[1] More football was played in Tibet since the British built a military training facility in Lhasa in 1913 and it got another impulse when a modern police force was introduced in the country in the 1920s.
[2] In the 1950s several popular teams arose, like Lhasa, Potala, Drapchi, and the Bodyguard Regiment.
In the Tibetan diaspora since 1959 there remained still interest among students for playing football; between schools tournaments were organised.
The first time the national team of the TNFA played football was in June 1999 in the Italian city Bologna, at the invitation of the national football rock band Dinamo Rock to the Tibetan Children's Villages.
Since many talented players got the chance to make their dreams come true by playing for their own national team.