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2 months ago

Nix farewell women’s visa players

The Wellington Phoenix will have a new group of visa players for the 2025-26 Ninja A-League. The Phoenix can confirm Portuguese goalkeeper Carolina Vilão, English striker Olivia Fergusson, Americans Maya McCutcheon and Alivia Kelly and Japanese winger Mebae Tanaka will...
2 months ago

Home semi-final for the women’s reserves

The Wellington Phoenix women’s reserves will play host to Cashmere Technical for a place in the final of the Delivereasy Chatham Cup. The Phoenix women’s reserves have drawn the two-time defending South Island League champions in the semi-finals. The last...
2 months ago

Cope joins men’s coaching staff

The Wellington Phoenix men have a new goalkeeper coach for the 2025-26 Isuzu UTE A-League. Former Perth Glory goalkeeper coach and academy operations manager Dylan Cope has been appointed to the role with the Phoenix. Cope replaces Ruben Parker, who...
2 months ago

Phoenix academy sides lift two trophies

A brilliant week for the Wellington Phoenix academy, with both sides in action lifting trophies.  The women’s reserves faced Waterside Karori in the Kate Sheppard Cup quarterfinal, a match that doubled as the Kelly Cup final, for the best performing...
2 months ago

Main Train signs on for another two seasons

Emma Main has become the first women’s player to commit to the Wellington Phoenix through until the end of the 2026-27 Ninja A-League. The versatile forward, affectionately known as the Main Train, has signed a two-year contract extension with the...
2 months ago

Dynasty Sport to kit the Nix

The Wellington Phoenix are thrilled to announce Dynasty Sport is the club’s new apparel partner. The proudly Kiwi brand has been supplying its high quality on and off-field sportswear to professional and grassroots sporting organisations throughout New Zealand, Australia and...
2 months ago

Men’s first team update

You’ve sent us hundreds of questions about the men’s first team squad and the club’s plans for the 2025-26 Isuzu UTE A-League. We sat down with director of football Shaun Gill to answer as many as possible. You can view...
2 months ago

Phoenix confirm departures of three men’s players

Stefan Colakovski, Chico Geraldes and Dublin Boon have not returned to the Wellington Phoenix for the first week of pre-season training. The Phoenix have decided against offering the trio new contacts for the 2025-26 Isuzu UTE A-League. Director of football...
2 months ago

Details confirmed for Australia Cup tie

The Wellington Phoenix will play Perth Glory eight days after this month’s much-anticipated match against Wrexham AFC. The two sides will square off at the Sam Kerr Football Centre in Perth on Sunday, July 27 in the Australia Cup round...
2 months ago

Academy Roundup – Week 14

An unbeaten round of fixtures for the Wellington Phoenix academy.  The men’s reserves travelled north to take on Napier City Rovers and came away with a well-deserved point.  Daniel Makowem’s equaliser ensured a 1-1 draw, keeping them in second place...