2011–12 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix FC
2011–12 season
Chairman Rob Morrison
CEO Nathan Greenham
Manager Ricki Herbert
A-League 4th
Finals Second round
Top goalscorer Paul Ifill
8 Goals
Highest home attendance 20,078 v Adelaide
19 November 2011
Lowest home attendance 3,898 v Perth
8 January 2012
Home colours
Away colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the Wellington Phoenix's fifth season in the Hyundai A-League. After placing 4th at the conclusion of the regular season, the Phoenix's title hopes came to an end in the second round of the finals series, losing 3-2 to Perth in extra time.

Players

First team squad

As of 13 January 2012.[1]

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 MF Manny Muscat
3 New Zealand DF Tony Lochhead
4 Australia DF Brent Griffiths (Youth)
6 New Zealand MF Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7 New Zealand MF Leo Bertos
8 Barbados FW Paul Ifill
9 England FW Chris Greenacre
11 Brazil MF Daniel
12 Australia MF Nick Ward
13 Australia DF Niko Tsattalios (Youth)
No. Position Player
14 Australia FW Mirjan Pavlovic
15 New Zealand DF Cameron Lindsay (Youth)
17 Australia MF Vince Lia
18 New Zealand DF Ben Sigmund
19 Australia DF Jimmy Downey
20 Trinidad and Tobago GK Tony Warner
21 Spain MF Dani Sánchez
22 Australia DF Andrew Durante (Captain)
23 Australia MF Lucas Pantelis
24 United States FW Alex Smith

Contract extensions

No. Pos. Name Extension Contract end
8 FW Barbados Paul Ifill 2 years 2014[2]
22 DF Australia Andrew Durante 3 years 2015[3]
24 MF United States Alex Smith 1/2 year 2012[4]
2 MF Malta Manny Muscat 2 years 2014[5]

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Fromdagger Date Notes
19 DF Australia Jimmy Downey Australia Oakleigh Cannons 5 May 2011 [6]
22 DF Australia Andrew Durante Australia Sydney FC 10 May 2011 Loan Return[7]
23 FW Australia Lucas Pantelis Australia Adelaide United 15 May 2011 [8]
13 DF Australia Nikolas Tsattalios Australia Sutherland Sharks 19 July 2011 [9]
20 GK Trinidad and Tobago Tony Warner England Tranmere Rovers 17 August 2011 [10]
21 MF Spain Dani Sánchez (Scotland Inverness CT) 5 September 2011 [11]
4 DF Australia Brent Griffiths (Australia Perth Glory) 30 September 2011 [12]
12 MF Australia Nick Ward Greece Iraklis Thessaloniki 3 October 2011 [13]
15 DF New Zealand Cameron Lindsay England Blackburn Rovers Academy 5 October 2011 [14]
24 FW United States Alex Smith Australia Sydney Olympic 7 October 2011 [15]
30 GK England Phil Imray New Zealand Team Wellington 15 October 2011 Short-term injury cover[16]
dagger Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Wellington Phoenix.

Out

No. Pos. Player Todagger Date Notes
19 GK Australia Danny Vukovic Australia Perth Glory 14 November 2010 [17]
13 DF Australia Troy Hearfield Australia Central Coast Mariners 17 February 2011 [18]
15 DF Australia Jade North Japan F.C. Tokyo 20 February 2011 [19]
21 MF New Zealand Marco Rojas Australia Melbourne Victory 11 March 2011 [20]
10 MF Argentina Oscar Roberto Cornejo (Argentina Atlético Santa Rosa) 29 June 2011 [21]
23 FW Australia Dylan Macallister Iceland Breiðablik 29 June 2011 [22]
5 MF Brazil Diego (United States Charleston Battery) 29 June 2011 [23]
12 DF New Zealand James Musa (New Zealand Team Wellington) 29 June 2011 [24]
20 GK Australia Reece Crowther Released 29 June 2011 [25]
4 MF Australia Nick Ward (Greece Iraklis Thessaloniki) 29 June 2011 <ref name'"Released">"Hyundai A-League transfers 2011/2011". thefootballsack.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011. </ref>
dagger Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Phoenix contract expired.

Loans Out

No. Pos. Player Todagger Date Duration
22 DF Australia Andrew Durante Australia Sydney FC 21 February 2011 3 Months[26]

Matches

2011-12 Pre-season friendlies

2011-12 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2011-12 Finals Series

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAAH
Result D W L L L D D W L W W L W L W L W W W W L L W W D L L
Position 6 3 4 7 8 9 9 8 8 7 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 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 Central Coast Mariners 27 15 6 6 40 24+16 51 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 14 7 6 50 28+22 49 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 40 35+5 43 2012 A-League Finals Series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 12 4 11 34 32+2 40
5 Sydney FC 27 10 8 9 37 42−5 38
6 Melbourne Heart 27 9 10 8 35 34+1 37
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 38 41−3 35
8 Melbourne Victory 27 6 11 10 35 43−8 29
9 Adelaide United 27 5 10 12 26 44−18 25
10 Gold Coast United 27 4 9 14 30 42−12 21 Disbanded at end of season

Updated to games played on 25 March 2012..
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 2012 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Statistics

Appearances

Rank Player Minutes Played 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 27F1F2 App. GS Min.
1England Chris Greenacre 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 65 83 90 63 90 73 60 61 90 90 90 70 90 71 82 90 90 64 55 90 113 29 29 0 12 2,380
2Australia 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 28 28 0 0 2,550
New Zealand Ben Sigmund90 90 90 66 84 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 62 28 28 0 3 2,461
New Zealand Leo Bertos 90 90 90 90 65 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 39 24 78 90 62 90 77 90 25 90 89120 28 25 3 5 2,289
5New Zealand Tim Brown 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 27 27 0 0 2,460
Malta Manny Muscat 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 27 27 0 0 2,460
7Spain Dani Sánchez 68 84 90 90 90 25 76 24 70 78 90 90 51 87 83 64 90 65 68 67 85 71 61 77 74 25 23 2 17 1,739
New Zealand Tony Lochhead 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 85 90 62 90 74 90 120 25 25 0 4 2,230
9United States Alex Smith 6 90 68 90 90 58 8 90 90 20 19 82 90 90 90 90 90 13 71 5 65 16 13 58 24 15 9 5 1,473
10Barbados Paul Ifill 52 14 32 60 90 90 82 30 29 90 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 22 19 3 5 1,678
11Australia Vince Lia 49 88 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 70 71 20 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 21 20 1 4 1,768
Australia Nick Ward 41 82 90 13 25 90 72 90 59 7 90 66 17 66 66 29 22 19 71 19 29 21 11 10 6 1,063
Brazil Daniel 38 76 75 77 81 73 18 1 27 82 59 70 61 8 1 12 26 28 25 1 46 21 8 13 8 875
14Trinidad and Tobago Tony Warner 90 90 90 9090 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 15 15 0 0 1,350
15Australia Mirjan Pavlovic 30 31 14 27 20 31 20 29 1 8 23 28 26 35 7 15 0 15 0 330
16New Zealand Mark Paston 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 14 14 0 0 1,290
17Australia Brent Griffiths 22 90 6 2 90 63 90 7 4 3 1 363
Australia Jimmy Downey 22 8 12 24 3 7 5 7 0 7 0 81
19Australia Nikolas Tsattalios 15 90 9 17 19 5 1 4 0 150
20New Zealand Cameron Lindsay 0 0 0 0 0
Australia Lucas Pantelis 0 0 0 0 0

      Player Started           Player Subbed In           Player Suspended           Player Injured

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 27F1F2
1Barbados Paul Ifill1112111 8
2New Zealand Tim Brown111111 6
3England Chris Greenacre111115
Spain Dani Sánchez1211 5
5New Zealand Ben Sigmund111 3
6Brazil Daniel11 2
Malta Manny Muscat112
Australia Mirjan Pavlovic22
Australia Nick Ward112
10New Zealand Leo Bertos11
Australia Andrew Durante11
United States Alex Smith11
Own Goal11

      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 27F1F2
1New Zealand Leo Bertos112116
2Brazil Daniel3115
3Barbados Paul Ifill11114
New Zealand Tony Lochhead11114
5Malta Manny Muscat1113
Australia Nick Ward1113
7England Chris Greenacre112
Australia Vince Lia112
Spain Dani Sánchez112
New Zealand Ben Sigmund112
11New Zealand Tim Brown11
Australia Brent Griffiths11
Australia Mirjan Pavlovic11

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 27F1F2
1New Zealand Tim Brown 81
Malta Manny Muscat 81
3New Zealand Ben Sigmund 4 1
Australia Vince Lia 7
5Australia Andrew Durante 6
6New Zealand Tony Lochhead 5
7Barbados Paul Ifill 4
8Australia Mirjan Pavlovic 1
England Chris Greenacre 3
United States Alex Smith 3
Australia Nick Ward* 3
12New Zealand Leo Bertos 2
Spain Dani Sánchez 2
14Brazil Daniel 1
*Nick Ward was originally shown a yellow card, followed by a straight red card, however this decision was appealed, and the red card was subsequently rescinded.

      Player suspended

Goal times

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2011-12 season
nth Min.   Goals for Wellington Phoenix     Goals against Wellington Phoenix  
01-05
1
1
06-10
1
0
11-15
2
4
16-20
3
2
21-25
0
2
26-30
3
0
31-35
1
2
36-40
3
1
41-45
1
5
46-50
2
1
51-55
2
3
56-60
2
1
61-65
2
2
66-70
1
1
71-75
2
2
76-80
3
1
81-85
5
4
86-90
5
4
In e.t.
0
1

Home attendance

Date Round Attendance Opposition Stadium
16 October 2011Round 2 7,643 Newcastle JetsWestpac Stadium
30 October 2011Round 4 9,369 Melbourne Victory
4 November 2011Round 5 5,090 Central Coast Mariners
19 November 2011Round 7 20,078 Adelaide UnitedEden Park
27 November 2011Round 8 6,308 Sydney FCWestpac Stadium
10 December 2011Round 10 6,020 Perth Glory
14 December 2011Round 11 4,628 Brisbane RoarForsyth Barr Stadium
23 December 2011Round 13 6,471 Newcastle JetsWestpac Stadium
4 January 2012Round 15 8,411 Sydney FC
8 January 2012Round 16 3,898 Perth Glory
29 January 2012Round 19 13,601 Melbourne Heart
12 February 2012Round 21 13,009 Brisbane Roar
4 March 2012Round 24 7,431 Gold Coast United
25 March 2012Round 27 9,740 Central Coast Mariners
30 March 2012Semi-Final 4 v 5 10,019 Sydney FC
Total131,716
Average8,781

Club

Technical staff

Kit

On 29 January 2012, The Wellington Phoenix wore a special black strip in their match against Melbourne Heart. The strip was designed by Andrew Durante, Tim Brown and Leo Bertos to raise money for charity with 100% of the TradeMe auction proceeds going to Cure Kids.[28]

Home
Away
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End of season Awards

See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC End of Season Awards

References

  1. ↑ First Team
  2. ↑ "Paul Ifill: Why I'm Sticking With Phoenix". FourFourTwoAustralia. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Durante Signs On For Three More". FourFourTwoAustralia. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Alex Smith Stays At Wellington Phoenix". FourFourTwoAustralia. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Phoenix Secure Goal Hero Manny". FourFourTwoAustralia. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Phoenix sign Downey". wellingtonphoenix.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Sydney FC out of Asia, players head for the exit". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Phoenix sign Lucas Pantelis". Wellingtonphoenix.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Phoenix sign Tsattalios". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Wellington for Warner". a-league.com.au. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "Wellington Phoenix Sign Sanchez". a-league.com.au. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "Griffiths joins Phoenix". footballaustralia.com.au. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Nick Ward Back And Raring To Go". a-league.co.au. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Lindsay joins Phoenix but awaits clearance". stuff.co.nz. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "Wellington Phoenix's Mounting Injury Crisis". FourFourTwoAustralia. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  16. ↑ "Warner To Make Phoenix Debut". "FFA". 15 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  17. ↑ "Vukovic bound for Glory". a-league.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  18. ↑ "Hearfield to leave phoonix". nzherald.co.nz. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  19. ↑ "North now at Tokyo". fctokyo.co.jp. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  20. ↑ "Victory secure Rojas signing". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  21. ↑ "Santa Rosa festejó con Cornejo" (in Spanish). eldiariodelapampa.com.ar. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  22. ↑ "Australian striker in Breiðablik". blikar.is. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  23. ↑ "Veteran Midfielder Diego Walsh joins the Battery". noquartersoccer.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  24. ↑ "Exodus TW Signs Musa". tw.org.nz. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  25. ↑ "Hyundai A-League transfers 2011/2011". thefootballsack.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  26. ↑ "Durante on Loan". a-league.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  27. ↑ Red card was rescinded following a Phoenix appeal
  28. ↑ "'Black Out' Wellington Strip Goes On TradeMe". 30 January 2012.

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