Match Day Programme | Sydney FC vs Wellington Phoenix

message OF WELCOME from General Manager David Dome Tonight is the much anticipated return of Phoenix football and I couldn’t be more excited; for the club, the players, the sponsors and most importantly you the fans.

Our biggest regret is that we won’t be able to play in front of our fans at Sky Stadium again this season. But we know you’ll be tuning into the match tonight on Sky Sport 7, to support the Phoenix from afar.

It’s been almost four months since we played our last match - a 3-0 win versus Melbourne Victory at home – and ours was the form team of the Hyundai A-League competition. We were sitting in third place and the idea of a home Final at Sky Stadium was becoming more and more of a possibility.

Getting to this situation has been a long, hard road, so it’s a big thanks to everyone who has helped us get back here.

Then the Covid-19 situation happened, affecting us all as New Zealand was effectively put ‘on hold’ as we entered lockdown and waited out the storm.

In the meantime, our players maintained their fitness in isolation as the club and League worked hard on plans to resume.

So tonight’s match is all about re-capturing that momentum and getting ourselves back on course for Finals football. We’ll be facing top of the table Sydney FC, a team we have great respect for but are not intimidated by – we look forward to being tested by the defending champs.

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And a special note of thanks has to go to the players and staff who have relocated to Sydney so the League can complete – and to the families left behind. It’s a quite extraordinary sacrifice which we as fans all appreciate greatly!

Thank you for watching tonight’s game and we hope you’re as excited as we are to resume our march towards Finals football.

COYN!

David Dome General Manager, Wellington Phoenix

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Wellington Phoenix season draw 2019/20

VS.

VS.

VS.

VS.

VS.

R21 - Nix vs. Perth Glory Wed 22 July, 9.30pm NZT Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

R27 - Adelaide United vs. Nix Sat 25 July, 7pm NZT Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

R26 - Nix vs. W.S. Wanderers Fri 31 July, 9.30pm NZT Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

R28 - Brisbane Roar vs. Nix Wed 5 August, 8pm NZT Bankwest Stadium, Sydney

R24 - Nix vs. Newcastle Jets Sun 13 August, 9.30pm NZT Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney

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season 2019/20 LADDER CLUB

P

W

D

L

PTS

Sydney FC

20

15

3

2

48

Melbourne City

23

12

4

7

40

Wgtn Phoenix

20

11

3

6

36

Brisbane Roar

22

10

5

7

35

Perth Glory

20

8

7

5

31

Western United

20

8

3

9

27

Adelaide United

21

9

0

12

27

Western Sydney

21

7

5

9

26

Newcastle Jets

22

6

6

10

24

Melbourne Victory

21

5

5

11

20

Central Coast

22

4

1

17

13

Current as at 16 July 2020 6

season 2019/20 stats Player Stats Goals

App. Goals

#

Assists

App.

Assi.

#

J. MacLaren

20

18

1st

D. Petratos

22

8

1st

U. Davila

20

11

5th=

U. Davila

20

5

6th=

App.

Tack.

#

C. Devlin

16

57

1st

M. Birighitti

22

88

1st

L. D’Arrigo

19

56

2nd

S. Marinovic

20

66

5th

App.

%

#

1st

Tackles

Saves

App. Saves

#

TEAM Stats Goals

App. Goals

#

Conversion Rate

Melbourne CIty

23

42

1st=

Sydney FC

20

22%

Wgtn Phoenix

20

33

6th

Wgtn Phoenix

20

17% 4th

App.

%

#

Wgtn Phoenix

20

84%

1st

Brisbane Roar

22

83% 2nd

Passing Accuracy

Clean Sheets

App.

C.S.

#

Brisbane Roar

22

7

1st=

Wgtn Phoenix

20

5

4th=

Current as at 16 July 2020 7

WELLINGTON PHOENIX FC

Hyundai A-League 2019/20 Squad

#1 stefan marinovic

#2

goal k eeper

#5 matti steinmann

david ball

#6

liberato cacace D E FE N DE R

8

tim payne

#10

ulises dĂ vila

#7

ALEX rufer MIDF IEL DER

Atawhai #4 Te Hudson-Wihongi

reno piscopo

D EFEND ER

#8

cameron devlin

MIDF IE LD ER

MID FIELD ER

#11 jaushua sotirio

#12 Brandon Wilson

F O RWAR D

midfielder

F O RWA RD

#14

luke devere DEF END ER

MIDF IEL DER

FO R WA R D

#13

#3

DEF EN DER

M ID F I EL DE R

#9

liam mcging

#16

louis fenton DEF END ER

#17

callan elliot D EFEND ER

WELLINGTON PHOENIX FC

Hyundai A-League 2019/20 Squad

#20

oliver sail

#21 callum mccowatt

goal k eeper

F O RWA RD

#30

zac Jones

#31

G OAL K EEP ER

ben waine

#23

walter scott

#27

DEF END ER

#32

F O RWA RD

SAM SUTTON

steven taylor D EFEND ER

#88

Gary Hooper

MIDF IE LD ER

FOR WAR D

8

Paulo RETRE

Midfielder

9

Adam LE FONDRE

Forward

10

Milos NINKOVIC

Midfielder

11

Kosta BARBAROUSES

Forward

12

Trent BUHAGIAR

Forward

16

Joel KING

Defender

17

Anthony CACERES

Midfielder

18

Luke IVANOVIC

Forward

1

Andrew REDMAYNE

Goalkeeper

19

Chris ZUVELA

Midfielder

2

Patrick FLOTTMAN

Defender

20

Thomas HEWERD-BELLE

Goalkeeper

3

Ben WARLAND

Defender

21

Harry VAN DER SAAG

Defender

4

Alex WILKINSON

Defender

23

Rhyan GRANT

Defender

5

Alexander BAUMJOHANN

Midfielder

24

Marco TILIO

Forward

6

Ryan MCGOWAN

Defender

26

Luke BRATTAN

Midfielder

7

Michael ZULLO

Defender

30

Adam PAVLESIC

Goalkeeper

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david ball Age: 30 Height: 183cm Previous Clubs: Manchester City, Swindon Town, Peterborough United, Rochdale, Fleetwood Town, Rotherham United, Bradford City.

2019/20 Stats Games played: 19 Minutes played: 1,558

Attack Goals Scored: 6 - 5 right foot, 1 left foot - 5 inside box, 1 outside box Total Shots: 39 Shots On Target: 23 Goal Conversion Rate: 15.4%

Distribution Assists: 4 Pass Success Rate: 81.3% (314/386) Key Passes: 16 Open Play Crosses: 11 (3 successful) Current as at 16 July 2020

#9, forward bio David Ball has been a revelation for the Phoenix in his first year with the club, exciting fans with his offensive skill-set and hard-working reputation. His efforts were rewarded earlier this year when he was named Hyundai A-League Player of the Month for February.

Ball joined the Phoenix this season from EFL Championship side, Rotherham United, having spent the 2018/19 season on loan, scoring seven goals in 42 appearances at Bradford City in EFL’s League One. The striker scored 83 goals in 373 appearances in the EFL over a ten-year period.

Having progressed through the Manchester City Youth Academy, Ball made one appearance for the first team bench in the 2009/10 Premier League campaign before heading to Swindon Town on loan.

In 2011 he signed for League One side Peterborough United where he scored five goals in 21 appearances; and after two separate loan spells at Rochdale, Ball signed for newly promoted League Two side Fleetwood Town on a three-year deal - scoring 49 goals in 179 matches as they gained promotion to League One in the 2014 play-off final.

Ball created history in March 2015 when he scored a FIFA PuskĂĄs nominated goal with his chip against Preston North End, making him only the second Englishman nominated for this esteemed award.

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