2009–10 Wellington Phoenix FC season explained

Club:Wellington Phoenix FC
Season:2009–10
Manager:Ricki Herbert
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Terry Serepisos
Chrtitle:Chairman
Owner:Tony Pignata
Ownertitle:CEO
League:A-League
League Result:4th
Cup1:Finals
Cup1 Result:3rd
Biggest Win:6–0 v Gold Coast United
Biggest Loss:1–4 v Brisbane Roar
League Topscorer:Paul Ifill
13 Goals
Highest Attendance:32,792 v Newcastle
7 March 2010
Lowest Attendance:4,115 v Newcastle
4 November 2009
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Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

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.

Players

Transfers

In

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5MF Adelaide United
8FW Crystal Palace
9FW Tranmere Rovers
14MF Central Coast Mariners
15FW Perth Glory[1]
19MF On loan
20GK Queens Park Rangers
21MF Waikato FC
40GK Brisbane RoarShort-term injury cover

Out

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2DF Waitakere United
5DF North Queensland Fury
8FW South Melbourne FC
9FW Gold Coast United
12MF Retired
15FW Central Coast Mariners
19FW Melbourne Knights FC
20GK Melbourne Victory
21MF Beijing Hongdeng

Matches

Results by round

Statistics

See also: Wellington Phoenix records and statistics.

Appearances

PlayerMinutes played by roundTotal
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1align=left height=17 Andrew Durante90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 90 3030 0 0 2,760
align=left height=17 Paul Ifill69 74 89 90 90 90 56 74 90 90 67 90 90 90 85 90 90 90 90 84 78 90 90 72 90 90 90 120 120 79 3030 0 11 2,597
align=left height=17 Leo Bertos90 90 90 90 84 64 90 84 89 87 71 63 13 23 71 78 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 26 23 33 77 70 66 90 3025 5 13 2,157
4align=left height=17 Troy Hearfield78 16 1 15 7 26 34 6 77 19 13 3 14 5 28 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 74 58 2916 13 4 1,584
5align=left height=17 Tony Lochhead90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 75 120 90 2828 0 1 2,535
6align=left height=17 Tim Brown90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 77 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 74 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 65 2727 0 3 2,436
7align=left height=17 Manny Muscat90 90 90 90 90 75 90 90 13 90 90 90 90 90 58 90 90 90 90 90 90 66 67 120 120 90 2625 1 3 2,229
align=left height=17 Vince Lia13 21 47 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 82 90 88 90 90 120 109 90 2623 3 3 2,190
9align=left height=17 Chris Greenacre90 90 90 75 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 87 67 90 70 26 90 90 90 84 106 120 90 2423 1 6 1,985
10align=left height=17 Daniel21 16 21 10 90 77 66 80 72 71 90 77 76 63 62 85 90 64 13 13 54 32 2214 8 11 1,243
11align=left height=17 Ben Sigmund90 90 90 90 83 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 64 64 14 120 2019 1 3 1,695
12align=left height=17 Jon McKain90 77 90 90 90 89 5 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 105 90 1918 1 2 1,626
align=left height=17 Adrian Caceres24 57 1 19 2 20 27 12 56 67 14 89 12 35 26 77 57 23 50 196 13 6 668
14align=left height=17 Mark Paston90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 8 90 90 1313 0 1 1,088
align=left height=17 Kosta Barbarouses33 10 27 88 70 19 20 34 23 76 6 22 18 133 10 3 446
16align=left height=17 Liam Reddy90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 120 120 90 1212 0 0 1,140
align=left height=17 Diego12 74 69 43 6 90 16 8 2 90 11 10 125 7 3 431
18align=left height=17 Eugene Dadi90 68 90 64 67 24 6 45 46 25 105 5 3 525
19align=left height=17 Reece Crowther90 82 90 90 90 90 65 1 0 532
align=left height=17 Michael Ferrante90 69 80 1 15 18 63 3 3 273
21align=left height=17 Marco Rojas13 16 26 1 40 4 0 56
22align=left height=17 Jiang Chen3 23 20 2 0 26
23align=left height=17 David Mulligan00 0 0 0

         

Goal scorers

PlayerGoals by roundTotal
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1align=left height=17 Paul Ifill1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 13
2align=left height=17 Tim Brown1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
3align=left height=17 Chris Greenacre1 1 1 1 1 1 6
4align=left height=17 Eugene Dadi2 1 1 1 5
5align=left height=17 Daniel2 2
align=left height=17 Leo Bertos1 1 2
align=left height=17 Jon McKain1 1 2
8align=left height=17 Ben Sigmund1 1
align=left height=17 Troy Hearfield1 1
align=left height=17 Kosta Barbarouses1 1
align=left height=17 Andrew Durante1 1

Goal assists

PlayerAssists by roundTotal
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1align=left height=17 Paul Ifill13111119
2align=left height=17 Leo Bertos21111118
3align=left height=17 Daniel11114
align=left height=17 Adrian Caceres11114
5align=left height=17 Manny Muscat1113
6align=left height=17 Kosta Barbarouses22
align=left height=17 Andrew Durante112
align=left height=17 Tim Brown112
align=left height=17 Vince Lia112
10align=left height=17 Tony Lochhead11
align=left height=17 Chris Greenacre11
align=left height=17 Diego11

Discipline

PlayerCards by roundTotal
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1align=left height=17 Manny Muscat61
align=left height=17 Vince Lia9
3align=left height=17 Tim Brown7
4align=left height=17 Jon McKain41
5align=left height=17 Andrew Durante5
6align=left height=17 Leo Bertos4
align=left height=17 Troy Hearfield4
8align=left height=17 Paul Ifill3
align=left height=17 Tony Lochhead3
10align=left height=17 Eugene Dadi2
align=left height=17 Michael Ferrante2
align=left height=17 Ben Sigmund2
13align=left height=17 Jiang Chen1
align=left height=17 Daniel1
align=left height=17 Chris Greenacre1
align=left height=17 Liam Reddy1

Home attendance

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16 August 2009Round 21Westpac 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-Final 32,792 Newcastle Jets
Total173,639
Average11,576

Club

Technical staff

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]

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End-of-season awards

See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC end-of-season awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glory shuts door on Dadi. 7 July 2012. thewest.com.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20120910181300/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/soccer/6640558/glory-shuts-door-on-dadi/. 10 September 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  2. http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=28590 Sony back onboard with Phoenix