2011–12 Wellington Phoenix season
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Key dates
- 1 July 2011: Herbert no longer the only coaching staff as Phoenix sign strength and conditioning coach Lee Taylor who has had spells at Leyton OrientLeyton Orient F.C.Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
, Notts CountyNotts County F.C.Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
and LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
. - 16 July 2011: A low-key Phoenix training became a game of "guess who" as coach Ricki Herbert claimed the imminent signing of an attacking midfielder from a European first division league.
- 28 July 2011: It is confirmed that the Phoenix are in talks with former LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
goalkeeper Dean BouzanisDean BouzanisDean Anthony Bouzanis is an Australian football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for League One side Oldham Athletic on non-contract terms.-Club career:...
. - 10 August 2011: The new AdidasAdidasAdidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
-sponsored Wellington Phoenix kit was unveiled at 12:30pm at Midland Park on Lambton Quay. - 23 September 2011: Terry Serepisos decided to relinquish the Phoenix licence so it can be granted to a new ownership consortium of Wellington-based business leaders led by Rob Morrison
First team squad
- As of 30 September 2011.
In
| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Date | Source | Notes |
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| 19 |  Australia Oakleigh CannonsOakleigh Cannons Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a football club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club was formed in 1972 as the South Oakleigh Soccer Club by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community... |
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| 22 | Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League... |
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| 23 | Adelaide United |
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| 13 | Australia Sutherland Sharks |
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| 20 |  England Tranmere Rovers |
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| 21 | Free Agent Free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise.... |
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| 4 | Free Agent Free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise.... |
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| 12 |  Iraklis Thessaloniki |
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| 15 | Blackburn Rovers Academy Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.... |
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| 24 | Sydney Olympic |
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| 30 |  Team WellingtonTeam Wellington Team Wellington are one of the eight franchises in the New Zealand ASB Premiership football competition. They play their home games at Newtown Park, Wellington.- History :... |
Short-term injury replacement |
Out
| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Date | Source | Notes |
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| 19 | Perth Glory |
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| 13 | Central Coast Mariners |
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| 15 |  F.C. Tokyo |
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| 21 | Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League.... |
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| 10 |  Atlético Santa Rosa |
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| 23 |  BreiðablikBreiðablik The Old Norse/Icelandic name Breiðablik means "broad gleam" and can refer to*Breidablik, the home of the Norse god Baldr*Breiðablik UBK, a sports club in Kópavogur, Iceland... |
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| 5 |  Charleston BatteryCharleston Battery Charleston Battery is an American professional soccer team based in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the American Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.... |
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| 12 | Team Wellington Team Wellington Team Wellington are one of the eight franchises in the New Zealand ASB Premiership football competition. They play their home games at Newtown Park, Wellington.- History :... |
Released | ||||
| 20 | Released | Released | ||||
| 4 | Iraklis Thessaloniki |
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Loans Out
| Squad # | Position | Player | To | Date | Source | Duration |
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| 22 | Sydney FC |
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Trialists
| Date | Name | Position | Notes |
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| June 2011 | Jack Hingert Jack Hingert Jack Hingert is an English-Australian football player, currently as defender for Hyundai A-League club, Brisbane Roar. Hingert previously played for former A-League club North Queensland Fury.-Club career:... |
DF | Signed by |
| June 2011 | Australia Saka |
MF | Unsuccessful |
| July 2011 | Jess Vanstrattan Jess Vanstrattan Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan is an Australian football goalkeeper currently without a club.-Club career:Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Vanstrattan started his career for Northern Spirit in Sydney, NSW.-Verona:... |
GK | Unsuccessful |
| July 2011 | England Nicky Travis Nicky Travis Nicolas Vaughan "Nicky" Travis is an English footballer who plays as a right winger and is a free agent after having recently played for the Central Coast Mariners.-Career:... |
MF | Unsuccessful |
| July 2011 | Shaun Kelly Shaun Kelly Shaun Kelly is a professional footballer currently playing for Bala Town.-Playing career:Kelly is a product of Chester's youth system and made his Football League debut as a late substitute against Shrewsbury Town on 15 April 2007.... |
DF | Unsuccessful |
| July 2011 | Bryan Bran |
DF | Returned to Australia |
| July 2011 | Cory Chettleburgh |
MF | Unsuccessful |
| July 2011 | Matt Thurtell |
FW | Unsuccessful |
| August 2011 |  Billy MehmetBilly Mehmet Billy Mehmet is an Irish professional football player who plays for Australian A-League club Perth Glory. Born in England, Mehmet is of part English, Irish and Turkish Cypriot descent and has played for the Republic of Ireland U21 team.Mehmet is the youngest ever player to have played in a first... |
FW | Unsuccessful |
| August 2011 |  Netherlands Maceo RigtersMaceo Rigters Maceo Rigters is a Dutch footballer, who currently plays for Gold Coast United in the Australian A-League. His previous clubs include Heerenveen, Dordrecht, NAC Breda and Blackburn Rovers... |
FW | Failed to agree terms |
Pre-season friendlies
2011-12 A-League fixtures
Results by round
Appearances
| Player | Minutes Played | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Andrew Durante Andrew Durante Andrew Durante is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a central defender and Captain for the New Zealand based A-League club Wellington Phoenix.- Newcastle Jets :... |
90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Greenacre Chris Greenacre Chris Greenacre is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Club career:... |
90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Lochhead Tony Lochhead Tony James Lochhead is a New Zealander football defender who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix of the A-League.-Club career:Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001... |
90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo Bertos Leo Bertos Leonida Christos "Leo" Bertos is a New Zealand association football player who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for New Zealand-based A-League team Wellington Phoenix and has represented the New Zealand national football team.-Early life:Bertos was born in Wellington, to a Greek... |
90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 65 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 695 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Ward |
41 |  82 |
90 | 13 | 25 | 90 | 72 | 90 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 503 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Tim Brown |
90 |  90 |
90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Manny Muscat |
90 | 90 | 90 |
90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Tony WarnerTony Warner Anthony Randolph "Tony" Warner is a Trinidad and Tobago international football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Wellington Phoenix.-Footballing career:... |
90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Sigmund Ben Sigmund Benjamin Robert Sigmund is a New Zealand soccer player who currently plays for A-League club Wellington Phoenix... |
90 | 90 | 90 | 66 |
84 | 90 | 90 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 600 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Daniel Lins Cortês Daniel Lins Côrtes , nicknamed Daniel, is a Brazilian-born New Zealand football player who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.-Club career:... |
38 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 73 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 438 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Alex Smith Alex Smith (footballer born 1985) Alex Smith is an English-American footballer who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. He was briefly contracted to Gold Coast United, however was released pre-season without making a single appearance for the club. He plays as a striker.-College football:Smith was born in Windsor,... |
6 | 90 | 68 | 90 | 90 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 402 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Dani SánchezDani Sánchez (footballer) Daniel 'Dani' Sánchez Andrades is a Spanish professional footballer who plays Wellington Phoenix FC in the A-League, as a striker or midfielder.-Football career:... |
68 | 84 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Paul IfillPaul Ifill Paul Everton Ifill is a Barbadian British footballer who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.-Club career:... |
52 | 14 | 32 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 158 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nikolas Tsattalios Nikolas Tsattalios Nikolas Constantinos Tsattalios is an Australian football player who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Club career:... |
15 | 90 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brent Griffiths Brent Griffiths Brent Griffiths is an Australian football player currently playing for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Early life:Griffiths was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England and raised in Perth, Western Australia.-Perth Glory:... |
22 | 90 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Vince Lia Vince Lia Vince Lia is a football player who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Melbourne Victory:Lia spent the early stages of his professional career in the NSL at South Melbourne... |
49 | 88 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 227 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Mark Paston Mark Paston Mark Nelson Paston is a New Zealand football goalkeeper who plays for the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Early career:... |
90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mirjan Pavlovic Mirjan Pavlović Mirjan Pavlovic is an Australian-Croatian born footballer currently playing for A-League club Wellington Phoenix FC.-Career:... |
30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Downey Jimmy Downey James "Jimmy" Downey is an Australian football player for New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix as wingback.Downey holds the AIS football program beep test record .-Club career:... |
22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Cameron Lindsay |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lucas Pantelis Lucas Pantelis Lucas Pantelis is a Greek Australian football player. He currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Hyundai A-League.-Club career:... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Goal scorers
| Player | Goals per Round | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Tim Brown |
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| 2 | Chris Greenacre Chris Greenacre Chris Greenacre is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Club career:... |
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| 3 | Daniel Daniel Lins Cortês Daniel Lins Côrtes , nicknamed Daniel, is a Brazilian-born New Zealand football player who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.-Club career:... |
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| Paul Ifill Paul Ifill Paul Everton Ifill is a Barbadian British footballer who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.-Club career:... |
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| Dani Sánchez Dani Sánchez (footballer) Daniel 'Dani' Sánchez Andrades is a Spanish professional footballer who plays Wellington Phoenix FC in the A-League, as a striker or midfielder.-Football career:... |
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A goal was scored from a penalty kick Penalty kick A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play... |
Assists
| Player | Assists per Round | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Tony Lochhead Tony Lochhead Tony James Lochhead is a New Zealander football defender who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix of the A-League.-Club career:Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001... |
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| Nick Ward |
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| 2 | Brent Griffiths Brent Griffiths Brent Griffiths is an Australian football player currently playing for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Early life:Griffiths was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England and raised in Perth, Western Australia.-Perth Glory:... |
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| Paul Ifill Paul Ifill Paul Everton Ifill is a Barbadian British footballer who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.-Club career:... |
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| Manny Muscat |
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| Dani Sánchez Dani Sánchez (footballer) Daniel 'Dani' Sánchez Andrades is a Spanish professional footballer who plays Wellington Phoenix FC in the A-League, as a striker or midfielder.-Football career:... |
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Disciplinary record
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| 1 | Manny Muscat Emmanuel Muscat Emmanuel "Manny" Muscat is an Australian born Maltese football player who usually plays as a Defensive Midfielder or Right Back for in the A-League.-Early career:... |
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| Ben Sigmund Ben Sigmund Benjamin Robert Sigmund is a New Zealand soccer player who currently plays for A-League club Wellington Phoenix... |
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| 3 | Tim Brown |
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| 5 | Andrew Durante Andrew Durante Andrew Durante is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a central defender and Captain for the New Zealand based A-League club Wellington Phoenix.- Newcastle Jets :... |
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| 6 | Daniel Daniel Lins Cortês Daniel Lins Côrtes , nicknamed Daniel, is a Brazilian-born New Zealand football player who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.-Club career:... |
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| Chris Greenacre Chris Greenacre Chris Greenacre is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Club career:... |
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| Vince Lia Vince Lia Vince Lia is a football player who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.-Melbourne Victory:Lia spent the early stages of his professional career in the NSL at South Melbourne... |
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| Tony Lochhead Tony Lochhead Tony James Lochhead is a New Zealander football defender who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix of the A-League.-Club career:Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001... |
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| Dani Sánchez Dani Sánchez (footballer) Daniel 'Dani' Sánchez Andrades is a Spanish professional footballer who plays Wellington Phoenix FC in the A-League, as a striker or midfielder.-Football career:... |
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| Alex Smith Alex Smith (footballer born 1985) Alex Smith is an English-American footballer who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. He was briefly contracted to Gold Coast United, however was released pre-season without making a single appearance for the club. He plays as a striker.-College football:Smith was born in Windsor,... |
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*Nick Ward was originally shown a yellow card, followed by a straight red card, however this decision was appealed, and the red card was subsequently rescinded.http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/ward-free-to-play/41823
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