Wellington Phoenix FC
Association football club based in New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia.[1] Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 season after its formation in March 2007, by New Zealand Football to replace New Zealand Knights as a New Zealand-based club in the Australian A-League competition. Since 2011, the club has been owned by Welnix, a consortium of seven Wellington businessmen.
Full name | Wellington Phoenix Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Nix, Yellow Fever |
Founded | 19 March 2007; 17 years ago (19 March 2007) |
Ground | Sky Stadium |
Capacity | 34,500 |
Chairman | Robert Morrison |
Manager | Giancarlo Italiano |
League | A-League Men |
2022–23 | 6th of 12 |
Website | Club website |
Current season |
Active teams of Wellington Phoenix | ||
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A-League Men |
Wellington Phoenix Reserves (Men's) |
A-League Women |
The club is one of the few clubs in the world to compete in a league of a different confederation (AFC) from that of the country where it is based (OFC). It plays matches at Sky Stadium (formerly Westpac Stadium), a 34,500-seat multi-purpose venue in Wellington. Their home kit consists of black and yellow stripes. Its highest achievement is reaching the A-League Preliminary Final in 2010 and the A-League Semi Final in 2024.