2016–17 Adelaide United FC season

The 2016–17 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time, the FFA Cup for the 3rd time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the 6th time.

Adelaide United
2016–17 season
ChairmanGreg Griffin
ManagerGuillermo Amor
StadiumCoopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League9th
A-League Finals SeriesDNQ
FFA CupRound of 32
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Dylan McGowan (4 goals)
All: Dylan McGowan, Baba Diawara (5 goals)
Highest home attendance14,908 vs Melbourne Victory
22 October 2016
Lowest home attendance6,006 vs Perth Glory
10 February 2017
Average home league attendance9,565

Players edit

Squad information edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Eugene Galekovic (Captain)
2 DF   AUS Michael Marrone
3 MF   ITA Iacopo La Rocca
4 DF   AUS Dylan McGowan
5 DF   AUS Taylor Regan
7 MF   KOR Kim Jae-sung
8 MF   ESP Isaías
9 FW   SEN Baba Diawara
10 MF   ARG Marcelo Carrusca
11 FW   ESP Sergio Cirio
12 DF   AUS Mark Ochieng
13 FW   AUS Marc Marino
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   AUS George Mells
15 DF   AUS Ben Warland
16 MF   AUS Jesse Makarounas
17 MF   AUS Nikola Mileusnic
18 MF   AUS Riley McGree
19 DF   AUS Ben Garuccio
20 GK   AUS John Hall
21 DF   AUS Tarek Elrich
22 MF   AUS Ryan Kitto
23 DF   AUS Jordan Elsey
24 MF   AUS Jordan O'Doherty
30 GK   AUS Daniel Margush
92 FW   AUS Eli Babalj

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
22 MF Ryan Kitto Unattached Free transfer 1 year 23 May 2016 [1]
13 FW Marc Marino Unattached Free transfer 2 years 23 May 2016 [1]
19 DF Ben Garuccio Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 16 June 2016 [2]
16 MF Jesse Makarounas Unattached Free transfer 1 year 11 July 2016 [3]
7 FW   Henrique   Negeri Sembilan Undisclosed Fee 1 year 27 August 2016 [4]
17 MF Nikola Mileusnic   Adelaide City Free transfer 1 year 30 August 2016 [5]
9 FW   Sergi Guardiola   Granada Loan 1 year 14 September 2016 [6]
25 MF James Holland Unattached Undisclosed Fee 2 years 21 September 2016 [7]
45 FW   Danny Choi   Blacktown City Loan 6 months 4 October 2016 [8]
5 DF Taylor Regan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 12 October 2018 [9]
7 MF   Kim Jae-sung   Seoul E-Land Free transfer 1 year 7 February 2017 [10]
92 FW Eli Babalj Unattached Undisclosed Fee 1 year 7 February 2017 [10]
9 FW   Baba Diawara Unattached Undisclosed Fee 2 years 7 February 2017 [10]

Transfers out edit

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
19 FW Eli Babalj   AZ Loan return 5 May 2016 [11]
24 MF Bruce Kamau Melbourne City Free transfer 5 May 2016 [11]
7 FW Pablo Sánchez Unattached Free transfer 7 May 2016 [12]
16 MF Craig Goodwin   Sparta Rotterdam Free transfer 10 May 2016 [13]
25 DF Ruon Tongyik Melbourne City Undisclosed Fee 8 July 2016 [14]
6 MF Stefan Mauk   N.E.C. $400,000 19 July 2016 [15]
11 FW Bruce Djite   Suwon FC Free transfer 26 July 2016 [16]
17 FW Mate Dugandzic   Dandenong City Free transfer 28 October 2016 [17]
45 FW   Danny Choi Unattached Free transfer 8 November 2016 [18]
25 MF James Holland   Liaoning Whowin Undisclosed Fee 12 January 2017 [19]
9 FW   Sergi Guardiola   Granada Loan return 25 January 2017 [20]
7 FW   Henrique   Chiangrai United Free transfer 31 January 2017 [21]

From youth squad edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
24 MF   Jordan O'Doherty 18 [22]
18 MF   Riley McGree 17 [22]
12 DF   Mark Ochieng 19 [23]

Contract extensions edit

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
  Dylan McGowan Defender 1 year 2017 [24]
  Mark Ochieng Right-back 1 year 2017 [25]
  Ben Warland Defender 1 year 2017 [25]
  Isaías Midfielder 3 years 2020 [26]
  Michael Marrone Right-back 2 years 2019 [27]
  Taylor Regan Centre back 2 years 2019 [28]

Technical staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Guillermo Amor
Assistant coach   Pau Martí
Assistant coach   Jacobo Ramallo
High Performance Manager   Greg King
Goalkeeper coach   Peter Blazincic
Youth team coach   Hussein Skenderovic
Physiotherapist   Harry Truong

Kits and Sponsors edit

Kit manufacturer Sponsor(s)
Macron Major Sponsor IGA
Sleeve TBA
Back of Shirt Datong Australia
Front of Shorts The Castle Tavern
Back of Shorts TBA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League
Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals      
1 GK   Eugene Galekovic 28 0 0 0 0 23+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   Michael Marrone 17 0 2 0 0 11+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 2 0 0
3 MF   Iacopo La Rocca 19 0 2 0 0 17+1 0 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   Dylan McGowan 33 5 7 0 0 27+0 4 5 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 1 2 0 0
5 DF   Taylor Regan 16 0 6 0 0 9+2 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 3 0 0
7 MF   Kim Jae-sung 13 1 2 0 0 4+3 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 1 1 0 0
8 MF   Isaías 26 1 10 0 0 22+0 1 10 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Baba Diawara 13 5 2 0 0 6+1 3 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+1 2 1 0 0
10 MF   Marcelo Carrusca 20 2 2 1 0 16+3 2 2 1 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Sergio Cirio 26 3 2 0 0 19+1 1 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 2 0 0 0
12 DF   Mark Ochieng 15 2 1 0 0 3+5 1 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 2+4 1 0 0 0
13 FW   Marc Marino 6 0 0 0 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   George Mells 6 0 0 0 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   Ben Warland 4 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0
16 MF   Jesse Makarounas 13 1 2 0 0 7+3 1 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
17 MF   Nikola Mileusnic 23 1 1 0 0 7+10 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 0 1 0 0
18 MF   Riley McGree 22 2 6 0 0 11+5 1 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 1 2 0 0
19 DF   Ben Garuccio 33 0 7 0 0 24+3 0 6 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 4+1 0 1 0 0
20 GK   John Hall 4 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   Tarek Elrich 29 2 6 0 0 24+1 2 6 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   Ryan Kitto 18 1 1 0 0 8+8 0 1 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
23 DF   Jordan Elsey 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
24 MF   Jordan O'Doherty 23 2 2 1 0 10+7 1 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 4+1 1 2 0 0
26 MF   Lachlan Brook 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
30 GK   Daniel Margush 3 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
92 FW   Eli Babalj 8 1 1 0 0 1+3 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+4 1 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
7 MF   Henrique 13 3 2 0 0 12+1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Sergi Guardiola 16 3 2 0 0 14+2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF   James Holland 13 0 1 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW   Danny Choi 2 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies edit

17 July 2016 Northern Demons   0–5   Adelaide United Port Pirie, Australia
14:30 ACST Report
Stadium: Byrne Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rick Schneider
17 August 2016 Melbourne City   1–0   Adelaide United Melbourne, Australia
Fornaroli   15' (pen.) Report Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
3 September 2016 Malaysia tour Penang FA   1–2   Adelaide United George Town, Malaysia
21:00 MYT Ghazli   42' Report
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
14 September 2016 Adelaide United   0–1   Melbourne Victory Adelaide, Australia
14:30 ACST Report Rojas   9' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
29 September 2016 Sydney FC   1–0   Adelaide United Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST Brillante   38' Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 9th 9 October 2016 15 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 3 August 2016 3 August 2016
AFC Champions League Group stage Group stage 22 February 2017 9 May 2017

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 018.52
FFA Cup 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
AFC Champions League 6 1 2 3 10 13 −3 016.67
Total 34 6 10 18 36 61 −25 017.65

Updated to match played 9 May 2017
Source: Competitions

A-League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 8 6 13 41 46 −5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 −21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 −25 22
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 5 8 14 25 46  −21 23 4 4 6 16 25  −9 1 4 8 9 21  −12

Last updated: 15 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round edit

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GroundAHHAHHAAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultDLLLLDLDWLLLDLWLDLLWLDWWDLD
Position5689101010108101010101099101010101010109899
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

9 October 2016 1 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Adelaide United Newcastle
17:00 AEDT W. Brown   17' Report Makarounas   29' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,145
Referee: Alan Milliner
14 October 2016 2 Adelaide United 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Henrique   43' Report Šantalab   67', 90+2' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,789
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 October 2016 3 Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Elrich   68' Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,908
Referee: Peter Green
28 October 2016 4 Melbourne City 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Fornaroli   11', 56' (pen.) Report Guardiola   64' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,053
Referee: Chris Beath
6 November 2016 5 Adelaide United 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
16:30 ACDT Guardiola   27' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,974
Referee: Jarred Gillett
11 November 2016 6 Adelaide United 1–1 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Guardiola   78' Report Holman   60' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,146
Referee: Chris Beath
18 November 2016 7 Perth Glory 3–1 Adelaide United Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Risdon   22' (o.g.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,011
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 November 2016 8 Sydney FC 0–0 Adelaide United Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,179
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
4 December 2016 9 Adelaide United 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
18:30 ACDT Henrique   26', 39' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,539
Referee: Stephen Lucas
11 December 2016 10 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Adelaide United Brisbane
16:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,605
Referee: Peter Green
16 December 2016 11 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report Isaías   68' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,642
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 December 2016 12 Adelaide United 0–4 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,805
Referee: Chris Beath
7 January 2017 14 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,036
Referee: Adam Fielding
12 January 2017 15 Adelaide United 2–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report Fornaroli   4' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,607
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
20 January 2017 16 Sydney FC 2–0 Adelaide United Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,225
Referee: Shaun Evans
29 January 2017 17 Adelaide United 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
16:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,313
Referee: Peter Green
5 February 2017 18 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Adelaide United Canberra
17:00 AEDT
Report O'Doherty   90+2' Stadium: GIO Stadium
Attendance: 5,072
Referee: Shaun Evans
10 February 2017 19 Adelaide United 0–5 Perth Glory Adelaide
20:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,006
Referee: Chris Beath
17 February 2017 20 Adelaide United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Carrusca   61' (pen.) Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,642
Referee: Kurt Ams
25 February 2017 21 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Elrich   90' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 19,035
Referee: Matthew Conger
19 March 2017 23 Adelaide United 2–1 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
16:30 ACDT
Report Maclaren   60' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,197
Referee: Stephen Lucas
25 March 2017 24 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Adelaide United Gosford
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,438
Referee: Kurt Ams
31 March 2017 25 Adelaide United 1–1 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT McGowan   23' Report Castro   45+1' (pen.) Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,307
Referee: Alan Milliner
7 April 2017 26 Melbourne City 1–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEST Cahill   36' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,438
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
15 April 2017 27 Adelaide United 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:20 ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,636
Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup edit

3 August 2016 Round of 32 Redlands United   2–1   Adelaide United Brisbane
19:30 AEST
Report Kitto   62' Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Adam Kersey

AFC Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jiangsu Suning 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 Advance to knockout stage
2   Jeju United 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10
3   Adelaide United 6 1 2 3 10 13 −3 5
4   Gamba Osaka 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
22 February 2017 (2017-02-22) 1 Adelaide United   0–3   Gamba Osaka Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACDT Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,071
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
1 March 2017 (2017-03-01) 2 Jiangsu Suning   2–1   Adelaide United Nanjing, China
19:35 CST Teixeira   14', 72' Report Babalj   90+2' Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 41,033
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) 3 Adelaide United   3–3   Jeju United Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
11 April 2017 (2017-04-11) 4 Jeju United   1–3   Adelaide United Seogwipo, South Korea
20:00 KST Magno Cruz   8' Report
Stadium: Jeju World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 2,289
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
25 April 2017 (2017-04-25) 5 Gamba Osaka   3–3   Adelaide United Suita, Japan
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium
Attendance: 9,209
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

References edit

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External links edit