2016–17 Wellington Phoenix FC season

The 2016–17 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's tenth season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the tenth time, the FFA Cup for the third time, and fielded a reserves squad in the Stirling Sports Premiership for the third time.

Wellington Phoenix

2016–17 season
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Manager	Ernie Merrick (to 5 December 2016) Chris Greenacre & Des Buckingham (caretakers from 5 December 2016 to 2 January 2017) Des Buckingham (from 2 January 2017)
Stadium	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
A-League	7th
Stirling Sports Premiership	7th
A-League Finals Series	DNQ
FFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Roy Krishna (12 goals) All: Roy Krishna (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	10,034 vs Melbourne City 8 October 2016
Lowest home attendance	4,828 vs Newcastle Jets 26 March 2017
Average home league attendance	6,211
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

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  NZL Glen Moss 4 MF  CUW Roly Bonevacia 5 DF  AUS Ryan Lowry 6 DF  AUS Dylan Fox 7 MF  BRA Gui Finkler 8 MF  ESP Alex Rodriguez 9 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses 10 MF  NZL Michael McGlinchey 11 FW  NZL Hamish Watson 12 MF  AUS Adam Parkhouse 13 DF  ITA Marco Rossi

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  NZL Alex Rufer 15 MF  NZL James McGarry 16 DF  NZL Louis Fenton 17 MF  AUS Vince Lia 19 DF  NZL Tom Doyle 20 GK  AUS Lewis Italiano 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 Oliver Sail

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
30	GK		Oliver Sail	21	[1]

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
9	FW		Kosta Barbarouses	26	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season	2019	Free	[2]
7	MF		Guilherme Finkler	30	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	[3]
13	DF		Marco Rossi	28	Perugia	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	[4]
12	MF		Adam Parkhouse	23	Manly United	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[5]
2	DF		Jacob Tratt	22	Sydney United	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[6]
5	DF		Ryan Lowry	22	ECU Joondalup	Transfer	Pre-Season	2017	Free	[7]
18	MF		Ben Litfin	21	Gold Coast City	Transfer	Mid-season	2017	Free	[8]
99	FW		Shane Smeltz	35		Transfer	Mid-season	2017	Free	[9]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
18	DF		Ben Sigmund	35		Retired	Pre-season		[10]
2	DF		Manny Muscat	31	Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season		[11]
3	DF		Justin Gulley	23	Wellington United	Transfer	Pre-season		[12]
13	MF		Albert Riera	32		Retired	Pre-season		[13]
5	DF		Troy Danaskos	24		End of Contract	Pre-season		[14]
11	MF		Kwabena Appiah	24		End of Contract	Pre-season		[15]
12	FW		Blake Powell	25		Released	Pre-season		[16]
18	MF		Ben Litfin	21		Released	Mid-season		[17]
99	FW		Shane Smeltz	35	Borneo	Released	Mid-season		[18]
2	DF		Jacob Tratt	22		Released	Mid-season		[19]

Contracts extensions

Name	Position	Duration	Contract Expiry	Notes
Hamish Watson	Centre forward	1 year	2017	[20]
Vince Lia	Defensive midfielder	1 year	2017	[21]
Alex Rufer	Attacking midfielder	2 years	2018	[22]
Adam Parkhouse	Winger	2 years	2019	[23]
Tom Doyle	Left back	2 years	2019	[24]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Des Buckingham
Co-Coach	Chris Greenacre
Reserves Team Coach	Andy Hedge
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Lee Spence

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					Stirling Sports Premiership
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Glen Moss	23	0	1	0	0	22+0	0	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Roly Bonevacia	27	4	7	0	0	22+4	4	6	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ryan Lowry	15	0	0	0	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	6+1	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Dylan Fox	15	0	2	1	0	4+2	0	1	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	8+0	0	1	0	0
7	MF		Gui Finkler	25	6	6	0	0	19+5	6	5	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Alex Rodriguez	24	1	6	0	0	20+3	1	6	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Kosta Barbarouses	26	6	2	0	0	25+0	5	1	0	0	1+0	1	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Michael McGlinchey	14	3	2	0	0	7+6	3	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Hamish Watson	24	4	0	0	0	7+14	2	0	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
12	MF		Adam Parkhouse	20	0	2	0	0	13+5	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Marco Rossi	23	0	7	0	0	23+0	0	7	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Alex Rufer	10	1	2	0	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	7+0	1	1	0	0
15	MF		James McGarry	15	2	3	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	14+0	2	2	0	0
16	DF		Louis Fenton	10	0	1	0	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	1	0	0
17	MF		Vince Lia	27	1	8	0	0	26+0	1	8	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Tom Doyle	19	1	5	0	0	14+4	1	5	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Lewis Italiano	14	0	1	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	9+0	0	1	0	0
21	FW		Roy Krishna	25	12	3	0	1	25+0	12	3	0	1	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Andrew Durante	23	0	8	0	0	22+0	0	7	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Matthew Ridenton	22	2	1	0	0	6+9	1	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	6+0	1	0	0	0
24	FW		Logan Rogerson	19	3	2	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	16+0	3	2	0	0
25	MF		Sarpreet Singh	16	3	4	0	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	13+1	3	3	0	0
26	DF		Jack-Henry Sinclair	14	0	3	1	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	13+1	0	3	1	0
27	MF		Joe Bell	8	0	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	6+2	0	3	0	0
28	MF		Max Mata	10	5	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	8+2	5	0	0	0
29	MF		Liam Wood	15	0	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	12+3	0	3	0	0
30	GK		Oliver Sail	8	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	8+0	0	1	0	0
31	DF		Sam Philip	8	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+3	0	1	0	0
32	DF		Jake Williams	6	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Liam Moore	2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Benjamin Mata	12	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	12+0	0	2	0	0
35	MF		Sam Gillespie	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Oliver Whyte	8	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+6	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Liberato Cacace	8	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+4	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Ruairi Cahill-Fluery	15	4	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	6+9	4	0	0	0
40	DF		Luke Johnson	8	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	7+1	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Willem Ebbinge	4	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	1	0	0	0
42	DF		Luke Tongue	14	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	9+5	0	2	0	0
	GK		Dylan Bennet	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Noah Clegg-Tipene	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Matthew Conroy	3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0
	MF		Thomas Drillen	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Fletcher Kelleher	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
	GK		Keegan Smith	1	0	0	1	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Owen Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
	MF		Sam Sutton	4	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
2	DF		Jacob Tratt	21	1	4	0	0	20+0	1	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Ben Litfin	7	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Shane Smeltz	12	3	1	1	0	9+3	3	1	1	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 16 April 2017
• Source: au.soccerway.com
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

28 June 2016	Wairarapa United	1–3	Wellington Phoenix	Masterton, New Zealand
18:00 NZST	Mason-Smith  21'	Report	L. Fenton  16' Cahill-Fleury  20' Khouchaba  78'	Stadium: Trust House Memorial Park Attendance: 3,300

5 July 2016	Stop Out	1–5	Wellington Phoenix	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
18:00 NZST	S. Gulley  52' (pen.)	Report	McGarry  30' Fenton  35' (pen.) Watson  40', 80' Bonevacia  62'	Stadium: Fraser Park Sportsville

12 July 2016	Wellington Phoenix	7–1	Miramar Rangers	Wellington, New Zealand
18:00 NZST	Barbarouses  8', 27' (pen.) Finkler  10' (pen.), 19' Doyle  35' Bonevacia  44' Hare  69'	Report	Bredeveldt  89'	Stadium: Alex Moore Park

27 July 2016 Huawei Capital Cup	Beijing BG	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Beijing, China
	Bu  4'	Report	Watson  15' Finkler  41'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Stadium Attendance: 20,000

3 September 2016	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Capital Football Select	Raumati Beach, New Zealand
12:00 NZST	Barbarouses  15' McGlinchey  45+2' Rodriguez  73'	Report		Stadium: Weka Park Attendance: 2,000

11 September 2016	Melbourne City	1–4	Wellington Phoenix	Townsville, Australia
15:00 AEST	Cahill  15'	Report	Krishna  19', 45+1' Finkler  40', 56'	Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve Attendance: 3,856

17 September 2016	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Wahroonga, Australia
15:00 AEST		Report	Watson  37'	Stadium: Knox Grammar School Attendance: 1,500

24 September 2016	Tasman United	0–1	Phoenix Premiers	Nelson, New Zealand
13:15 NZST		Report	Watson	Stadium: Trafalgar Park

24 September 2016	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Nelson, New Zealand
16:00 NZST	Barbarouses  22' (pen.) Krishna  49'	Report	Pain  31'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park

14 February 2017 Huawei Capital Cup	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Beijing BG	Wellington, New Zealand
	Barbarouses  57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Referee: Alan Milliner

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	7th	7th	8 October 2016	16 April 2017
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	2 August 2016	2 August 2016
Stirling Sports Premiership	—	7th	22 October 2016	12 March 2017

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	20	6	1	55	12	+43	66	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2	Melbourne Victory	27	15	4	8	49	31	+18	49
3	Brisbane Roar	27	11	9	7	43	37	+6	42	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
4	Melbourne City	27	11	6	10	49	44	+5	39	Qualification to Finals series
5	Perth Glory	27	10	9	8	53	53	0	39
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	8	12	7	35	35	0	36
7	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1]	27	8	6	13	41	46	−5	30
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	6	5	16	31	52	−21	23
9	Adelaide United	27	5	8	14	25	46	−21	23
10	Newcastle Jets	27	5	7	15	28	53	−25	22

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	8	6	13	41	46	−5	30	5	4	5	22	17	+5	3	2	8	19	29	−10

Last updated: 16 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L
Position	9	10	10	10	9	6	8	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 October 2016 1	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Melbourne City	Wellington
19:35 NZDT		Report	Cáceres  31'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 10,034 Referee: Peter Green

16 October 2016 2	Perth Glory	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
16:00 AWST	Castro  48' (pen.) Marinković  66'	Report		Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 11,209 Referee: Daniel Elder

23 October 2016 3	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Sydney FC	Wellington
19:00 NZDT		Report	Ninković  90+2'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,365 Referee: Kurt Ams

31 October 2016 4	Melbourne Victory	6–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Berisha  20' (pen.), 22' (pen.), 82' Rojas  71', 77' Austin  90+2'	Report	Krishna  63' (pen.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Alan Milliner

5 November 2016 5	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
19:35 NZDT	Krishna  21', 41'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 5,832 Referee: Shaun Evans

12 November 2016 6	Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Wellington Phoenix	Canberra
17:35 AEDT		Report	Krishna  49' Watson  56'	Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Stephen Lucas

27 November 2016 8	Melbourne City	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Fitzgerald  44' Fornaroli  71' (pen.)	Report	Krishna  59'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 10,644 Referee: Kurt Ams

4 December 2016 9	Adelaide United	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
18:30 ACDT	Henrique  26', 39'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,539 Referee: Stephen Lucas

10 December 2016 10	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Central Coast Mariners	Hamilton
15:35 NZDT	Watson  2' Lia  66' Krishna  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Waikato Stadium Attendance: 5,234 Referee: Matthew Conger

17 December 2016 11	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Auckland
15:35 NZDT	Finkler  62' (pen.) Krishna  68'	Report	Šantalab  20' Nichols  56'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 5,702 Referee: Peter Green

26 December 2016 12	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	Hoole  48' Nabbout  62'	Report	Barbarouses  35' Finkler  50'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,451 Referee: Jarred Gillett

1 January 2017 13	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Adelaide United	Wellington
19:35 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 5,548 Referee: Matthew Conger

5 January 2017 14	Perth Glory	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
18:00 AWST	Ro. Griffiths  45+1' Taggart  51'	Report	Krishna  11'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 9,210 Referee: Shaun Evans

14 January 2017 15	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
15:35 NZDT	McGlinchey  9'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,061 Referee: Jarred Gillett

17 January 2017 7	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
19:45 NZDT	Bonevacia  33' Tratt  89' Barbarouses  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 5,865 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

21 January 2017 16	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Wellington
19:35 NZDT		Report	Maclaren  87'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,449 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

29 January 2017 17	Adelaide United	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT	McGree  7' Mileusnic  80'	Report	Doyle  11' Krishna  37'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,313 Referee: Peter Green

4 February 2017 18	Wellington Phoenix	1–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	New Plymouth
19:35 NZDT	Smeltz  71'	Report	Šantalab  21', 65' N. Martínez  58'	Stadium: Yarrow Stadium Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Adam Fielding

9 February 2017 19	Sydney FC	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	R. Grant  3' Bobô  22' Ninković  54'	Report	Rodriguez  32'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 8,380 Referee: Kurt Ams

18 February 2017 20	Wellington Phoenix	1–5	Melbourne City	Wellington
19:35 NZDT	Barbarouses  70'	Report	Lowry  20' (o.g.) Fornaroli  29' Cáceres  59' Kilkenny  82' Colazo  87'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,131 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

25 February 2017 21	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
16:35 AEST	Borrello  75'	Report	Smeltz  32' Krishna  61'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,723 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

4 March 2017 22	Wellington Phoenix	3–3	Perth Glory	Auckland
19:35 NZDT	Finkler  10' Krishna  25' Barbarouses  47'	Report	Keogh  34' Taggart  67' Castro  81'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Attendance: 6,285 Referee: Stephen Lucas

19 March 2017 23	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	N. Martínez  9' Santalab  40', 48'	Report	Finkler  76'	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 7,828 Referee: Daniel Elder

26 March 2017 24	Wellington Phoenix	5–0	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
19:00 NZDT	Barbarouses  24' Finkler  37' Ridenton  49' Hoffman  66' (o.g.) Bonevacia  86'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

2 April 2017 25	Melbourne Victory	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEST		Report	Bonevacia  9', 26' Smeltz  90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,011 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 April 2017 26	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Sydney FC	Wellington
19:45 NZST	McGlinchey  90+3'	Report	Bobô  72' (pen.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,610 Referee: Shaun Evans

16 April 2017 27	Brisbane Roar	4–3	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
17:00 AEST	Holman  21', 67' Borrello  51' Maclaren  53'	Report	Krishna  6' Finkler  38' McGlinchey  41'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,098 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

FFA Cup

2 August 2016 Round of 32	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
20:00 AEST	Scott  40', 48' Nichols  70'	Report	Watson  9' Barbarouses  31'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 3,212 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Stirling Sports Premiership

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	18	11	3	4	35	15	+20	36	Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2	Team Wellington	18	11	3	4	51	32	+19	36	Qualification to the Finals series
3	Waitakere United	18	10	4	4	31	25	+6	34
4	Hawke's Bay United	18	10	2	6	46	30	+16	32
5	Eastern Suburbs	18	9	3	6	28	25	+3	30
6	Canterbury United	18	6	6	6	32	28	+4	24
7	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	18	6	4	8	25	33	−8	22
8	Tasman United	18	4	5	9	29	42	−13	17
9	Hamilton Wanderers	18	4	1	13	24	50	−26	13
10	Southern United	18	3	1	14	20	41	−21	10

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2017. Source: NZ Football

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	6	4	8	25	33	−8	22	3	1	5	14	19	−5	3	3	3	11	14	−3

Last updated: 12 March 2017.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	8	6	6	8	6	5	6	4	5							7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2017. Source: soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 October 2016 1	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Eastern Suburbs	Wellington
14:00	Ebbinge  53'	Report	Burfoot  56' Payne  58'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Cory Mills

30 October 2016 2	Team Wellington	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Wellington
14:00	Harris  19'	Report	M. Mata  76', 90+2'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matthew Conger

5 November 2016 3	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Tasman United	Wellington
16:15	M. Mata  66'	Report	Ridsdale  33'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Referee: Ben O'Connell

13 November 2016 4	Canterbury United	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Christchurch
14:00	Schwarz  43' Clapham  64' (pen.) Hoyle  72', 84'	Report	Cahill-Fleury  28'	Stadium: ASB Football Park Referee: Peter Linney

20 November 2016 5	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Auckland City	Wellington
14:00	Rogerson  86'	Report		Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: John Rowbury

27 November 2016 6	Southern United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Dunedin
17:00		Report	M. Mata  25'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: Antony Riley

4 December 2016 7	Hawke's Bay United	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Napier
13:00	Kilkolly  16' Barbero  81'	Report		Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Antony Riley

10 December 2016 8	Wellington Phoenix	4–0	Hamilton Wanderers	Hamilton
16:45	Cahill-Fleury  57', 72' M. Mata  88' Rufer  90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: FMG Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

17 December 2016 9	Waitakere United	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
14:00	Morgan  16' Thelen  83' (pen.)	Report	Singh  89', 90+4'	Stadium: The Trusts Arena Referee: John Rowbury

8 January 2017 10	Eastern Suburbs	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
14:00	Lovemore  74'	Report	Prattley  56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park Referee: Antony Riley

14 January 2017 11	Wellington Phoenix	1–3	Team Wellington	Wellington
16:15	Moretti  70' (o.g.)	Report	Stevens  14' Gulley  73' Jackson  90+1'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Referee: Cory Mills

22 January 2017 12	Tasman United	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Nelson
14:00	Hajdari  73'	Report	Watson  32'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park Referee: Nick Waldron

29 January 2017 13	Wellington Phoenix	1–4	Canterbury United	Wellington
14:00	Cahill-Fleury  78'	Report	Hoyle  29', 37' Williams  49' (o.g.) De Jong  70'	Stadium: Newtown Park Referee: Matthew Conger

6 February 2017 14	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Southern United	Wellington
14:00	Howard  8' (o.g.) Ridenton  73' (pen.) Rogerson  82'	Report		Stadium: Newtown Park Referee: John Rowbury

12 February 2017 15	Auckland City	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
16:35	Tavano  9' Lewis  53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Nick Waldron

19 February 2017 16	Wellington Phoenix	2–7	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington
14:00	McGarry  10' Rogerson  69' (pen.)	Report	Hoyle  19' Barbero  20', 27' Kilkolly  43' Willox  63' Mason-Smith  52', 89'	Stadium: Newtown Park Referee: Cory Mills

12 March 2017 17	Hamilton Wanderers	1–3	Wellington Phoenix	Tauranga
16:35	Dowling  68'	Report	L. Williams  41' (o.g.) Singh  54' McGarry  86'	Stadium: Links Avenue Referee: Chris Kerr

4 March 2017 18	Wellington Phoenix	0–2	Waitakere United	Auckland
16:15		Report	Morgan  54' B. Mata  57' (o.g.)	Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

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External links

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