2008–09 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix FC
2008–09 season
CEOTony Pignata
ChairmanTerry Serepisos
ManagerRicki Herbert
A-League6th
Preseason Cup2nd
FinalsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerShane Smeltz
12 Goals
Highest home attendance10,516 v Queensland
17 August 2008
Lowest home attendance5,500 v Newcastle
23 November 2008

The 2008–09 season was Wellington Phoenix's second season in the A-League.

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  NZL Jeremy Christie
3 DF  NZL Tony Lochhead
4 DF  AUS Jon McKain
5 DF  AUS Karl Dodd
6 MF  NZL Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7 MF  NZL Leo Bertos
8 FW  NZL Vaughan Coveny
9 FW  NZL Shane Smeltz
10 MF  AUS Michael Ferrante
11 MF  BRA Daniel
12 MF  AUS Richard Johnson
13 MF  AUS Troy Hearfield
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  AUS Adam Kwasnik
16 DF  NZL David Mulligan
17 MF  AUS Vince Lia
18 DF  NZL Ben Sigmund
19 FW  NZL Greg Draper
20 GK  NZL Glen Moss
21 MF  CHN Leilei Gao
22 DF  AUS Andrew Durante (Captain)
23 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses
25 DF  AUS Manny Muscat
26 MF  BRA Fred
30 GK  AUS Scott Higgins

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player From Notes
4 DF Jon McKain FCU Politehnica Timişoara
7 MF Leo Bertos Perth Glory
13 MF Troy Hearfield Newcastle Jets
16 DF David Mulligan Port Vale
21 MF Leilei Gao MyPa
22 DF Andrew Durante Newcastle Jets
25 DF Manny Muscat Green Gully Cavaliers
26 MF Fred D.C. United On loan
30 GK Scott Higgins Adelaide United Short term injury cover

Out

No. Pos. Player From Notes
4 DF Cleberson America
13 DF Steven Old Macarthur Rams
14 DF Steven O'Dor South Melbourne
15 MF George Carabobo
16 DF Kristian Rees Adelaide City
18 MF Ahmad Elrich Central Coast Mariners
21 MF Felipe Wisla Krakow
22 FW Royce Brownlie Peninsula Power
26 MF Fred D.C. United Loan expired
30 GK Jacob Spoonley Auckland City FC

Matches

2008 Pre-Season Cup fixtures

See also: 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Wellington Phoenix 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advances to final
Central Coast Mariners 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
Sydney FC 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
Queensland Roar 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source:
20 August 2008 Group stage Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 NZST Daniel 72' (0:0)
Report		 Attendance: 4,853
27 August 2008 Group stage Queensland Roar 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast
15:00 NZST S. van Dijk 18' (1:0)
Report		 74' A. Kwasnik Attendance: 3,832
2 September 2008 Group stage Sydney FC 2–3 Wellington Phoenix WIN Stadium, Wollongong
16:00 NZST A. Brosque 16'
I. Fyfe 39'		 (2:0)
Report		 57' T. Hearfield
62' S. Smeltz
82' L. Gao		 Attendance: 6,124
6 August 2008 Final Wellington Phoenix 0–0 (a.e.t.) Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZST (7-8 pen)
Report		 Attendance: 9,208
Referee: Peter O'Leary
Penalties
S. Smeltz
L. Bertos
T. Hearfield
V. Coveny
Daniel
M. Ferrante
J. McKain
R. Johnson
K. Dodd 		R. Vargas
T. Pondeljak
J. López
N. Ward
C. Hernandez
S. Ryall
D. Allsopp
M. Kemp
E. Berger

2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures

17 August 2008 Round 1 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 51'
K. Dodd  52'
Daniel  55'
L. Bertos  56'		 (0–0)
Summary		 46' C. Miller
 65' D. Dodd
 79' M. Zullo
 90' M. McKay		 Attendance: 10,561
Referee: Ben Williams
24 August 2008 Round 2 Wellington Phoenix 2–4 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 29', 65' (pen.)
A. Durante  73'
M. Ferrante  81'		 (1–2)
Summary		 16', 35' D. Allsopp
 20' 47' N. Fabiano
 56' E. Berger
68' (pen.) K. Muscat		 Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Strebre Delovski
30 August 2008 Round 3 Adelaide United 3– 0 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
L. Pantelis 15'
Cristiano 49', 60'		 (1–0)
Summary		  34' D. Mulligan
 40' L. Gao		 Attendance: 7,832
Referee: Matthew Breeze
14 September 2008 Round 4 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
R. Johnson  5'
K. Dodd  18'
T. Hearfield  45'		 (0–0)
Summary		  50' J. Hutchinson
 54' P. Bojic		 Attendance: 6,928
Referee: Strebre Delovski
21 September 2008 Round 5 Perth Glory 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
J. Harnwell  15'
N. Topor-Stanley  38'
E. Dadi 78' (pen.)		 (0–0)
Summary		  27' R. Johnson
 44' T. Lochhead
 77' J. McKain		 Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Strebre Delovski
28 September 2008 Round 6 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 42'
V. Coveny  48'
M. Muscat  68'
T. Brown 76'
A. Kwasnik  84'		 (1–1)
Summary		 20' A. Brosque
 79' S. Musialik		 Attendance: 6,729
Referee: Chris Beath
6 October 2008 Round 7 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
N. Spencer  19'
J. Håkansson  45'
T. Elrich  49' 59'
K. Patafta 68'		 (0–0)
Summary		 52' (pen.), 89' (pen.) S. Smeltz Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Craig Zetter
19 October 2008 Round 8 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
M. Jedinak  18'
M. Simon  60'		 (0–0)
Summary		 53' K. Dodd
 62' J. McKain
 83' L. Gao		 Attendance: 9,011
Referee: Ben Williams
26 October 2008 Round 9 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Brown  24'
L. Gao  41'		 (0–1)
Summary		  30' D. Tiatto
40'J. McCloughan
 51' S. van Dijk
 81' D. Dodd
 90' L. Reddy		 Attendance: 6,543
Referee: Peter O'Leary
2 November 2008 Round 10 Perth Glory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
N. Rukavytsya 15', 70'
N. Rizzo  88'		 (1–0)
Summary		  39' K. Dodd Attendance: 7,228
Referee: Chris Beath
7 November 2008 Round 11 Sydney FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
S. Musialik 77' (0–1)
Summary		 34' L. Bertos
89' (pen.) S. Smeltz		 Attendance: 12,856
Referee: Craig Zetter
23 November 2008 Round 12 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Lochhead  53'
K. Dodd  76'
S. Smeltz 79'
T. Hearfield 86'		 (0–0)
Summary		  29' J. Griffiths
 51' M. Milligan
 54' A. Griffiths		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Matthew Breeze
28 November 2008 Round 13 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Brown 22'
J. McKain  23'
S. Smeltz 58'  58'
Fred  83'		 (1–1)
Summary		 20' D. Allsopp
 42' G. Brebner		 Attendance: 7,953
Referee: Craig Zetter
5 December 2008 Round 14 Adelaide United 6–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
S. Ognenovski 21'
Cristiano 42', 74'
Cássio 57', 70'
T. Dodd 90'		 (2–0)
Summary		 56' Fred
 39' M. Ferrante
 53' J. McKain
 83' T. Hearfield		 Attendance: 9,442
Referee: Matthew Breeze
13 December 2008 Round 15 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Brown 83' (0–0)
Summary		 76' E. Dadi Attendance: 6,362
Referee: Strebre Delovski
19 December 2008 Round 16 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Smeltz 2'  62'
A. Durante  90'
T. Brown  90'		 (1–0)
Summary		  45' A. Caceres
 49' B. Porter
 52' D. Macallister		 Attendance: 6,722
Referee: Chris Beath
28 December 2008 Round 17 Queensland Roar 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
M. McKay 39'
S. van Dijk 48'
J. McCloughan  63'
C. Moore  68'
T. Oar 90'		 (1–1)
Summary		 11' (o.g.) L. DeVere
 37'  90' A. Durante
 45' T. Brown
46' T. Hearfield
 86' M. Muscat
 87' J. McKain		 Attendance: 13,115
Referee: Ben Williams
4 January 2009 Round 18 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
B. Sigmund  53'
L. Bertos 62'
S. Smeltz 67', 86' (pen.)		 (0–0)
Summary		 Attendance: 7,524
Referee: Craig Zetter
11 January 2009 Round 19 Sydney FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
T. McFlynn  24'
A. Brosque  64'
K. Danning 85'		 (0–0)
Summary		  32' M. Ferrante
 37' J. McKain
 64' T. Hearfield
 90' M. Muscat		 Attendance: 9,605
Referee: Ben Williams
18 January 2009 Round 20 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
J. McKain  14'
T. Brown  28'  51'
K. Barbarouses 31'
L. Bertos  51'		 (1–1)
Summary		 9' P. Reid
 79' S. Jamieson
 84' J. Salley
 85' S. Ognenovski		 Attendance: 8,241
Referee: Chris Beath
23 January 2009 Round 21 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
D. Allsopp  25'
K. Muscat 40' (pen.)
N. Fabiano  82'
A. Thompson 89'		 (1–0)
Summary		 Attendance: 28,905
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundHHAHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHA
ResultDLLDLWDWLLWWWLDWLWLDL
Position288787777866565555556
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27 +12 38 Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19 +12 38
3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25 +11 36 Qualification for Finals series
4 Central Coast Mariners 21 7 7 7 35 32 +3 28
5 Sydney FC 21 7 5 9 33 32 +1 26
6 Wellington Phoenix 21 7 5 9 23 31 −8 26
7 Perth Glory 21 6 4 11 31 44 −13 22
8 Newcastle Jets 21 4 6 11 21 39 −18 18
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Statistics

See also: Wellington Phoenix records and 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 App. GS Min.
1 Tony Lochhead 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 63 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 21 21 0 1 1,863
2 Shane Smeltz 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 83 90 90 90 90 89 90 90 90 20 20 0 2 1,792
3 Michael Ferrante 90 90 90 90 21 24 26 23 90 90 81 90 73 75 61 77 80 10 90 19 14 5 6 1,181
4 Jon McKain 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 88 78 18 18 0 2 1,606
5 Karl Dodd 89 16 87 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 22 90 90 90 90 90 90 17 15 2 2 1,384
Tim Brown 3 6 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 72 90 90 90 90 90 51 17 15 2 1 1,302
Daniel 72 61 29 72 90 18 16 18 16 2 18 17 24 90 44 74 67 17 7 10 5 728
8 Andrew Durante 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 46 8 16 15 1 1 1,314
Leo Bertos 90 90 10 44 72 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 16 14 2 2 1,125
10 Ben Sigmund 18 5 90 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 68 90 90 90 15 13 2 2 1,147
11 Manny Muscat 90 74 90 90 69 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 14 14 0 2 1,223
Troy Hearfield 18 90 90 74 70 78 21 7 27 90 66 71 89 64 14 10 4 7 855
13 Glen Moss 90 90 90 90 90 44 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 13 12 1 0 1,124
14 Adam Kwasnik 90 90 55 20 90 72 80 46 19 1 16 23 12 7 5 4 602
15 Jeremy Christie 16 21 24 9 15 29 13 10 2 12 10 0 10 0 151
16 Mark Paston 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 46 9 9 0 1 766
Vaughan Coveny 29 35 90 69 66 64 74 66 1 9 6 3 5 494
18 Leilei Gao 61 16 90 69 90 90 90 67 8 7 1 3 573
19 Richard Johnson 1 90 74 90 84 90 90 7 6 1 2 519
20 Kosta Barbarouses 24 12 1 80 82 5 2 3 2 199
21 David Mulligan 90 90 85 3 3 0 1 265
Fred 74 88 90 3 3 0 2 252
23 Greg Draper 0 0 0 0 0
Vince Lia 0 0 0 0 0

  Player started       Player subbed in       Player suspended       Player injured

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
1 Shane Smeltz 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 12
2 Tim Brown 1 1 1 3
3 Troy Hearfield 1 1 2
Leo Bertos 1 1 2
5 Fred 1 1
Karl Dodd 1 1
Kosta Barbarouses 1 1
Own goal 1 1

  Goal scored from penalty kick       2 goals 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
1 Leo Bertos 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
2 Troy Hearfield 1 2 3
3 Daniel 1 1 2
Tony Lochhead 1 1 2
Jon McKain 1 1 2
6 Tim Brown 1 1
Vaughan Coveny 1 1
Leilei Gao 1 1
Ben Sigmund 1 1
Shane Smeltz 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
1 Jon McKain 7
2 Troy Hearfield 2 1
Tim Brown 3 1
Karl Dodd 5
5 Andrew Durante 2 1
6 Michael Ferrante 3
Leilei Gao 3
Manny Muscat 3
9 Leo Bertos 2
Tony Lochhead 2
Richard Johnson 2
Shane Smeltz 2
13 Vaughan Coveny 1
Daniel 1
David Mulligan 1
Ben Sigmund 1
Adam Kwasnik 1
Fred 1

Goal times

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2008–09 season
nth Min.   Goals for Wellington Phoenix     Goals against Wellington Phoenix  
01-05
1
0
06-10
0
1
11-15
1
2
16-20
0
3
21-25
1
1
26-30
1
0
31-35
2
1
36-40
0
3
41-45
1
1
46-50
1
4
51-55
3
0
56-60
2
3
61-65
2
0
66-70
1
4
71-75
0
1
76-80
2
3
81-85
1
1
86-90
4
3

Home attendance

Date Round Attendance Opposition Stadium
17 August 2008 Round 1 10,516 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium
24 August 2008 Round 2 6,110 Melbourne Victory
14 September 2008 Round 4 6,926 Central Coast Mariners
28 September 2008 Round 6 6,729 Sydney FC
26 October 2008 Round 9 6,543 Queensland Roar
23 November 2008 Round 12 5,500 Newcastle Jets
28 November 2008 Round 13 7,953 Melbourne Victory
14 December 2008 Round 15 6,362 Perth Glory
19 December 2008 Round 16 6,722 Central Coast Mariners
4 January 2009 Round 18 7,520 Newcastle Jets
18 January 2009 Round 20 8,241 Adelaide United
Total 79,122
Average 7,193

Club

Technical staff

  • First team coach: Ricki Herbert
  • Assistant coach: Stu Jacobs
  • First team Physiotherapist: Adam Crump
  • Masseur: Dene Carroll
  • Strength & conditioning coach: Ed Baranowski

Kit

Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony

Home
Away

End-of-season awards

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

References

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