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 Australia GK Eugene Galekovic (Captain)
2 Australia DF Michael Marrone
3 Italy MF Iacopo La Rocca
4 Australia DF Dylan McGowan
5 Australia DF Taylor Regan (Injury replacement)
7 Brazil MF Henrique
8 Spain MF Isaías
9 Spain FW Sergi Guardiola (On loan from Granada)
10 Argentina MF Marcelo Carrusca
11 Spain FW Sergio Cirio
12 Australia DF Mark Ochieng
13 Australia FW Marc Marino
No. Position Player
14 Australia MF George Mells
15 Australia DF Ben Warland
16 Australia MF Jesse Makarounas
17 Australia MF Nikola Mileusnic
18 Australia MF Riley McGree
19 Australia DF Ben Garuccio
20 Australia GK John Hall
21 Australia DF Tarek Elrich
22 Australia MF Ryan Kitto
23 Australia DF Jordan Elsey
24 Australia MF Jordan O'Doherty
25 Australia MF James Holland

From youth squad

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

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Contracts extensions

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

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 P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 MF Italy 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 Australia Dylan McGowan 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Taylor Regan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Brazil Henrique 4 1 0 0 0 3+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Spain Isaías 9 0 4 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Spain Sergi Guardiola 8 3 1 0 0 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina 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 Spain Sergio Cirio 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia George Mells 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Ben Garuccio 9 0 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia John Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 9 1 3 0 0 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Australia 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 Australia Jordan Elsey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Australia 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 Australia 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 South Korea Danny Choi 2 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

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
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 8 0 3 5 7 13 −6 00.00
FFA Cup 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 00.00
AFC Champions League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 9 0 3 6 8 15 −7 00.00

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

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHHAHHAAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAH
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

FFA Cup

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup

References

  1. 1 2 "Reds bolster squad with McGree and O'Doherty additions". Adelaide United. 15 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Grant Mayer gives us an Update". Adelaide United. 27 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "SA duo returns home". Adelaide United. 23 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Reds announce Garuccio signing". Adelaide United. 16 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Reds bolster squad with Makarounas signing". Adelaide United. 11 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Brisbane hero Henrique joins Adelaide". The World Game. SBS. 27 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Migliaccio, Val (30 August 2016). "Qualified petroleum engineer Nikola Mileusnic high-octane recruit for Reds". The Advertiser.
  8. ↑ Stoll, Nick (14 September 2016). "Adelaide sign Sergi Guardiola on loan from Granada". The World Game. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Adelaide United sign Holland on two-year deal". The World Game. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Reds give Choi his A-League shot". FourFourTwo. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Reds sign former Jets defender". Football Federation Australia. 12 October 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Adelaide United playing squad update". Adelaide United. 5 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Pablo Sánchez departs Reds". Adelaide United. 7 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Goodwin leaves Reds for Sparta Rotterdam". Adelaide United. 10 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "City sign young defender". Football Federation Australia. 8 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Mauk leaves Reds for Eredivisie outfit". Adelaide United. 19 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Djite departs Reds for South Korea". Adelaide United. 26 July 2016.
  18. ↑ Tito, Clement (28 October 2016). "Dugandzic: From A-League to NPL2". FourFourTwo.
  19. ↑ "Injured Choi departs Reds". FourFourTwo. 8 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "McGowan pledges allegiance to Reds". Adelaide United. 7 June 2016.
  21. 1 2 "Adelaide United 2016/17 playing squad update". Adelaide United. 6 October 2016.

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