# 2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season

The 2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the eighth time and the FFA Cup for the first time. Wellington Phoenix also competed in New Zealand's domestic league, the ASB Premiership, with a reserves squad for the first time.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | MLT | Manny Muscat |
| 3 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths |
| 4 | MF | NED | Roly Bonevacia |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Michael Boxall |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Josh Brindell-South |
| 7 | FW | CRC | Kenny Cunningham |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Alex Rodriguez |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Nathan Burns |
| 10 | MF | NZL | Michael McGlinchey |
| 11 | MF | NZL | Kwabena Appiah |
| 12 | FW | NZL | Tyler Boyd |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | ESP | Albert Riera |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Alex Rufer |
| 15 | MF | NZL | Jason Hicks |
| 16 | DF | NZL | Louis Fenton |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Vince Lia |
| 18 | DF | NZL | Ben Sigmund (vice-captain) |
| 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 |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 4 | MF | Roly Bonevacia | 32 | Roda JC | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 8 | MF | Alex Rodriguez | 31 | Sunderland | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 9 | FW | Nathan Burns | 36 | Incheon United | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 10 | MF | Michael McGlinchey | 37 | Central Coast Mariners | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 19 | DF | Tom Doyle | 32 | Team Wellington | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 11 | FW | Kwabena Appiah | 32 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | wellingtonphoenix.com |
| 3 | FW | Joel Griffiths | 45 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | radionz.co.nz |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 21 | MF | Carlos Hernández | 42 | C.S. Cartaginés | Contract Terminated | Pre-season | Free | footballaustralia.com.au http://cartagines.net/ |
| 7 | MF | Leo Bertos | 42 | East Bengal | End of contract | Pre-season | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 10 | FW | Stein Huysegems | 42 | | End of contract | Pre-season | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 4 | DF | Luke Adams | 30 | | End of contract | Pre-season | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 3 | DF | Reece Caira | 31 | | Released | Mid-season | Free | wellingtonphoenix.com.au |
| 11 | FW | Jeremy Brockie | 37 | SuperSport United | Transfer | Mid-season | | goal.com |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| First team coach | Ernie Merrick |
| Assistant coach | Chris Greenacre |
| Reserves team coach | Andy Hedge |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Jonathan Gould |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Lee Spence |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | ASB Premiership | ASB Premiership | ASB Premiership | ASB Premiership | ASB Premiership |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Glen Moss | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Manny Muscat | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Joel Griffiths | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Roly Bonevacia | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Michael Boxall | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Josh Brindell-South | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Kenny Cunningham | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Alex Rodriguez | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | Nathan Burns | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Michael McGlinchey | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Kwabena Appiah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Tyler Boyd | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Albert Riera | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Alex Rufer | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Jason Hicks | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Louis Fenton | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Vince Lia | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Ben Sigmund | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Tom Doyle | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | GK | | Lewis Italiano | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Roy Krishna | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19+5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Andrew Durante | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Matthew Ridenton | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Louis Evans | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Xavier Pratt | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Joel Stevens | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Oliver Sail | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Andrew Blake | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Tamupiwa Dimairo | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | James McGarry | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Sam Wilson | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | | Cherbel Khouchaba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Nathaniel Hailemariam | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | | Justin Gulley | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Joe Bell | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Marcel Kampman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | | Ruairi Cahill-Fleury | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Merlin Luke-Miny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | | Gianni Bouzoukis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Liam Wood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Sam Gillespie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | | Christian Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Reece Caira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Jeremy Brockie | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 3 May 2015
* 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.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 4th | 12 October 2014 | 26 April 2015 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 3 May 2015 | 3 May 2015 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 5 August 2014 | 5 August 2014 |
| ASB Premiership | — | 6th | 2 November 2014 | 14 March 2015 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 50 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 50 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 23 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 18 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 17 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
* ↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 April 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
### ASB Premiership
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Auckland City | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 42 | Qualification to the 2015–16 OFC Champions League |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 30 | Qualification to the 2015 ASB Premiership Finals |
| 3 | Hawke's Bay United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 27 | Qualification to the 2015 ASB Premiership Finals |
| 4 | Waitakere United | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 26 | Qualification to the 2015 ASB Premiership Finals |
| 5 | WaiBOP United | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 22 | |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 21 | |
| 7 | Wanderers SC | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 17 | |
| 8 | Canterbury United | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 14 | |
| 9 | Southern United | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 10 | |
* ↑ The second OFC Champions League spot will be awarded to the team who wins the grand final, or the league runner-up if the premiers also win the grand final

#### 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 2015. 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 | A | H | B | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | B | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | ✖ | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | ✖ | L | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |