Tupapa Maraerenga F.C.
Full nameTupapa Maraerenga Football Club
Nickname(s)Tupapa
GroundVictoria Park,
Avarua
Capacity1,000
ChairmanGrover Harmon
ManagerAnthony Samuela
LeagueCook Islands Round Cup
20231st

Tupapa Maraerenga Football Club is a Cook Islands football club located in Avarua, Cook Islands. It currently plays in the Cook Islands Round Cup and in the Cook Islands Cup.

History

Tupapa F.C. are the most successful club in the Cook Islands. They have won 16 Cook Islands Round Cup and 9 Cook Islands Cup. For the 2012–13 season after winning the national championship, the team will compete for third time in the 2012–13 OFC Champions League, starting in the Preliminary Round. They had participated in the years 2000–01 and in the 2008–09.[1]

After winning the 2022 Tower Insurance Premiership they qualified for the 2023 OFC Champions League,[2] but failed to qualify after losing to Lupe o le Soaga SC.[3]

Titles

1992, 1993, 1998–99, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
1978, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 OFC Champions League qualifying stage

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Benoit Beaujeon
3 MF Cook Islands COK Gichin Fuhiniu
5 FW Cook Islands COK Tahitoa Webb
6 MF Cook Islands COK Akiona Tairi
7 MF Cook Islands COK Paavo Mustonen
8 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Dylan Connolly
9 MF Cook Islands COK Ngametua Tuakana
10 MF Cook Islands COK Grover Harmon (captain)
11 MF Cook Islands COK Lee Harmon
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Cook Islands COK Shane Tuteru
13 DF Cook Islands COK Tamaiva Mateariki
14 DF Cook Islands COK Rangi Moore
15 FW Cook Islands COK Daniel Taokia
16 FW New Zealand NZL Jake McCoy
17 DF Cook Islands COK Teina Savage
18 DF Cook Islands COK Avi Henderson-Enoka
19 FW Cook Islands COK Marcus Gibbens
20 CB Cook Islands COK Sunai Joseph

Staff

Position Name
Head coach Cook Islands Mii Joseph


References

  1. ^ "Stu Kelly signs for Cook Island's Puaikura FC". boxscorenews.com.
  2. ^ "Tupapa off to OFC Champions League qualifiers". Cook Islands News. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Tupapa Maraerenga bundles out of OFC Champions League". Cook Islands News. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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