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Wellington Phoenix Football Club Reserves is a football team based in Wellington, New Zealand. They currently serve as the reserve side of the Wellington Phoenix FC of the A-League and compete in the New Zealand National League.

Wellington Phoenix Reserves

Full name	Wellington Phoenix Football Club Reserves
Nickname(s)	WeeNix[1]
Founded	2014; 8 years ago (2014)
Ground	Fraser Park Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Chairman	Rob Morrison
Head Coach	Paul Temple
League	Central League National League
2022	Central League, 3rd of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

From 2010 to 2013, a Wellington Phoenix reserve side took part in the ASB Phoenix Challenge competition against ASB Premiership sides, however these games were separate to the main competition.

On 22 August 2014 it was announced that the club had been granted permission to field a reserve side in the 2014–15 ASB Premiership, the highest level of football in New Zealand.[2] The team made their debut in the competition on 1 November 2014 against Team Wellington. Tyler Boyd scored the first goal in the reserves' history, but that could not prevent them losing 1–2.[3]

On 2 October 2015, Wellington Phoenix named a youth squad to take part in the ASB Youth League.[4]

With the restructuring and creation of a new National League made by New Zealand Football for the 2021 season, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Phoenix and Lower Hutt City which saw the team play under in the Central League under the Lower Hutt banner.[5][6] This meant Lower Hutt could not qualify for the Championship phase even if they finish in the top three of the Central League as Wellington Phoenix would then play that part of the competition.[5][7]

This changed again for the 2022 season, with the Phoenix allowed to again play in the national league under their own name and colours.[8]

Players

Reserves squad

As of 25 March 2022[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NZL Alby Kelly-Heald 2  NZL Joseph Chiari 3  NZL Adam Supyk 4  NZL Lukas Kelly-Heald 5  ENG Isaac Hughes 6  NZL Dan McKay 7  NZL Noah Karunaratne 8  NZL Fin Conchie 9  NZL Riley Bidois 10  NZL Charlie Beale 11  NZL Kaelin Nguyen

No. Pos. Nation Player 12  NZL Blake Chandler 13  NZL Matthew Sheridan 14  NZL Josh Rudland 15  NZL Marco Lorenz 16  NZL Fergus Gillion 17  NZL Sebastian Barton-Ginger 18  NZL Ben Wallace 19  NZL Billy Check 20 GK  NZL Callum Kennett 21  NZL Jonathon Sims 22  ENG Joshua Tollervey

Senior player appearances

Up to four professional players are eligible to play for the reserves side from this squad. Two under-20 players are also allowed if the reserves side's opposition agrees to their inclusion on match day.[9]

References

External links

• Official website

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