# 2017 Taça 12 de Novembro

The 2017 Taça 12 de Novembro is the 5th staging of the Taça 12 de Novembro. The season began on 29 September 2017 and was finished in the final match on 28 October 2017.
Ponta Leste will enter as the defending champions after winning the 2016 edition by defeating Assalam 1–0 in the final.

## Schedule and format

| Round | Draw date | Date | Fixtures | Clubs | Format details |
| First round | 26 September 2017 | 29 September-10 October 2017 | 10 | 20 → 10 | New entries: Clubs participating in 2017 Liga Futebol Amadora Primera Divisao and Segunda Divisao will gain entry. Opponents seeding: Teams will face each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match. |
| Second round | 11-15 October 2017 | 5 | 10 → 5 | Opponents seeding: Teams will face each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match. |
| Third round | 17 October 2017 | 1 | 5 → 4 | Byes: three teams will receive a bye. Opponents seeding: Teams will face each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match. |
| Semifinals | 21-22 October 2017 | 2 | 4 → 2 | Opponents seeding: Draw of lots. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Single match. |
| Final | 28 October 2017 | 1 | 2 → 1 | Single match in TBC. |

## Stadiums

* Primary venues used in the 2017 Taça 12 de Novembro:
* Dili
* Kampo Demokrasia
* Capacity: 1,000

## Qualified teams

The following teams are qualified for the competition.
| Primera Divisao the 8 teams of the 2017 season | Segunda Divisao the 12 teams of the 2017 season |
| Académica Cacusan Carsae Karketu Dili Ponta Leste Porto Taibesse SL Benfica Zebra | Aitana Assalam Atlético Ultramar Benfica Dili Café DIT Kablaky Lica-Lica Lemorai Nagarjo Santa Cruz Sporting Timor YMCA |

## First round

This round match held between 29 September and 10 October 2017. Draw held on 26 September 2017.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ponta Leste | 8–3 | Porto Taibesse |
| Assalam | 1–3 | Sporting Timor |
| Cacusan | 11–2 | Benfica Dili |
| Atlético Ultramar | 3–1 | Kablaky |
| SL Benfica | 1–0 | Karketu Dili |
| Aitana | 1–3 | Nagarjo |
| DIT | 2–2 (a.e.t) (3–1 p) | Café |
| Lica-Lica Lemorai | 2–3 | Santa Cruz |
| Carsae | 6–1 | Académica |
| YMCA | 0–1 | Zebra |

## Second round

This round match held between 11 and 15 October 2017. Draw held on 26 September 2017.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ponta Leste | 1–0 | Sporting Timor |
| Cacusan | 2–5 | Atlético Ultramar |
| SL Benfica | 1–0 | Nagarjo |
| DIT | 3–0 | Santa Cruz |
| Carsae | 5–2 | Zebra |

## Third round

This round match held on 17 October 2017. Draw held on 26 September 2017. SL Benfica, DIT and Carsae received a bye.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ponta Leste | 2–2 (a.e.t) (0–3 p) | Atlético Ultramar |

## Semifinals

This round match held between 21 and 22 October 2017. Draw held on 26 September 2017.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| DIT | 1–3 | Carsae |
| Atlético Ultramar | 1–0 | SL Benfica |

## Final

This round match held on 28 October 2017 in Kampo Demokrasia, Dili.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Carsae | 4–7 | Atlético Ultramar |

## Goalscorers
### 10 goals

* Bernardo Fereira (Atlético Ultramar)

### 9 goals

* Edit Savio (Carsae)

### 7 goals

* Chiquito do Carmo (Ponta leste)

### 5 goals

* Fábio Christian (Atlético Ultramar)
* Frangcyatma Alves (Cacusan)
* Emílio da Silva (Carsae)

### 3 goals

* Juvinal Cardoso (Cacusan)
* Gaudencio Monteiro (Cacusan)

### 2 goals

* Glaucho Trajano (Atlético Ultramar)
* Ozorio Gusmão (Café)
* Henrique Cruz (Carsae)
* Ricardo Mendonca (DIT)
* Luis Soares (Lica-Lica Lemorai)
* Silveiro Garcia (Ponta leste)
* Feliciano Goncalves (Ponta leste)
* Fernando Asmarov (Porto Taibesse)
* Aquilis Ximenes (Santa Cruz)
* Nidio Alves (SL Benfica)
* Daniel Adade (Zebra)

### 1 goals

* Bendito Ramos (Académica)
* Januario de Jesus (Aitana)
* Bernabe Soares (Atlético Ultramar)
* Orlando Correa (Benfica Dili)
* João Freitas (Benfica Dili)
* Juvinal Boavida (Cacusan)
* Rufino Gama (Cacusan)
* Giovanio Alberto (Carsae)
* Constantinto Pinto (Carsae)
* Pelazio da Costa (DIT)
* João Santos (DIT)
* José Santos (DIT)
* Xavier (Kablaky)
* Abrão da Costa (Nagarjo)
* Jose da Costa (Nagarjo)
* Hidetaka Kamimura (Nagarjo)
* Filipe Borges (Porto Taibesse)
* Faustino de Jesus (Santa Cruz)
* Rivaldo Correa (Zebra)