2016–17 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United

2016–17 season

Chairman

Greg Griffin

Manager

Guillermo Amor

Stadium

Coopers Stadium, Adelaide

A-League

10th

FFA Cup

Round of 32

Top goalscorer

League: Sergi Guardiola (3 goals)
All: Sergi Guardiola (3 goals)

Highest home attendance

14,908 vs Melbourne Victory
22 October 2016

Lowest home attendance

9,146 vs Brisbane Roar
11 November 2016

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2015–16

2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Adelaide United FC season is the clubs 13th season since its establishment in 2003. The club will participate 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.

Club Information

Squad information

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Eugene Galekovic (Captain)
2	DF	Michael Marrone
3	MF	Iacopo La Rocca
4	DF	Dylan McGowan
5	DF	Taylor Regan (Injury replacement)
7	MF	Henrique
8	MF	Isaías
9	FW	Sergi Guardiola (On loan from Granada)
10	MF	Marcelo Carrusca
11	FW	Sergio Cirio
12	DF	Mark Ochieng
13	FW	Marc Marino

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	George Mells
15	DF	Ben Warland
16	MF	Jesse Makarounas
17	MF	Nikola Mileusnic
18	MF	Riley McGree
19	DF	Ben Garuccio
20	GK	John Hall
21	DF	Tarek Elrich
22	MF	Ryan Kitto
23	DF	Jordan Elsey
24	MF	Jordan O'Doherty
25	MF	James Holland

From youth squad

N	P	Name	Age	Notes
24	MF	Jordan O'Doherty	18	^[1]
18	MF	Riley McGree	17	^[1]
12	DF	Mark Ochieng	19	^[2]

Transfers in

N	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
22	MF	Ryan Kitto	21		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[3]
13	FW	Marc Marino	20		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[3]
19	DF	Ben Garuccio	21	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[4]
16	MF	Jesse Makarounas	22		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[5]
7	MF	Henrique	31	Negeri Sembilan !Negeri Sembilan	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[6]
17	MF	Nikola Mileusnic	23	Adelaide City !Adelaide City	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[7]
9	FW	Sergi Guardiola	25	Granada !Granada	Loan	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[8]
25	MF	James Holland	27		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[9]
45	FW	Danny Choi	21	Blacktown City !Blacktown City	Injury replacement	Pre-season	2016		^[10]
5	DF	Taylor Regan	27		Injury replacement	Round 2	2017		^[11]

Transfers out

N	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
19	FW	Eli Babalj	24	AZ !AZ	End of Loan	Pre-season		^[12]
24	MF	Bruce Kamau	21	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	End of Contract	Pre-season		^[12]
7	FW	Pablo Sánchez	33		End of Contract	Pre-season		^[13]
16	MF	Craig Goodwin	24	Sparta Rotterdam !Sparta Rotterdam	End of Contract	Pre-season		^[14]
25	DF	Ruon Tongyik	19	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season		^[15]
6	MF	Stefan Mauk	20	NEC !NEC	Transfer	Pre-season	Undisclosed	^[16]
11	FW	Bruce Djite	29	Suwon FC !Suwon FC	Transfer	Pre-season	Undisclosed	^[17]
17	FW	Mate Dugandzic	26		End of Contract	Pre-season		^[18]
45	FW	Danny Choi	21		End of Contract	Round 6		^[19]

Contracts extensions

Name	Position	Duration	Contract Expiry	Notes
Dylan McGowan	Defender	1 year	2017	^[20]
Mark Ochieng	Right-back	1 year	2017	^[21]
Ben Warland	Defender	1 year	2017	^[21]

Technical staff

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

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

Squad statistics

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

Last updated: 26 November 2016
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

17 July 2016	Northern Demons	0–5	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Port Pirie, Australia
14:30 ACST		Report	Marino 45' Ochieng 52' Djite 80' Mullen 86' Elrich 89'	Stadium: Byrne Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rick Schneider

17 August 2016	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	1–0	Adelaide United !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	0–3	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Shah Alam, Malaysia
21:00 MYT		Report	McGree 7' Marino 11' Kitto 90+'	Stadium: Sime Darby Football Field

3 September 2016 Malaysia tour	Penang FA	1–2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	George Town, Malaysia
21:00 MYT	Ghazli 42'	Report	Marino 34' Henrique 82' (pen.)	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,500

14 September 2016	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	0–1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Adelaide, Australia
14:30 ACST		Report	Rojas 9'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

29 September 2016	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1–0	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST	Brillante 38'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	10th		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			20–22 February 2017

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	7000800000000000000♠8	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7000500000000000000♠5	7000700000000000000♠7	7001130000000000000♠13	−6	05000000000000000000♠0.00
FFA Cup	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	−1	05000000000000000000♠0.00
AFC Champions League	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Total	7000900000000000000♠9	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7000600000000000000♠6	7000800000000000000♠8	7001150000000000000♠15	−7	05000000000000000000♠0.00

Last updated: 26 November 2016
Source: Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2016–17 A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	9	7	2	0	20	3	+17	23	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne City	9	5	2	2	15	10	+5	17	Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Melbourne Victory	8	4	2	2	17	10	+7	14	Qualification to Finals series
4	Brisbane Roar	9	3	5	1	9	10	−1	14
5	Perth Glory	9	3	3	3	16	17	−1	12
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	9	2	5	2	13	16	−3	11
7	Central Coast Mariners	9	2	3	4	10	17	−7	9
8	Adelaide United	9	1	3	5	9	13	−4	6
9	Newcastle Jets	9	1	3	5	9	14	−5	6
10	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	2	0	6	6	14	−8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2018 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	0	3	5	7	13	−6	3	0	1	3	4	7	−3	0	2	2	3	6	−3

Last updated: 26 November 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D
Position	5	6	8	9	10	10	10	10

Last updated: 26 November 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Win Draw Loss

Matches

9 October 2016 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1–1	Adelaide United !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 !Adelaide United	1–2	Western Sydney Wanderers !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 !Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Elrich 68'	Report	Berisha 20' Rojas 90+3'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 14,908 Referee: Peter Green

28 October 2016 4	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	2–1	Adelaide United !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 !Adelaide United	1–2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT	Guardiola 27' (pen.)	Report	O'Donovan 47' Pain 57'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,974 Referee: Jarred Gillett

11 November 2016 6	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1–1	Brisbane Roar !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 !Perth Glory	3–1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Perth
19:00 AWST	Griffiths 25' Keogh 67', 90+5'	Report	Risdon 22' (o.g.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 10,011 Referee: Jarred Gillett

26 November 2016 8	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	0–0	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Sydney
19:50 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,179 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

4 December 2016 9	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
18:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium Referee: Stephen Lucas

11 December 2016 10	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Brisbane
16:00 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

16 December 2016 11	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

26 December 2016 12	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

1 January 2017 13	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Wellington
19:35 NZDT				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

7 January 2017 14	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

12 January 2017 15	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

20 January 2017 16	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

29 January 2017 17	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

5 February 2017 18	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Canberra
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: GIO Stadium

10 February 2017 19	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

17 February 2017 20	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

25 February 2017 21	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

4 March 2017 22	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Spotless Stadium

19 March 2017 23	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

25 March 2017 24	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Gosford
17:35 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

31 March 2017 25	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

7 April 2017 26	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

15 April 2017 27	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:20 ACST				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

FFA Cup

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup

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

References

1 2 "Reds bolster squad with McGree and O'Doherty additions". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 15 August 2016.
↑ "Grant Mayer gives us an Update". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 27 August 2016.
1 2 "SA duo returns home". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 23 May 2016.
↑ "Reds announce Garuccio signing". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 16 June 2016.
↑ "Reds bolster squad with Makarounas signing". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 11 July 2016.
↑ "Brisbane hero Henrique joins Adelaide". The World Game. SBS. 27 August 2016.
↑ Migliaccio, Val (30 August 2016). "Qualified petroleum engineer Nikola Mileusnic high-octane recruit for Reds". The Advertiser.
↑ Stoll, Nick (14 September 2016). "Adelaide sign Sergi Guardiola on loan from Granada". The World Game. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
↑ "Adelaide United sign Holland on two-year deal". The World Game. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
↑ "Reds give Choi his A-League shot". FourFourTwo. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
↑ "Reds sign former Jets defender". Football Federation Australia. 12 October 2016.
1 2 "Adelaide United playing squad update". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 5 May 2016.
↑ "Pablo Sánchez departs Reds". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 7 May 2016.
↑ "Goodwin leaves Reds for Sparta Rotterdam". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 10 May 2016.
↑ "City sign young defender". Football Federation Australia. 8 July 2016.
↑ "Mauk leaves Reds for Eredivisie outfit". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 19 July 2016.
↑ "Djite departs Reds for South Korea". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 26 July 2016.
↑ Tito, Clement (28 October 2016). "Dugandzic: From A-League to NPL2". FourFourTwo.
↑ "Injured Choi departs Reds". FourFourTwo. 8 November 2016.
↑ "McGowan pledges allegiance to Reds". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 7 June 2016.
1 2 "Adelaide United 2016/17 playing squad update". Adelaide United !Adelaide United. 6 October 2016.

External links

Official Website

Adelaide United FC

Youth W-League

Club	History Players Club award winners Records Seasons

Stadium	Hindmarsh Stadium

Seasons (13)	2003–04 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Managers	Kosmina (2003–07) Vidmar (2007–10) Coolen (2010–2011) Kosmina (2011–2013) Gombau (2013–2015) Amor (2015–)

Captains	Vidmar (2003–05) Aloisi (2005–07) Valkanis (2007–08) Dodd (2008–11) McKain (2011) Galekovic (2011–)

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National competitions

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Men's	Results ('16, '17)

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