# 2021–22 Wellington Phoenix FC (women) season

The 2021–22 Wellington Phoenix season was the club's inaugural season in the A-League Women, the premier competition for women's football in Australia, originally known as the W-League.
The club's manager for the season was Gemma Lewis, with Natalie Lawrence as assistant.
Due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, including not being able to play home games in New Zealand, the team played their home games at WIN Stadium located in Wollongong, Australia.

## Season milestones

Former Perth Glory keeper and 2020–21 players’ player of the year, Lily Alfeld, was announced as the club's inaugural signing. She was later announced as the club's inaugural captain.
Wellington Phoenix started their debut season with a 0–0 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers at the Wollongong Showgrounds.
Ava Pritchard scored the club's first goal in their second game of the season, in a 1–5 loss to Newcastle Jets.
On 11 February 2022, the Phoenix achieved their first ever win in the A-League Women in a 3–0 away win against Canberra United.
They got their second win of the season against Western Sydney Wanderers, winning 3–2 on the 1st March but it wasn't enough to get them off the bottom of the table and after losing their last game of the season to Perth Glory, they finished the season with the wooden spoon.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 3 November 2021
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 | FW | AUS | Jordan Jasnos |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Isabel Gomez |
| 7 | MF | NZL | Chloe Knott |
| 8 | FW | NZL | Grace Wisnewski |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Ava Pritchard |
| 10 | MF | NZL | Grace Jale |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Kelli Brown |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Brianna Edwards |
| 13 | MF | NZL | Te Reremoana Walker |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Cushla Rue |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Zoe McMeeken |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Hannah Jones |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Talitha Kramer |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Annabel Martin |
| 19 | DF | NZL | Charlotte Lancaster (scholarship) |
| 20 | MF | NZL | Alyssa Whinham |

## Competitions
### A-League Women
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 33 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 27 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 24 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Canberra United | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 10 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 7 | |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 7 | |

#### Matches

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

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 March 2022. Source: A-League Women

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 4 March 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League | A-League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers: ||||||||
| 1 | GK | NZL | Lily Alfeld | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Brianna Edwards | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Defenders: ||||||||
| 2 | DF | NZL | Saskia Vosper | 13 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Kate Taylor | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | NZL | Mackenzie Barry | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Cushla Rue | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Zoe McMeeken | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Talitha Kramer | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Annabel Martin | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NZL | Charlotte Lancaster | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||
| 6 | MF | AUS | Isabel Gomez | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NZL | Chloe Knott | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | NZL | Grace Jale | 11 | 6 | 10+1 | 6 |
| 13 | MF | NZL | Te Reremoana Walker | 12 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Hannah Jones | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NZL | Alyssa Whinham | 14 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 |
| Forwards: ||||||||
| 5 | FW | AUS | Jordan Jasnos | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | NZL | Grace Wisnewski | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Ava Pritchard | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Kelli Brown | 6 | 0 | 4+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 4 March 2022
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | A-League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Lily Alfeld | 2 | 2 |

### Disciplinary records

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total disciplinary records are equal.
    As of 4 March 2022
| Pos. | No. | Name | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| DF | 17 | Talitha Kramer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | 6 | Isabel Gomez | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 8 | Grace Wisnewski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 9 | Ava Pritchard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 16 | Hannah Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Saskia Vosper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 3 | Kate Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 4 | Mackenzie Barry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 7 | Chloe Knott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 10 | Grace Jale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 13 | Te Reremoana Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |