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

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.

Players

Squad information

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

Transfers

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
24 MF Australia Jordan O'Doherty18 [22]
18 MF Australia Riley McGree17 [22]
12 DF Australia Mark Ochieng19 [23]

Contract extensions

NamePositionDurationContract ExpiryNotes
Australia Dylan McGowanDefender1 year2017[24]
Australia Mark OchiengRight-back1 year2017[25]
Australia Ben WarlandDefender1 year2017[25]
Spain IsaíasMidfielder3 years2020[26]
Australia Michael MarroneRight-back2 years2019[27]
Australia Taylor ReganCentre back2 years2019[28]

Technical staff

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

Kits and Sponsors

Kit manufacturer Sponsor(s)
MacronMajor SponsorIGA
SleeveTBA
Back of ShirtDatong Australia
Front of ShortsThe Castle Tavern
Back of ShortsTBA
Home
Away
Third

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA CupAFC Champions League
AppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed card
1 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 28 0 0 0 0 23+000001+000004+00000
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 17 0 2 0 0 11+100000+000005+00200
3 MF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 19 0 2 0 0 17+102001+000000+00000
4 DF Australia Dylan McGowan 33 5 7 0 0 27+045001+000005+01200
5 DF Australia Taylor Regan 16 0 6 0 0 9+203000+000005+00300
7 MF South Korea Kim Jae-sung 13 1 2 0 0 4+301000+000006+01100
8 MF Spain Isaías 26 1 10 0 0 22+0110001+000003+00000
9 FW Senegal Baba Diawara 13 5 2 0 0 6+131000+000005+12100
10 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 20 2 2 1 0 16+322101+000000+00000
11 FW Spain Sergio Cirio 26 3 2 0 0 19+112000+000006+02000
12 DF Australia Mark Ochieng 15 2 1 0 0 3+511000+100002+41000
13 FW Australia Marc Marino 6 0 0 0 0 1+500000+000000+00000
14 MF Australia George Mells 6 0 0 0 0 3+300000+000000+00000
15 DF Australia Ben Warland 4 0 1 0 0 1+000000+100001+10100
16 MF Australia Jesse Makarounas 13 1 2 0 0 7+312001+000000+20000
17 MF Australia Nikola Mileusnic 23 1 1 0 0 7+1010000+000006+00100
18 MF Australia Riley McGree 22 2 6 0 0 11+514001+000005+01200
19 DF Australia Ben Garuccio 33 0 7 0 0 24+306001+000004+10100
20 GK Australia John Hall 4 0 0 0 0 2+100000+000001+00000
21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 29 2 6 0 0 24+126001+000003+00000
22 MF Australia Ryan Kitto 18 1 1 0 0 8+801001+010000+10000
23 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 1 0 0 0 0 0+000001+000000+00000
24 MF Australia Jordan O'Doherty 23 2 2 1 0 10+710100+100004+11200
26 MF Australia Lachlan Brook 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
30 GK Australia Daniel Margush 3 0 0 0 0 2+000000+000001+00000
92 FW Australia Eli Babalj 8 1 1 0 0 1+301000+000000+41000
Players no longer at the club:
7 MF Brazil Henrique 13 3 2 0 0 12+132000000000000
9 FW Spain Sergi Guardiola 16 3 2 0 0 14+232000000000000
25 MF Australia James Holland 13 0 1 0 0 1301000000000000
45 FW South Korea Danny Choi 2 0 0 0 0 0+200000000000000

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Competitions

Overall

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

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

League table

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[lower-alpha 1] 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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
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

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
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

FFA Cup

3 August 2016 Round of 32 Redlands United Queensland 2–1 South Australia Adelaide United Brisbane
19:30 AEST
  • Lee 90+4'
  • O'Brien 98'
Report Kitto 62' Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Adam Kersey

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 China Jiangsu Suning 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 South Korea Jeju United 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10
3 Australia Adelaide United 6 1 2 3 10 13 3 5
4 Japan 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 Australia 0–3 Japan 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 China 2–1 Australia 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 Australia 3–3 South Korea 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 South Korea 1–3 Australia 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 Japan 3–3 Australia Adelaide United Suita, Japan
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium
Attendance: 9,209
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

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