2009–10 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix FC
2009–10 season
Chairman Terry Serepisos
CEO Tony Pignata
Manager Ricki Herbert
A-League 4th
Finals 3rd
Top goalscorer Paul Ifill
13 Goals
Highest home attendance 32,792 v Newcastle
7 March 2010
Lowest home attendance 4,115 v Newcastle
4 November 2009
Home colours
Away colours

The 2009–10 season is the Wellington Phoenix's third season of football in the Hyundai A-League, making it the longest running New Zealand team in the competition, surpassing the defunct New Zealand Knights.

Players

First team squad

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 Mark Paston
2 Malta DF Manny Muscat
3 New Zealand DF Tony Lochhead
4 Australia DF Jon McKain
5 Brazil MF Diego
6 New Zealand MF Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7 New Zealand MF Leo Bertos
8 Barbados FW Paul Ifill
9 England FW Chris Greenacre
10 Australia MF Michael Ferrante
11 Brazil MF Daniel
13 Australia MF Troy Hearfield
No. Position Player
14 Australia MF Adrian Caceres
15 Ivory Coast FW Eugene Dadi (Short-term contract)
16 New Zealand DF David Mulligan
17 Australia MF Vince Lia
18 New Zealand DF Ben Sigmund
19 China MF Jiang Chen (On loan)
20 Australia GK Reece Crowther (Youth)
21 New Zealand MF Marco Rojas (Youth)
22 Australia DF Andrew Durante (Captain)
23 New Zealand FW Kosta Barbarouses (Youth)
40 Australia GK Liam Reddy (Short-term injury cover)

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player From Notes
5 MF Brazil , DiegoDiego Australia Adelaide United
8 FW Barbados Ifill, PaulPaul Ifill England Crystal Palace
9 FW England Greenacre, ChrisChris Greenacre England Tranmere Rovers
14 MF Australia Cáceres, AdriánAdrián Cáceres Australia Central Coast Mariners
15 FW Ivory Coast Dadi, EugeneEugene Dadi Australia Perth Glory [1]
19 MF China Chen, JiangJiang Chen China Tianjin Teda F.C. On loan
20 GK Australia Crowther, ReeceReece Crowther England Queens Park Rangers
21 MF New Zealand Rojas, MarcoMarco Rojas New Zealand Waikato FC
40 GK Australia Reddy, LiamLiam Reddy Australia Brisbane Roar Short-term injury cover

Out

No. Pos. Player From Notes
2 DF New Zealand Christie, JeremyJeremy Christie New Zealand Waitakere United
5 DF Australia Dodd, KarlKarl Dodd Australia North Queensland Fury
8 FW New Zealand Coveny, VaughanVaughan Coveny Australia South Melbourne FC
9 FW New Zealand Smeltz, ShaneShane Smeltz Australia Gold Coast United
12 MF Australia Johnson, RichardRichard Johnson Retired
15 FW Australia Kwasnik, AdamAdam Kwasnik Australia Central Coast Mariners
19 FW New Zealand Draper, GregGreg Draper Australia Melbourne Knights FC
20 GK New Zealand Moss, GlenGlen Moss Australia Melbourne Victory
21 MF China Gao, LeileiLeilei Gao Released

Matches

2009-10 Pre-season friendlies

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2009-10 Finals series

Results by round

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Result L W D L D D D D D D W L W D W L D L D W W W L L W W W
Position 6 5 4 7 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 7 5 5 6 5 4 4

Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23+12 48 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32+15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35+4 44 2010 A-League Finals Series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29+8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34+6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 4512 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 4617 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29+3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 4210 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 339 29

Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2010 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2010 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
4Second place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2010 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

Statistics

Appearances

Rank Player Minutes Played per Round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 F1 F2 F3 App. GS Min.
1Australia Andrew Durante90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 90 30 30 0 0 2,760
Barbados Paul Ifill69 74 89 90 90 90 56 74 90 90 67 90 90 90 85 90 90 90 90 84 78 90 90 72 90 90 90 120 120 79 30 30 0 11 2,597
New Zealand Leo Bertos90 90 90 90 84 64 90 84 89 87 71 63 13 23 71 78 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 26 23 33 77 70 66 90 30 25 5 13 2,157
4Australia Troy Hearfield78 16 1 15 7 26 34 6 77 19 13 3 14 5 28 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 74 58 29 16 13 4 1,584
5New Zealand Tony Lochhead90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 75 120 90 28 28 0 1 2,535
6New Zealand Tim Brown90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 77 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 74 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 65 27 27 0 3 2,436
7Malta Manny Muscat90 90 90 90 90 75 90 90 13 90 90 90 90 90 58 90 90 90 90 90 90 66 67 120 120 90 26 25 1 3 2,229
Australia Vince Lia 13 21 47 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 82 90 88 90 90 120 109 90 26 23 3 3 2,190
9England Chris Greenacre90 90 90 75 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 87 67 90 70 26 90 90 90 84 106 120 90 24 23 1 6 1,985
10Brazil Daniel21 16 21 10 90 77 66 80 72 71 90 77 76 63 62 85 90 64 13 13 54 32 22 14 8 11 1,243
11New Zealand Ben Sigmund90 90 90 90 83 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 64 64 14 120 20 19 1 3 1,695
12Australia Jon McKain90 77 90 90 90 89 5 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 105 90 19 18 1 2 1,626
Australia Adrian Caceres 24 57 1 19 2 20 27 12 56 67 14 89 12 35 26 77 57 23 50 19 6 13 6 668
14New Zealand Mark Paston90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 8 90 90 13 13 0 1 1,088
New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 33 10 27 88 70 19 20 34 23 76 6 22 18 13 3 10 3 446
16Australia Liam Reddy 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 90 12 12 0 0 1,140
Brazil Diego12 74 69 43 6 90 16 8 2 90 11 10 12 5 7 3 431
18Ivory Coast Eugene Dadi 90 68 90 64 67 24 6 45 46 25 10 5 5 3 525
19Australia Reece Crowther 90 82 90 90 90 90 6 5 1 0 532
Australia Michael Ferrante 90 69 80 1 15 18 6 3 3 3 273
21New Zealand Marco Rojas 13 16 26 1 4 0 4 0 56
22China Jiang Chen 3 23 2 0 2 0 26
23New Zealand David Mulligan 0 0 0 0 0

      Player Started       Player Subbed In       Player Suspended       Player Injured/sick       Player on International Duty       Player Left Club/Not Signed/Loan Expired

Goal scorers

Rank Player Goals per Round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 F1 F2 F3
1Barbados Paul Ifill 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 13
2New Zealand Tim Brown 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
3England Chris Greenacre 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
4Ivory Coast Eugene Dadi 2 1 1 1 5
5Brazil Daniel 2 2
New Zealand Leo Bertos 1 1 2
Australia Jon McKain 1 1 2
8New Zealand Ben Sigmund 1 1
Australia Troy Hearfield 1 1
New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 1 1
Australia Andrew Durante 1 1

      Goal scored from penalty kick

Goal assists

Rank Player Assists per Round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 F1 F2 F3
1Barbados Paul Ifill 13 11 1 119
2New Zealand Leo Bertos21 1 1 11 1 8
3Brazil Daniel 1 1 11 4
Australia Adrian Caceres 1 1 11 4
5Malta Manny Muscat 1 11 3
6New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 2 2
Australia Andrew Durante 1 1 2
New Zealand Tim Brown 1 1 2
Australia Vince Lia 1 12
10New Zealand Tony Lochhead 1 1
England Chris Greenacre 1 1
Brazil Diego 1 1

Discipline

Rank Player Cards per Round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 F1 F2 F3
1Malta Manny Muscat 6 1
Australia Vince Lia 9
3New Zealand Tim Brown 7
4Australia Jon McKain 41
5Australia Andrew Durante 5
6New Zealand Leo Bertos 4
Australia Troy Hearfield 4
8Barbados Paul Ifill 3
New Zealand Tony Lochhead 3
10Ivory Coast Eugene Dadi 2
Australia Michael Ferrante 2
New Zealand Ben Sigmund 2
13China Jiang Chen 1
Brazil Daniel 1
England Chris Greenacre 1
Australia Liam Reddy 1

Goal times

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2009–10 season
nth Min.   Goals for Wellington Phoenix     Goals against Wellington Phoenix  
01-05
0
2
06-10
2
1
11-15
2
2
16-20
0
4
21-25
2
3
26-30
7
0
31-35
2
3
36-40
1
0
41-45
2
2
46-50
3
1
51-55
3
0
56-60
3
2
61-65
1
1
66-70
0
3
71-75
0
1
76-80
3
2
81-85
8
3
86-90
2
5
In e.t.
2
0

Home attendance

Date Round Attendance Opposition Stadium
16 August 2009Round 2 10,024 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium
4 September 2009Round 5 7,578 Adelaide United
20 September 2009Round 7 9,713 North Queensland Fury
27 September 2009Round 8 6,769 Central Coast Mariners
25 October 2009Round 11 6,517 Gold Coast United
4 November 2009Round 13 4,115 Newcastle Jets
8 November 2009Round 14 6,930 Perth Glory
4 December 2009Round 17 8,209 Melbourne Victory
12 December 2009Round 18 6,459 Sydney FCFMG Stadium
9 January 2010Round 21 8,925 Brisbane RoarWestpac Stadium
15 January 2010Round 22 7,727 North Queensland Fury
30 January 2010Round 25 19,258 Adelaide UnitedAMI Stadium
12 February 2010Round 27 14,327 Central Coast MarinersWestpac Stadium
21 February 2010Semi-Final 4 v 5 24,278 Perth Glory
7 March 2010Minor Semi-Final 32,792 Newcastle Jets
Total173,639
Average11,576

Club

Manny Muscat in the club's home strip

Technical staff

Kit

The team kit for the 2009-10 season was produced by Reebok. The home kit was changed to a black and yellow vertically striped shirt with black shorts and socks. The away kit features black sleeves with yellow trim on a white background, while the shorts are white with a yellow and black side trim, with white socks. Sony renewed its contract with the Wellington Phoenix and remained the club's major sponsor.[2]

Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony

Home
Away
Goalkeeper home
Goalkeeper away

End of Season Awards

See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC End of Season Awards

References

  1. "Glory shuts door on Dadi". thewest.com.au. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. Sony back onboard with Phoenix, Wellington Phoenix, 7 August 2009

External links

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