List of Wellington Phoenix FC end of season awards

The following list of awards are presented at the Annual Wellington Phoenix awards evening usually held at the conclusion of the regular home and away season.

• 2007-08 Awards
• 2008-09 Awards^[1]
• 2009-10 Awards^[2]
• 2010-11 Awards^[3]
• 2011-12 Awards^[4]

Sony Player of the Year

The top award is voted for by coaches Ricki Herbert, Luciano Trani and Jonathan Gould, chief executive Tony Pignata, and football operations manager Mal Impiombato. After each game points would be awarded to the 3 top players and the player with the most accumulated points at the conclusion of the regular season is presented with the award.

Year	Player	Runner Up
2007–08	Shane Smeltz
2008–09	Leo Bertos	Jon McKain
2009–10	Andrew Durante	Vince Lia
2010–11	Ben Sigmund	Manny Muscat
2011–12	Ben Sigmund

Members' Player of the Year

The Wellington Phoenix Members' Player of the Year award is voted upon by all season member ticket holders at the conclusion of the regular season. The Player with most votes is awarded the trophy.

Year	Player
2007–08	Shane Smeltz
2008–09	Ben Sigmund
2009–10	Paul Ifill
2010–11	Manny Muscat
2011–12	Ben Sigmund

Players' Player of the Year

The Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year award is presented to the player who is deemed to be the best player overall at the end of the season as judged by his teammates. Each player in the team votes three times over the season: after Round 7, Round 14 and Round 21.

Year	Player
2007–08	Shane Smeltz
2008–09	Shane Smeltz
2009–10	Paul Ifill
2010–11	Manny Muscat
2011–12	Ben Sigmund

Media Player of the Year

Year	Player
2007–08	Shane Smeltz
2008–09	Shane Smeltz
2009–10	Paul Ifill
2010–11	Marco Rojas
2011–12	Ben Sigmund

Golden Boot

The Wellington Phoenix Golden Boot is awarded to the player who has scored the most goals during the regular season (Finals Series' goals are not included in this tally).

Year	Player	League Goals
2007–08	Shane Smeltz	10
2008–09	Shane Smeltz	12
2009–10	Paul Ifill	12
2010–11	Chris Greenacre	8
2011–12	Paul Ifill	7

Under-23 Player of the Year

The Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year is awarded to the highest polling young player in voting for the club’s supreme award.

Year	Player
2009–10	Troy Hearfield
2010–11	Marco Rojas

Nova Energy Goal of the Year

Year	Player	Against
2011–12	Tim Brown	Sydney FC on 27 November 2011

Volunteer of the Year

Year	Winner
2011–12	David Graham

Fan of the Year

Year	Winner
2011–12	Dale Warburton

Lloyd Morrison Spirit of the Phoenix Award

Year	Winner
2011–12	Russell Gray

References

1. "Bertos the best". Wellington Phoenix FC. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
2. "Top award for captain fantastic". Wellington Phoenix FC. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
3. "Quake sours Phoenix star's big day". www.stuff.co.nz. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
4. . www.footballaustralia.com.au. 24 April 2012 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/sigmund-dominates-end-of-season-awards/47042. Retrieved 25 April 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)