Wellington Phoenix FC

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.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. 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).