Wellington Phoenix FC records and statistics

Wellington Phoenix FC is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand, which currently plays in the Hyundai A-League. Their home ground is Westpac Stadium, which is located on Wellington's waterfront, and holds approximately 36,000 spectators. The Wellington Phoenix is also the longest running New Zealand professional football club, surpassing the now defunct Football Kingz FC.

All figures current as of the conclusion of the 2015-16 season

Honours

Club

• Fair Play Award
  • 2014–15
• Pre-Season Cup
  • Runners-up: 2008
• Finals Appearances
  • 2009–10 (3rd)
  • 2010–11 (6th)
  • 2011–12 (4th)
  • 2014–15 (5th)
• FFA Cup:
  • Round of 16: 2015
• HKFC Soccer Sevens:
  • Semi-Final: 2015, 2016

Individual

• Johnny Warren Medal
  • Shane Smeltz (2008–09)
  • Nathan Burns (2014–15)
• A-League Golden Boot
  • Shane Smeltz (2008–09)

Players

Appearances

Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.

All-time appearances

Rank	Years	Name	Season									Total
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	2008–	Andrew Durante		16	30	28	28	26	26	28	24	206
2	2008–2016	Manny Muscat		14	26	28	27	24	24	24	25	192
3	2008–2016	Ben Sigmund		15	20	28	28	24	25	26	15	181
4	2007–	Vince Lia	13	0	26	24	21	23	27	21	6	171
5	2007–2013	Tony Lochhead	18	21	28	16	25	23				131
6	2008–2014	Leo Bertos		16	30	22	28	24	7			127
7	07–09, 12–	Glen Moss	20	13				6	25	27	27	118
8	2007–2012	Tim Brown	11	17	27	30	27					112
9	2009–2014	Paul Ifill			30	22	22	22	11			107
10	2007–2012	Daniel	17	17	22	29	21					106
11	2009–2012	Chris Greenacre			24	31	29					84
12	2012–	Louis Fenton						26	10	22	20	78
13	2007–2013	Mark Paston	1	9	13	15	14	20				72
13	2008–2011	Troy Hearfield		14	29	27						70
14	2013–2016	Albert Riera							17	27	24	68
15	2012–2015	Jeremy Brockie						24	24	10		58
16	2014–	Roly Bonevacia								28	26	54
17	2014–	Michael McGlinchey								25	26	51
18	2012–2014	Stein Huysegems						23	26			49
	2013–	Roy Krishna							9	24	16	49
	2014–	Alex Rodriguez								25	24	49

Individual records

• Most League appearances: 206

Andrew Durante

• Most consecutive appearances: 68^[1]

Chris Greenacre (22 January 2010 – 7 April 2012)

• Most appearances in a single season: 31

Chris Greenacre, 2010–11

• Most starts in a single season: 30

Tim Brown, 2010–11

Andrew Durante, 2009–10

Paul Ifill, 2009–10

• Oldest player: 37 years, 242 days^[2]

Tony Warner v. Perth Glory, 8 January 2012

• Youngest player: 17 years, 242 days^[2]

Alex Rufer v. Newcastle Jets, 9 February 2014

• Oldest debutant: 37 years, 155 days

Tony Warner v. Newcastle Jets, 16 October 2011

  Not signed with the Phoenix       Most appearances in season

Minutes played

Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.

All-time Minutes Played

Rank	Years	Name	Season									Total
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	2008–	Andrew Durante		1,313	2,760	2,361	2,550	2,296	2,340	2,503	2,052	18,175
2	2008–2016	Manny Muscat		1,223	2,229	2,411	2,459	2,146	2,143	2,079	2,239	16,929
3	2008–2016	Ben Sigmund		1,147	1,695	2,421	2,461	2,146	2,184	2,323	980	14,971
4	2007–	Vince Lia	1,137	0	2,190	2,012	1,768	1,722	2,396	1,218	1,094	13,537
5	2007–2013	Tony Lochhead	1,612	1,863	2,535	1,322	2,230	1,999				11,561
6	07–09, 12–	Glen Moss	1,800	1,124				540	2,250	2,413	2,430	10,557
7	2008–2014	Leo Bertos		1,295	2,157	1,526	2,289	2,127	289			9,683
8	2007–2012	Tim Brown	734	1,302	2,436	2,548	2,459					9,479
9	2009–2014	Paul Ifill			2,597	1,768	1,678	1,691	399			8,133
10	2009–2012	Chris Greenacre			2,075	1,931	2,390					6,396
11	2007–2013	Mark Paston	90	766	1,088	1,303	1,290	1,800				6,337
12	2013–2016	Albert Riera							1,184	2,387	2,074	5,645
13	2012–	Louis Fenton						1,644	806	1,582	1,152	5,184
14	2007–2012	Daniel	1,222	728	1,243	941	885					5,019
15	2014–	Roly Bonevacia								2,398	2,294	4,692
16	2014–	Michael McGlinchey								2,098	2,281	4,379
15	2008–2011	Troy Hearfield		885	1,584	1,882						4,321
16	2012–2015	Jeremy Brockie						2,117	1,541	582		4,240
17	2007–2009	Shane Smeltz	1,710	1,792								3,502
18	2012–2014	Stein Huysegems						1,353	2,108			3,461

  Not signed with the Phoenix       Most minutes played in season

Goal scorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.

All-time leading goal scorers

Rank	Years	Name	Season									Total
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	2009–2014	Paul Ifill			13	7	8	3	2			33
2	2012–2015	Jeremy Brockie						16	5	2		23
	2007–2012	Tim Brown	0	3	8	6	6					23
4	2007–2009	Shane Smeltz	9	12								21
5	2009–2012	Chris Greenacre			6	8	5					19
6	2013–	Roy Krishna							1	9	6	16
7	2012–2014	Stein Huysegems						5	10			15
8	2014–2015	Nathan Burns								13		13
9	2013–2015	Kenny Cunningham							7	4		11
10	2014–	Roly Bonevacia								4	6	10
11	2008–2014	Leo Bertos		2	2	3	1	0	0			8
	2007–2012	Daniel	4	0	2	0	2					8
	2014–	Michael McGlinchey								5	3	8
	2014–	Blake Powell									8	8
15	2013–2014	Carlos Hernández							7			7
	2010–2011	Dylan Macallister				7						7
	2011–2013	Dani Sánchez					5	2				7
	2008–	Ben Sigmund		0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	7
19	2009–2010	Eugene Dadi			5							5
20	2012–2015	Tyler Boyd						0	2	2		4
	2008–	Andrew Durante		0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
	2012–	Louis Fenton							3	0	1	4
	2008–2011	Troy Hearfield		3	1	0						4
	2008–	Manny Muscat		0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	4

Individual records

• All-time leading goal scorer: 33

Paul Ifill

• Most goals in a season: 16

Jeremy Brockie, 2012–13, 24 games

• Most goals in a match: 4

Blake Powell v. Western Sydney Wanderers, 14 February 2016

• All-time leading penalty scorer: 7

Paul Ifill

• Most penalties scored in a season: 5

Shane Smeltz, 2008–09

• Youngest goalscorer: 18 years, 334 days^[2]

Kosta Barbarouses v. Adelaide United, 18 January 2009

• Oldest goalscorer: 36 years, 205 days^[2]

Eugene Dadi v. Sydney FC, 13 March 2010

• Fastest goalscorer: 41 seconds

Tim Brown v. Perth Glory, 7 November 2010

• Hat-tricks:

Nathan Burns v. Melbourne City, 30 November 2014

Blake Powell v. Western Sydney Wanderers, 14 February 2016

  Not signed with the Phoenix       Most goals in season

Goal assists

Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.

All-time assists

Rank	Years	Name	Season									Total
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	2008–2014	Leo Bertos		6	8	1	6	2	0			23
2	2009–2014	Paul Ifill			9	2	4	6	1			22
3	2007–2012	Daniel	4	2	4	1	5					16
4	2014–	Michael McGlinchey								6	8	14
	2008–2016	Manny Muscat		0	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	14
6	2014–	Roly Bonevacia								8	5	13
7	2007–	Vince Lia	2	0	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	11
8	2012–2015	Jeremy Brockie						2	4	4		10
	2007–2013	Tony Lochhead	2	2	1	0	4	1				10
10	2007–2012	Tim Brown	1	1	2	4	1					9
11	2014–2015	Nathan Burns								8		8
	2013–2014	Carlos Hernández							8			8
	2013–	Roy Krishna							0	5	3	8
14	2009–2011	Marco Rojas			0	7						7
15	2014–	Tom Doyle								1	5	6
	2009–2012	Chris Greenacre			1	3	2					6
	2008–2016	Ben Sigmund		1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	6
18	2012–2015	Tyler Boyd						1	3	1		5
	2007–2009	Vaughan Coveny	4	1								5
	2008–	Andrew Durante		0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
	2012–	Louis Fenton						3	1	1	0	5

Individual records

• All-time leading goal assists: 23,

Leo Bertos

• Most goal assists in a season: 9,

Paul Ifill, 2009–10

  Not signed with the Phoenix       Most assists in season

Discipline

Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.
Ranking is based on 1 point for a yellow card, 2 points for two yellows equalling red and 3 points for a straight red card.

Rank	Years	Name	Season																											Total
			1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9
1	2008–2016	Manny Muscat				3			6		1	9			8	1		7			7	1		6			6			52	2	1
2	2008–	Andrew Durante				2	1		5			8			5			7			6			5			7			45	1	0
3	2007–	Vince Lia	5						9			6	1		6			5			3			2			6			42	1	0
4	2008–2016	Ben Sigmund				1			2			8			4		1	7		1	3	1		6			3			33	1	2
5	2007–2012	Tim Brown	5			3	1		7			7			8	1														30	2	0
6	2007–2013	Tony Lochhead	4			2			3			2			5			1	1											17	1	0
7	2013–2016	Albert Riera																			4			2	1		6	2		12	3	0
8	2008–2014	Leo Bertos				2			4			2			2			3			2									15	0	0
9	2007–2012	Daniel	7			1			1			3			2															14	0	0
	2009–2014	Paul Ifill							3			4			4			3			0									14	0	0
11	2008–2010	Jon McKain				7			4	1																				11	1	0
	2014–	Roly Bonevacia																						6			7			13	0	0
	2012–	Louis Fenton																4			3			3			3			13	0	0
14	2008–2011	Troy Hearfield				2		1	4			3																		9	0	1
	2012–2015	Jeremy Brockie																6			6									12	0	0
16	2007–2009	Karl Dodd	6			5																								11	0	0
17	2013–2015	Kenny Cunningham																			6			4						10	0	0
	2014–	Tom Doyle																						1			9			10	0	0
19	2012–2015	Michael Boxall																2			7									9	0	0
	2014–	Alex Rodriguez																						4			5			9	0	0

  Not signed with the Phoenix       Injured for entire season       Most cards in season

Goalkeepers

Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.

All-time individual clean sheets

Rank	Years	Name	Season									Played	Total	Avg.
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	07–09, 2012–	Glen Moss	2	3				1	5	7	3	118	21	0.178
2	2007–2013	Mark Paston	0	2	4	3	4	4				72	17	0.236
3	2010–2011	Danny Vukovic				6						16	6	0.375
4	2009–2010	Liam Reddy			5							12	5	0.417
5	2011–2012	Tony Warner					3					15	3	0.200
6	2009–2011	Reece Crowther			1	0						6	1	0.167

Individual records

• Most team clean sheets in one season: 10 in 27 matches, 2009–10
• Fewest team clean sheets in a season: 2 in 21 matches, 2007–08
• Most individual clean sheets in a season: 7

Glen Moss, 2014–15

• Most consecutive clean sheets: 3, 30 January 2010 – 12 February 2010

Internationals

• Most international caps while Wellington Phoenix player: 34

Tony Lochhead for New Zealand

• Most international goals while Wellington Phoenix player: 10

Shane Smeltz for New Zealand

• Most FIFA World Cup appearances while a Wellington Phoenix player: 3

Mark Paston for New Zealand

Tony Lochhead for New Zealand

Leo Bertos for New Zealand

• First foreign (non-NZL/AUS) Wellington Phoenix player to earn an international cap:

Manny Muscat for Malta

Managerial records

Manager	Seasons	Matches	W	D	L	W%	D%	L%	PPM
Ricki Herbert	2007–08 – 2012–13	154	53	36	65	34%	23%	42%	1.27
Chris Greenacre (Interim)	2012–13	5	2	0	3	40%	0%	60%	1.20
Ernie Merrick	2013–14 – present	82	28	15	39	34%	18%	48%	1.21

Club records

All-time A-League results

Includes finals results; does not include pre-season matches or FFA Cup matches.

Overall record

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Adelaide United	28	8	6	14	32	56	−24
Brisbane Roar	27	5	6	16	30	46	−16
Central Coast Mariners	27	8	6	13	27	38	−11
Gold Coast United	9	4	3	2	15	9	+6
Melbourne City	19	7	6	6	25	27	−2
Melbourne Victory	27	5	6	16	33	58	−25
Newcastle Jets	28	15	4	9	54	36	+18
North Queensland Fury	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6
Perth Glory	29	11	6	12	37	34	+3
Sydney FC	29	12	3	14	37	50	−13
Western Sydney Wanderers	12	5	2	5	14	14	0
Total	241	83	51	107	315	373	−58

Home/away record

Home

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Adelaide United	13	5	5	3	19	18	+1
Brisbane Roar	13	4	4	5	17	17	0
Central Coast Mariners	15	4	5	6	16	18	−2
Gold Coast United	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8
Melbourne City	10	6	2	2	18	14	+4
Melbourne Victory	13	4	3	6	23	26	−3
Newcastle Jets	15	9	3	3	32	12	+20
North Queensland Fury	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6
Perth Glory	15	6	5	4	22	13	+9
Sydney FC	14	7	2	5	20	19	+1
Western Sydney Wanderers	6	3	1	2	3	4	−1
Total	121	53	32	36	190	147	+43

Away

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Adelaide United	15	3	1	11	13	38	−25
Brisbane Roar	14	1	2	11	13	29	−16
Central Coast Mariners	12	4	1	7	11	20	−9
Gold Coast United	6	2	2	2	4	6	−2
Melbourne City	9	1	4	4	7	13	−6
Melbourne Victory	14	1	3	10	10	32	−22
Newcastle Jets	13	6	1	6	22	24	−2
North Queensland Fury	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Perth Glory	14	5	1	8	15	21	−6
Sydney FC	15	5	1	9	17	31	−14
Western Sydney Wanderers	6	2	1	3	11	10	+1
Total	120	30	19	71	125	226	−101

International record

Opposition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Fiji	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Fiji U-23	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Guangzhou Evergrande	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Los Angeles Galaxy	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3
Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Royal Wahingdoh	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Shillong Lajong	2	1	0	1	7	5	+2
Tianjin Teda	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
United Sikkim	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
West Ham United	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Total	14	7	2	5	30	23	+7

Results by season

Regular season											Finals
Season	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Teams	League Pos.	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Finals Pos.
2007–08	21	5	5	11	25	37	−12	20	8	8th	Did not qualify
2008–09	21	7	5	9	23	31	−8	26	8	6th
2009–10	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40	10	4th	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	3rd
2010–11	30	12	5	13	39	41	−2	41	11	6th	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	6th
2011–12	27	12	4	11	34	32	+2	40	10	4th	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	4th
2012–13	27	7	6	14	31	49	−18	27	10	10th	Did not qualify
2013–14	27	7	7	13	36	51	−15	28	10	9th
2014–15	27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	10	4th	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	5th
2015–16	27	7	4	16	34	54	−20	25	10	9th	Did not qualify

Results by round

Rounds which were rescheduled are listed in the order in which they were played, not by their round number.

Season	Match																															Finals
	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	28	29	30		F1	F2	F3
2007–08	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L											DNQ
2008–09	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L											DNQ
2009–10	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W					D	W	L
2010–11	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W		L
2011–12	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L					W	L
2012–13	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L					DNQ
2013–14	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L					DNQ
2014–15	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					L
2015–16	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L					DNQ

Goal times

Goal times are adjusted to factor in stoppage time.

Goals for Wellington Phoenix

Goals against Wellington Phoenix

Best/worst results

Streaks

Finals matches

2009–10

2010–11

2011–12

2014–15

Home attendance

• Record high attendance: 32,792 v Newcastle Jets on 7 March 2010
• Record low attendance: 3,060 v Melbourne Heart on 3 March 2013 (in Dunedin)
• Highest season average attendance: 11,682 – 2007–08 season
• Lowest season average attendance: 6,877 – 2012–13 season
• Overall total attendance: 1,059,397
• Overall average attendance: 8,755

Top 10 highest attendances

Date	Season	Round	Attendance	Opposition	Stadium
7 March 2010	2009–10	Minor Semi-Final	32,792	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium
21 February 2010	2009–10	Semi-Final 4 v 5	24,478	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium
19 November 2011	2011–12	Round 7	20,078	Adelaide United	Eden Park
30 January 2010	2009–10	Round 25	19,258	Adelaide United	AMI Stadium
30 November 2007	2007–08	Round 15	18,345	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium
1 February 2014	2013–14	Round 17	18,056	Adelaide United	Eden Park
26 August 2007	2007–08	Round 1	14,421	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium
12 February 2010	2009–10	Round 27	14,327	Central Coast	Westpac Stadium
4 January 2008	2007–08	Round 19	14,288	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium
5 December 2010	2010–11	Round 19	14,108	Adelaide United	AMI Stadium

Home attendance by season

Season	Pld	Highest	Lowest	Total	Average
2007–08	10	18,345	8,032	116,824	11,682
2008–09	11	10,516	6,110	79,122	7,193
2009–10	15	32,792	4,115	173,639	11,576
2010–11	15	14,108	4,700	120,238	8,016
2011–12	15	20,078	3,898	131,716	8,781
2012–13	14	12,057	3,060	96,282	6,877
2013–14	13	18,056	5,336	106,616	8,201
2014–15	15	13,248	6,236	130,339	8,689
2015–16	13	13,654	5,103	104,621	8,048
Total	121	32,792	3,060	1,059,397	8,755

Milestones

Firsts

• First league victory:

Sydney FC, 2–1, 14 September 2007

• First league goal scorer:

Daniel, 26 August 2007 v Melbourne Victory

• First successful league penalty:

Daniel, 14 September 2007 v Sydney FC

• First foreign player (non-NZL/AUS):

Cleberson, 26 August 2007 v Melbourne Victory

Daniel, 26 August 2007 v Melbourne Victory

• First substitute:

Felipe

Replaced Jeremy Christie, 26 August 2007 v Melbourne Victory

• First yellow card:

Steven Old, 26 August 2007 v Melbourne Victory

• First red card:

Ahmad Elrich, 11 November 2007 v Queensland Roar

Matches

Overall

Matches	Date	Home	Score	Away	Stadium	Season
1st Match	26 August 2007	Wellington Phoenix	2 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium	2007–08
50th Match	27 September 2009	Wellington Phoenix	0 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium	2009–10
100th Match	5 February 2011	Adelaide United	0 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium	2010–11
150th Match	27 January 2013	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium	2012–13
200th Match	4 January 2015	Wellington Phoenix	3 – 0	Brisbane Roar	Westpac Stadium	2014–15

Home

Matches	Date	Home	Score	Away	Stadium	Season
1st Match	26 August 2007	Wellington Phoenix	2 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium	2007–08
50th Match	30 January 2011	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium	2010–11
100th Match	4 January 2015	Wellington Phoenix	3 – 0	Brisbane Roar	Westpac Stadium	2014–15

Away

Matches	Date	Home	Score	Away	Stadium	Season
1st Match	31 August 2007	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium	2007–08
50th Match	5 February 2011	Adelaide United	0 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium	2010–11
100th Match	31 December 2014	Adelaide United	1 – 3	Wellington Phoenix	Coopers Stadium	2014–15

Goals Scored

• 1st goal: Daniel against Melbourne Victory, 26 August 2007
• 100th goal: Tim Brown against Melbourne Heart, 19 September 2010
• 200th goal: Jeremy Brockie against Melbourne City, 25 January 2016

Home

• 1st home goal: Daniel against Melbourne Victory, 26 August 2007
• 100th home goal: Paul Ifill against Brisbane Roar, 14 December 2011

Away

• 1st away goal: Felipe against Sydney FC, 14 September 2007
• 100th away goal: Kenny Cunningham against Brisbane Roar, 2 February 2015

Goals Conceded

• 1st goal: Kevin Muscat (pen.) for Melbourne Victory, 26 August 2007
• 100th goal: Chris Payne for Sydney FC, 13 March 2010
• 200th goal: Andrew Durante for Melbourne Heart (own goal), 27 December 2012
• 300th goal: Nikita Rukavytsya for Western Sydney Wanderers, 8 February 2015

References

External links

• Official website