2017–18 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2017–18 season
Chairman Rob Morrison
Manager Darije Kalezić
(to 7 March 2018)
Chris Greenacre (caretaker)
(from 7 March 2018)
Stadium Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League 9th
ISPS Handa Premiership 9th
FFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer Andrija Kaluđerović (9 goals)
Highest home attendance 8,154 vs Adelaide United
8 October 2017
Lowest home attendance 4,312 vs Melbourne City
14 April 2018
Average home league attendance 5,694
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2017–18 Wellington Phoenix FC season will be the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2007. The club will participate in the A-League for the 11th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, and will field a reserves squad in the ISPS Handa Premiership for the fourth 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 Australia GK Lewis Italiano
2 Australia DF Daniel Mullen
3 Australia DF Scott Galloway
4 Croatia MF Goran Paracki
5 Australia DF Ryan Lowry
6 Australia DF Dylan Fox
7 Australia FW Nathan Burns
8 Serbia MF Matija Ljujić
9 Serbia FW Andrija Kaluđerović
10 New Zealand MF Michael McGlinchey
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
17 New Zealand FW Monty Patterson (on loan from Ipswich Town)
18 New Zealand MF Sarpreet Singh
19 New Zealand DF Tom Doyle
20 New Zealand GK Oliver Sail
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 Keegan Smith (Youth)
40 Australia GK Tando Velaphi

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
18 MF New Zealand Sarpreet Singh18 [1]
30 GK New Zealand Keegan Smith18 [2]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
1GK Australia Lewis Italiano Australia Bulleen Lions Free transfer 1 year 10 June 2017 [3]
3DF Australia Scott Galloway Free transfer 1 year 29 June 2017 [4]
4MF Croatia Goran Paracki Croatia Istra 1961 Free transfer 1 year 20 July 2017 [5]
8MF Australia Dario Vidošić Free transfer 1 year 4 August 2017 [6]
2DF Australia Daniel Mullen Free transfer 1 year 9 August 2017 [7]
9FW Serbia Andrija Kaluđerović Free transfer 1 year 15 August 2017 [8]
17DF Iraq Ali Abbas Injury replacement 2 years 22 August 2017 [9]
7FW Australia Nathan Burns Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima Free transfer 2 years 30 December 2017 [10]
8MF Serbia Matija Ljujić Free transfer 6 months 9 January 2018 [11]
17FW Monty Patterson England Ipswich Town Loan 6 months 31 January 2018 [12]
40GK Australia Tando Velaphi Free transfer 6 months 1 February 2018 [13]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
1GK Glen Moss Newcastle Jets Free transfer 15 May 2017 [14]
4MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 16 May 2017 [15]
20GK Australia Lewis Italiano Australia Bulleen Lions Free transfer 17 May 2017 [16]
8MF Spain Alex Rodriguez Portugal Boavista Free transfer 6 June 2017 [17]
9FW Kosta Barbarouses Mutual contract termination 13 June 2017 [18]
17MF Australia Vince Lia Adelaide United Free transfer 3 August 2017 [19]
16MF Louis Fenton New Zealand Team Wellington Free transfer 12 September 2017 [20]
7MF Brazil Guilherme Finkler Mutual contract termination 8 December 2017 [21]
8MF Australia Dario Vidošić Mutual contract termination 20 December 2017 [22]
11FW Hamish Watson Mutual contract termination 24 January 2018 [23]
27MF Liam Wood New Zealand Team Wellington Mutual contract termination 24 January 2018 [23]
29DF Luke Tongue New Zealand Canterbury United Mutual contract termination 24 January 2018 [23]
17DF Iraq Ali Abbas Mutual contract termination 31 January 2018 [24]

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
5Australia Ryan LowryCentral defender2 years1 June 2017[1]
11Hamish WatsonStriker2 years1 June 2017[1]
21Fiji Roy KrishnaStriker1 year15 February 2018[25]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach England Chris Greenacre (Caretaker)
Assistant coach New Zealand Paul Temple
Goalkeeping coach Angola Fernando vaz Alves
Reserves team coach England Steve Coleman
Strength & Conditioning coach New Zealand Aidan Wivell

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA CupISPS Handa Premiership
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 16 0 1 0 0 13+001001+000002+00000
2 DF Australia Daniel Mullen 18 1 2 0 0 17+112000+000000+00000
3 DF Australia Scott Galloway 22 0 4 0 0 18+304001+000000+00000
4 MF Croatia Goran Paracki 25 1 6 0 0 23+115001+001000+00000
5 DF Australia Ryan Lowry 4 1 0 1 0 0+000000+000004+01010
6 DF Australia Dylan Fox 15 0 4 0 0 11+303000+000001+00100
7 FW Australia Nathan Burns 14 0 1 0 0 11+301000+000000+00000
8 MF Serbia Matija Ljujić 13 2 4 0 0 10+324000+000000+00000
9 MF Serbia Andrija Kaluđerović 22 9 1 0 0 21+191000+000000+00000
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 21 0 3 0 0 15+502001+001000+00000
12 MF Australia Adam Parkhouse 22 0 2 0 0 5+1302001+000003+00000
13 DF Italy Marco Rossi 15 0 5 0 0 14+105000+000000+00000
14 MF New Zealand Alex Rufer 16 1 3 0 1 4+702011+000004+01100
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry 13 4 1 0 0 0+000000+0000013+04100
17 FW New Zealand Monty Patterson 6 1 1 0 0 2+200000+000002+01100
18 MF New Zealand Sarpreet Singh 18 8 5 0 0 6+442001+000007+04300
19 DF New Zealand Tom Doyle 20 0 5 0 0 18+104001+001000+00000
20 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 13 0 1 0 0 3+000000+0000010+00100
21 FW Fiji Roy Krishna 21 4 2 0 0 18+242001+000000+00000
22 DF New Zealand Andrew Durante 18 0 5 0 0 18+005000+000000+00000
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 25 0 4 0 0 23+204000+000000+00000
24 FW New Zealand Logan Rogerson 19 6 4 0 0 1+610001+0000011+05400
30 GK New Zealand Keegan Smith 10 0 1 0 0 6+001000+000004+00000
40 GK Australia Tando Velaphi 5 0 0 0 0 4+000000+000001+00000
ISPS Handa Premiership contracted players:
2 MF New Zealand Pranay Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
3 DF New Zealand Jake Williams 11 0 1 0 0 0+000000+0000010+10100
4 DF New Zealand Liam Moore 13 0 0 0 0 0+000000+0000010+30000
7 FW New Zealand Gianni Bouzoukis 6 0 1 0 0 0+000000+000002+40100
8 MF New Zealand Oliver Whyte 18 4 2 0 0 0+000000+0000018+04200
10 MF New Zealand Willem Ebbinge 14 2 1 0 0 0+000000+0000013+12100
11 MF New Zealand Sam Sutton 14 0 3 0 0 0+000000+0000011+30300
12 DF New Zealand Oliver Valentine 7 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000003+40000
19 DF New Zealand Sam Philip 16 0 2 0 0 0+000000+0000015+10200
23 FW New Zealand Ben Waine 15 0 0 0 0 0+000000+0000010+50000
26 DF New Zealand Liberato Cacace 20 0 4 0 0 6+101000+0000012+10300
29 FW New Zealand Matthew Conroy 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
30 GK New Zealand Zac Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000001+00000
34 MF New Zealand Manyumow Achol 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
38 DF New Zealand Jacob Masseurs 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
MF New Zealand Oscar Browne 3 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+30000
MF New Zealand Noah Clegg-Tipene 5 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000004+10000
GK New Zealand Zachary Dean 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
GK New Zealand Zac Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
MF New Zealand Jackson Manuel 2 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+20000
DF New Zealand Kurtis Mogg 5 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000005+00000
DF New Zealand Owen Smith 5 0 2 0 0 0+000000+000002+30200
MF New Zealand Oscar Spragg 3 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000001+20000
FW New Zealand Maximilian Batchelor 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
Players no longer at the club:
7 MF Brazil Gui Finkler 4 1 0 0 0 3+110000+000000+00000
8 MF Australia Dario Vidošić 10 4 0 0 0 10+040000+000000+00000
11 FW New Zealand Hamish Watson 10 1 0 0 0 0+800000+000002+01000
17 DF Iraq Ali Abbas 9 0 2 0 0 6+202000+000000+10000
26 FW New Zealand Tinashe Marowa 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+100000+00000
27 MF New Zealand Liam Wood 12 1 1 0 0 0+000001+0000011+01100
29 DF New Zealand Luke Tongue 8 1 3 0 0 0+000000+100005+21300

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 9th 8 October 2017 14 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 1 August 2017 1 August 2017
ISPS Handa Premiership 9th 23 October 2017 17 March 2018

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 2 39 Qualification to Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 39 6 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 36 50 14 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 5 6 16 31 55 24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 21 20
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 2019 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 5 6 16 31 55  −24 21 4 4 5 22 25  −3 1 2 11 9 30  −21

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAAHAHAHHAAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAH
ResultDLLDLWLLLDLLDLWDWLLWLLLDLLW
Position567710710\10101010101010101010101010101010101010109

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FFA Cup

ISPS Handa Premiership

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 18 12 4 2 41 12 +29 40 Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2 Team Wellington 18 11 4 3 39 20 +19 37 Qualification to the Finals series
3 Canterbury United 18 11 3 4 35 20 +15 36
4 Eastern Suburbs 18 10 2 6 37 24 +13 32
5 Tasman United 18 6 5 7 34 39 5 23
6 Southern United 18 6 6 6 28 27 +1 24
7 Hawke's Bay United 18 5 4 9 21 36 15 19
8 Waitakere United 18 5 4 9 30 34 4 19
9 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 18 4 3 11 27 53 26 15
10 Hamilton Wanderers 18 1 3 14 23 49 26 6
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2018. Source: NZ Football

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 4 3 11 27 53  −26 15 1 1 7 15 33  −18 3 2 4 12 20  −8

Last updated: 17 March 2018.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHHHAHAAHAHAAHAAHH
ResultDLLLLDWDWLLWLLLWLL
Position789999998999999999

Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2018. Source: soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

References

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  2. "Keegan Smith earns professional contract after promising first team displays". Wellington Phoenix. 9 November 2017.
  3. "Phoenix name their No. 1". FourFourTwo. 10 June 2017.
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  5. Hyslop, Liam (20 July 2017). "Wellington Phoenix unveil Croatian midfielder Goran Paracki". Stuff.co.nz.
  6. "Wellington Phoenix sign Australian Dario Vidosic on one-year deal". Stuff.co.nz. 4 August 2017.
  7. "Daniel Mullen moves to Wellington". FourFourTwo. 9 August 2017.
  8. Hyslop, Liam (15 August 2017). "Wellington Phoenix sign Serbian striker Andrija Kaludjerovic". Stuff.co.nz.
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  10. "Burns returns to A-League as Phoenix swoop". The World Game. SBS. 30 December 2017.
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  12. Somerford, Ben (31 January 2018). "Phoenix swoop for New Zealand international striker". FourFourTwo.
  13. Rollo, Phillip (1 February 2018). "Wellington Phoenix add All Whites striker Monty Patterson on loan from Ipswich". Stuff.co.nz.
  14. "Moss joins Jets as Merrick's first signing". The World Game. SBS. 15 May 2017.
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  20. "Louis Signs for Team Wellington". Team Wellington on Facebook. 12 September 2017.
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  22. Hyslop, Liam (20 December 2017). "Rado and Dario Vidosic leave Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.co.nz.
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