# 2018 LFA Segunda

The 2018 LFA Segunda is the third season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão. The season began on March 6 and finished on August 6.
Atlético Ultramar is the last season champions and got promoted to 2018 LFA Primeira.
Assalam won their first LFA Segunda title, after a 5–1 win over Nagarjo in their last match on 19 July 2018.
Assalam won their first promotion to 2019 LFA Primeira, with one match to spare following a 4–0 win over Lalenok United on 28 June 2018. Lalenok United won their first promotion to LFA Primeira, with one match to spare following their competitor Sporting only playing a 1–1 draw against Lica-Lica on 17 July 2018.
Santa Cruz became the first team to be relegated from LFA Segunda after losing 2–3 in their last match against Zebra on 31 July 2018. Kablaky became the second team to be relegated after losing 1–2 in their last match against Porto on 2 August 2018, while Porto with their victory managed to save them from relegation.

## Teams

There are 12 teams that will play this season.

### from Segunda Divisaun

Atlético Ultramar and DIT F.C. promoted to 2018 LFA Primeira after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2017 Segunda Divisao. FC Café and Sport Dili e Benfica were relegated from 2017 Segunda Divisao after finished 5th and bottom place of Group A, while YMCA FC and União de Timor were relegated from 2017 Segunda Divisao after finished 6th and bottom place of Group B.

### to Segunda Divisaun

FC Zebra and Porto Taibesse were relegated to 2018 LFA Segunda after finished 7th and bottom place of 2017 Primeira Divisao. Fitun Estudante (FIEL), Lalenok United and FC Lero promoted to 2018 LFA Segunda after win the playoff tournament.

### Personnel

| Club | City / Area | Coach | Captain |
| Aitana | Dili | | Migi |
| Assalam | Nafatin, Dili | | |
| Fitun Estudante (FIEL) | Dili | Arsenio Afonsu | Sabino Pereira |
| Kablaki | Same, Manufahi | Joao Godinho | |
| Lalenok United | Dili | Jantje Matmey | Florencio Pereira |
| Lero | Lospalos, Lautém | Carlito | Elkio Pinto |
| Lica-Lica Lemorai | Viqueque | Octavianus Alves | Pepe |
| Nagarjo | Dili | Ricardo Madeiros | Marnivio da Costa |
| Porto Taibesse | Dili | | |
| Santa Cruz | Dili | Jojo Campos | Raimundo Sarmento |
| Sporting Clube de Timor | Dili | | |
| FC Zebra | Baucau | Rogerio Mock | Januario Ximenes |

### Managerial changes

| Club(s) | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming Manager | Date of appointment |
| Lica-Lica Lemorai | Gregorio Correa | End of contract | December 2017 | Pre-season | Octavianus Alves | January 2018 |
| Nagarjo | unknown | End of contract | December 2017 | Pre-season | Ricardo Madeiros | 29 January 2018 |
| Porto Taibesse | Miro Baldo Bento | Signed by Boavista Timor | January 2018 | Pre-season | | January 2018 |
| Lalenok United | Mohammad Nico | End of contract | January 2018 | Pre-season | Jantje Matmey | January 2018 |

### Stadiums

* Primary venues used in the 2018 LFA Segunda:
* Dili
* Kampo Demokrasia
* Capacity: 1,000

## 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.
    As of 26 February 2018
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
| Aitana | | | | |
| Assalam | Nicolas Izaquel | Ramiro Nelson | Christian Peña | |
| Fitun Estudante (FIEL) | | | | |
| Kablaky | Rizal Nurdin | | | |
| Lalenok United | Filipi Santos | Italo | Matheus Silva | Agbozo Nathaniel |
| FC Lero | | | | |
| Lica-Lica Lemorai | Ezequiel Moniz | | | |
| Nagarjo | Collins Samoah | Yusuf Al-Hasan | Fernando Asmuruf | Hidetaka Kamimura |
| Porto Taibesse | Tassiou Bako | | | |
| Santa Cruz | Nasrudin Noer | Ikris Yambi | | |
| Sporting Clube de Timor | | | | |
| FC Zebra | Devis Amegashie | Mohamed Momin | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Assalam FC (C, P) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 10 | +27 | 26 | Promotion to 2019 LFA Primeira |
| 2 | Lalenok United (P) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 26 | Promotion to 2019 LFA Primeira |
| 3 | Sporting Clube de Timor | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 20 | |
| 4 | FC Zebra | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 | |
| 5 | FC Nagarjo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 17 | |
| 6 | Aitana | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 16 | |
| 7 | Lica-Lica Lemorai | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 13 | |
| 8 | Fitun Estudante (FIEL) | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 12 | |
| 9 | Porto Taibesse | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 10 | |
| 10 | FC Lero | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 10 | |
| 11 | FC Kablaky (R) | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 7 | Relegated |
| 12 | Santa Cruz FC (R) | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 6 | Relegated |

## Result table

| Home \ Away | AIT | ASL | FIEL | KAB | LNU | FCL | LLL | NGO | POR | SCZ | SCT | ZEB |
| Aitana FC | | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 4–2 | | |
| Assalam F.C. | | | 1–2 | 4–1 | | | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| FC Fitun Estudante Lorosae | | | | 0–0 | 0–5 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | | |
| FC Kablaky | 1–1 | | | | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | | 6–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| Lalenok United | | 0–4 | | | | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| FC Lero | | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | | | 1–4 | | 1–3 |
| FC Lica-Lica Lemorai | | | | 4–0 | | | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| FC Nagarjo | 1–2 | | | | | 1–0 | | | | | | |
| FC Porto Taibesse | | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | | 1–3 | | | | 1–2 |
| Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Dili | | | | | | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Sporting Clube de Timor | 1–3 | | 3–2 | | | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 4–2 | | | 2–2 |
| FC Zebra | 3–1 | | 0–2 | | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | | | | |

## Fixtures and results

All matches played every Tuesday to Sunday every week except the final league match, which was played on Monday 6 August 2018.