2017–18 Adelaide United FC season

The 2017–18 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.

Adelaide United
2017–18 season
ChairmanGreg Griffin
ManagerMarco Kurz
StadiumCoopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League5th
A-League Finals SeriesElimination-finals
FFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Ryan Kitto (7 goals)
All: Johan Absalonsen (8 goals)
Highest home attendance19,416 vs Melbourne Victory
20 October 2017
Lowest home attendance7,021 vs Sydney FC
1 December 2017
Average home league attendance9,830

Players

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Squad information

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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
5 DF   AUS Taylor Regan
6 MF   AUS Vince Lia
7 MF   AUS Ryan Kitto
8 MF   ESP Isaías (Captain)
9 FW   SEN Baba Diawara
11 MF   DEN Johan Absalonsen
12 DF   AUS Mark Ochieng
14 FW   AUS George Blackwood
16 MF   AUS Nathan Konstandopoulos
17 MF   AUS Nikola Mileusnic
19 DF   AUS Ben Garuccio
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK   AUS Paul Izzo
21 DF   AUS Tarek Elrich
22 DF   TUR Ersan Gülüm (on loan from Hebei China Fortune)
23 DF   AUS Jordan Elsey
24 MF   AUS Jordan O'Doherty
25 FW   AUS Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Scholarship)
28 FW   AUS Kristin Konstandopoulos (Scholarship)
29 DF   ENG Ryan Strain
30 GK   AUS Isaac Richards (Scholarship)
31 FW   AUS Pacifique Niyongabire (Scholarship)
37 MF   GER Daniel Adlung
77 FW   SVN Džengis Čavušević

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
20 GK Paul Izzo Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 3 years 19 April 2017 [1]
14 FW George Blackwood Free transfer 6 July 2017 [2]
22 DF   Ersan Gülüm   Hebei China Fortune Loan 1 year 17 July 2017 [3]
11 MF   Johan Absalonsen Free transfer 1 year 18 July 2017 [4]
6 MF Vince Lia Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 3 August 2017 [5]
10 MF   Karim Matmour Free transfer 1 year 15 August 2017 [6]
37 MF   Daniel Adlung Free transfer 2 years 23 September 2017 [7]
77 FW   Džengis Čavušević Free transfer 6 months 6 February 2018 [8]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4 DF Dylan McGowan   Paços de Ferreira Free transfer 16 May 2017 [9]
11 FW   Sergio Cirio End of contract 17 May 2017 [10]
14 MF George Mells End of contract 17 May 2017 [10]
16 MF Jesse Makarounas End of contract 17 May 2017 [10]
20 GK John Hall End of contract 17 May 2017 [10]
1 GK Eugene Galekovic Melbourne City End of contract 16 June 2017 [11]
7 MF   Kim Jae-sung   Jeonnam Dragons End of contract 28 June 2017 [12][13]
18 MF Riley McGree   Club Brugge $100,000 4 July 2017 [14]
13 FW Marc Marino   Campbelltown City End of contract 7 July 2017 [15]
10 MF   Marcelo Carrusca End of contract 8 July 2017 [16]
3 DF   Iacopo La Rocca Melbourne City End of contract 15 July 2017 [17]
92 FW Eli Babalj End of contract 30 July 2017 [18]
10 MF   Karim Matmour Mutual contract termination 5 December 2017 [19]
4 DF Ben Warland Sydney FC Free transfer 31 January 2018 [20]

From youth squad

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Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
25 FW   Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 18 2 year scholarship contract[21]
28 FW   Kristin Konstandopoulos 18 2 year scholarship contract[21]
29 DF   Ryan Strain 20 1 year scholarship contract[21]
30 GK   Isaac Richards 19 0.5 year scholarship contract[22]
31 FW   Pacifique Niyongabire 17 2.5 year scholarship contract[23]

Contract extensions

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No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
4 Ben Warland Defender 2 years 11 May 2017 [24]
9   Baba Diawara Striker 2 years 11 May 2017 [24]
7 Ryan Kitto Right winger 1 year 11 May 2017 [24]
17 Nikola Mileusnic Attacking midfielder 1 year 11 May 2017 [24]
12 Mark Ochieng Defender 1 year 16 June 2017 [25][26]
23 Jordan Elsey Centre back 1 year 8 August 2017 [27]
1 Daniel Margush Goalkeeper 2 years 18 October 2017 [28]
7 Ryan Kitto Right winger 2 years 14 December 2017 [22]
16 Nathan Konstandopoulos Central midfielder 2 years 14 December 2017 [22]
17 Nikola Mileusnic Attacking midfielder 1 year 14 December 2017 [22]
29   Ryan Strain Right-back 2 years 22 December 2017 [29]

Technical staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Marco Kurz
Assistant coach   Jacobo Ramallo
Assistant coach   Filip Tapalović
High Performance Manager Vacant
Goalkeeper coach   Frank Juric
Youth team coach   Paul Pezos[30]
Physiotherapist   Harry Truong

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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 4 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   Michael Marrone 30 1 1 0 1 16+8 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 1 0 0 1
5 DF   Taylor Regan 16 0 6 0 0 5+8 0 5 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 0 1 0 0
6 MF   Vince Lia 11 2 4 0 0 5+3 2 2 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0
7 MF   Ryan Kitto 27 7 2 0 0 15+8 7 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0
8 MF   Isaías 30 0 8 0 0 24+0 0 7 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 1 0 0
9 FW   Baba Diawara 17 2 2 0 0 8+3 2 1 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 1+4 0 0 0 0
11 MF   Johan Absalonsen 16 8 2 0 0 8+3 6 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 2 1 0 0
12 DF   Mark Ochieng 17 0 3 0 0 3+10 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+4 0 1 0 0
14 FW   George Blackwood 29 6 2 0 0 15+8 5 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 4+1 1 0 0 0
16 MF   Nathan Konstandopoulos 27 3 1 0 0 13+9 2 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 3+1 1 0 0 0
17 MF   Nikola Mileusnic 31 7 0 0 0 25+0 2 0 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0 5+0 4 0 0 0
18 MF   Lachlan Brook 1 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF   Ben Garuccio 27 1 4 1 1 21+1 1 3 1 1 1+0 0 1 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK   Paul Izzo 29 0 1 0 0 23+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   Tarek Elrich 3 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 DF   Ersan Gülüm 22 0 7 0 1 20+0 0 6 0 1 1+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
23 DF   Jordan Elsey 33 1 7 0 0 26+1 1 6 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 1 0 0
24 MF   Jordan O'Doherty 13 0 3 0 0 8+3 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
25 FW   Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 7 1 0 0 0 2+5 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 FW   Blake Carpenter 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   Louis D'Arrigo 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 FW   Kristin Konstandopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
29 DF   Ryan Strain 16 0 1 0 0 15+1 0 1 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 FW   Pacifique Niyongabire 1 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
37 MF   Daniel Adlung 27 6 5 1 0 24+0 5 4 1 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 1 1 0 0
77 FW   Džengis Čavušević 4 1 1 0 1 2+2 1 1 0 1 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
4 DF   Ben Warland 8 0 1 0 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0
10 MF   Karim Matmour 11 0 2 0 0 6+2 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

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26 July 2017 White City   0–5   Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACST Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
5 September 2017 Melbourne City   1–2   Adelaide United Melbourne, Australia
Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
22 September 2017 Adelaide United   1–0   Adelaide City Adelaide, Australia
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
29 September 2017 Adelaide United   0–2   Melbourne City Adelaide, Australia
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 5th 8 October 2017 15 April 2018
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 22 April 2018 22 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Runners-up 9 August 2017 21 November 2017

A-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification for Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 −2 39 Qualification for Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 40 −7 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 −9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 37 50 −13 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 5 6 16 31 55 −24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 −21 20
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

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 11 6 10 36 38  −2 39 5 4 4 20 16  +4 6 2 6 16 22  −6

Last updated: 15 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHHAHAHHAAHHAAHAAHHAAHHHAA
ResultDWDLLLWWLWLWLWDDLWWDLLDWWLW
Position555568545444544555445655555
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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13 October 2017 2 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Adelaide United Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,178
Referee: Adam Kersey
20 October 2017 3 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
  • Lia   23', 62'
Report
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 19,416
Referee: Shaun Evans
28 October 2017 4 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,689
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 November 2017 5 Perth Glory 1–0 Adelaide United Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,049
Referee: Stephen Lucas
11 November 2017 6 Adelaide United 1–2 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
17:05 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,416
Referee: Jarred Gillett
16 November 2017 7 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Adelaide United Gosford
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,073
Referee: Matthew Conger
26 November 2017 8 Adelaide United 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
18:30 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,210
Referee: Chris Beath
1 December 2017 9 Adelaide United 0–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Peter Green
8 December 2017 10 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 16,778
Referee: Kurt Ams
16 December 2017 11 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United Newcastle
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,146
Referee: Stephan Lucas
26 December 2017 12 Adelaide United 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,313
Referee: Peter Green
30 December 2017 13 Adelaide United 1–2 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
17:05 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,875
Referee: Adam Fielding
5 January 2018 14 Perth Glory 0–3 Adelaide United Perth
19:00 AWST Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,069
Referee: Kurt Ams
10 January 2018 15 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Adelaide United Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 10,771
Referee: Shaun Evans
14 January 2018 16 Adelaide United 0–0 Sydney FC Adelaide
18:30 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,959
Referee: Jarred Gillett
21 January 2018 17 Melbourne City 5–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,103
Referee: Adam Fielding
27 January 2018 18 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Adelaide United Wellington
19:35 NZDT Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,746
Referee: Shaun Evans
3 February 2018 19 Adelaide United 2–1 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,976
Referee: Chris Beath
17 February 2018 20 Adelaide United 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,282
Referee: Shaun Evans
24 February 2018 21 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,396
Referee: Alex King
3 March 2018 22 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Adelaide United Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,237
Referee: Peter Green
16 March 2018 23 Adelaide United 1–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,668
Referee: Chris Beath
23 March 2018 24 Adelaide United 5–2 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,227
Referee: Kurt Ams
30 March 2018 25 Adelaide United 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,738
Referee: Peter Green
8 April 2018 26 Sydney FC 3–0 Adelaide United Sydney
19:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 9,110
Referee: Shaun Evans
15 April 2018 27 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 Adelaide United Sydney
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 12,122
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Finals series

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22 April 2018 Elimination-final Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,502
Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup

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23 August 2017 Round of 16 Adelaide United   3–0   Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:00 ACST
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
13 September 2017 Quarter-finals Heidelberg United   0–3   Adelaide United Melbourne
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,967
Referee: Daniel Elder
21 November 2017 Final Sydney FC   2–1 (a.e.t.)   Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,452
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

References

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