2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season

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Wellington Phoenix
2014–15 season
ChairmanRob Morrison
ManagerErnie Merrick
StadiumWestpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League4th
ASB Premiership6th
A-League Finals SeriesElimination-finals
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Nathan Burns (13)
All: Nathan Burns (13)
Highest home attendance13,248 vs Sydney FC
26 April 2015
Lowest home attendance6,236 vs Sydney FC
29 March 2015

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 New Zealand NZL Glen Moss
2 DF Malta MLT Manny Muscat
3 FW Australia AUS Joel Griffiths
4 MF Netherlands NED Roly Bonevacia
5 DF New Zealand NZL Michael Boxall
6 DF Australia AUS Josh Brindell-South
7 FW Costa Rica CRC Kenny Cunningham
8 MF Spain ESP Alex Rodriguez
9 FW Australia AUS Nathan Burns
10 MF New Zealand NZL Michael McGlinchey
11 MF New Zealand NZL Kwabena Appiah
12 FW New Zealand NZL Tyler Boyd
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Spain ESP Albert Riera
14 MF New Zealand NZL Alex Rufer
15 MF New Zealand NZL Jason Hicks
16 DF New Zealand NZL Louis Fenton
17 MF Australia AUS Vince Lia
18 DF New Zealand NZL Ben Sigmund (vice-captain)
19 DF New Zealand NZL Tom Doyle
20 GK Australia AUS Lewis Italiano
21 FW Fiji FIJ Roy Krishna
22 DF New Zealand NZL Andrew Durante (captain)
23 MF New Zealand NZL Matthew Ridenton

Transfers in[edit]

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

Transfers out[edit]

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

Technical staff[edit]

Position Name
First team 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[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup ASB Premiership
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 28 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Malta 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 Australia 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 Netherlands Roly Bonevacia 28 4 6 0 0 28 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Costa Rica 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 Spain 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 Australia Nathan Burns 25 13 2 0 0 24 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 25 5 0 0 0 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 Spain Albert Riera 27 0 3 1 0 27 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 New Zealand Ben Sigmund 27 0 6 0 0 26 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF New Zealand 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 Australia Lewis Italiano 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
21 FW Fiji 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 New Zealand Andrew Durante 29 1 4 0 0 28 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF New Zealand 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 New Zealand Louis Evans 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
28 FW New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand Andrew Blake 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 0
32 DF New Zealand Tamupiwa Dimairo 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 0
33 MF New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand Justin Gulley 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0
39 MF New Zealand 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 New Zealand Marcel Kampman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand Gianni Bouzoukis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0
FW New Zealand Liam Wood 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
MF New Zealand Sam Gillespie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
DF New Zealand 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 Australia Reece Caira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW New Zealand Jeremy Brockie 11 2 1 0 0 6+4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

18 June 2014 Western Suburbs New Zealand 1–2 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Porirua, New Zealand
18:30 NZST Fenton ?' (o.g.)
Edge Red card ?'
Report Hicks 53'
Sigmund ?'
Stadium: Olé Football Academy
23 July 2014 Carlsberg Football United Tour Wellington Phoenix New Zealand 2–1 England 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 New Zealand 0–1 England Newcastle United Wellington, New Zealand
16:30 NZST Report Gouffran 41' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 30,000

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 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:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. ^ 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]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHH
ResultLWWLWLLWWDWWWWLLDDWWWWLLDWL
Position754555555533324444421114544
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
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 Red card 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
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 Yellow card 21' Yellow-red card 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
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' Red card 70'
Muscat 40' (o.g.)
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,236
Referee: Peter Green
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
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]

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:
  1. ^ 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]

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHBHAAHAAHABAHHAHH
ResultLWLWWLLWLLLWLWWL
Position835743353457766656
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2015. Source: soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

11 January 2015 9 Auckland City 1–3 Phoenix Premiers Auckland
14:00 NZDT Tavano 45+1'
Bilen Red card 88'
Report Hailemariam 15', 27'
Stevens 17'
Doyle Red card 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.) Yellow card ?' Yellow-red card 55'
Gwyther 48', 62'
Feneridis 82'
Stadium: Newtown Park
Attendance: 1,000