List of the international matches of the national football team of the Cook Islands

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The Cook Islands national football team list contains all the matches of the men's Cook Islands national football team . Games, e.g. B. in the context of the Oceania Cup, at the time when the Cook Islands were not yet part of FIFA, are not counted by FIFA.

Legend

This section serves as a legend for the following tables.

• A = away game
• H = home game
• * = Play on a neutral place
• WM = World Championship
• OM = Oceania Championship
• n / a = after extension
• i. E. = on penalties
• red background color = defeat of the Cook Islands team
• green background color = win of the Cook Islands team
• yellow background color = tie

List of international matches

1971 to 1995

No. (FIFA)	No. (RSSSF)	date	result	opponent	venue		occasion	Remarks
	1	09/02/1971	0:30	Tahiti	Papeete ( TAH )	A.	South Pacific Games	First game against Tahiti
	2	09/03/1971	1:16	Papua and New Guinea	Papeete ( TAH )	South Pacific Games	First game against Papua New Guinea
	3	04.09.1971	1:15	Fiji	Papeete ( TAH )	South Pacific Games Play for 5th place	First game against Fiji
	4th	1985	0:16	Fiji		H	South Pacific Mini Games	Canceled
	5	1985	0:12	New Caledonia		H	South Pacific Mini Games	First game against New Caledonia
	6th	1985	1: 6	Samoa		H	South Pacific Mini Games	First game against Samoa
	7th	08/16/1995	0: 9	New Caledonia	( TAH )	South Pacific Games
	8th	08/19/1995	2: 1	Wallis and Futuna	( TAH )	South Pacific Games	First game against Wallis and Futuna
	9	08/21/1995	0:16	Solomon Islands	( TAH )	*	South Pacific Games	First game against the Solomon Islands
	10	08/22/1995	0:11	Tahiti	( TAH )	A.	South Pacific Games

1996 to 2009

No. (FIFA)	No. (RSSSF)	date	result	opponent	venue		occasion	Remarks
1	11	11/11/1996	0: 2	Tonga	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	A.	World Cup qualification / Polynesia Cup 1996	First game against Tonga
2	12	11/13/1996	1: 2	Samoa	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	World Cup qualification / Polynesia Cup 1996	First game counted by FIFA against Samoa
3	13	09/02/1998	1: 2	Samoa	Rarotonga	H	Polynesia Cup 1998
4th	14th	09/03/1998	4: 3	American Samoa	Rarotonga	H	Polynesia Cup 1998	First game against American Samoa
5	15th	09/05/1998	2: 2	Tonga	Rarotonga	H	Polynesia Cup 1998
6th	16	09/08/1998	0: 5	Tahiti	Rarotonga	H	Polynesia Cup 1998	First game counted by FIFA against Tahiti
7th	17th	09/28/1998	0:16	Australia	Brisbane ( AUS )	A.	Football Oceania Championship 1998	First game against Australia
8th	18th	09/30/1998	0: 3	Fiji	Brisbane ( AUS )	Football Oceania Championship 1998	First game counted by FIFA against Fiji
9	19th	06/10/2000	1: 2	Tonga	Papeete ( TAH )	Polynesia Cup 2000
10	20th	06/12/2000	3-0	American Samoa	Papeete ( TAH )	Polynesia Cup 2000
11	21st	06/14/2000	0: 2	Tahiti	Papeete ( TAH )	A.	Polynesia Cup 2000
12	22nd	06/16/2000	3: 2	Samoa	Papeete ( TAH )	Polynesia Cup 2000
13	23	06/19/2000	0:17	Australia	Papeete ( TAH )	Football Oceania Championship 2000
14th	24	06/21/2000	1: 5	Solomon Islands	Papeete ( TAH )	Football Oceania Championship 2000	First game counted by FIFA against the Solomon Islands
15th	25th	06/04/2001	1: 9	Solomon Islands	Auckland ( NZL )	World Cup qualification
16	26th	06/06/2001	1: 8	Vanuatu	Auckland ( NZL )	World Cup qualification	First game against Vanuatu
17th	27	06/08/2001	0: 2	New Zealand	Auckland ( NZL )	A.	World Cup qualification	First game against New Zealand
18th	28	06/11/2001	0: 6	Tahiti	Auckland ( NZL )	World Cup qualification
19th	29	05/05/2004	0-0	Samoa	Auckland ( NZL )
20th	30th	05/10/2004	0: 2	Tahiti	Honiara ( SLB )	World Cup qualification / Soccer Oceania Championship 2004
21st	31	05/12/2004	0: 5	Solomon Islands	Honiara ( SLB )	A.	World Cup qualification / Soccer Oceania Championship 2004
22nd	32	05/15/2004	1: 2	Tonga	Honiara ( SLB )	World Cup qualification / Soccer Oceania Championship 2004
23	33	05/17/2004	0: 8	New Caledonia	Honiara ( SLB )	World Cup qualification / Soccer Oceania Championship 2004	First game counted by FIFA against New Caledonia
24		08/27/2007	0: 4	Fiji	Apia ( SAM )	South Pacific Games
25th		08/29/2007	0: 3	New Caledonia	Apia ( SAM )	South Pacific Games
		09/01/2007	4: 1	Tuvalu	Apia ( SAM )	South Pacific Games	First game against Tuvalu
26th		09/03/2007	0: 1	Tahiti	Apia ( SAM )	South Pacific Games
27		06/11/2009	1: 1	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa ( TGA )	A.
28		06/13/2009	2: 1	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa ( TGA )	A.

Since 2010

No. (FIFA)	No. (RSSSF)	date	result	opponent	venue		occasion	Remarks
29		08/27/2011	0: 4	Papua New Guinea	Boulari ( NCL )	Pacific games	First game counted by FIFA against Papua New Guinea
30th		08/30/2011	0: 7	Tahiti	Boulari ( NCL )	Pacific games
		09/01/2011	3-0	Kiribati	Boulari ( NCL )	Pacific games
31		09/03/2011	1: 4	Fiji	Boulari ( NCL )	Pacific games
32		11/22/2011	2: 3	Samoa	Apia ( SAM )	A.	World Cup qualification / Football Oceania Championship 2012
33		11/24/2011	1: 1	American Samoa	Apia ( SAM )	World Cup qualification / Oceania Championship 2012
34		11/26/2011	1: 2	Tonga	Apia ( SAM )	World Cup qualification / Oceania Championship 2012
35		08/31/2015	3-0	Tonga	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	A.	World Cup qualification / Soccer Oceania Championship 2016
36		02.09.2015	1-0	Samoa	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	World Cup qualification / Oceania Championship 2016
37		04.09.2015	0: 2	American Samoa	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	World Cup qualification / Oceania Championship 2016	The 2nd round is missed

statistics

opponent

Continental Association	Games	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference
Australia / Oceania ( OFC )	FIFA + RSSSF	23	03	02	18th	19:10
	only FIFA	12	03	04th	09	12:330
	RSSSF only	09	00	00	09	03: 131
	all	46	06th	04th	36	34: 269
OFC Associate Members	RSSSF only	01	01	00	00	02: 100
	without no.	02	02	00	00	07: 100
	all	03	03	00	00	09: 200
Total	all	49	09	04th	36	43: 271
↑ Incl. the games against Australia when Australia was still a member of the OFC and against countries that joined the OFC later. ↑ a b All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics

Occasions

occasion	Games	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference
Friendly matches
	FIFA + RSSSF	01	00	01	00	00-000
	only FIFA	02	01	01	00	03: 200
	all	03	01	02	00	03: 200
Oceania Championship	FIFA + RSSSF	08th	00	00	08th	02:580
	only FIFA	03	00	01	02	04: 600
	all	11	00	01	10	06:640
World Cup qualifiers	FIFA + RSSSF	04th	00	00	04th	02:250
	only FIFA	03	02	00	01	04: 200
	all	07th	02	00	06th	06:270
Polynesia Cup	FIFA + RSSSF	10	03	01	06th	15:220
(South) Pacific Games	only FIFA	06th	00	00	06th	02: 230
	RSSSF only	07th	01	00	06th	04: 980
	without no.	02	02	00	00	07: 100
	all	15th	03	00	12	12: 122
South Pacific Mini Games	RSSSF only	03	00	00	03	01:340
Total	all	49	09	04th	36	43: 271
↑ All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics ↑ a b Incl. Games that also served as World Cup qualifiers ↑ a b c d All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics ↑ status uncertain [1]

Venues

occasion	Games	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference (without goals in penalty shootouts)
Away games
	FIFA + RSSSF	05	00	00	05	00:410
	only FIFA	04th	02	01	01	008: 500
	RSSSF only	02	00	00	02	00:410
	all	11	02	01	08th	08:730
Home games
	FIFA + RSSSF	04th	01	01	02	07:120
	RSSSF only	03	00	00	03	01:340
	all	07th	01	01	05	08:460
Play in a neutral place	FIFA + RSSSF	14th	02	01	11	12:660
	only FIFA	10	01	01	08th	04:280
	RSSSF only	05	01	00	04th	04:570
	without no.	02	02	00	00	07: 100
	all	31	06th	02	23	27: 152
Total	all	49	09	04th	36	43: 271
↑ Incl. games decided on penalties ↑ Incl. the games against the hosts at the Oceania Championships in 1998, 2004 and 2012 ↑ a b c All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics ↑ All games in Rarotonga or an unknown location

International match records

country		Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Important games
American Samoa	FIFA + RSSSF	3	2	0	1	7: 5
	only FIFA	1	1	0	0	1: 1	World Cup qualification 2014 / OM 2012, OM 2016 / World Cup qualification 2018
	all	4th	2	1	1	8: 6
Australia	FIFA + RSSSF	2	0	0	2	0:33	OM 1998, 2000
Fiji	FIFA + RSSSF	1	1	0	0	0: 3	OM group stage 1998
	only FIFA	2	0	0	2	1: 8	World Cup qualification 2010
	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	1:31
	all	5	0	0	5	2:42
Kiribati	without no.	1	1	0	0	3-0
New Caledonia	FIFA + RSSSF	1	0	0	1	0: 8	World Cup qualification 2006 / OM 2004
	only FIFA	1	0	0	1	0: 3
	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	0:21
	all	4th	0	0	4th	0:32
New Zealand	FIFA + RSSSF / NZF	1	0	0	1	0: 2	World Cup qualification 2002
Papua New Guinea	RSSSF only	1	0	0	1	1:16
	only FIFA	1	0	0	1	0: 4
	all	2	0	0	2	1:20
Solomon Islands	FIFA + RSSSF	3	0	0	3	2:19	OM 2004 / World Cup qualification 2006
	RSSSF only	1	0	0	1	0:16
	all	4th	0	0	4th	2:35
Samoa	FIFA + RSSSF	4th	1	1	2	5: 6	World Cup qualification 1998
	only FIFA	2	1	0	1	3: 3	OM 2012 / World Cup qualification 2014; OM 2016 / World Cup qualification 2018
	RSSSF only	1	0	0	1	1: 6
	all	7th	2	1	4th	9:15
Tahiti	FIFA + RSSSF	4th	0	0	4th	0:15	OM 2004 / World Cup qualification 2006, World Cup qualification 2002
	only FIFA	2	0	0	2	0: 8
	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	0:41
	all	8th	0	0	8th	0:64
Tonga	FIFA + RSSSF	4th	0	1	3	4: 8	OM 2004 / World Cup qualification 2006
	only FIFA	4th	2	1	1	7: 4	World Cup qualification 2014 / OM 2012; OM 2016 / World Cup qualification 2018
	all	8th	2	2	4th	11:12
Tuvalu	without no.	1	1	0	0	4: 1
Vanuatu	FIFA + RSSSF	1	0	0	1	1: 8	World Cup qualification 2002
Wallis and Futuna	RSSSF only	1	1	0	0	2: 1
Total	all	49	09	04th	36	43: 271
↑ a b c d e f g h i All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics Legend: green background = positive balance sheet (number of wins higher than that of defeats) yellow background = balance balanced red background = negative balance (number of defeats higher than that of victories)

Web links

• Cook Islands International Matches (as of May 17, 2004, last updated October 29, 2005)
• FIFA Cook Islands Statistics
• Country playlist for Elo ratings