2015–16 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2015–16 season
Chairman Rob Morrison
Manager Ernie Merrick
Stadium Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League 9th
ASB Premiership 7th
FFA Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Blake Powell (8 goals)
All: Blake Powell (9 goals)
Highest home attendance 13,584 vs Adelaide United
13 November 2015
Lowest home attendance 5,103 vs Melbourne Victory
2 April 2016
Average home league attendance 8,042
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's ninth season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the ninth time, the FFA Cup for the second time, and fielded a reserves squad in the ASB Premiership for the second time.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Position Player
1 New Zealand GK Glen Moss
2 Malta DF Manny Muscat
3 New Zealand DF Justin Gulley
4 Curaçao MF Roly Bonevacia
5 Australia DF Troy Danaskos
6 Australia DF Dylan Fox
8 Spain MF Alex Rodriguez
10 New Zealand MF Michael McGlinchey
11 New Zealand FW Kwabena Appiah
12 Australia FW Blake Powell
13 Spain MF Albert Riera
14 New Zealand MF Alex Rufer
No. Position Player
15 New Zealand MF James McGarry (Youth)
16 New Zealand MF Louis Fenton
17 Australia MF Vince Lia
18 New Zealand DF Ben Sigmund (Vice-captain)
19 New Zealand DF Tom Doyle
20 Australia GK Lewis Italiano
21 Fiji FW Roy Krishna
22 Australia DF Andrew Durante (Captain)
23 New Zealand MF Matthew Ridenton
24 New Zealand FW Logan Rogerson (Youth)
26 New Zealand FW Hamish Watson (Injury replacement)

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
29 FW New Zealand Joel Stevens20
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail19
31 MF New Zealand Andrew Blake19
32 DF New Zealand Tamupiwa Dimairo19
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry17 [1]
24 FW New Zealand Logan Rogerson17 [1]
3 DF New Zealand Justin Gulley22 [2]

Transfers in

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
12 FW Australia Blake Powell 24 APIA Leichhardt Tigers Australia Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
7 MF Netherlands Jeffrey Sarpong 27 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [4]
5 DF Australia Troy Danaskos 23 Sydney Olympic Australia Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [5]
6 DF Australia Dylan Fox 21 Bonnyrigg White Eagles Australia Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
26 FW New Zealand Hamish Watson 22 Hawke's Bay United Injury replacement Round 19 2016 Free [7]

Transfers out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
12 FW New Zealand Tyler Boyd 20 Vitória de Guimarães Portugal End of contract Pre-season [8]
5 DF New Zealand Michael Boxall 26 SuperSport United South Africa Released Pre-season [9]
6 DF Australia Josh Brindell-South 22 Released Pre-season [9]
7 FW Costa Rica Kenny Cunningham 29 Released Pre-season [9]
15 MF New Zealand Jason Hicks 25 Released Pre-season [9]
3 FW Australia Joel Griffiths 35 Released Pre-season [10]
9 FW Australia Nathan Burns 27 FC Tokyo Japan Transfer Pre-season [11]
7 MF Netherlands Jeffrey Sarpong 27 Released Round 17 [12]

Contracts Extensions

NamePositionDurationContract ExpiryNotes
New Zealand Lewis ItalianoGoalkeeper1 year2017[13]
Australia Dylan FoxDefender3 years2019[13]
Spain Alex RodriguezCentral midfielder1 year2017[13]
New Zealand Tom DoyleLeft-back1 year2017[13]
New Zealand Matthew RidentonMidfielder2 years2018[13]
Australia Blake PowellStriker1 year2017[13]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Scotland Ernie Merrick
Assistant Coach England Chris Greenacre
Reserves Team Coach England Andy Hedge
Goalkeeping Coach Scotland Jonathan Gould
Strength & Conditioning Coach Scotland Lee Spence

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA CupASB Premiership
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 28 0 1 0 0 27+001001+000000+00000
2 DF Malta Manny Muscat 27 1 7 0 0 25+016002+001000+00000
3 DF New Zealand Justin Gulley 12 0 1 0 0 7+100000+000004+00100
4 MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia 28 6 8 0 0 26+067002+001000+00000
5 DF Australia Troy Danaskos 12 0 1 0 0 4+201000+000006+00000
6 DF Australia Dylan Fox 17 0 6 1 0 8+405000+000005+00110
8 MF Spain Alex Rodriguez 24 0 5 0 0 18+605000+000000+00000
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 28 3 0 0 0 26+030002+000000+00000
11 FW New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 15 1 0 0 0 1+1300001+010000+00000
12 FW Australia Blake Powell 24 9 2 0 0 13+1082000+000001+01000
13 MF Spain Albert Riera 26 0 7 2 0 24+006202+001000+00000
14 MF New Zealand Alex Rufer 8 0 1 0 0 1+300001+100002+00100
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry 13 5 1 0 0 0+100000+0000011+15100
16 MF New Zealand Louis Fenton 21 1 4 0 0 11+913001+001000+00000
17 MF Australia Vince Lia 18 1 7 0 0 13+316000+201000+00000
18 DF New Zealand Ben Sigmund 18 0 4 0 0 12+303002+001001+00000
19 DF New Zealand Tom Doyle 21 1 9 0 0 17+319000+100000+00000
20 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 7 0 0 0 0 0+000001+000006+00000
21 FW Fiji Roy Krishna 18 7 4 0 0 16+063002+011000+00000
22 DF New Zealand Andrew Durante 26 0 7 0 0 24+007002+000000+00000
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 20 4 2 0 0 7+832002+000003+01000
24 FW New Zealand Logan Rogerson 11 3 0 0 0 0+000000+000009+23000
25 DF New Zealand Tamupiwa Dimairo 12 0 3 0 0 0+000000+1000010+10300
26 FW New Zealand Hamish Watson 8 3 1 1 0 6+231100+000000+00000
26 DF New Zealand Ben Stroud 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
28 FW New Zealand Joel Stevens 14 3 0 0 0 2+300000+100008+03000
29 MF New Zealand Andrew Blake 10 2 2 0 0 0+000001+000009+02200
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 11 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000008+30000
31 DF New Zealand Luke Tongue 5 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000004+10000
32 MF New Zealand Sarpreet Singh 12 1 3 0 0 0+000000+0000012+01300
34 MF New Zealand Sam Gillespie 2 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000001+10000
35 MF New Zealand Ruari Cahill-Fleury 10 2 0 0 0 0+000000+000002+82000
35 MF New Zealand Nick Lane 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
36 MF New Zealand Liam Wood 10 0 3 0 0 0+000000+000008+20300
37 DF New Zealand Sam Philip 8 0 1 0 0 0+000000+000006+20100
38 DF New Zealand Sam Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000001+00000
39 MF New Zealand Joe Bell 14 0 1 0 0 0+000000+0000010+40100
41 MF New Zealand Cherbel Khouchaba 14 1 0 0 0 0+000000+000005+91000
42 MF New Zealand Oliver Whyte 2 1 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+21000
43 GK New Zealand Marcel Kampman 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
44 DF New Zealand Louis Evans 9 1 2 0 0 0+000000+000008+11200
45 MF New Zealand Max Mata 6 3 0 0 0 0+000000+000006+03000
46 DF New Zealand Jack Sinclair 4 0 1 0 0 0+000000+000002+20100
47 MF New Zealand Liam Hare 6 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000006+00000
50 GK New Zealand Bgoni Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
Players no longer at the club:
7 MF Netherlands Jeffrey Sarpong 13 0 1 0 0 9+401000+000000+00000

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 9th 11 October 2015 10 April 2016
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 16 11 August 2015 26 August 2015
ASB Premiership 7th 15 November 2015 26 February 2016

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 14 6 7 44 33 +11 48
3 Brisbane Roar 27 14 6 7 49 40 +9 48 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification to Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 49 42 +7 43
6 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 40 33 +7 41
7 Sydney FC 27 8 10 9 36 36 0 34
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 6 13 28 41 13 30
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 7 4 16 34 54 20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 37 13
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 7 4 16 34 54  −20 25 4 2 7 16 24  −8 3 2 9 18 30  −12

Last updated: 10 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAAHAAHAHAAHAAHHAAHHAHAHH
ResultLWWLDWLDWLDLLDLLLLWLWLWLLLL
Position853576676666677889999999999

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FFA Cup

ASB Premiership

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 13 11 2 0 39 11 +28 35 Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2 Hawke's Bay United 13 8 3 2 27 15 +12 27
3 Team Wellington 14 8 3 3 36 21 +15 27 Qualification to the Finals series
4 Canterbury United 13 7 2 4 25 21 +4 23
5 WaiBOP United 13 6 0 7 28 23 +5 18
6 Waitakere United 13 4 1 8 22 34 12 13
7 Phoenix Premiers 14 2 1 11 24 46 22 7
8 Southern United 13 1 0 12 9 39 30 3
Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2016. Source: NZ Football

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
14 2 1 11 24 46  −22 7 2 0 5 11 22  −11 0 1 6 13 24  −11

Last updated: 26 February 2016.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314
GroundHHAHAAHAAAHHAH
ResultLLLWDLLLLLLWLL
Position87866777777777

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2016. Source: soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

References

  1. 1 2 Lange, Kyla (10 September 2015). "Phoenix Sign Exciting Academy Footballers To Professional Contracts". Wellington Phoenix.
  2. "Phoenix Youth Programme Pays Another Dividend". Wellington Phoenix. 4 October 2015.
  3. "Phoenix sign former Sydney FC striker". Wellington Phoenix. 17 July 2015.
  4. "Dutch striker pens Phoenix deal". Football Federation Australia. 25 August 2015.
  5. "Phoenix sign Sydney Olympic defender". Wellington Phoenix. 27 August 2015.
  6. "Phoenix sign young Australian defender". Wellington Phoenix. 12 October 2015.
  7. "Watson Joins Phoenix As Injury Replacement". Wellington Phoenix. 10 February 2016.
  8. "Boyd heading to Europe". Football Federation Australia. 26 February 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Phoenix confirm five players' exit". A-League. 5 May 2015.
  10. "Wellington Phoenix won't resign Griffiths". Radio Sport. 18 June 2015.
  11. "Burns Off To Tokyo". Wellington Phoenix. 3 July 2015.
  12. "Sarpong Returning To Holland". Wellington Phoenix. 31 January 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "More Young Phoenix Players Re-Signed". Wellington Phoenix. 16 March 2016.
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