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2018–19 Adelaide United FC season

The 2018–19 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 15th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the FFA Cup for the 5th time.

Adelaide United
2018–19 season
ChairmanPiet van der Pol
ManagerMarco Kurz
StadiumCoopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League4th
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-finals
FFA CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Craig Goodwin (10 goals)
All: Craig Goodwin (15 goals)
Highest home attendance12,866 vs. Melbourne Victory
(19 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance7,071 vs. Brisbane Roar
(2 February 2019)
Average home league attendance9,295

Players edit

Squad information edit

Further information: Adelaide United FC § Players

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 Daniel Margush
2 DF   AUS Michael Marrone
3 DF   AUS Scott Galloway
4 DF   AUS Ryan Strain
6 MF   AUS Vince Lia
7 MF   AUS Ryan Kitto
8 MF   ESP Isaías (Captain)
9 FW   SEN Baba Diawara
10 FW   DEN Ken Ilsø
11 FW   AUS Craig Goodwin
14 FW   AUS George Blackwood
16 MF   AUS Nathan Konstandopoulos
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   AUS Nikola Mileusnic
19 FW   NED Jordy Thomassen (on loan from De Graafschap)
20 GK   AUS Paul Izzo
22 DF   DEN Michael Jakobsen
23 DF   AUS Jordan Elsey
24 FW   AUS Pacifique Niyongabire (Scholarship)
26 MF   AUS Ben Halloran
27 MF   AUS Louis D'Arrigo (Scholarship)
30 GK   AUS Isaac Richards
31 MF   GER Mirko Boland
32 FW   AUS Carlo Armiento (Scholarship)
33 FW   AUS Apostolos Stamatelopoulos

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
22 DF   Michael Jakobsen Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 14 May 2018 [1]
11 FW Craig Goodwin Free transfer 3 years 25 May 2018 [2]
10 FW   Ken Ilsø — 1 year 6 July 2018 [3]
31 MF   Mirko Boland   Eintracht Braunschweig Free transfer 2 years 21 July 2018 [4]
3 DF Scott Galloway Free transfer 1 year 31 July 2018 [5]
26 MF Ben Halloran Free transfer 2 years 14 August 2018 [6]
19 FW   Jordy Thomassen   De Graafschap Loan 6 months 31 January 2019 [7]

Transfers out edit

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
21 DF Tarek Elrich Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 9 May 2018 [8]
11 MF   Johan Absalonsen   SønderjyskE Free transfer 23 May 2018 [9]
19 DF Ben Garuccio   Heart of Midlothian Free transfer 24 May 2018 [10]
12 MF Mark Ochieng End of contract 25 May 2018 [11]
24 FW Jordan O'Doherty End of contract 25 May 2018 [11]
37 MF   Daniel Adlung Mutual contract termination 25 May 2018 [11]
77 FW   Džengis Čavušević End of contract 25 May 2018 [11]
22 DF   Ersan Gülüm   Hebei China Fortune Loan return 31 May 2018 [12]
5 DF Taylor Regan   Selangor $50,000 (paid by player)[13] 9 January 2019 [14]

From youth squad edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes


27 MF   Louis D'Arrigo 16 1 year scholarship contract[15]


30 GK   Isaac Richards 19 1 year senior contract[16]


33 FW   Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 19 1 year senior contract[16]


32 FW   Carlo Armiento 19 1 year scholarship contract[17]


Contract extensions edit

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
23 Jordan Elsey Centre back 3 years 2 May 2018 [18]
6 Vince Lia Defensive midfielder 1 year 4 May 2018 [19]
2 Michael Marrone Right back 1 year 14 March 2019 [20]
17 Nikola Mileusnic Winger 2 years 5 April 2019 [21]

Technical staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Marco Kurz
Assistant coach   Filip Tapalović
Goalkeeper coach   Frank Juric
Physiotherapist   Nafyn Pattiaratchi

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League A-League Finals Series FFA Cup
Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals      
1 GK   Daniel Margush 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   Michael Marrone 29 2 5 0 0 17+5 1 3 0 0 2+0 1 1 0 0 2+3 0 1 0 0
3 DF   Scott Galloway 34 1 2 0 0 27+0 1 1 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
4 MF   Ryan Strain 26 0 2 0 0 17+5 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 1 0 0
6 MF   Vince Lia 27 1 7 0 0 15+6 1 6 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 1 0 0
7 MF   Ryan Kitto 28 2 2 0 0 12+11 1 2 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0
8 MF   Isaías 34 4 7 0 0 27+0 4 3 0 0 2+0 0 2 0 0 5+0 0 2 0 0
9 FW   Baba Diawara 6 2 1 0 0 0+2 1 1 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   Ken Ilsø 24 3 1 0 1 10+9 3 0 0 1 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+3 0 1 0 0
11 FW   Craig Goodwin 33 15 5 0 0 27+0 10 5 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 5 0 0 0
14 FW   George Blackwood 20 4 1 0 0 10+7 4 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
16 MF   Nathan Konstandopoulos 18 0 2 0 0 9+7 0 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
17 FW   Nikola Mileusnic 22 5 0 0 0 11+8 5 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
18 MF   Lachlan Brook† 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 FW   Jordy Thomassen 8 0 1 0 0 6+2 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK   Paul Izzo 34 0 2 0 0 27+0 0 1 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 1 0 0
22 DF   Michael Jakobsen 30 0 8 0 0 23+0 0 7 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 1 0 0
23 DF   Jordan Elsey 26 2 3 1 0 18+1 0 3 1 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 5+0 2 0 0 0
24 FW   Pacifique Niyongabire† 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   Ben Halloran 27 4 3 0 0 20+1 2 1 0 0 2+0 1 1 0 0 3+1 1 1 0 0
27 MF   Louis D'Arrigo† 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 FW   Kristin Konstandopoulos† 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
30 GK   Isaac Richards 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
31 MF   Mirko Boland 20 2 5 0 0 12+1 0 3 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 5+0 2 1 0 0
32 FW   Carlo Armiento† 5 0 0 0 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
33 FW   Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 12 3 2 0 0 5+2 3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 2+2 0 2 0 0
Players no longer at the club
5 DF   Taylor Regan 5 0 1 1 0 3+1 0 1 1 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies edit

10 July 2018 Para Hills Knights   0–2   Adelaide United Adelaide
19:00 ACST Report
Stadium: The Paddocks
Attendance: ≈500
18 July 2018 Adelaide United   2–1   West Torrens Birkalla Adelaide
19:00 ACST
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
25 July 2018 Adelaide United   2–0   Adelaide Olympic Adelaide
19:00 ACST
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
10 August 2018 Adelaide United   7–0   South Adelaide Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Adelaide United Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
16 August 2018 Adelaide United   6–0   Adelaide Comets Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Adelaide United Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
21 August 2018 Adelaide United   0–0   Melbourne City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 September 2018 Melbourne City   2–0   Adelaide United Melbourne
 Report Stadium: City Football Academy
19 September 2018 Adelaide United   2–2   Perth Glory Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 October 2018 Adelaide United   2–1   Melbourne Victory Adelaide
ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started Round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — 4th 19 October 2018 25 April 2019
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Semi-finals 5 May 2019 10 May 2019
FFA Cup Round of 32 Champions 1 August 2018 30 October 2018

A-League edit

Main article: 2018–19 A-League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 11 7 9 46 43 +3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 +4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 −12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 −33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 −39 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  2. ^ 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 12 8 7 37 32  +5 44 6 4 4 19 19  0 6 4 3 18 13  +5

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHHAHAHAHHAHHAAAHHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultDDWLWWLLDWDWLWDWWDLDLLWWDWW
Position353644456555665554446655444
Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 October 2018 1 Adelaide United 1–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,018
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 October 2018 2 Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,906
Referee: Shaun Evans
4 November 2018 3 Central Coast Mariners 0–3 Adelaide United Gosford
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,043
Referee: Alex King
11 November 2018 4 Adelaide United 0–2 Perth Glory Adelaide
16:30 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,705
Referee: Chris Beath
24 November 2018 5 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Adelaide United Wellington
19:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,831
Referee: Kurt Ams
30 November 2018 6 Adelaide United 2–1 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,005
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 December 2018 7 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 20,629
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 December 2018 8 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
18:30 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,504
Referee: Chris Beath
26 December 2018 9 Adelaide United 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,003
Referee: Peter Green
30 December 2018 10 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide United Newcastle
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,005
Referee: Jarred Gillett
5 January 2019 11 Adelaide United 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
17:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,954
Referee: Stephan Lucas
9 January 2019 12 Adelaide United 2–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,115
Referee: Shaun Evans
13 January 2019 13 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Sydney
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 11,560
Referee: Adam Kersey
18 January 2019 14 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Adelaide United Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 7,104
Referee: Alex King
23 January 2019 15 Perth Glory 0–0 Adelaide United Perth
19:00 AWST Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 7,123
Referee: Adam Kersey
27 January 2019 16 Adelaide United 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
17:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,965
Referee: Jarred Gillett
2 February 2019 17 Adelaide United 4–3 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,071
Referee: Alex King
9 February 2019 18 Melbourne City 1–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,569
Referee: Peter Green
16 February 2019 19 Adelaide United 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,880
Referee: Daniel Elder
24 February 2019 20 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Adelaide United Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,912
Referee: Adam Fielding
1 March 2019 21 Sydney FC 2–0 Adelaide United Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Referee: Kurt Ams
15 March 2019 22 Adelaide United 0–2 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,853
Referee: Peter Green
31 March 2019 23 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Adelaide United Gosford
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,683
Referee: Kurt Ams
7 April 2019 24 Adelaide United 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
16:30 ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,343
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
13 April 2019 25 Melbourne City 0–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
17:35 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,720
Referee: Alex King
19 April 2019 26 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:20 ACST
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,866
Referee: Peter Green
25 April 2019 27 Brisbane Roar 3–5 Adelaide United Brisbane
14:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,790
Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals series edit

5 May 2019 Elimination-final Adelaide United 1–0 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Adelaide
18:30 ACST Halloran   119' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 13,232
Referee: Kurt Ams
10 May 2019 Semi-final Perth Glory 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Adelaide United Perth
18:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 17,868
Referee: Alex King
Penalties

FFA Cup edit

Main article: 2018 FFA Cup
1 August 2018 Round of 32 Adelaide United 3–0 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
19:00 ACST
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: Shaun Evans
29 August 2018 Round of 16 Queensland Lions 0–1 Adelaide United Brisbane
7:00 ACST Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,774
Referee: Peter Green
26 September 2018 Quarter-Final APIA Leichhardt Tigers 0–2 Adelaide United Sydney
7:00 ACST Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 1,823
Referee: Kurt Ams
5 October 2018 Semi-final Bentleigh Greens 0–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Kingston Heath Complex
Attendance: 2,416
Referee: Chris Beath
30 October 2018 Final Adelaide United 2–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:00 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,448
Referee: Jarred Gillett

References edit

  1. ^ McKay, Ben (14 May 2018). "City lose Jakobsen to Adelaide". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Radbourne-Pugh, Lucas (25 May 2018). "Socceroo returns to Adelaide". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Adelaide United land 'versatile' Danish forward". FourFourTwo. 6 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Adelaide United sign experienced German midfielder". FourFourTwo. 21 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Defender Galloway joins Adelaide United". The World Game. SBS. 1 August 2018.
  6. ^ "A-League: Adelaide United sign former Socceroo Ben Halloran". The Australian. 15 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Adelaide add a Dutch of class". FTBL. 31 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Foundation player returns to Wanderers". FourFourTwo. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Absalonsen leaves Adelaide United to return home to Denmark". Fox Sports. 23 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Hearts sign Australian full-back Ben Garuccio". BBC Sport. 24 May 2018.
  11. ^ a b c d "Adelaide United's Ben Garuccio confirmed as signing at Scotland's Heart of Midlothian". The Advertiser. 25 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Adelaide United squad update". Adelaide United. 31 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Taylor Regan forced to pay Adelaide United $50000 transfer fee set in his Red's contract to sign for Malaysia's Selangor last week". The Advertiser. 10 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Defender Taylor Regan departs Adelaide United to join Malaysian Super League club Selangor FA". The Advertiser. 9 January 2019.
  15. ^ "D'Arrigo added to Reds' senior squad". Adelaide United. 24 July 2018.
  16. ^ a b "Reds promote Stamatelopoulos and Richards to senior deals". Adelaide United. 15 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Reds sign Armiento on scholarship contract". Adelaide United. 16 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Reds secure Elsey for further three years". Adelaide United. 2 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Reds retain Lia for further season". Adelaide United. 4 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Marrone pens one-year extension with Reds". Adelaide United. 14 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Mileusnić agrees to two-year extension". Adelaide United. 5 April 2019.

External links edit

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