Nickname(s) | The Cooks |
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Association | Cook Islands Football Association |
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) |
Head coach | Delaney Yagona |
Captain | Sunai Joseph |
Most caps | Sunai Joseph (11) |
Top scorer | Tamaiva Smith, Tyrell Barringer-Tahiri, Twin Tiro, Maro Bonsu-Maro, Morgan Wichman (2) |
FIFA code | COK |
First international | |
American Samoa 0 - 0 Cook Islands (Pago Pago, American Samoa; February 13, 2003) |
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Biggest win | |
Tonga 1 - 7 Cook Islands (Apia, Samoa; January 22, 2013) |
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Biggest defeat | |
New Caledonia 8 - 1 Cook Islands (Auckland, New Zealand; January 11, 2011) |
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World Cup | |
Appearances | 0 |
OFC U17 Championship | |
Appearances | 4 |
Best result | Winning the Preliminary Round (2013) |
The Cook Islands national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association. With a population of around 24,000 people it remains one of the smallest FIFA teams.
The OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.