Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves

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Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Full nameWellington Phoenix Football Club Reserves
Nickname(s)WeeNix[1]
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
GroundFraser Park
Capacity750
ChairmanRob Morrison
Head CoachChris Greenacre
LeagueCentral League
National League
2023Central League, 2nd of 10
National League, 8th of 10
WebsiteClub website
Current season
Active teams of Wellington Phoenix
A-League Men
 		Wellington Phoenix Reserves
(Men's) 		A-League Women

Wellington Phoenix Football Club Reserves is a football team based in Wellington, New Zealand. They currently serve as the reserve side of the Wellington Phoenix FC of the A-League and compete in the New Zealand National League.

History[edit]

From 2010 to 2013, a Wellington Phoenix reserve side took part in the ASB Phoenix Challenge competition against ASB Premiership sides, however these games were separate to the main competition.

On 22 August 2014 it was announced that the club had been granted permission to field a reserve side in the 2014–15 ASB Premiership, the highest level of football in New Zealand.[2] The team made their debut in the competition on 1 November 2014 against Team Wellington. Tyler Boyd scored the first goal in the reserves' history, but that could not prevent them losing 1–2.[3]

On 2 October 2015, Wellington Phoenix named a youth squad to take part in the ASB Youth League.[4]

With the restructuring and creation of a new National League made by New Zealand Football for the 2021 season, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Phoenix and Lower Hutt City which saw the team play under in the Central League under the Lower Hutt banner.[5][6] This meant Lower Hutt could not qualify for the Championship phase even if they finish in the top three of the Central League as Wellington Phoenix would then play that part of the competition.[5][7]

This changed again for the 2022 season, with the Phoenix allowed to again play in the national league under their own name and colours.[8]

Players[edit]

Reserves squad[edit]

As of 25 March 2022[8]

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 New Zealand NZL Alby Kelly-Heald
2 New Zealand NZL Joseph Chiari
3 New Zealand NZL Adam Supyk
4 DF New Zealand NZL Lukas Kelly-Heald
5 DF New Zealand NZL Isaac Hughes
6 New Zealand NZL Dan McKay
7 FW New Zealand NZL Noah Karunaratne
8 MF New Zealand NZL Fin Conchie
9 New Zealand NZL Riley Bidois
10 MF New Zealand NZL Charlie Beale
11 FW New Zealand NZL Kaelin Nguyen
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 New Zealand NZL Blake Chandler
13 MF New Zealand NZL Matthew Sheridan
14 FW New Zealand NZL Josh Rudland
15 DF New Zealand NZL Marco Lorenz
16 FW New Zealand NZL Fergus Gillion
17 New Zealand NZL Sebastian Barton-Ginger
18 FW New Zealand NZL Ben Wallace
19 New Zealand NZL Billy Check
20 GK New Zealand NZL Callum Kennett
21 New Zealand NZL Jonathon Sims
22 England ENG Joshua Tollervey

Senior player appearances[edit]

Up to four professional players are eligible to play for the reserves side from this squad. Two under-20 players are also allowed if the reserves side's opposition agrees to their inclusion on match day.[9]

Season by season record[edit]

ISPS Handa Men's Premiership[edit]

Season Division League Top scorer
P W D L F A GD Pts Pos Finals Name Goals
2014–15[10] New Zealand Football Championship 16 7 0 9 37 42 −5 21 6th – United States Tyler Boyd ♦ 10
2015–16[11] 14 2 1 11 24 46 −22 7 7th – New Zealand James McGarry 5
2016–17[12] 18 6 4 8 25 33 −8 22 7th – New Zealand Max Mata 5
2017–18[13] 18 4 3 11 27 53 −26 15 9th – New Zealand Logan Rogerson 5
2018–19[14] 18 3 2 13 22 46 −24 11 10th – New Zealand Ben Waine 8
2019–20[15] 16 4 6 6 30 32 −2 18 8th – New Zealand Byron Heath, New Zealand Ahmed Othman 5
2020–21[16] 14 2 4 8 18 37 −19 10 8th – New Zealand Riley Bidois 6

National League[edit]

Season Qualifying league League New Zealand National League Top scorer
P W D L F A GD Pts Pos P W D L F A GD Pts Pos Name Goals
2021 Central League Did not participate[n 1] 5 2 0 3 15 8 +7 6 4th New Zealand Luis Toomey 5
2022 18 10 3 5 32 17 +15 33 3rd 9 3 3 3 16 14 +2 12 6th New Zealand Josh Rudland 8
2023 18 12 1 5 47 29 +18 37 2nd 9 3 0 6 19 24 −5 9 8th New Zealand Joshua Tollervey 17
Champions
Runners-up
Third Place
Last Place
– Did not make the Playoff
♦ Top scorer in competition
EF Elimination finals
SF Semi-finals

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Lower Hutt City cannot qualify for the National League Championship phase due to their MoU with Wellington Phoenix Reserves.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barnes, Patrick (26 November 2014). "From the Fever Zone". wellingtonphoenix.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Wellington Phoenix admitted to ASB Premiership". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Team Wellington 2–1 Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ^ Lange, Kyla (2 October 2015). "Phoenix Name Exciting Young Squad For ASB Youth League". Wellington Phoenix. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "New National League system". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Announce Strategic Partnership With Lower Hutt City AFC". Wellington Phoenix. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Who'll join Rangers and Olympic in the National League?". New Zealand Football. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "New-look reserves ready for 2022 Central League - Wellington Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Phoenix Reserve side in a state of flux". TVNZ. One News. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  10. ^ "2014-15 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  11. ^ "2015-16 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  12. ^ "2016-17 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  13. ^ "2017-18 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  14. ^ "2018-19 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  15. ^ "2019–20 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  16. ^ "2020–21 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

External links[edit]

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