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
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

N	Pos.	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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					A-League Finals Series					FFA Cup
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	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

Last updated: 22 April 2018
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[edit]

26 July 2017	White City	0–5	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACST		Report	Mileusnic 11' Blackwood 31' Elsey 36' Wilson 76' Marino 87'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

2 August 2017	Adelaide United	4–0	Adelaide Comets	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACST	Absalonsen 21' Regan 61' Ochieng 68' Brook 87'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

16 August 2017	Campbelltown City	1–1	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
	Marino 47'	Report	Diawara 62'	Stadium: Steve Woodcock Centre

5 September 2017	Melbourne City	1–2	Adelaide United	Melbourne, Australia
	Mauk 60'	Report	Blackwood 70' (pen.) O'Doherty 120'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

22 September 2017	Adelaide United	1–0	Adelaide City	Adelaide, Australia
	Ochieng 14'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

29 September 2017	Adelaide United	0–2	Melbourne City	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Fitzgerald 42' Mauk 55'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

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[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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	39	−6	35	Qualification for Finals series
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^[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:

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

Results summary[edit]


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[edit]

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W
Position	5	5	5	5	6	8	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5

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

Matches[edit]

8 October 2017 1	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Adelaide United	Wellington
17:00 NZDT	Vidošić 5'	Report	Absalonsen 9'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,154 Referee: Chris Beath

13 October 2017 2	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Adelaide United	Brisbane
18:50 AEST	Maccarone 8'	Report	Kitto 88' Absalonsen 90+2'	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	Berisha 13' Austin 82'	Stadium: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 19,416 Referee: Shaun Evans

28 October 2017 4	Adelaide United	0–2	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT		Report	McCormack 11' (pen.), 16'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 11,689 Referee: Kurt Ams

4 November 2017 5	Perth Glory	1–0	Adelaide United	Perth
19:00 AWST	Keogh 80'	Report		Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 11,049 Referee: Stephen Lucas

11 November 2017 6	Adelaide United	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
17:05 ACDT	Mileusnic 24'	Report	Kantarovski 45' Nabbout 47'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,416 Referee: Jarred Gillett

16 November 2017 7	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Adelaide United	Gosford
19:50 AEDT	Brama 40' (pen.)	Report	Adlung 59' Kitto 90+3'	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	Kitto 45+1', 63'	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	Bobô 45'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,021 Referee: Peter Green

8 December 2017 10	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Milligan 56'	Report	Diawara 17' Blackwood 72'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 16,778 Referee: Kurt Ams

16 December 2017 11	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Adelaide United	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	Nabbout 55' D. Petratos 89' (pen.)	Report	Blackwood 67'	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	Kitto 14'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,313 Referee: Peter Green

30 December 2017 13	Adelaide United	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
17:05 ACDT	Blackwood 69'	Report	Khalfallah 33' Maccarone 45'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,875 Referee: Adam Fielding

5 January 2018 14	Perth Glory	0–3	Adelaide United	Perth
19:00 AWST		Report	Adlung 10' N. Konstandopoulos 71' Absalonsen 85'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 9,069 Referee: Kurt Ams

10 January 2018 15	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Clisby 52'	Report	Stamatelopoulos 86'	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	Budziński 30', 35' Vidošić 89', 90+2' McCormack 90+6'	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	Blackwood 32'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,746 Referee: Shaun Evans

3 February 2018 19	Adelaide United	2–1	Perth Glory	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Djulbic 12' (o.g.) Mileusnic 38'	Report	Keogh 5'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,976 Referee: Chris Beath

17 February 2018 20	Adelaide United	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Elsey 61' Blackwood 83'	Report	Hoole 7' Strain 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,282 Referee: Shaun Evans

24 February 2018 21	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Regan 22' (o.g.) George 29' Berisha 59'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 13,396 Referee: Alex King

3 March 2018 22	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Adelaide United	Brisbane
18:50 AEST	Bauthéac 41'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,237 Referee: Peter Green

16 March 2018 23	Adelaide United	1–1	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Absalonsen 45+1'	Report	Mauk 53'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,668 Referee: Chris Beath

23 March 2018 24	Adelaide United	5–2	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Adlung 15', 45+1' Kitto 62' Absalonsen 71' Čavušević 79'	Report	Kantarovski 62', 89'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,227 Referee: Kurt Ams

30 March 2018 25	Adelaide United	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Absalonsen 42' Garuccio 61' N. Konstandopoulos 63'	Report	Rogerson 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 11,738 Referee: Peter Green

8 April 2018 26	Sydney FC	3–0	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:00 AEST	Simon 45+3' Bobô 59', 66'	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	Riera 15' (pen.) Carrusca 42'	Report	Diawara 21' Adlung 39' Kitto 80'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 12,122 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Finals series[edit]

22 April 2018 Elimination-final	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
18:00 AEST	George 63' Berisha 89'	Report	Mileusnic 57'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,502 Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup[edit]

9 August 2017 Round of 32	Adelaide United	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Marrone 63'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

23 August 2017 Round of 16	Adelaide United	3–0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Absalonsen 53' Blackwood 66' (pen.) N. Konstandopoulos 89'	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	Mileusnic 3', 11', 61'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Daniel Elder

24 October 2017 Semi-finals	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Santalab 70' (pen.)	Report	Absalonsen 13' Adlung 58'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 5,126 Referee: Peter Green

21 November 2017 Final	Sydney FC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Ninkovic 19' Bobô 111'	Report	Mileusnic 67'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,452 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

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^ "Reds sign Pacifique Niyongabire to scholarship contract". Adelaide United. 6 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Adelaide retain striker Diawara". The World Game. SBS. 11 May 2017.
^ Davidson, John (16 June 2017). "Ochieng to remain a Red". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ @markochieng13 (18 June 2017). "Happy to have re-signed with the club for another year! Thanks to everybody that made this…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Kurz re-signs Elsey for 2017/18 season". Adelaide United. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Reds in safe hands as Daniel Margush signs two-year extension". Adelaide United. 18 October 2017.
^ "Strain signs two-year extension with United". Adelaide United. 22 December 2017.
^ "Pezos appointed as Reds' NYL and NPL Head Coach". Adelaide United. 26 October 2017.

External links[edit]

Official Website

[table_note_WEL0.96759436790254-31] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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