Wellington Phoenix FC
2007–08 season
CEOTony Pignata
ChairmanTerry Serepisos
ManagerRicki Herbert
A-League8th
Preseason Cup6th
FinalsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerShane Smeltz
9 Goals
Highest home attendance18,345 v Adelaide
30 November 2007
Lowest home attendance8,032 v Perth
7 December 2007

The 2007–08 A-League season was the inaugural season for the Wellington Phoenix, who replaced the New Zealand Knights.

Players

First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK New Zealand NZL Mark Paston
2 DF New Zealand NZL Jeremy Christie
3 DF New Zealand NZL Tony Lochhead
4 DF Brazil BRA Cleberson
5 DF Australia AUS Karl Dodd
6 MF New Zealand NZL Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7 DF Australia AUS Ross Aloisi (Captain)
8 FW New Zealand NZL Vaughan Coveny
9 FW New Zealand NZL Shane Smeltz
10 MF Australia AUS Michael Ferrante
11 MF Brazil BRA Daniel
12 MF Australia AUS Richard Johnson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF New Zealand NZL Steven Old
14 DF Australia AUS Steven O'Dor
15 MF Brazil BRA George
16 DF Australia AUS Kristian Rees
17 MF Australia AUS Vince Lia
18 DF Australia AUS Ahmad Elrich
19 FW New Zealand NZL Greg Draper
20 GK New Zealand NZL Glen Moss
21 MF Brazil BRA Felipe
22 FW Australia AUS Royce Brownlie
23 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
30 GK New Zealand NZL Jacob Spoonley

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player From Notes
1GKNew Zealand Mark PastonNew Zealand New Zealand Knights
2DFNew Zealand Jeremy ChristieAustralia Perth Glory
3DFNew Zealand Tony LochheadUnited States New England Revolution
4DFBrazil ClebersonBrazil Cabofriense
5DFAustralia Karl DoddScotland Falkirk FC
6MFNew Zealand Tim BrownAustralia Newcastle Jets
7DFAustralia Ross AloisiAustralia Adelaide United
8FWNew Zealand Vaughan CovenyAustralia Newcastle Jets
9FWNew Zealand Shane SmeltzEngland Halifax Town
10MFAustralia Michael FerranteAustralia Melbourne Victory
11MFBrazil DanielBrazil Madureira
12MFAustralia Richard JohnsonNew Zealand New Zealand Knights
13DFNew Zealand Steven OldAustralia Newcastle Jets
14DFAustralia Steven O'DorNew Zealand New Zealand Knights
15MFBrazil GeorgeVenezuela Carabobo
16DFAustralia Kristian ReesAustralia Whittlesea ZebrasShort-term contract
17MFAustralia Vince LiaAustralia Melbourne Victory
18MFAustralia Ahmad ElrichEngland Fulham FC
19FWNew Zealand Greg DraperNew Zealand Canterbury United
20GKNew Zealand Glen MossRomania Dinamo Bucharest
21MFBrazil FelipeCroatia Hajduk Split
22FWAustralia Royce BrownlieEngland Swindon Town
23FWNew Zealand Kosta BarbarousesNew Zealand Team Wellington
30GKNew Zealand Jacob SpoonleyNew Zealand Auckland City FC

Matches

2007 Pre-season Cup fixtures

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Central Coast Mariners 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 3 10
2 Queensland Roar 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 1 6
3 Wellington Phoenix 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2 5
4 Sydney FC 3 0 1 2 0 6 6 0 1
Source:
14 July 2007 Group Stage Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
A. Wilkinson 3'
A. Kwasnik 30'
Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Australia Srebre Delovski
22 July 2007 Group Stage Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 13' 89' (pen)
M. Rudan 14' (o.g.)
Report Attendance: 6,039
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
4 August 2007 Play-offs Melbourne Victory 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
K. Dodd 34' (o.g.) Report 53' S. Smeltz
87' Daniel
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Australia Kevin Docherty

2007–08 Hyundai A-League fixtures

26 August 2007 Round 1 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Old Yellow card 8'
Cleberson Yellow card 18'
Daniel Yellow card 63' 79'
R. Aloisi Yellow card 70'
S. Smeltz 84'
(0–1)
Summary
19' (pen.) Yellow card 77' K. Muscat
Yellow card 20' G. Brebner
Yellow card 25' L. Milicevic
Yellow card 39' 60' D. Allsopp
Yellow card 89' J. Keenan
Attendance: 14,421
Referee: Australia Mark Shield
9 September 2007 Round 3 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Felipe Yellow card 53'
K. Dodd Yellow card 86'
(0–0)
Summary
Yellow card 6' A. Griffiths
Yellow card 86' A. D'Apuzzo
77' M. Thompson
Attendance: 11,478
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
14 September 2007 Round 4 Sydney FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
A. Casey 6'
M. Rudan Yellow card 56'
B. Šantalab Yellow card 65'
R. Zadkovich Yellow card 85'
D. Zdrilic Yellow card 89'
(1–2)
Summary
8' Felipe
29' (pen.) Yellow card 30' Daniel
Yellow card 85' R. Aloisi
Yellow card 85' G. Moss
Attendance: 11,491
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
22 September 2007 Round 5 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Felipe 65'
S. Smeltz 87'
R. Aloisi Yellow card 88'
(0–0)
Summary
70' Diego
78' B. Djite
Attendance: 12,127
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
30 September 2007 Round 6 Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
R. Aloisi 14'
S. Smeltz 42'
V. Coveny 55'
R. Johnson Yellow card 62'
Daniel Yellow card 63'
T. Lochhead 83'
T. Brown Yellow card 84'
(2–1)
Summary
10' B. Celeski
Yellow card 46' Yellow-red card 54' D. Djulbic
   Yellow card 47' S. Colosimo
Attendance: 10,127
Referee: Australia Peter Green
5 October 2007 Round 7 Queensland Roar 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
M. Zullo 4' Yellow card 62'
Marcinho Yellow card 26'
R. Kruse 45+1'
Reinaldo Yellow card 90'
(2–0)
Summary
Yellow card 88' K. Dodd
Yellow card 90' T. Lochhead
90+5' S. Smeltz
Attendance: 12,458
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
28 October 2007 Round 10 Adelaide United 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
D. Giraldi 5'
Cássio Yellow card 24'
N. Burns 45+3'
L. Pantelis 50'
S. Spagnuolo 75'
(2–1)
Summary
3' S. Smeltz
Yellow card 83' V. Lia
Attendance: 11,740
Referee: Australia Simon Przydacz
2 November 2007 Round 11 Perth Glory 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
S. Colosimo Yellow card 11'
N. Topor-Stanley Yellow card 68'
(0–1)
Report
Summary
Yellow card 13' V. Lia
51' Yellow card 74' Daniel
Yellow card 78' R. Johnson
Yellow card 85' J. Christie
Attendance: 7,105
Referee: Australia Simon Przydacz
11 November 2007 Round 12 Queensland Roar 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
J. McCloughan Yellow card 22'
Reinaldo 67' (pen.), 79'
Marcinho 83'
(0–0)
Summary
Yellow card 11' K. Dodd
Red card 34' A. Elrich
Yellow card 52' T. Lochhead
Yellow card 90' J. Christie
Yellow card 90' T. Brown
Attendance: 13,808
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
17 November 2007 Round 13 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
R. Aloisi 29'
S. Old Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 90'
K. Rees Yellow card 76'
V. Coveny Yellow card 78'
(1–0)
Summary
Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 69' T. Popovic
90+3' (pen.) U. Talay
Attendance: 8,062
Referee: Australia Peter Green
24 November 2007 Round 14 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
K. Muscat Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 45'
D. Allsopp 43'
L. Broxham Yellow card 62'
A. Thompson Yellow card 62'
(1–0)
Summary
Yellow card 42' M. Ferrante
58' V. Lia
Attendance: 20,938
Referee: Australia Peter Green
30 November 2007 Round 15 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Daniel 69' (pen.) (0–1)
Summary
9' P. Agostino
Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 68' M. Susak
Yellow card 58' Diego
Yellow card 59' 79' L. Pantelis
Yellow card 90' S. Ontong
Yellow card 90' I. Erdogan
Attendance: 18,345
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
7 December 2007 Round 16 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 29' (pen.), 72' Yellow card 35'
Felipe 32'
(1–0)
Summary
Red card 34' N. Topor-Stanley
Yellow card 35' M. Prentice
Yellow card 37' D. Micevski
Yellow card 66' H. Foxe
Red card 73' J. Harnwell
Attendance: 8,039
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski
14 December 2007 Round 17 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
V. Coveny Yellow card 15'
S. Smeltz 24'
A. Elrich Yellow card 72'
Daniel Yellow card 90'
(1–1)
Summary
5' Reinaldo
Yellow card 37' R. Kruse
Yellow card 72' H. Seo
Attendance: 9,384
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
4 January 2008 Round 19 Wellington Phoenix 0–2 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
K. Rees Yellow card 14'
R. Johnson Yellow card 80'
S. Smeltz Yellow card 81'
T. Lochhead Yellow card 85'
R. Aloisi Red card 90'
(0–0)
Summary
Yellow card 26' U. Talay
79' T. McFlynn
83' A. Brosque
Attendance: 14,288
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
19 January 2008 Round 21 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
M. Jedinak Yellow card 22'
J. Aloisi 52'
A. Kwasnik 90+4'
(0–0)
Summary
Yellow card 41' J. Christie
Yellow card 86' V. Lia
Attendance: 9,849
Referee: Australia Kevin Docherty

Exhibition Match

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundHAHAHHAAHAAAHAHHHAHAA
ResultDLLWDWLLLLWLDDLWDWLLL
Position288565577777778777788
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 21 10 4 7 30 25 +5 34 Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[lower-alpha 1]
2 Newcastle Jets (C) 21 9 7 5 25 21 +4 34
3 Sydney FC 21 8 8 5 28 24 +4 32 Qualification for 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship and Finals series
4 Queensland Roar 21 8 7 6 25 21 +4 31 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne Victory 21 6 9 6 29 29 0 27
6 Adelaide United 21 6 8 7 31 29 +2 26
7 Perth Glory 21 4 8 9 27 34 7 20
8 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 21 5 5 11 25 37 12 20
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. First place qualifies for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning the 2008 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
  2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Statistics

Appearances

Rank Player Minutes Played Total
123456789101112131415161718192021App.GSupward-facing green arrowdownward-facing red arrowMin.
1New Zealand Glen Moss90909090909090909090909090909090909090902020001,800
2Australia Karl Dodd909090909090909090909090909090909090901919001,710
New Zealand Shane Smeltz909090909090909090909090909090909090901919001,710
4New Zealand Tony Lochhead909090downward-facing red arrow8290909090909090909090909090901818011,612
Australia Michael Ferrante9090909090upward-facing green arrow1990downward-facing red arrow45upward-facing green arrow339090909090909090901816211,537
6Brazil Daniel9090downward-facing red arrow489090909090downward-facing red arrow84downward-facing red arrow80downward-facing red arrow67downward-facing red arrow86downward-facing red arrow8790upward-facing green arrow8upward-facing green arrow12upward-facing green arrow301714361,222
Brazil Felipeupward-facing green arrow26upward-facing green arrow36downward-facing red arrow82downward-facing red arrow62downward-facing red arrow86downward-facing red arrow71downward-facing red arrow41downward-facing red arrow56909090downward-facing red arrow67downward-facing red arrow78downward-facing red arrow65downward-facing red arrow7790upward-facing green arrow817143101,115
New Zealand Vaughan Covenydownward-facing red arrow76downward-facing red arrow62upward-facing green arrow42upward-facing green arrow28upward-facing green arrow4downward-facing red arrow77downward-facing red arrow70downward-facing red arrow75upward-facing green arrow1090upward-facing green arrow11upward-facing green arrow25downward-facing red arrow8390downward-facing red arrow8990downward-facing red arrow65171168987
9New Zealand Jeremy Christiedownward-facing red arrow6490909090909090909090upward-facing green arrow3upward-facing green arrow4upward-facing green arrow7upward-facing green arrow8downward-facing red arrow831612421,069
10Australia Richard Johnson9090downward-facing red arrow86downward-facing red arrow869090upward-facing green arrow690downward-facing red arrow77downward-facing red arrow75upward-facing green arrow23upward-facing green arrow5upward-facing green arrow25downward-facing red arrow82141045915
11Australia Vince Liadownward-facing red arrow759090909090downward-facing red arrow79909090downward-facing red arrow8390901313031,137
Australia Ross Aloisi909090909090909090downward-facing red arrow84downward-facing red arrow77upward-facing green arrow8downward-facing red arrow621312131,041
Australia Steven O'Dor9090909090downward-facing red arrow49909090downward-facing red arrow80upward-facing green arrow4upward-facing green arrow1901311221,034
Australia Ahmad Elrichupward-facing green arrow45downward-facing red arrow8690downward-facing red arrow79349090downward-facing red arrow86downward-facing red arrow8590downward-facing red arrow82downward-facing red arrow60upward-facing green arrow7131127924
15New Zealand Steven Old90upward-facing green arrow8upward-facing green arrow419090upward-facing green arrow1090899090909012931868
16New Zealand Tim Brownupward-facing green arrow13upward-facing green arrow2090upward-facing green arrow6909090downward-facing red arrow6590909011831734
17Australia Kristian Rees9090909090909090909900810
18Australia Royce Brownlieupward-facing green arrow14upward-facing green arrow28upward-facing green arrow8upward-facing green arrow15upward-facing green arrow11upward-facing green arrow13upward-facing green arrow15upward-facing green arrow138080117
19Brazil Georgeupward-facing green arrow4upward-facing green arrow4upward-facing green arrow49upward-facing green arrow15404072
20Brazil Cleberson90downward-facing red arrow54903301234
New Zealand Kosta Barbarousesupward-facing green arrow4upward-facing green arrow13903120107
21New Zealand Greg Draperupward-facing green arrow25upward-facing green arrow28202053
22New Zealand Mark Paston90110090
23New Zealand Jacob Spoonley00000

  Player Started       Player Subbed In       Player Suspended       Player Injured

Goal scorers

Rank Player Goals per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021
1New Zealand Shane Smeltz111112119
2Brazil Daniel11114
3Brazil Felipe1113
4Australia Ross Aloisi112
5New Zealand Steven Old11
New Zealand Tony Lochhead11
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny11
Australia Ahmad Elrich11
Australia Vince Lia11
Australia Michael Ferrante11
Australia Kristian Rees11
A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Goal assists

Rank Player Assists per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021
1New Zealand Vaughan Coveny11114
Brazil Daniel2114
3New Zealand Shane Smeltz1113
4Australia Vince Lia112
New Zealand Tony Lochhead112
6Australia Ross Aloisi11
New Zealand Tim Brown11
New Zealand Jeremy Christie11
Australia Karl Dodd11
Australia Ahmad Elrich11
Brazil Felipe11
Australia Michael Ferrante11
Brazil George11
Australia Steven O'Dor11

Discipline

Rank Player Cards per Round Total
123456789101112131415161718192021
1Brazil Daniel7
2Australia Ross Aloisi31
Australia Karl Dodd6
4Australia Ahmad Elrich31
5New Zealand Tim Brown5
Australia Vince Lia5
7New Zealand Jeremy Christie4
Australia Richard Johnson4
New Zealand Tony Lochhead4
10New Zealand Steven Old11
New Zealand Shane Smeltz3
12New Zealand Vaughan Coveny2
Brazil Felipe2
Australia Michael Ferrante2
New Zealand Glen Moss2
Australia Kristian Rees2
17Brazil Cleberson1

Goal times

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2007–08 season
nth Min.   Goals for Wellington Phoenix    Goals against Wellington Phoenix  
01-05
1
3
06-10
1
4
11–15
1
1
16–20
1
3
21–25
2
0
26–30
3
1
31–35
1
3
36–40
0
1
41–45
1
3
46–50
1
1
51–55
3
1
56–60
1
1
61–65
1
0
66–70
1
2
71–75
1
1
76–80
1
5
81–85
2
3
86–90
3
4

Home attendance

Date Round Attendance Opposition Stadium
26 August 2007Round 114,421 Melbourne VictoryWestpac Stadium
9 September 2007Round 311,478 Newcastle Jets
22 September 2007Round 512,127 Adelaide United
30 September 2007Round 610,127 Perth Glory
21 October 2007Round 910,560 Central Coast Mariners
17 November 2007Round 138,062 Sydney FC
30 November 2007Round 1518,345 Adelaide United
1 December 2007Exhibition31,853United States Los Angeles Galaxy
7 December 2007Round 168,032 Perth Glory
14 December 2007Round 179,384 Queensland Roar
4 January 2008Round 1914,288 Sydney FC
Total116,824 excl. exhibition match
Average11,682 excl. exhibition match

Club

Kit

Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony

Pre-Season
Home
Away

End of Season Awards

See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC End of Season Awards

References

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