2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC season

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Wellington Phoenix
2022–23 season
ChairmanRob Morrison
ManagerUfuk Talay
StadiumSky Stadium
A-League5th
Australia CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ben Waine (1)
All: Ben Waine (4)
Highest home attendance8,325
Average home league attendance8,325
Biggest win4–0
(vs. Devonport City (A), 3 August 2022, Australia Cup)
Biggest defeat2–0
(vs. Macarthur FC (A), 31 August 2022, Australia Cup)
← 2021–22
2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 9 October 2022.

The 2022–23 season is the Wellington Phoenix's 16th season since its establishment in 2007. The club is participating in the A-League for the 16th time and in the Australia Cup for the 8th time.

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 New Zealand NZL Finn Surman
4 DF England ENG Scott Wootton
5 MF Australia AUS Steven Ugarkovic
6 DF New Zealand NZL Tim Payne
7 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
8 MF New Zealand NZL Ben Old
9 FW Poland POL Oskar Zawada
10 FW England ENG David Ball
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Kraev
12 DF Australia AUS Lucas Mauragis (on loan from Newcastle Jets)
13 MF Australia AUS Nicholas Pennington
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF New Zealand NZL Alex Rufer (captain)
17 DF New Zealand NZL Callan Elliot
18 FW New Zealand NZL Ben Waine
19 MF New Zealand NZL Sam Sutton
20 GK New Zealand NZL Oliver Sail (vice-captain)
21 DF Australia AUS Joshua Laws
23 MF New Zealand NZL Clayton Lewis
24 FW New Zealand NZL Oskar van Hattum
31 MF Brazil BRA Yan Sasse
40 GK New Zealand NZL Alex Paulsen

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
5 MF Australia 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 Australia Lucas Mauragis Newcastle Jets Loan 1 year 30 June 2022 [3]
11 MF Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev Denmark Midtjylland Free transfer 2 years 22 July 2022 [4]
31 MF Brazil Yan Sasse Brazil América Mineiro Free transfer 1 year 13 August 2022 [5]
9 FW Poland Oskar Zawada Unattached Free transfer 2 years 30 August 2022 [6]

Transfers out[]

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

Contract extensions[]

No. Player Position Duration Date Notes Ref.
10 England David Ball Striker 2 years 26 May 2022 Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. [11]

Technical staff[]

Role Name
Head coach Australia Ufuk Talay[12]
Assistant coach Australia Giancarlo Italiano[13]
Assistant coach England Chris Greenacre
Goalkeeping coach Scotland Jonathan Gould[14]
Football operations and facilities coordinator New Zealand Shaun Gill[15]
Head of football conditioning New Zealand Weijie Lim
Head physiotherapist Ben Venn
Assistant physiotherapist Cory Glover
Equipment manager Jack Mapp
Team analyst Logan Hughes

Friendlies[]

20 July 2022 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Miramar Rangers Wellington, New Zealand
  • Waine
  • Laws
Report
6 August 2022 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
Note: Match was played over three 30 minute periods
12 August 2022 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
Report
4 September 2022 Newcastle Jets 3–3 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
 CoY report
Newcastle Herald report
Note: The match was played over three 45-minute periods
24 or 25 September 2022 Wellington Phoenix 5–2 Napier City Rovers Wellington, New Zealand
Report
1 October 2022 Sydney FC 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
 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 9 October 2022 30 April 2023 Matchday 1 TBC 2 0 2 0 3 3 +0 000.00
Australia Cup 3 August 2022 31 August 2022 Round of 32 Quarter-final 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 066.67
Total 5 2 2 1 9 6 +3 040.00

Last updated: 16 October 2022
Source: Competitions

A-League[]

Main article: 2022–23 A-League Men

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Newcastle Jets 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Qualification to Finals series
and
6 Melbourne Victory 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 Qualification to [b]
8 Central Coast Mariners 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Adelaide United 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2022. Source: Keepup.com.au
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. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they come from New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a .[16]

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
2 0 2 0 3 3  0 2 0 2 0 3 3  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by matchday[]

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ResultDD
Position57
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2022. Source: A-League Men
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[]

9 October 2022 1 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Adelaide United Wellington
15:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 8,325
Referee: Ben Abraham
16 October 2022 2 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Sky Stadium, Wellington
15:00 NZST
Report
Referee: Johnathan Barreiro
22 October 2022 3 Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
19:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
30 October 2022 4 Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:00 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
6 November 2022 5 Wellington Phoenix v Macarthur FC Wellington
15:00 NZST Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
13 November 2022 6 Wellington Phoenix v Western United Wellington
15:00 NZST Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
10 December 2022 7 Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers Wellington
15:00 NZST Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
17 December 2022 8 Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United Wellington
15:00 NZST Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
23 December 2022 9 Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix HBF Arena, Perth
19:45 AEDT Report
2 January 2023 10 Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City Sky Stadium, Wellington
13:00 AEDT Report
7 January 2023 11 Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix Allianz Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
14 January 2023 12 Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix Moreton Daily Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 AEDT Report
22 January 2023 13 Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners TBA
13:00 AEDT Report
28 January 2023 14 Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory TBA
13:00 AEDT Report
3 February 2023 15 Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
12 February 2023 16 Macarthur FC v Wellington Phoenix Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah
17:00 AEDT Report
17 February 2023 17 Western United v Wellington Phoenix TBA
19:45 AEDT Report
24 February 2023 18 Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
19:45 AEDT Report
4 March 2023 19 Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets TBA
13:00 AEDT Report
12 March 2023 20 Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC Sky Stadium, Wellington
13:00 AEDT Report
17 March 2023 21 Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
19:45 AEDT Report
1 April 2023 22 Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory Sky Stadium, Wellington Phoenix
13:00 AEDT Report
10 April 2023 23 Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne
16:00 AEDT Report
16 April 2023 24 Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar Sky Stadium, Wellington
13:00 AEDT Report
21 April 2023 25 Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
30 April 2023 26 Macarthur FC v Wellington Phoenix Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah
17:00 AEDT Report

Australia Cup[]

Main article: 2022 Australia Cup
3 August 2022 Round of 32 Devonport City 0–4 Wellington Phoenix Devonport
19:30 (AEST) Report
Stadium: Valley Road Ground
Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
17 August 2022 Round of 16 Melbourne City 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:30 (AEST)
Report
Stadium: Casey Fields
Attendance: 2,067
Referee: Kurt Ams
31 August 2022 Quarter-finals Macarthur FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:30 (AEST)
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Daniel Elder

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 16 October 2022
No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League Men Australia Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers:
20 GK New Zealand NZL Oli Sail 5 0 2 0 3 0
40 GK New Zealand NZL Alex Paulsen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders:
3 DF New Zealand NZL Finn Surman 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Scott Wootton 5 0 2 0 3 0
6 DF New Zealand NZL Tim Payne 4 0 2 0 1+1 0
12 DF Australia AUS Lucas Mauragis 2 0 2 0 0 0
17 DF New Zealand NZL Callan Elliot 4 0 0+1 0 3 0
19 MF New Zealand NZL Sam Sutton 4 0 0+1 0 3 0
21 DF Australia AUS Joshua Laws 5 0 2 0 3 0
39 DF New Zealand NZL Marco Lorenz 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
Midfielders:
5 MF Australia AUS Steven Ugarkovic 2 0 2 0 0 0
8 MF New Zealand NZL Ben Old 4 0 0+2 0 2 0
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Kraev 5 1 2 0 2+1 1
13 MF Australia AUS Nicholas Pennington 5 0 1+1 0 3 0
14 MF New Zealand NZL Alex Rufer 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF New Zealand NZL Clayton Lewis 5 0 1+1 0 3 0
31 MF Brazil BRA Yan Sasse 3 0 1 0 0+2 0
34 MF New Zealand NZL Jackson Manuel 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards:
7 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses 5 1 2 0 3 1
9 FW Poland POL Oskar Zawada 2 0 2 0 0 0
10 FW England ENG David Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW New Zealand NZL Ben Waine 5 5 1+1 2 3 3
35 FW New Zealand NZL Noah Karunaratne 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
36 FW New Zealand NZL Riley Bidois 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
43 FW New Zealand NZL Oskar van Hattum 4 1 0+1 0 1+2 1

Clean sheets[]

As of 16 October 2022

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

Rank Pos. No. Player A-League Men Australia Cup Total
1 GK 20 New Zealand Oli Sail 0 1 1

Disciplinary records[]

As of 16 October 2022

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

Pos. No. Name A-League Australia Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
MF 31 Brazil Yan Sasse 0 1 0 0 0 1
MF 13 Australia Nicholas Pennington 0 0 2 0 2 0
DF 21 Australia Joshua Laws 1 0 1 0 2 0
DF 6 New Zealand Tim Payne 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW 9 Poland Oskar Zawada 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF 11 Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW 18 New Zealand Ben Waine 0 0 1 0 1 0

See also[]

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. ^ Rollo, Phillip (25 March 2022). "Injury could end Gary Hooper's time with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. ^ Rollo, Phillip (20 May 2022). "Wellington Phoenix defender Louis Fenton announces retirement at 29". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Men confirm departures". Wellington Phoenix. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Piscopo joins rival A-League club". Wellington Phoenix. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  11. ^ Rollo, Phillip (26 May 2022). "David Ball wants to play for All Whites after re-signing with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Announce New Head Coach". Wellington Phoenix. 3 May 2019.
  13. ^ @ByPhillipRollo (11 July 2019). "One new face at Phoenix training..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Rollo, Phillip. "Jonathan Gould returns to Wellington Phoenix for third stint as men's goalkeeping coach". Stuff. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  15. ^ "New Football Operations and Facilities Co-ordinator joins Phoenix". 24 October 2018.
  16. ^ "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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