2007–08 Wellington Phoenix FC season

The 2007–08 A-League season was the inaugural season for the Wellington Phoenix, who replaced the New Zealand Knights.

Wellington Phoenix FC
2007–08 season
CEOTony Pignata
ChairmanTerry Serepisos
ManagerRicki Herbert
A-League8th
Preseason Cup6th
FinalsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerShane Smeltz
9 Goals
Highest home attendance18,345 v Adelaide
30 November 2007
Lowest home attendance8,032 v Perth
7 December 2007

Players

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First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NZL Mark Paston
2 DF   NZL Jeremy Christie
3 DF   NZL Tony Lochhead
4 DF   BRA Cleberson
5 DF   AUS Karl Dodd
6 MF   NZL Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7 DF   AUS Ross Aloisi (Captain)
8 FW   NZL Vaughan Coveny
9 FW   NZL Shane Smeltz
10 MF   AUS Michael Ferrante
11 MF   BRA Daniel
12 MF   AUS Richard Johnson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   NZL Steven Old
14 DF   AUS Steven O'Dor
15 MF   BRA George
16 DF   AUS Kristian Rees
17 MF   AUS Vince Lia
18 DF   AUS Ahmad Elrich
19 FW   NZL Greg Draper
20 GK   NZL Glen Moss
21 MF   BRA Felipe
22 FW   AUS Royce Brownlie
23 FW   NZL Kosta Barbarouses
30 GK   NZL Jacob Spoonley

Transfers

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No. Pos. Player From Notes
1 GK   Mark Paston   New Zealand Knights
2 DF   Jeremy Christie   Perth Glory
3 DF   Tony Lochhead   New England Revolution
4 DF   Cleberson   Cabofriense
5 DF   Karl Dodd   Falkirk FC
6 MF   Tim Brown   Newcastle Jets
7 DF   Ross Aloisi   Adelaide United
8 FW   Vaughan Coveny   Newcastle Jets
9 FW   Shane Smeltz   Halifax Town
10 MF   Michael Ferrante   Melbourne Victory
11 MF   Daniel   Madureira
12 MF   Richard Johnson   New Zealand Knights
13 DF   Steven Old   Newcastle Jets
14 DF   Steven O'Dor   New Zealand Knights
15 MF   George   Carabobo
16 DF   Kristian Rees   Whittlesea Zebras Short-term contract
17 MF   Vince Lia   Melbourne Victory
18 MF   Ahmad Elrich   Fulham FC
19 FW   Greg Draper   Canterbury United
20 GK   Glen Moss   Dinamo Bucharest
21 MF   Felipe   Hajduk Split
22 FW   Royce Brownlie   Swindon Town
23 FW   Kosta Barbarouses   Team Wellington
30 GK   Jacob Spoonley   Auckland City FC

Matches

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2007 Pre-season Cup fixtures

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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Central Coast Mariners 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 3 10
2 Queensland Roar 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 1 6
3 Wellington Phoenix 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2 5
4 Sydney FC 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 0 1
Source: [citation needed]
14 July 2007 Group Stage Central Coast Mariners   2–0   Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
A. Wilkinson   3'
A. Kwasnik   30'
Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Srebre Delovski
22 July 2007 Group Stage Wellington Phoenix   3–0   Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz   13'   89' (pen)
M. Rudan   14' (o.g.)
Report Attendance: 6,039
Referee:   Peter O'Leary
4 August 2007 Play-offs Melbourne Victory   1–2   Wellington Phoenix Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
K. Dodd   34' (o.g.) Report   53' S. Smeltz
  87' Daniel
Attendance: 4,100
Referee:   Kevin Docherty

2007–08 Hyundai A-League fixtures

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26 August 2007 Round 1 Wellington Phoenix   2–2   Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Old   8'
Cleberson   18'
Daniel   63'   79'
R. Aloisi   70'
S. Smeltz   84'
(0–1)
Summary
  19' (pen.)   77' K. Muscat
  20' G. Brebner
  25' L. Milicevic
  39'   60' D. Allsopp
  89' J. Keenan
Attendance: 14,421
Referee:   Mark Shield
31 August 2007 Round 2 Central Coast Mariners   3–0   Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
N. Mrdja   9', 35'
A. Kwasnik   13'
J. Hutchinson   63'
T. Vidmar   90'
(3–0)
Summary
  29' Daniel
  41' M. Ferrante
  77' K. Dodd
Attendance: 9,052
Referee:   Peter Green
9 September 2007 Round 3 Wellington Phoenix   0–1   Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Felipe   53'
K. Dodd   86'
(0–0)
Summary
  6' A. Griffiths
  86' A. D'Apuzzo
  77' M. Thompson
Attendance: 11,478
Referee:   Peter O'Leary
14 September 2007 Round 4 Sydney FC   1–2   Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
A. Casey   6'
M. Rudan   56'
B. Šantalab   65'
R. Zadkovich   85'
D. Zdrilic   89'
(1–2)
Summary
  8' Felipe
  29' (pen.)   30' Daniel
  85' R. Aloisi
  85' G. Moss
Attendance: 11,491
Referee:   Matthew Breeze
22 September 2007 Round 5 Wellington Phoenix   2–2   Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Felipe   65'
S. Smeltz   87'
R. Aloisi   88'
(0–0)
Summary
  70' Diego
  78' B. Djite
Attendance: 12,127
Referee:   Ben Williams
30 September 2007 Round 6 Wellington Phoenix   4–1   Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
R. Aloisi   14'
S. Smeltz   42'
V. Coveny   55'
R. Johnson   62'
Daniel   63'
T. Lochhead   83'
T. Brown   84'
(2–1)
Summary
  10' B. Celeski
  46'   54' D. Djulbic
     47' S. Colosimo
Attendance: 10,127
Referee:   Peter Green
5 October 2007 Round 7 Queensland Roar   2–1   Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
M. Zullo   4'   62'
Marcinho   26'
R. Kruse   45+1'
Reinaldo   90'
(2–0)
Summary
  88' K. Dodd
  90' T. Lochhead
  90+5' S. Smeltz
Attendance: 12,458
Referee:   Craig Zetter
14 October 2007 Round 8 Newcastle Jets   2–1   Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
J. Holland   17'
J. Griffiths   40'
S. Laybutt   52'
(2–0)
Summary
  37' V. Lia
  56' R. Johnson
  80' A. Elrich
  90+4' S. Old
Attendance: 11,947
Referee:   Ben Williams
21 October 2007 Round 9 Wellington Phoenix   1–2   Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A. Elrich   24'
T. Brown   30'
Daniel   56'
T. Lochhead   57'
S. Smeltz   58'
K. Dodd   65'
(1–1)
Summary
  16' D. Heffernan
  83' N. Boogaard
  90+1' S. Petrovski
Attendance: 10,562
Referee:   Peter Green
28 October 2007 Round 10 Adelaide United   4–1   Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
D. Giraldi   5'
Cássio   24'
N. Burns   45+3'
L. Pantelis   50'
S. Spagnuolo   75'
(2–1)
Summary
  3' S. Smeltz
  83' V. Lia
Attendance: 11,740
Referee:   Simon Przydacz
2 November 2007 Round 11 Perth Glory   0–1   Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
S. Colosimo   11'
N. Topor-Stanley   68'
(0–1)
Report
Summary
  13' V. Lia
  51'   74' Daniel
  78' R. Johnson
  85' J. Christie
Attendance: 7,105
Referee:   Simon Przydacz
11 November 2007 Round 12 Queensland Roar   3–0   Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
J. McCloughan   22'
Reinaldo   67' (pen.), 79'
Marcinho   83'
(0–0)
Summary
  11' K. Dodd
  34' A. Elrich
  52' T. Lochhead
  90' J. Christie
  90' T. Brown
Attendance: 13,808
Referee:   Matthew Breeze
17 November 2007 Round 13 Wellington Phoenix   1–1   Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
R. Aloisi   29'
S. Old   61'   90'
K. Rees   76'
V. Coveny   78'
(1–0)
Summary
  27'   69' T. Popovic
  90+3' (pen.) U. Talay
Attendance: 8,062
Referee:   Peter Green
24 November 2007 Round 14 Melbourne Victory   1–1   Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
K. Muscat   34'   45'
D. Allsopp   43'
L. Broxham   62'
A. Thompson   62'
(1–0)
Summary
  42' M. Ferrante
  58' V. Lia
Attendance: 20,938
Referee:   Peter Green
30 November 2007 Round 15 Wellington Phoenix   1–2   Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Daniel   69' (pen.) (0–1)
Summary
  9' P. Agostino
  50'   68' M. Susak
  58' Diego
  59'   79' L. Pantelis
  90' S. Ontong
  90' I. Erdogan
Attendance: 18,345
Referee:   Craig Zetter
7 December 2007 Round 16 Wellington Phoenix   3–0   Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz   29' (pen.), 72'   35'
Felipe   32'
(1–0)
Summary
  34' N. Topor-Stanley
  35' M. Prentice
  37' D. Micevski
  66' H. Foxe
  73' J. Harnwell
Attendance: 8,039
Referee:   Strebre Delovski
14 December 2007 Round 17 Wellington Phoenix   1–1   Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
V. Coveny   15'
S. Smeltz   24'
A. Elrich   72'
Daniel   90'
(1–1)
Summary
  5' Reinaldo
  37' R. Kruse
  72' H. Seo
Attendance: 9,384
Referee:   Ben Williams
30 December 2007 Round 18 Newcastle Jets   2–3   Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
M. Bridge   29' (pen.)
S. Musialik   55'
S. Tunbridge   81'
(1–1)
Summary
  16' S. Smeltz
  28' G. Moss
  49' M. Ferrante
  51' K. Rees
  59' V. Lia
  84' T. Brown
  90' A. Elrich
Attendance: 15,107
Referee:   Strebre Delovski
4 January 2008 Round 19 Wellington Phoenix   0–2   Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
K. Rees   14'
R. Johnson   80'
S. Smeltz   81'
T. Lochhead   85'
R. Aloisi   90'
(0–0)
Summary
  26' U. Talay
  79' T. McFlynn
  83' A. Brosque
Attendance: 14,288
Referee:   Ben Williams
11 January 2008 Round 20 Melbourne Victory   3–0   Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
C. Hernandez   31'
N. Ward   35'
K. Patafta   88'
(2–0)
Summary
  54' T. Brown
  63' K. Dodd
  90' Felipe
Attendance: 25,489
Referee:   Peter Green

Exhibition match

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Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundHAHAHHAAHAAAHAHHHAHAA
ResultDLLWDWLLLLWLDDLWDWLLL
Position288565577777778777788
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 21 10 4 7 30 25 +5 34 Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Newcastle Jets (C) 21 9 7 5 25 21 +4 34
3 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 28 24 +4 32 Qualification for 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship and Finals series
4 Queensland Roar 21 8 7 6 25 21 +4 31 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne Victory 21 6 9 6 29 29 0 27
6 Adelaide United 21 6 8 7 31 29 +2 26
7 Perth Glory 21 4 8 9 27 34 −7 20
8 Wellington Phoenix[b] 21 5 5 11 25 37 −12 20
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ First place qualifies for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning the 2008 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Statistics

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Appearances

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Rank Player Minutes played Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 App. GS     Min.
1   Glen Moss 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 20 20 0 0 1,800
2   Karl Dodd 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 19 19 0 0 1,710
  Shane Smeltz 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 19 19 0 0 1,710
4   Tony Lochhead 90 90 90  82 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 18 18 0 1 1,612
  Michael Ferrante 90 90 90 90 90  19 90  45  33 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 18 16 2 1 1,537
6   Daniel 90 90  48 90 90 90 90 90  84  80  67  86  87 90  8  12  30 17 14 3 6 1,222
  Felipe  26  36  82  62  86  71  41  56 90 90 90  67  78  65  77 90  8 17 14 3 10 1,115
  Vaughan Coveny  76  62  42  28  4  77  70  75  10 90  11  25  83 90  89 90  65 17 11 6 8 987
9   Jeremy Christie  64 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90  3  4  7  8  83 16 12 4 2 1,069
10   Richard Johnson 90 90  86  86 90 90  6 90  77  75  23  5  25  82 14 10 4 5 915
11   Vince Lia  75 90 90 90 90 90  79 90 90 90  83 90 90 13 13 0 3 1,137
  Ross Aloisi 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90  84  77   8  62 13 12 1 3 1,041
  Steven O'Dor 90 90 90 90 90  49 90 90 90  80  4  1 90 13 11 2 2 1,034
  Ahmad Elrich  45  86 90  79  34 90 90  86  85 90  82  60  7 13 11 2 7 924
15   Steven Old 90  8  41 90 90  10 90  89 90 90 90 90 12 9 3 1 868
16   Tim Brown  13  20 90  6 90 90 90  65 90 90 90 11 8 3 1 734
17   Kristian Rees 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 9 9 0 0 810
18   Royce Brownlie  14  28  8  15  11  13  15  13 8 0 8 0 117
19   George  4  4  49  15 4 0 4 0 72
20   Cleberson 90  54 90 3 3 0 1 234
  Kosta Barbarouses  4  13 90 3 1 2 0 107
21   Greg Draper  25  28 2 0 2 0 53
22   Mark Paston 90 1 1 0 0 90
23   Jacob Spoonley 0 0 0 0 0

  Player started       Player subbed in       Player suspended       Player injured

Goal scorers

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Rank Player Goals by round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1   Shane Smeltz 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 9
2   Daniel 1 1 1 1 4
3   Felipe 1 1 1 3
4   Ross Aloisi 1 1 2
5   Steven Old 1 1
  Tony Lochhead 1 1
  Vaughan Coveny 1 1
  Ahmad Elrich 1 1
  Vince Lia 1 1
  Michael Ferrante 1 1
  Kristian Rees 1 1
A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Goal assists

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Rank Player Assists by round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1   Vaughan Coveny 1 1 1 1 4
  Daniel 2 1 1 4
3   Shane Smeltz 1 1 1 3
4   Vince Lia 1 1 2
  Tony Lochhead 1 1 2
6   Ross Aloisi 1 1
  Tim Brown 1 1
  Jeremy Christie 1 1
  Karl Dodd 1 1
  Ahmad Elrich 1 1
  Felipe 1 1
  Michael Ferrante 1 1
  George 1 1
  Steven O'Dor 1 1

Discipline

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Rank Player Cards by round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21      
1   Daniel               7
2   Ross Aloisi         3 1
  Karl Dodd             6
4   Ahmad Elrich         3 1
5   Tim Brown           5
  Vince Lia           5
7   Jeremy Christie         4
  Richard Johnson         4
  Tony Lochhead         4
10   Steven Old     1 1
  Shane Smeltz       3
12   Vaughan Coveny     2
  Felipe     2
  Michael Ferrante     2
  Glen Moss     2
  Kristian Rees     2
17   Cleberson   1

Goal times

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Times in which goals have been scored in the 2007–08 season
nth Min.   Goals for Wellington Phoenix     Goals against Wellington Phoenix  
01-05
1
3
06-10
1
4
11–15
1
1
16–20
1
3
21–25
2
0
26–30
3
1
31–35
1
3
36–40
0
1
41–45
1
3
46–50
1
1
51–55
3
1
56–60
1
1
61–65
1
0
66–70
1
2
71–75
1
1
76–80
1
5
81–85
2
3
86–90
3
4

Home attendance

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Date Round Attendance Opposition Stadium
26 August 2007 Round 1 14,421   Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium
9 September 2007 Round 3 11,478   Newcastle Jets
22 September 2007 Round 5 12,127   Adelaide United
30 September 2007 Round 6 10,127   Perth Glory
21 October 2007 Round 9 10,560   Central Coast Mariners
17 November 2007 Round 13 8,062   Sydney FC
30 November 2007 Round 15 18,345   Adelaide United
1 December 2007 Exhibition 31,853   Los Angeles Galaxy
7 December 2007 Round 16 8,032   Perth Glory
14 December 2007 Round 17 9,384   Queensland Roar
4 January 2008 Round 19 14,288   Sydney FC
Total 116,824 excl. exhibition match
Average 11,682 excl. exhibition match

Club

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Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony

 
 
 
 
 
 
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End-of-season awards

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See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC end-of-season awards

References

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