Tibet national football team

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Tibet

Nickname

Association

Tibetan National Football Association

Head coach

Kalsang Dhondup

Most caps

Top scorer

FIFA code

{{{FIFA Trigramme}}}

Elo ranking

224





First kit





Second kit

First international

Greenland 4 - 1 Tibet

(Copenhagen, Denmark; June 30, 2001)

Biggest win
None

Biggest defeat

TR Northern Cyprus 10 - 0 Tibet

(Gazimağusa, TR Northern Cyprus; November 21, 2006)

The Tibet national football team is not internationally recognized. It represents the people of Tibet, many of whom live in exile outside their nation, and who are represented by the Tibetan Government in Exile.

Tibet is neither a member of FIFA nor the AFC and does not participate in international tournaments. However, it has played several matches since 2001, when a former Danish soccer player Michael Nybrandt - supported by the Danish sportswear manufacturer hummel - arranged a match between the Tibetans and fellow stateless nation Greenland National Team, despite pleas by China to Denmark to cancel the match. The goal of the Tibetan Football Association, which controls the team, is to gain official status. Since 2003 they have been a member of NF-Board, which organizes matches for non-official national teams. Tibet took part in the 2006 FIFI Wild Cup, in Hamburg, Germany and also of 2006 ELF Cup, in Northern Cyprus.

[edit] Selected internationals

Date	Venue		Opponent	Score
Nov 21 2006	TR Northern Cyprus	Tibet	TR Northern Cyprus	0 - 10
Nov 20 2006	TR Northern Cyprus	Tibet	Crimea	0 - 1
May 31 2006	Germany	Tibet	Gibraltar	0 - 5
Oct 10 2003	Sikkim	Tibet	Sikkim	1 - 2
Jul 14 2001	Germany	Tibet	Monaco	1 - 2
Jun 30 2001	Denmark	Tibet	Greenland	1 - 4
Jun 11 1972	China	Tibet	Nepal	0 - 4