2008–09 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix FC
2008–09 season
CEO	Tony Pignata
Chairman	Terry Serepisos
Manager	Ricki Herbert
A-League	6th
Preseason Cup	2nd
Finals	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Shane Smeltz; 12 Goals
Highest home attendance	10,516 v Queensland; 17 August 2008
Lowest home attendance	5,500 v Newcastle; 23 November 2008
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Wellington Phoenix's second season in the A-League.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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	AUS	Jon McKain
5	DF	AUS	Karl Dodd
6	MF	NZL	Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7	MF	NZL	Leo Bertos
8	FW	NZL	Vaughan Coveny
9	FW	NZL	Shane Smeltz
10	MF	AUS	Michael Ferrante
11	MF	BRA	Daniel
12	MF	AUS	Richard Johnson
13	MF	AUS	Troy Hearfield


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	AUS	Adam Kwasnik
16	DF	NZL	David Mulligan
17	MF	AUS	Vince Lia
18	DF	NZL	Ben Sigmund
19	FW	NZL	Greg Draper
20	GK	NZL	Glen Moss
21	MF	CHN	Leilei Gao
22	DF	AUS	Andrew Durante (Captain)
23	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses
25	DF	AUS	Manny Muscat
26	MF	BRA	Fred
30	GK	AUS	Scott Higgins

Transfers edit

In edit

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Notes
4	DF	Jon McKain	FCU Politehnica Timişoara
7	MF	Leo Bertos	Perth Glory
13	MF	Troy Hearfield	Newcastle Jets
16	DF	David Mulligan	Port Vale
21	MF	Leilei Gao	MyPa
22	DF	Andrew Durante	Newcastle Jets
25	DF	Manny Muscat	Green Gully Cavaliers
26	MF	Fred	D.C. United	On loan
30	GK	Scott Higgins	Adelaide United	Short term injury cover

Out edit

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Notes
4	DF	Cleberson	America
13	DF	Steven Old	Macarthur Rams
14	DF	Steven O'Dor	South Melbourne
15	MF	George	Carabobo
16	DF	Kristian Rees	Adelaide City
18	MF	Ahmad Elrich	Central Coast Mariners
21	MF	Felipe	Wisla Krakow
22	FW	Royce Brownlie	Peninsula Power
26	MF	Fred	D.C. United	Loan expired
30	GK	Jacob Spoonley	Auckland City FC

Matches edit

2008 Pre-Season Cup fixtures edit

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Wellington Phoenix	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advances to final
Central Coast Mariners	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Sydney FC	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Queensland Roar	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 August 2008 Group stage	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 NZST	Daniel 72'	(0:0) Report		Attendance: 4,853

27 August 2008 Group stage	Queensland Roar	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast
15:00 NZST	S. van Dijk 18'	(1:0) Report	74' A. Kwasnik	Attendance: 3,832

2 September 2008 Group stage	Sydney FC	2–3	Wellington Phoenix	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
16:00 NZST	A. Brosque 16' I. Fyfe 39'	(2:0) Report	57' T. Hearfield 62' S. Smeltz 82' L. Gao	Attendance: 6,124

6 August 2008 Final	Wellington Phoenix	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZST		(7-8 pen) Report		Attendance: 9,208 Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Penalties
	S. Smeltz L. Bertos T. Hearfield V. Coveny Daniel M. Ferrante J. McKain R. Johnson K. Dodd		R. Vargas T. Pondeljak J. López N. Ward C. Hernandez S. Ryall D. Allsopp M. Kemp E. Berger

2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures edit

17 August 2008 Round 1	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Queensland Roar	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	S. Smeltz 51' K. Dodd 52' Daniel 55' L. Bertos 56'	(0–0) Summary	46' C. Miller 65' D. Dodd 79' M. Zullo 90' M. McKay	Attendance: 10,561 Referee: Ben Williams

24 August 2008 Round 2	Wellington Phoenix	2–4	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	S. Smeltz 29', 65' (pen.) A. Durante 73' M. Ferrante 81'	(1–2) Summary	16', 35' D. Allsopp 20' 47' N. Fabiano 56' E. Berger 68' (pen.) K. Muscat	Attendance: 6,110 Referee: Strebre Delovski

30 August 2008 Round 3	Adelaide United	3– 0	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	L. Pantelis 15' Cristiano 49', 60'	(1–0) Summary	34' D. Mulligan 40' L. Gao	Attendance: 7,832 Referee: Matthew Breeze

14 September 2008 Round 4	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	R. Johnson 5' K. Dodd 18' T. Hearfield 45'	(0–0) Summary	50' J. Hutchinson 54' P. Bojic	Attendance: 6,928 Referee: Strebre Delovski

21 September 2008 Round 5	Perth Glory	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	J. Harnwell 15' N. Topor-Stanley 38' E. Dadi 78' (pen.)	(0–0) Summary	27' R. Johnson 44' T. Lochhead 77' J. McKain	Attendance: 4,433 Referee: Strebre Delovski

28 September 2008 Round 6	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	S. Smeltz 42' V. Coveny 48' M. Muscat 68' T. Brown 76' A. Kwasnik 84'	(1–1) Summary	20' A. Brosque 79' S. Musialik	Attendance: 6,729 Referee: Chris Beath

6 October 2008 Round 7	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
	N. Spencer 19' J. Håkansson 45' T. Elrich 49' 59' K. Patafta 68'	(0–0) Summary	52' (pen.), 89' (pen) S. Smeltz	Attendance: 8,492 Referee: Craig Zetter

19 October 2008 Round 8	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
	M. Jedinak 18' M. Simon 60'	(0–0) Summary	53' K. Dodd 62' J. McKain 83' L. Gao	Attendance: 9,011 Referee: Ben Williams

26 October 2008 Round 9	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Queensland Roar	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	T. Brown 24' L. Gao 41'	(0–1) Summary	30' D. Tiatto 40'J. McCloughan 51' S. van Dijk 81' D. Dodd 90' L. Reddy	Attendance: 6,543 Referee: Peter O'Leary

2 November 2008 Round 10	Perth Glory	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	N. Rukavytsya 15', 70' N. Rizzo 88'	(1–0) Summary	39' K. Dodd	Attendance: 7,228 Referee: Chris Beath

7 November 2008 Round 11	Sydney FC	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
	S. Musialik 77'	(0–1) Summary	34' L. Bertos 89' (pen.) S. Smeltz	Attendance: 12,856 Referee: Craig Zetter

23 November 2008 Round 12	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	T. Lochhead 53' K. Dodd 76' S. Smeltz 79' T. Hearfield 86'	(0–0) Summary	29' J. Griffiths 51' M. Milligan 54' A. Griffiths	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Matthew Breeze

28 November 2008 Round 13	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	T. Brown 22' J. McKain 23' S. Smeltz 58' 58' Fred 83'	(1–1) Summary	20' D. Allsopp 42' G. Brebner	Attendance: 7,953 Referee: Craig Zetter

5 December 2008 Round 14	Adelaide United	6–1	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	S. Ognenovski 21' Cristiano 42', 74' Cássio 57', 70' T. Dodd 90'	(2–0) Summary	56' Fred 39' M. Ferrante 53' J. McKain 83' T. Hearfield	Attendance: 9,442 Referee: Matthew Breeze

13 December 2008 Round 15	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	T. Brown 83'	(0–0) Summary	76' E. Dadi	Attendance: 6,362 Referee: Strebre Delovski

19 December 2008 Round 16	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Smeltz 2' 62' A. Durante 90' T. Brown 90'	(1–0) Summary	45' A. Caceres 49' B. Porter 52' D. Macallister	Attendance: 6,722 Referee: Chris Beath

28 December 2008 Round 17	Queensland Roar	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	M. McKay 39' S. van Dijk 48' J. McCloughan 63' C. Moore 68' T. Oar 90'	(1–1) Summary	11' (o.g.) L. DeVere 37' 90' A. Durante 45' T. Brown 46' T. Hearfield 86' M. Muscat 87' J. McKain	Attendance: 13,115 Referee: Ben Williams

4 January 2009 Round 18	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	B. Sigmund 53' L. Bertos 62' S. Smeltz 67', 86' (pen.)	(0–0) Summary		Attendance: 7,524 Referee: Craig Zetter

11 January 2009 Round 19	Sydney FC	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
	T. McFlynn 24' A. Brosque 64' K. Danning 85'	(0–0) Summary	32' M. Ferrante 37' J. McKain 64' T. Hearfield 90' M. Muscat	Attendance: 9,605 Referee: Ben Williams

18 January 2009 Round 20	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	J. McKain 14' T. Brown 28' 51' K. Barbarouses 31' L. Bertos 51'	(1–1) Summary	9' P. Reid 79' S. Jamieson 84' J. Salley 85' S. Ognenovski	Attendance: 8,241 Referee: Chris Beath

23 January 2009 Round 21	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
	D. Allsopp 25' K. Muscat 40' (pen.) N. Fabiano 82' A. Thompson 89'	(1–0) Summary		Attendance: 28,905 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Results by round edit

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L
Position	2	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory (C)	21	12	2	7	39	27	+12	38	Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Adelaide United	21	11	5	5	31	19	+12	38
3	Queensland Roar	21	10	6	5	36	25	+11	36	Qualification for Finals series
4	Central Coast Mariners	21	7	7	7	35	32	+3	28	Qualification for Finals series
5	Sydney FC	21	7	5	9	33	32	+1	26
6	Wellington Phoenix	21	7	5	9	23	31	−8	26
7	Perth Glory	21	6	4	11	31	44	−13	22
8	Newcastle Jets	21	4	6	11	21	39	−18	18

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Rank	Player	Minutes played by round																					Total
Rank	Player	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	Tony Lochhead	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	63	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	21	21	0	1	1,863
2	Shane Smeltz	90	90		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	83	90	90	90	90	89	90	90	90	20	20	0	2	1,792
3	Michael Ferrante	90	90	90		90	21	24	26		23	90	90	81	90	73	75	61	77	80	10	90	19	14	5	6	1,181
4	Jon McKain	90	90	90	90	90			90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90		90	88	78	18	18	0	2	1,606
5	Karl Dodd	89		16	87		90	90	90	90	90	90	90			22	90	90	90	90	90	90	17	15	2	2	1,384
	Tim Brown				3	6	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	72	90	90	90	90	90	51		17	15	2	1	1,302
	Daniel	72	61	29	72	90		18		16	18		16	2	18	17	24		90	44	74	67	17	7	10	5	728
8	Andrew Durante	90	90	90	90	90		90	90	90	90			90	90	90	90	90		46		8	16	15	1	1	1,314
8	Leo Bertos	90		90					10	44	72	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	16	14	2	2	1,125
10	Ben Sigmund				18	5	90	66	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	68			90		90	90	15	13	2	2	1,147
11	Manny Muscat	90	74				90					90	69	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	14	14	0	2	1,223
11	Troy Hearfield	18	90	90	74	70						78	21	7	27	90	66	71	89	64			14	10	4	7	855
13	Glen Moss	90	90	90	90	90									44	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	13	12	1	0	1,124
14	Adam Kwasnik	90	90	55		20	90	72	80	46								19	1		16	23	12	7	5	4	602
15	Jeremy Christie		16				21	24						9			15	29	13	10	2	12	10	0	10	0	151
16	Mark Paston						90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	46								9	9	0	1	766
16	Vaughan Coveny		29	35	90		69	66	64	74	66	1											9	6	3	5	494
18	Leilei Gao			61	16	90	69	90	90	90	67												8	7	1	3	573
19	Richard Johnson	1	90	74	90	84	90	90															7	6	1	2	519
20	Kosta Barbarouses										24	12							1		80	82	5	2	3	2	199
21	David Mulligan			90	90	85																	3	3	0	1	265
21	Fred												74	88	90								3	3	0	2	252
23	Greg Draper																						0	0	0	0	0
23	Vince Lia																						0	0	0	0	0

Player started Player subbed in Player suspended Player injured

Goal scorers edit

Rank	Player	Goals by round																					Total
Rank	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
1	Shane Smeltz	1	2				1	2				1	1	1			1		2				12
2	Tim Brown						1							1		1							3
3	Troy Hearfield												1					1					2
3	Leo Bertos											1							1				2
5	Fred														1								1
	Karl Dodd								1														1
	Kosta Barbarouses																				1		1
	Own goal																	1					1

Goal scored from penalty kick 2 goals scored from penalty kick

Goal assists edit

Rank	Player	Assists by round																					Total
Rank	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
1	Leo Bertos								1				1	1			1	1			1		6
2	Troy Hearfield												1						2				3
3	Daniel	1														1							2
	Tony Lochhead		1				1																2
	Jon McKain		1												1								2
6	Tim Brown											1											1
	Vaughan Coveny							1															1
	Leilei Gao							1															1
	Ben Sigmund																		1				1
	Shane Smeltz																	1					1

Discipline edit

Rank	Player	Cards by round																					Total
Rank	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1	Jon McKain																						7
2	Troy Hearfield																						2		1
	Tim Brown																						3	1
	Karl Dodd																						5
5	Andrew Durante																						2	1
6	Michael Ferrante																						3
	Leilei Gao																						3
	Manny Muscat																						3
9	Leo Bertos																						2
	Tony Lochhead																						2
	Richard Johnson																						2
	Shane Smeltz																						2
13	Vaughan Coveny																						1
	Daniel																						1
	David Mulligan																						1
	Ben Sigmund																						1
	Adam Kwasnik																						1
	Fred																						1

Goal times edit

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2008–09 season
nth Min.	Goals for Wellington Phoenix	Goals against Wellington Phoenix
01-05	1	0
06-10	0	1
11-15	1	2
16-20	0	3
21-25	1	1
26-30	1	0
31-35	2	1
36-40	0	3
41-45	1	1
46-50	1	4
51-55	3	0
56-60	2	3
61-65	2	0
66-70	1	4
71-75	0	1
76-80	2	3
81-85	1	1
86-90	4	3

Home attendance edit

Date	Round	Attendance	Opposition	Stadium
17 August 2008	Round 1	10,516	Queensland Roar	Westpac Stadium
24 August 2008	Round 2	6,110	Melbourne Victory
14 September 2008	Round 4	6,926	Central Coast Mariners
28 September 2008	Round 6	6,729	Sydney FC
26 October 2008	Round 9	6,543	Queensland Roar
23 November 2008	Round 12	5,500	Newcastle Jets
28 November 2008	Round 13	7,953	Melbourne Victory
14 December 2008	Round 15	6,362	Perth Glory
19 December 2008	Round 16	6,722	Central Coast Mariners
4 January 2009	Round 18	7,520	Newcastle Jets
18 January 2009	Round 20	8,241	Adelaide United
Total	79,122
Average	7,193

Club edit

Technical staff edit

First team coach: Ricki Herbert
Assistant coach: Stu Jacobs
First team Physiotherapist: Adam Crump
Masseur: Dene Carroll
Strength & conditioning coach: Ed Baranowski

Kit edit

Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony

Home

Away

End-of-season awards edit

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

Sony Player of the Year: Leo Bertos
Members' Player of the Year: Ben Sigmund
Players' Player of the Year: Shane Smeltz
Media Player of the Year: Shane Smeltz
Golden Boot: Shane Smeltz - 12 goals

References edit

External links edit

Wellington Phoenix - Official website