2009–10 Wellington Phoenix FC season

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Wellington Phoenix FC
2009–10 season
CEOTony Pignata
ChairmanTerry Serepisos
ManagerRicki Herbert
A-League4th
Finals3rd
Top goalscorerPaul Ifill
13 Goals
Highest home attendance32,792 v Newcastle
7 March 2010
Lowest home attendance4,115 v Newcastle
4 November 2009

The 2009–10 season is the Wellington Phoenix's third season of football in the Hyundai A-League, making it the longest running New Zealand team in the competition, surpassing the defunct New Zealand Knights.

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 New Zealand NZL Mark Paston
2 DF Malta MLT Manny Muscat
3 DF New Zealand NZL Tony Lochhead
4 DF Australia AUS Jon McKain
5 MF Brazil BRA Diego
6 MF New Zealand NZL Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7 MF New Zealand NZL Leo Bertos
8 FW Barbados BRB Paul Ifill
9 FW England ENG Chris Greenacre
10 MF Australia AUS Michael Ferrante
11 MF Brazil BRA Daniel
13 MF Australia AUS Troy Hearfield
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Australia AUS Adrian Caceres
15 FW Ivory Coast CIV Eugene Dadi (Short-term contract)
16 DF New Zealand NZL David Mulligan
17 MF Australia AUS Vince Lia
18 DF New Zealand NZL Ben Sigmund
19 MF China CHN Jiang Chen (On loan)
20 GK Australia AUS Reece Crowther (Youth)
21 MF New Zealand NZL Marco Rojas (Youth)
22 DF Australia AUS Andrew Durante (Captain)
23 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses (Youth)
40 GK Australia AUS Liam Reddy (Short-term injury cover)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No. Pos. Player From Notes
5 MF Brazil Diego Australia Adelaide United
8 FW Barbados Paul Ifill England Crystal Palace
9 FW England Chris Greenacre England Tranmere Rovers
14 MF Australia Adrián Cáceres Australia Central Coast Mariners
15 FW Ivory Coast Eugene Dadi Australia Perth Glory [1]
19 MF China Jiang Chen China Tianjin Teda F.C. On loan
20 GK Australia Reece Crowther England Queens Park Rangers
21 MF New Zealand Marco Rojas New Zealand Waikato FC
40 GK Australia Liam Reddy Australia Brisbane Roar Short-term injury cover

Out[edit]

No. Pos. Player From Notes
2 DF New Zealand Jeremy Christie New Zealand Waitakere United
5 DF Australia Karl Dodd Australia North Queensland Fury
8 FW New Zealand Vaughan Coveny Australia South Melbourne FC
9 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz Australia Gold Coast United
12 MF Australia Richard Johnson Retired
15 FW Australia Adam Kwasnik Australia Central Coast Mariners
19 FW New Zealand Greg Draper Australia Melbourne Knights FC
20 GK New Zealand Glen Moss Australia Melbourne Victory
21 MF China Leilei Gao China Beijing Hongdeng

Matches[edit]

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies[edit]

5 July 2009 Cantebury Mainland XI New Zealand 1–1 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
14:00 NZST

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures[edit]

23 August 2009 Round 3 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
15:00 AEST
17:00 NZST
S. van Dijk 10'
D. Tiatto Yellow card 57'
B. Malcolm Yellow card 61'
C. Moore Yellow card 75'
T. Oar Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card 88'
M. Nichols Yellow card 90'
R. Kruse Yellow card 90'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 45' M. Muscat
Yellow card 67' M. Ferrante
85' C. Greenacre
Attendance: 7,084
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
30 August 2009 Round 4 Sydney FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEST
19:00 NZST
B. Gan 77'
J. Aloisi 81'
(0–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 22' P. Ifill Attendance: 11,718
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski
4 September 2009 Round 5 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZST
17:00 ACDT
Ifill 35'
B. Sigmund Yellow card 41'
V. Lia Yellow card 56'
T. Brown Yellow card 74'
(1–1)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 39' M. Marrone
42' Yellow card 63' I. Fyfe
Yellow card 44' M. Rudan
Attendance: 7,523
Referee: New Zealand Michael Hester
13 September 2009 Round 6 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 AEST
19:00 NZST
C. Hernández 4'
N. Fabiano Yellow card 14'
M. Kemp Yellow card 82'
(1–1)
Report
Summary
30' Yellow card 90' T. Brown Attendance: 17,644
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
2 October 2009 Round 9 Gold Coast United 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 AEST
23:00 NZDT
Robson Yellow card 89' (0–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 89' V. Lia Attendance: 4,209
Referee: Australia Gerard Parsons
25 October 2009 Round 11 Wellington Phoenix 6–0 Gold Coast United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZDT
14:00 AEST
Daniel 28', 53'
T. Brown 48' Yellow card 56'
C. Greenacre Yellow card 29' 54'
P. Ifill 59'
J. Chen Yellow card 78'
T. Hearfield 82'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 38' S. Pantelidis
Yellow card 88' Robson
Attendance: 6,571
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
1 November 2009 Round 12 Sydney FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEDT
19:00 NZDT
M. Bridge 15', 35'
S. Corica Yellow card 30' 32'
S. Colosimo Yellow card 60'
K. Kisel Yellow card 71'
S. Musialik Yellow card 90'
(3–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 39' V. Lia
81' K. Barbarouses
Attendance: 10,653
Referee: Australia Gerard Parsons
4 November 2009 Round 13 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
18:00 NZDT
16:00 AEDT
T. Brown 28'
V. Lia Yellow card 52'
C. Greenacre 55'
P. Ifill 90'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 21' A. Costanzo Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
8 November 2009 Round 14 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZDT
15:00 AEDT
P. Ifill Yellow card 18' 82'
V. Lia Yellow card 35'
B. Sigmund Yellow card 75'
(0–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 63' 70' W. Srhoj
Yellow card 81' J. Burns
Attendance: 6,930
Referee: Australia Matthew Gillett
22 November 2009 Round 15 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Energy Australia Stadium
17:00 AEDT
15:00 NZDT
J. Wheelhouse Yellow card 33'
F. Vignaroli Yellow card 36'
(0–1)
Report
Summary
14' P. Ifill Attendance: 4,329
Referee: Australia Peter Green
29 November 2009 Round 16 Brisbane Roar 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 AEST
22:00 NZDT
Reinaldo 17', 56'
J. McCloughan Yellow card 69'
C. Miller Yellow card 78'
S. van Dijk 79'
D. Dodd 90+1'
(1–1)
Report
Summary
27' C. Greenacre
Red card 58' M. Muscat
Yellow card 72' L. Bertos
Attendance: 6,307
Referee: Australia Alan Milliner
4 December 2009 Round 17 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:30 NZDT
19:30 AEDT
V. Lia Yellow card 6'
T. Brown 58'
(0–0)
Summary
Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 40' N. Ward
Yellow card 30' M. Kemp
87' R. Vargas
Attendance: 8,206
Referee: New Zealand Michael Hester
12 December 2009 Round 18 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Sydney FC FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
17:00 NZDT
15:00 AEDT
J. McKain Yellow card 15'
V. Lia Yellow card 34'
Daniel Yellow card 90'
(0–1)
Report
Summary
16' (pen.) Yellow card 71' S. Corica
Yellow card 78' A. Brosque
Red card 80' S. Colosimo
Yellow card 84' C. Bolton
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: New Zealand Michael Hester
18 December 2009 Round 19 Adelaide United 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
20:00 ACDT
22:30 NZDT
Alemao 57'
M. Leckie Yellow card 70'
(0–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 45' L. Bertos
77' (o.g.) E. Galekovic
Yellow card 78' T. Lochhead
Attendance: 9,070
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
31 December 2009 Round 20 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 AEDT
20:00 NZDT
M. Simon Yellow card 51'
N. Mrdja Yellow card 61'
(0–0)
Report
Summary
47' (pen.), 81' P. Ifill
Yellow card 58' J. McKain
Yellow card 90' T. Hearfield
Attendance: 11,137
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
9 January 2010 Round 21 Wellington Phoenix 3–1 Brisbane Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZDT
15:00 AEST
T. Brown 26'
E. Dadi 56', 62'
T. Hearfield Yellow card 68'
L. Reddy Yellow card 88'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
88' S. van Dijk
Yellow card 88' Reinaldo
Attendance: 8,927
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
22 January 2010 Round 23 Perth Glory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 AWST
23:00 NZDT
D. McBreen 23'
T. Howarth 42'
N. Sekulovski Yellow card 72'
S. Bulloch Yellow card 83'
(2–0)
Summary
Yellow card 8' T. Brown
Yellow card 25' E. Dadi
Yellow card 61' M. Muscat
Yellow card 72' V. Lia
Attendance: 9,368
Referee: Australia Ryan Shepheard
30 January 2010 Round 25 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Adelaide United AMI Stadium, Christchurch
17:00 NZDT
14:30 ACDT
P. Ifill Yellow card 16'
J. McKain 22'
L. Bertos Yellow card 80'
T. Hearfield Yellow card 90'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 26' A. Hughes
Yellow card 41' R. Cornthwaite
Attendance: 19,279
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
7 February 2010 Round 26 Gold Coast United 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Skilled Park, Gold Coast
18:00 AEST
21:00 NZDT
C. Miller Yellow card 20'
Z. Caravella Yellow card 41'
Anderson Yellow card 44'
(0–1)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 21' M. Muscat
Yellow card 42' A. Durante
45+2' (pen.) P. Ifill
Attendance: 4,202
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
12 February 2010 Round 27 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:30 NZDT
15:30 AEDT
T. Brown 14'
V. Lia Yellow card 68'
P. Ifill 79', 81'
T. Hearfield Yellow card 82'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 75' M. Simon
Yellow card 83' A. Clark
Attendance: 14,327
Referee: Australia Chris Beath

2009–10 Finals series[edit]

7 March 2010 Minor Semi Final Wellington Phoenix 3–1 (a.e.t.) Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 NZST T. Brown 33'
A. Durante Yellow card 98'
P. Ifill 105'
M. Muscat Yellow card 112'
E. Dadi 115'
(1–1)
Report
Summary
20' M. Thompson
Yellow card 35' A. D'Apuzzo
Yellow card 45+1' J. Wheelhouse
Yellow card 88' A. Abbas
Attendance: 32,792
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
13 March 2010 Preliminary Final Sydney FC 4–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 AEST C. Payne 22', 31' Yellow card 84'
A. Brosque 63'
T. McFlynn Yellow card 66'
M. Bridge 71'
(2–1)
Report
Summary
27' A. Durante
81' E. Dadi
Attendance: 13,196
Referee: Australia Peter Green

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAAHHAAHAH
ResultLWDLDDDDDDWLWDWLDLDWWWLLWWW
Position654778988887666677887556544
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 +8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 +6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 −12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 −17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 −10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 −9 29
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
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 F1 F2 F3 App. GS upward-facing green arrow downward-facing red arrow Min.
1 Australia Andrew Durante 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 90 30 30 0 0 2,760
Barbados Paul Ifill downward-facing red arrow69 downward-facing red arrow74 downward-facing red arrow89 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow56 downward-facing red arrow74 90 90 downward-facing red arrow67 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow85 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow84 downward-facing red arrow78 90 90 downward-facing red arrow72 90 90 90 120 120 downward-facing red arrow79 30 30 0 11 2,597
New Zealand Leo Bertos 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow84 downward-facing red arrow64 90 downward-facing red arrow84 downward-facing red arrow89 downward-facing red arrow87 downward-facing red arrow71 downward-facing red arrow63 upward-facing green arrow13 upward-facing green arrow23 downward-facing red arrow71 downward-facing red arrow78 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow55 upward-facing green arrow26 upward-facing green arrow23 upward-facing green arrow33 downward-facing red arrow77 downward-facing red arrow70 downward-facing red arrow66 90 30 25 5 13 2,157
4 Australia Troy Hearfield downward-facing red arrow78 upward-facing green arrow16 upward-facing green arrow1 upward-facing green arrow15 upward-facing green arrow7 upward-facing green arrow26 upward-facing green arrow34 upward-facing green arrow6 downward-facing red arrow77 upward-facing green arrow19 upward-facing green arrow13 upward-facing green arrow3 upward-facing green arrow14 upward-facing green arrow5 upward-facing green arrow28 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 downward-facing red arrow74 downward-facing red arrow58 29 16 13 4 1,584
5 New Zealand Tony Lochhead 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow75 120 90 28 28 0 1 2,535
6 New Zealand Tim Brown 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow77 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow74 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 downward-facing red arrow65 27 27 0 3 2,436
7 Malta Manny Muscat 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow75 90 90 upward-facing green arrow13 90 90 90 90 90 58 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow66 downward-facing red arrow67 120 120 90 26 25 1 3 2,229
Australia Vince Lia upward-facing green arrow13 upward-facing green arrow21 upward-facing green arrow47 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow82 90 downward-facing red arrow88 90 90 120 downward-facing red arrow109 90 26 23 3 3 2,190
9 England Chris Greenacre 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow75 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow87 downward-facing red arrow67 90 downward-facing red arrow70 upward-facing green arrow26 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow84 downward-facing red arrow106 120 90 24 23 1 6 1,985
10 Brazil Daniel upward-facing green arrow21 upward-facing green arrow16 upward-facing green arrow21 upward-facing green arrow10 90 downward-facing red arrow77 downward-facing red arrow66 downward-facing red arrow80 downward-facing red arrow72 downward-facing red arrow71 90 downward-facing red arrow77 downward-facing red arrow76 downward-facing red arrow63 downward-facing red arrow62 downward-facing red arrow85 90 downward-facing red arrow64 upward-facing green arrow13 upward-facing green arrow13 upward-facing green arrow54 upward-facing green arrow32 22 14 8 11 1,243
11 New Zealand Ben Sigmund 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow83 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow64 downward-facing red arrow64 upward-facing green arrow14 120 20 19 1 3 1,695
12 Australia Jon McKain 90 downward-facing red arrow77 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow89 upward-facing green arrow5 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 105 90 19 18 1 2 1,626
Australia Adrian Caceres upward-facing green arrow24 downward-facing red arrow57 upward-facing green arrow1 upward-facing green arrow19 upward-facing green arrow2 upward-facing green arrow20 upward-facing green arrow27 upward-facing green arrow12 downward-facing red arrow56 downward-facing red arrow67 upward-facing green arrow14 downward-facing red arrow89 upward-facing green arrow12 upward-facing green arrow35 upward-facing green arrow26 downward-facing red arrow77 downward-facing red arrow57 upward-facing green arrow23 upward-facing green arrow50 19 6 13 6 668
14 New Zealand Mark Paston 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow8 90 90 13 13 0 1 1,088
New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses upward-facing green arrow33 upward-facing green arrow10 upward-facing green arrow27 downward-facing red arrow88 downward-facing red arrow70 upward-facing green arrow19 upward-facing green arrow20 upward-facing green arrow34 upward-facing green arrow23 downward-facing red arrow76 upward-facing green arrow6 upward-facing green arrow22 upward-facing green arrow18 13 3 10 3 446
16 Australia Liam Reddy 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 90 12 12 0 0 1,140
Brazil Diego upward-facing green arrow12 downward-facing red arrow74 downward-facing red arrow69 downward-facing red arrow43 upward-facing green arrow6 90 upward-facing green arrow16 upward-facing green arrow8 upward-facing green arrow2 90 upward-facing green arrow11 upward-facing green arrow10 12 5 7 3 431
18 Ivory Coast Eugene Dadi 90 downward-facing red arrow68 90 downward-facing red arrow64 downward-facing red arrow67 upward-facing green arrow24 upward-facing green arrow6 upward-facing green arrow45 upward-facing green arrow46 upward-facing green arrow25 10 5 5 3 525
19 Australia Reece Crowther 90 upward-facing green arrow82 90 90 90 90 6 5 1 0 532
Australia Michael Ferrante 90 downward-facing red arrow69 downward-facing red arrow80 upward-facing green arrow1 upward-facing green arrow15 upward-facing green arrow18 6 3 3 3 273
21 New Zealand Marco Rojas upward-facing green arrow13 upward-facing green arrow16 upward-facing green arrow26 upward-facing green arrow1 4 0 4 0 56
22 China Jiang Chen upward-facing green arrow3 upward-facing green arrow23 2 0 2 0 26
23 New Zealand David Mulligan 0 0 0 0 0

  Player started  Player subbed in  Player suspended  Player injured/sick  Player on international duty  Player left club/not signed/loan expired

Goal scorers[edit]

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 22 23 24 25 26 27 F1 F2 F3
1 Barbados Paul Ifill 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 13
2 New Zealand Tim Brown 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
3 England Chris Greenacre 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
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