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2 years ago

Isuzu UTE A-League Round 7 Match Preview

Giancarlo Italiano is keen to keep a lid on the excitement surrounding the Wellington Phoenix’s start to the 2023-24 Isuzu UTE A-League. The Phoenix are the outright competition leaders for the first time since March 2015. “I try to avoid...
2 years ago

Tar Heel signs with the Nix

The Wellington Phoenix have bolstered their injury-hit squad with a player from the premier college programme in the U.S.A. Forward Isabel Cox has signed with the Phoenix for the remainder of the 2023-24 Liberty A-League, days after finishing her fifth...
2 years ago

Phoenix sweep early season honours

The Wellington Phoenix have scooped all of the major accolades to start the new A-Leagues season. Rylee Foster and Alex Paulsen have been voted the women’s and men’s players of the month for October and November, while Paul Temple and...
2 years ago

Second Phoenix player suffers season-ending knee injury

Marisa van der Meer will play no further part in the Wellington Phoenix’s 2023-24 Liberty A-League season. Scans have revealed the centre back ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee while on international duty with the Football Ferns....
2 years ago

Match Programme Feature – Alex Paulsen

This story was written as our feature story for Round Two’s Match Programme on October 28 Paulsen ready to be the Phoenix’s new number oneAlex Paulsen is determined to cement himself as the Wellington Phoenix’s first-choice goalkeeper after a “very...
2 years ago

Phoenix partner with major Wellington club

The Wellington Phoenix are delighted to announce a new partnership with Waterside Karori AFC as the Phoenix look to grow their pre-academy centre (PAC) programme in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Waterside Karori AFC is one of Wellington’s biggest clubs, with close to...
2 years ago

Isuzu UTE A-League Round 6 Match Review

The Wellington Phoenix have taken the outright lead in the Isuzu UTE A-League and they’re guaranteed to remain atop the table at the end of the round. The Phoenix have beaten Western United 1-0 at Mars Stadium in Ballarat to...
2 years ago

Isuzu UTE A-League Round 6 Match Preview

Wellington Phoenix head coach Giancarlo Italiano is tempering expectations ahead of Saturday’s Isuzu UTE A-League match against Western United in Ballarat. The Phoenix enter round six equal top of the competition ladder, having made an unbeaten start to the new...
2 years ago

Ever-present midfielder departs the Phoenix

The Wellington Phoenix have agreed to release Chloe Knott from the remainder of her contract. The experienced midfielder, who has yet to miss a match in the Phoenix women’s team’s history, has made the difficult decision to put her professional...