2009–10 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix FC
2009–10 season
CEO	Tony Pignata
Chairman	Terry Serepisos
Manager	Ricki Herbert
A-League	4th
Finals	3rd
Top goalscorer	Paul Ifill; 13 Goals
Highest home attendance	32,792 v Newcastle; 7 March 2010
Lowest home attendance	4,115 v Newcastle; 4 November 2009
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season is the Wellington Phoenix's third season of football in the Hyundai A-League, making it the longest running New Zealand team in the competition, surpassing the defunct New Zealand Knights.

Players

First team squad

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	Mark Paston
2	DF	MLT	Manny Muscat
3	DF	NZL	Tony Lochhead
4	DF	AUS	Jon McKain
5	MF	BRA	Diego
6	MF	NZL	Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7	MF	NZL	Leo Bertos
8	FW	BRB	Paul Ifill
9	FW	ENG	Chris Greenacre
10	MF	AUS	Michael Ferrante
11	MF	BRA	Daniel
13	MF	AUS	Troy Hearfield


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	AUS	Adrian Caceres
15	FW	CIV	Eugene Dadi (Short-term contract)
16	DF	NZL	David Mulligan
17	MF	AUS	Vince Lia
18	DF	NZL	Ben Sigmund
19	MF	CHN	Jiang Chen (On loan)
20	GK	AUS	Reece Crowther (Youth)
21	MF	NZL	Marco Rojas (Youth)
22	DF	AUS	Andrew Durante (Captain)
23	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses (Youth)
40	GK	AUS	Liam Reddy (Short-term injury cover)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Notes
5	MF	Diego	Adelaide United
8	FW	Paul Ifill	Crystal Palace
9	FW	Chris Greenacre	Tranmere Rovers
14	MF	Adrián Cáceres	Central Coast Mariners
15	FW	Eugene Dadi	Perth Glory	^[1]
19	MF	Jiang Chen	Tianjin Teda F.C.	On loan
20	GK	Reece Crowther	Queens Park Rangers
21	MF	Marco Rojas	Waikato FC
40	GK	Liam Reddy	Brisbane Roar	Short-term injury cover

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	From
2	DF	Jeremy Christie	Waitakere United
5	DF	Karl Dodd	North Queensland Fury
8	FW	Vaughan Coveny	South Melbourne FC
9	FW	Shane Smeltz	Gold Coast United
12	MF	Richard Johnson	Retired
15	FW	Adam Kwasnik	Central Coast Mariners
19	FW	Greg Draper	Melbourne Knights FC
20	GK	Glen Moss	Melbourne Victory
21	MF	Leilei Gao	Beijing Hongdeng

Matches

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies

May 2009

Wellington Phoenix

2–0

Western Suburbs FC

Porirua Park, Porirua

27 June 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown
17:30 NZST	T. Hearfield 77'

5 July 2009	Cantebury Mainland XI	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
14:00 NZST

18 July 2009	Tianjin Teda F.C.	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin
			Brown 15' Sigmund 36'

21 July 2009	Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Zhuzhou
			56' C. Greenacre 81' A. Durante

25 July 2009

Central Coast Mariners

0–0

Wellington Phoenix

Apex Oval, Dubbo

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

9 August 2009 Round 1	Newcastle Jets	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 AEST 17:00 NZST	J. Hoffman 12', 23' A. D'Apuzzo 20' L. Milicevic 73' J. Naidovski 84'	(2–2) Report Summary	26' B. Sigmund 43' C. Greenacre 48' J. McKain 52' T. Lochhead	Attendance: 6,655 Referee: Chris Beath

16 August 2009 Round 2	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZST	M. Ferrante 2' P. Ifill 24' L. Bertos 85'	(1–1) Report Summary	3' V. Sikora 78' W. Srhoj 84' A. Pellegrino	Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Peter O'Leary

23 August 2009 Round 3	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
15:00 AEST 17:00 NZST	S. van Dijk 10' D. Tiatto 57' B. Malcolm 61' C. Moore 75' T. Oar 86' 88' M. Nichols 90' R. Kruse 90'	(1–0) Report Summary	45' M. Muscat 67' M. Ferrante 85' C. Greenacre	Attendance: 7,084 Referee: Chris Beath

30 August 2009 Round 4	Sydney FC	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEST 19:00 NZST	B. Gan 77' J. Aloisi 81'	(0–0) Report Summary	22' P. Ifill	Attendance: 11,718 Referee: Strebre Delovski

4 September 2009 Round 5	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZST 17:00 ACDT	Ifill 35' B. Sigmund 41' V. Lia 56' T. Brown 74'	(1–1) Report Summary	39' M. Marrone 42' 63' I. Fyfe 44' M. Rudan	Attendance: 7,523 Referee: Michael Hester

13 September 2009 Round 6	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 AEST 19:00 NZST	C. Hernández 4' N. Fabiano 14' M. Kemp 82'	(1–1) Report Summary	30' 90' T. Brown	Attendance: 17,644 Referee: Craig Zetter

20 September 2009 Round 7	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
15:00 NZST 13:00 AEST	L. Bertos 7' 88' A. Durante 27'	(1–0) Report Summary	31' D. McBreen 90'S. Stefanutto 90' C. Grossman	Attendance: 9,713 Referee: Peter Green

27 September 2009 Round 8	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 NZDT 13:00 AEST	A. Durante 37' M. Muscat 42' T. Brown 70'	(0–0) Report Summary	64' D. Macallister 90' A. Wilkinson	Attendance: 6,769 Referee: Michael Hester

2 October 2009 Round 9	Gold Coast United	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 AEST 23:00 NZDT	Robson 89'	(0–0) Report Summary	89' V. Lia	Attendance: 4,209 Referee: Gerard Parsons

17 October 2009 Round 10	North Queensland Fury	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 AEST 22:30 NZDT	C. Grossman 35' D. McBreen 74' D. Daal 76' R. Fowler 85'	(0–1) Report Summary	6' T. Brown 48' A. Durante 78' T. Lochhead	Attendance: 6,191 Referee: Chris Beath

25 October 2009 Round 11	Wellington Phoenix	6–0	Gold Coast United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZDT 14:00 AEST	Daniel 28', 53' T. Brown 48' 56' C. Greenacre 29' 54' P. Ifill 59' J. Chen 78' T. Hearfield 82'	(1–0) Report Summary	38' S. Pantelidis 88' Robson	Attendance: 6,571 Referee: Chris Beath

1 November 2009 Round 12	Sydney FC	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEDT 19:00 NZDT	M. Bridge 15', 35' S. Corica 30' 32' S. Colosimo 60' K. Kisel 71' S. Musialik 90'	(3–0) Report Summary	39' V. Lia 81' K. Barbarouses	Attendance: 10,653 Referee: Gerard Parsons

4 November 2009 Round 13	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
18:00 NZDT 16:00 AEDT	T. Brown 28' V. Lia 52' C. Greenacre 55' P. Ifill 90'	(1–0) Report Summary	21' A. Costanzo	Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Ben Williams

8 November 2009 Round 14	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZDT 15:00 AEDT	P. Ifill 18' 82' V. Lia 35' B. Sigmund 75'	(0–0) Report Summary	63' 70' W. Srhoj 81' J. Burns	Attendance: 6,930 Referee: Matthew Gillett

22 November 2009 Round 15	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Energy Australia Stadium
17:00 AEDT 15:00 NZDT	J. Wheelhouse 33' F. Vignaroli 36'	(0–1) Report Summary	14' P. Ifill	Attendance: 4,329 Referee: Peter Green

29 November 2009 Round 16	Brisbane Roar	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 AEST 22:00 NZDT	Reinaldo 17', 56' J. McCloughan 69' C. Miller 78' S. van Dijk 79' D. Dodd 90+1'	(1–1) Report Summary	27' C. Greenacre 58' M. Muscat 72' L. Bertos	Attendance: 6,307 Referee: Alan Milliner

4 December 2009 Round 17	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:30 NZDT 19:30 AEDT	V. Lia 6' T. Brown 58'	(0–0) Summary	25' 40' N. Ward 30' M. Kemp 87' R. Vargas	Attendance: 8,206 Referee: Michael Hester

12 December 2009 Round 18	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Sydney FC	FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
17:00 NZDT 15:00 AEDT	J. McKain 15' V. Lia 34' Daniel 90'	(0–1) Report Summary	16' (pen.) 71' S. Corica 78' A. Brosque 80' S. Colosimo 84' C. Bolton	Attendance: 6,459 Referee: Michael Hester

18 December 2009 Round 19	Adelaide United	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
20:00 ACDT 22:30 NZDT	Alemao 57' M. Leckie 70'	(0–0) Report Summary	45' L. Bertos 77' (o.g.) E. Galekovic 78' T. Lochhead	Attendance: 9,070 Referee: Craig Zetter

31 December 2009 Round 20	Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 AEDT 20:00 NZDT	M. Simon 51' N. Mrdja 61'	(0–0) Report Summary	47' (pen.), 81' P. Ifill 58' J. McKain 90' T. Hearfield	Attendance: 11,137 Referee: Matthew Breeze

9 January 2010 Round 21	Wellington Phoenix	3–1	Brisbane Roar	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZDT 15:00 AEST	T. Brown 26' E. Dadi 56', 62' T. Hearfield 68' L. Reddy 88'	(1–0) Report Summary	88' S. van Dijk 88' Reinaldo	Attendance: 8,927 Referee: Peter O'Leary

15 January 2010 Round 22	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZDT 16:30 AEST	M. Muscat 29' E. Dadi 47' T. Brown 55' P. Ifill 78' J. McKain 90'	(0–0) Summary	35' R. Fowler 46' C. Tadrosse 86' M. Smith	Attendance: 7,727 Referee: Peter Green

22 January 2010 Round 23	Perth Glory	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 AWST 23:00 NZDT	D. McBreen 23' T. Howarth 42' N. Sekulovski 72' S. Bulloch 83'	(2–0) Summary	8' T. Brown 25' E. Dadi 61' M. Muscat 72' V. Lia	Attendance: 9,368 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

26 January 2010 Round 24	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
18:00 AEDT 20:00 NZDT	T. Brown 17' (o.g.) A. Thompson 50' C. Hernandez 66' L. Broxham 71' M. Kemp 87'	(1–0) Report Summary	29' T. Brown 34' J. McKain	Attendance: 18,819 Referee: Chris Beath

30 January 2010 Round 25	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Adelaide United	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
17:00 NZDT 14:30 ACDT	P. Ifill 16' J. McKain 22' L. Bertos 80' T. Hearfield 90'	(1–0) Report Summary	26' A. Hughes 41' R. Cornthwaite	Attendance: 19,279 Referee: Peter O'Leary

7 February 2010 Round 26	Gold Coast United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
18:00 AEST 21:00 NZDT	C. Miller 20' Z. Caravella 41' Anderson 44'	(0–1) Report Summary	21' M. Muscat 42' A. Durante 45+2' (pen.) P. Ifill	Attendance: 4,202 Referee: Matthew Breeze

12 February 2010 Round 27	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:30 NZDT 15:30 AEDT	T. Brown 14' V. Lia 68' P. Ifill 79', 81' T. Hearfield 82'	(1–0) Report Summary	75' M. Simon 83' A. Clark	Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Chris Beath

2009–10 Finals series

21 February 2010 Semi Final 4 v 5	Wellington Phoenix	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZST	J. McKain 32' 105' C. Greenacre 37' E. Dadi 118' P. Ifill A. Durante T. Brown A. Caceres	(1–0) Report Summary Penalties 4–2	21' S. Srhoj 31' 67' S. Neville 60' A. Todd 72' J. Burns S. McGarry N. Sekulovski S. Bulloch D. McBreen	Attendance: 24,267 Referee: Strebre Delovski

7 March 2010 Minor Semi Final	Wellington Phoenix	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 NZST	T. Brown 33' A. Durante 98' P. Ifill 105' M. Muscat 112' E. Dadi 115'	(1–1) Report Summary	20' M. Thompson 35' A. D'Apuzzo 45+1' J. Wheelhouse 88' A. Abbas	Attendance: 32,792 Referee: Matthew Breeze

13 March 2010 Preliminary Final	Sydney FC	4–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 AEST	C. Payne 22', 31' 84' A. Brosque 63' T. McFlynn 66' M. Bridge 71'	(2–1) Report Summary	27' A. Durante 81' E. Dadi	Attendance: 13,196 Referee: Peter Green

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W
Position	6	5	4	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	5	5	6	5	4	4

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	Qualification for Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	−9	29

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Statistics

Appearances

Rank	Player	Minutes played by round																														Total
Rank	Player	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	F1	F2	F3	App.	GS			Min.
1	Andrew Durante	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	120	120	90	30	30	0	0	2,760
	Paul Ifill	69	74	89	90	90	90	56	74	90	90	67	90	90	90	85	90	90	90	90	84	78	90	90	72	90	90	90	120	120	79	30	30	0	11	2,597
	Leo Bertos	90	90	90	90	84	64	90	84	89	87	71	63	13	23	71	78	90	90	90	90	90	90	55	26	23	33	77	70	66	90	30	25	5	13	2,157
4	Troy Hearfield	78	16	1	15	7	26	34	6		77	19	13	3	14	5	28	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	120	74	58	29	16	13	4	1,584
5	Tony Lochhead	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90			90	90	90	75	120	90	28	28	0	1	2,535
6	Tim Brown	90				90	90	90	90	90	90	90	77	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	74	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	120	120	65	27	27	0	3	2,436
7	Manny Muscat	90	90	90	90		90	75	90	90	13	90	90	90	90	90	58				90	90	90	90	90	90	66	67	120	120	90	26	25	1	3	2,229
7	Vince Lia		13	21	47	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90		90	90	90	90	90	82	90	88			90	90	120	109	90	26	23	3	3	2,190
9	Chris Greenacre	90	90	90	75	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	87	67	90	70							26	90	90	90	84	106	120	90	24	23	1	6	1,985
10	Daniel	21	16	21	10	90	77	66		80	72	71	90	77	76	63	62	85	90	64						13		13		54	32	22	14	8	11	1,243
11	Ben Sigmund	90	90	90	90	83		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90						64	64				14	120		20	19	1	3	1,695
12	Jon McKain	90	77	90	90	90	89											5	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	105		90	19	18	1	2	1,626
12	Adrian Caceres							24	57	1		19		2	20	27	12	56	67	14	89	12		35	26	77	57	23	50			19	6	13	6	668
14	Mark Paston	90	90	90		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	8			90		90														13	13	0	1	1,088
14	Kosta Barbarouses								33	10			27	88	70	19	20	34	23	76	6		22		18							13	3	10	3	446
16	Liam Reddy																			90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	120	120	90	12	12	0	0	1,140
16	Diego	12	74	69	43	6										90					16	8		2	90					11	10	12	5	7	3	431
18	Eugene Dadi																					90	68	90	64	67	24	6	45	46	25	10	5	5	3	525
19	Reece Crowther				90								82	90	90		90		90													6	5	1	0	532
19	Michael Ferrante		90	69	80		1	15			18																					6	3	3	3	273
21	Marco Rojas						13		16											26	1											4	0	4	0	56
22	Jiang Chen										3	23																				2	0	2	0	26
23	David Mulligan																															0	0	0	0	0

  Player started
  Player subbed in
  Player suspended
  Player injured/sick
  Player on international duty
  Player left club/not signed/loan expired

Goal scorers

Rank	Player	Goals by round																														Total
Rank	Player	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	F1	F2	F3	Total
1	Paul Ifill		1			1						1		1	1	1					2		1				1	2		1		13
2	Tim Brown						1				1	1		1				1				1						1		1		8
3	Chris Greenacre	1		1								1		1			1												1			6
4	Eugene Dadi																					2	1							1	1	5
5	Daniel											2																				2
	Leo Bertos		1					1																								2
	Jon McKain																						1			1						2
8	Ben Sigmund	1																														1
	Troy Hearfield											1																				1
	Kosta Barbarouses												1																			1
	Andrew Durante																														1	1

Goal scored from penalty kick

Goal assists

Rank	Player	Assists by round																														Total
Rank	Player	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	F1	F2	F3	Total
1	Paul Ifill										1	3										1	1			1				1	1	9
2	Leo Bertos	2	1			1								1			1	1					1									8
3	Daniel			1			1					1	1																			4
3	Adrian Caceres											1			1					1	1											4
5	Manny Muscat																					1						1	1			3
6	Kosta Barbarouses													2																		2
	Andrew Durante							1														1										2
	Tim Brown																										1			1		2
	Vince Lia											1																			1	2
10	Tony Lochhead															1																1
	Chris Greenacre																											1				1
	Diego																													1		1

Discipline

Rank	Player	Cards by round																														Total
Rank	Player	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	F1	F2	F3
1	Manny Muscat																															6		1
1	Vince Lia																															9
3	Tim Brown																															7
4	Jon McKain																															4	1
5	Andrew Durante																															5
6	Leo Bertos																															4
6	Troy Hearfield																															4
8	Paul Ifill																															3
8	Tony Lochhead																															3
10	Eugene Dadi																															2
	Michael Ferrante																															2
	Ben Sigmund																															2
13	Jiang Chen																															1
	Daniel																															1
	Chris Greenacre																															1
	Liam Reddy																															1

Goal times

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2009–10 season
nth Min.	Goals for Wellington Phoenix	Goals against Wellington Phoenix
01-05	0	2
06-10	2	1
11–15	2	2
16–20	0	4
21–25	2	3
26–30	7	0
31–35	2	3
36–40	1	0
41–45	2	2
46–50	3	1
51–55	3	0
56–60	3	2
61–65	1	1
66–70	0	3
71–75	0	1
76–80	3	2
81–85	8	3
86–90	2	5
In e.t.	2	0

Home attendance

Date	Round	Attendance	Opposition	Stadium
16 August 2009	Round 2	1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium
4 September 2009	Round 5	7,578	Adelaide United
20 September 2009	Round 7	9,713	North Queensland Fury
27 September 2009	Round 8	6,769	Central Coast Mariners
25 October 2009	Round 11	6,517	Gold Coast United
4 November 2009	Round 13	4,115	Newcastle Jets
8 November 2009	Round 14	6,930	Perth Glory
4 December 2009	Round 17	8,209	Melbourne Victory
12 December 2009	Round 18	6,459	Sydney FC	FMG Stadium
9 January 2010	Round 21	8,925	Brisbane Roar	Westpac Stadium
15 January 2010	Round 22	7,727	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium
30 January 2010	Round 25	19,258	Adelaide United	AMI Stadium
12 February 2010	Round 27	14,327	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium
21 February 2010	Semi-Final 4 v 5	24,278	Perth Glory
7 March 2010	Minor Semi-Final	32,792	Newcastle Jets
Total	173,639
Average	11,576

Club

Manny Muscat in the club's home strip

Technical staff

First team Coach: Ricki Herbert
Goalkeeping Coach: Jonathan Gould
Technical Analyst: Luciano Trani
First team Physiotherapist: Adam Crump
Masseur: Dene Carroll
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Ed Baranowski

Kit

The team kit for the 2009–10 season was produced by Reebok. The home kit was changed to a black and yellow vertically striped shirt with black shorts and socks. The away kit features black sleeves with yellow trim on a white background, while the shorts are white with a yellow and black side trim, with white socks. Sony renewed its contract with the Wellington Phoenix and remained the club's major sponsor.^[2]

Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony

Home

Away

Goalkeeper home

Goalkeeper away

End-of-season awards

See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC end-of-season awards

Sony Player of the Year: Andrew Durante
Members' Player of the Year: Paul Ifill
Players' Player of the Year: Paul Ifill
Media Player of the Year: Paul Ifill
Golden Boot: Paul Ifill – 12 goals
Under-23 Player of the Year: Troy Hearfield

References

^ "Glory shuts door on Dadi". thewest.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ Sony back onboard with Phoenix Archived 21 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Wellington Phoenix, 7 August 2009

[Dadi-1] "Glory shuts door on Dadi". thewest.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[2] Sony back onboard with Phoenix Archived 21 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Wellington Phoenix, 7 August 2009

[1]

[2]