2009–10 Wellington Phoenix FC season

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
Average home league attendance8,942[1]

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

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player From Notes
5 MF Diego Adelaide United
8 FW Paul Ifill Crystal Palace
9 FW Chris Greenacre Tranmere Rovers
14 MF Adrián Cáceres Central Coast Mariners
15 FW Eugene Dadi Perth Glory [2]
19 MF Jiang Chen Tianjin Teda F.C. On loan
20 GK Reece Crowther Queens Park Rangers
21 MF Marco Rojas Waikato FC
40 GK Liam Reddy Brisbane Roar Short-term injury cover

Out

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

Matches

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies

27 June 2009 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Melbourne Victory Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown
17:30 NZST T. Hearfield 77'
5 July 2009 Cantebury Mainland XI 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
14:00 NZST

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

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  57'
B. Malcolm  61'
C. Moore  75'
T. Oar  86'  88'
M. Nichols  90'
R. Kruse  90'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
 45' M. Muscat
 67' M. Ferrante
85' C. Greenacre
Attendance: 7,084
Referee: 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
 22' P. Ifill Attendance: 11,718
Referee: 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  41'
V. Lia  56'
T. Brown  74'
(1–1)
Report
Summary
 39' M. Marrone
42'  63' I. Fyfe
 44' M. Rudan
Attendance: 7,523
Referee: 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  14'
M. Kemp  82'
(1–1)
Report
Summary
30'  90' T. Brown Attendance: 17,644
Referee: 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  89' (0–0)
Report
Summary
 89' V. Lia Attendance: 4,209
Referee: 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'  56'
C. Greenacre  29' 54'
P. Ifill 59'
J. Chen  78'
T. Hearfield 82'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
 38' S. Pantelidis
 88' Robson
Attendance: 6,571
Referee: 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  30' 32'
S. Colosimo  60'
K. Kisel  71'
S. Musialik  90'
(3–0)
Report
Summary
 39' V. Lia
81' K. Barbarouses
Attendance: 10,653
Referee: 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  52'
C. Greenacre 55'
P. Ifill 90'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
 21' A. Costanzo Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Ben Williams
8 November 2009 Round 14 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZDT
15:00 AEDT
P. Ifill  18' 82'
V. Lia  35'
B. Sigmund  75'
(0–0)
Report
Summary
 63' 70' W. Srhoj
 81' J. Burns
Attendance: 6,930
Referee: Matthew Gillett
22 November 2009 Round 15 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Energy Australia Stadium
17:00 AEDT
15:00 NZDT
J. Wheelhouse  33'
F. Vignaroli  36'
(0–1)
Report
Summary
14' P. Ifill Attendance: 4,329
Referee: 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  69'
C. Miller  78'
S. van Dijk 79'
D. Dodd 90+1'
(1–1)
Report
Summary
27' C. Greenacre
 58' M. Muscat
 72' L. Bertos
Attendance: 6,307
Referee: Alan Milliner
4 December 2009 Round 17 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:30 NZDT
19:30 AEDT
V. Lia  6'
T. Brown 58'
(0–0)
Summary
 25'  40' N. Ward
 30' M. Kemp
87' R. Vargas
Attendance: 8,206
Referee: 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  15'
V. Lia  34'
Daniel  90'
(0–1)
Report
Summary
16' (pen.)  71' S. Corica
 78' A. Brosque
 80' S. Colosimo
 84' C. Bolton
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: 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  70'
(0–0)
Report
Summary
 45' L. Bertos
77' (o.g.) E. Galekovic
 78' T. Lochhead
Attendance: 9,070
Referee: 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  51'
N. Mrdja  61'
(0–0)
Report
Summary
47' (pen.), 81' P. Ifill
 58' J. McKain
 90' T. Hearfield
Attendance: 11,137
Referee: 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  68'
L. Reddy  88'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
88' S. van Dijk
 88' Reinaldo
Attendance: 8,927
Referee: 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  72'
S. Bulloch  83'
(2–0)
Summary
 8' T. Brown
 25' E. Dadi
 61' M. Muscat
 72' V. Lia
Attendance: 9,368
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
30 January 2010 Round 25 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Adelaide United AMI Stadium, Christchurch
17:00 NZDT
14:30 ACDT
P. Ifill  16'
J. McKain 22'
L. Bertos  80'
T. Hearfield  90'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
 26' A. Hughes
 41' R. Cornthwaite
Attendance: 19,279
Referee: 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  20'
Z. Caravella  41'
Anderson  44'
(0–1)
Report
Summary
 21' M. Muscat
 42' A. Durante
45+2' (pen.) P. Ifill
Attendance: 4,202
Referee: 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  68'
P. Ifill 79', 81'
T. Hearfield  82'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
 75' M. Simon
 83' A. Clark
Attendance: 14,327
Referee: Chris Beath

2009–10 Finals series

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

Results by round

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

Appearances

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 Min.
1 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
Paul Ifill 69 74 89 90 90 90 56 74 90 90 67 90 90 90 85 90 90 90 90 84 78 90 90 72 90 90 90 120 120 79 30 30 0 11 2,597
Leo Bertos 90 90 90 90 84 64 90 84 89 87 71 63 13 23 71 78 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 26 23 33 77 70 66 90 30 25 5 13 2,157
4 Troy Hearfield 78 16 1 15 7 26 34 6 77 19 13 3 14 5 28 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 74 58 29 16 13 4 1,584
5 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 75 120 90 28 28 0 1 2,535
6 Tim Brown 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 77 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 74 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 65 27 27 0 3 2,436
7 Manny Muscat 90 90 90 90 90 75 90 90 13 90 90 90 90 90 58 90 90 90 90 90 90 66 67 120 120 90 26 25 1 3 2,229
Vince Lia 13 21 47 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 82 90 88 90 90 120 109 90 26 23 3 3 2,190
9 Chris Greenacre 90 90 90 75 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 87 67 90 70 26 90 90 90 84 106 120 90 24 23 1 6 1,985
10 Daniel 21 16 21 10 90 77 66 80 72 71 90 77 76 63 62 85 90 64 13 13 54 32 22 14 8 11 1,243
11 Ben Sigmund 90 90 90 90 83 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 64 64 14 120 20 19 1 3 1,695
12 Jon McKain 90 77 90 90 90 89 5 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 105 90 19 18 1 2 1,626
Adrian Caceres 24 57 1 19 2 20 27 12 56 67 14 89 12 35 26 77 57 23 50 19 6 13 6 668
14 Mark Paston 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 8 90 90 13 13 0 1 1,088
Kosta Barbarouses 33 10 27 88 70 19 20 34 23 76 6 22 18 13 3 10 3 446
16 Liam Reddy 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 90 12 12 0 0 1,140
Diego 12 74 69 43 6 90 16 8 2 90 11 10 12 5 7 3 431
18 Eugene Dadi 90 68 90 64 67 24 6 45 46 25 10 5 5 3 525
19 Reece Crowther 90 82 90 90 90 90 6 5 1 0 532
Michael Ferrante 90 69 80 1 15 18 6 3 3 3 273
21 Marco Rojas 13 16 26 1 4 0 4 0 56
22 Jiang Chen 3 23 2 0 2 0 26
23 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

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 Paul Ifill 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 13
2 Tim Brown 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
3 Chris Greenacre 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
4 Eugene Dadi 2 1 1 1 5
5 Daniel 2 2
Leo Bertos 1 1 2
Jon McKain 1 1 2
8 Ben Sigmund 1 1
Troy Hearfield 1 1
Kosta Barbarouses 1 1
Andrew Durante 1 1

  Goal scored from penalty kick

Goal assists

Rank Player Assists 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 Paul Ifill 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 9
2 Leo Bertos 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
3 Daniel 1 1 1 1 4
Adrian Caceres 1 1 1 1 4
5 Manny Muscat 1 1 1 3
6 Kosta Barbarouses 2 2
Andrew Durante 1 1 2
Tim Brown 1 1 2
Vince Lia 1 1 2
10 Tony Lochhead 1 1
Chris Greenacre 1 1
Diego 1 1

Discipline

Rank Player Cards 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 Manny Muscat 6 1
Vince Lia 9
3 Tim Brown 7
4 Jon McKain 4 1
5 Andrew Durante 5
6 Leo Bertos 4
Troy Hearfield 4
8 Paul Ifill 3
Tony Lochhead 3
10 Eugene Dadi 2
Michael Ferrante 2
Ben Sigmund 2
13 Jiang Chen 1
Daniel 1
Chris Greenacre 1
Liam Reddy 1

Goal times

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2009–10 season
nth Min. Goals for Wellington Phoenix Goals against Wellington Phoenix
01-05
0
2
06-10
2
1
11–15
2
2
16–20
0
4
21–25
2
3
26–30
7
0
31–35
2
3
36–40
1
0
41–45
2
2
46–50
3
1
51–55
3
0
56–60
3
2
61–65
1
1
66–70
0
3
71–75
0
1
76–80
3
2
81–85
8
3
86–90
2
5
In e.t.
2
0

Home attendance

Date Round Attendance Opposition Stadium
16 August 2009 Round 2 1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium
4 September 2009 Round 5 7,578 Adelaide United
20 September 2009 Round 7 9,713 North Queensland Fury
27 September 2009 Round 8 6,769 Central Coast Mariners
25 October 2009 Round 11 6,517 Gold Coast United
4 November 2009 Round 13 4,115 Newcastle Jets
8 November 2009 Round 14 6,930 Perth Glory
4 December 2009 Round 17 8,209 Melbourne Victory
12 December 2009 Round 18 6,459 Sydney FC FMG Stadium
9 January 2010 Round 21 8,925 Brisbane Roar Westpac Stadium
15 January 2010 Round 22 7,727 North Queensland Fury
30 January 2010 Round 25 19,258 Adelaide United AMI Stadium
12 February 2010 Round 27 14,327 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium
21 February 2010 Semi-Final 4 v 5 24,278 Perth Glory
7 March 2010 Minor Semi-Final 32,792 Newcastle Jets
Total 173,639
Average 11,576

Club

Technical staff

  • First team Coach: Ricki Herbert
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Jonathan Gould
  • Technical Analyst: Luciano Trani
  • First team Physiotherapist: Adam Crump
  • Masseur: Dene Carroll
  • Strength & Conditioning Coach: Ed Baranowski

Kit

The team kit for the 2009–10 season was produced by Reebok. The home kit was changed to a black and yellow vertically striped shirt with black shorts and socks. The away kit features black sleeves with yellow trim on a white background, while the shorts are white with a yellow and black side trim, with white socks. Sony renewed its contract with the Wellington Phoenix and remained the club's major sponsor.[3]

Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony

Home
Away
Goalkeeper home
Goalkeeper away

End-of-season awards

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

References

  1. ^ https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/aus-a-league-2009-2010/1/
  2. ^ "Glory shuts door on Dadi". thewest.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ^ Sony back onboard with Phoenix Archived 21 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Wellington Phoenix, 7 August 2009