The Wellington Phoenix have made Ellie Walker their second visa signing for the 2025-26 Liberty A-League season. The American, 25, spent last season at SC Braga, helping them qualify for the UEFA Champions League with a third-place finish in the...
The Wellington Phoenix have made an exciting signing in wingback Lucía León as their first new player for the 2025-26 Liberty A-League Women season. The Dominican Republic captain, 27, spent last campaign at Adelaide United and has previously featured for...
A weekend full of goals for the Wellington Phoenix academy. In the Dettol Central League, the men’s reserves recorded a statement 6-0 win away to Upper Hutt City. Daniel Makowem opened the scoring, before Ryan Lee and Lachlan Candy put...
There was a distinctly Wellington Phoenix flavour as New Zealand beat Ivory Coast on Sunday. The 1-0 win in Toronto was the biggest victory in recent All Whites history. In total, 12 of the 23-man squad had ties to the...
The Wellington Phoenix have entered into an exciting new partnership with Blind Low Vision New Zealand and Lower Hutt City AFC. The three organisations have joined forces to stage football sessions for members of the blind and low vision community...
A tough set of fixtures for the Wellington Phoenix academy. The weekend saw both reserves sides enter the national cup competitions with mixed results. In the Delivereasy Kate Sheppard Cup, the women’s reserves strolled to an 8-1 victory away to...
The Wellington Phoenix have appointed Giancarlo Italiano’s first support staff for the 2025-26 Isuzu UTE A-League. Matthew Hastings, Grayson Harwood and Sebastian Bayliss have come on board as the men’s operations manager, head physiotherapist and equipment manager/analyst respectively, while Weijie...
Kosta Barbarouses has decided to cut short his successful third spell at the Wellington Phoenix. The veteran All Whites forward has turned down his option of a contract extension and has informed the club he intends to play elsewhere next...
The Wellington Phoenix have reappointed the women’s backroom staff for the 2025-26 Ninja A-League. Head analyst and assistant coach Tory Schiltgen, goalkeeper coach Nick Stanton, operations and equipment manager Toni West-Luamanu, head physical performance scientist Kieran McMinn and head physiotherapist...
A mixed bag for the Wellington Phoenix academy over the weekend. There was late drama at Fraser Park for the men’s reserves against Waterside Karori. Daniel Makowem thought he had won the game for the Nix in the 88th minute,...