The Cook Islands women's national football team represents the
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...
in international women's football. The team is controlled by the
Cook Islands Football Association
The Cook Islands Football Association is the governing body of football in the Cook Islands.
History
The Association was founded in 1971.
In 1994, the CIFA became a member of FIFA.
The Associations headquarters and Academy were opened in 2 ...
. With a population of around 18,000 people it remains one of the smallest
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
teams.
Cook Islands has never qualified for a
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior list of women's national association football teams, women's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Footb ...
, but has entered the
OFC Women's Nations Cup
The OFC Women's Nations Cup (previously known as the OFC Women's Championship) is a women's association football tournament for national teams that belong to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). It was held every three years from 1983 to 1989. ...
five times, in
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
,
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
,
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
and
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
.
The contested the OFC Women's Nations Cup in 2022, losing to Fiji in the quarter-final.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
;Legend
2025
Coaching staff
Manager history
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Tuka Tisam (202?-present)
*
Gary Phillips(202?-20??)
Players
Current squad
*The following players were called up for the
2023 Pacific Games from 17 November to 2 December in
Honiara
Honiara () is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. , it had a population of 92,344 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lies ...
, Solomon Islands.
''Caps and goals updated as of 12 July 2022, before the game against
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
OFC Women's Nations Cup
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks.''
Pacific Games
See also
*
Sport in the Cook Islands
**
Football in the Cook Islands
***Women's football in the Cook Islands
*
Cook Islands national football team
The Cook Islands men's national football team is the men's association football, 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 t ...
*
Cook Islands national under-20 football team
*
Cook Islands national under-17 football team
*
Cook Islands women's national under-17 football team
References
External links
Official websiteFIFA profile
Oceanian women's national association football teams
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