Wellington Phoenix

2017–18 season
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Manager	Darije Kalezić (to 7 March 2018) Chris Greenacre (caretaker) (from 7 March 2018)
Stadium	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League	9th
ISPS Handa Premiership	9th
FFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	Andrija Kaluđerović (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	8,154 vs Adelaide United 8 October 2017
Lowest home attendance	4,312 vs Melbourne City 14 April 2018
Average home league attendance	5,694
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2017–18 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, and fielded a reserves squad in the ISPS Handa Premiership for the fourth time.

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  AUS Lewis Italiano 2 DF  AUS Daniel Mullen 3 DF  AUS Scott Galloway 4 MF  CRO Goran Paracki 5 DF  AUS Ryan Lowry 6 DF  AUS Dylan Fox 7 FW  AUS Nathan Burns 8 MF  SRB Matija Ljujić 9 FW  SRB Andrija Kaluđerović 10 MF  NZL Michael McGlinchey 12 MF  AUS Adam Parkhouse 13 DF  ITA Marco Rossi

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  NZL Alex Rufer 15 MF  NZL James McGarry 17 FW  NZL Monty Patterson (on loan from Ipswich Town) 18 MF  NZL Sarpreet Singh 19 DF  NZL Tom Doyle 20 GK  NZL Oliver Sail 21 FW  FIJ Roy Krishna 22 DF  NZL Andrew Durante (Captain) 23 MF  NZL Matthew Ridenton 24 FW  NZL Logan Rogerson (Youth) 30 GK  NZL Keegan Smith (Youth) 40 GK  AUS Tando Velaphi

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
18	MF		Sarpreet Singh	18	[1]
30	GK		Keegan Smith	18	[2]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
1	GK	Lewis Italiano	Bulleen Lions	Free transfer	1 year	10 June 2017	[3]
3	DF	Scott Galloway		Free transfer	1 year	29 June 2017	[4]
4	MF	Goran Paracki	Istra 1961	Free transfer	1 year	20 July 2017	[5]
8	MF	Dario Vidošić		Free transfer	1 year	4 August 2017	[6]
2	DF	Daniel Mullen		Free transfer	1 year	9 August 2017	[7]
9	FW	Andrija Kaluđerović		Free transfer	1 year	15 August 2017	[8]
17	DF	Ali Abbas		Injury replacement	2 years	22 August 2017	[9]
7	FW	Nathan Burns	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Free transfer	2 years	30 December 2017	[10]
8	MF	Matija Ljujić		Free transfer	6 months	9 January 2018	[11]
17	FW	Monty Patterson	Ipswich Town	Loan	6 months	31 January 2018	[12]
40	GK	Tando Velaphi		Free transfer	6 months	1 February 2018	[13]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
1	GK	Glen Moss	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	15 May 2017	[14]
4	MF	Roly Bonevacia	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	16 May 2017	[15]
20	GK	Lewis Italiano	Bulleen Lions	Free transfer	17 May 2017	[16]
8	MF	Alex Rodriguez	Boavista	Free transfer	6 June 2017	[17]
9	FW	Kosta Barbarouses		Mutual contract termination	13 June 2017	[18]
17	MF	Vince Lia	Adelaide United	Free transfer	3 August 2017	[19]
16	MF	Louis Fenton	Team Wellington	Free transfer	12 September 2017	[20]
7	MF	Guilherme Finkler		Mutual contract termination	8 December 2017	[21]
8	MF	Dario Vidošić		Mutual contract termination	20 December 2017	[22]
11	FW	Hamish Watson		Mutual contract termination	24 January 2018	[23]
27	MF	Liam Wood	Team Wellington	Mutual contract termination	24 January 2018	[23]
29	DF	Luke Tongue	Canterbury United	Mutual contract termination	24 January 2018	[23]
17	DF	Ali Abbas		Mutual contract termination	31 January 2018	[24]

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
5	Ryan Lowry	Central defender	2 years	1 June 2017	[1]
11	Hamish Watson	Striker	2 years	1 June 2017	[1]
21	Roy Krishna	Striker	1 year	15 February 2018	[25]

Position	Name
Head coach	Chris Greenacre (Caretaker)
Assistant coach	Paul Temple
Goalkeeping coach	Fernando vaz Alves
Reserves team coach	Steve Coleman
Strength & Conditioning coach	Aidan Wivell

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					ISPS Handa Premiership
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Lewis Italiano	16	0	1	0	0	13+0	0	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Daniel Mullen	18	1	2	0	0	17+1	1	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Scott Galloway	22	0	4	0	0	18+3	0	4	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Goran Paracki	25	1	6	0	0	23+1	1	5	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ryan Lowry	4	1	0	1	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	1	0	1	0
6	DF		Dylan Fox	15	0	4	0	0	11+3	0	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Nathan Burns	14	0	1	0	0	11+3	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Matija Ljujić	13	2	4	0	0	10+3	2	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Andrija Kaluđerović	22	9	1	0	0	21+1	9	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Michael McGlinchey	21	0	3	0	0	15+5	0	2	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Adam Parkhouse	22	0	2	0	0	5+13	0	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Marco Rossi	15	0	5	0	0	14+1	0	5	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Alex Rufer	16	1	3	0	1	4+7	0	2	0	1	1+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	1	1	0	0
15	MF		James McGarry	13	4	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	13+0	4	1	0	0
17	FW		Monty Patterson	6	1	1	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	1	1	0	0
18	MF		Sarpreet Singh	18	8	5	0	0	6+4	4	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	7+0	4	3	0	0
19	DF		Tom Doyle	20	0	5	0	0	18+1	0	4	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Oliver Sail	13	0	1	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	10+0	0	1	0	0
21	FW		Roy Krishna	21	4	2	0	0	18+2	4	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Andrew Durante	18	0	5	0	0	18+0	0	5	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Matthew Ridenton	25	0	4	0	0	23+2	0	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Logan Rogerson	19	6	4	0	0	1+6	1	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	11+0	5	4	0	0
30	GK		Keegan Smith	10	0	1	0	0	6+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Tando Velaphi	5	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
ISPS Handa Premiership contracted players:
2	MF		Pranay Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Jake Williams	11	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	10+1	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Liam Moore	13	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	10+3	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Gianni Bouzoukis	6	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+4	0	1	0	0
8	MF		Oliver Whyte	18	4	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	18+0	4	2	0	0
10	MF		Willem Ebbinge	14	2	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	13+1	2	1	0	0
11	MF		Sam Sutton	14	0	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	11+3	0	3	0	0
12	DF		Oliver Valentine	7	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+4	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Sam Philip	16	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	15+1	0	2	0	0
23	FW		Ben Waine	15	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	10+5	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Liberato Cacace	20	0	4	0	0	6+1	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	12+1	0	3	0	0
29	FW		Matthew Conroy	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Zac Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Manyumow Achol	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Jacob Masseurs	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Oscar Browne	3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0
	MF		Noah Clegg-Tipene	5	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0	0
	GK		Zachary Dean	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Zac Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jackson Manuel	2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
	DF		Kurtis Mogg	5	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Owen Smith	5	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+3	0	2	0	0
	MF		Oscar Spragg	3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0
	FW		Maximilian Batchelor	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
7	MF		Gui Finkler	4	1	0	0	0	3+1	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Dario Vidošić	10	4	0	0	0	10+0	4	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Hamish Watson	10	1	0	0	0	0+8	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
17	DF		Ali Abbas	9	0	2	0	0	6+2	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Tinashe Marowa	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Liam Wood	12	1	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	11+0	1	1	0	0
29	DF		Luke Tongue	8	1	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	5+2	1	3	0	0

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	9th	8 October 2017	14 April 2018
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	1 August 2017	1 August 2017
ISPS Handa Premiership	—	9th	23 October 2017	17 March 2018

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	27	20	4	3	64	22	+42	64	Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Newcastle Jets	27	15	5	7	57	37	+20	50	Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Melbourne City	27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	43	Qualification for Finals series
4	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	12	5	10	43	37	+6	41	Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5	Adelaide United	27	11	6	10	36	38	−2	39	Qualification for Finals series
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	5	12	33	40	−7	35
7	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	8	9	10	38	47	−9	33
8	Perth Glory	27	10	2	15	37	50	−13	32
9	Wellington Phoenix[a]	27	5	6	16	31	55	−24	21
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	4	8	15	28	49	−21	20

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	5	6	16	31	55	−24	21	4	4	5	22	25	−3	1	2	11	9	30	−21

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	18	12	4	2	41	12	+29	40	Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2	Team Wellington	18	11	4	3	39	20	+19	37	Qualification to the Finals series
3	Canterbury United	18	11	3	4	35	20	+15	36
4	Eastern Suburbs	18	10	2	6	37	24	+13	32
5	Tasman United	18	6	5	7	34	39	−5	23
6	Southern United	18	6	6	6	28	27	+1	24
7	Hawke's Bay United	18	5	4	9	21	36	−15	19
8	Waitakere United	18	5	4	9	30	34	−4	19
9	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	18	4	3	11	27	53	−26	15
10	Hamilton Wanderers	18	1	3	14	23	49	−26	6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	4	3	11	27	53	−26	15	1	1	7	15	33	−18	3	2	4	12	20	−8

Notes

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