2016–17 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2016–17 season
Chairman Rob Morrison
Manager Ernie Merrick
Stadium Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League 9th
Stirling Sports Premiership 5th
FFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League: Roy Krishna (5 goals)
All: Roy Krishna (5 goals)
Highest home attendance 10,034 vs Melbourne City
8 October 2016
Lowest home attendance 5,832 vs Newcastle Jets
5 November 2016
Home colours
Away colours

The 2016–17 Wellington Phoenix FC season is the club's tenth season since its establishment in 2007. The club will participate in the A-League for the tenth time, the FFA Cup for the third time, and will field a reserves squad in the Stirling Sports Premiership for the third 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 Australia DF Jacob Tratt
4 Curaçao MF Roly Bonevacia
5 Australia DF Ryan Lowry
6 Australia DF Dylan Fox
7 Brazil MF Gui Finkler
8 Spain MF Alex Rodriguez
9 New Zealand FW Kosta Barbarouses
10 New Zealand MF Michael McGlinchey
11 New Zealand FW Hamish Watson
12 Australia MF Adam Parkhouse
No. Position Player
13 Italy DF Marco Rossi
14 New Zealand MF Alex Rufer
16 New Zealand DF Louis Fenton
17 Australia MF Vince Lia
18 Australia MF Ben Litfin
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
24 New Zealand FW Logan Rogerson (Youth)

From youth squad

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes

Transfers in

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 26 Melbourne VictoryAustralia Transfer Pre-season 2019 Free [1]
7 MF Brazil Guilherme Finkler 30 Melbourne VictoryAustralia Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [2]
13 DF Italy Marco Rossi 28 PerugiaItaly Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [3]
12 MF Australia Adam Parkhouse 23 Manly UnitedAustralia Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [4]
2 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 22 Sydney UnitedAustralia Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [5]
5 DF Australia Ryan Lowry 22 ECU JoondalupAustralia Transfer Pre-Season 2017 Free [6]
18 MF Australia Ben Litfin 21 Gold Coast CityAustralia Transfer Round 2 2017 Free [7]

Transfers out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
18 DF New Zealand Ben Sigmund 35 Retired Pre-season [8]
2 DF Malta Manny Muscat 31 Melbourne CityAustralia Transfer Pre-season [9]
3 DF New Zealand Justin Gulley 23 Wellington United Transfer Pre-season [10]
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry 18 Wellington United Transfer Pre-season [10]
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 20 Wellington United Transfer Pre-season [10]
13 MF Spain Albert Riera 32 Retired Pre-season [11]
5 DF Australia Troy Danaskos 24 End of Contract Pre-season [12]
11 MF New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 24 End of Contract Pre-season [13]
12 FW Australia Blake Powell 25 Released Pre-season [14]

Contracts extensions

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
New Zealand Hamish Watson Centre forward 1 year 2017 [15]
Australia Vince Lia Defensive midfielder 1 year 2017 [16]
New Zealand Alex Rufer Attacking midfielder 2 years 2018 [17]

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 Stirling Sports Premiership
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 7 0 1 0 0 6+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 7 0 2 0 0 7+0 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia 8 0 2 0 0 6+1 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Ryan Lowry 5 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0
6 DF Australia Dylan Fox 5 0 0 1 0 2+0 0 0 1 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Brazil Gui Finkler 8 0 3 0 0 7+0 0 2 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Spain Alex Rodriguez 6 0 1 0 0 4+1 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 6 1 1 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 5 0 1 0 0 4+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW New Zealand Hamish Watson 7 2 0 0 0 2+4 1 0 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
12 MF Australia Adam Parkhouse 5 0 2 0 0 4+1 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Italy Marco Rossi 6 0 2 0 0 6+0 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 MF New Zealand Alex Rufer 5 0 1 0 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
16 DF New Zealand Louis Fenton 4 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Australia Vince Lia 8 0 3 0 0 7+0 0 3 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Australia Ben Litfin 4 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF New Zealand Tom Doyle 3 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 4 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 0 1 0 0
21 FW Fiji Roy Krishna 7 5 0 0 0 7+0 5 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 DF New Zealand Andrew Durante 6 0 3 0 0 5+0 0 2 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 7 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
24 FW New Zealand Logan Rogerson 6 1 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 1 1 0 0
25 MF New Zealand Sarpeet Singh 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
26 DF New Zealand Jack-Henry Sinclair 5 0 2 1 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 2 1 0
27 MF New Zealand Joe Bell 5 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 3 0 0
28 MF New Zealand Max Mata 6 4 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 4 0 0 0
29 MF New Zealand Liam Wood 5 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
31 DF New Zealand Sam Philip 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
32 DF New Zealand Jake Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
34 DF New Zealand Benjamin Mata 3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 0 0 0 0
36 MF New Zealand Oliver Whyte 4 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+2 0 0 0 0
37 MF New Zealand Liberato Cacace 4 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0
38 MF New Zealand Ruairi Cahill-Fluery 5 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+4 1 0 0 0
40 DF New Zealand Luke Johnson 5 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+1 0 0 0 0
41 MF New Zealand Willem Ebbinge 2 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
42 DF New Zealand Luke Tongue 6 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+2 0 0 0 0
GK Australia Keegan Smith 1 0 0 1 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 1 0
GK Australia Dylan Bennet 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
FW Australia Matthew Conroy 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
MF Australia Sam Sutton 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 9th 8 October 2016 16 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 2 August 2016 2 August 2016
Stirling Sports Premiership 5th 22 October 2016 4 March 2017

A-League

Main article: 2016–17 A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 9 7 2 0 20 3 +17 23 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne City 9 5 2 2 15 10 +5 17 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne Victory 8 4 2 2 17 10 +7 14 Qualification to Finals series
4 Brisbane Roar 9 3 5 1 9 10 1 14
5 Perth Glory 9 3 3 3 16 17 1 12
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 9 2 5 2 13 16 3 11
7 Central Coast Mariners 9 2 3 4 10 17 7 9
8 Adelaide United 9 1 3 5 9 13 4 6
9 Newcastle Jets 9 1 3 5 9 14 5 6
10 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 8 2 0 6 6 14 8 6
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2018 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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7 2 0 5 6 12  −6 6 1 0 2 2 2  0 1 0 3 4 10  −6

Last updated: 27 November 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result L L L L W W P L
Position 9 10 10 10 9 6 8 9

Last updated: 27 November 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: 2016 FFA Cup

Stirling Sports Premiership

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 7 4 1 2 10 2 +8 13 Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2 Eastern Suburbs 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 13 Qualification to the Finals series
3 Team Wellington 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10
4 Waitakere United 7 3 1 3 9 9 0 10
5 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 6 3 1 2 7 8 1 10
6 Canterbury United 6 2 3 1 11 7 +4 9
7 Hamilton Wanderers 6 3 0 3 11 11 0 9
8 Hawke's Bay United 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 7
9 Tasman United 6 1 2 3 8 15 7 5
10 Southern United 6 0 1 5 3 12 9 1
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2016. Source: NZ Football

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
6 3 1 2 7 8  −1 10 1 1 1 3 3  0 2 0 1 4 5  −1

Last updated: 25 November 2016.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAHAAHAAHAHHAHAH
Result L W D L W W
Position 8 6 6 8 6 5

Last updated: 27 November 2016.
Source: soccerway.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches

References

  1. "Kosta Coming Home". Wellington Phoenix. 8 March 2016.
  2. "Phoenix Sign Star Midfielder". Wellington Phoenix. 24 March 2016.
  3. Hyslop, Liam (9 August 2016). "Wellington Phoenix sign Italian defender Marco Rossi". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax.
  4. Huguenin, Michael (19 August 2016). "Wellington Phoenix sign Australian winger". Goal.com.
  5. Cockerill, Michael (18 September 2016). "Former Sydney FC defender Jacob Tratt given lifeline by Wellington Phoenix". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. Hyslop, Liam (30 September 2016). "Wellington Phoenix sign Western Australian defender Ryan Lowry". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  7. "Phoenix sign young midfielder". Radio New Zealand. 13 October 2016.
  8. "Ben Sigmund to retire". Radio New Zealand. 18 December 2015.
  9. "Muscat to leave Phoenix". Radio New Zealand. 3 March 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "Wellington Phoenix terminate James McGarry's contract so he can play in CL". Stuff.co.nz. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  11. "Riera To Retire From Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix. 21 May 2016.
  12. Davidson, John (22 June 2016). "Danaskos desires for second A-League shot". FourFourTwo.
  13. Davidson, John (28 June 2016). "Mariners take two on trial". FourFourTwo.
  14. Gray, Russell (5 July 2016). "Powell going home for personal reasons". Wellington Phoenix.
  15. "Watson Gets The Birthday Present He Craved". Wellington Phoenix. 19 April 2016.
  16. "Long-Serving Midfielder Re-Signs with Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix. 10 June 2016.
  17. Gray, Russell (14 September 2016). "Rising star Rufer pens new Phoenix deal after recovering from injury setback". Wellington Phoenix.

External links

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