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2021–22 Wellington Phoenix FC (A-League Women) season

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Wellington Phoenix
2021–22 season
ManagerGemma Lewis
StadiumWIN Stadium
A-League Women10th of 10
Top goalscorerGrace Jale (6)
Highest home attendance1,309
(vs. Western Sydney Wanderers, 3 December 2021)
Lowest home attendance61[a]
(vs. Melbourne Victory,
4 February 2022)
Average home league attendance482[a]
Biggest win3–0
(vs. Canberra United, 11 February 2022)
Biggest defeat0–5
(vs. Sydney FC, 30 December 2021)
All statistics correct as of 4 March 2022.

The 2021–22 Wellington Phoenix season is the club's inaugural season in the A-League Women, the premier competition for women's football in Australia, originally known as the W-League.

The club's manager for the season is Gemma Lewis, with Natalie Lawrence as assistant.[3][4]

Due to impacts related to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, including not being able to play home games in New Zealand, the team are playing their home games at WIN Stadium located in Wollongong, Australia.

Season milestones

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Former Perth Glory keeper and 2020–21 players’ player of the year, Lily Alfeld, was announced as the club's inaugural signing.[5] She was later announced as the club's inaugural captain.[6]

Wellington Phoenix started their debut season with a 0–0 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers at the Wollongong Showgrounds.[7]

Ava Pritchard scored the club's first goal in their second game of the season, in a 1–5 loss to Newcastle Jets.[8]

On 11 February 2022, the Phoenix achieved their first ever win in the A-League Women in a 3–0 away win against Canberra United.[9]

They got their second win of the season against Western Sydney Wanderers, winning 3–2 on the 1st March[10] but it wasn't enough to get them off the bottom of the table and after losing their last game of the season to Perth Glory, they finished the season with the wooden spoon.[11]

Players

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Squad information

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As of 3 November 2021[5][12][13][14][15][16]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK New Zealand NZL Lily Alfeld (captain)
2 DF New Zealand NZL Saskia Vosper
3 DF New Zealand NZL Kate Taylor (vice-captain)
4 DF New Zealand NZL Mackenzie Barry
5 FW Australia AUS Jordan Jasnos
6 MF Australia AUS Isabel Gomez
7 MF New Zealand NZL Chloe Knott
8 FW New Zealand NZL Grace Wisnewski
9 FW New Zealand NZL Ava Pritchard
10 MF New Zealand NZL Grace Jale
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW New Zealand NZL Kelli Brown
12 GK Australia AUS Brianna Edwards
13 MF New Zealand NZL Te Reremoana Walker
14 DF Australia AUS Cushla Rue
15 DF New Zealand NZL Zoe McMeeken
16 MF Australia AUS Hannah Jones
17 DF Australia AUS Talitha Kramer
18 DF Australia AUS Annabel Martin
19 DF New Zealand NZL Charlotte Lancaster (scholarship)
20 MF New Zealand NZL Alyssa Whinham

A-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 14 11 2 1 36 6 +30 35 Qualification to Finals series
2 Melbourne City 14 11 0 3 29 11 +18 33
3 Adelaide United 14 9 0 5 33 17 +16 27
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 7 3 4 26 22 +4 24
5 Perth Glory 14 7 3 4 20 23 −3 24
6 Brisbane Roar 14 5 2 7 28 30 −2 17
7 Canberra United 14 2 7 5 24 29 −5 13
8 Newcastle Jets 14 2 4 8 15 30 −15 10
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 14 1 4 9 7 27 −20 7
10 Wellington Phoenix 14 2 1 11 13 36 −23 7
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions


Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

  • All times are in AEDT
3 December 2021 1 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Wollongong
17:05 Report Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Casey Reibelt
10 December 2021 2 Newcastle Jets 5–1 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
17:05
Report Pritchard 81' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,273
Referee: Isabella Blaess
19 December 2021 3 Sydney FC 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
16:05
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 1,045
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
27 December 2021 4 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Newcastle Jets Gosford
18:45 Report House 82' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
30 December 2021 5 Wellington Phoenix 0–5 Sydney FC Wollongong
17:05 Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 309
Referee: Lara Lee
9 January 2022 6 Melbourne City 4–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
16:05
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Caitlin Williams
16 January 2022 7 Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Brisbane Roar Wollongong
14:05
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 247
Referee: Rebecca Mackie
21 January 2022 8 Adelaide United 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
18:05 Hayward 68' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 1,024
Referee: Caitlin Williams
31 January 2022 9 Perth Glory 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
18:35 Report
Stadium: Blacktown Football Park
Attendance: 84
Referee: Rachael Mitchenson
4 February 2022 10 Wellington Phoenix 0–2 Melbourne Victory Wollongong
16:05 Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 61
Referee: Caitlin Williams
11 February 2022 11 Canberra United 0–3 Wellington Phoenix Canberra
19:45 Report
Stadium: Viking Park
Referee: Rebecca Mackie
18 February 2022 12 Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Adelaide United Wollongong
16:05
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Kelly Jones
Note: Game was originally meant to be played on the 17th February but was postponed first due to hail and then lighting.[17]
1 March 2022 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
18:35 Report
Stadium: Blacktown Football Park
Attendance: 154
Referee: Kelly Jones
Note: Game was originally meant to be played on the 26th February but was postponed as the ground was deemed unfit for play.[18]
4 March 2022 14 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Perth Glory Wollongong
19:05
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
14 2 1 11 13 36  −23 7 0 1 6 4 18  −14 2 0 5 9 18  −9

Last updated: 6 March 2022.
Source: A-League Women

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314
GroundHAAHHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDLLLLLLLLLWLWL
Position510101010101010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: A-League Women
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 4 March 2022
No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers:
1 GK New Zealand NZL Lily Alfeld 13 0 13 0
12 GK Australia AUS Brianna Edwards 2 0 1+1 0
Defenders:
2 DF New Zealand NZL Saskia Vosper 13 0 6+7 0
3 DF New Zealand NZL Kate Taylor 13 1 13 1
4 DF New Zealand NZL Mackenzie Barry 12 0 12 0
14 DF Australia AUS Cushla Rue 2 0 0+2 0
15 DF New Zealand NZL Zoe McMeeken 13 0 13 0
17 DF Australia AUS Talitha Kramer 11 0 8+3 0
18 DF Australia AUS Annabel Martin 4 0 0+4 0
19 DF New Zealand NZL Charlotte Lancaster 5 0 0+5 0
Midfielders:
6 MF Australia AUS Isabel Gomez 14 0 13+1 0
7 MF New Zealand NZL Chloe Knott 14 2 14 2
10 MF New Zealand NZL Grace Jale 11 6 10+1 6
13 MF New Zealand NZL Te Reremoana Walker 12 0 4+8 0
16 MF Australia AUS Hannah Jones 8 0 4+4 0
20 MF New Zealand NZL Alyssa Whinham 14 1 12+2 1
Forwards:
5 FW Australia AUS Jordan Jasnos 9 0 2+7 0
8 FW New Zealand NZL Grace Wisnewski 11 0 11 0
9 FW New Zealand NZL Ava Pritchard 14 2 14 2
11 FW New Zealand NZL Kelli Brown 6 0 4+2 0

Clean sheets

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

As of 4 March 2022
Rank Pos. No. Player A-League Total
1 GK 1 New Zealand Lily Alfeld 2 2

Disciplinary records

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

As of 4 March 2022
Pos. No. Name A-League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
DF 17 Australia Talitha Kramer 4 0 4 0
MF 6 Australia Isabel Gomez 3 0 3 0
FW 8 New Zealand Grace Wisnewski 2 0 2 0
FW 9 New Zealand Ava Pritchard 2 0 2 0
MF 16 Australia Hannah Jones 2 0 2 0
DF 2 New Zealand Saskia Vosper 1 0 1 0
DF 3 New Zealand Kate Taylor 1 0 1 0
DF 4 New Zealand Mackenzie Barry 1 0 1 0
MF 7 New Zealand Chloe Knott 1 0 1 0
MF 10 New Zealand Grace Jale 1 0 1 0
MF 13 New Zealand Te Reremoana Walker 1 0 1 0

See also

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2021–22 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Excluding the Round 4, Round 12 and Round 14 matches as they were played behind closed doors.[1][2]
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References

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  1. ^ "Recap: Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets – A-League Women". Stuff. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ^ Phoenix, Wellington. "Back in action tonight. Match Details – A-League Women". Twitter. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Announces Lewis and Lawrence as Inaugural A-League Women's Coaching Staff". Wellington Phoenix. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Confirms Backroom Staff for 2021/22 Season". Wellington Phoenix FC. 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Experienced goalkeeper Lily Alfeld locked in as Wellington Phoenix women's first signing". Stuff. 15 October 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Lily Alfeld to captain Wellington Phoenix during debut A-League Women season". Stuff. 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Phoenix women draw with Wanderers". ABC.net. 3 December 2021.
  8. ^ Rollo, Phillip (12 December 2021). "Ava Pritchard creates history with Wellington Phoenix's first A-League Women goal". Stuff. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  9. ^ Rollo, Phillip (11 February 2022). "Wellington Phoenix celebrate first win in A-League Women after beating Canberra". Stuff. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  10. ^ Rollo, Phillip (1 March 2022). "Wellington Phoenix storm back to beat Western Sydney Wanderers in A-League Women". Stuff. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  11. ^ Rollo, Phillip (4 March 2022). "Wellington Phoenix set for wooden spoon after defeat in final A-League Women game". Stuff. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Signs Five FFDP Players to A-League Women's Team". Wellington Phoenix. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  13. ^ Rollo, Phillip (19 October 2021). "Wellington Phoenix snap up young Kiwi talent ahead of A-League Women debut". Stuff. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Signs Australian-Based Trio to A-League Women's Side". Wellington Phoenix. 26 October 2021. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Signs Lancaster and Whinham to Scholarships for A-League Women's Team". Wellington Phoenix. 28 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Sign Australian Trio to A-League Women's Squad". Wellington Phoenix. 3 November 2021. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  17. ^ Rollo, Phillip (17 February 2022). "Wellington Phoenix A-League Women game called off after hail storm". Stuff.
  18. ^ Rollo, Phillip (26 February 2022). "Wellington Phoenix games postponed after Parramatta stadium deemed unfit for play". Stuff. Retrieved 26 February 2022.