2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC season

The 2022–23 season is the 16th in the history of Wellington Phoenix Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time.

Wellington Phoenix

2022–23 season
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Manager	Ufuk Talay
Stadium	Sky Stadium
A-League Men	6th
A-League Men Finals	Elimination-finals
Australia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Oskar Zawada (15) All: Oskar Zawada (15)
Highest home attendance	10,420 vs. Sydney FC (12 March 2023) A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	2,502 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (10 December 2022) A-League Men
Average home league attendance	6,333
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Devonport City (A) (3 August 2022) Australia Cup
Biggest defeat	1–5 vs. Adelaide United (A) (17 March 2023) A-League Men
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2023.

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF   NZL Finn Surman 4 DF   ENG Scott Wootton 5 MF   AUS Steven Ugarkovic 6 DF   NZL Tim Payne 7 FW   NZL Kosta Barbarouses 8 MF   NZL Ben Old 9 FW   POL Oskar Zawada 10 FW   ENG David Ball 11 MF   BUL Bozhidar Kraev 12 DF   AUS Lucas Mauragis (on loan from Newcastle Jets) 13 MF   AUS Nicholas Pennington

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   NZL Alex Rufer (captain) 15 DF   NZL Nikko Boxall 17 DF   NZL Callan Elliot 19 MF   NZL Sam Sutton 20 GK   NZL Oliver Sail (vice-captain) 21 DF   AUS Joshua Laws 23 MF   NZL Clayton Lewis 24 FW   NZL Oskar van Hattum 31 MF   BRA Yan Sasse 40 GK   NZL Alex Paulsen

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
5	MF	Steven Ugarkovic	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	3 June 2022	^[1]
7	FW	Kosta Barbarouses	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	21 June 2022	^[2]
12	DF	Lucas Mauragis	Newcastle Jets	Loan	1 year	30 June 2022	^[3]
11	MF	Bozhidar Kraev	Midtjylland	Free transfer	2 years	22 July 2022	^[4]
31	MF	Yan Sasse	América Mineiro	Free transfer	1 year	13 August 2022	^[5]
9	FW	Oskar Zawada	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	30 August 2022	^[6]
15	DF	Nikko Boxall	Auckland City	Free transfer	6 months	7 February 2023	^[7]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
88	FW	Gary Hooper	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	25 March 2022	^[8]
16	DF	Louis Fenton	Retired		20 May 2022	^[9]
3	DF	Matthew Bozinovski	Melbourne Victory	End of loan	23 May 2022	^[10]
5	DF	James McGarry	Unattached	End of contract	23 May 2022	^[10]
7	MF	Gael Sandoval	Guadalajara	End of loan	23 May 2022	^[10]
11	FW	Jaushua Sotirio	Unattached	End of contract	23 May 2022	^[10]
31	DF	Kurtis Mogg	Unattached	End of contract	23 May 2022	^[10]
32	FW	George Ott	Unattached	End of contract	23 May 2022	^[10]
10	FW	Reno Piscopo	Newcastle Jets	End of contract	24 May 2022	^[11]
18	FW	Ben Waine	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	30 December 2022	^[12]

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref.
10	David Ball	Striker	2 years	26 May 2022	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25.	^[13]
14	Alex Rufer	Defensive midfielder	3 years	29 March 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2025–26.	^[14]

Technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Ufuk Talay^[15]
Assistant coach	Giancarlo Italiano^[16]
Assistant coach	Chris Greenacre
Goalkeeping coach	Ruben Parker
Football operations and facilities coordinator	Shaun Gill^[17]
Head of football conditioning	Weijie Lim
Head physiotherapist	Ben Venn
Assistant physiotherapist	Cory Glover
Equipment manager	Jack Mapp
Team analyst	Logan Hughes

Pre-season and friendlies

Wellington Phoenix v   Miramar Rangers

20 July 2022	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Miramar Rangers	Wellington
	Waine   Laws	Report

Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix

6 August 2022	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
	Nkololo   ?' (pen.) Hall   30'	Report		Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
Note: Match was played over three 30 minute periods

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

12 August 2022	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Waine   Old   Payne

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

4 September 2022	Newcastle Jets	3–3	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
	Piscopo   ?' Goodwin   ?' (pen.) Hoffman   ?'	CoY report Newcastle Herald report	van Hattum   ?', ?' Bidois   ?'
Note: The match was played over three 45-minute periods

Wellington Phoenix v   Napier City Rovers

24 or 25 September 2022	Wellington Phoenix	5–2	Napier City Rovers	Wellington
		Report

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix

1 October 2022	Sydney FC	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
	Caceres   69', 81' Burgess   86'	Report

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men	9 October 2022	29 April 2023	Matchday 1	6th	26	9	8	9	39	45	−6	034.62
A-League Finals	5 May 2023	5 May 2023	Elimination-finals	Elimination-finals	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Australia Cup	3 August 2022	31 August 2022	Round of 32	Quarter-final	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	066.67
Total					30	11	8	11	45	50	−5	036.67

Last updated: 5 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

Main article: 2022–23 A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	11	8	7	43	27	+16	41	Qualification for finals series^[a]
5	Sydney FC	26	11	5	10	40	39	+1	38
6	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	26	9	8	9	39	45	−6	35
7	Western United	26	9	5	12	34	47	−13	32
8	Brisbane Roar	26	7	9	10	26	33	−7	30

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

1. The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	9	8	9	39	45	−6	35	5	5	3	24	20	+4	4	3	6	15	25	−10

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W
Position	5	8	9	9	7	8	10	6	7	9	7	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Points	1	2	2	3	6	6	7	10	11	11	14	17	20	21	21	21	24	25	28	31	31	31	31	32	32	35

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Rounds; not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days

Matches

Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United

9 October 2022 1	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Adelaide United	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Waine   75'	Report	Halloran   90+3'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 8,325 Referee: Ben Abraham

Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners

16 October 2022 2	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Waine   57' Ayongo   88' (o.g.)	Report	Silvera   59' Cummings   64'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 7,089 Referee: Johnathan Barreiro

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

22 October 2022 3	Newcastle Jets	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	McGarry   4' Dartsmelia   16' Buhagiar   44'	Report	Kraev   39'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Jack Morgan

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

30 October 2022 4	Melbourne City	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:00 AEST	Maclaren   16' (pen.) Tilio   34'	Report	Sutton   79' Barbarouses   90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,208 Referee: Adam Kersey

Wellington Phoenix v Macarthur FC

6 November 2022 5	Wellington Phoenix	4–1	Macarthur FC	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Old   45+3' Lewis   65' Waine   67' Kraev   75'	Report	Rose   59'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 6,135 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Wellington Phoenix v Western United

13 November 2022 6	Wellington Phoenix	2–3	Western United	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Zawada   22' Kraev   59'	Report	Tratt   64' Prijović   84' Diamanti   90+5'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 5,203 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers

10 December 2022 7	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wollongong
19:00 NZST	Kraev   61'	Report	N'Gbakoto   79'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,502 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United

17 December 2022 8	Wellington Phoenix	3–1	Adelaide United	Wellington
15:00 NZST	Zawada   2' Kraev   37' Sasse   61'	Report	Goodwin   12'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 4,535 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix

23 December 2022 9	Perth Glory	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
19:45 AEDT	D. Williams   22'	Report	Zawada   31'	Stadium: Macedonia Park Attendance: 3,977 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City

2 January 2023 10	Wellington Phoenix	1–3	Melbourne City	Wellington
13:00 AEDT	Ball   16'	Report	Leckie   18' Maclaren   51' (pen.), 90+6'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 6,321 Referee: Alex King

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix

7 January 2023 11	Sydney FC	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report	Zawada   10'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,921 Referee: Shaun Evans

Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix

14 January 2023 12	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
17:00 AEDT		Report	Zawada   65'	Stadium: Kayo Stadium Attendance: 6,183 Referee: Adam Kersey

Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners

22 January 2023 13	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
15:00 AEDT	Rufer   32' Zawada   40'	Report	Nkololo   90+2'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 5,543^[18] Referee: Casey Reibelt

Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory

28 January 2023 14	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Perth Glory	Palmerston North
13:00 AEDT	Zawada   11' Barbarouses   20'	Report	D. Williams   22', 80'	Stadium: Central Energy Trust Arena Attendance: 4,518 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix

3 February 2023 15	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Fornaroli   32' Brimmer   54' Juric   90+1'	Report	Zawada   13'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Adam Kersey

Macarthur FC v Wellington Phoenix

12 February 2023 16	Macarthur FC	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Davila   33' Najjar   49'	Report	Kraev   4'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,543 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Western United v Wellington Phoenix

17 February 2023 17	Western United	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Launceston
19:45 AEDT		Report	Sasse   19' Kraev   58' Zawada   64' (pen.)	Stadium: UTAS Stadium Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Daniel Elder

Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix

24 February 2023 18	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
19:45 AEDT	McGarry   12'	Report	Zawada   90+4'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 5,462 Referee: Jack Morgan

Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

4 March 2023 19	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
15:00 AEDT	Elliot   40' Zawada   45+6' (pen.)	Report	Saito   51'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 6,388 Referee: Shaun Evans

Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC

12 March 2023 20	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Sydney FC	Auckland
15:00 AEDT	Zawada   21'	Report		Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 10,420 Referee: Chris Beath

Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix

17 March 2023 21	Adelaide United	5–1	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:45 AEDT	Wootton   16' (o.g.) Jovanovic   23' Barr   51' Ibusuki   62' Goodwin   71'	Report	Rufer   54' (pen.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,036 Referee: Alex King

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory

1 April 2023 22	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
13:00 AEDT	Zawada   25'	Report	Fornaroli   58' Da Silva   76'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 7,032 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

10 April 2023 23	Melbourne City	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
16:00 AEST	Maclaren   34', 52' Tilio   57', 83'	Report	Ugarkovic   49'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,821 Referee: Adam Kersey

Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar

16 April 2023 24	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Brisbane Roar	Auckland
13:00 AEST	Zawada   35' (pen.) Sasse   56'	Report	O'Shea   8' (pen.) Neville   82'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 8,320 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix

21 April 2023 25	Western Sydney Wanderers	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:45 AEST	Borrello   9' Nieuwenhof   31' Simmons   65' Yengi   87'	Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 10,766 Referee: Alex King

Macarthur FC v Wellington Phoenix

29 April 2023 26	Macarthur FC	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEST		Report	Zawada   11'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Adam Kersey

Finals series

Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix

5 May 2023 Elimination-final	Adelaide United	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:45 ACDT	Goodwin   19', 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,231 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Australia Cup

Main article: 2022 Australia Cup

Devonport City v Wellington Phoenix

3 August 2022 Round of 32	Devonport City	0–4	Wellington Phoenix	Devonport
19:30 (AEST)		Report	Waine   9', 64' van Hattum   61' Kraev   76'	Stadium: Valley Road Ground Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

17 August 2022 Round of 16	Melbourne City	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:30 (AEST)	Leckie   84'	Report	Barbarouses   19' Waine   36'	Stadium: Casey Fields Attendance: 2,067 Referee: Kurt Ams

Macarthur FC v Wellington Phoenix

31 August 2022 Quarter-finals	Macarthur FC	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:30 (AEST)	Toure   41' Rose   88'	Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 1,521 Referee: Daniel Elder

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 May 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Men		A-League Finals		Australia Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
20	GK	NZL	Oliver Sail	30	0	26	0	1	0	3	0
40	GK	NZL	Alex Paulsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders:
3	DF	NZL	Finn Surman	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Scott Wootton	24	0	19+1	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF	NZL	Tim Payne	26	0	22+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
12	DF	AUS	Lucas Mauragis	20	0	17+2	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	NZL	Nikko Boxall	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	NZL	Callan Elliot	28	1	20+4	1	1	0	3	0
19	DF	NZL	Sam Sutton	18	1	9+6	1	0	0	3	0
21	DF	AUS	Joshua Laws	24	0	15+6	0	0	0	3	0
39	DF	NZL	Marco Lorenz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders:
5	MF	AUS	Steven Ugarkovic	27	1	22+4	1	1	0	0	0
8	MF	NZL	Ben Old	19	1	3+14	1	0	0	2	0
11	MF	BUL	Bozhidar Kraev	29	8	22+3	7	0+1	0	2+1	1
13	MF	AUS	Nicholas Pennington	17	0	2+12	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	NZL	Alex Rufer	19	2	14+4	2	1	0	0	0
23	MF	NZL	Clayton Lewis	23	1	14+5	1	0+1	0	3	0
31	MF	BRA	Yan Sasse	25	3	18+4	3	1	0	0+2	0
34	MF	NZL	Jackson Manuel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards:
7	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses	27	3	14+9	2	1	0	3	1
9	FW	POL	Oskar Zawada	26	15	24+1	15	1	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	David Ball	24	1	20+3	1	1	0	0	0
24	FW	NZL	Oskar van Hattum	15	1	0+11	0	0+1	0	1+2	1
35	FW	NZL	Noah Karunaratne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
18	FW	NZL	Ben Waine	11	6	3+5	3	0	0	3	3
36	FW	NZL	Riley Bidois	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

• Source: Wellington Phoenix

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 5 May 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			A-League Finals			Australia Cup			Total
1	17	DF		Callan Elliot	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
2	11	MF		Bozhidar Kraev	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
3	10	FW		David Ball	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
4	6	DF		Tim Payne	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
	13	MF		Nicholas Pennington	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	1
	31	FW		Yan Sasse	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
7	4	DF		Scott Wootton	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
8	9	FW		Oskar Zawada	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	14	MF		Alex Rufer	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	21	DF		Joshua Laws	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
11	5	DF		Steven Ugarkovic	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	12	DF		Lucas Mauragis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	20	GK		Oliver Sail	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23	MF		Clayton Lewis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24	FW		Oskar van Hattum	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	3	DF		Finn Surman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	8	MF		Ben Old	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19	MF		Sam Sutton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1	18	FW		Ben Waine	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0

Clean sheets

As of 5 May 2023

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rank	No.	Player	A-League Men	A-League Finals	Australia Cup	Total
1	20	Oli Sail	5	0	1	6

Awards

Players

No.	Pos.	Player	Award	Source
9	FW	Oskar Zawada	A-League Men Player of the Month (January)	^[19]
			Wellington Phoenix Player of the Year	^[20]
			Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year	^[20]
			Wellington Phoenix Members' Player of the Year	^[20]
			Wellington Phoenix Media Player of the Year	^[20]
			A-League Men Fan Player of the Year	^[21]
17	DF	Callan Elliot	Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year	^[20]
23	MF	Clayton Lewis	Wellington Phoenix Goal of the Year	^[20]
35	FW	Noah Karunaratne	Wellington Phoenix Academy Player of the Year	^[20]

Manager

Manager	Award	Source
Ufuk Talay	A-League Coach of the Month (January)	^[19]

See also

• 2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC (A-League Women) season
• 2022–23 A-League Men

References

1. "Men bolster midfield with highly regarded Australian". Wellington Phoenix. 3 June 2022.
2. Rollo, Phillip. "All White Kosta Barbarouses eyes fifth A-League title as he returns to Wellington Phoenix". Stuff. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
3. "Jets defender joins on season-long loan". Wellington Phoenix. 30 June 2022.
4. Rollo, Phillip (22 July 2022). "Wellington Phoenix sign Bulgarian international Bozhidar Kraev". Stuff. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
5. Rollo, Phillip (13 August 2022). "Wellington Phoenix sign Brazilian playmaker Yan Sasse". Stuff.
6. "Meet our new no. 9". Wellington Phoenix. 30 August 2022.
7. "Boxall to bolster back four". Wellington Phoenix. 7 February 2023.
8. Rollo, Phillip (25 March 2022). "Injury could end Gary Hooper's time with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
9. Rollo, Phillip (20 May 2022). "Wellington Phoenix defender Louis Fenton announces retirement at 29". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
10. "Men confirm departures". Wellington Phoenix. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
11. "Piscopo joins rival A-League club". Wellington Phoenix. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
12. Pine, Jason (30 December 2022). "Football: Wellington Phoenix striker Ben Waine signs with English club Plymouth Argyle". The New Zealand Herald.
13. Rollo, Phillip (26 May 2022). "David Ball wants to play for All Whites after re-signing with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.
14. "Skipper signs on for another three seasons". Wellington Phoenix. 29 March 2023.
15. "Wellington Phoenix Announce New Head Coach". Wellington Phoenix. 3 May 2019.
16. @ByPhillipRollo (11 July 2019). "One new face at Phoenix training..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "New Football Operations and Facilities Co-ordinator joins Phoenix". 24 October 2018.
18. Rollo, Phillip (22 January 2023). "Wellington Phoenix captain breaks goal drought in 2-1 win over Central Coast Mariners". Stuff. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
19. Pisani, Sacha (12 February 2023). "Talay and Zawada take out honours as 'Nix scoop A-Leagues awards". keepup.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
20. "Foster and Zawada crowned players of the year". Wellington Phoenix. 2 May 2023.
21. "Dolan Warren Awards RECAP: Craig Goodwin's emotional speech after claiming top gong". KeepUp. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

External links

• Wellington Phoenix official website