2011–12 Wellington Phoenix FC season explained

Club:	Wellington Phoenix FC
Season:	2011–12
Manager:	Ricki Herbert
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Rob Morrison
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Owner:	Nathan Greenham
Ownertitle:	CEO
League:	A-League
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Finals
Cup1 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Paul Ifill 8 goals
Highest Attendance:	20,078 v Adelaide 19 November 2011
Lowest Attendance:	3,898 v Perth 8 January 2012
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Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

The 2011–12 season was the Wellington Phoenix's fifth season in the A-League. After placing 4th at the conclusion of the regular season, the Phoenix's title hopes came to an end in the second round of the finals series, losing 3–2 to Perth in extra time.

Players

First team squad

As of 13 January 2012.^[1]

Contract extensions

		Extension	Contract end
8	FW	2 years	2014^[2]
22	DF	3 years	2015^[3]
24	MF	1/2 year	2012^[4]
2	MF	2 years	2014^[5]

Transfers

In

	width=150	Player	width=180	From	width=110	Date	width=110	Notes
19		Oakleigh Cannons		^[6]
22		Sydney FC		Loan Return^[7]
23		Adelaide United		^[8]
13		Sutherland Sharks		^[9]
20		Tranmere Rovers		^[10]
21		(Inverness CT)		^[11]
4		(Perth Glory)		^[12]
12		Iraklis Thessaloniki		^[13]
15		Blackburn Rovers Academy		^[14]
24		Sydney Olympic		^[15]
30		Team Wellington		Short-term injury cover^[16]

Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Wellington Phoenix.

Out

	width=150	Player	width=180	To	width=110	Date	width=110	Notes
19		Perth Glory		^[17]
13		Central Coast Mariners		^[18]
15		F.C. Tokyo		^[19]
21		Melbourne Victory		^[20]
10		(Atlético Santa Rosa)		^[21]
23		Breiðablik		^[22]
5		(Charleston Battery)		^[23]
12		(Team Wellington)		^[24]
20		Released		^[25]
4		(Iraklis Thessaloniki)

Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Phoenix contract expired.

Loans out

		width=150	Player	width=180	To	width=110	Date	width=110	Duration
22			Sydney FC		3 months^[26]

Matches

Results by round

Statistics

Appearances

	Player	Minutes played by round																													Total
	width=25		width=26		width=26		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=27	width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40
1	align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	65	83	90	63	90	73	60	61	90		90	90	70	90	71	82	90	90	64	55	90	113	29	29	0	12	2,380
2	align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF	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	28	28	0	0	2,550
align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF	Ben Sigmund	90	90	90	66		84	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	62	28	28	0	3	2,461
align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF		90	90	90	90	65	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	39	24	78	90	62	90	77	90		25	90	89	120	28	25	3	5	2,289
5	align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF		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	27	27	0	0	2,460
align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF		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	27	27	0	0	2,460
7	align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF		68	84	90	90	90				25	76		24	70	78	90	90	51	87	83	64	90	65	68	67	85	71	61	77	74	25	23	2	17	1,739
align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89				90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	85	90		62	90	74	90	120	25	25	0	4	2,230
9	align=left height=17			6	90	68	90	90	58				8	90	90		20	19	82	90	90	90	90	90	13	71	5	65	16	13	58	24	15	9	5	1,473
10	align=left height=17		52	14					32	60	90	90	82				30	29	90	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	120	22	19	3	5	1,678
11	align=left height=17		49						88	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	70	71				20	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	120	21	20	1	4	1,768
	align=left height=17		41	82	90	13	25	90	72	90	59	7	90	66		17			66	66				29	22	19	71	19	29			21	11	10	6	1,063
	align=left height=17		38	76	75	77	81	73	18			1		27	82	59	70	61	8	1	12	26	28	25						1	46	21	8	13	8	875
14	align=left height=17			90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90														15	15	0	0	1,350
15	align=left height=17									30	31	14		27	20	31	20	29					1		8	23	28	26	35		7	15	0	15	0	330
16	align=left height=17		90																90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	120	14	14	0	0	1,290
17	align=left height=17					22	90	6	2				90	63										90								7	4	3	1	363
17	align=left height=17		22												8	12			24	3	7			5								7	0	7	0	81
19	align=left height=17				15	90	9	17																			19					5	1	4	0	150
20	align=left height=17	Cameron Lindsay																														0	0	0	0	0
20	align=left height=17 bgcolor=#FFFFFF	Lucas Pantelis																														0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

	Player	Goals by round																									Total
	width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25		width=25	width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25
1	align=left height=17	Paul Ifill								1			1			1			2			1		1		1		8
2	align=left height=17	Tim Brown		1				1		1							1			1						1		6
3	align=left height=17	Chris Greenacre	1				1								1				1								1	5
3	align=left height=17	Dani Sánchez				1									2	1				1								5
5	align=left height=17	Ben Sigmund										1				1										1		3
6	align=left height=17	Daniel		1												1												2
	align=left height=17	Manny Muscat																1									1	2
	align=left height=17	Mirjan Pavlovic													2													2
	align=left height=17	Nick Ward											1										1					2
10	align=left height=17	Leo Bertos																							1			1
	align=left height=17	Andrew Durante																					1					1
	align=left height=17	Alex Smith												1														1
	height=17	Own Goal							1																			1

Goal assists

	Player	Assists by round																									Total
	width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25		width=25	width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25
1	align=left height=17	Leo Bertos										1			1	2			1							1		6
2	align=left height=17	Daniel													3	1	1											5
3	align=left height=17	Paul Ifill							1				1					1		1								4
3	align=left height=17	Tony Lochhead		1						1									1			1						4
5	align=left height=17	Manny Muscat	1												1				1									3
5	align=left height=17	Nick Ward		1				1					1															3
7	align=left height=17	Chris Greenacre																		1				1				2
	align=left height=17	Vince Lia												1											1			2
	align=left height=17	Dani Sánchez					1																				1	2
	align=left height=17	Ben Sigmund																					1			1		2
11	align=left height=17	Tim Brown																									1	1
	align=left height=17	Brent Griffiths				1																						1
	align=left height=17	Mirjan Pavlovic																					1					1

Discipline

	Player	Cards by round
	Player	width=25	width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25		width=25		width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=25	width=40	width=40	width=40
1	align=left height=17	Tim Brown		style=background:#e0e0e0													style=background:#e0e0e0						8	1
1	align=left height=17	Manny Muscat			style=background:#e0e0e0											style=background:#e0e0e0							8	1
3	align=left height=17	Ben Sigmund				style=background:#e0e0e0																4		1
3	align=left height=17	Vince Lia																			7
5	align=left height=17	Andrew Durante														style=background:#e0e0e0						6
6	align=left height=17	Tony Lochhead																			5
7	align=left height=17	Paul Ifill																			4
8	align=left height=17	Mirjan Pavlovic								style=background:#e0e0e0														1
	align=left height=17	Chris Greenacre																			3
	align=left height=17	Alex Smith																			3
	align=left height=17	Nick Ward																			3
12	align=left height=17	Leo Bertos																			2
12	align=left height=17	Dani Sánchez																			2
14	align=left height=17	Daniel																			1

Nick Ward was originally shown a yellow card, followed by a straight red card, however this decision was appealed, and the red card was subsequently rescinded.https://archive.today/20121230195614/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/ward-free-to-play/41823

Home attendance

width=120	Date	width=100	Round	width=70	Attendance	width=160	Opposition	width=120	Stadium
16 October 2011	Round 2	7,643	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium
30 October 2011	Round 4	9,369	Melbourne Victory
4 November 2011	Round 5	5,090	Central Coast Mariners
19 November 2011	Round 7	20,078	Adelaide United	Eden Park
27 November 2011	Round 8	6,308	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium
10 December 2011	Round 10	6,020	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium
14 December 2011	Round 11	4,628	Brisbane Roar	Forsyth Barr Stadium
23 December 2011	Round 13	6,471	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium
4 January 2012	Round 15	8,411	Sydney FC
8 January 2012	Round 16	3,898	Perth Glory
29 January 2012	Round 19	13,601	Melbourne Heart
12 February 2012	Round 21	13,009	Brisbane Roar
4 March 2012	Round 24	7,431	Gold Coast United
25 March 2012	Round 27	9,740	Central Coast Mariners
30 March 2012	Semi-Final 4 v 5	10,019	Sydney FC
Total	131,716
Average	8,781

Club

Technical staff

First team coach: Ricki Herbert
Forwards coach: Chris Greenacre
Strength & conditioning coach: Lee Taylor

Kit

On 29 January 2012, The Wellington Phoenix wore a special black strip in their match against Melbourne Heart. The strip was designed by Andrew Durante, Tim Brown and Leo Bertos to raise money for charity with 100% of the TradeMe auction proceeds going to Cure Kids.^[27]

End-of-season awards

Sony Player of the Year: Ben Sigmund
Members' Player of the Year: Ben Sigmund
Players' Player of the Year: Ben Sigmund
Media Player of the Year: Ben Sigmund
Golden Boot: Paul Ifill – 7 goals

Notes and References

Web site: Wellington Phoenix Home.
News: Paul Ifill: Why I'm Sticking With Phoenix. 9 December 2011. FourFourTwoAustralia. 7 January 2011.
News: Durante Signs On For Three More. 7 January 2012. FourFourTwoAustralia. 7 January 2011.
News: Alex Smith Stays At Wellington Phoenix. 18 January 2012. FourFourTwoAustralia. 19 January 2011. 23 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120123031939/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/229200,alex-smith-stays-at-wellington-phoenix.aspx. dead.
News: Phoenix Secure Goal Hero Manny. 21 January 2012. FourFourTwoAustralia. 21 January 2011.
Web site: Phoenix sign Downey. 19 July 2011. wellingtonphoenix.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015122408/http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay. 15 October 2008. dead. dmy-all.
News: Sydney FC out of Asia, players head for the exit . 19 July 2011 . Sydney Morning Herald . 10 May 2011.
Web site: Phoenix sign Lucas Pantelis. 19 July 2011. Wellingtonphoenix.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20081014054124/http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay. 14 October 2008. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Phoenix sign Tsattalios . 20 July 2011 . a-league.com.au . https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081543/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay . 17 June 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
News: Wellington for Warner. 17 August 2011. a-league.com.au. 18 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110907042152/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=40648. 7 September 2011. dead. dmy-all.
News: Wellington Phoenix Sign Sanchez. 5 September 2011. a-league.com.au. 6 September 2011. https://archive.today/20121230061037/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=40825. 30 December 2012. dead. dmy-all.
News: Griffiths joins Phoenix. 30 September 2011. footballaustralia.com.au. 7 February 2012. 26 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126045437/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/griffiths-joins-phoenix/41406. dead.
News: Nick Ward Back And Raring To Go . https://archive.today/20120717140731/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=41219 . dead . 17 July 2012 . 3 October 2011 . a-league.co.au . 3 October 2011 .
News: Lindsay joins Phoenix but awaits clearance. 6 October 2011. stuff.co.nz. 6 October 2011.
News: Wellington Phoenix's Mounting Injury Crisis. 10 October 2011. FourFourTwoAustralia. 10 October 2011. 12 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111012000248/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/219705,wellington-phoenixs-mounting-injury-crisis.aspx. dead.
News: Warner To Make Phoenix Debut. 15 October 2011. "FFA". 17 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130206054945/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/Warner-To-Make-Phoenix-Debut/41776. 6 February 2013. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Vukovic bound for Glory. 19 July 2011. a-league.com.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706100650/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=37483. 6 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.
News: Hearfield to leave phoonix . 19 July 2011 . nzherald.co.nz . 17 February 2011.
Web site: North now at Tokyo . 19 July 2011 . fctokyo.co.jp.
Web site: Victory secure Rojas signing . 19 July 2011 . a-league.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132047/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=39311 . 3 April 2011 .
Web site: Santa Rosa festejó con Cornejo . 19 July 2011 . eldiariodelapampa.com.ar . es . 14 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200614203349/http://archivo.eldiariodelapampa.com.ar/index.php/Inicio/viewer/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81078:santa-rosa-festejo-con-cornejo&catid=64:deportes&Itemid=74 . dead .
Web site: Australian striker in Breiðablik . 19 July 2011 . blikar.is. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724132110/http://www.blikar.is/frettir/astralskur_framherji_i_breiablik. 24 July 2011 . live.
Web site: Veteran Midfielder Diego Walsh joins the Battery . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324072458/http://www.noquartersoccer.com/2011/05/veteran-midfielder-diego-walsh-joins.html . dead . 24 March 2012 . 19 July 2011 . noquartersoccer.com .
News: Exodus TW Signs Musa . https://archive.today/20120917192643/http://www.tw.org.nz/home/item/516/ . dead . 17 September 2012 . 20 October 2011 . 8 January 2012 . tw.org.nz .
Web site: Hyundai A-League transfers 2011/2011 . 20 July 2011 . thefootballsack.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110803093100/http://www.thefootballsack.com/2011/06/hyundai-league-transfers-20112011.html . 3 August 2011 .
Web site: Durante on Loan . 19 July 2011 . a-league.com.au . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706100635/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=39044 . 6 July 2011 . dead .
News: 'Black Out' Wellington Strip Goes On TradeMe . 30 January 2012 .