2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2022–23 season
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Manager	Ufuk Talay
Stadium	Sky Stadium
A-League Men	6th
A-League Men Finals	Elimination-finals
Australia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Oskar Zawada (15); All: Oskar Zawada (15)
Highest home attendance	10,420; vs. Sydney FC; (12 March 2023); A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	2,502; vs. Western Sydney Wanderers; (10 December 2022); A-League Men
Average home league attendance	6,333
Biggest win	4–0; vs. Devonport City (A); (3 August 2022); Australia Cup
Biggest defeat	1–5; vs. Adelaide United (A); (17 March 2023); A-League Men;
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 April 2023.

The 2022–23 season is the 16th in the history of Wellington Phoenix Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time.

Players[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	NZL	Finn Surman
4	DF	ENG	Scott Wootton
5	MF	AUS	Steven Ugarkovic
6	DF	NZL	Tim Payne
7	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses
8	MF	NZL	Ben Old
9	FW	POL	Oskar Zawada
10	FW	ENG	David Ball
11	MF	BUL	Bozhidar Kraev
12	DF	AUS	Lucas Mauragis (on loan from Newcastle Jets)
13	MF	AUS	Nicholas Pennington


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	NZL	Alex Rufer (captain)
15	DF	NZL	Nikko Boxall
17	DF	NZL	Callan Elliot
19	MF	NZL	Sam Sutton
20	GK	NZL	Oliver Sail (vice-captain)
21	DF	AUS	Joshua Laws
23	MF	NZL	Clayton Lewis
24	FW	NZL	Oskar van Hattum
31	MF	BRA	Yan Sasse
40	GK	NZL	Alex Paulsen

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
5	MF	Steven Ugarkovic	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	3 June 2022	^[1]
7	FW	Kosta Barbarouses	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	21 June 2022	^[2]
12	DF	Lucas Mauragis	Newcastle Jets	Loan	1 year	30 June 2022	^[3]
11	MF	Bozhidar Kraev	Midtjylland	Free transfer	2 years	22 July 2022	^[4]
31	MF	Yan Sasse	América Mineiro	Free transfer	1 year	13 August 2022	^[5]
9	FW	Oskar Zawada	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	30 August 2022	^[6]
15	DF	Nikko Boxall	Auckland City	Free transfer	6 months	7 February 2023	^[7]

Transfers out[edit]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
88	FW	Gary Hooper	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	25 March 2022	^[8]
16	DF	Louis Fenton	Retired		20 May 2022	^[9]
3	DF	Matthew Bozinovski	Melbourne Victory	End of loan	23 May 2022	^[10]
5	DF	James McGarry	Unattached	End of contract	23 May 2022	^[10]
7	MF	Gael Sandoval	Guadalajara	End of loan	23 May 2022	^[10]
11	FW	Jaushua Sotirio	Unattached	End of contract	23 May 2022	^[10]
31	DF	Kurtis Mogg	Unattached	End of contract	23 May 2022	^[10]
32	FW	George Ott	Unattached	End of contract	23 May 2022	^[10]
10	FW	Reno Piscopo	Newcastle Jets	End of contract	24 May 2022	^[11]
18	FW	Ben Waine	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	30 December 2022	^[12]

Contract extensions[edit]

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref.
10	David Ball	Striker	2 years	26 May 2022	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25.	^[13]
14	Alex Rufer	Defensive midfielder	3 years	29 March 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2025–26.	^[14]

Technical staff[edit]

Role	Name
Head coach	Ufuk Talay^[15]
Assistant coach	Giancarlo Italiano^[16]
Assistant coach	Chris Greenacre
Goalkeeping coach	Ruben Parker
Football operations and facilities coordinator	Shaun Gill^[17]
Head of football conditioning	Weijie Lim
Head physiotherapist	Ben Venn
Assistant physiotherapist	Cory Glover
Equipment manager	Jack Mapp
Team analyst	Logan Hughes

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

20 July 2022	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Miramar Rangers	Wellington
	Waine Laws	Report

6 August 2022	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
	Nkololo ?' (pen.) Hall 30'	Report		Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
Note: Match was played over three 30 minute periods

12 August 2022	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Waine Old Payne

4 September 2022	Newcastle Jets	3–3	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
	Piscopo ?' Goodwin ?' (pen.) Hoffman ?'	CoY report Newcastle Herald report	van Hattum ?', ?' Bidois ?'
Note: The match was played over three 45-minute periods

24 or 25 September 2022	Wellington Phoenix	5–2	Napier City Rovers	Wellington
		Report

1 October 2022	Sydney FC	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
	Caceres 69', 81' Burgess 86'	Report

Competitions[edit]

Win Draw Loss Cancelled or postponed

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men	9 October 2022	29 April 2023	Matchday 1	6th	26	9	8	9	39	45	−6	034.62
A-League Finals	5 May 2023	5 May 2023	Elimination-finals	Elimination-finals	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Australia Cup	3 August 2022	31 August 2022	Round of 32	Quarter-final	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	066.67
Total					30	11	8	11	45	50	−5	036.67

Last updated: 5 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	11	8	7	43	27	+16	41	Qualification for finals series^[a]
5	Sydney FC	26	11	5	10	40	39	+1	38
6	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	26	9	8	9	39	45	−6	35
7	Western United	26	9	5	12	34	47	−13	32
8	Brisbane Roar	26	7	9	10	26	33	−7	30

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	9	8	9	39	45	−6	35	5	5	3	24	20	+4	4	3	6	15	25	−10

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W
Position	5	8	9	9	7	8	10	6	7	9	7	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Points	1	2	2	3	6	6	7	10	11	11	14	17	20	21	21	21	24	25	28	31	31	31	31	32	32	35

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Rounds; not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days

Matches[edit]

9 October 2022 1	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Adelaide United	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Waine 75'	Report	Halloran 90+3'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 8,325 Referee: Ben Abraham

16 October 2022 2	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Waine 57' Ayongo 88' (o.g.)	Report	Silvera 59' Cummings 64'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 7,089 Referee: Johnathan Barreiro

22 October 2022 3	Newcastle Jets	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	McGarry 4' Dartsmelia 16' Buhagiar 44'	Report	Kraev 39'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Jack Morgan

30 October 2022 4	Melbourne City	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:00 AEST	Maclaren 16' (pen.) Tilio 34'	Report	Sutton 79' Barbarouses 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,208 Referee: Adam Kersey

6 November 2022 5	Wellington Phoenix	4–1	Macarthur FC	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Old 45+3' Lewis 65' Waine 67' Kraev 75'	Report	Rose 59'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 6,135 Referee: Casey Reibelt

13 November 2022 6	Wellington Phoenix	2–3	Western United	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Zawada 22' Kraev 59'	Report	Tratt 64' Prijović 84' Diamanti 90+5'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 5,203 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup

10 December 2022 7	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wollongong
19:00 NZST	Kraev 61'	Report	N'Gbakoto 79'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,502 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

17 December 2022 8	Wellington Phoenix	3–1	Adelaide United	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Zawada 2' Kraev 37' Sasse 61'	Report	Goodwin 12'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 4,535 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

23 December 2022 9	Perth Glory	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
19:45 AEDT	D. Williams 22'	Report	Zawada 31'	Stadium: Macedonia Park Attendance: 3,977 Referee: Casey Reibelt

2 January 2023 10	Wellington Phoenix	1–3	Melbourne City	Wellington
13:00 AEDT	Ball 16'	Report	Leckie 18' Maclaren 51' (pen.), 90+6'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 6,321 Referee: Alex King

7 January 2023 11	Sydney FC	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report	Zawada 10'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,921 Referee: Shaun Evans

14 January 2023 12	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
17:00 AEDT		Report	Zawada 65'	Stadium: Kayo Stadium Attendance: 6,183 Referee: Adam Kersey

22 January 2023 13	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
15:00 AEDT	Rufer 32' Zawada 40'	Report	Nkololo 90+2'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 5,543^[18] Referee: Casey Reibelt

28 January 2023 14	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Perth Glory	Palmerston North
13:00 AEDT	Zawada 11' Barbarouses 20'	Report	D. Williams 22', 80'	Stadium: Central Energy Trust Arena Attendance: 4,518 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

3 February 2023 15	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Fornaroli 32' Brimmer 54' Juric 90+1'	Report	Zawada 13'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Adam Kersey

12 February 2023 16	Macarthur FC	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Davila 33' Najjar 49'	Report	Kraev 4'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,543 Referee: Alireza Faghani

17 February 2023 17	Western United	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Launceston
19:45 AEDT		Report	Sasse 19' Kraev 58' Zawada 64' (pen.)	Stadium: UTAS Stadium Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Daniel Elder

24 February 2023 18	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
19:45 AEDT	McGarry 12'	Report	Zawada 90+4'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 5,462 Referee: Jack Morgan

4 March 2023 19	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
15:00 AEDT	Elliot 40' Zawada 45+6' (pen.)	Report	Saito 51'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 6,388 Referee: Shaun Evans

12 March 2023 20	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Sydney FC	Auckland
15:00 AEDT	Zawada 21'	Report		Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 10,420 Referee: Chris Beath

17 March 2023 21	Adelaide United	5–1	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:45 AEDT	Wootton 16' (o.g.) Jovanovic 23' Barr 51' Ibusuki 62' Goodwin 71'	Report	Rufer 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,036 Referee: Alex King

1 April 2023 22	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
13:00 AEDT	Zawada 25'	Report	Fornaroli 58' Da Silva 76'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 7,032 Referee: Alireza Faghani

10 April 2023 23	Melbourne City	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
16:00 AEST	Maclaren 34', 52' Tilio 57', 83'	Report	Ugarkovic 49'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,821 Referee: Adam Kersey

16 April 2023 24	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Brisbane Roar	Auckland
13:00 AEST	Zawada 35' (pen.) Sasse 56'	Report	O'Shea 8' (pen.) Neville 82'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 8,320 Referee: Stephen Lucas

21 April 2023 25	Western Sydney Wanderers	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:45 AEST	Borrello 9' Nieuwenhof 31' Simmons 65' Yengi 87'	Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 10,766 Referee: Alex King

29 April 2023 26	Macarthur FC	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEST		Report	Zawada 11'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Adam Kersey

Finals series[edit]

5 May 2023 Elimination-final	Adelaide United	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:45 ACDT	Goodwin 19', 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,231 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Australia Cup[edit]

3 August 2022 Round of 32	Devonport City	0–4	Wellington Phoenix	Devonport
19:30 (AEST)		Report	Waine 9', 64' van Hattum 61' Kraev 76'	Stadium: Valley Road Ground Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

17 August 2022 Round of 16	Melbourne City	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:30 (AEST)	Leckie 84'	Report	Barbarouses 19' Waine 36'	Stadium: Casey Fields Attendance: 2,067 Referee: Kurt Ams

31 August 2022 Quarter-finals	Macarthur FC	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:30 (AEST)	Toure 41' Rose 88'	Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 1,521 Referee: Daniel Elder

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 5 May 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Men		A-League Finals		Australia Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
20	GK	NZL	Oliver Sail	30	0	26	0	1	0	3	0
40	GK	NZL	Alex Paulsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders:
3	DF	NZL	Finn Surman	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Scott Wootton	24	0	19+1	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF	NZL	Tim Payne	26	0	22+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
12	DF	AUS	Lucas Mauragis	20	0	17+2	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	NZL	Nikko Boxall	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	NZL	Callan Elliot	28	1	20+4	1	1	0	3	0
19	DF	NZL	Sam Sutton	18	1	9+6	1	0	0	3	0
21	DF	AUS	Joshua Laws	24	0	15+6	0	0	0	3	0
39	DF	NZL	Marco Lorenz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders:
5	MF	AUS	Steven Ugarkovic	27	1	22+4	1	1	0	0	0
8	MF	NZL	Ben Old	19	1	3+14	1	0	0	2	0
11	MF	BUL	Bozhidar Kraev	29	8	22+3	7	0+1	0	2+1	1
13	MF	AUS	Nicholas Pennington	17	0	2+12	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	NZL	Alex Rufer	19	2	14+4	2	1	0	0	0
23	MF	NZL	Clayton Lewis	23	1	14+5	1	0+1	0	3	0
31	MF	BRA	Yan Sasse	25	3	18+4	3	1	0	0+2	0
34	MF	NZL	Jackson Manuel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards:
7	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses	27	3	14+9	2	1	0	3	1
9	FW	POL	Oskar Zawada	26	15	24+1	15	1	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	David Ball	24	1	20+3	1	1	0	0	0
24	FW	NZL	Oskar van Hattum	15	1	0+11	0	0+1	0	1+2	1
35	FW	NZL	Noah Karunaratne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
18	FW	NZL	Ben Waine	11	6	3+5	3	0	0	3	3
36	FW	NZL	Riley Bidois	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Source: Wellington Phoenix

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 5 May 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			A-League Finals			Australia Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	17	DF		Callan Elliot	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
2	11	MF		Bozhidar Kraev	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
3	10	FW		David Ball	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
4	6	DF		Tim Payne	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
	13	MF		Nicholas Pennington	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	1
	31	FW		Yan Sasse	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
7	4	DF		Scott Wootton	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
8	9	FW		Oskar Zawada	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	14	MF		Alex Rufer	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	21	DF		Joshua Laws	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
11	5	DF		Steven Ugarkovic	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	12	DF		Lucas Mauragis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	20	GK		Oliver Sail	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23	MF		Clayton Lewis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24	FW		Oskar van Hattum	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	3	DF		Finn Surman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	8	MF		Ben Old	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19	MF		Sam Sutton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1	18	FW		Ben Waine	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 5 May 2023

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rank	No.	Player	A-League Men	A-League Finals	Australia Cup	Total
1	20	Oli Sail	5	0	1	6

Awards[edit]

Players[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Award	Source
9	FW	Oskar Zawada	A-League Men Player of the Month (January)	^[19]
			Wellington Phoenix Player of the Year	^[20]
			Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year	^[20]
			Wellington Phoenix Members' Player of the Year	^[20]
			Wellington Phoenix Media Player of the Year	^[20]
			A-League Men Fan Player of the Year	^[21]
17	DF	Callan Elliot	Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year	^[20]
23	MF	Clayton Lewis	Wellington Phoenix Goal of the Year	^[20]
35	FW	Noah Karunaratne	Wellington Phoenix Academy Player of the Year	^[20]

Manager[edit]

Manager	Award	Source
Ufuk Talay	A-League Coach of the Month (January)	^[19]

References[edit]

^ "Men bolster midfield with highly regarded Australian". Wellington Phoenix. 3 June 2022.
^ Rollo, Phillip. "All White Kosta Barbarouses eyes fifth A-League title as he returns to Wellington Phoenix". Stuff. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ "Jets defender joins on season-long loan". Wellington Phoenix. 30 June 2022.
^ Rollo, Phillip (22 July 2022). "Wellington Phoenix sign Bulgarian international Bozhidar Kraev". Stuff. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ Rollo, Phillip (13 August 2022). "Wellington Phoenix sign Brazilian playmaker Yan Sasse". Stuff.
^ "Meet our new no. 9". Wellington Phoenix. 30 August 2022.
^ "Boxall to bolster back four". Wellington Phoenix. 7 February 2023.
^ Rollo, Phillip (25 March 2022). "Injury could end Gary Hooper's time with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ Rollo, Phillip (20 May 2022). "Wellington Phoenix defender Louis Fenton announces retirement at 29". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Men confirm departures". Wellington Phoenix. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ "Piscopo joins rival A-League club". Wellington Phoenix. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ Pine, Jason (30 December 2022). "Football: Wellington Phoenix striker Ben Waine signs with English club Plymouth Argyle". The New Zealand Herald.
^ Rollo, Phillip (26 May 2022). "David Ball wants to play for All Whites after re-signing with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.
^ "Skipper signs on for another three seasons". Wellington Phoenix. 29 March 2023.
^ "Wellington Phoenix Announce New Head Coach". Wellington Phoenix. 3 May 2019.
^ @ByPhillipRollo (11 July 2019). "One new face at Phoenix training..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "New Football Operations and Facilities Co-ordinator joins Phoenix". 24 October 2018.
^ Rollo, Phillip (22 January 2023). "Wellington Phoenix captain breaks goal drought in 2-1 win over Central Coast Mariners". Stuff. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b Pisani, Sacha (12 February 2023). "Talay and Zawada take out honours as 'Nix scoop A-Leagues awards". keepup.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Foster and Zawada crowned players of the year". Wellington Phoenix. 2 May 2023.
^ "Dolan Warren Awards RECAP: Craig Goodwin's emotional speech after claiming top gong". KeepUp. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

External links[edit]

Wellington Phoenix official website

[table_note_res_FS0.083750174419838-18] The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

[table_note_WEL0.083750174419838-19] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

[1] "Men bolster midfield with highly regarded Australian". Wellington Phoenix. 3 June 2022.

[2] Rollo, Phillip. "All White Kosta Barbarouses eyes fifth A-League title as he returns to Wellington Phoenix". Stuff. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[3] "Jets defender joins on season-long loan". Wellington Phoenix. 30 June 2022.

[kraev-4] Rollo, Phillip (22 July 2022). "Wellington Phoenix sign Bulgarian international Bozhidar Kraev". Stuff. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[5] Rollo, Phillip (13 August 2022). "Wellington Phoenix sign Brazilian playmaker Yan Sasse". Stuff.

[6] "Meet our new no. 9". Wellington Phoenix. 30 August 2022.

[7] "Boxall to bolster back four". Wellington Phoenix. 7 February 2023.

[8] Rollo, Phillip (25 March 2022). "Injury could end Gary Hooper's time with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[9] Rollo, Phillip (20 May 2022). "Wellington Phoenix defender Louis Fenton announces retirement at 29". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

[contracts23may-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Men confirm departures". Wellington Phoenix. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

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