2014–15 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2014–15 season
Chairman Greg Griffin
Manager Josep Gombau
Stadium Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League 3rd
A-League Finals Series Semi-finals
FFA Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League: Pablo Sánchez (8)
All: Sergio Cirio (13)
Highest home attendance 33,126 vs Melbourne Victory
17 October 2014
Lowest home attendance 7,767 vs Central Coast Mariners
12 March 2015
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first 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. Position Player
1 Australia GK Eugene Galekovic (captain)
2 Australia DF Michael Marrone
3 Australia DF Nigel Boogaard
4 Australia DF Dylan McGowan
5 Australia MF Osama Malik
7 Spain FW Pablo Sánchez
8 Spain MF Isaías
9 Spain FW Sergio Cirio
10 Argentina MF Marcelo Carrusca
11 Australia FW Bruce Djite
12 Australia MF Mark Ochieng
13 Australia FW Dylan Smith
No. Position Player
14 Australia MF Cameron Watson
15 Australia DF Ben Warland
16 Australia DF Craig Goodwin
17 Australia FW Awer Mabil
18 Australia MF James Jeggo
19 Spain FW Miguel Palanca
20 Australia GK Paul Izzo
21 Australia DF Tarek Elrich
23 Australia DF Jordan Elsey
24 Australia MF Bruce Kamau
30 Australia GK John Hall
32 Australia MF Nathan Konstandopoulos

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes

Transfers in

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
7 FW Spain Pablo Sánchez 31 CD Lugo Spain Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free [1]
18 MF Australia James Jeggo 22 Melbourne Victory Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [2]
4 DF Australia Dylan McGowan 22 Heart of Midlothian Scotland Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
16 DF Australia Craig Goodwin 22 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [4]
19 FW Spain Miguel Palanca 27 CD Numancia Spain Transfer January 2015 Free [5]

Transfers out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
15 CM Australia Jacob Melling 19 Melbourne City Contract terminated Pre-season Free [6]
19 AM Australia Jake Barker-Daish 20 Colne England End of contract Pre-season Free [7]
16 RWB Australia Daniel Bowles 22 Brisbane Roar End of contract Pre-season Free [7]
7 WI Argentina Jerónimo Neumann 28 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [8]
4 CB Australia Jonathan McKain 31 Kelantan Malaysia End of contract Pre-season Free [9]
18 LB Australia Michael Zullo 25 Utrecht Netherlands End of loan Pre-season [9]
6 LB Brazil Cássio 34 Contract terminated January [10]
22 WI Portugal Fábio Ferreira 25 Central Coast Mariners Transfer January Free [11]

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Spain Josep Gombau
Assistant & Fitness coach Spain Pau Martí
Assistant coach Australia Michael Valkanis
Technical Director Spain Guillermo Amor
High Performance Manager Australia Adam Hewitt
Goalkeeper coach Australia Peter Blazincic
Youth team coach Australia Angelo Costanzo
Physiotherapist Australia Peter Chitti

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 30 0 1 0 0 26000040100
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 27 0 5 0 1 18+605012+10000
3 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 27 2 8 0 1 21+1270150100
4 DF Australia Dylan McGowan 31 1 5 0 0 20+615004+10000
5 MF Australia Osama Malik 21 0 6 0 0 16+205002+10100
6 DF Brazil Cássio 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
7 FW Spain Pablo Sánchez 30 8 1 0 0 17+981003+10000
8 MF Spain Isaías 32 1 9 0 0 27180050100
9 FW Spain Sergio Cirio 34 13 2 0 0 29720056000
10 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 25 7 4 0 0 21740040000
11 FW Australia Bruce Djite 27 9 1 0 0 22+1600043100
12 DF Australia Mark Ochieng 2 0 0 0 0 000000+20000
13 FW Australia Dylan Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
14 MF Australia Cameron Watson 12 1 2 0 0 2+912000+10000
15 DF Australia Ben Warland 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
16 DF Australia Craig Goodwin 29 6 3 0 0 25+4630000000
17 FW Australia Awer Mabil 26 7 5 0 0 7+14640051100
18 MF Australia James Jeggo 33 1 9 0 0 27+1170050200
19 FW Spain Miguel Palanca 14 1 1 0 0 5+9110000000
20 GK Australia Paul Izzo 4 0 0 0 0 3000010000
21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 31 1 10 0 0 26190050100
22 MF Portugal Fábio Ferreira 11 1 1 0 0 5+310000+30100
23 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 1 0 0 0 0 000000+10000
24 MF Australia Bruce Kamau 13 0 0 0 0 2+900001+10000
25 MF Australia Ryan Kitto 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
30 GK Australia John Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
32 MF Australia Nathan Konstandopoulos 3 0 0 0 0 000000+30000

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
A-League — 3rd 12 October 2014 25 April 2015
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Semi-finals 1 May 2015 17 May 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Winners 5 August 2014 16 December 2014

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification to Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 −5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 −1 34
7 Perth Glory[lower-alpha 2] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 −24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 −15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 −32 17
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. ↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[12]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 14 4 9 47 32  +15 46 7 4 3 28 15  +13 7 0 6 19 17  +2

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAH
ResultWDWWDWWLWLLWLWWLDWLLWDWWLLW
Position243342233332442333355553453

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Reds secure Spanish forward". Adelaide United. 15 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gombau revolution lures Jeggo from Victory". FourFourTwo Australia. 1 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Reds sign local boy McGowan". Adelaide United. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Reds bring another local home". Football Federation Australia. 8 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Reds sign ex Real Madrid player Palanca". Adelaide United. 27 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Melbourne Heart FC Captures New Signings". Melbourne City. 20 May 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Adelaide releases duo". Special Broadcasting Service Corporation. 2 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Adelaide's Jeronimo Neumann jets into Newcastle colours". The Newcastle Herald. 18 July 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Adelaide United's Michael Zullo and Jon McKain face the end due to salary cap issues". The Advertiser. 20 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Reds release Cassio". Football Federation Australia. 23 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Fabulous Ferreira bound for Mariners". Football Federation Australia. 27 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Jeggo named NAB Young Footballer of the Year Nominee for December". Football Federation Australia. 21 January 2015.
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