Men's News Archives

5 months ago

2025-26 Wellington Phoenix memberships on sale now!

You were with us through every challenge, every chant, and every moment last season. Now it’s time to go again – together. We know last season didn’t deliver the results any of us were hoping for. But through every high...

5 months ago

Past and present Nix shine against AFCON champions

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...

5 months ago

Men’s first team staff takes shape

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...

5 months ago

Barbarouses farewells the Phoenix

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...

6 months ago

Phoenix farewell men’s staff

Five members of the men’s first team staff are moving on. Assistant coach Adam Griffiths, goalkeeper coach Ruben Parker, second assistant/head analyst Jordi Manning, head physiotherapist Cory Glover and kitman Jack Mapp are finishing up with the Wellington Phoenix following...

6 months ago

Two Nix called up to All Whites for June internationals

Wellington Phoenix captain Alex Rufer and men’s player of the season Kosta Barbarouses have been named in the All Whites squad for next month’s Canadian Shield tournament. New Zealand will play Côte d’Ivoire and Ukraine at BMO Field in Toronto,...

6 months ago

Big Nix presence in NZ U-20 squad

Seven Wellington Phoenix players have been called up to represent the New Zealand men’s U-20 team in Chile next month. Phoenix first team squad members Luke Brooke-Smith, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Xuan Loke, Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues, Jayden Smith and Luke Supyk, and Fergus...