2024–25 Wellington Phoenix FC season

The 2024–25 season was Wellington Phoenix Football Club's 18th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in this season's edition of the Australia Cup.

Wellington Phoenix

2024–25 season
Wellington Phoenix playing Auckland FC at home in the first Kiwi Clásico on 2 November 2024.
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Manager	Giancarlo Italiano
Stadium	Sky Stadium
A-League Men	11th
A-League Men finals series	DNQ
2024 Australia Cup	Round of 32
2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds	Qualified for Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Kosta Barbarouses (10) All: Kosta Barbarouses (11)
Highest home attendance	26,252 vs. Auckland FC (2 November 2024) A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	4,190 vs. Perth Glory (4 May 2025) A-League Men
Average home league attendance	8,366
Biggest win	3–0 vs. Central Coast Mariners (A) (10 November 2024) A-League Men
Biggest defeat	6–1 vs. Auckland FC (A) (22 February 2025) A-League Men
Home colours Away colours
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 14 May 2025.

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 1 GK  NGA Josh Oluwayemi 3 DF  NZL Corban Piper (scholarship) 4 DF  ENG Scott Wootton 5 MF  NZL Fin Roa Conchie 6 DF  NZL Tim Payne 7 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses 8 MF  AUS Paulo Retre 9 FW  JPN Hideki Ishige 11 FW  MKD Stefan Colakovski 12 MF  POR Francisco Geraldes (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim) 14 MF  NZL Alex Rufer (captain) 15 DF  NZL Isaac Hughes

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  NZL Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues (scholarship) 18 DF  NZL Lukas Kelly-Heald 19 DF  NZL Sam Sutton 23 FW  NZL Luke Supyk (scholarship) 25 MF  JPN Kazuki Nagasawa 27 DF  NZL Matthew Sheridan 29 FW  NZL Luke Brooke-Smith (scholarship) 30 GK  NZL Alby Kelly-Heald 35 GK  NZL Dublin Boon (scholarship) 36 DF  NZL Xuan Loke (scholarship) 39 DF  NZL Jayden Smith (scholarship) 41 FW  NZL Nathan Walker (scholarship)

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 42 FW  NZL Fergus Gillion

No. Pos. Nation Player 46 MF  NZL Lachlan Candy

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
21	FW	Marco Rojas	Brisbane Roar	Free transfer	1 year	9 July 2024	[1]
8	MF	Paulo Retre	Goa	Free transfer	2 years	26 July 2024	[2]
29	FW	Luke Brooke-Smith	Hamilton Wanderers	Free transfer	3 years, first two of which are on scholarship terms.	13 August 2024	[3]
1	GK	Josh Oluwayemi	Lahti	Free transfer	1 year	15 August 2024	[4]
25	MF	Kazuki Nagasawa	Vegalta Sendai	Free transfer	2 years	29 August 2024	[5]
9	FW	Hideki Ishige	Gamba Osaka	Free transfer	2 years	2 September 2024	[6]
3	MF	Corban Piper	Birkenhead United	Free transfer	1 year scholarship	16 September 2024	[7]
11	FW	Stefan Colakovski	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	10 October 2024	[8]
12	MF	Francisco Geraldes	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Loan	5 months	12 February 2025	[9]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
9	FW	Oskar Zawada	Unattached	End of contract	18 May 2024	[10]
40	GK	Alex Paulsen	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	4 June 2024	[11]
17	MF	Youstin Salas	Deportivo Saprissa	End of loan	5 June 2024	[12]
15	MF	Nicholas Pennington	Perth Glory	End of contract	19 June 2024	[13][14]
25	GK	Jack Duncan	Melbourne Victory	End of contract	8 July 2024	[15]
8	MF	Ben Old	Saint-Étienne	Undisclosed	10 July 2024	[16]
11	MF	Bozhidar Kraev	Western Sydney Wanderers	End of contract	16 July 2024	[17][18]
3	DF	Finn Surman	Portland Timbers	Undisclosed	20 July 2024	[19]
24	FW	Oskar van Hattum	Sligo Rovers	Mutual contract termination	11 January 2025	[20]
10	FW	David Ball	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	13 January 2025	[21]
12	MF	Mohamed Al-Taay	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mutual contract termination	17 January 2025	[22][23]
21	FW	Marco Rojas	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	31 March 2024	[24]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
35	GK		Dublin Boon	19	1-year scholarship contract[25]
39	DF		Jayden Smith	17	3-year contract, first two of which are on scholarship terms[26]
41	FW		Nathan Walker	18	4-year contract, first two of which are on scholarship terms[27]
36	DF		Xuan Loke	18	2.5-year contract, the first 1.5 years of which are on scholarship terms[28]

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref.
7	Kosta Barbarouses	Winger	1 year[note 1]	23 May 2024		[29]
27	Matthew Sheridan	Right-back	3 years	9 September 2024	Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2027–28 and upgraded to full-pro	[30]
30	Alby Kelly-Heald	Goalkeeper	3 years	9 September 2024	New 3-year contract, replacing previous scholarship contract which was until end of 2026–27	[30]
15	Isaac Hughes	Centre-back	3 years	20 September 2024	Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2027–28	[31]
1	Josh Oluwayemi	Goalkeeper	1 year	30 October 2024	Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26	[32]
6	Tim Payne	Full-back	3 years	17 December 2024	Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2027–28	[33]
—	Giancarlo Italiano	Coach	1 year	24 April 2025	Option for a second year	[34]
3	Corban Piper	Centre-back	2 years	28 April 2025	Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27 and upgraded to full-pro	[35]

Pre-season and friendlies

Wellington Phoenix v Miramar Rangers

18 August 2024	Wellington Phoenix	4–1	Miramar Rangers	Wellington, New Zealand
	Barbarouses ?' Walker ?' Al-Taay ?' Sloane-Rodrigues ?'	Report	? ?'	Stadium: Martin Luckie Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Wellington Phoenix v Western Suburbs

24 August 2024	Wellington Phoenix	5–1	Western Suburbs	Wellington, New Zealand
	Retre ?' Sloane-Rodrigues ?' Barbarouses ?' Walker ?' Supyk ?'	Report	? ?'	Stadium: Martin Luckie Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

17 September 2024	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
	Gibson 60'	Report		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Wellington Phoenix v Wellington Olympic

22 September 2024	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Wellington Olympic	Wellington, New Zealand
14:00 NZST	van Hattum 8' Supyk 67'	Report		Stadium: Martin Luckie Park

Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix

28 September 2024	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix

6 October 2024	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford, Australia
	Eames	Report		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men	20 October 2024	2 May 2025	Matchday 1	11th	26	6	6	14	27	43	−16	023.08
2024 Australia Cup	6 August 2024		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
2025 Australia Cup play-off	14 May 2025		Play-offs	Qualified for Round of 32	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total					28	7	6	15	28	44	−16	025.00

Last updated: 14 May 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

Main article: 2024–25 A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Newcastle Jets	26	8	6	12	43	44	−1	30
10	Central Coast Mariners	26	5	11	10	29	51	−22	26	Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs
11	Wellington Phoenix[a]	26	6	6	14	27	43	−16	24
12	Brisbane Roar	26	5	6	15	32	51	−19	21
13	Perth Glory	26	4	5	17	22	56	−34	17

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.^[36]
Notes:

1. Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of 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	6	6	14	27	43	−16	24	2	5	6	11	17	−6	4	1	8	16	26	−10

Last updated: 4 May 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League
Home figures include Wellington Phoenix's 1–0 win on neutral ground against Melbourne Victory on 24 November 2024.

Results by round

Round	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	27	28	29
Ground	H	A	H	A	N	B	A	H	A	H	B	A	H	H	A	H	B	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	W	X	L	L	L	W	X	L	L	D	W	D	X	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L
Position	5	2	6	4	2	4	5	6	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Points	1	4	4	7	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	14	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	24	24	24	24	24

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Bye

Matches

Wellington Phoenix v Western United

20 October 2024 1	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Western United	Wellington
16:00 NZDT	Barbarouses 45+2'	Report	Thurgate 76'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 7,535 Referee: Adam Kersey

Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix

26 October 2024 2	Perth Glory	0–2	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
18:45 AWST		Report	Wootton 39' Payne 49'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 7,074 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Wellington Phoenix v Auckland FC

2 November 2024 3	Wellington Phoenix	0–2	Auckland FC	Wellington
17:00 NZDT		Report	Brimmer 89', 90+6'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 26,252 Referee: Adam Kersey

Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix

10 November 2024 4	Central Coast Mariners	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
16:00 AEDT		Report	Ishige 15' Barbarouses 40' Sutton 53'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 6,493 Referee: Alex King

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory

24 November 2024 5	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
13:30 AEDT	Barbarouses 82'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 3,478 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Auckland FC v Wellington Phoenix

7 December 2024 7	Auckland FC	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
17:00 NZDT	Hughes 31' (o.g.) Pijnaker 70'	Report	Barbarouses 81'	Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 26,253 Referee: Shaun Evans

Wellington Phoenix v Macarthur FC

14 December 2024 8	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Macarthur FC	Wellington
17:00 NZDT	Barbarouses 44'	Report	Germain 7' Bosnjak 75'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 7,384 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh

Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix

22 December 2024 9	Western Sydney Wanderers	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Sapsford 1' Kraev 10' Antonsson 66' Scicluna 90+4'	Report	Ishige 59'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 6,341 Referee: Alex King

Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

28 December 2024 10	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
17:00 NZDT	Barbarouses 2' Retre 59'	Report	Gibson 73'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 5,460 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

3 January 2025 12	Melbourne City	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Politidis 7' Atkinson 83'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,139 Referee: Shaun Evans

Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United

11 January 2025 13	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Adelaide United	Wellington
17:00 NZDT	Piper 50'	Report	Sheridan 7' (o.g.) Jovanovic 75'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 7,113 Referee: Alex King

Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC

15 January 2025 14	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Sydney FC	Wellington
19:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 4,858 Referee: Shaun Evans

Macarthur FC v Wellington Phoenix

20 January 2025 15	Macarthur FC	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Hollman 16'	Report	Nagasawa 65' Barbarouses 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Adam Kersey

Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners

25 January 2025 16	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Christchurch
17:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Apollo Projects Stadium Attendance: 14,064 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar

6 February 2025 18	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Wellington
17:00 NZDT	Hughes 61'	Report	Hore 71'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 9,084 Referee: Jack Morgan

Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix

14 February 2025 19	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:35 AEDT	Vergos 57'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,374 Referee: Adam Bavcar

Auckland FC v Wellington Phoenix

22 February 2025 20	Auckland FC	6–1	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
17:00 NZDT	Moreno 31', 60' Rogerson 36', 40', 80' Randall 90+3'	Report	Brooke-Smith 49'	Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 27,009 Referee: Ben Abraham

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City

28 February 2025 21	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Melbourne City	Wellington
19:30 NZDT		Report	Tilio 51'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 5,716 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Western United v Wellington Phoenix

8 March 2025 22	Western United	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
18:00 AEDT	Walatee 3' Ibusuki 33' Grimaldi 51', 62'	Report	Walker 82'	Stadium: Ironbark Fields Attendance: 3,993 Referee: Shane Skinner

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix

16 March 2025 23	Sydney FC	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Segecic 7'	Report	Barbarouses 38'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 7,014 Referee: Shaun Evans

Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers

29 March 2025 24	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wellington
17:00 NZDT	Piper 21' Geraldes 69'	Report	Kraev 36' Milanović 89'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 3,698 Referee: Adam Bavcar

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

6 April 2025 25	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:00 AEST	Oluwayemi 65' (o.g.)	Report	Barbarouses 34' Nagasawa 41'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,109 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory

12 April 2025 26	Wellington Phoenix	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
17:00 NZST	Piper 10' Retre 75'	Report	Velupillay 4' Machach 45+1' Vergos 50'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 5,035 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix

18 April 2025 27	Adelaide United	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:05 ACST	Kikianis 8' Mauk 12' Goodwin 89'	Report	Barbarouses 31' Hughes 35'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 11,169 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix

26 April 2025 28	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
15:00 AEST	Berenguer 58'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: Ben Abraham Referee: 6,032

Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory

2 May 2025 29	Wellington Phoenix	0–2	Perth Glory	Wellington
19:30 NZST		Report	Taggart 34', 90+2'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 4,190 Referee: Declan Woods

Australia Cup

Main article: 2024 Australia Cup

The playoff and subsequent rounds for the 2024 Australia Cup were held during the pre-season.

South Melbourne v Wellington Phoenix

6 August 2024 Round of 32	South Melbourne	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Sawyer 4'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 4,196 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup

The playoff round for the 2025 Australia Cup will be held just after the regular season.

Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar

14 May 2025 Play-offs	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Darwin
19:00 ACST	Barbarouses 39'	Report		Stadium: Larrakia Park Attendance: 1,813 Referee: Sam Kelly

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 14 May 2025

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	A-League Men		2024 Australia Cup		2025 Australia Cup play-off		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Josh Oluwayemi	18	0	0	0	1	0	19	0
3	DF		Corban Piper	15+7	3	0	0	0	0	22	3
4	DF		Scott Wootton	25	1	1	0	1	0	27	1
5	MF		Fin Roa Conchie	4+5	0	1	0	0+1	0	11	0
6	DF		Tim Payne	19+1	1	0	0	0	0	20	1
7	FW		Kosta Barbarouses	25	10	0+1	0	1	1	27	11
8	MF		Paulo Retre	15+5	2	0	0	1	0	21	2
9	FW		Hideki Ishige	23+3	2	0	0	1	0	27	2
11	FW		Stefan Colakovski	0+6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
12	MF		Francisco Geraldes	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
14	MF		Alex Rufer	17+2	0	0	0	1	0	20	0
15	DF		Isaac Hughes	24	2	1	0	0	0	25	2
17	FW		Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues	0+1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
18	DF		Lukas Kelly-Heald	11+5	0	1	0	1	0	18	0
19	DF		Sam Sutton	23	1	0	0	1	0	24	1
23	FW		Luke Supyk	1+5	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
25	MF		Kazuki Nagasawa	18+6	2	0	0	0+1	0	25	2
27	DF		Matthew Sheridan	22+3	0	1	0	1	0	27	0
29	FW		Luke Brooke-Smith	4+10	1	0	0	0+1	0	15	1
30	GK		Alby Kelly-Heald	8	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
36	DF		Tze-Xuan Loke	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
39	DF		Jayden Smith	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
41	FW		Nathan Walker	4+19	1	1	0	1	0	25	1
42	FW		Fergus Gillion	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
46	MF		Lachlan Candy	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
10	FW		David Ball	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF		Mohamed Al-Taay	1+7	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
21	FW		Marco Rojas	2+5	0	0+1	0	0	0	8	0
24	FW		Oskar van Hattum	1+3	0	1	0	0	0	5	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 14 May 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			Australia Cup			2025 Australia Cup play-off			Total
1	14	MF		Alex Rufer	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0
2	19	DF		Sam Sutton	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
3	8	MF		Paulo Retre	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	3	DF		Corban Piper	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	7	FW		Kosta Barbarouses	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	25	MF		Kazuki Nagasawa	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
7	6	DF		Tim Payne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	27	DF		Matthew Sheridan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	4	DF		Scott Wootton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9	FW		Hideki Ishige	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	MF		Francisco Geraldes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	DF		Lukas Kelly-Heald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	29	FW		Luke Brooke-Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30	GK		Alby Kelly-Heald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1	12	MF		Mohamed Al-Taay	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24	FW		Oskar van Hattum	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					36	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	38	1	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 14 May 2025

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	Australia Cup	2025 Australia Cup play-off	Total
1	1		Josh Oluwayemi	3	0	1	4
2	30		Alby Kelly-Heald	2	0	0	2
Total				5	0	1	6

Reserve team season

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Central League	29 March 2025	30 August 2025	Matchday 1	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	100.00
National League	September 2025	November 2025	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Chatham Cup	May 2025	TBD	Round 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	100.00

Last updated: 12 April 2025
Source: Soccerway

Central League

Main article: 2025 New Zealand National League § 2025 Central League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wellington Olympic (Q)	14	11	2	1	47	12	+35	35	Winner of Central League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Miramar Rangers	14	9	2	3	37	17	+20	29	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Wellington Phoenix Reserves[a] (Q)	14	7	4	3	35	19	+16	25
4	Western Suburbs	14	7	3	4	44	23	+21	24
5	Napier City Rovers	14	6	4	4	32	19	+13	22

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2025. Source: Capital Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss^[38]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Wellington Phoenix Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase and cannot be relegated due to the A-League Men requirements.^[37]

Chatham Cup

Main article: 2025 Chatham Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

See also

• 2024–25 Wellington Phoenix FC (women) season

Notes

1. Option for an additional year.