2008–09 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix FC
2008–09 season
CEOTony Pignata
ChairmanTerry Serepisos
ManagerRicki Herbert
A-League6th
Preseason Cup2nd
FinalsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerShane Smeltz
12 Goals
Highest home attendance10,516 v Queensland
17 August 2008
Lowest home attendance5,500 v Newcastle
23 November 2008

The 2008–09 season was Wellington Phoenix's second season in the A-League.

Players

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First-team squad

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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
1 GK New Zealand NZL Mark Paston
2 DF New Zealand NZL Jeremy Christie
3 DF New Zealand NZL Tony Lochhead
4 DF Australia AUS Jon McKain
5 DF Australia AUS Karl Dodd
6 MF New Zealand NZL Tim Brown (Vice-Captain)
7 MF New Zealand NZL Leo Bertos
8 FW New Zealand NZL Vaughan Coveny
9 FW New Zealand NZL Shane Smeltz
10 MF Australia AUS Michael Ferrante
11 MF Brazil BRA Daniel
12 MF Australia AUS Richard Johnson
13 MF Australia AUS Troy Hearfield
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Australia AUS Adam Kwasnik
16 DF New Zealand NZL David Mulligan
17 MF Australia AUS Vince Lia
18 DF New Zealand NZL Ben Sigmund
19 FW New Zealand NZL Greg Draper
20 GK New Zealand NZL Glen Moss
21 MF China CHN Leilei Gao
22 DF Australia AUS Andrew Durante (Captain)
23 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
25 DF Australia AUS Manny Muscat
26 MF Brazil BRA Fred
30 GK Australia AUS Scott Higgins

Transfers

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In

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No. Pos. Player From Notes
4 DF Australia Jon McKain Romania FCU Politehnica Timişoara
7 MF New Zealand Leo Bertos Australia Perth Glory
13 MF Australia Troy Hearfield Australia Newcastle Jets
16 DF New Zealand David Mulligan England Port Vale
21 MF China Leilei Gao Finland MyPa
22 DF Australia Andrew Durante Australia Newcastle Jets
25 DF Australia Manny Muscat Australia Green Gully Cavaliers
26 MF Brazil Fred United States D.C. United On loan
30 GK Australia Scott Higgins Australia Adelaide United Short term injury cover

Out

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No. Pos. Player From Notes
4 DF Brazil Cleberson Brazil America
13 DF Australia Steven Old Australia Macarthur Rams
14 DF Australia Steven O'Dor Australia South Melbourne
15 MF Brazil George Venezuela Carabobo
16 DF Australia Kristian Rees Australia Adelaide City
18 MF Australia Ahmad Elrich Australia Central Coast Mariners
21 MF Brazil Felipe Poland Wisla Krakow
22 FW Australia Royce Brownlie Australia Peninsula Power
26 MF Brazil Fred United States D.C. United Loan expired
30 GK New Zealand Jacob Spoonley New Zealand Auckland City FC

Matches

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2008 Pre-Season Cup fixtures

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See also: 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Group B

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Wellington Phoenix 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advances to final
Central Coast Mariners 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
Sydney FC 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
Queensland Roar 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
20 August 2008 Group stage Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 NZST Daniel 72' (0:0)
Report		 Attendance: 4,853
27 August 2008 Group stage Queensland Roar 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast
15:00 NZST S. van Dijk 18' (1:0)
Report		 74' A. Kwasnik Attendance: 3,832
2 September 2008 Group stage Sydney FC 2–3 Wellington Phoenix WIN Stadium, Wollongong
16:00 NZST A. Brosque 16'
I. Fyfe 39'		 (2:0)
Report		 57' T. Hearfield
62' S. Smeltz
82' L. Gao		 Attendance: 6,124
6 August 2008 Final Wellington Phoenix 0–0 (a.e.t.) Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 NZST (7-8 pen)
Report		 Attendance: 9,208
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
Penalties
S. Smeltz soccer ball with red X
L. Bertos soccer ball with check mark
T. Hearfield soccer ball with check mark
V. Coveny soccer ball with check mark
Daniel soccer ball with check mark
M. Ferrante soccer ball with check mark
J. McKain soccer ball with check mark
R. Johnson soccer ball with check mark
K. Dodd soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark R. Vargas
soccer ball with check mark T. Pondeljak
soccer ball with check mark J. López
soccer ball with red X N. Ward
soccer ball with check mark C. Hernandez
soccer ball with check mark S. Ryall
soccer ball with check mark D. Allsopp
soccer ball with check mark M. Kemp
soccer ball with check mark E. Berger

2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures

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17 August 2008 Round 1 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 51'
K. Dodd Yellow card 52'
Daniel Yellow card 55'
L. Bertos Yellow card 56'		 (0–0)
Summary		 46' C. Miller
Yellow card 65' D. Dodd
Yellow card 79' M. Zullo
Yellow card 90' M. McKay		 Attendance: 10,561
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
24 August 2008 Round 2 Wellington Phoenix 2–4 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 29', 65' (pen.)
A. Durante Yellow card 73'
M. Ferrante Yellow card 81'		 (1–2)
Summary		 16', 35' D. Allsopp
Yellow card 20' 47' N. Fabiano
Yellow card 56' E. Berger
68' (pen.) K. Muscat		 Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski
30 August 2008 Round 3 Adelaide United 3– 0 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
L. Pantelis 15'
Cristiano 49', 60'		 (1–0)
Summary		 Yellow card 34' D. Mulligan
Yellow card 40' L. Gao		 Attendance: 7,832
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
14 September 2008 Round 4 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
R. Johnson Yellow card 5'
K. Dodd Yellow card 18'
T. Hearfield Yellow card 45'		 (0–0)
Summary		 Yellow card 50' J. Hutchinson
Yellow card 54' P. Bojic		 Attendance: 6,928
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski
21 September 2008 Round 5 Perth Glory 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
J. Harnwell Yellow card 15'
N. Topor-Stanley Yellow card 38'
E. Dadi 78' (pen.)		 (0–0)
Summary		 Yellow card 27' R. Johnson
Yellow card 44' T. Lochhead
Yellow card 77' J. McKain		 Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski
28 September 2008 Round 6 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
S. Smeltz 42'
V. Coveny Yellow card 48'
M. Muscat Yellow card 68'
T. Brown 76'
A. Kwasnik Yellow card 84'		 (1–1)
Summary		 20' A. Brosque
Yellow card 79' S. Musialik		 Attendance: 6,729
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
6 October 2008 Round 7 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
N. Spencer Yellow card 19'
J. Håkansson Yellow card 45'
T. Elrich Yellow card 49' 59'
K. Patafta 68'		 (0–0)
Summary		 52' (pen.), 89' (pen.) S. Smeltz Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
19 October 2008 Round 8 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
M. Jedinak Yellow card 18'
M. Simon Yellow card 60'		 (0–0)
Summary		 53' K. Dodd
Yellow card 62' J. McKain
Yellow card 83' L. Gao		 Attendance: 9,011
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
26 October 2008 Round 9 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Brown Yellow card 24'
L. Gao Yellow card 41'		 (0–1)
Summary		 Yellow card 30' D. Tiatto
40'J. McCloughan
Yellow card 51' S. van Dijk
Yellow card 81' D. Dodd
Yellow card 90' L. Reddy		 Attendance: 6,543
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
2 November 2008 Round 10 Perth Glory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
N. Rukavytsya 15', 70'
N. Rizzo Yellow card 88'		 (1–0)
Summary		 Yellow card 39' K. Dodd Attendance: 7,228
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
7 November 2008 Round 11 Sydney FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
S. Musialik 77' (0–1)
Summary		 34' L. Bertos
89' (pen.) S. Smeltz		 Attendance: 12,856
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
23 November 2008 Round 12 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Lochhead Yellow card 53'
K. Dodd Yellow card 76'
S. Smeltz 79'
T. Hearfield 86'		 (0–0)
Summary		 Red card 29' J. Griffiths
Red card 51' M. Milligan
Yellow card 54' A. Griffiths		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
28 November 2008 Round 13 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Brown 22'
J. McKain Yellow card 23'
S. Smeltz 58' Yellow card 58'
Fred Yellow card 83'		 (1–1)
Summary		 20' D. Allsopp
Yellow card 42' G. Brebner		 Attendance: 7,953
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
5 December 2008 Round 14 Adelaide United 6–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
S. Ognenovski 21'
Cristiano 42', 74'
Cássio 57', 70'
T. Dodd 90'		 (2–0)
Summary		 56' Fred
Yellow card 39' M. Ferrante
Yellow card 53' J. McKain
Yellow card 83' T. Hearfield		 Attendance: 9,442
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
13 December 2008 Round 15 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
T. Brown 83' (0–0)
Summary		 76' E. Dadi Attendance: 6,362
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski
19 December 2008 Round 16 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Smeltz 2' Yellow card 62'
A. Durante Yellow card 90'
T. Brown Yellow card 90'		 (1–0)
Summary		 Yellow card 45' A. Caceres
Yellow card 49' B. Porter
Yellow card 52' D. Macallister		 Attendance: 6,722
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
28 December 2008 Round 17 Queensland Roar 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
M. McKay 39'
S. van Dijk 48'
J. McCloughan Yellow card 63'
C. Moore Yellow card 68'
T. Oar 90'		 (1–1)
Summary		 11' (o.g.) L. DeVere
Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 90' A. Durante
Yellow card 45' T. Brown
46' T. Hearfield
Yellow card 86' M. Muscat
Yellow card 87' J. McKain		 Attendance: 13,115
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
4 January 2009 Round 18 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
B. Sigmund Yellow card 53'
L. Bertos 62'
S. Smeltz 67', 86' (pen.)		 (0–0)
Summary		 Attendance: 7,524
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
11 January 2009 Round 19 Sydney FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
T. McFlynn Yellow card 24'
A. Brosque Yellow card 64'
K. Danning 85'		 (0–0)
Summary		 Yellow card 32' M. Ferrante
Yellow card 37' J. McKain
Red card 64' T. Hearfield
Yellow card 90' M. Muscat		 Attendance: 9,605
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
18 January 2009 Round 20 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
J. McKain Yellow card 14'
T. Brown Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 51'
K. Barbarouses 31'
L. Bertos Yellow card 51'		 (1–1)
Summary		 9' P. Reid
Yellow card 79' S. Jamieson
Yellow card 84' J. Salley
Yellow card 85' S. Ognenovski		 Attendance: 8,241
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
23 January 2009 Round 21 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
D. Allsopp Yellow card 25'
K. Muscat 40' (pen.)
N. Fabiano Yellow card 82'
A. Thompson 89'		 (1–0)
Summary		 Attendance: 28,905
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundHHAHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHA
ResultDLLDLWDWLLWWWLDWLWLDL
Position288787777866565555556
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27 +12 38 Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19 +12 38
3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25 +11 36 Qualification for Finals series
4 Central Coast Mariners 21 7 7 7 35 32 +3 28
5 Sydney FC 21 7 5 9 33 32 +1 26
6 Wellington Phoenix 21 7 5 9 23 31 −8 26
7 Perth Glory 21 6 4 11 31 44 −13 22
8 Newcastle Jets 21 4 6 11 21 39 −18 18
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Statistics

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See also: Wellington Phoenix records and statistics

Appearances

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Rank Player Minutes played by round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 App. GS upward-facing green arrow downward-facing red arrow Min.
1 New Zealand Tony Lochhead 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow63 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 21 21 0 1 1,863
2 New Zealand Shane Smeltz 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow83 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow89 90 90 90 20 20 0 2 1,792
3 Australia Michael Ferrante 90 90 90 90 upward-facing green arrow21 upward-facing green arrow24 upward-facing green arrow26 upward-facing green arrow23 90 90 downward-facing red arrow81 90 downward-facing red arrow73 downward-facing red arrow75 downward-facing red arrow61 downward-facing red arrow77 downward-facing red arrow80 upward-facing green arrow10 90 19 14 5 6 1,181
4 Australia Jon McKain 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow88 downward-facing red arrow78 18 18 0 2 1,606
5 Australia Karl Dodd downward-facing red arrow89 upward-facing green arrow16 downward-facing red arrow87 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 upward-facing green arrow22 90 90 90 90 90 90 17 15 2 2 1,384
New Zealand Tim Brown upward-facing green arrow3 upward-facing green arrow6 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow72 90 90 90 90 90 51 17 15 2 1 1,302
Brazil Daniel downward-facing red arrow72 downward-facing red arrow61 upward-facing green arrow29 downward-facing red arrow72 90 upward-facing green arrow18 upward-facing green arrow16 upward-facing green arrow18 upward-facing green arrow16 upward-facing green arrow2 upward-facing green arrow18 upward-facing green arrow17 upward-facing green arrow24 90 upward-facing green arrow44 downward-facing red arrow74 downward-facing red arrow67 17 7 10 5 728
8 Australia Andrew Durante 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow46 upward-facing green arrow8 16 15 1 1 1,314
New Zealand Leo Bertos 90 90 upward-facing green arrow10 upward-facing green arrow44 downward-facing red arrow72 downward-facing red arrow89 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 16 14 2 2 1,125
10 New Zealand Ben Sigmund upward-facing green arrow18 upward-facing green arrow5 90 downward-facing red arrow66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow68 90 90 90 15 13 2 2 1,147
11 Australia Manny Muscat 90 downward-facing red arrow74 90 90 downward-facing red arrow69 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 14 14 0 2 1,223
Australia Troy Hearfield upward-facing green arrow18 90 90 downward-facing red arrow74 downward-facing red arrow70 downward-facing red arrow78 upward-facing green arrow21 upward-facing green arrow7 upward-facing green arrow27 90 downward-facing red arrow66 downward-facing red arrow71 downward-facing red arrow89 64 14 10 4 7 855
13 New Zealand Glen Moss 90 90 90 90 90 upward-facing green arrow44 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 13 12 1 0 1,124
14 Australia Adam Kwasnik 90 90 downward-facing red arrow55 upward-facing green arrow20 90 downward-facing red arrow72 downward-facing red arrow80 downward-facing red arrow46 upward-facing green arrow19 upward-facing green arrow1 upward-facing green arrow16 upward-facing green arrow23 12 7 5 4 602
15 New Zealand Jeremy Christie upward-facing green arrow16 upward-facing green arrow21 upward-facing green arrow24 upward-facing green arrow9 upward-facing green arrow15 upward-facing green arrow29 upward-facing green arrow13 upward-facing green arrow10 upward-facing green arrow2 upward-facing green arrow12 10 0 10 0 151
16 New Zealand Mark Paston 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow46 9 9 0 1 766
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny upward-facing green arrow29 upward-facing green arrow35 90 downward-facing red arrow69 downward-facing red arrow66 downward-facing red arrow64 downward-facing red arrow74 downward-facing red arrow66 upward-facing green arrow1 9 6 3 5 494
18 China Leilei Gao downward-facing red arrow61 upward-facing green arrow16 90 downward-facing red arrow69 90 90 90 downward-facing red arrow67 8 7 1 3 573
19 Australia Richard Johnson upward-facing green arrow1 90 downward-facing red arrow74 90 downward-facing red arrow84 90 90 7 6 1 2 519
20 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses upward-facing green arrow24 upward-facing green arrow12 upward-facing green arrow1 downward-facing red arrow80 downward-facing red arrow82 5 2 3 2 199
21 New Zealand David Mulligan 90 90 downward-facing red arrow85 3 3 0 1 265
Brazil Fred downward-facing red arrow74 downward-facing red arrow88 90 3 3 0 2 252
23 New Zealand Greg Draper 0 0 0 0 0
Australia Vince Lia 0 0 0 0 0

  Player started       Player subbed in       Player suspended       Player injured

Goal scorers

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Rank Player Goals by round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1 New Zealand Shane Smeltz 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 12
2 New Zealand Tim Brown 1 1 1 3
3 Australia Troy Hearfield 1 1 2
New Zealand Leo Bertos 1 1 2
5 Brazil Fred 1 1
Australia Karl Dodd 1 1
New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 1 1
Own goal 1 1

  Goal scored from penalty kick       2 goals scored from penalty kick    

Goal assists

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Rank Player Assists by round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1 New Zealand Leo Bertos 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
2 Australia Troy Hearfield 1 2 3
3 Brazil Daniel 1 1 2
New Zealand Tony Lochhead 1 1 2
Australia Jon McKain 1 1 2
6 New Zealand Tim Brown 1 1
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny 1 1
China Leilei Gao 1 1
New Zealand Ben Sigmund 1 1
New Zealand Shane Smeltz 1 1

Discipline

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Rank Player Cards by round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1 Australia Jon McKain 7
2 Australia Troy Hearfield 2 1
New Zealand Tim Brown 3 1
Australia Karl Dodd 5
5 Australia Andrew Durante 2 1
6 Australia Michael Ferrante 3
China Leilei Gao 3
Australia Manny Muscat 3
9 New Zealand Leo Bertos 2
New Zealand Tony Lochhead 2
Australia Richard Johnson 2
New Zealand Shane Smeltz 2
13 New Zealand Vaughan Coveny 1
Brazil Daniel 1
New Zealand David Mulligan 1
New Zealand Ben Sigmund 1
Australia Adam Kwasnik 1
Brazil Fred 1

Goal times

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Times in which goals have been scored in the 2008–09 season
nth Min.   Goals for Wellington Phoenix     Goals against Wellington Phoenix  
01-05
1
0
06-10
0
1
11-15
1
2
16-20
0
3
21-25
1
1
26-30
1
0
31-35
2
1
36-40
0
3
41-45
1
1
46-50
1
4
51-55
3
0
56-60
2
3
61-65
2
0
66-70
1
4
71-75
0
1
76-80
2
3
81-85
1
1
86-90
4
3

Home attendance

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Date Round Attendance Opposition Stadium
17 August 2008 Round 1 10,516 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium
24 August 2008 Round 2 6,110 Melbourne Victory
14 September 2008 Round 4 6,926 Central Coast Mariners
28 September 2008 Round 6 6,729 Sydney FC
26 October 2008 Round 9 6,543 Queensland Roar
23 November 2008 Round 12 5,500 Newcastle Jets
28 November 2008 Round 13 7,953 Melbourne Victory
14 December 2008 Round 15 6,362 Perth Glory
19 December 2008 Round 16 6,722 Central Coast Mariners
4 January 2009 Round 18 7,520 Newcastle Jets
18 January 2009 Round 20 8,241 Adelaide United
Total 79,122
Average 7,193

Club

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Technical staff

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  • First team coach: New Zealand Ricki Herbert
  • Assistant coach: New Zealand Stu Jacobs
  • First team Physiotherapist: New Zealand Adam Crump
  • Masseur: New Zealand Dene Carroll
  • Strength & conditioning coach: England Ed Baranowski

Kit

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Supplier: Reebok
Sponsor(s): Sony

Home
Away

End-of-season awards

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See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC end-of-season awards

References

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