| Full name | Wellington Phoenix Women's Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 10 September 2021 | |
| Ground | Sky Stadium | |
| Chairman | Robert Morrison | |
| League | W-League | |
| 2021–22 | debut season | |
Wellington Phoenix Women's Football Club is a New Zealand professional women's football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. The Phoenix will compete in the Australian premier women's soccer competition, the W-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football.
For several years, there have been talks concerning the creation of a professional women's football team in New Zealand so as to boost the level of women's football in New Zealand and Oceania with the cost of traveling to away games a major barrier. [1] [2] There were no professional clubs in New Zealand and the National League only featured amateur teams. The talks intensified after New Zealand won the rights to co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the W-League plans to add three more expansion teams by that time. [3] [4]
In September 2021, Phoenix announced they were one of the clubs in consideration under the W-League expansion and later confirmed creating a women's team. [5] [6]
Wellington Phoenix will start their debut season in the W-League in the 2021—22 season and will play from Wellington.
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