2016–17 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2016–17 season
Chairman Rob Morrison
Manager Ernie Merrick
(to 5 December 2016)
Chris Greenacre &
Des Buckingham
(caretakers from 5 December 2016 to 2 January 2017)
Des Buckingham
(from 2 January 2017)
Stadium Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League 7th
Stirling Sports Premiership 7th
A-League Finals Series DNQ
FFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League: Roy Krishna (12 goals)
All: Roy Krishna (12 goals)
Highest home attendance 10,034 vs Melbourne City
8 October 2016
Lowest home attendance 4,828 vs Newcastle Jets
26 March 2017
Average home league attendance 6,211
Home colours
Away colours

The 2016–17 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's tenth season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the tenth time, the FFA Cup for the third time, and fielded a reserves squad in the Stirling Sports Premiership for the third 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
4 Curaçao MF Roly Bonevacia
5 Australia DF Ryan Lowry
6 Australia DF Dylan Fox
7 Brazil MF Gui Finkler
8 Spain MF Alex Rodriguez
9 New Zealand FW Kosta Barbarouses
10 New Zealand MF Michael McGlinchey
11 New Zealand FW Hamish Watson
12 Australia MF Adam Parkhouse
13 Italy DF Marco Rossi
No. Position Player
14 New Zealand MF Alex Rufer
15 New Zealand MF James McGarry
16 New Zealand DF Louis Fenton
17 Australia MF Vince Lia
19 New Zealand DF Tom Doyle
20 Australia GK Lewis Italiano
21 Fiji FW Roy Krishna
22 New Zealand DF Andrew Durante (captain)
23 New Zealand MF Matthew Ridenton
24 New Zealand FW Logan Rogerson (Youth)
30 New Zealand GK Oliver Sail

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail21 [1]

Transfers in

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 26 Melbourne Victory Australia Transfer Pre-season 2019 Free [2]
7 MF Brazil Guilherme Finkler 30 Melbourne Victory Australia Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [3]
13 DF Italy Marco Rossi 28 Perugia Italy Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [4]
12 MF Australia Adam Parkhouse 23 Manly United Australia Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [5]
2 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 22 Sydney United Australia Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
5 DF Australia Ryan Lowry 22 ECU Joondalup Australia Transfer Pre-Season 2017 Free [7]
18 MF Australia Ben Litfin 21 Gold Coast City Australia Transfer Mid-season 2017 Free [8]
99 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 35 Transfer Mid-season 2017 Free [9]

Transfers out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
18 DF New Zealand Ben Sigmund 35 Retired Pre-season [10]
2 DF Malta Manny Muscat 31 Melbourne City Australia Transfer Pre-season [11]
3 DF New Zealand Justin Gulley 23 Wellington United Transfer Pre-season [12]
13 MF Spain Albert Riera 32 Retired Pre-season [13]
5 DF Australia Troy Danaskos 24 End of Contract Pre-season [14]
11 MF New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 24 End of Contract Pre-season [15]
12 FW Australia Blake Powell 25 Released Pre-season [16]
18 MF Australia Ben Litfin 21 Released Mid-season [17]
99 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 35 Borneo Indonesia Released Mid-season [18]
2 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 22 Released Mid-season [19]

Contracts extensions

NamePositionDurationContract ExpiryNotes
New Zealand Hamish WatsonCentre forward1 year2017[20]
Australia Vince LiaDefensive midfielder1 year2017[21]
New Zealand Alex RuferAttacking midfielder2 years2018[22]
Australia Adam ParkhouseWinger2 years2019[23]
New Zealand Tom DoyleLeft back2 years2019[24]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach England Des Buckingham
Co-Coach England Chris Greenacre
Reserves Team Coach England Andy Hedge
Strength & Conditioning Coach Scotland Lee Spence

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA CupStirling Sports Premiership
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 23 0 1 0 0 22+001001+000000+00000
4 MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia 27 4 7 0 0 22+446001+001000+00000
5 DF Australia Ryan Lowry 15 0 0 0 0 7+100000+000006+10000
6 DF Australia Dylan Fox 15 0 2 1 0 4+201101+000008+00100
7 MF Brazil Gui Finkler 25 6 6 0 0 19+565001+001000+00000
8 MF Spain Alex Rodriguez 24 1 6 0 0 20+316000+100000+00000
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 26 6 2 0 0 25+051001+011000+00000
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 14 3 2 0 0 7+632001+000000+00000
11 FW New Zealand Hamish Watson 24 4 0 0 0 7+1420001+010002+01000
12 MF Australia Adam Parkhouse 20 0 2 0 0 13+502000+000002+00000
13 DF Italy Marco Rossi 23 0 7 0 0 23+007000+000000+00000
14 MF New Zealand Alex Rufer 10 1 2 0 0 0+301000+000007+01100
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry 15 2 3 0 0 0+101000+0000014+02200
16 DF New Zealand Louis Fenton 10 0 1 0 0 1+500000+000004+00100
17 MF Australia Vince Lia 27 1 8 0 0 26+018001+000000+00000
19 DF New Zealand Tom Doyle 19 1 5 0 0 14+415001+000000+00000
20 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 14 0 1 0 0 5+000000+000009+00100
21 FW Fiji Roy Krishna 25 12 3 0 1 25+0123010+000000+00000
22 DF New Zealand Andrew Durante 23 0 8 0 0 22+007001+001000+00000
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 22 2 1 0 0 6+911001+000006+01000
24 FW New Zealand Logan Rogerson 19 3 2 0 0 0+300000+0000016+03200
25 MF New Zealand Sarpreet Singh 16 3 4 0 0 0+201000+0000013+13300
26 DF New Zealand Jack-Henry Sinclair 14 0 3 1 0 0+000000+0000013+10310
27 MF New Zealand Joe Bell 8 0 3 0 0 0+000000+000006+20300
28 MF New Zealand Max Mata 10 5 0 0 0 0+000000+000008+25000
29 MF New Zealand Liam Wood 15 0 3 0 0 0+000000+0000012+30300
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 8 0 1 0 0 0+000000+000008+00100
31 DF New Zealand Sam Philip 8 0 1 0 0 0+000000+000005+30100
32 DF New Zealand Jake Williams 6 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000004+20000
33 DF New Zealand Liam Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000002+00000
34 DF New Zealand Benjamin Mata 12 0 2 0 0 0+000000+0000012+00200
35 MF New Zealand Sam Gillespie 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
36 MF New Zealand Oliver Whyte 8 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000002+60000
37 MF New Zealand Liberato Cacace 8 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000004+40000
38 MF New Zealand Ruairi Cahill-Fluery 15 4 0 0 0 0+000000+000006+94000
40 DF New Zealand Luke Johnson 8 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000007+10000
41 MF New Zealand Willem Ebbinge 4 1 0 0 0 0+000000+000004+01000
42 DF New Zealand Luke Tongue 14 0 2 0 0 0+000000+000009+50200
GK New Zealand Dylan Bennet 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
MF New Zealand Noah Clegg-Tipene 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
FW New Zealand Matthew Conroy 3 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+30000
MF New Zealand Thomas Drillen 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
MF New Zealand Fletcher Kelleher 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
GK New Zealand Keegan Smith 1 0 0 1 0 0+000000+000001+00010
DF New Zealand Owen Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+20000
MF New Zealand Sam Sutton 4 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000002+20000
Players no longer at the club:
2 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 21 1 4 0 0 20+014000+000001+00000
18 MF Australia Ben Litfin 7 0 0 0 0 0+200000+000005+00000
99 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 12 3 1 1 0 9+331100+000000+00000

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 7th 7th 8 October 2016 16 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 2 August 2016 2 August 2016
Stirling Sports Premiership 7th 22 October 2016 12 March 2017

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification to Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 8 6 13 41 46 5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 25 22
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 2018 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 8 6 13 41 46  −5 30 5 4 5 22 17  +5 3 2 8 19 29  −10

Last updated: 16 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLLWWWLLWDDDLWLDLLLWDLWWDL
Position9101010968910888887678888777777

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FFA Cup

Stirling Sports Premiership

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 18 11 3 4 35 15 +20 36 Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2 Team Wellington 18 11 3 4 51 32 +19 36 Qualification to the Finals series
3 Waitakere United 18 10 4 4 31 25 +6 34
4 Hawke's Bay United 18 10 2 6 46 30 +16 32
5 Eastern Suburbs 18 9 3 6 28 25 +3 30
6 Canterbury United 18 6 6 6 32 28 +4 24
7 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 18 6 4 8 25 33 8 22
8 Tasman United 18 4 5 9 29 42 13 17
9 Hamilton Wanderers 18 4 1 13 24 50 26 13
10 Southern United 18 3 1 14 20 41 21 10
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2017. Source: NZ Football

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 6 4 8 25 33  −8 22 3 1 5 14 19  −5 3 3 3 11 14  −3

Last updated: 12 March 2017.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAHAAHAAHAHHAHAH
ResultLWDLWWLWDDLDLWLLWL
Position866865645777

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2017. Source: soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

References

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  5. Huguenin, Michael (19 August 2016). "Wellington Phoenix sign Australian winger". Goal.com.
  6. Cockerill, Michael (18 September 2016). "Former Sydney FC defender Jacob Tratt given lifeline by Wellington Phoenix". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. Hyslop, Liam (30 September 2016). "Wellington Phoenix sign Western Australian defender Ryan Lowry". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  8. "Phoenix sign young midfielder". Radio New Zealand. 13 October 2016.
  9. "Shane Smeltz returns to Wellington Phoenix". The New Zealand Herald. 19 December 2016.
  10. "Ben Sigmund to retire". Radio New Zealand. 18 December 2015.
  11. "Muscat to leave Phoenix". Radio New Zealand. 3 March 2016.
  12. "Wellington Phoenix terminate James McGarry's contract so he can play in CL". Stuff.co.nz. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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  15. Davidson, John (28 June 2016). "Mariners take two on trial". FourFourTwo.
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  18. "Shane Smeltz confirms move to Indonesian club Pusamania Borneo FC". Fox Sports. 9 April 2017.
  19. "Nix star released for "personal reasons"". FourFourTwo. 11 April 2017.
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  21. "Long-Serving Midfielder Re-Signs with Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix. 10 June 2016.
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