Brazil 76–0 Timor-Leste

On 13 October 2006, the Brazil national futsal team and Timor-Leste national futsal team faced each other in an international futsal match that was part of the 2006 Lusophony Games, hosted that year by Macau. Brazil defeated Timor-Leste 76–0, setting a world record for largest win in an international futsal match.[1] One of Brazil's players, Valdin, scored 20 goals, which is another record.[1] It was Brazil's biggest margin of victory since they beat Uruguay 38–3 in the 1991 Pan American Games.[2] Timor-Leste was coming off a 56–0 loss to Portugal, which was the previous world record.

2006 Lusophony Games

Event	Futsal
Brazil Timor-Leste 76 0
Date	13 October 2006
Venue	Macau East Asian Games Dome, Macau
Referee	Khairuddin Nazrul (Malaysia)

Background

Brazil was the favorite to win the Lusophony Games, while this was one of Timor-Leste's first games. Brazil has always been one of the top futsal teams in the world.[3]
9 October: In the first day of competition, Angola defeated Macau 2–0,[4] but was overshadowed by Portugal's 56–0 blowout of Timor-Leste. The Portuguese player, Israel, scored 11 goals himself while André Lima, his teammate, scored 10 goals.[5] This was a little over one goal per minute. It was the world record for 4 days. Brazil did not play that day.
10 October: In Brazil's first game, they beat Angola 7–0.[6] Timor-Leste lost to the host side, Macau, 13–4.[7]
11 October: Brazil crushed Macau 27–0.[8] Portugal narrowly defeated Angola on that day, 4–1.[9]
12 October: 12 October was a rest day.
13 October: Besides the 76–0 game, Portugal blew out Macau, 22–0.[10]

Line-ups

This is the lineup of players that were called up for the match.[1] All Brazilian players scored at least one goal except for two, including subs. Brazil had an advantage with seven subs, against Timor-Leste's two.

Timor Leste		Brazil
Xavier Henriques (GK)		Tiago (GK)
Januário		Leco
Octavianus		Valdin
Romário		Ari
Martins		Márcio
Substitutions:		Substitutions:
Aleixo		Rogério
Fernandes		Dimas
		Carlinhos
		Tostão
		Marinho
		Wilde
		Jonas
Manager:		Manager:
Jaime Vong		PC de Oliveira

The match

The match was played in Macau, in the Macau East Asian Games Dome, as did all the games, at 19:00 UTC+8.

13 October 2006

19:00 UTC+8

2006 Lusophony Games

Timor-Leste	0–76	Brazil
	(Report)	Valdin  (20 goals) Márcio Souza  (16 goals) Dimas  (13 goals) Tostão  (8 goals) Wilde  (5 goals) Ari  (5 goals) Carlinhos  (3 goals) Marinho  (3 goals) Jonas  (1 goal) Leco  (1 goal) Romário  (1 own goal)

Macau East Asian Games Dome, Macau

Referee: Khairuddin Nazrul (Malaysia)

Brazil wanted to beat Timor-Leste by more goals than Portugal did because of goal difference.[1] The final result was 76–0, meaning almost 2 goals per minute.

Post-match

14 October: Brazil ties Portugal 1–1.[11] It is Brazil's first goal conceded in the whole tournament. Brazil won the gold medal by goal difference. Timor-Leste loses again, to Angola, 24–3.[12]

This is how the two countries wound up the tournament. Brazil won the gold medal,[13] and Timor-Leste came in last.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Brazil	10	4	3	1	0	111	1	+110
5	East Timor	0	4	0	0	4	7	169	−162

Response

There was not a lot of media attention to the subject. The game was talked about mostly in Brazil,[1] Portugal, and Spain.[2] The next Lusophony Games, the 2009 Lusophony Games, Timor-Leste did not compete in Futsal.

Brazilian striker, Valdin, said the following about the scoring:

"We knew the weakness of the opponent and as Portugal had (scored) a lot of goals, we had to score many goals as well. The goal was (to beat) Portugal on goal difference and that's what happened"
Translated from Portuguese[2]

Brazilian futsal supervisor, Reinaldo Simoes, said after the match,

"We needed a rout to have advantage in the game against Portugal tomorrow. That was our goal. No one was ever worried about (it). All the players worked in pursuit of the goal, so the score was so high. No one thought of artillery"
Translated from Portuguese[1]

Brazil then tied Portugal, 1–1.[11]

References

1. "Brasil aplicou a maior goleada de sua história" [Brazil has implemented the biggest win of its history] (in Portuguese). Bonde. 13 October 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2011. Google Translate
2. "O Brasil goleou o Timor Leste por 76 a 0" [Futsal: Brazil East Timor massacres by 76–0] (in Portuguese). Terra. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2011. Google Translate
3. "Futsal World Rankings". Fut5al World Rankings. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
4. "Match Data: Angola vs Macau". Futsal Planet. 9 October 2006. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
5. "Match Data: Portugal vs Timor-Leste". Futsal Planet. 9 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
6. "Match Data: Brazil vs Angola". Futsal Planet. 10 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
7. "Match Data: Timor-Leste vs Macau". Futsal Planet. 10 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
8. "Match Data: Brazil vs Macau". Futsal Planet. 11 October 2006. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
9. "Match Data: Portugal vs Angola". Futsal Planet. 11 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
10. "Match Data: Portugal vs Macau". Futsal Planet. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
11. "Match Data: Brazil vs Portugal". Futsal Planet. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
12. "Match Data: Timor Leste vs Angola". Futsal Planet. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
13. "Futsal: Brasil ganha medalha de ouro nos Jogos da Lusofonia" [Futsal: Brazil wins gold medal in futsal at Lusophone Games] (in Portuguese). Globo. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 30 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2011. Google Translate