Cook Islands national under-17 football team

Cook Islands U17

Nickname(s)	The Cooks
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 colours Second colours
First international
American Samoa 0 - 0 Cook Islands (Pago Pago, American Samoa; February 13, 2003)
Biggest win
Tonga 1 - 7 Cook Islands (Apia, Samoa; January 22, 2013)
Biggest defeat
New Caledonia 8 - 1 Cook Islands (Auckland, New Zealand; January 11, 2011)
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.

Competition Record

OFC

The OFC Under 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.

OFC U-17 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1993	Did not Qualify
1995	Did not Qualify
1997	Did not Qualify
1999	Did not Qualify
2001	Did not Qualify
2003	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	2	8	-6	4
2005	Did not Qualify
2007	Did not Qualify
2009	Did not Qualify
2011	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	8	15	-7	3
2013	5th place	8	2	0	6	10	28	-18	6
2015	Group Stage	5	0	0	5	2	27	-25	0
Total		21	4	1	16	22	78	-56	13

Recent results and fixtures

2015

Cook Islands v Papua New Guinea

13 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Cook Islands	0–3	Papua New Guinea	Apia, Samoa
16:30 UTC+12		Report	Brendon Kambula  13' Martin Tokwakwasi  75' Freddy Tupani  90'	Stadium: J. S. Blatter Complex Referee: Ichikawa Polovili

New Caledonia v Cook Islands

15 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	New Caledonia	8–1	Cook Islands	Apia, Samoa
19:00 UTC+12	Etienne Poanoui  4', 55' Jimmy Guseal  5' Henri Boucheron  29', 90+2'  50' (o.g.) Joris Kenon  57' Maxime Betoulle  76'	Report	Rouruina Mariri  10'	Stadium: J. S. Blatter Complex Referee: Robinson Banga

Cook Islands v Samoa

17 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Cook Islands	1–5	Samoa	Apia, Samoa
19:00 UTC+12	Samuel Koiatu  29'	Report	Mose Sofala  8'  24' (o.g.) David Wensley  55', 61' Frank Mariner  68'	Stadium: J. S. Blatter Complex Referee: Gerald Oiaka

Fiji v Cook Islands

19 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Fiji	5–0	Cook Islands	Apia, Samoa
16:30 UTC+12	Simeli Batiratu  24', 59', 77' Muni Reddy  37' France Catarogo  90'	Report		Stadium: J. S. Blatter Complex Referee: Nelson Sogo

New Zealand v Cook Islands

21 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	New Zealand	6–0	Cook Islands	Apia, Samoa
14:00 UTC+12	Oliver Ceci  4' Jamie Woodlock  45+2', 56', 66', 72' Sean Skeens  82'	Report		Stadium: J. S. Blatter Complex Referee: Nelson Sogo

Current Technical Staff

Position
Head coach	Delaney Yaqona
Assistant coach	Donald Munro
Teammanager	Junior Areai
Physio	Pare Tangata

Squad for the 2015 OFC U-17 Championship

Caps and goals as of 23 January 2015.^[1]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Chrismagne Elikana (1998-04-03) April 3, 1998 5 0 Avatiu 20 1GK Atera Maroroa (1998-12-30) December 30, 1998 4 0 Atavera 10 2DF Sunai Joseph (c) (1998-02-20) February 20, 1998 11 1 Tupapa Maraerenga 11 2DF Peter Pureau (1998-11-30) November 30, 1998 1 0 Titikaveka 12 2DF Samuel Tatuava (1998-11-18) November 18, 1998 5 0 Titikaveka 13 2DF Kristian Young (1998-12-01) December 1, 1998 3 0 Avatiu 16 2DF Micheal Wood (1999-12-25) December 25, 1999 5 0 17 2DF Albert Taru (1998-08-15) August 15, 1998 3 0 Mount Albert Grammar 18 2DF Maru-Enua Miro (1998-09-24) September 24, 1998 5 0 Mitiaro 21 2DF Tuaine Ngarua (1999-11-06) November 6, 1999 0 0 Unattached 2 3MF Melbourne Matakino (1999-03-19) March 19, 1999 1 0 Tupapa Maraerenga 3 3MF Rechimaer Rairoa (2000-06-26) June 26, 2000 1 0 Avatiu 6 3MF Owenne Matapo (1999-11-04) November 4, 1999 5 0 Mount Albert Grammar 7 3MF William Napa (2000-07-04) July 4, 2000 5 0 Puaikura 4 4FW George Nanua 0 0 Aitutaki 5 4FW Rouruina Mariri (1998-12-04) December 4, 1998 5 1 Mauke 8 4FW Varu Varu (2000-01-09) January 9, 2000 0 0 Aitutaki 9 4FW Tamaiva Mateariki (1999-02-05) February 5, 1999 5 0 Nikao Sokattack 14 4FW Samuel Koiatu (1998-03-08) March 8, 1998 5 1 Nikao Sokattack 15 4FW Daniel Taokia (1998-12-22) December 22, 1998 5 0 Mangaia

References

External links

• Cook Islands Football Federation official website

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