2012–13 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix
2012–13 season
Chairman Rob Morrison
Manager Ricki Herbert (until round 22)
Stadium Westpac Stadium
Top goalscorer J. Brockie (16)
Highest home attendance 12,057 v Sydney
6 October 2012
Lowest home attendance 3,060 v Melb. Heart
27 February 2013
Home colours
Away colours
← 2011–12
2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was the Wellington Phoenix's sixth season in the Hyundai A-League. Many pegged the club to be a strong contender in the 2012–13 season, but the Phoenix finished in last place with points equal toMelbourne Heart, but with an inferior goal difference.

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. Position Player
1 New Zealand GK Mark Paston
2 Malta DF Manny Muscat
3 New Zealand DF Tony Lochhead
4 Australia MF Isaka Cernak
5 New Zealand DF Michael Boxall
6 United States MF Alex Smith
7 New Zealand MF Leo Bertos
8 Barbados FW Paul Ifill
9 Solomon Islands FW Benjamin Totori
10 Belgium FW Stein Huysegems
11 New Zealand MF Jeremy Brockie
12 New Zealand FW Tyler Boyd (Youth)
14 Australia FW Mirjan Pavlović
14 New Zealand DF Ian Hogg
No. Position Player
15 New Zealand MF Cameron Lindsay (Youth)
16 New Zealand MF Louis Fenton (Youth)
17 Australia MF Vince Lia
18 New Zealand DF Ben Sigmund (Vice Captain)
19 Australia MF Jimmy Downey
20 New Zealand GK Glen Moss
21 Spain MF Dani Sánchez
22 Australia DF Andrew Durante (Captain)
23 Australia MF Lucas Pantelis
23 Australia FW Corey Gameiro (on loan from Fulham)
28 Panama FW Ricardo Clarke (on loan from Sporting San Miguelito)
30 Australia GK Griffin McMaster (injury replacement)
39 New Zealand GK Jacob Spoonley (on loan from Auckland City FC)

Reserve squad

Football School of Excellence players[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
29 New Zealand DF Luke Rowe
30 New Zealand GK Scott Basalaj
31 New Zealand MF Tom Biss
32 New Zealand MF Justin Gulley
No. Position Player
35 New Zealand MF Hamish Watson
36 New Zealand DF Alec Solomons
38 New Zealand MF Tom Doyle
Germany MF Tobias Bertsch

Contract extensions

No. Pos. Player Contract extension Expires (Season end)
1 GK New Zealand Mark Paston 1 year[2] 2012–13
21 MF Spain Dani Sánchez 1 year[3] 2012–13
6 MF United States Alex Smith 1 year[4] 2012–13
15 MF New Zealand Cameron Lindsay 2 years[5] 2013–14
17 MF Australia Vince Lia 2 years[6] 2013–14
18 DF New Zealand Ben Sigmund 2 Years[7] 2014–15

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Fromdagger Date Notes
20 GK New Zealand Moss, GlenGlen Moss Australia Gold Coast United 28 March 2012 three-year contract[8]
11 FW New Zealand Brockie, JeremyJeremy Brockie (Australia Newcastle Jets) 14 May 2012 three-year contract[9]
9 FW Solomon Islands Totori, BenjaminBenjamin Totori Solomon Islands Koloale FC 19 June 2012 one-year contract[10]
5 DF New Zealand Boxall, MichaelMichael Boxall (Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC) 16 July 2012 two-year contract[11]
10 FW Belgium Huysegems, SteinStein Huysegems (Belgium Lierse S.K.) 14 September 2012 two-year contract[12]
12 FW New Zealand Boyd, TylerTyler Boyd New Zealand Waikato FC 17 September 2012 three-year contract[13]
16 MF New Zealand Fenton, LouisLouis Fenton New Zealand Team Wellington 19 September 2012 three-year contract[14]
30 GK Australia McMaster, GriffinGriffin McMaster Australia Bentleigh Greens 30 November 2012 Injury-replacement contract[15]
14 DF New Zealand Hogg, IanIan Hogg (United States Portland Timbers) 7 January 2013 6-month contract[16]
4 MF Australia Cernak, IsakaIsaka Cernak Australia Melbourne Victory 24 January 2013 6-month contract[17]
dagger Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Wellington Phoenix.

Out

No. Pos. Player Todagger Date Notes
6 MF New Zealand Brown, TimTim Brown Retired 26 March 2012 [18]
12 MF Australia Ward, NickNick Ward Australia Perth Glory 27 April 2012 [19]
11 MF Brazil , DanielDaniel (Thailand Insee Police United F.C.) 8 May 2012 [20]
13 DF Australia Tsattalios, NikolasNikolas Tsattalios (Australia Sutherland Sharks) 1 June 2012 [21]
20 GK Trinidad and Tobago Warner, TonyTony Warner (Malta Floriana F.C.) 22 June 2012 [22]
9 FW England Greenacre, ChrisChris Greenacre Retired 18 July 2012 [23]
4 DF Australia Griffiths, BrentBrent Griffiths (Australia Central Coast Mariners) 30 July 2012 [24]
14 FW Australia Pavlović, MirjanMirjan Pavlović (Australia Sydney FC) 14 November 2012 Contract terminated[25]
28 FW Panama Clarke, RicardoRicardo Clarke Panama Sporting San Miguelito 6 December 2012 Loan terminated[26]
30 GK Australia McMaster, GriffinGriffin McMaster Australia Bentleigh Greens 17 January 2013 Moss back to fitness[27]
dagger Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Wellington Phoenix contract expired.

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Fromdagger Date Duration
28 FW Panama Clarke, RicardoRicardo Clarke Panama Sporting San Miguelito 22 September 2012 Jan 2013 (opt. to extend or buy)[28]
39 GK New Zealand Spoonley, JacobJacob Spoonley New Zealand Auckland City 11 October 2012 one-game contract[29]
23 FW Australia Gameiro, CoreyCorey Gameiro England Fulham 9 February 2013 Until end of season[30]

Loans out

No. Pos. Player Todagger Date Duration
14 FW Australia Pavlovic, MirjanMirjan Pavlovic Australia Sydney United FC July 2012 3 Months[31][32]

Matches

2012–13 Pre-season friendlies

2012–13 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Notes

  1. ↑ Match rescheduled from 23 March 2013 due to clash with FIFA World Cup qualifying matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAAHAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAHHHAAH
Result W D D L L L W D W L L D W L L L L D W L L D L W L W L
Position 1 2 4 6 8 9 7 7 5 6 7 7 6 7 8 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League table

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 18 3 6 41 21+20 57 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 27 16 6 5 48 22+26 54
3 Melbourne Victory 27 13 5 9 48 45+3 44 2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4 Adelaide United 27 12 5 10 38 37+1 41 2013 A-League Finals Series
5 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 29+4 35
6 Perth Glory 27 9 5 13 29 31−2 32
7 Sydney FC 27 9 5 13 41 51−10 32
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 7 12 30 45−15 31
9 Melbourne Heart 27 8 3 16 31 40−9 27
10 Wellington Phoenix 27 7 6 14 31 49−18 27

Updated to games played on 30 March 2013
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1 Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
*Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Statistics

Appearances

Rank Player Minutes Played Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 26 23 24 25 27App.GS Min.
1Australia Andrew Durante90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 46 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 26 26 0 1 2,296
New Zealand Louis Fenton77 90 70 63 65 90 80 79 14 35 90 90 90 70 77 90 21 90 28 78 90 81 64 6 8 8 26 19 7 11 1,644
3New Zealand Ben Sigmund90 90 76 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 24 24 0 0 2,146
Malta Manny Muscat90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 76 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 24 24 0 1 2,146
New Zealand Leo Bertos90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 75 87 90 90 90 90 75 90 90 90 90 90 90 24 24 0 2 2,127
New Zealand Jeremy Brockie90 90 90 90 90 89 90 90 90 70 90 90 90 90 90 90 88 70 90 90 90 90 90 90 24 24 0 4 2,117
New Zealand Tyler Boyd13 18 20 17 34 3 1 11 5 35 29 77 90 64 64 90 76 2 29 90 9 26 21 1 24 7 17 3 825
8New Zealand Tony Lochhead90 90 90 90 74 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 80 90 72 90 90 90 90 90 63 23 23 0 3 1,999
Australia Vince Lia 90 8 39 25 16 90 90 90 90 90 70 84 90 90 74 90 90 90 90 75 71 90 90 23 19 4 5 1,542
Belgium Stein Huysegems89 90 61 73 56 72 8 85 55 68 13 20 68 90 65 62 61 28 15 10 85 89 90 23 17 6 12 1,377
11Barbados Paul Ifill29 90 90 90 56 87 89 82 90 70 61 25 90 90 90 62 90 80 84 82 82 82 22 20 2 12 1,691
12New Zealand Mark Paston90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 20 20 0 0 1,800
13United States Alex Smith90 90 82 51 90 90 90 90 76 55 44 20 6 14 13 16 90 90 18 12 6 4 1,097
14Spain Dani Sánchez 90 90 90 68 90 90 69 82 15 12 64 19 25 82 1 90 16 10 6 4 973
15Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori61 29 27 34 18 10 20 22 20 15 22 90 26 8 20 15 2 13 1 422
16Australia Corey Gameiro 90 90 90 65 69 90 72 7 7 0 3 566
17New Zealand Glen Moss 90 90 90 90 90 90 6 6 0 0 540
Australia Isaka Cernak 14 90 90 26 8 27 6 3 3 1 255
19New Zealand Michael Boxall 90 90 90 90 4 4 0 0 360
New Zealand Cameron Lindsay 22 10 8 18 4 0 4 0 58
21New Zealand Ian Hogg 90 90 90 3 3 0 0 270
22New Zealand Luke Rowe 90 89 2 2 0 1 179
Panama Ricardo Clarke1 1 2 0 2 0 2
24New Zealand Jacob Spoonley 90 1 1 0 0 90
New Zealand Tom Biss 82 1 1 0 0 82
26Australia Jimmy Downey 0 0 0 0 0
Australia Lucas Pantelis 0 0 0 0 0
Australia Mirjan Pavlovic 0 0 0 0 0

*Left the field after succumbing to a head injury

      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 per Round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 26 23 24 25 27
1New Zealand Jeremy Brockie 2 2111 21 1 1111 116
2Belgium Stein Huysegems1 11 11 5
3New Zealand Louis Fenton1 1 1 3
Barbados Paul Ifill 1 1 1 3
5Spain Dani Sánchez 11 2
6New Zealand Ben Sigmund 1 1
Australia Corey Gameiro 1 1

      Goal scored from penalty kick

Goal assists

Rank Player Assists per Round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 26 23 24 25 27
1Barbados Paul Ifill 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
2United States Alex Smith 1 11 3
Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori 1 1 1 3
Malta Manny Muscat2 1 3
New Zealand Louis Fenton 1 1 1 3
6Spain Dani Sánchez 1 1 2
New Zealand Jeremy Brockie 2 2
New Zealand Leo Bertos 1 1 2
9New Zealand Tony Lochhead 1 1
New Zealand Tyler Boyd 1 1
Australia Vince Lia 1 1
Australia Andrew Durante 1 1
Australia Corey Gameiro 1 1
Belgium Stein Huysegems 1 1

      Assist earned by winning penalty kick

Discipline

Rank Player Cards per Round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 26 23 24 25 27
1New Zealand Ben Sigmund 7 1
2Malta Manny Muscat 7
Australia Andrew Durante 7
4New Zealand Jeremy Brockie 6
5Australia Vince Lia 5
6New Zealand Tyler Boyd 11
New Zealand Louis Fenton 4
Australia Corey Gameiro 4
Spain Dani Sánchez 4
10New Zealand Tony Lochhead 1 1
New Zealand Leo Bertos 3
Barbados Paul Ifill 3
13New Zealand Michael Boxall 2
14United States Alex Smith 1
Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori 1
Belgium Stein Huysegems 1

      Player Suspended

Goal times

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2012–13 season
nth Min.   Goals for Wellington Phoenix     Goals against Wellington Phoenix  
01-05
0
0
06-10
0
2
11–15
0
3
16–20
2
4
21–25
4
5
26–30
0
2
31–35
2
2
36–40
1
3
41–45
4
5
46–50
1
3
51–55
0
2
56–60
1
2
61–65
1
2
66–70
3
5
71–75
3
2
76–80
2
1
81–85
4
4
86–90
3
2

Home attendance

Date Round Attendance Opposition Stadium
6 October 2012Round 112,057 Sydney FCWestpac Stadium
21 October 2012Round 39,182 Brisbane Roar
11 November 2012Round 66,568 Central Coast Mariners
2 December 2012Round 95,405 West Sydney Wanderers
9 December 2012Round 107,375 Sydney FC
22 December 2012Round 125,961 Central Coast Mariners
27 December 2012Round 136,401 Melbourne Heart
13 January 2013Round 166,608 West Sydney Wanderers
27 January 2013Round 186,429 Newcastle Jets
2 February 2013Round 1911,566 Perth GloryEden Park
24 February 2013Round 224,832 Adelaide UnitedWestpac Stadium
27 February 2013Round 264,025 Newcastle Jets
3 March 2013Round 233,060 Melbourne HeartForsyth Barr Stadium
31 March 2013Round 276,813 Melbourne VictoryWestpac Stadium
Total96,282
Average6,877

Club

Technical staff

Kit

Home
Away

End of season Awards

See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC End of Season Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Phoenix Youngsters Named". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 20 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Phoenix Retain Paston". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 17 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Sanchez Confirmed For Another Year". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 29 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Smith Wants To Fill Big Boots". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Cameron Lindsay Signs Two Year Deal". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Vince Lia Commits Himself to the Phoenix". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 20 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Sigmund Pledges Future to Phoenix". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Glen Moss Signs For Phoenix". footballaustralia.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Brockie Arrives High on Confidence". footballaustralia.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "Phoenix Sign Totori". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 19 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  11. ↑ "Phoenix Confirm Boxall Signing". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Phoenix sign Belgian striker". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Dream Comes True for Boyd". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "Fenton Buzzing After Landing Contract". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Phoenix have another barrier to jump". NZ Herald. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  16. ↑ "Hogg Keen To Impress at Phoenix". Football Federation Australia. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "Phoenix Swoop on Cernak". Football Federation Australia. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
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  29. ↑ "Phoenix lose another player to injury". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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  33. ↑ "FFA Reschedule March 23 Fixture v Jets". Football Federation Australia. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

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