# 2018 LFA Primeira

The 2018 LFA Primeira is the third season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão. The season began on March 3 and originally finished on August 5, but rescheduled to be finished on July 29.
Karketu Dili 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 on 20 July 2018.
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 was the second team got relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda, with two match to spare following a 2–4 loss against Ponta Leste on 13 July 2018.

## Teams

There are 8 teams that will play this season.

### from Primeira

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

### to Primeira

Atlético Ultramar and DIT F.C. 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 was renamed to Boavista Futebol Clube Timor Leste in January 2018.

### Personnel and kits

| Club | City / Area | Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Other sponsor | Owner |
| Académica | Dili | Asala | | Umbro | | | UNTL |
| Atlético Ultramar | Manatuto | Andi Sutanto | Glauco Trajano | BLK | | | Eugenio Gusmão |
| Boavista | Dili | Eladio Rojas | Henrique Cruz | BLK | npm | MoneyGram | José Ramos-Horta |
| Cacusan | Becora, Dili | Fernando Xavier | Juvinal Boavida | | Cristo Rei | | |
| D.I.T. | Dili | Manuel Pinto | José Santos | BLK | | | Dili Institute of Technology |
| Karketu Dili | Dili | Arcan Iurie | Boavida Olegario | Umbro | | Obrai Unip Lda. Tanjung Motor Emanuel Residence East Gas Corp. Britas Lda. LCF Creative | |
| Ponta Leste | Dili | Eduardo Pereira | | Umbro | | | |
| Benfica | Laulara, Aileu | Kim Shin-hwan | 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 |
| Boavista | Rochy Putiray | End of contract | 22 September 2017 | Pre-season | Eladio Rojas | 29 December 2017 |
| Karketu Dili | Simón Elissetche | Signed by Aceh United | 28 December 2017 | Pre-season | Arcan Iurie | 29 January 2018 |

### Stadiums

* Primary venues used in the 2018 LFA Primera:
| Dili | Maliana |
| Kampo Demokrasia | Malibaca Yamato Stadium |
| Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |

## 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.
    As of 14 February 2018
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former player(s) |
| Académica | Antunius Tan | Mario Aibekob | | | |
| Atlético Ultramar | Bernardo Freire | Fábio Christian | Gabriel | Glauco | |
| Boavista | Gustavo | Rodolfo | Antonio Vega | Joao Paulo Pereira | |
| Cacusan | Kovakou Roni | Dani Ardianto | Rivaldi | Zulkarnain | |
| DIT F.C. | Yeaode Donald | Charles Roby Yan | Gilbert Dwaramury | Nur Ichsan | Iner Sontany Putra |
| Karketu Dili | Daniel Adadi | David Annan | Agus Halitopo | Irvan Mofu | |
| Ponta Leste | Mario Costas | Antonio Teles | Adu Akwasi | Daniel Kwane Donkor | |
| Sport Laulara e Benfica | Bakayoko Ozo | | | | |

### 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 | Boavista (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 32 | |
| 2 | Karketu Dili | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 25 | |
| 3 | Atlético Ultramar | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 22 | |
| 4 | Ponta Leste | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 22 | |
| 5 | Benfica Laulara | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 22 | |
| 6 | Académica | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 19 | |
| 7 | DIT (R) | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 12 | Relegation to the 2019 LFA Segunda |
| 8 | Cacusan (R) | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 78 | −69 | 1 | Relegation to the 2019 LFA Segunda |

## Result table

| Home \ Away | ACA | ATU | BTL | CCF | DIT | KAR | POL | SLB |
| AS Académica | | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Ultramar | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Boavista Futebol Clube Timor Leste | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Cacusan CF | 1–5 | 0–12 | 1–10 | | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–5 |
| DIT F.C. | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Karketu Dili | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 10–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| AS Ponta Leste | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| Sport Laulara e Benfica | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

## Fixtures and results

Due to Timor-Leste national under-21 team schedule in April 2018 for their participation in the 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Round 4 and Round 7 was rescheduled from originally on April 21–22 and May 26–27 in Malibaca Yamato Stadium, Maliana and Baucau Municipal Stadium, Baucau move to April 5–8 and June 7–10 in Kampo Demokrasia, Dili, while Round 6 rescheduled from May 17–20 in Kampo Demokrasia, Dili move to May 26–27 in Malibaca Yamato Stadium, Maliana and Baucau Municipal Stadium, Baucau, also Round 5 rescheduled from April 26–29 move to May 17–20 in same place. 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, Maliana and Baucau Municipal Stadium, Baucau move to May 25–28 in Kampo Demokrasia, Dili. Schedules for Round 8 to Round 14 was also announced at the same time.