Guide to Wellington Phoenix’s Isuzu UTE A-League 2024-25 season: Signings, full squad & fixtures

With the new Isuzu UTE A-League season upon us, here’s your guide to Wellington Phoenix – from new signings, memberships, matchday tickets and fixtures.

Head coach: Giancarlo Italiano

Stadium: Sky Stadium

2023-24 position: 2nd (Semi-Final)

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Wellington Phoenix shattered a number of records in Giancarlo Italiano’s rookie season at the helm. Can they back it up in 2024-25?

The Phoenix will have to do it without some key players from last season who have gone on to secure life-changing moves. However, Wellington have appeared to recruit well – bringing in two experienced J1 League players in Hideki Ishige and Kazuki Nagasawa.

You can also throw into the mix the Kiwi Clasico – the A-Leagues’ newest derby as Auckland FC enter the equation in 2024-25.

Re-signed: Kosta Barbarouses, Isaac Hughes

New arrivals: Marco Rojas, Paulo Retre, Luke Brooke-Smith, Josh Oluwayemi, Kazuki Nagasawa, Dublin Boon (scholarship contract), Hideki Ishige, Matt Sheridan (upgraded from scholarship contract), Alby Kelly-Heald (upgraded from scholarship contract), Corban Piper (scholarship contract), Jayden Smith (scholarship contract), Stefan Colakovski

Full squad

Mohamed Al-Taay
David Ball
Kosta Barbarouses
Fin Conchie
Isaac Hughes
Hideki Ishige
Albert Kelly-Heald
Lukas Kelly-Heald
Kazuki Nagasawa
Joshua Oluwayemi
Timothy Payne
Paulo Retre
Marco Rojas
Alex Rufer
Matthew Sheridan
Sam Sutton
Oskar van Hattum
Scott Wootton
Dublin Boon
Luke Brooke-Smith
Corban Piper
Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues
Luke Supyk
Jayden Smith

Fixtures

ISUZU UTE A-LEAGUE MEN 2024-25 FIXTURE DETAILS

FULL FIXTURE: Every match here
DERBY DATES: The matches to circle in your calendar now
TALKING POINTS: What you need to know about the 24-25 draw, inc new TV schedule

RDDATEMATCHVENUEKO (AEDT/AEST)KO (Local)
1Sunday, 20 October 2024Wellington Phoenix v Western UnitedSky Stadium2:00pm4:00pm
2Saturday, 26 October 2024Perth Glory v Wellington PhoenixHBF Park9:45pm11:45pm
3Saturday, 2 November 2024Wellington Phoenix v Auckland FCSky Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
4Sunday, 10 November 2024Central Coast Mariners v Wellington PhoenixIndustree Group Stadium4:00pm6:00pm
5 (Unite Round)Sunday, 24 November 2024Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne VictoryAllianz Stadium1:30pm3:30pm
6Friday, 29 November 2024BYE
7Saturday, 7 December 2024Auckland FC v Wellington PhoenixGO Media Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
8Saturday, 14 December 2024Wellington Phoenix v Macarthur FCSky Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
9Sunday, 22 December 2024Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington PhoenixCommBank Stadium5:00pm7:00pm
10Saturday, 28 December 2024Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle JetsSky Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
11 (MWR)Mid-weekBYE
12Friday, 3 January 2025Melbourne City v Wellington PhoenixAAMI Park5:00pm7:00pm
13Saturday, 11 January 2025Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide UnitedSky Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
14 (MWR)Wednesday, 15 January 2025Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FCSky Stadium5:00pm7:00pm
15Monday, 20 January 2025Macarthur FC v Wellington PhoenixCampbelltown Stadium7:00pm9:00pm
16Saturday, 25 January 2025Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast MarinersSky Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
17Friday, 31 January 2025BYE
18Thursday, 6 February 2025Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane RoarSky Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
19Friday, 14 February 2025Melbourne Victory v Wellington PhoenixAAMI Park7:35pm9:35pm
20Saturday, 22 February 2025Auckland FC v Wellington PhoenixGO Media Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
21Friday, 28 February 2025Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne CitySky Stadium5:30pm7:30pm
22Saturday, 8 March 2025Western United v Wellington PhoenixIronbark Fields6:00pm8:00pm
23Saturday, 15 March 2025Sydney FC v Wellington PhoenixAllianz Stadium5:00pm7:00pm
24Saturday, 29 March 2025Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney WanderersSky Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
25Sunday, 6 April 2025Newcastle Jets v Wellington PhoenixMcDonald Jones Stadium5:00pm7:00pm
26Saturday, 12 April 2025Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne VictorySky Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
27Friday, 18 April 2025Adelaide United v Wellington PhoenixCoopers Stadium7:35pm9:35pm
28Saturday, 26 April 2025Brisbane Roar v Wellington PhoenixSuncorp Stadium3:00pm5:00pm
29Friday, 2 May 2025Wellington Phoenix v Perth GlorySky Stadium5:30pm7:30pm