2017–18 Wellington Phoenix FC season explained

The 2017–18 Wellington Phoenix FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, and fielded a reserves squad in the ISPS Handa Premiership for the fourth time.

Players

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
1				Free transfer	1 year	10 June 2017	[1]
3				Free transfer	1 year	29 June 2017	[2]
4				Free transfer	1 year	20 July 2017	[3]
8				Free transfer	1 year	4 August 2017	[4]
2				Free transfer	1 year	9 August 2017	[5]
9				Free transfer	1 year	15 August 2017	[6]
17				Injury replacement	2 years	22 August 2017	[7]
7				Free transfer	2 years	30 December 2017	[8]
8				Free transfer	6 months	9 January 2018	[9]
17				Loan	6 months	31 January 2018	[10]
40				Free transfer	6 months	1 February 2018	[11]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
1			Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	15 May 2017	[12]
4			Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	16 May 2017	[13]
20				Free transfer	17 May 2017	[14]
8				Free transfer	6 June 2017	[15]
9				Mutual contract termination	13 June 2017	[16]
17			Adelaide United	Free transfer	3 August 2017	[17]
16				Free transfer	12 September 2017	[18]
7				Mutual contract termination	8 December 2017	[19]
8				Mutual contract termination	20 December 2017	[20]
11				Mutual contract termination	24 January 2018	[21]
27				Mutual contract termination	24 January 2018
29				Mutual contract termination	24 January 2018
17				Mutual contract termination	31 January 2018	[22]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
5		Central defender	2 years	1 June 2017
11		Striker	2 years	1 June 2017
21		Striker	1 year	15 February 2018	[23]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Chris Greenacre (Caretaker)
Assistant coach	Paul Temple
Goalkeeping coach	Fernando vaz Alves
Reserves team coach	Steve Coleman
Strength & Conditioning coach	Aidan Wivell

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	9th	8 October 2017	14 April 2018
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	1 August 2017	1 August 2017
ISPS Handa Premiership	—	9th	23 October 2017	17 March 2018

A-League

See main article: article and 2017–18 A-League.

Matches

FFA Cup

See main article: 2017 FFA Cup.

ISPS Handa Premiership

See main article: 2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship.

Matches

References

Notes

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. News: Phoenix name their No. 1. FourFourTwo. 10 June 2017.
2. News: Wellington Phoenix sign Australian youth international fullback Scott Galloway. Stuff.co.nz. 29 June 2017.
3. News: Wellington Phoenix unveil Croatian midfielder Goran Paracki. Liam. Hyslop. Stuff.co.nz. 20 July 2017.
4. News: Wellington Phoenix sign Australian Dario Vidosic on one-year deal. Stuff.co.nz. 4 August 2017.
5. News: Daniel Mullen moves to Wellington. FourFourTwo. 9 August 2017. 9 August 2017. 9 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809133317/https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/daniel-mullen-moves-to-wellington-470490. dead.
6. News: Wellington Phoenix sign Serbian striker Andrija Kaludjerovic. Liam. Hyslop. Stuff.co.nz. 15 August 2017.
7. Web site: Iraq international Ali Abbas joins Wellington Phoenix. ESPN FC. 22 August 2017.
8. Web site: Burns returns to A-League as Phoenix swoop. SBS. The World Game. 30 December 2017.
9. News: New assistant coach, new import arrive for Wellington Phoenix ahead of Melbourne Victory clash. Liam. Hyslop. Stuff.co.nz. 9 January 2018.
10. News: Phoenix swoop for New Zealand international striker. Ben. Somerford. FourFourTwo. 31 January 2018.
11. News: Wellington Phoenix add All Whites striker Monty Patterson on loan from Ipswich. Phillip. Rollo. Stuff.co.nz. 1 February 2018.
12. Web site: Moss joins Jets as Merrick's first signing. SBS. The World Game. 15 May 2017.
13. News: A-League transfer news: Western Sydney to sign Roly Bonevacia. Fox Sports. 2 April 2017.
14. News: Bulleen land Phoenix keeper Italiano. TheCornerFlag.com.au. 17 May 2017. 18 May 2017.
15. News: Alex Rodriguez Confirmado No Boavista. Alex Rodriguez confirmed on Boavista. Portuguese. Record. 6 June 2017. 17 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171026110845/http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/boavista/detalhe/AMP/alex-rodriguez-confirmado-no-boavista.html. 26 October 2017. dead. dmy-all.
16. News: Wellington Phoenix release Barbarouses. The World Game. 5 June 2017.
17. News: Vince Lia signs with Adelaide United. FourFourTwo. 3 August 2017. 3 August 2017. 3 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170803143129/https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/vince-lia-signs-with-adelaide-united-470050. dead.
18. Web site: Louis Signs for Team Wellington. Team Wellington on Facebook. 12 September 2017.
19. Web site: Wellington Phoenix release troublesome Brazilian midfielder Gui Finkler. Stuff.co.nz. The World Game. 8 December 2017.
20. News: Rado and Dario Vidosic leave Wellington Phoenix. Liam. Hyslop. Stuff.co.nz. 20 December 2017.
21. News: Wellington Phoenix release fringe striker Hamish Watson. Stuff.co.nz. 24 January 2018.
22. News: Wellington Phoenix release defender Ali Abbas. Stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2018.
23. News: Football: Roy Krishna signs one-year extension with Wellington Phoenix. The New Zealand Herald. 15 February 2018.