The 2018–19 Wellington Phoenix season was the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2007. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time, the FFA Cup for the fifth time, and fielded a reserves squad in the ISPS Handa Premiership for the fifth time.
Review This season marked the club surpassing its record of 7 games unbeaten to 9 games unbeaten. Roy Krishna became Wellington Phoenix's all time leading goal scorer overtaking Paul Ifill's record of 33 and also broke the record for most goals in a single season for the club with 19. The club also broke its record of biggest home attendance for a non-final match with 23,648 people against Melbourne Victory in Eden Park on 15 February 2019. This season was the first time since 2015 the Phoenix played in the Finals Series. However, they lost 3-1 in the elimination final to Melbourne Victory.
Players
Squad information
From youth squad
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef 27 Free transfer1 year10 July 2018 1 Free transfer1 year18 July 2018 16 Free transfer1 year22 July 2018 8 Free transfer2 years23 July 2018 11 Free transfer1 year23 July 2018 15 Loan1 year25 July 2018 23 Free transfer1 year11 October 2018 4 Free transfer1 year12 October 2018 3 Free transfer1 year17 October 2018 17 Callan ElliotFree transfer1 year17 October 2018 40 Ante CovicInjury replacement1 week6 December 2018 7 Free transfer1 year3 January 2019 3 Free transfer29 January 2019 12 Central Coast MarinersFree transfer1 year30 January 2019
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef 13 Free transfer18 April 2018 10 Mutual contract termination1 May 2018 30 Free transfer4 May 2018 23 Newcastle JetsFree transfer9 May 2018 8 Mutual contract termination1 June 2018 4 End of contract13 June 2018 9 End of contract13 June 2018 40 Perth GloryFree transfer2 July 2018 15 Free transfer12 July 2018 24 Free transfer18 July 2018 1 Free transfer19 July 2018 12 Mutual contract termination20 July 2018 40 13 December 2018 8 Mutual contract termination15 January 2019 3 15 January 2019 6 Mutual contract termination13 March 2019
Contract extensions No. Name Position Duration Date Notes 22 Andrew Durante Central defender 1 year 18 May 2018 14 Alex Rufer Midfielder 1 year 6 August 2018 27 Steven Taylor Defender 1 year 18 February 2019 16 Louis Fenton Full-back 2 years 22 February 2019 14 Alex Rufer Midfielder 1 year 27 February 2019 20 Oliver Sail Goalkeeper 2 years 5 April 2019 17 Callan Elliot Attacking midfielder 1 year 24 April 2019
Technical staff PositionName Head coach Marko Rudan Assistant coach Chris Greenacre Goalkeeping coach Paul Gothard Reserves team coach Steve Coleman Strength & Conditioning coach Aidan Wivell
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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† = Scholarship or reserves-listed player
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last matchA-League — 6th 21 October 2018 28 April 2019A-League Finals Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 3 May 2019 3 May 2019FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 7 August 2018 7 August 2018
A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Finals series
FFA Cup
References
External links Official website