AFC Disciplinary Committee decision 20170119DC01

1. Ineligible Players
The following players registered in the AFC Administration System were declared ineligible to
participate for the representative teams of the Federacao Futebol Timor Leste (FFTL):

(i) Ramon de Lima Saro

(ii) Paulo Helber Rosa Ribeiro
(iii) Diogo Santos Rangel
(iv) Rodrigo Sousa Silva
(v) Patrick Fabiano Alves Nobrega Luz
(vi) Paulo Cesar da Silva Martins
(vii) Jairo Pinheiro Palmeira Neto
(viii) Felipe Bertoldo do Santos
(ix) Junior Aparecido Guimaro de Souza
(x) Jaime Celestino Dias Braganca
(xi) Heberty Fernandes de Andrade
(xii) Thiago dos Santos Cunha

2. Official matches ordered to be forfeited by the FFTL

Date Match Ineligible players

AFC U-22 Championship 2013 (Qualifiers)
5 July 2012 Singapore vs Timor Leste 3
7 July 2012 Indonesia vs Timor Leste 3
10 July 2012 Timor Leste vs Japan 3
12 July 2012 Timor Leste vs Australia 2
15 July 2012 Macau vs Timor Leste 3
AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 (Qualifiers Playoff Round)
2 June 2016 Malaysia vs Timor Leste 4
6 June 2016 Timor Leste vs Malaysia 3

3. Non-official matches ordered to be forfeited by the FFTL

Date Match Ineligible players

International “A” Friendly
14 November 2012 Indonesia vs Timor Leste 2
11 November 2014 Indonesia vs Timor Leste 2
29 May 2016 Cambodia vs Timor Leste 3
AFF Championship 2012 (Qualifiers)
5 October 2012 Timor Leste vs Cambodia 3
7 October 2012 Timor Leste vs Myanmar 3
9 October 2012 Timor Leste vs Laos 3
12 October 2012 Brunei vs Timor Leste 3
South East Asian Games 2013
7 December 2013 Timor Leste vs Thailand 3
 9 December 2013 Myanmar vs Timor Leste 5
12 December 2013 Cambodia vs Timor Leste 5
14 December 2013 Timor Leste vs Indonesia 4
Asian Games 2014
15 September 2014 Timor Leste vs Indonesia 3
18 September 2014 Thailand vs Timor Leste 3
22 September 2014 Maldives vs Timor Leste 1
AFF Championship 2014 (Qualifiers)
12 October 2014 Timor Leste vs Brunei 5
14 October 2014 Myanmar vs Timor Leste 5
16 October 2014 Timor Leste vs Cambodia 3
18 October 2014 Laos vs Timor Leste 3
South East Asian Games 2015
30 May 2015 Malaysia vs Timor Leste 2
1 June 2015 Thailand vs Timor Leste 1
3 June 2015 Timor Leste vs Brunei 2
7 June 2015 Timor Leste vs Vietnam 2

*The above list is non-exhaustive for the below reasons:

(i) a number of suspected ineligible players that were never registered in the AFC
Administration System participated in these and other non-official matches. The AFC
was unable to verify their eligibility to participate for FFTL representative teams;

(ii) the AFC is aware that some of the ineligible players were registered in FFTL squads
at the South East Asian Games 2011 and Asian Youth Games 2013. The AFC was
unable to retrieve team line-up data for those matches.

4. Official matches falling within the jurisdiction of FIFA

Date Match Ineligible players

Joint Preliminary Qualification Round 1
12 March 2015 Timor Leste vs Mongolia 6
17 March 2015 Mongolia vs Timor Leste 6
Joint Preliminary Qualification Round 2
11 June 2015 Malaysia vs Timor Leste 7
16 June 2015 Timor Leste vs UAE 7
3 September 2015 Saudi Arabia vs Timor Leste 5
8 October 2015 Timor Leste vs Palestine 7
13 October 2015 Timor Leste vs Malaysia 6

The relevant competition regulations refer to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee as the competent
body to make decisions regarding ineligible players. The AFC has reported these matches to FIFA.