The 2009–10 season is the

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League Men, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 ...

's third season of football in the

Hyundai A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

, making it the longest running New Zealand team in the competition, surpassing the defunct

New Zealand Knights New Zealand Knights Football Club (formed from the Football Kingz Football Club in 2004) were the only professional association football club in New Zealand before they became defunct. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, they played in the A-League ...

Players

First team squad

Transfers

In

Out

Matches

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2009–10 Finals series

Results by round

Statistics

Appearances

Goal scorers

Goal assists

Discipline

Goal times

Home attendance

Club

Technical staff

*First team Coach:

Ricki Herbert Ricki Lloyd Herbert (born 10 April 1961) is a New Zealand former footballer and manager. He is the current director of football at Hamilton Wanderers AFC. Herbert was formerly head coach of the New Zealand national team, stepping down after ...

*Goalkeeping Coach: Jonathan Gould *Technical Analyst: Luciano Trani *First team Physiotherapist: Adam Crump *Masseur: Dene Carroll *Strength & Conditioning Coach: Ed Baranowski

Kit

The team kit for the 2009–10 season was produced by

Reebok Reebok International Limited ( ) is an American footwear and clothing brand that is a part of Authentic Brands Group. It was established in England in 1958 as a companion company to J.W. Foster and Sons, a sporting goods company which had bee ...

. The home kit was changed to a black and yellow vertically striped shirt with black shorts and socks. The away kit features black sleeves with yellow trim on a white background, while the shorts are white with a yellow and black side trim, with white socks.

Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...

renewed its contract with the Wellington Phoenix and remained the club's major sponsor.Sony back onboard with Phoenix
,

, 7 August 2009 , , , ,

End-of-season awards

:''See also List of Wellington Phoenix FC end-of-season awards'' *Sony Player of the Year:

Andrew Durante Andrew James Durante (born 3 May 1982) is a retired New Zealand international footballer who played as a defender. He is currently the Western United 1st team Assistant & Development Coach. Durante is also the clubs Player Welfare and Develop ...

*Members' Player of the Year:

Paul Ifill Paul Everton Ifill (born 20 October 1979) is a former professional footballer and current manager who played as a forward. He is currently in charge of New Zealand Central League side Wellington Olympic. He spent most of his career playing as ...

*Players' Player of the Year:

*Media Player of the Year:

*Golden Boot:

– 12 goals *Under-23 Player of the Year:

Troy Hearfield Troy Hearfield (born 31 October 1987) is an Australian former soccer who played as a right back. Club career Newcastle Jets Hearfield signed for Newcastle Jets in 2006. On 2 February 2007, Hearfield made his professional debut in a game agains ...

References

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