2007–08 Wellington Phoenix FC season
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2007–08 season | |||
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CEO | Tony Pignata | ||
Chairman | Terry Serepisos | ||
Manager | Ricki Herbert | ||
A-League | 8th | ||
Preseason Cup | 6th | ||
Finals | Did not qualify | ||
Top goalscorer | Shane Smeltz 9 Goals | ||
Highest home attendance | 18,345 v Adelaide 30 November 2007 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 8,032 v Perth 7 December 2007 | ||
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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.
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Transfers
In
Matches
2007 Pre-season Cup fixtures
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
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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: [citation needed]
14 July 2007 Group Stage | Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png | 2–0 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford |
A. Wilkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' A. Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' |
Report | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Australia Srebre Delovski |
22 July 2007 Group Stage | Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 3–0 | File:SYDicon.png Sydney FC | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
S. Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (pen) M. Rudan File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (o.g.) |
Report | Attendance: 6,039 Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary |
27 July 2007 Group Stage | Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 1–2 | File:BrisbaneRoarColours.png Queensland Roar | Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch |
S. Old File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' | Report | File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' S. Lynch File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' S. Ognenovski |
Attendance: 4,081 Referee: New Zealand Michael Hester |
4 August 2007 Play-offs | Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png | 1–2 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
K. Dodd File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' (o.g.) | Report | File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' S. Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' Daniel |
Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Australia Kevin Docherty |
2007–08 Hyundai A-League fixtures
26 August 2007 Round 1 | Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 2–2 | File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
S. Old Yellow card 8' Cleberson Yellow card 18' Daniel Yellow card 63' File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' R. Aloisi Yellow card 70' S. Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' |
(0–1) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (pen.) Yellow card 77' K. Muscat Yellow card 20' G. Brebner Yellow card 25' L. Milicevic Yellow card 39' File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' D. Allsopp Yellow card 89' J. Keenan |
Attendance: 14,421 Referee: Australia Mark Shield |
31 August 2007 Round 2 | Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png | 3–0 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford |
N. Mrdja File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 35' A. Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' J. Hutchinson Yellow card 63' T. Vidmar Yellow card 90' |
(3–0) Summary |
Yellow card 29' Daniel Yellow card 41' M. Ferrante Yellow card 77' K. Dodd |
Attendance: 9,052 Referee: Australia Peter Green |
9 September 2007 Round 3 | Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 0–1 | File:NewcastleJetsColours.png 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' M. Thompson |
Attendance: 11,478 Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary |
14 September 2007 Round 4 | Sydney FC File:SYDicon.png | 1–2 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
A. Casey File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' M. Rudan Yellow card 56' B. Šantalab Yellow card 65' R. Zadkovich Yellow card 85' D. Zdrilic Yellow card 89' |
(1–2) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Felipe File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 2–2 | File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
Felipe File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' S. Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' R. Aloisi Yellow card 88' |
(0–0) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Diego File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' B. Djite |
Attendance: 12,127 Referee: Australia Ben Williams |
30 September 2007 Round 6 | Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 4–1 | File:PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
R. Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' S. Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' V. Coveny File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' R. Johnson Yellow card 62' Daniel Yellow card 63' T. Lochhead File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' T. Brown Yellow card 84' |
(2–1) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:QueenslandRoarColours(2).png | 2–1 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
M. Zullo File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Yellow card 62' Marcinho Yellow card 26' R. Kruse File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' Reinaldo Yellow card 90' |
(2–0) Summary |
Yellow card 88' K. Dodd Yellow card 90' T. Lochhead File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5' S. Smeltz |
Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Australia Craig Zetter |
14 October 2007 Round 8 | Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png | 2–1 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
J. Holland File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' J. Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' S. Laybutt Yellow card 52' |
(2–0) Summary |
Yellow card 37' V. Lia Yellow card 56' R. Johnson Yellow card 80' A. Elrich File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' S. Old |
Attendance: 11,947 Referee: Australia Ben Williams |
21 October 2007 Round 9 | Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 1–2 | File:CentralCoastColours 2.png Central Coast Mariners | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
A. Elrich File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' T. Brown Yellow card 30' Daniel Yellow card 56' T. Lochhead Yellow card 57' S. Smeltz Yellow card 58' K. Dodd Yellow card 65' |
(1–1) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' D. Heffernan Yellow card 83' N. Boogaard File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' S. Petrovski |
Attendance: 10,562 Referee: Australia Peter Green |
28 October 2007 Round 10 | Adelaide United File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png | 4–1 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
D. Giraldi File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Cássio Yellow card 24' N. Burns File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+3' L. Pantelis File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' S. Spagnuolo File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' |
(2–1) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' S. Smeltz Yellow card 83' V. Lia |
Attendance: 11,740 Referee: Australia Simon Przydacz |
2 November 2007 Round 11 | Perth Glory File:PerthGloryColours.png | 0–1 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:QueenslandRoarColours(2).png | 3–0 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
J. McCloughan Yellow card 22' Reinaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' (pen.), 79' Marcinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 1–1 | File:SYDicon.png Sydney FC | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
R. Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' (pen.) U. Talay |
Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Australia Peter Green |
24 November 2007 Round 14 | Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png | 1–1 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne |
K. Muscat Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 45' D. Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' L. Broxham Yellow card 62' A. Thompson Yellow card 62' |
(1–0) Summary |
Yellow card 42' M. Ferrante File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' V. Lia |
Attendance: 20,938 Referee: Australia Peter Green |
30 November 2007 Round 15 | Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 1–2 | File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
Daniel File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (pen.) | (0–1) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' P. Agostino Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 68' M. Susak Yellow card 58' Diego Yellow card 59' File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 3–0 | File:PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
S. Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (pen.), 72' Yellow card 35' Felipe File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 1–1 | File:QueenslandRoarColours(2).png Queensland Roar | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
V. Coveny Yellow card 15' S. Smeltz File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' A. Elrich Yellow card 72' Daniel Yellow card 90' |
(1–1) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Reinaldo Yellow card 37' R. Kruse Yellow card 72' H. Seo |
Attendance: 9,384 Referee: Australia Ben Williams |
30 December 2007 Round 18 | Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png | 2–3 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
M. Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (pen.) S. Musialik Yellow card 55' S. Tunbridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' |
(1–1) Summary |
File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' S. Smeltz Yellow card 28' G. Moss File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' M. Ferrante File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' K. Rees Yellow card 59' V. Lia Yellow card 84' T. Brown Yellow card 90' A. Elrich |
Attendance: 15,107 Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski |
4 January 2008 Round 19 | Wellington Phoenix File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png | 0–2 | File:SYDicon.png 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' T. McFlynn File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' A. Brosque |
Attendance: 14,288 Referee: Australia Ben Williams |
11 January 2008 Round 20 | Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png | 3–0 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne |
C. Hernandez File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' N. Ward File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' K. Patafta File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' |
(2–0) Summary |
Yellow card 54' T. Brown Yellow card 63' K. Dodd Yellow card 90' Felipe |
Attendance: 25,489 Referee: Australia Peter Green |
19 January 2008 Round 21 | Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png | 2–0 | File:WellingtonPhoenixColours.png Wellington Phoenix | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford |
M. Jedinak Yellow card 22' J. Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' A. Kwasnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' |
(0–0) Summary |
Yellow card 41' J. Christie Yellow card 86' V. Lia |
Attendance: 9,849 Referee: Australia Kevin Docherty |
Exhibition match
1 December 2007 | Wellington Phoenix New Zealand | 1–4 | United States Los Angeles Galaxy | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
R. Aloisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' | File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' C. Mathis File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' L. Donovan File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' C. Pavón File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (pen) D. Beckham |
Attendance: 31,853 Referee: New Zealand Michael Hester |
Results by round
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ↑ 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. - ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
Statistics
Appearances
Player started Player subbed in Player suspended Player injured
Goal scorers
Rank | Player | Goals by round | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||||
1 | New Zealand Shane Smeltz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Brazil Daniel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Brazil Felipe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Australia Ross Aloisi | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | New Zealand Steven Old | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand Tony Lochhead | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Ahmad Elrich | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Vince Lia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Michael Ferrante | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Kristian Rees | 1 | 1 |
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A goal was scored from a penalty kick |
Goal assists
Rank | Player | Assists by round | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||||
1 | New Zealand Vaughan Coveny | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brazil Daniel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | New Zealand Shane Smeltz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Australia Vince Lia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand Tony Lochhead | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Australia Ross Aloisi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand Tim Brown | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand Jeremy Christie | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Karl Dodd | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Ahmad Elrich | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Brazil Felipe | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Michael Ferrante | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Brazil George | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Steven O'Dor | 1 | 1 |
Discipline
Goal times
nth Min. | Goals for Wellington Phoenix | Goals against Wellington Phoenix |
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01-05 | ||
06-10 | ||
11–15 | ||
16–20 | ||
21–25 | ||
26–30 | ||
31–35 | ||
36–40 | ||
41–45 | ||
46–50 | ||
51–55 | ||
56–60 | ||
61–65 | ||
66–70 | ||
71–75 | ||
76–80 | ||
81–85 | ||
86–90 |
Home attendance
Date | Round | Attendance | Opposition | Stadium |
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26 August 2007 | Round 1 | 14,421 | File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory | Westpac Stadium |
9 September 2007 | Round 3 | 11,478 | File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets | |
22 September 2007 | Round 5 | 12,127 | File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United | |
30 September 2007 | Round 6 | 10,127 | File:PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory | |
21 October 2007 | Round 9 | 10,560 | File:CentralCoastColours 2.png Central Coast Mariners | |
17 November 2007 | Round 13 | 8,062 | File:SYDicon.png Sydney FC | |
30 November 2007 | Round 15 | 18,345 | File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United | |
1 December 2007 | Exhibition | 31,853 | United States Los Angeles Galaxy | |
7 December 2007 | Round 16 | 8,032 | File:PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory | |
14 December 2007 | Round 17 | 9,384 | File:QueenslandRoarColours(2).png Queensland Roar | |
4 January 2008 | Round 19 | 14,288 | File:SYDicon.png Sydney FC | |
Total | 116,824 excl. exhibition match | |||
Average | 11,682 excl. exhibition match |
Club
Kit
Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony
End-of-season awards
- Sony Player of the Year: Shane Smeltz
- Players' Player of the Year: Shane Smeltz
- Media Player of the Year: Shane Smeltz
- Golden Boot: Shane Smeltz – 9 goals