2021–22 Wellington Phoenix FC season

The 2021–22 season was the Wellington Phoenix's 15th season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the 15th time and in the FFA Cup for the 7th time.

Wellington Phoenix

2021–22 season
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Manager	Ufuk Talay
Stadium	WIN Stadium Leichhardt Oval (Due to Coronavirus travel restrictions) Sky Stadium Eden Park
A-League Men	6th
A-League Men Finals Series	Elimination-finals
FFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Gael Sandoval Jaushua Sotirio Ben Waine (6) All: Jaushua Sotirio Ben Waine (8)
Highest home attendance	18,184 (vs. Central Coast Mariners, 17 April 2022, A-League)[1]
Lowest home attendance	38 (vs. Brisbane Roar, 16 February 2022, A-League)[a]
Average home league attendance	4,105
Biggest win	4–1 (vs. Avondale FC (A), 14 December 2021, FFA Cup) (vs. Western United (A), 9 April 2022, A-League) 3–0 (vs. Brisbane Roar (H), 16 February 2022, A-League) (vs. Brisbane Roar (A), 30 March 2022, A-League)
Biggest defeat	0–6 (vs. Melbourne City (H), 2 April 2022, A-League)[3]
Home colours Away colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of end of season.

This season was the Phoenix's third season fully or partially based in Australia, starting towards the end of the 2019–20 season.^[4] This season was Ufuk Talay's third in charge; in May 2021 he renewed his contract until 2023.^[5]

Pre-season

The Phoenix finished 7th in the 2020–21 A-League season, one point short of finals series.^[6] On 21 May, the Phoenix announced that head coach Ufuk Talay had signed a 2-year contract extension with the club.^[7]

June

On 9 June, the Phoenix confirmed the departure of captain Ulises Dávila in spite of the club's record-setting efforts to retain him. He would later sign for Macarthur FC.^[8][9] On 10 June, the departure of Stefan Marinovic was confirmed by the Phoenix after he had signed with Israeli club Hapoel Nof HaGalil.^[10][11] On 15 June, the Phoenix announced the return of Gary Hooper on a two-year deal.^[12] On 23 June, the Phoenix re-signed Joshua Laws on a two-year contract.^[13] Following the conclusion of the 2020-21 A-League season, on 25 June, the Phoenix confirmed the departure of Cameron Devlin, Liam McGing, Luke DeVere, Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, Matthew Ridenton, Charles Lokolingoy, and Mirza Muratovic.^[14] On 30 June, it was announced that left-back James McGarry signed a one-year contract extension.^[15]

July

On 10 July, it was announced that Tomer Hemed would not be re-signing with the club for the 2021-22 A-League season. Hemed had finished as the Phoenix's top goal-scorer with 11 goals. He would later sign for Western Sydney Wanderers.^[16][17] On 29 July, it was announced that defender Callan Elliot, who had previously played for the club, had returned on a two-year deal.^[18] On 30 July, the Phoenix announced the signing of Australian midfielder Nicholas Pennington on a two-year deal.^[19]

September

On 13 September, the Phoenix announced that academy players Ben Old and Alex Paulsen had signed three-year professional contracts with the club.^[20] On 27 September, Steven Taylor announced his shock retirement just days after being named captain.^[21]

October

On 13 October, the Phoenix bolstered their defensive stocks by securing a season-long loan deal for 20-year-old Melbourne Victory centre-back Matthew Bozinovski.^[22] On 18 October, the Phoenix announced the signing of Olyroo Luka Prso on a one-year deal.^[23] On 22 October, the Phoenix signed reserve team players George Ott and Kurtis Mogg on one-year scholarship contracts ahead of the A-League Men season.^[24]

November

In November the Phoenix played their last three preseason matches. They won against the Central Coast Mariners and Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 and 2–1, respectively. The Phoenix would lose their last preseason match against Sydney by a 1–0 margin.

Players

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 3 DF  MKD Matthew Bozinovski (on loan from Melbourne Victory) 4 DF  ENG Scott Wootton 5 DF  NZL James McGarry 6 DF  NZL Tim Payne 7 MF  MEX Gael Sandoval (on loan from Guadalajara) 8 MF  NZL Ben Old 9 FW  ENG David Ball 10 FW  AUS Reno Piscopo 11 MF  AUS Jaushua Sotirio 13 MF  AUS Nicholas Pennington 14 MF  NZL Alex Rufer (captain) 16 DF  NZL Louis Fenton

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  NZL Callan Elliot 18 FW  NZL Ben Waine 19 MF  NZL Sam Sutton 20 GK  NZL Oliver Sail (vice-captain) 21 DF  AUS Joshua Laws 23 MF  NZL Clayton Lewis 31 DF  ENG Kurtis Mogg (scholarship) 32 FW  NZL George Ott (scholarship) 33 DF  NZL Finn Surman (scholarship) 40 GK  NZL Alex Paulsen 43 FW  NZL Oskar van Hattum (scholarship) 88 FW  ENG Gary Hooper

Other players with first-team appearances

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 30 GK  NZL Henry Gray 34 MF  NZL Jackson Manuel

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 FW  NZL Riley Bidois 38 MF  NZL Luis Toomey

Transfers

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
8	MF		Ben Old	19	3-year senior contract[20]
40	GK		Alex Paulsen	19	3-year senior contract[20]
31	DF		Kurtis Mogg	20	1-year scholarship contract[24]
32	FW		George Ott	20	1-year scholarship contract[24]
33	DF		Finn Surman	18	4 month scholarship contract to be upgraded to a 3-year senior contract[25]
43	FW		Oskar van Hattum	19	4 month scholarship contract to be upgraded to a 3-year senior contract[25]
36	FW		Riley Bidois	20	Short-term signing[26]
38	MF		Luis Toomey	20	Short-term signing[26]

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
88	FW	Gary Hooper	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	15 June 2021	[12]
17	DF	Callan Elliot	Xanthi	Free transfer	2 years	29 July 2021	[18]
13	MF	Nicholas Pennington	Olbia	Free transfer	2 years	30 July 2021	[19]
3	DF	Matthew Bozinovski	Melbourne Victory	Loan	1 year	13 October 2021	[22]
12	MF	Luka Prso	Osijek	Free transfer	1 year	18 October 2021	[23]
7	MF	Gael Sandoval	Guadalajara	Loan	1 year	21 December 2021	[27]
4	DF	Scott Wootton	Morecambe	Free transfer	5 months	7 January 2022	[28]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
10	MF	Ulises Dávila	Macarthur FC	End of contract	20 May 2021	[9]
1	GK	Stefan Marinovic	Hapoel Nof HaGalil	End of contract	31 May 2021	[11]
2	DF	Liam McGing	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	[14]
3	DF	Luke DeVere	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	[14]
4	DF	Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	25 June 2021	[14]
8	MF	Cameron Devlin	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	[14]
12	MF	Matthew Ridenton	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	[14]
13	FW	Charles Lokolingoy	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	[14]
15	MF	Mirza Muratovic	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	[14]
17	FW	Tomer Hemed	Western Sydney Wanderers	End of contract	11 July 2021	[17]
27	DF	Steven Taylor	Retired		27 September 2021	[21]
12	MF	Luka Prso	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	10 January 2022	[29]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Ref.
21	Joshua Laws	Centre-back	2 years	23 June 2021	[13]
5	James McGarry	Left-back	1 year	30 June 2021	[15]
6	Tim Payne	Defender	3 years	22 February 2022	[30]
19	Sam Sutton	Midfielder / left-back	2 years	21 March 2022	[31]
4	Scott Wootton	Centre-back	3 years	24 March 2022	[32]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Ufuk Talay
Assistant coach	Chris Greenacre
Assistant coach/Head analyst	Giancarlo Italiano
Goalkeeping coach	Paul Gothard
Head physiotherapist	Ben Venn
Strength & conditioning coach	Aidan Wivell

Friendlies

Wellington Phoenix v Miramar Rangers

25 September 2021	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Miramar Rangers	Wellington, New Zealand
	Sotirio Waine	Report

Wellington Phoenix v Wellington Olympic

2 October 2021	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Wellington Olympic	Wellington, New Zealand
	Mogg	Report	Mata

Wellington Phoenix v Western Suburbs

9 October 2021	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Western Suburbs	Wellington, New Zealand
NZST	Ball	Report

Wellington Phoenix v Miramar Rangers

16 October 2021	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Miramar Rangers	Wellington, New Zealand
	McGarry Waine	Report

Wellington Phoenix v Western Suburbs

23 October 2021	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Western Suburbs	Wellington, New Zealand
NZST	Sotirio McGarry Old	Report		Stadium: Martin Luckie Park

Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix

2 November 2021	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
11:00 AEDT		Report	Waine 38'	Stadium: Valentine Sports Park

Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix

6 November 2021	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
18:00 AEDT	Najjarine 32'	Report	Ball 5' Elliot 71'	Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix

13 November 2021	Sydney FC	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
17:00 AEDT	Le Fondre 23'	Report		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	21 November 2021	9 May 2022	Matchday 1	6th	26	12	3	11	34	49	−15	046.15
A-League Finals	14 May 2022		Elimination final	Elimination final	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
FFA Cup	7 December 2021	29 January 2022	Round of 32	Semi-final	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Total					31	14	4	13	40	55	−15	045.16

Last updated: end of season.
Source: Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2021–22 A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Adelaide United	26	12	7	7	38	31	+7	43	Qualification for finals series[b]
5	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	49	35	+14	42
6	Wellington Phoenix[c]	26	12	3	11	34	49	−15	39
7	Macarthur FC	26	9	6	11	38	47	−9	33
8	Sydney FC	26	8	7	11	37	44	−7	31

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

1. Excluding the Round 12 match on 9 February 2022 at home against Melbourne Victory as the match was played behind closed doors.^[2]
2. The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
3. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	12	3	11	34	49	−15	39	8	2	3	19	20	−1	4	1	8	15	29	−14

Last updated: end of season.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by matchday

Game Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W		L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L
Position	7	3	7	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	9	10	7	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2022. Source: A-League Men
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Weeks (GW); not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days

Matches

Macarthur FC v Wellington Phoenix

21 November 2021 1	Macarthur FC	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
18:45 AEDT	La. Rose 61'	Report	Hooper 25' (pen.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 1,188 Referee: Ben Abraham

Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners

27 November 2021 2	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Wollongong
17:05 AEDT	Hooper 48' Sotiro 63'	Report	Ureña 52'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Jack Morgan

Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers

3 December 2021 3	Wellington Phoenix	0–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wollongong
19:45 AEDT		Report	Hemed 66' Koutroumbis 90+3'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 1,948 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

10 December 2021 4	Newcastle Jets	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
19:45 AEDT	Mikeltadze 32', 52' Murnane 69' Penha 80'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,332 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix

19 December 2021 5	Sydney FC	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
18:45 AEDT	Kamsoba 19' Le Fondre 57'	Report	Waine 83'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Ben Abraham

Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix

1 January 2022 7	Adelaide United	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:45 ACDT	Blackwood 7' Goodwin 54' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Lopez 80'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 4,390 Referee: Daniel Elder

Wellington Phoenix v Western United

21 January 2022 11	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Western United	Wollongong
19:45 AEST	Sandoval 16' Hooper 35'	Report	Lustica 90+4'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 586 Referee: Shaun Evans

Wellington Phoenix v Macarthur FC

6 February 2022 13	Wellington Phoenix	3–1	Macarthur FC	Sydney
16:05 AEDT	Piscopo 12' (pen.) Sotirio 71', 78'	Report	Dávila 58'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,328 Referee: Alex King

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory

9 February 2022 12	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Wollongong
17:05 AEDT	Piscopo 74'	Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Ben Abraham

Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United

12 February 2022 14	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
16:50 AEDT	Sandoval 20'	Report	Oliveira 90+2'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 797 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar

16 February 2022 8	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
17:25 AEDT	Wootton 33' Sandoval 63' Piscopo 67'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 38 Referee: Alex King

Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC

19 February 2022 15	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Sydney FC	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Ball 43'	Report	Bobô 67'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 3,775 Referee: Jack Morgan

Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

9 March 2022 9	Wellington Phoenix	3–2	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:45 AEDT	Sotirio 25' (pen.) Waine 45+1' Ball 88'	Report	Penha 42' Boumal 63'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 573[33] Referee: Ben Abraham

Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix

12 March 2022 18	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
17:05 AEST	Akbari 7' Hore 76'	Report	Hooper 72'	Stadium: Dolphin Oval Attendance: 5,883[34] Referee: Tim Danaskos

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

18 March 2022 19	Newcastle Jets	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
19:45 AEDT	Boumal 51', 63' Mikeltadze 67' Babalj 83'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,353 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory

26 March 2022 20	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
17:05 AEDT	Waine 37' Pennington 90+7'	Report	Fitzgerald 49'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 168 Referee: Kurt Ams

Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix

30 March 2022 22	Brisbane Roar	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
18:05 AEST		Report	Neville 28' (o.g.) Waine 48' Old 57'	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Shaun Evans

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City

2 April 2022 21	Wellington Phoenix	0–6	Melbourne City	Sydney
16:35 AEDT		Report	Surman 17' (o.g.) Leckie 50' Nabbout 59' Good 68' Tilio 76', 81'	Stadium: PointsBet Stadium Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted) Referee: Adam Kersey

Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix

5 April 2022 6	Central Coast Mariners	5–0	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
19:05 AEST	Ureña 8' (pen.) Nkololo 24' Cummings 55' (pen.) Kuol 68' Hatch 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 2,847 Referee: Daniel Elder

Western United v Wellington Phoenix

9 April 2022 23	Western United	1–4	Wellington Phoenix	Ballarat
14:05 AEST	Lustica 54'	Report	Wootton 29' Sotirio 32', 63' Sandoval 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Daniel Elder

Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix

13 April 2022 10	Perth Glory	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:05 AEST		Report	Sandoval 48'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 89 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners

17 April 2022 24	Wellington Phoenix	0–4	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
15:05 NZST		Report	Nkololo 25' Cummings 62' Moresche 65' Hatch 90+6'	Stadium: Sky Stadium[35] Attendance: 18,184 Referee: Adam Kersey

Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers

24 April 2022 25	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Auckland
15:05 NZST	Waine 22'	Report		Stadium: Eden Park[35] Attendance: 15,245 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix

29 April 2022 26	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:45 AEST	D'Agostino 2' Brimmer 68' (pen.) Rojas 78'	Report	Sandoval 26' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,287 Referee: Shaun Evans

Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix

5 May 2022 16	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Hemed 29'	Report	Sutton 3' Piscopo 65'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 4,769 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

9 May 2022 17	Melbourne City	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:05 AEST	Sutton 3' (o.g.) Maclaren 10'	Source	Waine 54'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,350 Referee: Daniel Elder

Finals series

Main article: 2021–22 A-League Men § Finals series

Western United v Wellington Phoenix

14 May 2022 Elimination final	Western United	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:45 AEST	Prijović 10'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,376 Referee: Alex King

FFA Cup

Main article: 2021 FFA Cup

Western United v Wellington Phoenix

7 December 2021 Round of 32	Western United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Geelong
19:30 AEDT		Report	Waine 35'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 1,217 Referee: Jack Morgan

Avondale FC v Wellington Phoenix

14 December 2021 Round of 16	Avondale FC	1–4	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Reid 74'	Report	Sotirio 4', 14' Waine 24' Prso 81'	Stadium: ABD Stadium Attendance: 830

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

5 January 2022 Quarter-finals	Melbourne City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,485 Referee: Ben Abraham
	Penalties
	Griffiths O'Neill Galloway Metcalfe Jamieson Colakovski Tilio		Waine Laws Fenton Rufer Sotirio Lewis Pennington

Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix

29 January 2022 Semi-final	Melbourne Victory	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Geelong
17:35 AEDT	Brillante 65' D'Agostino 80', 90+1' Folami 85'	Report	Hooper 39'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 2,034 Referee: Daniel Elder

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League		A-League Finals		FFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
20	GK	NZL	Oli Sail	26	0	23	0	1	0	2	0
30	GK	NZL	Henry Gray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	NZL	Alex Paulsen	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
Defenders:
3	DF	MKD	Matthew Bozinovski	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
4	DF	ENG	Scott Wootton	19	2	18	2	1	0	0	0
5	DF	NZL	James McGarry	17	0	10+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
6	DF	NZL	Tim Payne	25	0	23	0	1	0	1	0
16	DF	NZL	Louis Fenton	26	0	9+13	0	0	0	3+1	0
17	DF	NZL	Callan Elliot	15	0	8+5	0	0	0	1+1	0
21	DF	AUS	Joshua Laws	18	0	15	0	0	0	3	0
31	DF	ENG	Kurtis Mogg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	NZL	Finn Surman	18	0	11+3	0	1	0	2+1	0
Midfielders:
7	MF	MEX	Gael Sandoval	21	6	19	6	1	0	1	0
8	MF	NZL	Ben Old	26	1	10+13	1	0+1	0	2	0
11	MF	AUS	Jaushua Sotirio	24	8	15+4	6	0+1	0	2+2	2
13	MF	AUS	Nicholas Pennington	27	1	12+10	1	1	0	4	0
14	MF	NZL	Alex Rufer	17	0	14	0	0	0	3	0
19	MF	NZL	Sam Sutton	27	1	20+2	1	1	0	3+1	0
23	MF	NZL	Clayton Lewis	20	0	15+1	0	1	0	2+1	0
34	MF	NZL	Jackson Manuel	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	NZL	Luis Toomey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards:
9	FW	ENG	David Ball	28	2	23	2	1	0	3+1	0
10	FW	AUS	Reno Piscopo	24	4	17+4	4	1	0	2	0
18	FW	NZL	Ben Waine	29	8	14+10	6	0+1	0	3+1	2
32	FW	NZL	George Ott	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	FW	NZL	Riley Bidois	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	NZL	Oskar van Hattum	10	0	0+8	0	0	0	1+1	0
88	FW	ENG	Gary Hooper	16	5	9+5	4	1	0	1	1
Players that have left the club:
12	MF	AUS	Luka Prso	2	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	1

• Source: Wellington Phoenix

Clean sheets

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

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	A-League	A-League Finals	FFA Cup	Total
1	GK	20	Oli Sail	5	0	1	6
2	GK	40	Alex Paulsen	0	0	1	1

Disciplinary records

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

Pos.	No.	Name	A-League		A-League Finals		FFA Cup		Total
FW	9	David Ball	7	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
MF	13	Nicholas Pennington	6	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
MF	14	Alex Rufer	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	16	Louis Fenton	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	17	Callan Elliot	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF	19	Sam Sutton	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
DF	21	Joshua Laws	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF	23	Clayton Lewis	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
DF	4	Scott Wootton	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF	6	Tim Payne	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	7	Gael Sandoval	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	10	Reno Piscopo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	18	Ben Waine	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
GK	20	Oli Sail	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF	5	James McGarry	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	8	Ben Old	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	11	Jaushua Sotirio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	33	Finn Surman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	43	Oskar van Hattum	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	88	Gary Hooper	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

See also

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