Cook Islands women's national under-20 football team

Cook Islands women's U-20

Association	Cook Islands Football Association
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Judith Kuipers
Top scorer	(5)
Home stadium	Avarua Tereora Stadium
FIFA code	COK
First colours Second colours
First international
Cook Islands 0–15  Australia (Nuku'alofa, Tonga; April 26, 2002)
Biggest win
American Samoa 0–4  Cook Islands (Auckland, New Zealand; January 25, 2010)
Biggest defeat
Cook Islands 0–15  Australia (Nuku'alofa, Tonga; April 26, 2002)
World Cup
Appearances	0
OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Appearances	2 (2002, 2010)
Best result	Second Place (2010) [1]

The Cook Islands women's national under-20 football team is the highest women's youth team of women's football in the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA).

History[]

The Cook Islands is with approximately 18.000 inhabitants one of the smallest nations in the world. Despite being such a small country they are quite good at the Women's football tournaments. Their under-20 team participated just twice at OFC U-20 Women's Championship so far. At the first ever edition of the tournament, in 2002, they managed to get a draw in their second game of the tournament: 1–1 against Tonga. The first game they ever played, a 15–0 loss against Australia, is still their biggest loss ever.

Eight years later, in 2010, they performed a lot better with grabbing their first victory ever: a 4–0 victory against American Samoa. After again 1–1 draw against Tonga and a 8–0 defeat against New Zealand they reached the second place, out of four teams. Notably was that all their five goals in this tournament were scored by which made her automatically the all-time top scorer of the Cook Islands Women's U-20.

In 2019 they will participate again.

OFC Championship Record[]

OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2002	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	1	16	-15	1
2004	Did not Participate
2006	Did not Participate
2010	Second Place	3	1	1	1	5	9	-4	4
2012	Did not Participate
2014	Did not Participate
2015	Did not Participate
2017	Did not Participate
2019[2]	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	1	2	-1	3
Total	0 Titles	8	2	2	4	7	27	-20	8

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship from 30 August–12 September in Avarua, the Cook Islands.

Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2019, after the game against the Solomon Islands.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Puaikura
20	1GK		(2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Avatiu
2	2DF		(2002-08-22) 22 August 2002 (age 19)	2	0	Puaikura
3	2DF		(2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Tupapa Maraerenga
4	2DF		(2002-05-26) 26 May 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Puaikura
5	2DF		(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Nikao Sokattack
13	2DF		(2001-08-09) 9 August 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Puaikura
14	2DF		(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Titikaveka
17	2DF		(2003-08-09) 9 August 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Avatiu
18	2DF		(2002-05-26) 26 May 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Titikaveka
6	3MF	(captain)	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Titikaveka
7	3MF		(2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Avatiu
8	3MF		(2001-06-08) 8 June 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Papatoetoe
10	3MF		(2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Tupapa Maraerenga
15	3MF		(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Ellerslie
16	3MF		(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Avatiu
9	4FW		(2004-06-26) 26 June 2004 (age 17)	3	0	Tupapa Maraerenga
11	4FW		(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Tupapa Maraerenga
12	4FW		(2002-05-24) 24 May 2002 (age 19)	3	1	Puaikura

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