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The following list of awards are presented at the Annual Wellington Phoenix awards evening usually held at the conclusion of the regular home and away season.

Men's awards

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Player of the Year

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The top award is voted for by coaches, chief executive and the football operations manager. After each game points would be awarded to the 3 top players and the player with the most accumulated points at the conclusion of the regular season is presented with the award.

Year Player
2007–08 New Zealand Shane Smeltz
2008–09 New Zealand Leo Bertos
2009–10 Australia Andrew Durante
2010–11 New Zealand Ben Sigmund
2011–12 New Zealand Ben Sigmund
2012–13 Australia Andrew Durante
2013–14 Spain Albert Riera
2014–15 Australia Nathan Burns
2015–16 New Zealand Glen Moss
2016–17 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses
2017–18 Fiji Roy Krishna
2018–19 Fiji Roy Krishna
2019–20 England David Ball[1]
2020–21 Mexico Ulises Dávila[2]
2021–22 New Zealand Oliver Sail[3]
2022–23 Poland Oskar Zawada[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses[5]

Players' Player of the Year

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The Wellington Phoenix Players' Player of the Year award is presented to the player who is deemed to be the best player overall at the end of the season as judged by his teammates. Each player in the team votes three times over the season: after Round 7, Round 14 and Round 21.

Year Player
2007–08 New Zealand Shane Smeltz
2008–09 New Zealand Shane Smeltz
2009–10 Barbados Paul Ifill
2010–11 Malta Manny Muscat
2011–12 New Zealand Ben Sigmund
2012–13 New Zealand Jeremy Brockie
2013–14 Australia Vince Lia
2014–15 Australia Nathan Burns
2015–16 New Zealand Glen Moss
2016–17 Fiji Roy Krishna
2017–18 Australia Dylan Fox
2018–19 Fiji Roy Krishna
2019–20 New Zealand Liberato Cacace[6]
2020–21 Mexico Ulises Dávila[7]
2021–22 New Zealand Oliver Sail[3]
2022–23 Poland Oskar Zawada[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Alex Paulsen[5]

Under-23 Player of the Year

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The Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year is voted upon by all season member ticket holders at the conclusion of the regular season. The Player with the most votes is awarded the trophy.

Year Player
2009–10 Australia Troy Hearfield
2010–11 New Zealand Marco Rojas
2012–13 New Zealand Louis Fenton
2013–14 New Zealand Tyler Boyd
2014–15 Curaçao Roly Bonevacia
2015–16 Australia Dylan Fox
2016–17 Australia Jacob Tratt
2017–18 New Zealand Matthew Ridenton
2018–19 New Zealand Liberato Cacace
2019–20 New Zealand Liberato Cacace[8]
2020–21 New Zealand Ben Waine[9]
2021–22 New Zealand Sam Sutton[3]
2022–23 New Zealand Callan Elliot[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Alex Paulsen[5]

Golden Boot

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The Wellington Phoenix Golden Boot is awarded to the player who has scored the most goals during the regular season (Finals Series' goals are not included in this tally).

Year Player League goals
2007–08 New Zealand Shane Smeltz 10
2008–09 New Zealand Shane Smeltz 12
2009–10 Barbados Paul Ifill 12
2010–11 England Chris Greenacre 8
2011–12 Barbados Paul Ifill 7
2012–13 New Zealand Jeremy Brockie 16
2013–14 Belgium Stein Huysegems 10
2014–15 Australia Nathan Burns 13
2015–16 Australia Blake Powell 8
2016–17 Fiji Roy Krishna 12
2017–18 Serbia Andrija Kaludjerovic 9
2018–19 Fiji Roy Krishna 18
2019–20 Mexico Ulises Dávila 12[10]
2020–21 Israel Tomer Hemed 11[11]
2021–22 Mexico Gael Sandoval
Australia Jaushua Sotirio
New Zealand Ben Waine		 6[12]
2022–23 Poland Oskar Zawada 15[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 13[5]

Goal of the Year

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Year Player Against
2011–12 New Zealand Tim Brown Sydney FC on 27 November 2011
2012–13 not awarded
2013–14 Costa Rica Kenny Cunningham Melbourne Victory on 18 January 2014
2014–15 Fiji Roy Krishna Newcastle Jets on 6 December 2014
2015–16 Curaçao Roly Bonevacia Melbourne City on 25 January 2016
2016–17 Australia Vince Lia Central Coast Mariners on 10 December 2016
2017–18 Fiji Roy Krishna Brisbane Roar on 28 October 2017
2018–19 Australia David Williams Newcastle Jets on 30 March 2019
2019–20 Mexico Ulises Dávila Sydney FC on 21 December 2020[13]
2020–21 Australia Cameron Devlin Western Sydney Wanderers on 15 March 2021[14]
2022–23 New Zealand Clayton Lewis Macarthur FC on 6 November 2022[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Ben Old Adelaide United on 3 March 2024[5]

Members' Player of the Year

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The Wellington Phoenix Members' Player of the Year award was voted upon by all season member ticket holders at the conclusion of the regular season. The Player with most votes was awarded the trophy.

Year Player
2007–08 New Zealand Shane Smeltz
2008–09 New Zealand Ben Sigmund
2009–10 Barbados Paul Ifill
2010–11 Malta Manny Muscat
2011–12 New Zealand Ben Sigmund
2012–13 not awarded
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20 New Zealand Liberato Cacace[15]
2020–21 New Zealand Oli Sail[16]
2021–22 England David Ball[3]
2022–23 Poland Oskar Zawada[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Alex Paulsen[5]

Media Player of the Year

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Year Player
2007–08 New Zealand Shane Smeltz
2008–09 New Zealand Shane Smeltz
2009–10 Barbados Paul Ifill
2010–11 New Zealand Marco Rojas
2011–12 New Zealand Ben Sigmund
2012–13 not awarded
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20 New Zealand Liberato Cacace[17]
2020–21 Mexico Ulises Dávila[18]
2021–22 New Zealand Oliver Sail[3]
2022–23 Poland Oskar Zawada[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses[5]

Women's awards

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Wellington Phoenix first entered a women's team into the A-League Women for the 2021–22 season.[19]

Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22 New Zealand Kate Taylor[3]
2022–23 New Zealand Michaela Foster[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Mackenzie Barry[5]

Players' Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22 New Zealand Lily Alfeld[3]
2022–23 New Zealand Michaela Foster[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Mackenzie Barry[5]

Under-23 Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22 New Zealand Alyssa Whinham[3]
2022–23 New Zealand Milly Clegg[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Macey Fraser[5]

Golden Boot

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The Wellington Phoenix Golden Boot is awarded to the player who has scored the most goals during the regular season (Finals Series' goals are not included in this tally).

Year Player League goals
2021–22 New Zealand Grace Jale 6[20]
2022–23 New Zealand Milly Clegg 4[4]
2023-24 Venezuela Mariana Speckmaier[5] 10[5]

Goal of the Year

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Year Player Against
2022–23 New Zealand Michaela Foster Brisbane Roar on 29 January 2023[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Macey Fraser[5] Western United on 12 November 2023[5]

Members' Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22 New Zealand Kate Taylor[3]
2022–23 New Zealand Michaela Foster[4]
2023-24 New Zealand Macey Fraser[5]

Media Player of the Year

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Year Player
2021–22 New Zealand Kate Taylor[3]
2022–23 New Zealand Michaela Foster[4]
2023-24 Venezuela Mariana Speckmaier[5]

Lloyd Morrison Spirit of the Phoenix award

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Year Winner
2011–12 Russell Gray
2012–13 Ben Sigmund
2013–14 Leo Bertos and Stein Huysegems
2014–15 Lee Spence and Rob Lee
2015–16 Ben Sigmund
2016–17 Shaun Gill
2018–19 Alex Rufer
2019–20 Wellington Phoenix[21]
2022–23 Lily Alfeld[4]
2023-24 David Dome[5]

Bandage Award

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Selected by ex-Phoenix player, Ben Sigmund and awarded to the player who has shown the most fight, resilience and determination throughout the season.

Year Winner
2018–19 Alex Rufer

Staff Member of the Year

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Year Winner
2018–19 Tom Bray
2019–20 Aidan Wivell[22]
2020–21 David Dome[23]
2022–23 Jesse Rawlings and Kya Stewart[4]
2023-24 Brenton Vannisselroy[24]

Volunteer of the Year

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Year Winner
2011–12 David Graham
2016–17 Ken Allen
2017–18 Helen Mellon
2018–19 Gus and Esther Hutton
2019–20 Reece Lewis[25]
2020–21 Bobby Mazevski[26]
2022–23 Justin Raffan and Stu and Kirsty Jones[4]
2023-24 Christoph Zintl & Jo Todd[5]

Fan of the Year

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Year Winner
2011–12 Dale Warburton
2012–13 Ahmad Rini
2013–14 Bruce Lewis
2014–15 Niki O'Connor
2015–16 Carey McDonald
2016–17 Stephanie Evett
2017–18 Matt Weldon-Smith
2018–19 Steve Lyne
2019–20 Jess Pritchard[27]
2020–21 Dean Bartle[28]
2022–23 Peter Xu[4]
2023-24 Holly Eades[5]

Awards summary

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  • 2007–08 Awards
  • 2008–09 Awards[29]
  • 2009–10 Awards[30]
  • 2010–11 Awards[31]
  • 2011–12 Awards[32]
  • 2014–15 Awards[33]
  • 2015–16 Awards[34]
  • 2016–17 Awards[35]
  • 2017–18 Awards[36]
  • 2018–19 Awards[37]
  • 2019–20 Awards (See references below)

References

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  33. ^ "Striker Nathan Burns cleaned up at the Wellington Phoenix awards dinner last night". One News. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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