Wellington Phoenix football is coming home.
New Zealand’s only professional football club is hoping to attract the two largest crowds of the 2020-21 A-League season after confirming the Phoenix’s long-awaited return to Wellington next month.
The Phoenix will host Western United at Sky Stadium in Wellington on May 22 and Perth Glory at Eden Park in Auckland on May 30 in what will be their first genuine home games in more than 400 days.
Both fixtures will be played in the afternoon with the Wellington game kicking off at 4pm and the Auckland game at 3:30pm.
“This will be our first match in New Zealand in 14 months – that’s 433 days since we last played in front of our true home fans in this country,” general manager David Dome said.
“Our fans in Wellington, Auckland and across New Zealand deserve to see their team play live this season.”
Dome has set a target of attracting crowds in excess of 15,000 for the two New Zealand fixtures, which would surpass the 14,402 that attended the Sydney derby match between Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers in January.
