# 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.

## 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 | |

### Transfers in

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

### Transfers out

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

### Contracts extensions

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Hamish Watson | Centre forward | 1 year | 2017 |
| Vince Lia | Defensive midfielder | 1 year | 2017 |
| Alex Rufer | Attacking midfielder | 2 years | 2018 |
| Adam Parkhouse | Winger | 2 years | 2019 |
| Tom Doyle | Left back | 2 years | 2019 |

## 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Stirling Sports Premiership | Stirling Sports Premiership | Stirling Sports Premiership | Stirling Sports Premiership | Stirling Sports Premiership |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 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.

## 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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 66 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 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 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### 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 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 |

#### Matches
### 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 | Qualification to the Finals series |
| 4 | Hawke's Bay United | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 32 | Qualification to the Finals series |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |