2019 LFA Primeira
# 2019 LFA Primeira

The 2019 LFA Primeira is the fourth season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão. The season scheduled began on April 27 and finished on September 29.

Boavista is the current defending champions.

## Teams

There are 8 teams that played this season.

### Champions

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Lalenok United F.C. | Dili | Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |

### from Primeira

DIT F.C. and Cacusan were relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda after finished 7th and bottom place of 2018 LFA Primeira.

### to Primeira

Assalam and Lalenok United promoted to 2019 LFA Primeira after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2018 LFA Segunda.

### Personnel and kits

| Club | City / Area | Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Other sponsor | Owner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Académica | Dili | Andi Sutanto | | Iurai | | | UNTL |
| Assalam | Dili | Pudji Handoko | | Oweltee | iANA | | Ipolito Soares |
| Atlético Ultramar | Manatuto | Francisco da Costa | Glauco Trajano | BLK | | | Eugenio Gusmão |
| Boavista | Dili | Fabiano Flora | Henrique Cruz | Nike | npm | MoneyGram | José Ramos-Horta |
| Karketu Dili | Dili | Antonio Timotio | Boavida Olegario | Fitsee | | Obrai Unip Lda. Tanjung Motor Emanuel Residence East Gas Corp. Britas Lda. LCF Creative | Jose Adilson Ribeiro |
| Lalenok United | Dili | Jantje Matmey | Florencio Pereira | Cemile | Bintang Beer | | Pedro Belo |
| Ponta Leste | Dili | Eduardo Pereira | | Umbro | | | |
| Benfica | Laulara, Aileu | Juliao Monteiro | Nidio Alves | BLK | TL-cement | | Xanana Gusmão |

### Managerial changes

| Club(s) | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming Manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Académica | Asala | End of Contract | 27 October 2018 | Pre-season | Andi Sutanto | 1 March 2019 |
| Karketu | Arcan Iurie | End of contract | 30 October 2018 | Pre-season | Antonio Timotio | 10 April 2019 |
| Benfica | Kim Shin-hwan | End of contract | 30 November 2018 | Pre-season | Juliao Monteiro | 10 April 2019 |
| Boavista | Eladio Rojas | End of contract | 30 November 2018 | Pre-season | Fabiano Flora | 10 April 2019 |
| Atletico Ultramar | Andi Sutanto | Signed by Académica | 1 March 2019 | Pre-season | Francisco da Costa | 1 March 2019 |
| Atletico Ultramar | Francisco de Araujo | Sacked | 31 May 2019 | Mid-season | Pudji Handoko | 31 May 2019 |

### Stadiums

* Primary venues used in the 2019 LFA Primera:

| Stadium | Location | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| Baucau Municipal Stadium | Baucau | 5,000 |
| Municipal Stadium | Dili | 5,000 |
| Malibaca Yamato Stadium | Maliana | 5,000 |

## Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five 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.

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Académica | | | | | |
| Assalam | Boateng | Daniel Adadi | Julian Mancini | Saddam Sudarma | Helmi Sandi |
| Atlético Ultramar | Bernardo Freire | Fábio Christian | Glauco | | |
| Boavista | Antonio Jackson | Marcelo Reis | Rafael Marti | | |
| Karketu Dili | Melkianus Wakerkwa | Naftali Heluka | Yance Wenda | | |
| Lalenok United | Igor | Italo | Severino Augusto | Agbozo Nathaniel | |
| Ponta Leste | Daniel Donkor | | | | |
| Sport Laulara e Benfica | | | | | |

### Notes

* ^ FORMER PLAYER: Foreign players who were out of LFA Primera squad/left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window.
* ^ BOLD: Foreign players who registered in mid-season transfer window.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lalenok United (C) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 30 | Qualification for AFC Cup play-off round |
| 2 | Boavista | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 25 | |
| 3 | Ponta Leste | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 23 | |
| 4 | Karketu Dili | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 20 | |
| 5 | Benfica Laulara | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 19 | |
| 6 | Assalam | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 19 | |
| 7 | Académica (R) | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 10 | Relegation to LFA Segunda |
| 8 | Atlético Ultramar (R) | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 10 | Relegation to LFA Segunda |

## Result table

| Home \ Away | ACA | ASL | ATU | BTL | KAR | LNU | POL | SLB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Academica | | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Assalam | 2–1 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Atlético Ultramar | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–5 |
| Boavista | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Karketu Dili | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Lalenok United | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Ponta Leste | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 |
| Benfica | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
