{{Short description|Association football competition in Timor-Leste}}

{{Infobox football league season | competition = Copa FFTL | season = 2024 | dates = {{nowrap|10 May –14 July }} | winners = São José FC | best player = Rufino Gama <small>(São José FC)</small> | league topscorer = João Pedro <small>(DIT FC)</small> | prevseason = 2020 | nextseason = 2025 }}

The '''2024 Copa FFTL''', also known as the FFTL Cup, is a men's association football competition in Timor-Leste. The tournament was organised by the East Timor Football Federation, taking place instead of the Liga Futebol Timor-Leste league season.

Initially teams from the top two divisions of the Liga Futebol Timor-Leste were expected to compete, filling the void of no other national competitions taking place throughout the year and creating a platform for the East Timorese national team to prepare for their upcoming international fixtures in the AFC Asian Cup and ASEAN Championship qualifiers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-11 |title=FFTL Cup 2024: A Call to Action for Timor-Leste Football Clubs – FFTL Blog |url=https://blog.fftl.tl/index.php/2024/03/20/fftl-cup-2024-a-call-to-action-for-timor-leste-football-clubs/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> After the competition had been announced however multiple teams were reported as disagreeing with the FFTL's organisation of the tournament, noting that there was a lack of any formal consultation between clubs and the football federation taking place before the competition was announced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanches |first=Hortencio |date=2024-03-23 |title=SLB-Assalam la konkorda FFTL realiza kopa |url=https://tatoli.tl/2024/03/23/slb-assalam-la-konkorda-fftl-realiza-kopa/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste |language=en-US}}</ref> This, alongside a lack of financial support to teams provided resulted in only a few teams from the top two divisions being registered for the competition, these being Lica-Lica Lemorai, DIT FC and FIEL FC. The rest of the tournament was made up of other new and existing teams from the nation competing in the competition.

The competition was a successor to the 2020 Copa FFTL. The final of the competition was won by São José FC, beating B2B FC 1-0 in a final held at the Estadiu Munisipal Díli.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanches |first=Hortencio |date=2024-07-14 |title=Manán B2B 1-0, São José sai kampeaun kopa FFTL |url=https://tatoli.tl/2024/07/14/manan-b2b-1-0-sao-jose-sai-kampeaun-kopa-fftl/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFHYjFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXZ7dDJ8q6sG1A4aIonJD7ychA6unDP8avuDFvTFRWurqVdUUuv8P2FbRg_aem_fTBiKBdkKXM_jgqJ9PhddQ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste |language=en-US}}</ref> The winner of the competition received a prize of $15,000 USD, 2nd and 3rd place received $10,000 and $5,000.

== Group stage == The group stage for the competition commenced on the 10th of May 2024. Each group consisted of 4 teams, playing 3 games each. The top 2 teams from each group progressed to a knockout stage.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=East Timor 2024 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oosttim2024.html#fftl |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Domestic Matches - FFTL.TL |url=https://www.fftl.tl/en-us/competition-domestic.aspx |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=www.fftl.tl}}</ref>

=== Group A === {| class="wikitable" !<abbr>Pos</abbr> !Team !<abbr>Pld</abbr> !<abbr>W</abbr> !<abbr>D</abbr> !<abbr>L</abbr> !<abbr>GF</abbr> !<abbr>GA</abbr> !<abbr>GD</abbr> !<abbr>Pts</abbr> !Qualification or relegation |- |1 !Re-Lay Laleia FC |3 |2 |1 |0 |7 |2 |5 |7 | rowspan="2" |Qualified for Quarter Finals |- |2 !DIT FC |3 |1 |2 |0 |12 |2 |10 |5 |- |3 !AS Kantada |3 |1 |1 |1 |3 |6 | -3 |4 | rowspan="2" | |- |4 !Nature FC |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |18 | -18 |0 |}

=== Group B === {| class="wikitable" !<abbr>Pos</abbr> !Team !<abbr>Pld</abbr> !<abbr>W</abbr> !<abbr>D</abbr> !<abbr>L</abbr> !<abbr>GF</abbr> !<abbr>GA</abbr> !<abbr>GD</abbr> !<abbr>Pts</abbr> !Qualification or relegation |- |1 !Assa FC |3 |3 |0 |0 |9 |1 |8 |9 | rowspan="2" |Qualified for Quarter Finals |- |2 !Mushila FC |3 |2 |0 |1 |8 |5 |3 |6 |- |3 !ATL Mota-Ain |3 |1 |0 |2 |2 |2 |0 |3 | rowspan="2" | |- |4 !Rai Klaran FC |3 |0 |0 |3 |1 |12 | -11 |0 |}

=== Group C === {| class="wikitable" !<abbr>Pos</abbr> !Team !<abbr>Pld</abbr> !<abbr>W</abbr> !<abbr>D</abbr> !<abbr>L</abbr> !<abbr>GF</abbr> !<abbr>GA</abbr> !<abbr>GD</abbr> !<abbr>Pts</abbr> !Qualification or relegation |- |1 !FC Zhavia Kuda Ulun FC |3 |2 |1 |0 |9 |4 |5 |7 | rowspan="2" |Qualified for Quarter Finals |- |2 !FIEL FC |3 |1 |2 |0 |3 |2 |1 |5 |- |3 !FC Iraler |3 |1 |0 |2 |3 |6 | -3 |3 | |- |4 !Mau Bale FC |3 |0 |1 |2 |4 |7 | -3 |1 | |}

=== Group D === {| class="wikitable" !<abbr>Pos</abbr> !Team !<abbr>Pld</abbr> !<abbr>W</abbr> !<abbr>D</abbr> !<abbr>L</abbr> !<abbr>GF</abbr> !<abbr>GA</abbr> !<abbr>GD</abbr> !<abbr>Pts</abbr> !Qualification or relegation |- |1 !B2B FC |3 |3 |0 |0 |12 |5 |7 |9 | rowspan="2" |Qualified for Quarter Finals |- |2 !São José FC |3 |2 |0 |1 |5 |3 |2 |6 |- |3 !Lica-Lica Lemorai |3 |1 |0 |2 |6 |6 |0 |3 | rowspan="2" | |- |4 !FC Ostico |3 |0 |0 |3 |2 |11 | -9 |0 |}

== Knockout stage == The knockout stage of the competition began on the 4th of July, with the final taking place on the 14 July. All matches were played at the Estadiu Munisipal Díli.<ref name=":0" />

<div style="float:right; width:1em; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;">{{Tnavbar|Copa 12 de Novembro de 2019 – Fase final|border:none;|mini=1}}</div> {{Round8 <!--Data-Local|Time 1|Score 1|Time 2|Score 2 --> <!-- quartas-finais --> |4 July – Díli|'''Relay Laleia FC'''|'''2'''|Mushila FC|1 |6 July – Díli|Zhavia FC|1 (1)|'''São José FC''' <small>(pen)</small>|'''1 (4)''' |5 July – Díli|Assa FC|0|'''DIT FC'''|'''4''' |7 July – Díli|'''B2B FC'''|'''4'''|FIEL FC|1 <!-- semifinais --> |10 July – Díli|Relay Laleia FC|0|'''São José FC'''|'''2''' |11 July – Díli|DIT FC|1 (2)|'''B2B FC''' <small>(pen)</small>|'''1 (4)''' <!-- final --> |14 July – Díli|'''São José FC'''|'''1'''|B2B FC|0 }} ===3rd place playoff=== {{footballbox | report = | date = 13 July 2024 | event = | team1 = Relay Laleia FC | team2 = DIT FC | time = 16:00 UTC+9 | round = | score1 = 2 | score2 = 2 | goals1 = Herboni Lopes {{goal|28}}<br>Joanico Pinto {{goal|36}} | goals2 = João Pedro {{goal|8||48}} | stadium = Estádio Nacional de Timor-Leste | attendance = | referee = | penaltyscore = 3-0 }} ===Final=== {{footballbox | report = [https://tatoli.tl/2024/07/14/manan-b2b-1-0-sao-jose-sai-kampeaun-kopa-fftl/ Report] | date = 14 July 2024 | event = | team1 = São José FC | team2 = B2B FC | time = 16:00 UTC+9 | round = | score1 = 1 | score2 = 0 | goals1 = Rufino Gama {{goal|70}} | goals2 = | stadium = Estadiu Munisipal Díli | attendance = | referee = }}

== References == {{reflist}} {{2024–25 in Asian football (AFC)}}

== External links == * League Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/copa.fftl

Category:2024 in East Timorese football