List of Wellington Phoenix FC end-of-season awards

The following list of awards are presented at the Annual Wellington Phoenix awards evening usually held at the conclusion of the regular home and away season.

Men's awards

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Player of the Year

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The top award is voted for by coaches, chief executive and the football operations manager. After each game points would be awarded to the 3 top players and the player with the most accumulated points at the conclusion of the regular season is presented with the award.

Year Player
2007–08   Shane Smeltz
2008–09   Leo Bertos
2009–10   Andrew Durante
2010–11   Ben Sigmund
2011–12   Ben Sigmund
2012–13   Andrew Durante
2013–14   Albert Riera
2014–15   Nathan Burns
2015–16   Glen Moss
2016–17   Kosta Barbarouses
2017–18   Roy Krishna
2018–19   Roy Krishna
2019–20   David Ball[1]
2020–21   Ulises Dávila[2]
2021–22   Oliver Sail[3]
2022–23   Oskar Zawada[4]
2023-24   Kosta Barbarouses[5]

Players' Player of the Year

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The Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year award is presented to the player who is deemed to be the best player overall at the end of the season as judged by his teammates. Each player in the team votes three times over the season: after Round 7, Round 14 and Round 21.

Year Player
2007–08   Shane Smeltz
2008–09   Shane Smeltz
2009–10   Paul Ifill
2010–11   Manny Muscat
2011–12   Ben Sigmund
2012–13   Jeremy Brockie
2013–14   Vince Lia
2014–15   Nathan Burns
2015–16   Glen Moss
2016–17   Roy Krishna
2017–18   Dylan Fox
2018–19   Roy Krishna
2019–20   Liberato Cacace[6]
2020–21   Ulises Dávila[7]
2021–22   Oliver Sail[3]
2022–23   Oskar Zawada[4]
2023-24   Alex Paulsen[5]

Under-23 Player of the Year

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The Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year is voted upon by all season member ticket holders at the conclusion of the regular season. The Player with the most votes is awarded the trophy.

Year Player
2009–10   Troy Hearfield
2010–11   Marco Rojas
2012–13   Louis Fenton
2013–14   Tyler Boyd
2014–15   Roly Bonevacia
2015–16   Dylan Fox
2016–17   Jacob Tratt
2017–18   Matthew Ridenton
2018–19   Liberato Cacace
2019–20   Liberato Cacace[8]
2020–21   Ben Waine[9]
2021–22   Sam Sutton[3]
2022–23   Callan Elliot[4]
2023-24   Alex Paulsen[5]

Golden Boot

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The Wellington Phoenix Golden Boot is awarded to the player who has scored the most goals during the regular season (Finals Series' goals are not included in this tally).

Year Player League goals
2007–08   Shane Smeltz 10
2008–09   Shane Smeltz 12
2009–10   Paul Ifill 12
2010–11   Chris Greenacre 8
2011–12   Paul Ifill 7
2012–13   Jeremy Brockie 16
2013–14   Stein Huysegems 10
2014–15   Nathan Burns 13
2015–16   Blake Powell 8
2016–17   Roy Krishna 12
2017–18   Andrija Kaludjerovic 9
2018–19   Roy Krishna 18
2019–20   Ulises Dávila 12[10]
2020–21   Tomer Hemed 11[11]
2021–22   Gael Sandoval
  Jaushua Sotirio
  Ben Waine
6[12]
2022–23   Oskar Zawada 15[4]
2023-24   Kosta Barbarouses 13[5]

Goal of the Year

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Year Player Against
2011–12   Tim Brown Sydney FC on 27 November 2011
2012–13 not awarded
2013–14   Kenny Cunningham Melbourne Victory on 18 January 2014
2014–15   Roy Krishna Newcastle Jets on 6 December 2014
2015–16   Roly Bonevacia Melbourne City on 25 January 2016
2016–17   Vince Lia Central Coast Mariners on 10 December 2016
2017–18   Roy Krishna Brisbane Roar on 28 October 2017
2018–19   David Williams Newcastle Jets on 30 March 2019
2019–20   Ulises Dávila Sydney FC on 21 December 2020[13]
2020–21   Cameron Devlin Western Sydney Wanderers on 15 March 2021[14]
2022–23   Clayton Lewis Macarthur FC on 6 November 2022[4]
2023-24   Ben Old Adelaide United on 3 March 2024[5]

Members' Player of the Year

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The Wellington Phoenix Members' Player of the Year award was voted upon by all season member ticket holders at the conclusion of the regular season. The Player with most votes was awarded the trophy.

Year Player
2007–08   Shane Smeltz
2008–09   Ben Sigmund
2009–10   Paul Ifill
2010–11   Manny Muscat
2011–12   Ben Sigmund
2012–13 not awarded
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20   Liberato Cacace[15]
2020–21   Oli Sail[16]
2021–22   David Ball[3]
2022–23   Oskar Zawada[4]
2023-24   Alex Paulsen[5]

Media Player of the Year

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Year Player
2007–08   Shane Smeltz
2008–09   Shane Smeltz
2009–10   Paul Ifill
2010–11   Marco Rojas
2011–12   Ben Sigmund
2012–13 not awarded
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20   Liberato Cacace[17]
2020–21   Ulises Dávila[18]
2021–22   Oliver Sail[3]
2022–23   Oskar Zawada[4]
2023-24   Kosta Barbarouses[5]

Women's awards

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Wellington Phoenix first entered a women's team into the A-League Women for the 2021–22 season.[19]

Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22   Kate Taylor[3]
2022–23   Michaela Foster[4]
2023-24   Mackenzie Barry[5]

Players' Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22   Lily Alfeld[3]
2022–23   Michaela Foster[4]
2023-24   Mackenzie Barry[5]

Under-23 Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22   Alyssa Whinham[3]
2022–23   Milly Clegg[4]
2023-24   Macey Fraser[5]

Golden Boot

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The Wellington Phoenix Golden Boot is awarded to the player who has scored the most goals during the regular season (Finals Series' goals are not included in this tally).

Year Player League goals
2021–22   Grace Jale 6[20]
2022–23   Milly Clegg 4[4]
2023-24   Mariana Speckmaier[5] 10[5]

Goal of the Year

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Year Player Against
2022–23   Michaela Foster Brisbane Roar on 29 January 2023[4]
2023-24   Macey Fraser[5] Western United on 12 November 2023[5]

Members' Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22   Kate Taylor[3]
2022–23   Michaela Foster[4]
2023-24   Macey Fraser[5]

Media Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22   Kate Taylor[3]
2022–23   Michaela Foster[4]
2023-24   Mariana Speckmaier[5]

Lloyd Morrison Spirit of the Phoenix award

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Year Winner
2011–12 Russell Gray
2012–13 Ben Sigmund
2013–14 Leo Bertos and Stein Huysegems
2014–15 Lee Spence and Rob Lee
2015–16 Ben Sigmund
2016–17 Shaun Gill
2018–19 Alex Rufer
2019–20 Wellington Phoenix[21]
2022–23 Lily Alfeld[4]
2023-24 David Dome[5]

Bandage Award

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Selected by ex-Phoenix player, Ben Sigmund and awarded to the player who has shown the most fight, resilience and determination throughout the season.

Year Winner
2018–19 Alex Rufer

Staff Member of the Year

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Year Winner
2018–19 Tom Bray
2019–20 Aidan Wivell[22]
2020–21 David Dome[23]
2022–23 Jesse Rawlings and Kya Stewart[4]
2023-24 Brenton Vannisselroy[24]

Volunteer of the Year

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Year Winner
2011–12 David Graham
2016–17 Ken Allen
2017–18 Helen Mellon
2018–19 Gus and Esther Hutton
2019–20 Reece Lewis[25]
2020–21 Bobby Mazevski[26]
2022–23 Justin Raffan and Stu and Kirsty Jones[4]
2023-24 Christoph Zintl & Jo Todd[5]

Fan of the Year

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Year Winner
2011–12 Dale Warburton
2012–13 Ahmad Rini
2013–14 Bruce Lewis
2014–15 Niki O'Connor
2015–16 Carey McDonald
2016–17 Stephanie Evett
2017–18 Matt Weldon-Smith
2018–19 Steve Lyne
2019–20 Jess Pritchard[27]
2020–21 Dean Bartle[28]
2022–23 Peter Xu[4]
2023-24 Holly Eades[5]

Awards summary

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  • 2007–08 Awards
  • 2008–09 Awards[29]
  • 2009–10 Awards[30]
  • 2010–11 Awards[31]
  • 2011–12 Awards[32]
  • 2014–15 Awards[33]
  • 2015–16 Awards[34]
  • 2016–17 Awards[35]
  • 2017–18 Awards[36]
  • 2018–19 Awards[37]
  • 2019–20 Awards (See references below)

References

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