Díli'') is the capital, largest city of East Timor and the second largest city in Timor islands after Kupang (Indonesia). It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed ...

, while Round 6 rescheduled from May 17–20 in

move to May 26–27 in Malibaca Yamato Stadium,

and

, also Round 5 rescheduled from April 26–29 move to May 17–20 in same place.ORARIU FOUN BA PRIMEIRA NO SEGUNDA DIVISAUN RELASIONA HO PARTISIPASAUN SELESAUN NASIONAL SUB-21 IHA HASSANAL BOLKIAH TROFÉU, BRUNAI DARUSALAM
/ref> Rescheduled for Round 8 to Round 14 not yet announced. On 19 May 2018 Round 6 was rescheduled one more time from originally May 26–27 in Malibaca Yamato Stadium,

and

move to May 25–28 in

.Orariu Foun Primeira Divisaun LFA EPOCA 2018
/ref> Schedules for Round 8 to Round 14 was also announced at the same time.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Season statistics

Top scorers

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, 17 , - , rowspan=1, 2 , align="left", Bernardo Freire , align="left", Atlético Ultramar , 12 , - , rowspan=2, 3 , align="left",

Henrique Cruz Henrique Wilsons Da Cruz Martins (born 6 December 1997), also known as Henrique Cruz, is a football player who currently plays for the Timor-Leste national football team. International career Henrique made his senior international debut in the ...

, align="left", Boavista , 10 , - , align="left", Daniel Donkor , align="left",

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, align="left",

, 9 , - , rowspan=3, 6 , align="left", Edit Savio , align="left", Boavista , 8 , - , align="left", José Santos , align="left",

, 8 , - , align="left",

Rufino Gama Rufino Walter Gama (born 20 June 1998) is a Timorese professional footballer and top scorer of the national team, the current record scorer for the Timor-Leste national football team with 7 goals. He played for Karketu Dili FC since 2018. He cam ...

, align="left", Karketu Dili , 8 , - , rowspan=1, 9 , align="left", Frangcyatma Kefi , align="left", Boavista , 7 , - , rowspan=1, 10 , align="left", Mario Aibekob , align="left", Académica , 6 , - , 11 , colspan=2, ''2 players'' , 5 , - , 13 , colspan=2, ''6 players'' , 4 , - , 19 , colspan=2, ''7 players'' , 3 , - , 26 , colspan=2, ''14 players'' , 2 , - , 40 , colspan=2, ''24 players'' , 1 {{col-2

Hat-tricks

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, , Boavista , , Cacusan ,
6–1
(H) , , 27 May 2018 , - , {{flagicon, BRA Fábio Christian⁶ , ,

, , Cacusan ,
12–0
(A) , , 8 June 2018 , - , {{flagicon, BRA Bernardo Freire⁴ , , Atlético Ultramar , , Cacusan ,
12–0
(A) , , 8 June 2018 , - , {{flagicon, TLS José Santos , ,

, ,

,
3–4
(H) , , 18 June 2018 , - , {{flagicon, GHA

Daniel Adadi Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength ...

⁷ , , Karketu Dili , , Cacusan ,
10–0
(A) , , 30 June 2018 , - , {{flagicon, TLS Henrique Cruz⁴ , , Boavista , , Cacusan ,
10–1
(A) , , 22 July 2018 , - , {{flagicon, BRA Fábio Christian⁴ , , Atlético Ultramar , , Cacusan ,
8–0
(H) , , 27 July 2018 Notes:
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
⁴ – player scorer 4 goals
⁶ – player scorer 6 goals
⁷ – player scorer 7 goals {{col-2 {{col-end {{col-begin {{col-2

Clean sheets

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Fagio Augusto Fagio Augusto da Silva Pereira (born 29 April 1997) is a Timorese football player who currently plays as goalkeeper. He reportedly plays for Tokyo Musashino City FC in Japan. International careers He made his international debut as an 87th-mi ...

, align="left",

, 5 , - , align="left", {{flagicon, TLS Vicente Marques , align="left",

, 5 , - , rowspan=1, 4 , align="left", {{flagicon, TLS Fernando da Costa , align="left", Benfica , 3 , - , rowspan=1, 5 , align="left", {{flagicon, TLS Ramos Maxanches , align="left",

Ponta Leste Ponta Leste (also: ''Ponta Calheta'') is the easternmost point of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.DIT DIT or dit may refer to: People * Dit name, an alternative family name, e.g., in French Canadian historical traditions * Dit Clapper (1907–1978), Canadian ice hockey player Information technology * Directory information tree * dit (unit), ...

, 1 , - {{col-2

Own goals

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Anito Cesario ''Anito'', also spelled ''anitu'', refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age to the present, although the term itself may have other meanings and associat ...

, Cacusan , 13 April 2018 , align="center", 1 , - , {{flagicon, TLS Dino Amaral , Karketu Dili ,

, 18 June 2018 , align="center", 1 , - {{col-2 {{col-end

Notes

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References

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External links

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Timor-Leste East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-wes ...

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