title: 2017 LFA Primeira
text: # 2017 LFA Primeira
  
  The 2017 LFA Primeira is the second season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão. The season began on February 18 and finished on September 16.
  
  Sport Laulara e Benfica is the current defending champions.
  
  All Primeira Divisão games are played at the Baucau Municipal Stadium and Malibaca Yamato Stadium. Primeira Divisão games used Dili Municipal Stadium for matchday 12 on 10-13 August 2017, matchday 13 on 1-4 September 2017 and three matches in matchday 14 on 7-9 September 2017.
  
  ## Stadiums
  
  Primary venues used in the 2017 LFA Primeira
  
  | Stadium | Location | Capacity |
  | - | - | - |
  | Baucau Municipal Stadium | Baucau | 5,000 |
  | Municipal Stadium | Dili | 5,000 |
  | Malibaca Yamato Stadium | Maliana | 5,000 |
  
  ## Teams
  
  There are 8 teams that will play this season.
  
  ### from Primeira
  
  Aitana and DIT F.C. were relegated to 2017 Segunda Divisao after finished 7th and bottom place of 2016 Primeira Divisao.
  
  ### to Primeira
  
  Cacusan and FC Zebra promoted to 2017 Primeira Divisao after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Segunda Divisao.
  
  ### Personnel
  
  | Club | City / Area | Coach | Captain |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Académica | Dili | | |
  | Cacusan | Becora, Dili | | |
  | Carsae | Dili | Rochy Putiray | |
  | Karketu Dili | Dili | Simón Elissetche | |
  | Ponta Leste | Dili | | |
  | Porto Taibesi | Dili | Miro Baldo Bento | Miro Baldo Bento |
  | Sport Laulara e Benfica | Laulara, Aileu | Kim Shin-hwan | Nidio Alves |
  | Zebra | Baucau | | Helder Mota Ricardo |
  
  ## 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 13 July 2017
  
  | Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Académica | Joseph Koomson | | |
  | Cacusan | Moses Banggo | | |
  | Carsae | | | |
  | Karketu Dili | Antonio Vega | Alan Leandro | Tingga |
  | Ponta Leste | Antonio Teles | Edmond Hezzed | Shota Tokonaga |
  | Porto Taibesi | Tassiou Bako | | |
  | Sport Laulara e Benfica | Michael Debrah | Boateng | |
  | FC Zebra | Daniel Kwame | Devis Amegashie | Marco de Lima |
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Karketu Dili (C) | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 28 | |
  | 2 | Ponta Leste | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 25 | |
  | 3 | Carsae | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 23 | |
  | 4 | SLB Laulara | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 21 | |
  | 5 | Académica | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 18 | |
  | 6 | Cacusan | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 18 | |
  | 7 | Zebra (R) | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 12 | Relegation to the 2018 LFA Segunda |
  | 8 | Porto Taibesse (R) | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 44 | −33 | 5 | Relegation to the 2018 LFA Segunda |
  
  ## Result table
  
  | Home \ Away | ACA | CCS | CAR | KAR | POL | POR | SLB | ZEB |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Académica | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
  | Cacusan | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
  | Carsae | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
  | Karketu Dili | 0–1 | 9–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 10–3 |
  | Ponta Leste | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
  | Porto Taibesse | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–10 | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 1–4 |
  | SLB Laulara | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 |
  | FC Zebra | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
  
  ## Season statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
      As of matches played on 16 September 2017.
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tingga | Karketu Dili | 13 |
  | 2 | Antonio Vega | Karketu Dili | 12 |
  | 3 | Alan Leandro | Karketu Dili | 10 |
  | 4 | Edit Savio | Carsae | 9 |
  | 5 | Joao Pedro | Sport Laulara e Benfica | 7 |
  | 6 | Silveiro Garcia | Ponta Leste | 6 |
  | 7 | Marco de Lima | FC Zebra | 5 |
  | 7 | Nidio Alves | Sport Laulara e Benfica | 5 |
  | 9 | Armindo Almeida | Porto Taibesse | 4 |
  | 10 | Ricardo Maia | Ponta Leste | 3 |
  | 10 | Anggisu Barbosa | Académica | 3 |
  | 10 | Moses Banggo | Cacusan | 3 |
  | 10 | Boavida Olegario | Karketu Dili | 3 |
  