# 2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC (women) season

The 2022–23 Wellington Phoenix season was the club's second season in the A-League Women, the premier competition for women's football in Australia, originally known as the W-League.
On 25 May, Wellington Phoenix announced that head coach Gemma Lewis had signed a one-year contract extension with the club. However, four months later Lewis departed to take up a job in her homeland with the Football Association of Wales, and assistant coach Natalie Lawrence replaced her as head coach. The following month, Lawrence appointed Callum Holmes as assistant coach and Maia Vink as the team analyst and second assistant coach, later confirming the rest of the staff with only the strength and conditioning coach, Daniel Gordon, retained.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 November 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NZL | Lily Alfeld (captain) |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Saskia Vosper |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Kate Taylor (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | NZL | Mackenzie Barry |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Marisa van der Meer |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Isabel Gomez |
| 7 | MF | NZL | Chloe Knott |
| 8 | FW | NZL | Grace Wisnewski |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Ava Pritchard |
| 10 | MF | NZL | Alyssa Whinham |
| 11 | MF | NZL | Betsy Hassett |
| 12 | GK | NZL | Brianna Edwards |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | NZL | Paige Satchell |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Michaela Robertson |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Zoe McMeeken |
| 16 | FW | NZL | Emma Rolston |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Clauda Cicco |
| 18 | MF | NZL | Te Reremoana Walker (scholarship) |
| 19 | DF | NZL | Charlotte Lancaster (scholarship) |
| 20 | FW | NZL | Milly Clegg (amateur) |
| 21 | DF | NZL | Michaela Foster (scholarship) |
| 22 | GK | NZL | Georgia Candy (scholarship) |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 13 | FW | Paige Satchell | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 July 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Betsy Hassett | Stjarnan | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 July 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Marisa van der Meer | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 1 year | 7 September 2022 |
| 17 | DF | Clauda Cicco | APIA Leichhardt | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 October 2022 |
| 21 | DF | Michaela Foster | Northern Rovers | Free transfer | 1 year (scholarship) | 21 October 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Milly Clegg | Auckland United | Free transfer | 1 year (amateur) | 4 November 2022 |

#### From academy squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 14 | MF | | Michaela Robertson | 26 | |
| 22 | GK | | Georgia Candy | 21 | scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Grace Jale | Canberra United | End of contract | 15 July 2022 |
| 17 | DF | Talitha Kramer | Brisbane Roar | End of contract | 31 August 2022 |
| 14 | DF | Cushla Rue | Western Sydney Wanderers | End of contract | 26 October 2022 |
| 5 | FW | Jordan Jasnos | Unattached | End of contract | 19 November 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Kelli Brown | Unattached | End of contract | 19 November 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Hannah Jones | Unattached | End of contract | 19 November 2022 |
| 18 | DF | Annabel Martin | Unattached | End of contract | 19 November 2022 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 4 | Mackenzie Barry | DF | 1 year | 13 July 2022 |
| 10 | Alyssa Whinham | MF | 2 years | 18 July 2022 |
| 1 | Lily Alfeld | GK | 1 year | 21 July 2022 |
| 3 | Kate Taylor | DF | 1 year | 26 July 2022 |
| 12 | Brianna Edwards | GK | 1 year | 27 July 2022 |
| 7 | Chloe Knott | MF | 2 years | 29 July 2022 |
| 6 | Isabel Gomez | MF | 1 year | 4 August 2022 |
| 8 | Grace Wisnewski | FW | 1 year | 2 September 2022 |
| 15 | Zoe McMeeken | DF | 1 year | 6 September 2022 |
| 9 | Ava Pritchard | FW | 1 year | 8 September 2022 |
| 2 | Saskia Vosper | DF | 1 year | 16 September 2022 |
| 18 | Te Reremoana Walker | MF | 1 year (scholarship) | 21 October 2022 |
| 19 | Charlotte Lancaster | DF | 1 year (scholarship) | 21 October 2022 |

## A-League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 19 |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 18 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 18 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 14 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 13 |
* ↑ A new Women's A-League record for a standalone regular season game.
* ↑ The APL awarded Western United a 3–0 win as a result of Brisbane Roar fielding an ineligible player, after the round 17 match had originally finished 2–0 for Brisbane.

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed
* All times are in NZST

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 April 2023. Source: https://keepup.com.au/a-league-women/results/2022-2023

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | B | A | H | A | A | H | A | B | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | B | W | D | L | L | W | D | B | L | L | D | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 1 April 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League | A-League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers: ||||||||
| 1 | GK | NZL | Lily Alfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NZL | Brianna Edwards | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NZL | Georgia Candy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders: ||||||||
| 2 | DF | NZL | Saskia Vosper | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Kate Taylor | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | NZL | Mackenzie Barry | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Marisa van der Meer | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Zoe McMeeken | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Claudo Cicco | 13 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NZL | Charlotte Lancaster | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NZL | Michaela Foster | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||
| 6 | MF | AUS | Isabel Gomez | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NZL | Chloe Knott | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NZL | Alyssa Whinham | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NZL | Betsy Hassett | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Michaela Robertson | 16 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | NZL | Te Reremoana Walker | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| Forwards: ||||||||
| 8 | FW | NZL | Grace Wisnewski | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Ava Pritchard | 18 | 3 | 14+4 | 3 |
| 13 | FW | NZL | Paige Satchell | 15 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | NZL | Emma Rolston | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NZL | Milly Clegg | 16 | 4 | 9+7 | 4 |
| 25 | FW | NZL | Emma Main | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
* Source: Wellington Phoenix

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.
    As of 1 April 2023
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | A-League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 12 | Brianna Edwards | 2 | 2 |

### Disciplinary records

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total disciplinary records are equal.
    As of 1 April 2023
| Pos. | No. | Name | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| DF | 3 | Kate Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | 16 | Emma Rolston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 5 | Marisa van der Meer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | 21 | Michaela Foster | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 8 | Grace Wisnewski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 9 | Ava Pritchard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 13 | Paige Satchell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Te Reremoana Walker | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Saskia Vosper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 4 | Mackenzie Barry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 6 | Isabel Gomez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 7 | Chloe Knott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 11 | Betsy Hassett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 20 | Milly Clegg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Awards
### Players

| No. | Pos. | Player | Award |
| 21 | DF | Michaela Foster | Wellington Phoenix Player of the Year |
| 21 | DF | Michaela Foster | Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year |
| 21 | DF | Michaela Foster | Wellington Phoenix Members' Player of the Year |
| 21 | DF | Michaela Foster | Wellington Phoenix Media Player of the Year |
| 21 | DF | Michaela Foster | Wellington Phoenix Goal of the Year |
| 20 | FW | Milly Clegg | Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year |
| 1 | GK | Lily Alfeld | Lloyd Morrison Spirit of the Phoenix award |