Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves

Wellington Phoenix Reserves

Full name	Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves
Founded	August 2014
Ground	Newtown Park Wellington, New Zealand
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Head Coach	Andy Hedge
League	ASB Premiership
2014–15	6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves is a New Zealand semi-professional football team based in Wellington, New Zealand. They currently serve as the reserve side of the Wellington Phoenix FC of the A-League and compete in the New Zealand Football Championship.

History

From 2010–2013 a Wellington Phoenix reserve side took part in the ASB Phoenix Challenge against ASB Premiership sides, however these games were separate to the main competition.

On 22 August 2014 it was announced that A-League side, Wellington Phoenix, had been granted permission to play a reserve side in the 2014–15 ASB Premiership, the top division for football in New Zealand.^[1] The team made their debut in the competition on 1 November 2014 against Team Wellington. Tyler Boyd scored the first goal in Phoenix Reserves history but that could not prevent them losing 1–2.^[2]

On 2 October 2015 Wellington Phoenix named a Youth Squad to take part in the ASB Youth League.^[3]

Squad

As of 5 October 2015

Reserves squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Oliver Sail GK Marcel Kampman DF Sam Wilson DF Tamupiwa Dimairo DF Louis Evans DF Justin Gulley DF Ben Stroud MF Joe Bell

No. Position Player MF Cherbel Khouchaba MF Sarpreet Singh MF Ruairi Cahill-Fleury MF Andrew Blake FW Nathaniel Hailemariam FW Xavier Pratt FW Dan Mendum FW Joel Stevens

Youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Marcel Kampman GK Washington Bgoni DF Sam Philip DF Luke Tongue DF Ryosuke Shimizu DF Liam Wood DF Sam Gillespie DF Sam Wilson DF Joel Peterson DF Ben Stroud DF Sean Cooper DF William Gillingham MF Izak Papa MF Leon van den Hoven

No. Position Player MF Billy Jones 24 MF Oliver Whyte MF Max Mata MF Jacob Anderson MF Willem Ebbinge MF Eugenio Pizzuto MF Joe Bell MF Ruairi Cahill-Fleury MF Noah Tipene-Clegg FW Merlin Luke-Miny FW Gianni Bouzoukis

Senior team squad

Up to four professional players are eligible to play for the reserves side from this squad. Two under-20 players are also allowed if the reserves side's opposition agrees to their inclusion on match day.^[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Glen Moss 2 DF Manny Muscat 3 DF Justin Gulley 4 MF Roly Bonevacia 5 DF Troy Danaskos 6 DF Dylan Fox 8 MF Alex Rodriguez 10 MF Michael McGlinchey 11 FW Kwabena Appiah 12 FW Blake Powell 13 MF Albert Riera

No. Position Player 14 MF Alex Rufer 15 MF James McGarry 16 DF Louis Fenton 17 MF Vince Lia 18 DF Ben Sigmund (vice-captain) 19 DF Tom Doyle 20 GK Lewis Italiano 21 FW Roy Krishna 22 DF Andrew Durante (captain) 23 MF Matthew Ridenton 24 FW Logan Rogerson 30 GK Oliver Sail

References

1. "Wellington Phoenix admitted to ASB Premiership". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
2. "Team Wellington 2–1 Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
3. Lange, Kyla (2 October 2015). "Phoenix Name Exciting Young Squad For ASB Youth League". Wellington Phoenix.
4. "Phoenix Reserve side in a state of flux". TVNZ. One News. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.