2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2014–15 season
Chairman Rob Morrison
Manager Ernie Merrick
Stadium Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League 4th
ASB Premiership 6th
A-League Finals Series Elimination-finals
FFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League: Nathan Burns (13)
All: Nathan Burns (13)
Highest home attendance 13,248 vs Sydney FC
26 April 2015
Lowest home attendance 6,236 vs Sydney FC
29 March 2015
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the eighth time and the FFA Cup for the first time. Wellington Phoenix also competed in New Zealand's domestic league, the ASB Premiership, with a reserves squad for the first time.[1]

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 Australia FW Joel Griffiths
4 Netherlands MF Roly Bonevacia
5 New Zealand DF Michael Boxall
6 Australia DF Josh Brindell-South
7 Costa Rica FW Kenny Cunningham
8 Spain MF Alex Rodriguez
9 Australia FW Nathan Burns
10 New Zealand MF Michael McGlinchey
11 New Zealand MF Kwabena Appiah
12 New Zealand FW Tyler Boyd
No. Position Player
13 Spain MF Albert Riera
14 New Zealand MF Alex Rufer
15 New Zealand MF Jason Hicks
16 New Zealand DF 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 New Zealand DF Andrew Durante (captain)
23 New Zealand MF Matthew Ridenton

Transfers in

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
4 MF Netherlands Roly Bonevacia 24 Roda JC Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free footballaustralia.com.au
8 MF Spain Alex Rodriguez 22 Sunderland Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free footballaustralia.com.au
9 FW Australia Nathan Burns 27 Incheon United Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free footballaustralia.com.au
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 29 Central Coast Mariners Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free footballaustralia.com.au
19 DF New Zealand Tom Doyle 23 Team Wellington Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free footballaustralia.com.au
11 FW New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 23 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Summer 2016 Free wellingtonphoenix.com
3 FW Australia Joel Griffiths 36 Newcastle Jets Transfer Summer 2015 Free radionz.co.nz

Transfers out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
21 MF Costa Rica Carlos Hernández 34 C.S. Cartaginés Contract Terminated Pre-season Free footballaustralia.com.au http://cartagines.net/
7 MF New Zealand Leo Bertos 34 East Bengal End of contract Pre-season Free footballaustralia.com.au
10 FW Belgium Stein Huysegems 33 End of contract Pre-season Free footballaustralia.com.au
4 DF New Zealand Luke Adams 21 End of contract Pre-season Free footballaustralia.com.au
3 DF Australia Reece Caira 23 Released Mid-season Free wellingtonphoenix.com.au
11 FW New Zealand Jeremy Brockie 28 SuperSport United Transfer Mid-season goal.com

Technical staff

Position Name
First team 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 P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup ASB Premiership
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 28 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Malta Manny Muscat 24 1 6 0 0 23+1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 MF Australia Joel Griffiths 5 1 0 0 0 3+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF Netherlands Roly Bonevacia 28 4 6 0 0 28 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF New Zealand Michael Boxall 22 2 0 0 0 9+10 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
6 DF Australia Josh Brindell-South 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0
7 FW Costa Rica Kenny Cunningham 20 5 3 0 0 1+16 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
8 MF Spain Alex Rodriguez 26 0 4 0 0 19+6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 MF Australia Nathan Burns 25 13 2 0 0 24 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 25 5 0 0 0 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 4 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
12 FW New Zealand Tyler Boyd 11 12 3 0 0 0+4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 10 3 0 0
13 MF Spain Albert Riera 27 0 3 1 0 27 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF New Zealand Alex Rufer 17 1 1 1 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 13 1 1 1 0
15 MF New Zealand Jason Hicks 14 2 2 0 0 0+8 1 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0
16 DF New Zealand Louis Fenton 23 0 3 0 0 18+4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Australia Vince Lia 21 0 2 0 0 14+7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF New Zealand Ben Sigmund 27 0 6 0 0 26 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF New Zealand Tom Doyle 16 1 1 0 1 8+2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1
20 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
21 FW Fiji Roy Krishna 25 9 3 0 0 19+5 9 2 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF New Zealand Andrew Durante 29 1 4 0 0 28 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 11 1 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0
27 MF New Zealand Louis Evans 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
28 FW New Zealand Xavier Pratt 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6+6 1 1 0 0
29 FW New Zealand Joel Stevens 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12+1 7 0 0 0
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10+2 0 1 0 0
31 FW New Zealand Andrew Blake 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 0
32 DF New Zealand Tamupiwa Dimairo 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 0
33 MF New Zealand James McGarry 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11+2 0 0 0 0
35 DF New Zealand Sam Wilson 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5+5 0 1 0 0
36 FW New Zealand Cherbel Khouchaba 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0
37 FW New Zealand Nathaniel Hailemariam 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12+2 9 0 0 0
38 DF New Zealand Justin Gulley 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0
39 MF New Zealand Joe Bell 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+8 0 0 0 0
40 GK New Zealand Marcel Kampman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF New Zealand Ruairi Cahill-Fleury 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+4 2 0 0 0
MF New Zealand Merlin Luke-Miny 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0
DF New Zealand Gianni Bouzoukis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0
FW New Zealand Liam Wood 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
MF New Zealand Sam Gillespie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
DF New Zealand Christian Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
3 DF Australia Reece Caira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW New Zealand Jeremy Brockie 11 2 1 0 0 6+4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 4th 12 October 2014 26 April 2015
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 3 May 2015 3 May 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 5 August 2014 5 August 2014
ASB Premiership 6th 2 November 2014 14 March 2015

A-League

Main article: 2014–15 A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification to Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 1 34
7 Perth Glory[lower-alpha 2] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 32 17
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. 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 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[2]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 14 4 9 45 35  +10 46 7 3 4 24 17  +7 7 1 5 21 18  +3

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHH
Result L W W L W L L W W D W W W W L L D D W W W W L L D W L
Position 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 4 5 4 4

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

Main article: 2014 FFA Cup

ASB Premiership

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 16 14 0 2 39 14 +25 42 Qualification to the 2015–16 OFC Champions League
2 Team Wellington 16 9 3 4 32 24 +8 30 Qualification to the 2015 ASB Premiership Finals[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hawke's Bay United 16 8 3 5 34 29 +5 27
4 Waitakere United 16 8 2 6 29 23 +6 26
5 WaiBOP United 16 7 1 8 24 29 5 22
6 Wellington Phoenix 16 7 0 9 37 42 5 21
7 Wanderers SC 16 5 2 9 24 29 5 17
8 Canterbury United 16 4 2 10 22 32 10 14
9 Southern United 16 3 1 12 20 39 19 10
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2015. Source: NZ Football
Notes:
  1. The second OFC Champions League spot will be awarded to the team who wins the grand final, or the league runner-up if the premiers also win the grand final

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
16 7 0 9 37 42  −5 21 3 0 5 17 22  −5 4 0 4 20 20  0

Last updated: 16 March 2015.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHBHAAHAAHABAHHAHH
Result L W L W W L L W L L L W L W W L
Position 8 3 5 7 4 3 3 5 3 4 5 7 7 6 6 6 5 6

Last updated: 16 March 2015.
Source: soccerway.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

References

  1. Lange, Kyla (22 August 2014). "Phoenix ASB Premiership Addition A Win-Win". Football Federation Australia.
  2. "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links

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