Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves

Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Full nameWellington Phoenix Football Club Reserves
NicknameWeeNix[1]
Founded2014 (2014)
GroundFraser Park
Capacity750
ChairmanRob Morrison
Head CoachChris Greenacre
LeagueCentral League
National League
2025Central League, 4th of 10
National League, 9th of 11
Websitewww.wellingtonphoenix.com

Wellington Phoenix Football Club Reserves is a football team based in Wellington, New Zealand. They currently serve as the reserve side of the Wellington Phoenix FC of the A-League and compete in the New Zealand National League.

History

From 2010 to 2013, a Wellington Phoenix reserve side took part in the ASB Phoenix Challenge competition against ASB Premiership sides, however these games were separate to the main competition.

On 22 August 2014 it was announced that the club had been granted permission to field a reserve side in the 2014–15 ASB Premiership, the highest level of football in New Zealand.[2] The team made their debut in the competition on 1 November 2014 against Team Wellington. Tyler Boyd scored the first goal in the reserves' history, but that could not prevent them losing 1–2.[3]

On 2 October 2015, Wellington Phoenix named a youth squad to take part in the ASB Youth League.[4]

With the restructuring and creation of a new National League made by New Zealand Football for the 2021 season, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Phoenix and Lower Hutt City which saw the team play under in the Central League under the Lower Hutt banner.[5][6] This meant Lower Hutt could not qualify for the Championship phase even if they finish in the top three of the Central League as Wellington Phoenix would then play that part of the competition.[5][7]

This changed again for the 2022 season, with the Phoenix allowed to again play in the national league under their own name and colours.[8]

Players

Reserves squad

As of 26 September 2024[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  NZL Joe Cornille
13 DF  NZL Harry Huxford
21 MF  NZL Louis Wickremesekera
22 GK  NZL Matt Foord
24 DF  NZL Tze-Xuan Loke
26 DF  NZL Seth Karunaratne
31 DF  NZL Ryan Lee
32 DF  NZL Nicholas Murphy
33 DF  NZL Jesper Edwards
34 MF  NZL Ryan Hamilton
35 GK  NZL Dublin Boon
36 DF  NZL Dylan Gardiner (captain)
37 MF  NZL Anaru Cassidy
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 MF  NZL Raphael Conway
39 DF  NZL Jayden Smith
40 GK  NZL Eamonn McCarron
41 FW  NZL Nathan Walker
42 MF  NZL Fletcher Pratt
43 MF  NZL Harrison Tisch
44 FW  NZL Daniel Makowem
45 MF  NZL Hayden Thomas
46 MF  NZL Lachlan Candy
47 MF  NZL Ryan Watson
48 MF  NZL Rio Winkworth
49 FW  NZL Luke Flowerdew

Senior player appearances

Up to four professional players are eligible to play for the reserves side from this squad. Two under-20 players are also allowed if the reserves side's opposition agrees to their inclusion on match day.[9]

Season by season record

ISPS Handa Men's Premiership

Season Division League Top scorer
P W D L F A GD Pts Pos Finals Name Goals
2014–15[10] Premiership 16 7 0 9 37 42 −5 21 6th – Tyler Boyd ♦ 10
2015–16[11] 14 2 1 11 24 46 −22 7 7th – James McGarry 5
2016–17[12] 18 6 4 8 25 33 −8 22 7th – Max Mata 5
2017–18[13] 18 4 3 11 27 53 −26 15 9th – Logan Rogerson 5
2018–19[14] 18 3 2 13 22 46 −24 11 10th – Ben Waine 8
2019–20[15] 16 4 6 6 30 32 −2 18 8th – Byron Heath, Ahmed Othman 5
2020–21[16] 14 2 4 8 18 37 −19 10 8th – Riley Bidois 6

National League

Season Qualifying league League National League Chatham
Cup 		Top scorer
P W D L F A GD Pts Pos P W D L F A GD Pts Pos Name Goals
2021 Central League Did not participate[n 1] 5 2 0 3 15 8 +7 6 4th — Luis Toomey 5
2022 18 10 3 5 32 17 +15 33 3rd 9 3 3 3 16 14 +2 12 6th Josh Rudland 8
2023 18 12 1 5 47 29 +18 37 2nd 9 3 0 6 19 24 −5 9 8th Joshua Tollervey 17
2024 18 7 3 8 34 40 −6 24 5th 9 4 1 4 16 19 −3 13 5th 2R Luke Flowerdew 7
Champions
Runners-up
Third Place
Last Place
– Did not make the Playoff
♦ Top scorer in competition
EF Elimination finals
SF Semi-finals

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Lower Hutt City cannot qualify for the National League Championship phase due to their MoU with Wellington Phoenix Reserves.

References

  1. ^ Barnes, Patrick (26 November 2014). "From the Fever Zone". wellingtonphoenix.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Wellington Phoenix admitted to ASB Premiership". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Team Wellington 2–1 Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ^ Lange, Kyla (2 October 2015). "Phoenix Name Exciting Young Squad For ASB Youth League". Wellington Phoenix. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "New National League system". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Announce Strategic Partnership With Lower Hutt City AFC". Wellington Phoenix. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Who'll join Rangers and Olympic in the National League?". New Zealand Football. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "New-look reserves ready for 2022 Central League - Wellington Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Phoenix Reserve side in a state of flux". TVNZ. One News. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  10. ^ "2014-15 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  11. ^ "2015-16 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  12. ^ "2016-17 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  13. ^ "2017-18 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  14. ^ "2018-19 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  15. ^ "2019–20 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  16. ^ "2020–21 Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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