2009–10 Wellington Phoenix FC season

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.

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

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  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)

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 [1]
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

5 July 2009 Cantebury Mainland XI 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
14:00 NZST

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

16 August 2009 Round 2 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZST M. Ferrante  2'
P. Ifill  24'
L. Bertos  85'
(1–1)
Report
Summary
 3' V. Sikora
 78' W. Srhoj
 84' A. Pellegrino
Attendance: 10,024
Referee: Peter O'Leary
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
15 January 2010 Round 22 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 North Queensland Fury Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZDT
16:30 AEST
M. Muscat  29'
E. Dadi  47'
T. Brown  55'
P. Ifill  78'
J. McKain  90'
(0–0)
Summary
 35' R. Fowler
 46' C. Tadrosse
 86' M. Smith
Attendance: 7,727
Referee: Peter Green
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
26 January 2010 Round 24 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
18:00 AEDT
20:00 NZDT
T. Brown  17' (o.g.)
A. Thompson  50'
C. Hernandez  66'
L. Broxham  71'
M. Kemp  87'
(1–0)
Report
Summary
 29' T. Brown
 34' J. McKain
Attendance: 18,819
Referee: Chris Beath
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 or relegation
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Finals series and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 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) Champion.

Statistics

Appearances

Rank Player Minutes Played per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627F1F2F3App.GSMin.
1 Andrew Durante909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090120120903030002,760
Paul Ifill6974899090905674909067909090859090909084789090729090901201207930300112,597
Leo Bertos90909090846490848987716313237178909090909090552623337770669030255132,157
4 Troy Hearfield78161157263467719133145289090909090909090909090120745829161341,584
5 Tony Lochhead9090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909075120902828012,535
6 Tim Brown909090909090909077909090909090907490909090909090120120652727032,436
7 Manny Muscat9090909090759090139090909090589090909090906667120120902625132,229
Vince Lia1321479090909090909090909090909090908290889090120109902623332,190
9 Chris Greenacre909090759090909090909090876790702690909084106120902423161,985
10 Daniel2116211090776680727190777663628590641313543222148111,243
11 Ben Sigmund909090908390909090909090909090906464141202019131,695
12 Jon McKain907790909089590909090909090909090105901918121,626
Adrian Caceres245711922027125667148912352677572350196136668
14 Mark Paston90909090909090909090890901313011,088
Kosta Barbarouses3310278870192034237662218133103446
16 Liam Reddy909090909090909090120120901212001,140
Diego12746943690168290111012573431
18 Eugene Dadi906890646724645462510553525
19 Reece Crowther9082909090906510532
Michael Ferrante906980115186333273
21 Marco Rojas1316261404056
22 Jiang Chen323202026
23 David Mulligan00000

  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 per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627F1F2F3
1 Paul Ifill1111112112113
2 Tim Brown111111118
3 Chris Greenacre1111116
4 Eugene Dadi21115
5 Daniel22
Leo Bertos112
Jon McKain112
8 Ben Sigmund11
Troy Hearfield11
Kosta Barbarouses11
Andrew Durante11

  Goal scored from penalty kick

Goal assists

Rank Player Assists per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627F1F2F3
1 Paul Ifill13111119
2 Leo Bertos21111118
3 Daniel11114
Adrian Caceres11114
5 Manny Muscat1113
6 Kosta Barbarouses22
Andrew Durante112
Tim Brown112
Vince Lia112
10 Tony Lochhead11
Chris Greenacre11
Diego11

Discipline

Rank Player Cards per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627F1F2F3
1 Manny Muscat61
Vince Lia9
3 Tim Brown7
4 Jon McKain41
5 Andrew Durante5
6 Leo Bertos4
Troy Hearfield4
8 Paul Ifill3
Tony Lochhead3
10 Eugene Dadi2
Michael Ferrante2
Ben Sigmund2
13 Jiang Chen1
Daniel1
Chris Greenacre1
Liam Reddy1

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 2009Round 21 Perth GloryWestpac Stadium
4 September 2009Round 57,578 Adelaide United
20 September 2009Round 79,713 North Queensland Fury
27 September 2009Round 86,769 Central Coast Mariners
25 October 2009Round 116,517 Gold Coast United
4 November 2009Round 134,115 Newcastle Jets
8 November 2009Round 146,930 Perth Glory
4 December 2009Round 178,209 Melbourne Victory
12 December 2009Round 186,459 Sydney FCFMG Stadium
9 January 2010Round 218,925 Brisbane RoarWestpac Stadium
15 January 2010Round 227,727 North Queensland Fury
30 January 2010Round 2519,258 Adelaide UnitedAMI Stadium
12 February 2010Round 2714,327 Central Coast MarinersWestpac Stadium
21 February 2010Semi-Final 4 v 524,278 Perth Glory
7 March 2010Minor Semi-Final32,792 Newcastle Jets
Total173,639
Average11,576

Club

Manny Muscat in the club's home strip

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.[2]

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. "Glory shuts door on Dadi". thewest.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. Sony back onboard with Phoenix Archived 21 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Wellington Phoenix, 7 August 2009
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