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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Matches

2008 Pre-Season Cup fixtures

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
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

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 Yellow card 52'
Daniel Yellow card 55'
L. Bertos Yellow card 56'
(0–0)
Summary
46' C. Miller
Yellow card 65' D. Dodd
Yellow card 79' M. Zullo
Yellow card 90' M. McKay
Attendance: 10,561
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
24 August 2008 Round 2 Wellington Phoenix 2 – 4 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 29', 65' (pen.)
A. Durante Yellow card 73'
M. Ferrante Yellow card 81'
(1–2)
Summary
16', 35' D. Allsopp
Yellow card 20' 47' N. Fabiano
Yellow card 56' E. Berger
68' (pen.) K. Muscat
Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Australia 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
Yellow card 34' D. Mulligan
Yellow card 40' L. Gao
Attendance: 7,832
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
28 September 2008 Round 6 Wellington Phoenix 2 – 1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 42'
V. Coveny Yellow card 48'
M. Muscat Yellow card 68'
T. Brown 76'
A. Kwasnik Yellow card 84'
(1–1)
Summary
20' A. Brosque
Yellow card 79' S. Musialik
Attendance: 6,729
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
6 October 2008 Round 7 Newcastle Jets 2 – 2 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
N. Spencer Yellow card 19'
J. Håkansson Yellow card 45'
T. Elrich Yellow card 49' 59'
K. Patafta 68'
(0–0)
Summary
52' (pen.), 89' (pen) S. Smeltz Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
26 October 2008 Round 9 Wellington Phoenix 0 – 1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Brown Yellow card 24'
L. Gao Yellow card 41'
(0–1)
Summary
Yellow card 30' D. Tiatto
40'J. McCloughan
Yellow card 51' S. van Dijk
Yellow card 81' D. Dodd
Yellow card 90' L. Reddy
Attendance: 6,543
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
2 November 2008 Round 10 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
N. Rukavytsya 15', 70'
N. Rizzo Yellow card 88'
(1–0)
Summary
Yellow card 39' K. Dodd Attendance: 7,228
Referee: Australia 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: Australia Craig Zetter
28 November 2008 Round 13 Wellington Phoenix 2 – 1 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Brown 22'
J. McKain Yellow card 23'
S. Smeltz 58' Yellow card 58'
Fred Yellow card 83'
(1–1)
Summary
20' D. Allsopp
Yellow card 42' G. Brebner
Attendance: 7,953
Referee: Australia 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
Yellow card 39' M. Ferrante
Yellow card 53' J. McKain
Yellow card 83' T. Hearfield
Attendance: 9,442
Referee: Australia 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: Australia Strebre Delovski
28 December 2008 Round 17 Queensland Roar 3 – 2 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
M. McKay 39'
S. van Dijk 48'
J. McCloughan Yellow card 63'
C. Moore Yellow card 68'
T. Oar 90'
(1–1)
Summary
11' (o.g.) L. DeVere
Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 90' A. Durante
Yellow card 45' T. Brown
46' T. Hearfield
Yellow card 86' M. Muscat
Yellow card 87' J. McKain
Attendance: 13,115
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
4 January 2009 Round 18 Wellington Phoenix 3 – 0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
B. Sigmund Yellow card 53'
L. Bertos 62'
S. Smeltz 67', 86' (pen.)
(0–0)
Summary
Attendance: 7,524
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
11 January 2009 Round 19 Sydney FC 1 – 0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
T. McFlynn Yellow card 24'
A. Brosque Yellow card 64'
K. Danning 85'
(0–0)
Summary
Yellow card 32' M. Ferrante
Yellow card 37' J. McKain
Red card 64' T. Hearfield
Yellow card 90' M. Muscat
Attendance: 9,605
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
18 January 2009 Round 20 Wellington Phoenix 1 – 1 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
J. McKain Yellow card 14'
T. Brown Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 51'
K. Barbarouses 31'
L. Bertos Yellow card 51'
(1–1)
Summary
9' P. Reid
Yellow card 79' S. Jamieson
Yellow card 84' J. Salley
Yellow card 85' S. Ognenovski
Attendance: 8,241
Referee: Australia Chris Beath

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

Appearances

Rank Player Minutes Played per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021App.GSupward-facing green arrowdownward-facing red arrowMin.
1New Zealand Tony Lochhead90909090909090909090909090downward-facing red arrow63909090909090902121011,863
2New Zealand Shane Smeltz9090909090909090909090downward-facing red arrow8390909090downward-facing red arrow899090902020021,792
3Australia Michael Ferrante90909090upward-facing green arrow21upward-facing green arrow24upward-facing green arrow26upward-facing green arrow239090downward-facing red arrow8190downward-facing red arrow73downward-facing red arrow75downward-facing red arrow61downward-facing red arrow77downward-facing red arrow80upward-facing green arrow10901914561,181
4Australia Jon McKain90909090909090909090909090909090downward-facing red arrow88downward-facing red arrow781818021,606
5Australia Karl Dodddownward-facing red arrow89upward-facing green arrow16downward-facing red arrow8790909090909090upward-facing green arrow229090909090901715221,384
New Zealand Tim Brownupward-facing green arrow3upward-facing green arrow69090909090909090downward-facing red arrow729090909090511715211,302
Brazil Danieldownward-facing red arrow72downward-facing red arrow61upward-facing green arrow29downward-facing red arrow7290upward-facing green arrow18upward-facing green arrow16upward-facing green arrow18upward-facing green arrow16upward-facing green arrow2upward-facing green arrow18upward-facing green arrow17upward-facing green arrow2490upward-facing green arrow44downward-facing red arrow74downward-facing red arrow67177105728
8Australia Andrew Durante9090909090909090909090909090downward-facing red arrow46upward-facing green arrow81615111,314
New Zealand Leo Bertos9090upward-facing green arrow10upward-facing green arrow44downward-facing red arrow72downward-facing red arrow89909090909090909090901614221,125
10New Zealand Ben Sigmundupward-facing green arrow18upward-facing green arrow590downward-facing red arrow6690909090909090downward-facing red arrow689090901513221,147
11Australia Manny Muscat90downward-facing red arrow749090downward-facing red arrow699090909090909090901414021,223
Australia Troy Hearfieldupward-facing green arrow189090downward-facing red arrow74downward-facing red arrow70downward-facing red arrow78upward-facing green arrow21upward-facing green arrow7upward-facing green arrow2790downward-facing red arrow66downward-facing red arrow71downward-facing red arrow8964141047855
13New Zealand Glen Moss9090909090upward-facing green arrow44909090909090901312101,124
14Australia Adam Kwasnik9090downward-facing red arrow55upward-facing green arrow2090downward-facing red arrow72downward-facing red arrow80downward-facing red arrow46upward-facing green arrow19upward-facing green arrow1upward-facing green arrow16upward-facing green arrow2312754602
15New Zealand Jeremy Christieupward-facing green arrow16upward-facing green arrow21upward-facing green arrow24upward-facing green arrow9upward-facing green arrow15upward-facing green arrow29upward-facing green arrow13upward-facing green arrow10upward-facing green arrow2upward-facing green arrow12100100151
16New Zealand Mark Paston9090909090909090downward-facing red arrow469901766
New Zealand Vaughan Covenyupward-facing green arrow29upward-facing green arrow3590downward-facing red arrow69downward-facing red arrow66downward-facing red arrow64downward-facing red arrow74downward-facing red arrow66upward-facing green arrow19635494
18China Leilei Gaodownward-facing red arrow61upward-facing green arrow1690downward-facing red arrow69909090downward-facing red arrow678713573
19Australia Richard Johnsonupward-facing green arrow190downward-facing red arrow7490downward-facing red arrow8490907612519
20New Zealand Kosta Barbarousesupward-facing green arrow24upward-facing green arrow12upward-facing green arrow1downward-facing red arrow80downward-facing red arrow825232199
21New Zealand David Mulligan9090downward-facing red arrow853301265
Brazil Freddownward-facing red arrow74downward-facing red arrow88903302252
23New Zealand Greg Draper00000
Australia Vince Lia00000

  Player Started       Player Subbed In       Player Suspended       Player Injured

Goal scorers

Rank Player Goals per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021
1New Zealand Shane Smeltz12121111212
2New Zealand Tim Brown1113
3Australia Troy Hearfield112
New Zealand Leo Bertos112
5Brazil Fred11
Australia Karl Dodd11
New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses11
Own goal11

  Goal scored from penalty kick       2 goals scored from penalty kick    

Goal assists

Rank Player Assists per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021
1New Zealand Leo Bertos1111116
2Australia Troy Hearfield123
3Brazil Daniel112
New Zealand Tony Lochhead112
Australia Jon McKain112
6New Zealand Tim Brown11
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny11
China Leilei Gao11
New Zealand Ben Sigmund11
New Zealand Shane Smeltz11

Discipline

Rank Player Cards per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021
1Australia Jon McKain7
2Australia Troy Hearfield21
New Zealand Tim Brown31
Australia Karl Dodd5
5Australia Andrew Durante21
6Australia Michael Ferrante3
China Leilei Gao3
Australia Manny Muscat3
9New Zealand Leo Bertos2
New Zealand Tony Lochhead2
Australia Richard Johnson2
New Zealand Shane Smeltz2
13New Zealand Vaughan Coveny1
Brazil Daniel1
New Zealand David Mulligan1
New Zealand Ben Sigmund1
Australia Adam Kwasnik1
Brazil Fred1

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 2008Round 110,516 Queensland RoarWestpac Stadium
24 August 2008Round 26,110 Melbourne Victory
14 September 2008Round 46,926 Central Coast Mariners
28 September 2008Round 66,729 Sydney FC
26 October 2008Round 96,543 Queensland Roar
23 November 2008Round 125,500 Newcastle Jets
28 November 2008Round 137,953 Melbourne Victory
14 December 2008Round 156,362 Perth Glory
19 December 2008Round 166,722 Central Coast Mariners
4 January 2009Round 187,520 Newcastle Jets
18 January 2009Round 208,241 Adelaide United
Total79,122
Average7,193

Club

Technical staff

  • First team Coach: New Zealand Ricki Herbert
  • Assistant coach: New Zealand Stu Jacobs
  • First team Physiotherapist: New Zealand Adam Crump
  • Masseur: New Zealand Dene Carroll
  • Strength & conditioning coach: England 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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