# 2024–25 Wellington Phoenix FC season

The 2024–25 season is Wellington Phoenix Football Club's 18th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in this season's edition of the Australia Cup.

## Players

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 | NGA | Josh Oluwayemi |
| 3 | MF | NZL | Corban Piper (scholarship) |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Scott Wootton |
| 5 | MF | NZL | Fin Roa Conchie |
| 6 | DF | NZL | Tim Payne |
| 7 | FW | NZL | Kosta Barbarouses |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Paulo Retre |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Hideki Ishige |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Stefan Colakovski |
| 12 | MF | POR | Francisco Geraldes (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim) |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Alex Rufer (captain) |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Isaac Hughes |
| 17 | FW | NZL | Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues (scholarship) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | NZL | Lukas Kelly-Heald |
| 19 | DF | NZL | Sam Sutton |
| 21 | FW | NZL | Marco Rojas |
| 23 | FW | NZL | Luke Supyk (scholarship) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Nagasawa |
| 27 | DF | NZL | Matthew Sheridan |
| 29 | FW | NZL | Luke Brooke-Smith (scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | NZL | Alby Kelly-Heald |
| 35 | GK | NZL | Dublin Boon (scholarship) |
| 36 | DF | NZL | Xuan Loke (scholarship) |
| 39 | DF | NZL | Jayden Smith (scholarship) |
| 41 | FW | NZL | Nathan Walker (scholarship) |

### Other players with first-team appearances

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 |
| 42 | FW | NZL | Fergus Gillion |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 46 | MF | NZL | Lachlan Candy |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 21 | FW | Marco Rojas | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 July 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Paulo Retre | Goa | Free transfer | 2 years | 26 July 2024 |
| 29 | FW | Luke Brooke-Smith | Hamilton Wanderers | Free transfer | 3 years, first two of which are on scholarship terms. | 13 August 2024 |
| 1 | GK | Josh Oluwayemi | Lahti | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 August 2024 |
| 25 | MF | Kazuki Nagasawa | Vegalta Sendai | Free transfer | 2 years | 29 August 2024 |
| 9 | FW | Hideki Ishige | Gamba Osaka | Free transfer | 2 years | 2 September 2024 |
| 3 | MF | Corban Piper | Birkenhead United | Free transfer | 1 year scholarship | 16 September 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Stefan Colakovski | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 October 2024 |
| 12 | MF | Francisco Geraldes | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Loan | 5 months | 12 February 2025 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Oskar Zawada | Unattached | End of contract | 18 May 2024 |
| 40 | GK | Alex Paulsen | Bournemouth | Undisclosed | 4 June 2024 |
| 17 | MF | Youstin Salas | Deportivo Saprissa | End of loan | 5 June 2024 |
| 15 | MF | Nicholas Pennington | Perth Glory | End of contract | 19 June 2024 |
| 25 | GK | Jack Duncan | Melbourne Victory | End of contract | 8 July 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Ben Old | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed | 10 July 2024 |
| 11 | MF | Bozhidar Kraev | Western Sydney Wanderers | End of contract | 16 July 2024 |
| 3 | DF | Finn Surman | Portland Timbers | Undisclosed | 20 July 2024 |
| 24 | FW | Oskar van Hattum | Sligo Rovers | Mutual contract termination | 11 January 2025 |
| 10 | FW | David Ball | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 13 January 2025 |
| 12 | MF | Mohamed Al-Taay | Western Sydney Wanderers | Mutual contract termination | 17 January 2025 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 35 | GK | Dublin Boon | 19 | 1-year scholarship contract |
| 39 | DF | Jayden Smith | 17 | 3-year contract, first two of which are on scholarship terms |
| 41 | FW | Nathan Walker | 18 | 4-year contract, first two of which are on scholarship terms |
| 36 | DF | Xuan Loke | 18 | 2.5-year contract, the first 1.5 years of which are on scholarship terms |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 7 | Kosta Barbarouses | Winger | 1 year | 23 May 2024 | |
| 27 | Matthew Sheridan | Right-back | 3 years | 9 September 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2027–28 and upgraded to full-pro |
| 30 | Alby Kelly-Heald | Goalkeeper | 3 years | 9 September 2024 | New 3-year contract, replacing previous scholarship contract which was until end of 2026–27 |
| 15 | Isaac Hughes | Centre-back | 3 years | 20 September 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2027–28 |
| 1 | Josh Oluwayemi | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 30 October 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26 |
| 6 | Tim Payne | Full-back | 3 years | 17 December 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2027–28 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Men | 20 October 2024 | 2 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 025.00 |
| Australia Cup | 6 August 2024 | 6 August 2024 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 023.81 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### A-League Men
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 22 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 20 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 11 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 13 | Perth Glory | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 11 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League Home figures include Wellington Phoenix's 1–0 win on neutral ground against Melbourne Victory on 24 November 2024.

#### 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 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | N | B | A | H | A | H | B | A | H | H | A | H | B | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | X | L | L | L | W | X | L | L | D | W | D | X | D | L | L | L | L | D | | | | | | |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Australia Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 16 March 2025
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Josh Oluwayemi | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Corban Piper | 9+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Scott Wootton | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | Fin Roa Conchie | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Tim Payne | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Kosta Barbarouses | 20 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
| 8 | MF | | Paulo Retre | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Hideki Ishige | 17+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | Stefan Colakovski | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Francisco Geraldes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Alex Rufer | 12+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Isaac Hughes | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Lukas Kelly-Heald | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Sam Sutton | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | | Marco Rojas | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Luke Supyk | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Kazuki Nagasawa | 14+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | | Matthew Sheridan | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Luke Brooke-Smith | 2+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | | Alby Kelly-Heald | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | | Tze-Xuan Loke | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Jayden Smith | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | | Nathan Walker | 4+14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 42 | FW | | Fergus Gillion | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | | Lachlan Candy | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | | David Ball | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Mohamed Al-Taay | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Oskar van Hattum | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | 14 | MF | | Alex Rufer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 19 | DF | | Sam Sutton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Corban Piper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Paulo Retre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 25 | MF | | Kazuki Nagasawa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Kosta Barbarouses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 27 | DF | | Matthew Sheridan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Hideki Ishige | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | DF | | Isaac Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 30 | GK | | Alby Kelly-Heald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 12 | MF | | Mohamed Al-Taay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 24 | FW | | Oskar van Hattum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Josh Oluwayemi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 30 | | Alby Kelly-Heald | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |