An unofficial Wellington Phoenix page
for the 2017-2018 Season
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| Day | Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
| Sun | Oct 8 | home | Adelaide Utd | draw | 1 | 1 | D. Vidosic | New coaches, All Whites away, 18 year old Keegan Smith starts as keeper, Debuts for Vidosic, Kaludjerovic, Mullen, Galloway, Abbas, Smith, Paracki! Roy is captain. Early dominance, goal. Poor defending they fire straight back. 8000 attedance. |
| Sun | Oct 15 | away | Sydney FC | loss | 2 | 3 | Vidosic, A. Kaludjerovic | Never gave up, Vidosic another headed goal, AK half volley goal on the turn. Abbas pulled up for off side wrongly when away with only keeper to beat. |
| Sat | Oct 21 | away | Melbourne City | loss | 0 | 1 | Dominated possession, glowing remarks from commentators. City scored with a bullet free kick in off the post. Krishna hit post. Deserved much more. Abbas, Mullen, Paracki, Weemac, Vidosic, Ridenton all very good. Dura out injured. Rossi lasted half a game. | |
| Sat | Oct 28 | home | Brisbane Roar | draw | 3 | 3 | Kaludjerovic 2, R. Krishna | Three goals up in 20 minutes, including a rocket from Krishna. Brisbane dominated 2nd half to earn a draw. Keegan blows a kiss at Maccarone who is lining up a late penalty. The shot is blasted into the net! Durante, Rossi out injured and Galloway limps off. |
| Sat | Nov 4 | away | Newcastle Jets | loss | 0 | 3 | Paracki passes the ball straight to their attacker to open the scoring. Young keeper Keegan Smith is the only one to earn a pass mark. Durante back from what was going to be an eight week injury! | |
| Sun | Nov 12 | home | Perth Glory | win | 5 | 2 | Vidosic, Kaludjerovic 2, G. Finkler, G. Paracki | Wearing white to align with the AWs game against Peru yesterday. Dura and Mikey away with AWs. Poor Rossi backpass leads to Perth freekick goal. We equalise with another Vid header. Roy superb, three assists. Paracki neat goal from tight angle. |
| Sat | Nov 18 | away | West Sydney | pp | postponed at last minute, pitch unplayable | |||
| Sat | Nov 25 | home | Central Coast Mrnr | loss | 1 | 4 | Vidosic | Phoenix poor after their unscheduled week off. Italiano back in goal made some saves. Only Krishna played well. Kaludjerovic own goal started the ball rolling. |
| Sun | Dec 3 | home | Melbourne Victory | loss | 2 | 3 | Kaludjerovic 2 | VAR ruled out a Berisha goal for offside. Two great headers by AK have us leading 2 - 0 at break. Victory then wore us down in second half and could have scored quite a few. |
| Sat | Dec 9 | away | Brisbane Roar | draw | 0 | 0 | Finkler released by club, Roy, Mikey and Dura all injured. Strong performance, deserved a win. Ridenton very good, shot well saved, Vidosic excellent, Alex Rufer had a full game, did well | |
| Sun | Dec 17 | away | Perth Glory | loss | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sat | Dec 23 | home | Sydney FC | loss | 1 | 4 | Kaludjerovic | |
| Sun | Dec 31 | away | Central Coast Mrnr | draw | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sat | Jan 6 | away | Melbourne City | loss | 1 | 2 | Krishna | |
| Wed | Jan 10 | home | Melbourne Victory | win | 2 | 1 | Krishna, o.g. | |
| Sat | Jan 13 | home | Western Sydney | draw | 1 | 1 | M. Ljujic | 25 m rocket |
| Sat | Jan 20 | away | Newcastle Jets | win | 3 | 2 | M. Ljujic, D. Mullen, Krishna | |
| Sat | Jan 27 | home | Adelaide Utd | loss | 0 | 1 | Dura's record equalling 278th A League game. Krishna out hammy, Rossi suspended, CBs injured so Paracki has to play there, Kaludjerovic goes off injured. Italiano nutmegged. Hit bar twice but not much going forward. Only 6700 attend. | |
| Fri | Feb 2 | away | Sydney FC | loss | 0 | 4 | Krishna, AK and Doyle all injured. Three mix ups, including Dura and Paracki tackling each other. Krishna refusing to play? | |
| Sun | Feb 11 | away | West Sydney | loss | 0 | 4 | Soft performance. Krishna still refusing to play. AK missed good chance to level scores at half time. Fox clearing off the line and winning his challenges in whole hearted fashion. | |
| Sat | Feb 17 | home | Perth Glory | win | 2 | 1 | S. Singh, o.g. | Starting debut, Sarpreet scores a ripper after 3 mins. Velaphi debut in goal, saves a penalty when Castro tries the panenka and Tando catches it. Krishna finally back after signing back on, makes difference and causes late own goal for the win. |
| Fri | Feb 23 | away | Central Coast Mrnr | loss | 0 | 1 | Limp first half. Give ball away, lots of defending. CCM score on half time from close range. Burns not tracking back after giving ball away. Second half better, Roy hit bar, side netting. Fox and Dura our best. Days soon after coach Darije Kalecic quits. | |
| Sat | Mar 10 | away | Western Sydney | loss | 1 | 4 | Singh | Greenacre back in temporary charge of the team. A good hour, then conceeded two goals from corners. |
| Sat | Mar 17 | home | Newcastle Jets | loss | 0 | 1 | in Auckland. Lots of chances, should've won. Burns, Krishna and Singh combined well up front. Fox made team of the week for his defensive work. | |
| Sun | Mar 25 | home | Brisbane Roar | draw | 2 | 2 | Kaludjerovic, L. Rogerson | Six players out for international window!! Lots of attacking action from both teams. Lovely ball from Ljujic put AK through for goal. Burns nice cross for Rogerson's header. Burns also hit the bar. Sail debut in goal, a good save and a missed cross. Burns, Paracki, Cacace all good. |
| Fri | Mar 30 | away | Adelaide Utd | loss | 1 | 3 | Rogerson | Strong lineup but didn't fire against good Adelaide team. Rogerson sub, won a pen then took it.Oli Sail very good in goal. |
| Sun | Apr 8 | away | Melbourne Victory | loss | 1 | 2 | o.g. | Deservedly leading 1 - 0, chances not taken. Victory scored two late goals, Fox poor tackle in box then a header 3 minutes later. Singh excellent. Doyle off injured meant Ridenton struggling at right back. Durante, Fox and Cacace had been good till late. |
| Sat | Apr 14 | home | Melbourne City | win | 2 | 1 | S. Singh (2) | in Auck. City started very well. Sail error gave ball and Fornaroli curled in shot. Sarpreet turned in the box to score, then smacked in a good one that was deflected. Roy missed a sitter. Dario on his return to NZ hit the post with a late header. Cacace and Singh two young standout NZers. When will the new coach be named? Who will be retained from the 14 players off contract? |
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Leading Scorers:
| Dario Vidosic | 4 |
| Andrija Kaludjerovic | 9 |
| Roy Krishna | 4 |
| Goran Paracki | 1 |
| Gui Finkler | 1 |
| Matija Ljujic | 2 |
| Daniel Mullen | 1 |
| Sarpreet Singh | 4 |
| Own Goal | 3 |
| Logan Rogerson | 2 |
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