Wellington Phoenix FC

Full name	Wellington Phoenix Football Club
Nickname(s)	Phoenix, The Nix
Founded	2007
Ground	Westpac Stadium, Wellington (Capacity: 34,500[1])
Owner	Terry Serepisos
Manager	Ricki Herbert
League	A-League
2008-09	A-League, 6th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Wellington Phoenix FC is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand, competing in the Australasian A-League. The club replaced the now-defunct New Zealand Knights in the 2007-08 season.

Contents 1 History 2 Seasons 3 Club crest and colours 3.1 Original Kit 4 Players 4.1 Current squad 4.2 Current International Players 4.3 Former Players 4.3.1 Club Captains 4.4 Award Winners 5 Club Officials 6 Stadium 7 Supporters 8 Statistics & Records 8.1 Individual Records 8.2 Goal Scorers 8.2.1 All-time leading goal scorers 8.2.2 All-time leading appearances 8.3 Club Records 8.3.1 Home attendance 8.3.2 Firsts 8.3.3 Results 8.3.4 Goals 8.3.5 Points 8.3.6 Clean Sheets 8.3.6.1 All time Clean Sheets 8.4 All-time A-League Results 9 Year-by-year History 10 References 11 External links

[edit] History

During the later stages of the 2006-07 season, the Football Federation of Australia (FFA) removed the New Zealand Knight's (NZK) A-League licence due to club's financial and administrative problems and poor on-field performance. After the resignation of the NZK board, FFA transferred the licence to New Zealand Soccer (NZS; now New Zealand Football), which administered the club for the rest of the season before its subsequent dissolution.

FFA then provided NZS a provisional A-League licence to sub-let to a suitable New Zealand team to enter the A-League 2007-08 season. The FFA provided an application deadline to NZS, which was subsequently delayed to give more time for potential applicants in New Zealand to apply along with NZS support.

While NZS was given a chance to apply with a new sub-licencee, a Townsville-based consortium, Tropical Football Australia (TFA) also expressed interest and prepared an A-league application to replace the place previously held by the Knights.^[2] However, TFA eventually pulled out with the understanding of the FFA's preference to retain a New Zealand team for the league. TFA later resubmitted its bid in the following year as a potential A-League expansion franchise under the name of "Northern Thunder FC", which was later changed to "North Queensland Thunder"^[3], however this bid died after expansion for the 2007-08 season was cancelled.

After much delay, the final money amount needed for the final application came from Wellington property businessman Terry Serepisos in the last moments of the bid giving much relief to the New Zealand football fans. Serepisos, the club's majority owner and chairman, provided NZD $1,000,000^{[citation needed]} to ensure the beginnings of a new New Zealand franchise and a continuation of New Zealand's participation in the A-League. FFA finalised a three-year A-League licence to New Zealand Football who then sub-let the licence to the Wellington-based franchise.^[4] The Wellington franchise was confirmed on 19 March 2007.

The name for the new club was picked from a shortlist of six, pruned from 250 names suggested by the public, and was announced on 28 March 2007.^[5][6] Serepisos said of the name: "It symbolises the fresh start, the rising from the ashes, and the incredible Wellington support that has come out".^[7]

In November 2007, Sony NZ Ltd came on board as the team's principal sponsor.

Despite the backing of FIFA, AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam has stated that due to AFC criteria the Wellington team must move to Australia or disband by 2011.^[8] However in an interview aired on SBS on 21 December 2008 FIFA supremo Sepp Blatter stated unequivocally that "It is not the matter of the confederation, it is the matter of the FIFA Executive Committee... If Wellington will go on play on in Australian League, then as long as Australian league wants to have them and Wellington wants to stay (and) Both association in this case, New Zealand Soccer and Australian Football are happy with that then we will give them the blessing. The confederation can not interfere with that." ^[9]

Many argue Wellington's ability to play in the A-League has been instrumental to the progress of the New Zealand national side, the All Whites, and the wider football landscape. ^[10]

[edit] Seasons

[edit] Club crest and colours

The club's colours and badge were revealed on 29 March 2007. The colours are black and yellow, the traditional colours of the city of Wellington, while the badge is a shield with a phoenix rising above the shield.

[edit] Original Kit

While the general consensus among fans was for a kit featuring yellow and black vertical stripes, this format did not comply with the A-league template required by Reebok. Instead, Wellington wore a predominantly black strip with yellow and white trim for their first two seasons. However, with Reebok lifting constraints on kit designs, the Phoenix will adopt yellow and black vertical stripes for the 2009-10 season onwards.

The away strip was revealed with the home kit. The away kit features black sleeves with yellow trim on a white background, while the shorts are white with a yellow and black side trim, with white socks.^[11]

The team's sponsors were:

• Front of kit: Sony
• Sleeve: Wellington Beds
• Front of shorts: None

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Mark Paston 2 DF Manny Muscat 3 DF Tony Lochhead 4 DF Jonathan McKain 5 MF Diego 6 MF Tim Brown (Vice-captain) 7 MF Leo Bertos 8 FW Paul Ifill 9 FW Chris Greenacre 10 MF Michael Ferrante 11 MF Daniel Côrtes

No. Position Player 12 FW Jiang Chen (on loan from Tianjin Teda) 13 MF Troy Hearfield 14 MF Adrian Caceres 16 DF Dave Mulligan 17 MF Vince Lia 18 DF Ben Sigmund 20 GK Reece Crowther (Youth) 21 MF Marco Rojas (Youth) 22 DF Andrew Durante (Captain) 23 FW Costa Barbarouses (Youth) 40 GK Liam Reddy (Injury player*)

[edit] Current International Players

All Whites

• Coach - Ricki Herbert
• GK - Mark Paston
• DF - Tony Lochhead
• DF - Ben Sigmund
• DF - David Mulligan
• MF - Tim Brown
• MF - Leo Bertos

New Zealand U-20

• FW - Costa Barbarouses

Malta

• DF - Manny Muscat

Barbados

• FW - Paul Ifill

[edit] Former Players

see List of Wellington Phoenix FC players

[edit] Club Captains

• 2007-2008 Ross Aloisi
• 2008-present Andrew Durante

[edit] Award Winners

Johnny Warren Medal

The follwing players have won the Johnny Warren Medal whilst playing for Wellington:

• Shane Smeltz - 2008-09

Reebok Golden Boot

The follwing players have won the Reebok Golden Boot whilst playing for Wellington:

• Shane Smeltz (12 goals) - 2008-09

[edit] Club Officials

Senior Club Officials Chairman: Terry Serepisos Chief Executive: Tony Pignata Marketing Director: Hamish Miller Financial Director: Murray Naylor Director: Steve Sumner Director: John Morris

Senior Squad Coaching and Medical staff First team Coach: Ricki Herbert Goalkeeping Coach: Jonathan Gould Technical Analyst: Luciano Trani First team Doctor: First team Physiotherapist: Adam Crump Strength & conditioning coach: Ed Baranowski

[edit] Stadium

Westpac Stadium

"The Cake Tin" or "The Ring of Fire"
Location	Wellington, New Zealand
Broke ground	March 12, 1998
Opened	January 3, 2000
Owner	Wellington Regional Stadium Trust
Operator	Wellington Regional Stadium Trust
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$130 million NZD
Architect	*Architecture Warren & Mahoney Ltd *Populous (then Bligh Lobb Sports Architecture)
Capacity	34,500[12]

Main articles: Westpac Stadium

Wellington Phoenix FC have played all home matches at the Westpac Stadium (referred to as the 'Cake Tin' or the 'Ring of Fire' by fans) which has a capacity of 34,500.^[13] Field dimensions: Length (North to South) 235 metres, Width (West to East) 185 metres. The NZD$130 million stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction and is situated close to major transport facilities (such as Wellington Railway Station) one kilometre north of the CBD. The stadium is owned and operated by Wellington Regional Stadium Trust. It is located on the waterfront, built on reclaimed railway land, which was surplus to requirements. The location of the Stadium near the Wellington Railway Station is a huge convenience since fans can catch the train and be walking distance from the stadium.

The Phoenix train at Newtown Park, a ground which they share with NZFC franchise, Team Wellington.

[edit] Supporters

A Wellington Phoenix FC supporters club, calling themselves the "The Yellow Fever", was founded a day after Wellington's winning bid for the A-League slot was announced.^[14] Yellow Fever founder Mike Greene met with the founder of NZ cricket supporter group the Beige Brigade to get ideas of how to get the group started.^[15] The name was originally chosen on the assumption that the new Wellington-based team would play in a yellow playing strip (yellow being the dominant sporting colour of the region). When the first kit revealed as being primarily black, Yellow Fever elected to retain the name. As such, many Yellow Fever members wear yellow to fixtures as opposed to black, such as the popular "Retro Ricki" t-shirt.

The "Fever Zone" occupied by Yellow Fever members are the rows between aisles 21 and 22. Although Westpac Stadium is an all-seater facility, most Yellow Fever members choose to stand in front of their seat - similar to terrace seating traditions in British football.

Yellow Fever are creating many traditions of their own, the most notable being when male supporters remove their shirts at the 80th minute mark when the Phoenix are winning. Yellow Fever members also traditionally wear Santa Hats in the last match before Christmas. Fever members have also combined charity campaigns with their support of the Phoenix, with supporters selling bandannas in the club colours every year as part of the youth-cancer charity CanTeen's "Bandanna Day" fundraiser. Yellow Fever members have also notably participated in the Movember movement since 2007, leading to the club itself participating as of 2008.

Many Yellow Fever members have also lent their support to other football fixtures in Wellington and New Zealand, mostly notably the NZFC's Team Wellington and the New Zealand national football team (known as the "All Whites"), for whom they temporarily rebrand themselves as "White Noise". They also lent their support to the New Zealand women's national under-17 football team during the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in New Zealand.

The Yellow Fever website, YellowFever.co.nz, has evolved into a community page for New Zealand football in general. The page also publishes non-Phoenix news involving football at local and national levels, as well as information on all New Zealand national teams and footballers. The site, as of 15 November 2009, had 5,562 registered users.

Yellow Fever is notable for being the first supporters club in the A-League to organize and sponsor a footballing scholarship, known as the "Retro Ricki Youth Scholarship". This scholarship involves the awarding of equipment and cash for promising young New Zealand footballers. This is done in conjunction with the Phoenix themselves, who award a trial with the club to the recipient. Nominations for award recipients are made by Yellow Fever members, with the winner being chosen by the Yellow Fever executive and Wellington Phoenix staff. The 2009 winner of the scholarship, Marco Rojas, was signed by the Phoenix as a result of this initiative.

[edit] Statistics & Records

All figures current as of Round 19, 2009-10 season

[edit] Individual Records

• Most league Appearances: Tony Lochhead - 58 caps
• Most finals Appearances:
• Most consecutive League Appearances: Tony Lochhead - 41 games, 19 January 2008 - Present (Ongoing)
• Oldest Player: Vaughan Coveny - 37 years v. Melbourne Victory, 26 August 2007
• Youngest Player: Costa Barbarouses - 17 years, 244 days v. Central Coast Mariners, 21 October 2007

[edit] Goal Scorers

• All-time Leading Goal Scorer: Shane Smeltz - 21 goals
• Most goals in a season: Shane Smeltz - 12 goals, 2008-09
• Most goals in a match

Shane Smeltz - 2 goals v. Sydney F.C., 22 July 2007

Shane Smeltz - 2 goals v. Perth Glory, 7 December 2007

Shane Smeltz - 2 goals v. Melbourne Victory, 24 August 2008

Shane Smeltz - 2 goals v. Newcastle Jets, 6 October 2008

Shane Smeltz - 2 goals v. Newcastle Jets, 4 January 2009

Daniel - 2 goals v. Gold Coast United, 25 October 2009

• All-time leading goal assists: Leo Bertos - 11 assists
• Most goal assists in a season

Leo Bertos - 7 assists, 2009-10 (Ongoing)

Paul Ifill - 7 assists, 2009-10 (Ongoing)

• Most penalties scored in a season: Shane Smeltz - 5, 2008-09
• Youngest goalscorer: Costa Barbarouses, 18 years 333 days v. Adelaide United, 18 January 2009
• Oldest goalscorer: Vaughan Coveny, 36 years 291 days v. Perth Glory, 30 September 2007
• Fasted goalscorer: 102 seconds, Shane Smeltz v. Central Coast Mariners, 19 December 2008

[edit] All-time leading goal scorers

	Name	Goals	Games	Years
1	Shane Smeltz	21	39	2007-09
2	Tim Brown	8	44	2007-
3	Daniel	6	52	2007-
=	Paul Ifill	6	19	2009-
5	Chris Greenacre	5	16	2009-
6	Leo Bertos	4	35	2008-
7	Troy Hearfield	3	32	2008-
=	Felipe	3	17	2007-08
9	Costa Barbarouses	2	17	2007-
=	Ross Aloisi	2	13	2007-08

[edit] All-time leading appearances

	Name	Games	Years
1	Tony Lochhead	58	2007-
2	Daniel	52	2007-
3	Tim Brown	44	2007-
4	Michael Ferrante	43	2007-
5	Shane Smeltz	39	2007-09
6	Karl Dodd	36	2007-09
7	Andrew Durante	35	2008-
=	Leo Bertos	35	2008-
8	Glen Moss	33	2007-09
=	Troy Hearfield	33	2008-
10	Mark Paston	32	2007-
11	Ben Sigmund	31	2008-

[edit] Club Records

[edit] Home attendance

• Record High Attendance: 31,853 v Los Angeles Galaxy on 1 December 2007
• Record High League Home Attendance: 18,345 v Adelaide United on 30 November 2007
• Record Low League Home Attendance: 4,115 v Newcastle United Jets on 4 November 2009
• Highest Season Average Attendance: 11,683 - 2007-08 season

• Season 1 - 2007-08
  • 1st home match: 14,421 v Melbourne Victory on 26 August 2007
  • 2nd home match: 11,478 v Newcastle Jets on 9 September 2007
  • 3rd home match: 12,127 v Adelaide United on 22 September 2007
  • 4th home match: 10,127 v Perth Glory on 30 September 2007
  • 5th home match: 10,560 v Central Coast Mariners on 21 October 2007
  • 6th home match: 8,062 v Sydney FC on 17 November 2007
  • 7th home match: 18,345 v Adelaide United on 30 November 2007
  • Exhibition home match: 31,853 v Los Angeles Galaxy on 1 December 2007
  • 8th home match: 8,032 v Perth Glory on 7 December 2007
  • 9th home match: 9,384 v Queensland Roar on 14 December 2007
  • 10th home match: 14,288 v Sydney FC on 4 January 2008

'Average: 11,683 (Excluding Exhibition home match)'

• Season 2 - 2008-09
  • 1st home match: 10,516 v Queensland Roar on 17 August 2008
  • 2nd home match: 6,110 v Melbourne Victory on 24 August 2008
  • 3rd home match: 6,926 v Central Coast Mariners on 14 September 2008
  • 4th home match: 6,729 v Sydney FC on 28 September 2008
  • 5th home match: 6,543 v Queensland Roar on 26 October 2008
  • 6th home match: 5,500 v Newcastle Jets on 23 November 2008
  • 7th home match: 7,953 v Melbourne Victory on 28 November 2008
  • 8th home match: 6,362 v Perth Glory on 14 December 2008
  • 9th home match: 6,722 v Central Coast Mariners on 19 December 2008
  • 10th home match: 7,520 v Newcastle Jets on 4 January 2009
  • 11th home match: 8,241 v Adelaide United on 18 January 2009

'Average: 7,193'

• Season 3 - 2009-10
  • 1st home match: 10,024 v Perth Glory on 16 August 2009
  • 2nd home match: 7,578 v Adelaide United on 4 September 2009
  • 3rd home match: 9,713 v North Queensland Fury on 20 September 2009
  • 4th home match: 6,769 v Central Coast Mariners on 27 September 2009
  • 5th home match: 6,517 v Gold Coast United on 25 October 2009
  • 6th home match: 4,115 v Newcastle Jets on 4 November 2009
  • 7th home match: 6,930 v Perth Glory on 8 November 2009
  • 8th home match: 8,209 v Melbourne Victory on 4 December 2009
  • 9th home match: v Sydney FC on 12 December 2009

[edit] Firsts

• First match: v. Central Coast Mariners, Pre-Season Cup, 14 July 2007 (lost 2-0)
• First League match: v. Melbourne Victory, 26 August 2007 (draw 2-2)^[16]
• First competitive goalscorer: Shane Smeltz v. Sydney FC, Pre-Season Cup, 22 July 2007
• First League goalscorer: Daniel v. Melbourne Victory, 26 August 2007^[17]
• First win: v. Sydney FC, Pre-Season Cup, 22 July 2007 (won 3-0)
• First Cup win: v. Sydney FC, Pre-Season Cup, 22 July 2007 (won 3-0)
• First League win: v. Sydney FC, 14 September 2007^[18]
• First successful Cup penalty: Ross Aloisi v. Newcastle Jets, 10 August 2007 (Shootout)
• First successful League penalty: Daniel v. Sydney FC, 14 September 2007^[19]

[edit] Results

• Record League Victory: 6 - 0 vs Gold Coast United, 25 October 2009^[20]
• Record League Defeat: 1 - 6 vs Adelaide United, 5 December 2008^[21]
• Record Cup Victory: 3 - 0 v. Sydney FC, 22 July 2007
• Record Cup Defeat: 2 - 0 v. Central Coast Mariners, 14 July 2007
• Longest undefeated streak: 7 matches, 4 September 2009 - 1 November 2009
• Longest undefeated home streak: 14 matches, 26 October 2008 - 12 December 2009 'Equal A-League record' (With Sydney FC)

23 November 2008	Wellington Phoenix	2 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
18:00	Smeltz  79', Hearfield  86'	Report		Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

28 November 2008	Wellington Phoenix	2 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
19:30	Brown  22', Smeltz  58'	Report	Allsopp  20'	Attendance: 7,953 Referee: Craig Zetter (Australia)

13 December 2008	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
19:00	Brown  83'	Report	Dadi  76'	Attendance: 6,362 Referee: Srebre Delovski (Australia)

19 December 2008	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
19:30	Smeltz  2'	Report		Attendance: 6,722 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

4 January 2009	Wellington Phoenix	3 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
19:00	Bertos  62', Smeltz  67' 86'	Report		Attendance: 7,520 Referee: Craig Zetter (Australia)

18 January 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
17:00	Barbarouses  31'	Report	Reid  9'	Attendance: 8,241 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

16 August 2009	Wellington Phoenix	2 – 1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
17:00	Ifill  24', Bertos  85'	Report	Sikora  3'	Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

4 September 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
19:30	Ifill  35'	Report	Fyfe  42'	Attendance: 7,523 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

20 September 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
15:00	Bertos  6'	Report	Grossman  90+4'	Attendance: 9,713 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

27 September 2009	Wellington Phoenix	0 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
16:00		Report		Attendance: 6,768 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

25 October 2009	Wellington Phoenix	6 – 0	Gold Coast United	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
17:00	Daniel  28' 53', Brown  48', Greenacre  54', Ifill  59', Hearfield  82'	Report		Attendance: 6,571 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

4 November 2009	Wellington Phoenix	3 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
20:00	Brown  26', Greenacre  55', Ifill  90'	Report		Attendance: 4,115 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

8 November 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
17:00	Ifill  82'	Report	Shroj  68'	Attendance: 6,930 Referee: Matthew Gillet (Australia)

4 December 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, New Zealand
19:30	Brown  54'	Report	Vargas  87'	Attendance: 8,206 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

• Longest streak without an away win: 11 matches - 5 December 2008 - 22 November 2009
• Most Wins in a Row: 3 matches, 7 November 2008 - 28 November 2008^[22]
  • Beat Sydney FC 2-1, 7 Nov 2008
  • Beat Newcastle Jets 2-0, 23 Nov 2008
  • Beat Melbourne Victory 2-1, 28 Nov 2008

[edit] Goals

• Most League goals scored in a season: 25 in 21 matches, 2007-08
• Fewest League goals scored in a season: 23 in 21 matches, 2008-09
• Most League goals conceded in a season: 37 in 21 matches, 2007-08
• Fewest League goals conceded in a season: 22 in 19 matches, 2009-10 (Ongoing)

[edit] Points

• Most points earned in a season (3 for a win): 26 in 21 matches, 2008-09
• Least points earned in a season (3 for a win): 20 in 21 matches, 2007-08

[edit] Clean Sheets

• Most team clean sheets in a season: 5 in 21 matches, 2008-09, 5 in 17 matches, 2009-10 (Ongoing)
• Most individual clean sheets in a season: 5 - Mark Paston, 2009-10
• Fewest clean sheets in a season: 3 in 21 matches, 2007-08
• Most consecutive clean sheets during a season: 2, 27 September 2009 - 2 October 2009

[edit] All time Clean Sheets

	Name	Games	Clean Sheets	Years
1	Mark Paston	23	7	2007-
2	Glen Moss	33	5	2007-2008
3	Reece Crowther	6	2	2009-

[edit] All-time A-League Results

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Adelaide United	8	0	4	4	8	20	-12
Brisbane Roar	7	0	3	4	6	11	-5
Central Coast Mariners	7	2	2	3	3	7	-4
Gold Coast United	2	1	1	0	6	0	6
Melbourne Victory	9	1	4	4	9	16	-7
Newcastle Jets	9	5	1	3	17	9	8
North Queensland Fury	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Perth Glory	8	4	2	2	12	7	5
Sydney FC	8	3	1	4	8	12	-4
Total	58	15	19	24	66	81	-15

[edit] Year-by-year History

Wellington League History

Season	Teams	Pre-Season Cup	League Ladder Position	Finals Qualification	Finals Position	ACL Qualification	ACL Placing
2007–08	8	5th	8th	Did not qualify	-	Did not qualify	N/A
2008–09	8	Runners-up	6th	Did not qualify	-	Did not qualify	N/A
2009–10	10	N/A	7th (Ongoing)	-	-	-	N/A

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Wellington Phoenix Official Site

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