2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2014–15 season
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Manager	Ernie Merrick
Stadium	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League	4th
ASB Premiership	6th
A-League Finals Series	Elimination-finals
FFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Nathan Burns (13); All: Nathan Burns (13)
Highest home attendance	13,248 vs Sydney FC ; 26 April 2015
Lowest home attendance	6,236 vs Sydney FC ; 29 March 2015
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the eighth time and the FFA Cup for the first time. Wellington Phoenix also competed in New Zealand's domestic league, the ASB Premiership, with a reserves squad for the first time.^[1]

Players edit

Squad information 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	Glen Moss
2	DF	MLT	Manny Muscat
3	FW	AUS	Joel Griffiths
4	MF	NED	Roly Bonevacia
5	DF	NZL	Michael Boxall
6	DF	AUS	Josh Brindell-South
7	FW	CRC	Kenny Cunningham
8	MF	ESP	Alex Rodriguez
9	FW	AUS	Nathan Burns
10	MF	NZL	Michael McGlinchey
11	MF	NZL	Kwabena Appiah
12	FW	NZL	Tyler Boyd


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	ESP	Albert Riera
14	MF	NZL	Alex Rufer
15	MF	NZL	Jason Hicks
16	DF	NZL	Louis Fenton
17	MF	AUS	Vince Lia
18	DF	NZL	Ben Sigmund (vice-captain)
19	DF	NZL	Tom Doyle
20	GK	AUS	Lewis Italiano
21	FW	FIJ	Roy Krishna
22	DF	NZL	Andrew Durante (captain)
23	MF	NZL	Matthew Ridenton

Transfers in edit

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
4	MF	Roly Bonevacia	32	Roda JC	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
8	MF	Alex Rodriguez	30	Sunderland	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
9	FW	Nathan Burns	35	Incheon United	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
10	MF	Michael McGlinchey	37	Central Coast Mariners	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
19	DF	Tom Doyle	31	Team Wellington	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
11	FW	Kwabena Appiah	31	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	wellingtonphoenix.com
3	FW	Joel Griffiths	44	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	radionz.co.nz

Transfers out edit

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
21	MF	Carlos Hernández	42	C.S. Cartaginés	Contract Terminated	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au http://cartagines.net/
7	MF	Leo Bertos	42	East Bengal	End of contract	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
10	FW	Stein Huysegems	41		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
4	DF	Luke Adams	29		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
3	DF	Reece Caira	31		Released	Mid-season	Free	wellingtonphoenix.com.au
11	FW	Jeremy Brockie	36	SuperSport United	Transfer	Mid-season		goal.com

Technical staff edit

Position	Name
First team coach	Ernie Merrick
Assistant coach	Chris Greenacre
Reserves team coach	Andy Hedge
Goalkeeping Coach	Jonathan Gould
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Lee Spence

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					ASB Premiership
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Glen Moss	28	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Manny Muscat	24	1	6	0	0	23+1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	MF		Joel Griffiths	5	1	0	0	0	3+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Roly Bonevacia	28	4	6	0	0	28	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Michael Boxall	22	2	0	0	0	9+10	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Josh Brindell-South	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Kenny Cunningham	20	5	3	0	0	1+16	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Alex Rodriguez	26	0	4	0	0	19+6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Nathan Burns	25	13	2	0	0	24	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Michael McGlinchey	25	5	0	0	0	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Kwabena Appiah	4	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Tyler Boyd	11	12	3	0	0	0+4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	10	3	0	0
13	MF		Albert Riera	27	0	3	1	0	27	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Alex Rufer	17	1	1	1	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	1	0
15	MF		Jason Hicks	14	2	2	0	0	0+8	1	2	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Louis Fenton	23	0	3	0	0	18+4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Vince Lia	21	0	2	0	0	14+7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Ben Sigmund	27	0	6	0	0	26	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Tom Doyle	16	1	1	0	1	8+2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1
20	GK		Lewis Italiano	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Roy Krishna	25	9	3	0	0	19+5	9	2	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Andrew Durante	29	1	4	0	0	28	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Matthew Ridenton	11	1	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Louis Evans	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Xavier Pratt	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6+6	1	1	0	0
29	FW		Joel Stevens	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12+1	7	0	0	0
30	GK		Oliver Sail	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10+2	0	1	0	0
31	FW		Andrew Blake	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0
32	DF		Tamupiwa Dimairo	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0
33	MF		James McGarry	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11+2	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Sam Wilson	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5+5	0	1	0	0
36	FW		Cherbel Khouchaba	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Nathaniel Hailemariam	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12+2	9	0	0	0
38	DF		Justin Gulley	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0
39	MF		Joe Bell	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+8	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Marcel Kampman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF		Ruairi Cahill-Fleury	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+4	2	0	0	0
	MF		Merlin Luke-Miny	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0
	DF		Gianni Bouzoukis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0
	FW		Liam Wood	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
	MF		Sam Gillespie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
	DF		Christian Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
3	DF		Reece Caira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Jeremy Brockie	11	2	1	0	0	6+4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 3 May 2015
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies edit

18 June 2014	Western Suburbs	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Porirua, New Zealand
18:30 NZST	Fenton ?' (o.g.) Edge ?'	Report	Hicks 53' Sigmund ?'	Stadium: Olé Football Academy

2 July 2014	Miramar Rangers	0–5	Wellington Phoenix	Petone, New Zealand
19:15 NZST		Report	Cunningham 2' Brockie 15' Krishna 66' Boyd ?', ?'	Stadium: Petone Memorial Park

8 July 2014	Upper Hutt City	0–4	Wellington Phoenix	Upper Hutt, New Zealand
19:00 NZST		Report	Brockie 9', 45' Boyd 30' Rufer 37'	Stadium: Maidstone Park

9 July 2014	Petone	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Petone, New Zealand
19:00 NZST		Report	Ball 63' Rufer 73' Krishna 86'	Stadium: Petone Memorial Park

15 July 2014	Wellington Olympic	0–2	Wellington Phoenix	Petone, New Zealand
19:00 NZST				Stadium: Petone Memorial Park

23 July 2014 Carlsberg Football United Tour	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	West Ham United	Auckland, New Zealand
19:30 NZST	Durante 11' Rodriguez 27'	Report	Zárate 70'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 20,000

26 July 2014 Carlsberg Football United Tour	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Newcastle United	Wellington, New Zealand
16:30 NZST		Report	Gouffran 41'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 30,000

17 August 2014	New Zealand XI	2–3	Wellington Phoenix	Taupō, New Zealand
13:30 NZST	Brockie 57' McGlinchey 70'	Report	Krishna 5', 18', 90+2'	Stadium: Owen Delany Park

31 August 2014	Central League XI	1–4	Wellington Phoenix	Raumati Beach, New Zealand
14:00 NZST	Hailemanian 89'	Report	Burns 2' Krishna 18', 31' Hicks 72'	Stadium: Weka Park

13 September 2014	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle, Australia
16:00 AEST	J. Griffiths 22' (pen.) Kantarovski 32' 51' Virgili 76'	Report	Brockie 60'	Stadium: Magic Park Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

16 September 2014	Sydney United 58	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
	Kofinas 63'	Report	Hicks 2'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre

19 September 2014	Sydney FC	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Wollongong, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium Referee: Strebre Delovski

28 September 2014	Wellington Phoenix	6–2	Canterbury United	Wellington, New Zealand
14:30 NZST	Bonevacia 27' Brockie 35' Rodriguez 40' 64' (o.g.) Cunningham 66' Boyd 75'	Report	Schwarz 68' (pen.) Welbourn 88'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	4th	12 October 2014	26 April 2015
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals	Elimination-finals	3 May 2015	3 May 2015
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	5 August 2014	5 August 2014
ASB Premiership	—	6th	2 November 2014	14 March 2015

A-League edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	15	8	4	56	31	+25	53	Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Sydney FC	27	14	8	5	52	35	+17	50
3	Adelaide United	27	14	4	9	47	32	+15	46	Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix^[a]	27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	Qualification for Finals series
5	Melbourne City	27	9	8	10	36	41	−5	35
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	4	13	42	43	−1	34
7	Perth Glory^[b]	27	14	8	5	45	35	+10	50
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	4	6	17	29	44	−15	18
10	Newcastle Jets	27	3	8	16	23	55	−32	17

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[2]

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	7	3	4	24	17	+7	7	1	5	21	18	+3

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

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	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L
Position	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	4	5	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

12 October 2014 1	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Perth Glory	Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	McGlinchey 73'	Report	Keogh 32' Maclaren 86'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Alan Milliner

18 October 2014 2	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Doyle 12' (o.g.)	Report	McGlinchey 35' Burns 54'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 7,237 Referee: Ben Williams

26 October 2014 3	Wellington Phoenix	4–1	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Burns 4', 42' McGlinchey 64' Durante 90+4'	Report	J. Griffiths 90'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,802 Referee: Chris Beath

3 November 2014 4	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
Sunday 19:30 AEDT	Finkler 24' Pain 68'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 23,827 Referee: Shaun Evans

7 November 2014 5	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wellington
Friday 19:40 NZDT	Burns 79'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,008 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

15 November 2014 6	Adelaide United	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
Saturday 16:30 ACDT	Boogaard 36' Cirio 90+4'	Report	Bonevacia 15'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,726 Referee: Strebre Delovski

21 November 2014 7	Perth Glory	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST	De Silva 2' Keogh 60' Zadkovich 63'	Report	Krishna 84' (pen.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 9,233 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

30 November 2014 8	Wellington Phoenix	5–1	Melbourne City	Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Burns 34', 47', 85' (pen.) Bonevacia 40' Krishna 50'	Report	Williams 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,410 Referee: Jarred Gillett

6 December 2014 9	Newcastle Jets	1–3	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	J. Griffiths 24'	Report	Burns 73' McGlinchey 74' Krishna 78'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 9,152 Referee: Adam Fielding

13 December 2014 10	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Auckland
Saturday 17:00 NZDT	Krishna 76'	Report	Simon 40'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 11,051 Referee: Alan Milliner

21 December 2014 11	Sydney FC	0–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT		Report	Burns 73', 81'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 14,672 Referee: Shaun Evans

28 December 2014 12	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wellington
Sunday 19:00 NZDT	Krishna 14'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,606 Referee: Peter O'Leary

31 December 2014 13	Adelaide United	1–3	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
Wednesday 19:00 ACDT	Cirio 73'	Report	Cunningham 54' Boyd 77', 90+3'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,060 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

4 January 2015 14	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Brisbane Roar	Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Muscat 4' Brockie 51' (pen.), 67'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 10,267 Referee: Stephen Lucas

2 February 2015 15	Brisbane Roar	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
Monday 19:00 AEST	Donachie 60' Borrello 76' Solórzano 90+2'	Report	Krishna 50' Cunningham 81'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,263 Referee: Alan Milliner

8 February 2015 16	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Penrith
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Rukavytsya 18' Šantalab 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Sportingbet Stadium Attendance: 12,663 Referee: Stephen Lucas

14 February 2015 17	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Melbourne City	Lower Hutt
Saturday 17:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Hutt Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,232 Referee: Chris Beath

22 February 2015 18	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Lower Hutt
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Krishna 68' Hicks 90+4'	Report	Bonevacia 12' (o.g.) Neville 18' B. Kantarovski 21' 87'	Stadium: Hutt Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,437 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

1 March 2015 19	Melbourne Victory	2–3	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Galloway 34' Barbarouses 53'	Report	Bonevacia 42' Boxall 68' Burns 77'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 22,096 Referee: Jarred Gillett

7 March 2015 20	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Adelaide United	Lower Hutt
Saturday 17:00 NZDT	J. Griffiths 79' Burns 82'	Report		Stadium: Hutt Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,819 Referee: Ben Williams

14 March 2015 21	Perth Glory	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
Saturday 18:30 AWST	Zadkovich 29'	Report	Krishna 23', 78'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 9,178 Referee: Chris Beath

22 March 2015 22	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST	Kaluđerović 5'	Report	McGlinchey 20' Burns 45'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,075 Referee: Alan Milliner

29 March 2015 23	Wellington Phoenix	0–3	Sydney FC	Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT		Report	Faty 9' Smeltz 28' 70' Muscat 40' (o.g.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,236 Referee: Peter Green

5 April 2015 24	Wellington Phoenix	0–3	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
Sunday 19:00 NZST		Report	Finkler 1' Durante 59' (o.g.) Thompson 66'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,417 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

12 April 2015 25	Melbourne City	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,720 Referee: Peter Green

17 April 2015 26	Wellington Phoenix	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
Friday 19:40 NZST	Bonevacia 65' Cunningham 79', 90+5'	Report	Fitzgerald 11' Bosnar 35'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,868 Referee: Peter O'Leary

26 April 2015 27	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Sydney FC	Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZST	Boxall 46'	Report	Ibini 14' Smeltz 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 13,248 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Finals series edit

3 May 2015 Elimination-finals	Wellington Phoenix	0–2	Melbourne City	Wellington
19:00 NZST (UTC+12:00)		Report	Kennedy 61' Moss 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 10,171 Referee: Ben Williams

FFA Cup edit

5 August 2014 Round of 32	Adelaide United	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:30 AEST	Cirio 31'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 2,804 Referee: Shaun Evans

ASB Premiership edit

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	16	14	0	2	39	14	+25	42	Qualification to the 2015–16 OFC Champions League
2	Team Wellington	16	9	3	4	32	24	+8	30	Qualification to the 2015 ASB Premiership Finals^[a]
3	Hawke's Bay United	16	8	3	5	34	29	+5	27
4	Waitakere United	16	8	2	6	29	23	+6	26
5	WaiBOP United	16	7	1	8	24	29	−5	22
6	Wellington Phoenix	16	7	0	9	37	42	−5	21
7	Wanderers SC	16	5	2	9	24	29	−5	17
8	Canterbury United	16	4	2	10	22	32	−10	14
9	Southern United	16	3	1	12	20	39	−19	10

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2015. Source: NZ Football
Notes:

^ The second OFC Champions League spot will be awarded to the team who wins the grand final, or the league runner-up if the premiers also win the grand final

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	7	0	9	37	42	−5	21	3	0	5	17	22	−5	4	0	4	20	20	0

Last updated: 16 March 2015.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round edit

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

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2015. Source: soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

2 November 2014 1	Team Wellington	2–1	Phoenix Premiers	Wellington
15:00 NZDT	Corrales 38' Peverley 82' (pen.)	Report	Boyd 29' Rufer ?' 84'	Stadium: David Farrington Park

8 November 2014 2	Phoenix Premiers	3–0	Wanderers SC	Wellington
14:00 NZDT	Cunningham 8' Boyd 26' Messenger 65' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Newtown Park

23 November 2014 4	Phoenix Premiers	1–2	Waitakere United	Wellington
14:00 NZDT	Boyd 21'	Report	Dickinson 87' Biss 90+1'	Stadium: Newtown Park

30 November 2014 5	Southern United	3–4	Phoenix Premiers	Invercargill
14:00 NZDT	Jackson 19', 90' Hindson 35'	Report	Hailemariam 9' Stevens 42' (pen.), 59', 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Rugby Park Stadium

7 December 2014 6	Hawke's Bay United	2–5	Phoenix Premiers	Napier
14:00 NZDT	Tinsley 31' (pen.) Barcia 52'	Report	Ridenton 20' Hailemariam 30', 71' Boyd 45' (pen.), 50'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

13 December 2014 7	Phoenix Premiers	0–2	WaiBOP United	Auckland
14:15 NZDT		Report	Marquez 18', 25'	Stadium: Eden Park

20 December 2014 8	Canterbury United	2–0	Phoenix Premiers	Christchurch
14:00 NZDT	Schwarz 37' Clapham 43'	Report		Stadium: ASB Football Park

11 January 2015 9	Auckland City	1–3	Phoenix Premiers	Auckland
14:00 NZDT	Tavano 45+1' Bilen 88'	Report	Hailemariam 15', 27' Stevens 17' Doyle 88'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street

17 January 2015 10	Phoenix Premiers	3–4	Team Wellington	Wellington
14:00 NZDT	Stevens 4' Brindell-South 38' Hailemariam 75'	Report	Peverley 15' (pen.) ?' 55' Gwyther 48', 62' Feneridis 82'	Stadium: Newtown Park Attendance: 1,000

25 January 2015 11	Wanderers SC	2–1	Phoenix Premiers	Whangarei
13:00 NZDT	de Jong 15' Hudson-Wihongi 74'	Report	Hicks 80'	Stadium: Toll Stadium Attendance: 986

8 February 2014 13	Waitakere United	6–3	Phoenix Premiers	West Auckland
14:00 NZDT	Mulligan 11' Solomons 29' Bowen 36' Bale 78' Richards 83', 84'	Report	Hailemariam 5' Boyd 54' Doyle 79'	Stadium: Fred Taylor Park

15 February 2015 14	Phoenix Premiers	6–2	Southern United	Lower Hutt
14:00 NZDT	Hailemariam 53' Boyd 84' (pen.), 88' (pen.), 89', 90+3' (pen.) Rufer 90+1'	Report	Jackson 3', 14' Fitzpatrick 88'	Stadium: Hutt Recreation Ground

21 February 2015 15	Phoenix Premiers	2–4	Hawke's Bay United	Petone
14:00 NZDT	Cahill-Fleury 5' Hailermariam 62'	Report	Lovemore 51', 79' Lekaj 64' Tinsley 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Petone Memorial Park

28 February 2015 16	WaiBOP United	2–3	Phoenix Premiers	Cambridge
15:00 NZDT	Coombes 35', 43'	Report	Blake 45+4' Cahill-Fleury 76' Stevens 88'	Stadium: John Kerkhof Park

7 March 2015 17	Phoenix Premiers	2–1	Canterbury United	Petone
14:00 NZDT	Stevens 51' (pen.) Pratt 74'	Report	Spain 56'	Stadium: Petone Memorial Park

14 March 2015 18	Phoenix Premiers	0–7	Auckland City	Wellington
14:00 NZDT		Report	De Vries 20', 60' Óscar 24' Moreira 32' (pen.), 43' Carril 55' A. Milne 73'	Stadium: Newtown Park

References edit

^ Lange, Kyla (22 August 2014). "Phoenix ASB Premiership Addition A Win-Win". Football Federation Australia.
^ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links edit

Official Website

[table_note_WEL0.62035823828557-2] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[table_note_PER0.62035823828557-4] Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[2]

[table_note_res_ASB0.42401835668088-5] The second OFC Champions League spot will be awarded to the team who wins the grand final, or the league runner-up if the premiers also win the grand final

[1] Lange, Kyla (22 August 2014). "Phoenix ASB Premiership Addition A Win-Win". Football Federation Australia.

[Perth_banned-3] "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	7	3	4	24	17	+7	7	1	5	21	18	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	7	3	4	24	17	+7	7	1	5	21	18	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	7	3	4	24	17	+7	7	1	5	21	18	+3