2016–17 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2016–17 season
ChairmanRob Morrison
ManagerErnie Merrick
(to 5 December 2016)
Chris Greenacre &
Des Buckingham
(caretakers from 5 December 2016 to 2 January 2017)
Des Buckingham
(from 2 January 2017)
StadiumWestpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League7th
Stirling Sports Premiership7th
A-League Finals SeriesDNQ
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Roy Krishna (12 goals)
All: Roy Krishna (12 goals)
Highest home attendance10,034 vs Melbourne City
8 October 2016
Lowest home attendance4,828 vs Newcastle Jets
26 March 2017
Average home league attendance6,211

The 2016–17 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's tenth season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the tenth time, the FFA Cup for the third time, and fielded a reserves squad in the Stirling Sports Premiership for the third time.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK New Zealand NZL Glen Moss
4 MF Curaçao CUW Roly Bonevacia
5 DF Australia AUS Ryan Lowry
6 DF Australia AUS Dylan Fox
7 MF Brazil BRA Gui Finkler
8 MF Spain ESP Alex Rodriguez
9 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
10 MF New Zealand NZL Michael McGlinchey
11 FW New Zealand NZL Hamish Watson
12 MF Australia AUS Adam Parkhouse
13 DF Italy ITA Marco Rossi
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF New Zealand NZL Alex Rufer
15 MF New Zealand NZL James McGarry
16 DF New Zealand NZL Louis Fenton
17 MF Australia AUS Vince Lia
19 DF New Zealand NZL Tom Doyle
20 GK Australia AUS Lewis Italiano
21 FW Fiji FIJ Roy Krishna
22 DF New Zealand NZL Andrew Durante (captain)
23 MF New Zealand NZL Matthew Ridenton
24 FW New Zealand NZL Logan Rogerson (Youth)
30 GK New Zealand NZL Oliver Sail

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 21 [1]

Transfers in

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 26 Melbourne Victory Australia Transfer Pre-season 2019 Free [2]
7 MF Brazil Guilherme Finkler 30 Melbourne Victory Australia Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [3]
13 DF Italy Marco Rossi 28 Perugia Italy Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [4]
12 MF Australia Adam Parkhouse 23 Manly United Australia Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [5]
2 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 22 Sydney United Australia Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
5 DF Australia Ryan Lowry 22 ECU Joondalup Australia Transfer Pre-Season 2017 Free [7]
18 MF Australia Ben Litfin 21 Gold Coast City Australia Transfer Mid-season 2017 Free [8]
99 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 35 Transfer Mid-season 2017 Free [9]

Transfers out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
18 DF New Zealand Ben Sigmund 35 Retired Pre-season [10]
2 DF Malta Manny Muscat 31 Melbourne City Australia Transfer Pre-season [11]
3 DF New Zealand Justin Gulley 23 Wellington United Transfer Pre-season [12]
13 MF Spain Albert Riera 32 Retired Pre-season [13]
5 DF Australia Troy Danaskos 24 End of Contract Pre-season [14]
11 MF New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 24 End of Contract Pre-season [15]
12 FW Australia Blake Powell 25 Released Pre-season [16]
18 MF Australia Ben Litfin 21 Released Mid-season [17]
99 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 35 Borneo Indonesia Released Mid-season [18]
2 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 22 Released Mid-season [19]

Contracts extensions

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
New Zealand Hamish Watson Centre forward 1 year 2017 [20]
Australia Vince Lia Defensive midfielder 1 year 2017 [21]
New Zealand Alex Rufer Attacking midfielder 2 years 2018 [22]
Australia Adam Parkhouse Winger 2 years 2019 [23]
New Zealand Tom Doyle Left back 2 years 2019 [24]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach England Des Buckingham
Co-Coach England Chris Greenacre
Reserves Team Coach England Andy Hedge
Strength & Conditioning Coach Scotland Lee Spence

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup Stirling Sports Premiership
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 23 0 1 0 0 22+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia 27 4 7 0 0 22+4 4 6 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Ryan Lowry 15 0 0 0 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+1 0 0 0 0
6 DF Australia Dylan Fox 15 0 2 1 0 4+2 0 1 1 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 8+0 0 1 0 0
7 MF Brazil Gui Finkler 25 6 6 0 0 19+5 6 5 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Spain Alex Rodriguez 24 1 6 0 0 20+3 1 6 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 26 6 2 0 0 25+0 5 1 0 0 1+0 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
10 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 14 3 2 0 0 7+6 3 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW New Zealand Hamish Watson 24 4 0 0 0 7+14 2 0 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
12 MF Australia Adam Parkhouse 20 0 2 0 0 13+5 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Italy Marco Rossi 23 0 7 0 0 23+0 0 7 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 MF New Zealand Alex Rufer 10 1 2 0 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 7+0 1 1 0 0
15 MF New Zealand James McGarry 15 2 3 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 14+0 2 2 0 0
16 DF New Zealand Louis Fenton 10 0 1 0 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 1 0 0
17 MF Australia Vince Lia 27 1 8 0 0 26+0 1 8 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF New Zealand Tom Doyle 19 1 5 0 0 14+4 1 5 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 14 0 1 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 9+0 0 1 0 0
21 FW Fiji Roy Krishna 25 12 3 0 1 25+0 12 3 0 1 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 DF New Zealand Andrew Durante 23 0 8 0 0 22+0 0 7 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 22 2 1 0 0 6+9 1 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 1 0 0 0
24 FW New Zealand Logan Rogerson 19 3 2 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 16+0 3 2 0 0
25 MF New Zealand Sarpreet Singh 16 3 4 0 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 13+1 3 3 0 0
26 DF New Zealand Jack-Henry Sinclair 14 0 3 1 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 13+1 0 3 1 0
27 MF New Zealand Joe Bell 8 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+2 0 3 0 0
28 MF New Zealand Max Mata 10 5 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 8+2 5 0 0 0
29 MF New Zealand Liam Wood 15 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 12+3 0 3 0 0
30 GK New Zealand Oliver Sail 8 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 8+0 0 1 0 0
31 DF New Zealand Sam Philip 8 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+3 0 1 0 0
32 DF New Zealand Jake Williams 6 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+2 0 0 0 0
33 DF New Zealand Liam Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
34 DF New Zealand Benjamin Mata 12 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 12+0 0 2 0 0
35 MF New Zealand Sam Gillespie 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
36 MF New Zealand Oliver Whyte 8 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+6 0 0 0 0
37 MF New Zealand Liberato Cacace 8 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+4 0 0 0 0
38 MF New Zealand Ruairi Cahill-Fluery 15 4 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+9 4 0 0 0
40 DF New Zealand Luke Johnson 8 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 7+1 0 0 0 0
41 MF New Zealand Willem Ebbinge 4 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 1 0 0 0
42 DF New Zealand Luke Tongue 14 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 9+5 0 2 0 0
GK New Zealand Dylan Bennet 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
MF New Zealand Noah Clegg-Tipene 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
FW New Zealand Matthew Conroy 3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0
MF New Zealand Thomas Drillen 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
MF New Zealand Fletcher Kelleher 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
GK New Zealand Keegan Smith 1 0 0 1 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 1 0
DF New Zealand Owen Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
MF New Zealand Sam Sutton 4 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+2 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
2 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 21 1 4 0 0 20+0 1 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Australia Ben Litfin 7 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
99 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 12 3 1 1 0 9+3 3 1 1 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

28 June 2016 Wairarapa United New Zealand 1–3 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Masterton, New Zealand
18:00 NZST Mason-Smith 21' Report
Stadium: Trust House Memorial Park
Attendance: 3,300
5 July 2016 Stop Out New Zealand 1–5 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Lower Hutt, New Zealand
18:00 NZST S. Gulley 52' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Fraser Park Sportsville
12 July 2016 Wellington Phoenix New Zealand 7–1 New Zealand Miramar Rangers Wellington, New Zealand
18:00 NZST
Report Bredeveldt 89' Stadium: Alex Moore Park
27 July 2016 Huawei Capital Cup Beijing BG China 1–2 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Beijing, China
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Sports Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
3 September 2016 Wellington Phoenix New Zealand 3–0 New Zealand Capital Football Select Raumati Beach, New Zealand
12:00 NZST
Report Stadium: Weka Park
Attendance: 2,000
11 September 2016 Melbourne City Australia 1–4 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Townsville, Australia
15:00 AEST Cahill 15' Report
Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve
Attendance: 3,856
17 September 2016 Central Coast Mariners Australia 0–1 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Wahroonga, Australia
15:00 AEST Report Watson 37' Stadium: Knox Grammar School
Attendance: 1,500
24 September 2016 Tasman United New Zealand 0–1 New Zealand Phoenix Premiers Nelson, New Zealand
13:15 NZST Report Watson Stadium: Trafalgar Park
24 September 2016 Wellington Phoenix New Zealand 2–1 Australia Central Coast Mariners Nelson, New Zealand
16:00 NZST
Report Pain 31' Stadium: Trafalgar Park
14 February 2017 Huawei Capital Cup Wellington Phoenix New Zealand 1–0 China Beijing BG Wellington, New Zealand
Barbarouses 57' (pen.) Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Referee: Alan Milliner

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League 7th 7th 8 October 2016 16 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 2 August 2016 2 August 2016
Stirling Sports Premiership — 7th 22 October 2016 12 March 2017

A-League

Main article: 2016–17 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 8 6 13 41 46 −5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 −21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 −25 22
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
27 8 6 13 41 46  −5 30 5 4 5 22 17  +5 3 2 8 19 29  −10

Last updated: 16 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLLWWWLLWDDDLWLDLLLWDLWWDL
Position9101010968910888887678888777777
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 October 2016 1 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Melbourne City Wellington
19:35 NZDT Report Cáceres 31' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 10,034
Referee: Peter Green
16 October 2016 2 Perth Glory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Perth
16:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,209
Referee: Daniel Elder
23 October 2016 3 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Sydney FC Wellington
19:00 NZDT Report Ninković 90+2' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,365
Referee: Kurt Ams
31 October 2016 4 Melbourne Victory 6–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Krishna 63' (pen.) Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 20,113
Referee: Alan Milliner
5 November 2016 5 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Newcastle Jets Wellington
19:35 NZDT Krishna 21', 41' Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,832
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 November 2016 6 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Wellington Phoenix Canberra
17:35 AEDT Report
Stadium: GIO Stadium
Attendance: 5,497
Referee: Stephen Lucas
27 November 2016 8 Melbourne City 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Krishna 59' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,644
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 December 2016 9 Adelaide United 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
18:30 ACDT Henrique 26', 39' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,539
Referee: Stephen Lucas
10 December 2016 10 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Central Coast Mariners Hamilton
15:35 NZDT
Report Stadium: Waikato Stadium
Attendance: 5,234
Referee: Matthew Conger
17 December 2016 11 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Auckland
15:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 5,702
Referee: Peter Green
26 December 2016 12 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,451
Referee: Jarred Gillett
1 January 2017 13 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Adelaide United Wellington
19:35 NZDT Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,548
Referee: Matthew Conger
5 January 2017 14 Perth Glory 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Perth
18:00 AWST
Report Krishna 11' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,210
Referee: Shaun Evans
14 January 2017 15 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Wellington
15:35 NZDT McGlinchey 9' Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,061
Referee: Jarred Gillett
17 January 2017 7 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Melbourne Victory Wellington
19:45 NZDT
Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,865
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
21 January 2017 16 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Brisbane Roar Wellington
19:35 NZDT Report Maclaren 87' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,449
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
29 January 2017 17 Adelaide United 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
16:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,313
Referee: Peter Green
4 February 2017 18 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers New Plymouth
19:35 NZDT Smeltz 71' Report
Stadium: Yarrow Stadium
Attendance: 5,185
Referee: Adam Fielding
9 February 2017 19 Sydney FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Rodriguez 32' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 8,380
Referee: Kurt Ams
18 February 2017 20 Wellington Phoenix 1–5 Melbourne City Wellington
19:35 NZDT Barbarouses 70' Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,131
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
25 February 2017 21 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Brisbane
16:35 AEST Borrello 75' Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,723
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
4 March 2017 22 Wellington Phoenix 3–3 Perth Glory Auckland
19:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: QBE Stadium
Attendance: 6,285
Referee: Stephen Lucas
19 March 2017 23 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:00 AEDT
Report Finkler 76' Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 7,828
Referee: Daniel Elder
26 March 2017 24 Wellington Phoenix 5–0 Newcastle Jets Wellington
19:00 NZDT
Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
2 April 2017 25 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,011
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 April 2017 26 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Sydney FC Wellington
19:45 NZST McGlinchey 90+3' Report Bobô 72' (pen.) Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,610
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 April 2017 27 Brisbane Roar 4–3 Wellington Phoenix Brisbane
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,098
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

FFA Cup

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup
2 August 2016 Round of 32 Western Sydney Wanderers New South Wales 3–2 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Sydney
20:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Stephen Lucas

Stirling Sports Premiership

Main article: 2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 18 11 3 4 35 15 +20 36 Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2 Team Wellington 18 11 3 4 51 32 +19 36 Qualification to the Finals series
3 Waitakere United 18 10 4 4 31 25 +6 34
4 Hawke's Bay United 18 10 2 6 46 30 +16 32
5 Eastern Suburbs 18 9 3 6 28 25 +3 30
6 Canterbury United 18 6 6 6 32 28 +4 24
7 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 18 6 4 8 25 33 −8 22
8 Tasman United 18 4 5 9 29 42 −13 17
9 Hamilton Wanderers 18 4 1 13 24 50 −26 13
10 Southern United 18 3 1 14 20 41 −21 10
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2017. Source: NZ Football

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
18 6 4 8 25 33  −8 22 3 1 5 14 19  −5 3 3 3 11 14  −3

Last updated: 12 March 2017.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAHAAHAAHAHHAHAH
ResultLWDLWWLWDDLDLWLLWL
Position866865645777
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2017. Source: soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 1 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Eastern Suburbs Wellington
14:00 Ebbinge 53' Report
Stadium: David Farrington Park
Referee: Cory Mills
30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) 2 Team Wellington 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Wellington
14:00 Harris 19' Report M. Mata 76', 90+2' Stadium: David Farrington Park
Referee: Matthew Conger
5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 3 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Tasman United Wellington
16:15 M. Mata 66' Report Ridsdale 33' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Referee: Ben O'Connell
13 November 2016 (2016-11-13) 4 Canterbury United 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Christchurch
14:00
Report Cahill-Fleury 28' Stadium: ASB Football Park
Referee: Peter Linney
20 November 2016 (2016-11-20) 5 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Auckland City Wellington
14:00 Rogerson 86' Report Stadium: David Farrington Park
Referee: John Rowbury
27 November 2016 (2016-11-27) 6 Southern United 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Dunedin
17:00 Report M. Mata 25' Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium
Referee: Antony Riley
4 December 2016 (2016-12-04) 7 Hawke's Bay United 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Napier
13:00
Report Stadium: Bluewater Stadium
Referee: Antony Riley
10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 8 Wellington Phoenix 4–0 Hamilton Wanderers Hamilton
16:45
Report Stadium: FMG Stadium
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley
17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 9 Waitakere United 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Auckland
14:00
Report Singh 89', 90+4' Stadium: The Trusts Arena
Referee: John Rowbury
8 January 2017 (2017-01-08) 10 Eastern Suburbs 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Auckland
14:00 Lovemore 74' Report Prattley 56' (o.g.) Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park
Referee: Antony Riley
14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) 11 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Team Wellington Wellington
16:15 Moretti 70' (o.g.) Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Referee: Cory Mills
22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 12 Tasman United 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Nelson
14:00 Hajdari 73' Report Watson 32' Stadium: Trafalgar Park
Referee: Nick Waldron
29 January 2017 (2017-01-29) 13 Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Canterbury United Wellington
14:00 Cahill-Fleury 78' Report
Stadium: Newtown Park
Referee: Matthew Conger
6 February 2017 (2017-02-06) 14 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Southern United Wellington
14:00
Report Stadium: Newtown Park
Referee: John Rowbury
12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 15 Auckland City 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Auckland
16:35
Report Stadium: Kiwitea Street
Referee: Nick Waldron
19 February 2017 (2017-02-19) 16 Wellington Phoenix 2–7 Hawke's Bay United Wellington
14:00
Report
Stadium: Newtown Park
Referee: Cory Mills
12 March 2017 (2017-03-12) 17 Hamilton Wanderers 1–3 Wellington Phoenix Tauranga
16:35 Dowling 68' Report
Stadium: Links Avenue
Referee: Chris Kerr
4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 18 Wellington Phoenix 0–2 Waitakere United Auckland
16:15 Report
Stadium: QBE Stadium
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

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