2015–16 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2015–16 season
Chairman Rob Morrison
Manager Ernie Merrick
Stadium Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League 9th
ASB Premiership 7th
FFA Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Blake Powell (8 goals)
All: Blake Powell (9 goals)
Highest home attendance 13,584 vs Adelaide United
13 November 2015
Lowest home attendance 5,103 vs Melbourne Victory
2 April 2016
Average home league attendance 8,042
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 Wellington Phoenix FC season is the club's ninth season since its establishment in 2007. The club will participate in the A-League for the ninth time, the FFA Cup for the second time, and will field a reserves squad in the ASB Premiership for the second 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
2 Malta DF Manny Muscat
3 New Zealand DF Justin Gulley
4 Curaçao MF Roly Bonevacia
5 Australia DF Troy Danaskos
6 Australia DF Dylan Fox
8 Spain MF Alex Rodriguez
10 New Zealand MF Michael McGlinchey
11 New Zealand FW Kwabena Appiah
12 Australia FW Blake Powell
13 Spain MF Albert Riera
14 New Zealand MF Alex Rufer
No. Position Player
15 New Zealand MF James McGarry (Youth)
16 New Zealand MF 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 Australia DF Andrew Durante (Captain)
23 New Zealand MF Matthew Ridenton
24 New Zealand FW Logan Rogerson (Youth)
26 New Zealand FW Hamish Watson (Injury replacement)

From youth squad

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
29 FW New Zealand Joel Stevens 20
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 19
31 MF New Zealand Andrew Blake 19
32 DF New Zealand Tamupiwa Dimairo 19
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry 17 [1]
24 FW New Zealand Logan Rogerson 17 [1]
3 DF New Zealand Justin Gulley 22 [2]

Transfers in

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
12 FW Australia Blake Powell 24 APIA Leichhardt Tigers Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
7 MF Netherlands Jeffrey Sarpong 27 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [4]
5 DF Australia Troy Danaskos 23 Sydney Olympic Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [5]
6 DF Australia Dylan Fox 21 Bonnyrigg White Eagles Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
26 FW New Zealand Hamish Watson 22 Hawke's Bay United Injury replacement Round 19 2016 Free [7]

Transfers out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
12 FW New Zealand Tyler Boyd 20 Vitória de Guimarães End of contract Pre-season [8]
5 DF New Zealand Michael Boxall 26 SuperSport United Released Pre-season [9]
6 DF Australia Josh Brindell-South 22 Released Pre-season [9]
7 FW Costa Rica Kenny Cunningham 29 Released Pre-season [9]
15 MF New Zealand Jason Hicks 25 Released Pre-season [9]
3 FW Australia Joel Griffiths 35 Released Pre-season [10]
9 FW Australia Nathan Burns 27 F.C. Tokyo Transfer Pre-season [11]
7 MF Netherlands Jeffrey Sarpong 27 Released Round 17 [12]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head 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 1 0 0 27+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Malta Manny Muscat 27 1 7 0 0 25+0 1 6 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF New Zealand Justin Gulley 12 0 1 0 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 1 0 0
4 MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia 28 6 8 0 0 26+0 6 7 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Troy Danaskos 12 0 1 0 0 4+2 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Australia Dylan Fox 17 0 6 1 0 8+4 0 5 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 1 1 0
8 MF Spain Alex Rodriguez 24 0 5 0 0 18+6 0 5 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 28 3 0 0 0 26+0 3 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 15 1 0 0 0 1+13 0 0 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Australia Blake Powell 24 9 2 0 0 13+10 8 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0
13 MF Spain Albert Riera 26 0 7 2 0 24+0 0 6 2 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 MF New Zealand Alex Rufer 8 0 1 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry 13 5 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 11+1 5 1 0 0
16 MF New Zealand Louis Fenton 21 1 4 0 0 11+9 1 3 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Australia Vince Lia 18 1 7 0 0 13+3 1 6 0 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
18 DF New Zealand Ben Sigmund 18 0 4 0 0 12+3 0 3 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF New Zealand Tom Doyle 21 1 9 0 0 17+3 1 9 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 7 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Fiji Roy Krishna 18 7 4 0 0 16+0 6 3 0 0 2+0 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 DF New Zealand Andrew Durante 26 0 7 0 0 24+0 0 7 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 20 4 2 0 0 7+8 3 2 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 1 0 0 0
24 FW New Zealand Logan Rogerson 11 3 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 9+2 3 0 0 0
25 DF New Zealand Tamupiwa Dimairo 12 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 10+1 0 3 0 0
26 FW New Zealand Hamish Watson 8 3 1 1 0 6+2 3 1 1 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 DF New Zealand Ben Stroud 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 FW New Zealand Joel Stevens 14 3 0 0 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 8+0 3 0 0 0
29 MF New Zealand Andrew Blake 10 2 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 9+0 2 2 0 0
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 11 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 8+3 0 0 0 0
31 DF New Zealand Luke Tongue 5 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+1 0 0 0 0
32 MF New Zealand Sarpeet Singh 12 1 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 12+0 1 3 0 0
34 MF New Zealand Sam Gillespie 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
35 MF New Zealand Ruari Cahill-Fleury 10 2 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+8 2 0 0 0
35 MF New Zealand Nick Lane 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
36 MF New Zealand Liam Wood 10 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 8+2 0 3 0 0
37 DF New Zealand Sam Philip 8 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+2 0 1 0 0
38 DF New Zealand Sam Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
39 MF New Zealand Joe Bell 14 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 10+4 0 1 0 0
41 MF New Zealand Cherbel Khouchaba 14 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+9 1 0 0 0
42 MF New Zealand Oliver Whyte 2 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 0
43 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 0 0 0
44 DF New Zealand Louis Evans 9 1 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 8+1 1 2 0 0
45 MF New Zealand Max Mata 6 3 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 3 0 0 0
46 DF New Zealand Jack Sinclair 4 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+2 0 1 0 0
47 MF New Zealand Liam Hare 6 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 0 0 0 0
50 GK New Zealand Bgoni Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
7 MF Netherlands Jeffrey Sarpong 13 0 1 0 0 9+4 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 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 9th 11 October 2015 10 April 2016
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 16 11 August 2015 26 August 2015
ASB Premiership 7th 15 November 2015 26 February 2016

A-League

Main article: 2015–16 A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 14 6 7 44 33 +11 48
3 Brisbane Roar 27 14 6 7 49 40 +9 48 Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification to Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 49 42 +7 43
6 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 40 33 +7 41
7 Sydney FC 27 8 10 9 36 36 0 34
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 6 13 28 41 13 30
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 7 4 16 34 54 20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 37 13
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. 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 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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27 7 4 16 34 54  −20 25 4 2 7 16 24  −8 3 2 9 18 30  −12

Last updated: 10 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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GroundHAHAAHAAHAHAAHAAHHAAHHAHAHH
Result L W W L D W L D W L D L L D L L L L W L W L W L L L L
Position 8 5 3 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Last updated: 10 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

FFA Cup

Main article: 2015 FFA Cup

ASB Premiership

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 13 11 2 0 39 11 +28 35 Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2 Hawke's Bay United 13 8 3 2 27 15 +12 27
3 Team Wellington 14 8 3 3 36 21 +15 27 Qualification to the Finals series
4 Canterbury United 13 7 2 4 25 21 +4 23
5 WaiBOP United 13 6 0 7 28 23 +5 18
6 Waitakere United 13 4 1 8 22 34 12 13
7 Wellington Phoenix 14 2 1 11 24 46 22 7
8 Southern United 13 1 0 12 9 39 30 3
Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2016. Source: NZ Football

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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14 2 1 11 24 46  −22 7 2 0 5 11 22  −11 0 1 6 13 24  −11

Last updated: 26 February 2016.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314
GroundHHAHAAHAAAHHAH
Result L L L W D L L L L L L W L L
Position 8 7 8 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Last updated: 26 February 2016.
Source: soccerway.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

References

External links

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