2017–18 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2017–18 season
Chairman Greg Griffin
Manager Marco Kurz
Stadium Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League 5th
A-League Finals Series Elimination-finals
FFA Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League: Ryan Kitto (7 goals)
All: Johan Absalonsen (8 goals)
Highest home attendance 19,416 vs Melbourne Victory
20 October 2017
Lowest home attendance 7,021 vs Sydney FC
1 December 2017
Average home league attendance 9,830
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017–18 Adelaide United FC season will be the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2003. The club will participate in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th 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 Daniel Margush
2 Australia DF Michael Marrone
5 Australia DF Taylor Regan
6 Australia MF Vince Lia
7 Australia MF Ryan Kitto
8 Spain MF Isaías (Captain)
9 Senegal FW Baba Diawara
11 Denmark MF Johan Absalonsen
12 Australia DF Mark Ochieng
14 Australia FW George Blackwood
16 Australia MF Nathan Konstandopoulos
17 Australia MF Nikola Mileusnic
18 Australia MF Lachlan Brook
No. Position Player
19 Australia DF Ben Garuccio
20 Australia GK Paul Izzo
21 Australia DF Tarek Elrich
22 Turkey DF Ersan Gülüm (on loan from Hebei China Fortune)
23 Australia DF Jordan Elsey
24 Australia MF Jordan O'Doherty
25 Australia FW Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Scholarship)
28 Australia FW Kristin Konstandopoulos (Scholarship)
29 Australia DF Ryan Strain
30 Australia GK Isaac Richards (Scholarship)
31 Australia FW Pacifique Niyongabire (Scholarship)
37 Germany MF Daniel Adlung
77 Slovenia FW Džengis Čavušević

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
18 MF Australia Lachlan Brook16 [1]
25 FW Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos18 2 year scholarship contract[1]
28 FW Australia Kristin Konstandopoulos18 2 year scholarship contract[1]
29 DF Australia Ryan Strain20 1 year scholarship contract[1]
30 GK Australia Isaac Richards19 0.5 year scholarship contract[2]
31 FW Australia Pacifique Niyongabire17 2.5 year scholarship contract[3]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
20GK Paul Izzo Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 3 years 19 April 2017 [4]
14FW George Blackwood[A] Sydney FC Free transfer 6 July 2017 [5]
22DF Turkey Ersan Gülüm China Hebei China Fortune Loan 1 year 17 July 2017 [6]
11MF Denmark Johan Absalonsen[A] Denmark SønderjyskE Free transfer 1 year 18 July 2017 [7]
6MF Vince Lia Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 3 August 2017 [8]
10MF Algeria Karim Matmour[A] Germany 1860 Munich Free transfer 1 year 15 August 2017 [9]
37MF Germany Daniel Adlung[A] Germany 1860 Munich Free transfer 2 years 23 September 2017 [10]
77FW Slovenia Džengis Čavušević[A] Switzerland FC Zürich Free transfer 6 months 6 February 2018 [11]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4DF Dylan McGowan Portugal Paços de Ferreira Free transfer 16 May 2017 [12]
11FW Spain Sergio Cirio[A] Spain Hospitalet End of contract 17 May 2017 [13]
14MF George Mells[A] Netherlands Fortuna Sittard End of contract 17 May 2017 [13]
16MF Jesse Makarounas[A] Australia Moreland City End of contract 17 May 2017 [13]
20GK John Hall[A] Western Sydney Wanderers End of contract 17 May 2017 [13]
1GK Eugene Galekovic Melbourne City End of contract 16 June 2017 [14]
7MF South Korea Kim Jae-sung South Korea Jeonnam Dragons End of contract 28 June 2017 [15][16]
18MF Riley McGree Belgium Club Brugge $100,000 4 July 2017 [17]
13FW Marc Marino Australia Campbelltown City End of contract 7 July 2017 [18]
10MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca[A] Melbourne City End of contract 8 July 2017 [19]
3DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca Melbourne City End of contract 15 July 2017 [20]
92FW Eli Babalj[A] Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav End of contract 30 July 2017 [21]
10MF Algeria Karim Matmour Mutual contract termination 5 December 2017 [22]
4DF Ben Warland Sydney FC Free transfer 31 January 2018 [23]
  • ^ Player was released to free agency before joining new club

    • Contract extensions

    No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
    4Ben WarlandDefender2 years11 May 2017[24]
    9Senegal Baba DiawaraStriker2 years11 May 2017[24]
    7Ryan KittoRight winger1 year11 May 2017[24]
    17Nikola MileusnicAttacking midfielder1 year11 May 2017[24]
    12Mark OchiengDefender1 year16 June 2017[25][26]
    23Jordan ElseyCentre back1 year8 August 2017[27]
    1Daniel MargushGoalkeeper2 years18 October 2017[28]
    7Ryan KittoRight winger2 years14 December 2017[29]
    16Nathan KonstandopoulosCentral midfielder2 years14 December 2017[29]
    17Nikola MileusnicAttacking midfielder1 year14 December 2017[29]
    29Ryan StrainRight-back2 years22 December 2017[30]

    Technical staff

    Position Staff
    Head coach Germany Marco Kurz
    Assistant coach Spain Jacobo Ramallo
    Assistant coach Croatia Filip Tapalović
    High Performance Manager Vacant
    Goalkeeper coach Australia Frank Juric
    Youth team coach Australia Paul Pezos[31]
    Physiotherapist Australia Harry Truong

    Statistics

    Squad statistics

    N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesFFA Cup
    AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
    1 GK Australia Daniel Margush 4 0 0 0 0 4+000000+000000+00000
    2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 30 1 1 0 1 16+801001+000005+01001
    5 DF Australia Taylor Regan 16 0 6 0 0 5+805000+000003+00100
    6 MF Australia Vince Lia 11 2 4 0 0 5+322000+101002+00100
    7 MF Australia Ryan Kitto 27 7 2 0 0 15+872000+100002+10000
    8 MF Spain Isaías 30 0 8 0 0 24+007001+000005+00100
    9 FW Senegal Baba Diawara 17 2 2 0 0 8+321001+001001+40000
    11 MF Denmark Johan Absalonsen 16 8 2 0 0 8+361001+000004+02100
    12 DF Australia Mark Ochieng 17 0 3 0 0 3+1002000+000000+40100
    14 FW Australia George Blackwood 29 6 2 0 0 15+852000+100004+11000
    16 MF Australia Nathan Konstandopoulos 27 3 1 0 0 13+921001+000003+11000
    17 MF Australia Nikola Mileusnic 31 7 0 0 0 25+020001+010005+04000
    18 MF Australia Lachlan Brook 1 0 0 0 0 1+000000+000000+00000
    19 DF Australia Ben Garuccio 27 1 4 1 1 21+113111+001004+00000
    20 GK Australia Paul Izzo 29 0 1 0 0 23+001001+000005+00000
    21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 3 0 0 0 0 1+200000+000000+00000
    22 DF Turkey Ersan Gülüm 22 0 7 0 1 20+006011+000001+00100
    23 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 33 1 7 0 0 26+116001+000005+00100
    24 MF Australia Jordan O'Doherty 13 0 3 0 0 8+303000+000001+10000
    25 FW Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 7 1 0 0 0 2+510000+000000+00000
    26 FW Australia Blake Carpenter 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
    27 MF Australia Louis D'Arrigo 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
    27 DF Australia Paul Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
    28 FW Australia Kristin Konstandopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+00000
    29 DF Australia Ryan Strain 16 0 1 0 0 15+101000+000000+00000
    30 GK Australia Isaac Richards 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
    31 FW Australia Pacifique Niyongabire 1 0 1 0 0 0+101000+000000+00000
    31 FW Australia Josh Mori 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
    37 MF Germany Daniel Adlung 27 6 5 1 0 24+054101+000002+01100
    77 FW Slovenia Džengis Čavušević 4 1 1 0 1 2+211010+000000+00000
    Players no longer at the club:
    4 DF Australia Ben Warland 8 0 1 0 0 4+200000+000001+10100
    10 MF Algeria Karim Matmour 11 0 2 0 0 6+202000+000002+10000

    Pre-season and friendlies

    Competitions

    Overall

    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

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
    2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
    3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification to Finals series
    4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
    5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 −2 39 Qualification to Finals series
    6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 39 −6 35
    7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 −9 33
    8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 36 50 −14 32
    9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 5 6 16 31 55 −24 21
    10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 −21 20
    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 2019 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    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

    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

    Finals series

    FFA Cup

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "Reds sign trio on scholarships". Adelaide United. 22 September 2017.
    2. ↑ "Local SA trio commit to Reds". Adelaide United. 14 December 2017.
    3. ↑ "Reds sign Pacifique Niyongabire to scholarship contract". Adelaide United. 6 March 2018.
    4. ↑ "Jets confirm O'Donovan deal". FourFourTwo. 19 April 2017.
    5. ↑ Greenwood, Rob (6 July 2017). "A-League forward George Blackwood joins Adelaide United from Sydney FC". The Advertiser.
    6. ↑ "Turkish delight as Ersan signs for the Reds". FourFourTwo. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
    7. ↑ "Adelaide add Danish attacker Absalonsen". FourFourTwo. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
    8. ↑ "Vince Lia signs with Adelaide United". FourFourTwo. 3 August 2017.
    9. ↑ "Algerian midfielder joins Adelaide United". The World Game. SBS. 16 August 2017.
    10. ↑ Gatt, Ray (23 September 2017). "German signing tops off Adelaide United recruitment drive". The Australian.
    11. ↑ Migliaccio, Val (6 February 2018). "Adelaide United has recruited Slovenian Dzengis Cavusevic from FC Zürich to bolster the Reds attack in the A-League season's home run". The Advertiser.
    12. ↑ Somerford, Ben (16 May 2017). "McGowan joins Portuguese club". FourFourTwo.
    13. 1 2 3 4 "Reds lose five players". FourFourTwo. 17 May 2017.
    14. ↑ Windley, Matt (16 June 2017). "Melbourne City swoop to sign Adelaide goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic". Herald Sun.
    15. ↑ "전남드래곤즈, '중원 조율사' 김재성 영입" [Jeonnam Dragons to sign Kim Jae-sung] (in Korean). Jeonnam Dragons. 27 June 2017.
    16. ↑ Somerford, Ben (30 June 2017). "Ex-Korea international exits Adelaide". FourFourTwo.
    17. ↑ Migliaccio, Val (19 July 2017). "McGree signs a four-year contract in a worst kept Club Brugge secret". The Advertiser.
    18. ↑ Migliaccio, Val (7 July 2017). "Baba Diawara to join Adelaide United next week as Reds' Olyroos granted leave". The Advertiser. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
    19. ↑ Somerford, Ben (8 July 2017). "Adelaide confirms Carrusca exit". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
    20. ↑ "La Rocca joins Melbourne City". The World Game. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
    21. ↑ Somerford, Ben (30 July 2017). "Babalj trials with Czech club". FourFourTwo.
    22. ↑ Migliaccio, Val (5 December 2017). "Adelaide United confirm departure of Algerian international Karim Matmour after just 11 games at the club". The Advertiser.
    23. ↑ Bossi, Dominic (31 January 2018). "A-League: Sydney FC sign Ben Warland, eye more before Asian Champions League". The Sydney Morning Herald.
    24. 1 2 3 4 "Adelaide retain striker Diawara". The World Game. SBS. 11 May 2017.
    25. ↑ Davidson, John (16 June 2017). "Ochieng to remain a Red". FourFourTwo.
    26. ↑ @markochieng13 (18 June 2017). "Happy to have re-signed with the club for another year! Thanks to everybody that made this…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    27. ↑ "Kurz re-signs Elsey for 2017/18 season". Adelaide United. 8 August 2017.
    28. ↑ "Reds in safe hands as Daniel Margush signs two-year extension". Adelaide United. 18 October 2017.
    29. 1 2 3 "Local SA trio commit to Reds". Adelaide United. 14 December 2017.
    30. ↑ "Strain signs two-year extension with United". Adelaide United. 22 December 2017.
    31. ↑ "Pezos appointed as Reds' NYL and NPL Head Coach". Adelaide United. 26 October 2017.
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