Cook Islands national football team
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The Cook Islands men's national football team is the men's football team that represents the Cook Islands in international competition since 1971. It is governed by the Cook Islands Football Association which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and FIFA.
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Cook Islands women's national football team.
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Association | Cook Islands Football Association | ||
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Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Jess Ibrom | ||
Captain | Grover Harmon | ||
Most caps | Tony Jamieson (22) | ||
Top scorer | Taylor Saghabi (7) | ||
Home stadium | Avarua Tereora Stadium | ||
FIFA code | COK | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 187 2 (4 April 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 166 (October 2015) | ||
Lowest | 207 (April–July 2015) | ||
First international | |||
Papua New Guinea 16–1 Cook Islands (Papeete, Tahiti; 11 September 1971) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Cook Islands 3–0 American Samoa (Papeete, Tahiti; 12 June 2000) Cook Islands 4–1 Tuvalu (Apia, Samoa; 1 September 2007) Cook Islands 3–0 Kiribati (Boulari, New Caledonia; 1 September 2011) Tonga 0–3 Cook Islands (Nukuʻalofa, Tonga; 31 August 2015) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Tahiti 30–0 Cook Islands (Papeete, Tahiti; 13 September 1971) | |||
OFC Nations Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 1998 and 2000 |
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The nation has participated in seven FIFA World Cup qualification attempts since their first attempt back in 1998. They have qualified for the OFC Nations Cup twice in 1998 and 2000 OFC Nations Cup with both appearances seeing no wins from their four games that they have played.