2018–19_Adelaide_United_FC_season

Adelaide United
2018–19 season
Chairman	Piet van der Pol
Manager	Marco Kurz
Stadium	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League	4th
A-League Finals Series	Semi-finals
FFA Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Craig Goodwin (10 goals); All: Craig Goodwin (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	12,866 vs. Melbourne Victory; (19 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	7,071 vs. Brisbane Roar; (2 February 2019)
Average home league attendance	9,295
Home colours	Away colours
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2018–19 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United 2018–19 football season

The 2018–19 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 15th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the FFA Cup for the 5th time.

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[table_note_res_AFCGS0.99464922910307-22] The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.

[table_note_WEL0.99464922910307-23] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
22	DF	Michael Jakobsen	Melbourne City	Free transfer	2 years	14 May 2018	^[1]
11	FW	Craig Goodwin		Free transfer	3 years	25 May 2018	^[2]
10	FW	Ken Ilsø		—	1 year	6 July 2018	^[3]
31	MF	Mirko Boland	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free transfer	2 years	21 July 2018	^[4]
3	DF	Scott Galloway		Free transfer	1 year	31 July 2018	^[5]
26	MF	Ben Halloran		Free transfer	2 years	14 August 2018	^[6]
19	FW	Jordy Thomassen	De Graafschap	Loan	6 months	31 January 2019	^[7]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
21	DF	Tarek Elrich	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	9 May 2018	^[8]
11	MF	Johan Absalonsen	SønderjyskE	Free transfer	23 May 2018	^[9]
19	DF	Ben Garuccio	Heart of Midlothian	Free transfer	24 May 2018	^[10]
12	MF	Mark Ochieng		End of contract	25 May 2018	^[11]
24	FW	Jordan O'Doherty		End of contract	25 May 2018	^[11]
37	MF	Daniel Adlung		Mutual contract termination	25 May 2018	^[11]
77	FW	Džengis Čavušević		End of contract	25 May 2018	^[11]
22	DF	Ersan Gülüm	Hebei China Fortune	Loan return	31 May 2018	^[12]
5	DF	Taylor Regan	Selangor	$50,000 (paid by player)^[13]	9 January 2019	^[14]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
27	MF	Louis D'Arrigo	16	1 year scholarship contract^[15]
30	GK	Isaac Richards	19	1 year senior contract^[16]
33	FW	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	19	1 year senior contract^[16]
32	FW	Carlo Armiento	19	1 year scholarship contract^[17]

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
23	Jordan Elsey	Centre back	3 years	2 May 2018	^[18]
6	Vince Lia	Defensive midfielder	1 year	4 May 2018	^[19]
2	Michael Marrone	Right back	1 year	14 March 2019	^[20]
17	Nikola Mileusnic	Winger	2 years	5 April 2019	^[21]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Marco Kurz
Assistant coach	Filip Tapalović
Goalkeeper coach	Frank Juric
Physiotherapist	Nafyn Pattiaratchi

2018–19_Adelaide_United_FC_season

2018–19 Adelaide United FC season

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

From youth squad

Contract extensions

Technical staff

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall

A-League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

References

External links

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10 July 2018	Para Hills Knights	0–2	Adelaide United	Adelaide
19:00 ACST		Report	N. Konstandopoulos 9' Irabona 85'	Stadium: The Paddocks Attendance: ≈500

18 July 2018	Adelaide United	2–1	West Torrens Birkalla	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Stamatelopoulos 37' Armiento 86'	Report	D'Agostino 50'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

25 July 2018	Adelaide United	2–0	Adelaide Olympic	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Stamatelopoulos 62' Armiento 90'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

10 August 2018	Adelaide United	7–0	South Adelaide	Adelaide
	Goodwin 23' Stamatelopoulos 30' Ilsø 45' Regan 64' Kitto 83' Strain 86', 88'	Report		Stadium: Adelaide United Training Centre Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

16 August 2018	Adelaide United	6–0	Adelaide Comets	Adelaide
	Stamatelopoulos 6', 45', 74' Boland 30', 53' Elsey 78'	Report		Stadium: Adelaide United Training Centre Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

21 August 2018	Adelaide United	0–0	Melbourne City	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

12 September 2018	Melbourne City	2–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
	Wales 12' Vidošić 16'	Report		Stadium: City Football Academy

19 September 2018	Adelaide United	2–2	Perth Glory	Adelaide
	Ilsø 45' (pen.) Boland 45+1'	Report	Elsey 11' (o.g.) Mrcela 44'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

12 October 2018	Adelaide United	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
ACST	Strain 72' Blackwood 84'	Report	Marrone 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Competition	Started Round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	4th	19 October 2018	25 April 2019
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	5 May 2019	10 May 2019
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Champions	1 August 2018	30 October 2018

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	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Michael Marrone	29	2	5	0	0	17+5	1	3	0	0	2+0	1	1	0	0	2+3	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Scott Galloway	34	1	2	0	0	27+0	1	1	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Ryan Strain	26	0	2	0	0	17+5	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	1	0	0
6	MF		Vince Lia	27	1	7	0	0	15+6	1	6	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	1	0	0
7	MF		Ryan Kitto	28	2	2	0	0	12+11	1	2	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Isaías	34	4	7	0	0	27+0	4	3	0	0	2+0	0	2	0	0	5+0	0	2	0	0
9	FW		Baba Diawara	6	2	1	0	0	0+2	1	1	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Ken Ilsø	24	3	1	0	1	10+9	3	0	0	1	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+3	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Craig Goodwin	33	15	5	0	0	27+0	10	5	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	5	0	0	0
14	FW		George Blackwood	20	4	1	0	0	10+7	4	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0
16	MF		Nathan Konstandopoulos	18	0	2	0	0	9+7	0	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Nikola Mileusnic	22	5	0	0	0	11+8	5	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Lachlan Brook†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Jordy Thomassen	8	0	1	0	0	6+2	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Paul Izzo	34	0	2	0	0	27+0	0	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	1	0	0
22	DF		Michael Jakobsen	30	0	8	0	0	23+0	0	7	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Jordan Elsey	26	2	3	1	0	18+1	0	3	1	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	5+0	2	0	0	0
24	FW		Pacifique Niyongabire†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Ben Halloran	27	4	3	0	0	20+1	2	1	0	0	2+0	1	1	0	0	3+1	1	1	0	0
27	MF		Louis D'Arrigo†	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Kristin Konstandopoulos†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	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	MF		Mirko Boland	20	2	5	0	0	12+1	0	3	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	5+0	2	1	0	0
32	FW		Carlo Armiento†	5	0	0	0	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	12	3	2	0	0	5+2	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	2	0	0
Players no longer at the club
5	DF		Taylor Regan	5	0	1	1	0	3+1	0	1	1	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perth Glory	27	18	6	3	56	23	+33	60	Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Sydney FC (C)	27	16	4	7	43	29	+14	52
3	Melbourne Victory	27	15	5	7	50	32	+18	50	Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Adelaide United	27	12	8	7	37	32	+5	44	Qualification for Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Melbourne City	27	11	7	9	39	32	+7	40
6	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 2]}	27	11	7	9	46	43	+3	40
7	Newcastle Jets	27	10	5	12	40	36	+4	35
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	6	6	15	42	54	−12	24
9	Brisbane Roar	27	4	6	17	38	71	−33	18
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4	20	31	70	−39	13

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	3	5	3	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	4

26 October 2018 2	Adelaide United	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Goodwin 63'	Report	Vargas 52'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,906 Referee: Shaun Evans

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	12	8	7	37	32	+5	44	6	4	4	19	19	0	6	4	3	18	13	+5

19 October 2018 1	Adelaide United	1–1	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Galloway 45+3'	Report	Le Fondre 78'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,018 Referee: Jarred Gillett

4 November 2018 3	Central Coast Mariners	0–3	Adelaide United	Gosford
17:00 AEDT		Report	Goodwin 9', 56' Stamatelopoulos 16'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 6,043 Referee: Alex King

11 November 2018 4	Adelaide United	0–2	Perth Glory	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT		Report	Keogh 76' Ikonomidis 90'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,705 Referee: Chris Beath

24 November 2018 5	Wellington Phoenix	1–3	Adelaide United	Wellington
19:35 NZDT	Mandi 14'	Report	Doyle 45' (o.g.) Ilsø 47', 65'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 4,831 Referee: Kurt Ams

30 November 2018 6	Adelaide United	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Halloran 43', 49'	Report	Henrique 67'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,005 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 December 2018 7	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Barbarouses 62' Toivonen 81'	Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 20,629 Referee: Shaun Evans

16 December 2018 8	Adelaide United	0–2	Melbourne City	Adelaide
18:30 ACDT		Report	Elsey 25' (o.g.) Brattan 50'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,504 Referee: Chris Beath

26 December 2018 9	Adelaide United	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Mileusnic 48', 55'	Report	Riera 45+1' Kamau 61'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,003 Referee: Peter Green

30 December 2018 10	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Adelaide United	Newcastle
19:00 AEDT	O'Donovan 75'	Report	Mileusnic 38' Goodwin 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 9,005 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	12	8	7	37	32	+5	44	6	4	4	19	19	0	6	4	3	18	13	+5

5 January 2019 11	Adelaide United	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
17:05 ACDT		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,954 Referee: Stephan Lucas

9 January 2019 12	Adelaide United	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Goodwin 18' Ilsø 21'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 12,115 Referee: Shaun Evans

13 January 2019 13	Sydney FC	2–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
18:00 AEDT	de Jong 13' Tratt 48'	Report	Goodwin 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 11,560 Referee: Adam Kersey

18 January 2019 14	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Bonevacia 49'	Report	Lia 8' Goodwin 66'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 7,104 Referee: Alex King

23 January 2019 15	Perth Glory	0–0	Adelaide United	Perth
19:00 AWST		Report		Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 7,123 Referee: Adam Kersey

27 January 2019 16	Adelaide United	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
17:30 ACDT	Isaías 66' Blackwood 90+2'	Report	Hoole 37'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,965 Referee: Jarred Gillett

2 February 2019 17	Adelaide United	4–3	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Isaías 45+2' Goodwin 67' Blackwood 75' Mileusnic 90+7'	Report	Henrique 19' Wenzel-Halls 38' Taggart 43'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,071 Referee: Alex King

9 February 2019 18	Melbourne City	1–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Maclaren 69'	Report	Goodwin 43'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,569 Referee: Peter Green

16 February 2019 19	Adelaide United	1–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Kitto 44'	Report	Riera 12' Bonevacia 54' Majok 71'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,880 Referee: Daniel Elder