2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC (women) season explained

The 2022–23 Wellington Phoenix season is the club's second season in the A-League Women, the premier competition for women's football in Australia, originally known as the W-League.

On 25 May, Wellington Phoenix announced that head coach Gemma Lewis had signed a one-year contract extension with the club.^[1] However, four months later Lewis departed to take up a job in her homeland with the Football Association of Wales, and assistant coach Natalie Lawrence replaced her as head coach.^[2] The following month, Lawrence appointed Callum Holmes as assistant coach and Maia Vink as the team analyst and second assistant coach,^[3] later confirming the rest of the staff with only the strength and conditioning coach, Daniel Gordon, retained.^[4]

Players

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
13			Sydney FC	Free transfer	1 year	20 July 2022	[5]
11				Free transfer	1 year	25 July 2022	[6]
5			Melbourne City	Free transfer	1 year	7 September 2022	[7]
17				Free transfer	1 year	5 October 2022	[8]
21				Free transfer	1 year (scholarship)	21 October 2022	[9]
20				Free transfer	1 year (amateur)	4 November 2022	[10]

From academy squad

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date
10			Canberra United	End of contract	15 July 2022	[11]
17			Brisbane Roar	End of contract	31 August 2022	[12]
14			Western Sydney Wanderers	End of contract	26 October 2022	[13]
5			Unattached	End of contract	19 November 2022	[14]
11			Unattached	End of contract	19 November 2022
16			Unattached	End of contract	19 November 2022
18			Unattached	End of contract	19 November 2022

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date
4		DF	1 year	13 July 2022	[15]
10		MF	2 years	18 July 2022	[16]
1		GK	1 year	21 July 2022	[17]
3		DF	1 year	26 July 2022	[18]
12		GK	1 year	27 July 2022	[19]
7		MF	2 years	29 July 2022	[20]
6		MF	1 year	4 August 2022	[21]
8		FW	1 year	2 September 2022	[22]
15		DF	1 year	6 September 2022	[23]
9		FW	1 year	8 September 2022	[24]
2		DF	1 year	16 September 2022	[25]
18		MF	1 year (scholarship)	21 October 2022
19		DF	1 year (scholarship)	21 October 2022

A-League

See main article: 2022–23 A-League Women.

Matches

• All times are in NZST

Results by round

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

Disciplinary records

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total disciplinary records are equal.

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Pos.	No.	Name
DF	3	Kate Taylor	0	1	0	1
FW	16	Emma Rolston	0	1	0	1
DF	5	Marisa van der Meer	3	0	3	0
DF	21	Michaela Foster	3	0	3	0
FW	8	Grace Wisnewski	2	0	2	0
FW	9	Ava Pritchard	2	0	2	0
FW	13	Paige Satchell	2	0	2	0
MF	18	Te Reremoana Walker	2	0	2	0
DF	2	Saskia Vosper	1	0	1	0
DF	4	Mackenzie Barry	1	0	1	0
MF	6	Isabel Gomez	1	0	1	0
MF	7	Chloe Knott	1	0	1	0
MF	11	Betsy Hassett	1	0	1	0
FW	20	Milly Clegg	1	0	1	0

Awards

Players

No.	Pos.	Player	Award	Source
21	DF	Michaela Foster	Wellington Phoenix Player of the Year	[26]
		Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year
		Wellington Phoenix Members' Player of the Year
		Wellington Phoenix Media Player of the Year
		Wellington Phoenix Goal of the Year
20	FW	Milly Clegg	Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year
1	GK	Lily Alfeld	Lloyd Morrison Spirit of the Phoenix award

See also

2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lewis signs on for another season. Wellington Phoenix . 31 July 2022.
2. News: Natalie Lawrence replaces Gemma Lewis as Wellington Phoenix A-League Women coach. Philip. Rollo. Stuff. 12 September 2022.
3. Web site: Lawrence appoints new backroom staff. Wellington Phoenix. 30 September 2022.
4. Web site: Women’s staff confirmed for season two. Wellington Phoenix. 19 October 2022.
5. Web site: Nix secure first-choice Football Ferns forward. Wellington Phoenix. 20 July 2022.
6. Web site: Nix lure experienced Football Fern home. Wellington Phoenix. 25 July 2022.
7. Web site: Nix secure Junior Football Ferns fullback. Wellington Phoenix. 7 September 2022.
8. Web site: Young Australian defender joins the Nix. Wellington Phoenix. 5 October 2022.
9. Web site: Four young Kiwis join Phoenix on scholarship contracts. Wellington Phoenix. 21 October 2022.
10. Web site: Age-group star signs on as an amateur. Wellington Phoenix. 4 November 2022.
11. Web site: Ferns forward seeks a new challenge. Wellington Phoenix. 15 July 2022.
12. Web site: Brisbane Roar adds further Liberty A-League experience to its 2022/23 squad with signing of Talitha Kramer. Brisbane Roar. 31 August 2022.
13. Web site: Rue is Red & Black. Western Sydney Wanderers. 26 October 2022.
14. Web site: 2022-23 Season Preview – Wellington Phoenix. Lachy. France. Beyond90. 19 November 2022.
15. Web site: Mack is back for another season. Wellington Phoenix. 13 July 2022.
16. Web site: Young player of the year finalist commits to the Nix. Wellington Phoenix. 18 July 2022.
17. Web site: Inaugural captain locked in for another season. Wellington Phoenix. 21 July 2022.
18. Web site: New Zealand U-20 captain commits to the Nix. Wellington Phoenix. 26 July 2022.
19. Web site: Women secure second goalkeeper. Wellington Phoenix. 27 July 2022.
20. Web site: Knott tied to the Nix for two more seasons. Wellington Phoenix. 29 July 2022.
21. Web site: Izzy signs on for another season. Wellington Phoenix. 4 August 2022.
22. Web site: Wiz recommits to the Nix. Wellington Phoenix. 2 September 2022.
23. Web site: Young fullback signs on for first home season. Wellington Phoenix. 6 September 2022.
24. Web site: Women keep hold of history-making forward. Wellington Phoenix. 8 September 2022.
25. Web site: Foundation fullback signs on for another season. Wellington Phoenix. 16 September 2022.
26. Web site: Foster and Zawada crowned players of the year. Wellington Phoenix. 2 May 2023.