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
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
Johnny Warren Medal
Shane Smeltz (2008–09)
Nathan Burns (2014–15)
A-League Golden Boot
Shane Smeltz (2008–09)
Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.
Most League appearances: 214
Most consecutive appearances: 68
Most appearances in a single season: 31
Most starts in a single season: 30
Oldest player: 37 years, 242 days
Youngest player: 17 years, 242 days
Oldest debutant: 37 years, 155 days
Not signed with the Phoenix Most appearances in season
Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.
Not signed with the Phoenix Most minutes played in season
Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.
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
Kosta Barbarouses v. Adelaide United, 18 January 2009
Oldest goalscorer: 36 years, 205 days
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
Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.
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
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.
Not signed with the Phoenix Injured for entire season Most cards in season
Competitive, professional matches only. Players in bold are still currently playing for the Phoenix.
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
Most international caps while Wellington Phoenix player: 34
Most international goals while Wellington Phoenix player: 10
Most FIFA World Cup appearances while a Wellington Phoenix player: 3
First foreign (non-NZL/AUS) Wellington Phoenix player to earn an international cap:
Interim managers
Includes finals results; does not include pre-season matches or FFA Cup matches.
Rounds which were rescheduled are listed in the order in which they were played, not by their round number.
Goal times are adjusted to factor in stoppage time.
Goals for Wellington Phoenix
Goals against Wellington Phoenix
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
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
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
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
