National Football Team of the Cook Islands

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Cook Islands
Kūki 'Āirani
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Association Cook Islands Football Association
confederacy OFC
Technical sponsor adidas
Head coach New ZealandNew Zealand Kevin Fallon (since 2018)
captain Jake Stuart
Record scorer Taylor Saghabi (6)
Record player Tony Jamieson (20)
Home stadium Avarua National Stadium
FIFA code COK
FIFA rank 0. (0 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
34 games
7 wins
2 draws
25 losses
statistics
First international Tahiti 30-0 Cook Islands ( Papeete , Tahiti ; September 2, 1971 )
Tahiti 1843Tahiti Cook IslandsCook Islands
Biggest win Cook Islands 4-1 Tuvalu ( Apia , Samoa ; September 1, 2007 )
Cook IslandsCook Islands TuvaluTuvalu
Biggest defeat Tahiti 30-0 Cook Islands ( Papeete , Tahiti ; September 2, 1971 )
Tahiti 1843Tahiti Cook IslandsCook Islands
Successes in tournaments
Oceania Championship
Participation in the finals 2 ( first : 1998 )
Best results 1st round 1998, 2000
(As of June 22, 2008)

The national soccer team of the Cook Islands is the selection team of the Pacific island nation of the Cook Islands .

The Cook Islands are a member of the world football association FIFA and the regional association OFC . So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer World Cup . At the OFC Nations Cup you were eliminated in the preliminary round when you participated twice.

The Cook Islands at the World Cup

The first official FIFA tournament for the Cook Islands was qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France . In the Polynesian group of the Oceania zone, the team played against Samoa (1: 2) and Tonga (0: 2). After two defeats, however, the team was eliminated.

Qualification for the 2002 World Cup also ended in the first round for the Cook Islands. In Group 2, the national team lost all group matches against New Zealand (0: 2), the Solomon Islands (1: 9), Tahiti (0: 6) and Vanuatu (1: 8) and finished last in the table, which resulted in the elimination Result. The only notable success was the narrow 2-0 defeat against New Zealand on June 8, 2001 in Auckland ( New Zealand ).

The first round of the 2006 World Cup in Germany ended for the national team of the Cook Islands also without a single victory against New Caledonia (0: 8), the Solomon Islands (0: 5), Tahiti (0: 2) and Tonga (1: 2) , a goal difference of 1:17 and a last place in the table in the first round.

In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , the team was eliminated in the first round. The Cook Islands played in a group with Fiji (0: 4), New Caledonia (0: 3), Tahiti (0: 1) and Tuvalu and finished fourth in the table. Against Tuvalu on September 1, 2007 in Apia with 4-1 the only win in the World Cup qualification in the history of the country.

In the first round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, there were two wins in the first two games, but a defeat in the last game against American Samoa meant that first place was lost and the Cook Islands were eliminated in third.

Record of the Cook Islands in the World Cup qualification:

date place opponent Result Goal scorers
Football World Cup 1998
11/11/1996 TongaTonga Tonga 0: 2
11/13/1996 SamoaSamoa Samoa 1: 2
Football World Cup 2002
06/04/2001 Auckland Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands Solomon Islands 1: 9 Niki Te-Miha
06/06/2001 Auckland VanuatuVanuatu Vanuatu 1: 8 Junior Puroki
06/08/2001 Auckland New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 0: 2
06/11/2001 Auckland TahitiTahiti Tahiti 0: 6
Football World Cup 2006
05/10/2004 Honiara TahitiTahiti Tahiti 0: 2
05/12/2004 Honiara Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands Solomon Islands 0: 5
05/15/2004 Honiara TongaTonga Tonga 1: 2 John Pareanga
05/17/2004 Honiara New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia 0: 8
Soccer World Cup 2010
08/27/2007 Apia FijiFiji Fiji 0: 4
08/29/2007 Apia New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia 0: 3
09/01/2007 Apia TuvaluTuvalu Tuvalu 4: 1 Teariki Mateariki (2), Tom Le Mouton , Kunda Tom
09/03/2007 Apia TahitiTahiti Tahiti 0: 1
Football World Cup 2014
11/22/2011 Apia SamoaSamoa Samoa 2: 3 Campbell Best (2)
11/24/2011 Apia Samoa AmericanAmerican Samoa American Samoa 1: 1 Tala Luvu (ET)
11/26/2011 Apia TongaTonga Tonga 1: 2 Grover Harmon
Football World Cup 2018
08/31/2015 Nuku'alofa TongaTonga Tonga 3-0 Taylor Saghabi (3)
02.09.2015 Nuku'alofa SamoaSamoa Samoa 1-0 Taylor Saghabi
04.09.2015 Nuku'alofa Samoa AmericanAmerican Samoa American Samoa 0: 2

Trainer

Participation in soccer world championships

Participation in the OFC Nations Cup

  • 1973 to 1996 - did not participate
  • 1998 - preliminary round
  • 2000 - preliminary round
  • 2002 - withdrawn
  • 2004 - did not qualify
  • 2008 - did not qualify
  • 2012 - did not qualify

Participation in the South Pacific and Pacific Games

The Cook Islands took part only sporadically and could never survive the preliminary round.

  • 1963 - 1969 - did not take part
  • 1971 - preliminary round
  • 1975 - 1991 - did not take part
  • 1995 - preliminary round
  • 2003 - did not participate
  • 2007 - preliminary round
  • 2011 - preliminary round
  • 2015 - did not participate

Participation in the Polynesia Cup

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .