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| Full name | Wellington Phoenix Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Nix, Yellow Fever |
| Founded | 19 March 2007 |
| Ground | Sky Stadium |
| Capacity | 34,500 |
| Chairman | Robert Morrison |
| Manager | Giancarlo Italiano |
| League | A-League Men |
| 2023–24 | 2nd of 12 |
| Website | Club website |
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| A-League Men |
Wellington Phoenix Reserves (Men's) |
A-League Women |
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.
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.
- ^ "A-League owners to be offered far longer licences by Football Federation Australia". adelaidenow.com.au. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.