2012–13 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Wellington Phoenix

2012–13 season
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Manager	Ricki Herbert (until round 22)
Stadium	Westpac Stadium
Top goalscorer	J. Brockie (16)
Highest home attendance	12,057 v Sydney 6 October 2012
Lowest home attendance	3,060 v Melb. Heart 3 March 2013
Home colours Away colours

The 2012–13 season was the Wellington Phoenix's sixth season in the A-League. Many pegged the club to be a strong contender in the 2012–13 season, but the Phoenix finished in last place with points equal to Melbourne Heart, but with an inferior goal difference.

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  NZL Mark Paston 2 DF  MLT Manny Muscat 3 DF  NZL Tony Lochhead 4 MF  AUS Isaka Cernak 5 DF  NZL Michael Boxall 6 MF  USA Alex Smith 7 MF  NZL Leo Bertos 8 FW  BRB Paul Ifill 9 FW  SOL Benjamin Totori 10 FW  BEL Stein Huysegems 11 MF  NZL Jeremy Brockie 12 FW  NZL Tyler Boyd (youth) 14 FW  AUS Mirjan Pavlović 14 DF  NZL Ian Hogg

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  NZL Cameron Lindsay (youth) 16 MF  NZL Louis Fenton (youth) 17 MF  AUS Vince Lia 18 DF  NZL Ben Sigmund (vice captain) 19 MF  AUS Jimmy Downey 20 GK  NZL Glen Moss 21 MF  ESP Dani Sánchez 22 DF  AUS Andrew Durante (captain) 23 MF  AUS Lucas Pantelis 23 FW  AUS Corey Gameiro (on loan from Fulham) 28 FW  PAN Ricardo Clarke (on loan from Sporting San Miguelito) 30 GK  AUS Griffin McMaster (injury replacement) 39 GK  NZL Jacob Spoonley (on loan from Auckland City FC)

Football School of Excellence players^[1]

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 29 DF  NZL Luke Rowe 30 GK  NZL Scott Basalaj 31 MF  NZL Tom Biss 32 MF  NZL Justin Gulley

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 MF  NZL Hamish Watson 36 DF  NZL Alec Solomons 38 MF  NZL Tom Doyle — MF  GER Tobias Bertsch

No.	Pos.	Player	Contract extension	Expires (season end)
1	GK	Mark Paston	1 year[2]	2012–13
21	MF	Dani Sánchez	1 year[3]	2012–13
6	MF	Alex Smith	1 year[4]	2012–13
15	MF	Cameron Lindsay	2 years[5]	2013–14
17	MF	Vince Lia	2 years[6]	2013–14
18	DF	Ben Sigmund	2 Years[7]	2014–15

No.	Pos.	Player	From†	Date	Notes
20	GK	Glen Moss	Gold Coast United	28 March 2012	three-year contract[8]
11	FW	Jeremy Brockie	( Newcastle Jets)	14 May 2012	three-year contract[9]
9	FW	Benjamin Totori	Koloale FC	19 June 2012	one-year contract[10]
5	DF	Michael Boxall	( Vancouver Whitecaps FC)	16 July 2012	two-year contract[11]
10	FW	Stein Huysegems	( Lierse S.K.)	14 September 2012	two-year contract[12]
12	FW	Tyler Boyd	Waikato FC	17 September 2012	three-year contract[13]
16	MF	Louis Fenton	Team Wellington	19 September 2012	three-year contract[14]
30	GK	Griffin McMaster	Bentleigh Greens	30 November 2012	Injury-replacement contract[15]
14	DF	Ian Hogg	( Portland Timbers)	7 January 2013	6-month contract[16]
4	MF	Isaka Cernak	Melbourne Victory	24 January 2013	6-month contract[17]

† Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Wellington Phoenix.

No.	Pos.	Player	To†	Date	Notes
6	MF	Tim Brown	Retired	26 March 2012	[18]
12	MF	Nick Ward	Perth Glory	27 April 2012	[19]
11	MF	Daniel	( Insee Police United F.C.)	8 May 2012	[20]
13	DF	Nikolas Tsattalios	( Sutherland Sharks)	1 June 2012	[21]
20	GK	Tony Warner	( Floriana F.C.)	22 June 2012	[22]
9	FW	Chris Greenacre	Retired	18 July 2012	[23]
4	DF	Brent Griffiths	( Central Coast Mariners)	30 July 2012	[24]
14	FW	Mirjan Pavlović	( Sydney United)	14 November 2012	Contract terminated[25]
28	FW	Ricardo Clarke	Sporting San Miguelito	6 December 2012	Loan terminated[26]
30	GK	Griffin McMaster	Bentleigh Greens	17 January 2013	Moss back to fitness[27]

† Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Wellington Phoenix contract expired.

No.	Pos.	Player	From†	Date	Duration
28	FW	Ricardo Clarke	Sporting San Miguelito	22 September 2012	Jan 2013 (opt. to extend or buy)[28]
39	GK	Jacob Spoonley	Auckland City	11 October 2012	one-game contract[29]
23	FW	Corey Gameiro	Fulham	9 February 2013	Until end of season[30]

No.	Pos.	Player	To†	Date	Duration
14	FW	Mirjan Pavlovic	Sydney United FC	July 2012	3 Months[31][32]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	18	3	6	41	21	+20	57	Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2	Central Coast Mariners (C)	27	16	6	5	48	22	+26	54
3	Melbourne Victory	27	13	5	9	48	45	+3	44	Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
4	Adelaide United	27	12	5	10	38	37	+1	41	Qualification for Finals series
5	Brisbane Roar	27	10	5	12	33	29	+4	35
6	Perth Glory	27	9	5	13	29	31	−2	32
7	Sydney FC	27	9	5	13	41	51	−10	32
8	Newcastle Jets	27	8	7	12	30	45	−15	31
9	Melbourne Heart	27	8	3	16	31	40	−9	27
10	Wellington Phoenix[b]	27	7	6	14	31	49	−18	27

Rank	Player	Minutes Played																											Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	26	23	24	25	27	App.	GS			Min.
1	Andrew Durante	90	90		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	46	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	26	26	0	1	2,296
	Louis Fenton	77	90	70	63	65	90	80	79	14	35	90	90	90	70	77	90	21	90	28	78	90	81	64	6	8		8	26	19	7	11	1,644
3	Ben Sigmund	90		90	76		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	24	24	0	0	2,146
	Manny Muscat	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	76				90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	24	24	0	1	2,146
	Leo Bertos	90		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	75	87	90	90	90	90	75			90	90	90	90	90	90	24	24	0	2	2,127
	Jeremy Brockie	90		90	90	90	90	89	90	90	90		70	90	90	90	90	90	90	88	70		90	90	90	90	90	90	24	24	0	4	2,117
	Tyler Boyd	13	18	20	17	34	3	1	11	5	35	29	77	90	64		64	90	76	2	29	90	9	26		21		1	24	7	17	3	825
8	Tony Lochhead	90		90	90	90	74	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	80	90	72			90	90	90	90	90	63		23	23	0	3	1,999
	Vince Lia		90	8	39	25	16	90	90	90	90	90	70	84	90	90	74	90		90	90	90	75	71	90	90			23	19	4	5	1,542
	Stein Huysegems	89	90	61	73	56	72		8	85	55	68	13		20	68	90	65		62	61	28	15	10	85		89	90	23	17	6	12	1,377
11	Paul Ifill	29	90	90	90	56	87	89	82	90	70	61						25	90	90	90	62	90	80	84	82	82	82	22	20	2	12	1,691
12	Mark Paston	90		90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90							90	20	20	0	0	1,800
13	Alex Smith	90	90	82	51	90	90	90	90	76	55	44	20	6	14	13	16	90	90										18	12	6	4	1,097
14	Dani Sánchez											90	90	90	68	90	90	69	82	15	12	64		19	25	82	1	90	16	10	6	4	973
15	Benjamin Totori	61		29	27	34	18	10			20	22	20	15	22	90	26		8		20								15	2	13	1	422
16	Corey Gameiro																					90	90	90	65	69	90	72	7	7	0	3	566
17	Glen Moss																					90	90	90	90	90	90		6	6	0	0	540
	Isaka Cernak																		14	90	90	26				8	27		6	3	3	1	255
19	Michael Boxall		90	90		90															90								4	4	0	0	360
	Cameron Lindsay															22	10										8	18	4	0	4	0	58
21	Ian Hogg																			90	90						90		3	3	0	0	270
22	Luke Rowe		90																									89	2	2	0	1	179
	Ricardo Clarke	1						1																					2	0	2	0	2
24	Jacob Spoonley		90																										1	1	0	0	90
	Tom Biss		82																										1	1	0	0	82
26	Jimmy Downey																												0	0	0	0	0
	Lucas Pantelis																												0	0	0	0	0
	Mirjan Pavlovic																												0	0	0	0	0

*Left the field after succumbing to a head injury

  Player started       Player subbed in       Player suspended       Player injured/sick       Player on international duty       Player left club/not signed/loan expired

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	22	26	23	24	25	27
1	Jeremy Brockie					2		2	1	1	1			2	1					1			1	1	1	1		1	16
2	Stein Huysegems	1		1	1																						1	1	5
3	Louis Fenton	1												1					1										3
	Paul Ifill		1					1																			1		3
5	Dani Sánchez											1	1																2
6	Ben Sigmund																	1											1
	Corey Gameiro																						1						1

  Goal scored from penalty kick

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	22	26	23	24	25	27
1	Paul Ifill				1			1										1		1					1			1	6
2	Alex Smith		1						1	1																			3
	Benjamin Totori					1		1					1																3
	Manny Muscat	2									1																		3
	Louis Fenton			1										1										1					3
6	Dani Sánchez													1					1										2
	Jeremy Brockie																										2		2
	Leo Bertos																									1		1	2
9	Tony Lochhead							1																					1
	Tyler Boyd											1																	1
	Vince Lia													1															1
	Andrew Durante														1														1
	Corey Gameiro																						1						1
	Stein Huysegems																						1						1

  Assist earned by winning penalty kick

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	22	26	23	24	25	27
1	Ben Sigmund																												7		1
2	Manny Muscat																												7
	Andrew Durante																												7
4	Jeremy Brockie																												6
5	Vince Lia																												5
6	Tyler Boyd																												1	1
	Louis Fenton																												4
	Corey Gameiro																												4
	Dani Sánchez																												4
10	Tony Lochhead																												1	1
	Leo Bertos																												3
	Paul Ifill																												3
13	Michael Boxall																												2
14	Alex Smith																												1
	Benjamin Totori																												1
	Stein Huysegems																												1

  Player suspended

Times in which goals have been scored in the 2012–13 season

nth Min.	Goals for Wellington Phoenix	Goals against Wellington Phoenix
01-05	0	0
06-10	0	2
11–15	0	3
16–20	2	4
21–25	4	5
26–30	0	2
31–35	2	2
36–40	1	3
41–45	4	5
46–50	1	3
51–55	0	2
56–60	1	2
61–65	1	2
66–70	3	5
71–75	3	2
76–80	2	1
81–85	4	4
86–90	3	2

Date	Round	Attendance	Opposition	Stadium
6 October 2012	Round 1	12,057	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium
21 October 2012	Round 3	9,182	Brisbane Roar
11 November 2012	Round 6	6,568	Central Coast Mariners
2 December 2012	Round 9	5,405	West Sydney Wanderers
9 December 2012	Round 10	7,375	Sydney FC
22 December 2012	Round 12	5,961	Central Coast Mariners
27 December 2012	Round 13	6,401	Melbourne Heart
13 January 2013	Round 16	6,608	West Sydney Wanderers
27 January 2013	Round 18	6,429	Newcastle Jets
2 February 2013	Round 19	11,566	Perth Glory	Eden Park
24 February 2013	Round 22	4,832	Adelaide United	Westpac Stadium
27 February 2013	Round 26	4,025	Newcastle Jets
3 March 2013	Round 23	3,060	Melbourne Heart	Forsyth Barr Stadium
31 March 2013	Round 27	6,813	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium
Total	96,282
Average	6,877

• First team coach: Ricki Herbert (until 26 February 2013)
• Assistant coach: Chris Greenacre^[23]
• Strength & conditioning coach: Ed Baranowski
• Goalkeeping coach: Jonathan Gould
• Physiotherapist: Wayne Roberts
• Masseur: Dene Carroll

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

• Sony Player of the Year: Andrew Durante
• Players' Player of the Year: Jeremy Brockie
• Under-23 Player of the Year: Louis Fenton
• Golden Boot: Jeremy Brockie – 16 goals
• Lloyd Morrison Spirit of the Phoenix Award: Ben Sigmund

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