Tibet national football team
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The Tibet national football team is a football team that represents the cultural region of Tibet in non-FIFA international tournaments,[1] and is organized by the Tibetan National Football Association (TNFA), an organization of exiled Tibetans.
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Nickname(s) | The Forbiddens | ||
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Association | Tibetan National Football Association | ||
Confederation | CONIFA | ||
Head coach | Gompo Dorjee | ||
Most caps | Tenzin Samdup BK Narayan (9) | ||
Top scorer | Tashi Samphel (5) | ||
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First international | |||
Unofficial Nepal 4–0 Tibet (China; 6 November 1972) Official Greenland 4–1 Tibet (Copenhagen, Denmark; 30 June 2001) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Tibet 12–2 Western Sahara (Marseille, France; 28 June 2013) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Provence 22–0 Tibet (Marseille, France; 23 June 2013) | |||
CONIFA World Football Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2018) | ||
Best result | 12th, 2018 |
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Many of the players are in exile and represent the Tibetan Government in Exile. The team is part of neither FIFA nor the AFC and does not participate in international tournaments. The TNFA was founded in 2001 and its goal is to gain an official status.