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12 months ago

Football Fern signs on for another season

Grace Jale is the latest Kiwi to recommit to the Wellington Phoenix. The Football Fern has re-signed with the Phoenix for the 2025-26 Ninja A-League season, following fellow forward Emma Main and centre back Mackenzie Barry in extending her stay...
12 months ago

Nix farewell foundation fullback

The Wellington Phoenix have parted ways with Zoe McMeeken. The athletic fullback has been an integral member of the Phoenix women’s team since it was established in 2021 and is one of only three players to have played 50 Ninja...
12 months ago

Barry signs on for a fifth season with the Nix

Mackenzie Barry has unfinished business at the Wellington Phoenix. The combative centre back has re-signed with the Phoenix for the 2025-26 Ninja A-League, extending her stay at the club to a fifth season. Barry, 24, has been a mainstay at...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
1 year ago

Nix lure Ferns ‘keeper back home

Victoria Esson is returning to Aotearoa after a successful seven seasons in Europe. The Football Ferns goalkeeper has signed with the Wellington Phoenix for the 2025-26 Ninja A-League season. Esson, 34, has spent the past three seasons at Rangers FC...
1 year ago

Nix sign decorated Dutch midfielder

The Wellington Phoenix have made another statement signing in the Ninja A-League off-season. The Phoenix have signed former Dutch international Tessel Middag, joining Dominican Republic captain Lucía León and American defender Ellie Walker as the women’s first three new additions...
1 year 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...