The 2021–22 Wellington Phoenix season was the club's inaugural season in the A-League Women, the premier competition for women's football in Australia, originally known as the W-League.
The club's manager for the season was Gemma Lewis, with Natalie Lawrence as assistant.
Due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, including not being able to play home games in New Zealand, the team played their home games at WIN Stadium located in Wollongong, Australia.
Season milestones Former Perth Glory keeper and 2020–21 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 Canberra United.
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 Perth Glory, they finished the season with the wooden spoon.
Players Squad information
Competitions
A-League Women
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.
PlayerA-LeagueTotal1GK1 Lily Alfeld22
Disciplinary records Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total disciplinary records are equal.
Pos. No. Name DF17 Talitha Kramer4040MF6 Isabel Gomez3030FW8 Grace Wisnewski2020FW9 Ava Pritchard2020MF16 Hannah Jones2020DF2 Saskia Vosper1010DF3 Kate Taylor1010DF4 Mackenzie Barry1010MF7 Chloe Knott1010MF10 Grace Jale1010MF13 Te Reremoana Walker1010
See also 2021–22 Wellington Phoenix FC season
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