The 2021–22

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season is the club's inaugural season in the

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, the premier competition for

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in Australia, originally known as the W-League. The club's manager for the season is Gemma Lewis, with Natalie Lawrence as assistant. Due to impacts related to the on-going

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, including not being able to play home games in New Zealand, the team are playing their home games at WIN Stadium located in

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Season milestones

Former

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keeper and

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players’ player of the year, Lily Alfeld, was announced as the club's inaugural signing. She was later announced as the club's inaugural captain. Wellington Phoenix started their debut season with a 0–0 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers at the Wollongong Showgrounds. Ava Pritchard scored the club's first goal in their second game of the season, in a 1–5 loss to Newcastle Jets. On 11 February 2022, the Phoenix achieved their first ever win in the A-League Women in a 3–0 away win against

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. They got their second win of the season against Western Sydney Wanderers, winning 3–2 on the 1st March but it wasn't enough to get them off the bottom of the table and after losing their last game of the season to

, they finished the season with the wooden spoon.

Players

Squad information

A-League

League table

Matches

* ''All times are in AEDT''

Results summary

Results by round

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Clean sheets

''Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.''

Disciplinary records

''Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total disciplinary records are equal.''

Notes

External links

References

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