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clubname = Adelaide United|
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founded = 2003 |
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ground = [[Hindmarsh Stadium]], [[Adelaide Oval]],<br />[[Adelaide]] |
capacity = 16,500, 33,597 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Australia}} Dario Fontanarosa |
ceo = {{flagicon|Australia}} Sam Ciccarello |
manager = {{flagicon|Australia}} Aurelio Vidmar |
league = [[A-League]] |
season = [[A-League 2007-08|2007–08]] |
position = 6th (league)|
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firstgame = 1-0 at home vs [[Brisbane Strikers]], October 17, 2003<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/09/12/944949.htm Adelaide United Enters NSL] ABC News Online, Friday September 13, 2003 ''Retrieved on June 13th, 2008''</ref> |
largestwin = 5-1 vs Newcastle Jets, September 8, 2006 |
worstdefeat = 0-6 vs Melbourne Victory, February 18, 2007 |
topscorer = [[Travis Dodd]] 19 |
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'''Adelaide United Football Club''' is a [[football (soccer)]] team in the Australian [[A-League]] based in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. They currently participate in the [[A-League]] as the sole team from the state of [[South Australia]]. Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in the A-League.
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The club was founded in 2003 to fill the place vacated by [[Adelaide City| Adelaide City Force]] in the former [[National Soccer League]] (NSL). They were minor premiers in the inaugural 2005-2006 A-League season, finishing 7 points clear of the rest of the competition, before finishing 3rd in the finals, The Reds were also Grand Finalists in the 2006-2007 A-League season.

The 2006/07 Season saw [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian]] international [[Romario]] join the club for a four-game stint. AUFC have the best winning record of all clubs in the [[A-League|Hyundai A-League]]. Adelaide is the only A-League club to be present at the Asian Champions League more than once, making them the most successful Australian club in Asia. Adelaide however have not won the domestic A-league Championship.

The 2007/08 season was a season to forget for Adelaide as they battled a huge amount of player injury throughout the season. This effectively ended their finals hopes and it was the first time Adelaide failed to make the top 2 in A-League history.

==History==
===National Soccer League===
{{main|Adelaide United FC Season 2003-04}}
In August 2003, [[Adelaide City]] withdrew from the [[National Soccer League]], leaving [[Adelaide]] with no NSL presence for the first time since the beginning of the league in 1977. In response, Adelaide United was created in September 2003, and a team was scraped together within a couple of weeks. In October, Adelaide United won its first NSL match, against the [[Brisbane Strikers]] 1-0 in front of a crowd in excess of 16,000 people. After an impressive home-and-away season, including a seven-match unbeaten streak during [[November 2003|November]] and December 2003, Adelaide United reached the NSL preliminary final, losing to [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]. The NSL came to an abrupt close at the end of the 2003-04 season.

===A-League===
Adelaide United were announced as one of [[8 (number)|eight]] teams to compete in the first season of the [[Hyundai]] [[A-League]], and are, along with the [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]] and [[Newcastle United Jets|Newcastle Jets]], one of only three teams to survive from the [[National Soccer League (Australia)|National Soccer League's]] last season. United began preparation earlier than most of the other clubs and had announced two thirds of the 20 man squad before February 2005.

The club focused on bringing several [[Adelaide]] born players back to South Australia, such as [[Angelo Costanzo]], [[Travis Dodd]] and [[Lucas Pantelis]], who had previously played for [[Adelaide City]] SC in the NSL. [[Shengqing Qu]] was signed from [[China|Chinese]] club [[Shanghai Shenhua]] as the clubs "marquee" signing (a ruling allowing each club one player to be paid outside the salary cap) in March 2005.

Aurelio Vidmar announced his retirement before the A-League had even started. He was replaced before the fifth round by striker [[Fernando Rech|Fernando]] from [[Brazil]], a former 'player of the year' in the old NSL. By moving to [[Adelaide]], he was reunited with former coach [[John Kosmina]] who introduced him to Australian audiences at the [[Brisbane Strikers]].

Adelaide United established links with American club [[Miami FC]], setting up a 'sister club' relationship, with whom they played a number of friendlies and leading to signing [[Diego Walsh]] from them.

The team also signed Brazilian legend [[Romario]] for a 4 game guest stint in November/December 2006.

===A-League 06/07===
Adelaide United advanced to the 2006-07 Grand Final at after winning 4-3 on penalties (1-1 AET) against [[Newcastle United Jets|Newcastle Jets]]. Adelaide United played [[Melbourne Victory|Melbourne]] at the [[Telstra Dome]] in the 2006-2007 A-League Grand Final on [[18 February]] [[2007]] losing 6-0 whilst playing most of the game with only 10 men after captain [[Ross Aloisi]] was sent off for his second bookable offense.
<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:PREMIERS_0506.jpg|right|thumb|Adelaide United Premiers 05/06.]] -->
After a controversial post grand final interview, Ross Aloisi was sacked as Captain of Adelaide United, and now plays for [[Wellington Phoenix FC]] and replaced by Angelo Costanzo on [[22 February]] [[2007]]. At the same as this announcement was made, it was also announced that John Kosmina would be sacked. It was widely speculated that Kosmina had been told to resign by the board of Adelaide United the Thursday after the grand final.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/kosmina-takes-a-dive/2007/02/22/1171733932992.html Kosmina takes a dive], The Age</ref><ref>[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=410162&cc=3436 Adelaide coach quits after A-League final loss], Soccor Net on ESPN</ref> Assistant Coach Aurelio Vidmar was appointed interim coach. On October 22, 2007, former Adelaide United coach John Kosmina took up the role as the new head coach of United's rival [[Sydney FC]], the same club that defeated Adelaide 2-1 in the 2005-6 A-league Semi-finals.

===A-League 07/08===
For the [[A-League 2007-08|2007-08 season]] AUFC recruited ex-[[Socceroos|Socceroo]] [[Paul Agostino]]"marquee", Ivorian [[Jonas Salley]] and current [[Olyroos|Olyroo]] [[Kristian Sarkies]].<ref>[http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=7349&pageid=11 Sarkies joins United], A-League Official News</ref> They also signed [[Isyan Erdogan|Issy Erdogan]] of [[Preston Lions]]. One of the success stories of the season was the signing of former [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo FC]] player [[Cássio José de Abreu Oliveira|Cássio]] on a free transfer from Brazilian club. Cássio formerly of [[Santa Cruz FC]], he won the Club Champion award in his first season.[[Shaun Ontong]] and [[Matthew Mullen]] from the [[Australian Institute of Sport Football (Soccer) Program|AIS]], were also signed to replenish their defensive stocks after the departure of [[Kristian Rees]], [[Adam van Dommele]] and [[Aaron Goulding]].

===A-League 08/09===
For the upcoming [[A-League 2008-09|2008-09 season]] [[Adelaide United FC]] have made some significant signings, including striker [[Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues|Cristiano]] from [[Willem II Tilburg|Willem II]] for two years on a free transfer. It has been hailed as one of the biggest signings in [[A-League]] history to date{{Fact|date=June 2008}}. Another key signing to fill the vacancy due to the retirement of [[Adelaide United FC]] legend [[Richie Alagich]] is [[Everson Arantes de Oliveira|Alemão]] formerly of [[CA Juventus]]. [[Sasa Ognenovski]] was another key signing from [[Queensland Roar]] to help shore up the defense. Ex-[[Bolton Wanderers FC]] Defender/Midfielder Scott Jamieson (19yrs) has also been signed on for two years to act as an utility. [[Bobby Petta]], [[Shaun Ontong]], [[Milan Susak]], [[Dez Giraldi]] and [[Robert Bajic]] were all released. [[Bruce Djite]] has been sold for an A-League Record of A$850,000 to [[Genclerbirligi]], whilst [[Nathan Burns]] has also transferred to pursue his European dreams, joining Greek first division outfit [[AEK Athens]]<ref>[http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/77984,burns-is-athens-bound--official.aspx?r=rss Burns is Athens bound]''Retrieved on June 11th, 2008''</ref> for A$500,000<ref>"Rivaldo Inspires Burns", Adelaide Advertiser, Friday June 13th, 2008, p118</ref>.

[[Kristian Sarkies]], [[Lucas Pantelis]] and [[Fabian Barbiero]] had their contracts renewed for two years and one year respectively. Striker [[Robert Younis]] is one of the brightest talents in Australia and has been signed for two years.

This season, [[Adelaide United]] passed the one millionth spectator milestone of total crowds since the inception of the [[A-League]]. They reached this achievement when their 7,052nd fan passed through the gate, for the [[A-League_2008-09#Round_3|Round 3 match against Wellington]]. Adelaide United are only the third A-League club to do so thus far, the other two being [[Melbourne Victory]] and [[Sydney FC]]. <ref>[http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=23354 Adelaide United set to reach magic million]</ref>

==[[AFC Champions League]]==
===[[2007_AFC_Champions_League#Group_G|2007 Campaign]]===
Adelaide United were selected, along with [[Sydney FC]], as the first Australian representatives to play in the [[2007 AFC Champions League]]. They received their Asian berth as [[A-League_2005-06#League_table|A-League premiers]]. Adelaide was drawn into Group G with [[Chinese Super League 2006|Chinese champion]] [[Shandong Luneng]], [[K-League 2006|Korean champions]] [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]] and [[V-League|Vietnamese league]] and [[Vietnamese Super Cup|Super Cup]] champions [[Gach Dong Tam Long An]].

Adelaide lost to Shandong 1-0, defeated Long An 2-0, drew with Seongnam 2-2, then lost to the Korean team 1-0. The Reds broke Shandong's winning streak in a 2-2 draw, before finishing its campaign with a 3-0 win over Long An, thanks to a hat trick from [[Travis Dodd]]. This match marked the last Adelaide United appearances of [[Fernando Rech]] and [[Carl Veart]] as the 1-0 loss to Seongyam knocked Adelaide out of Quarter Finals contention. Adelaide finished 3rd in its group, ahead of Long An and behind Shandong; with group winner Seongnam making the semi-finals. Dodd scored on 4 occasions, Rech 3 times, and [[Olyroos]] players Bruce Djite and Nathan Burns one a piece.

===[[AFC_Champions_League_2008#Group_E|2008 Campaign]]===
Adelaide United participated in the [[AFC Champions League 2008|2008 AFC Champions League]] after finishing runner-up in the 2006-07 [[A-League_2006-07#League_table|regular season]] and [[A-League Grand Final 2007|finals series]] to [[Melbourne Victory]]. Adelaide was drawn into Group E, along with [[V-League]] and [[Vietnamese Super Cup|Super Cup]] winners [[Bình Dương F.C.]], [[Chinese Super League 2007|CSL]] champions [[Changchun Yatai]], and [[K-League 2007|K-League]] winners [[Pohang Steelers]].

In their opening match of the 2008 campaign, Adelaide United defeated Pohang 2-0 in Korea. United drew against Changchun 0-0 in their second game, defeated Bình Dương 2-1 in Vietnam and followed this up with a 4-1 victory in the return leg. In their final group tie at home, Adelaide defeated Pohang 1-0, setting up a deciding away tie against Changchun to determine the Group E winner. In Changchun, Adelaide withstood considerable pressure to achieve a historic 0-0 draw, thus becoming the first Australian team to ever progress to the knockout stage of the [[Asian Champions League]].

Adelaide drew [[J-League]] and [[Emperor's Cup]] champions [[Kashima Antlers]] in a two legged Quarter final starting in Japan, where they managed a 1-1 draw. Adelaide captain [[Travis Dodd]] scored first in the opening half, but right before halftime the Japanese side were gifted an equaliser when [[Robert Cornthwaite]] scored passed his own goalkeeper. In the return leg at the [[Hindmarsh Stadium]] a week later, Adelaide became the first [[Australian]] team to progress to the semifinals of the competition with a 1-0 win. [[Robert Cornthwaite|Cornthwaite]] redeemed himself from his own goal in the first leg by scoring the only goal of the game midway through the second half.

Adelaide drew [[Uzbek League|2007 Uzbek League]] Runners-up [[FC Bunyodkor]] in the semi-final, after the Uzbeks knocked out [[Saipa F.C.]] in their quarter-final. In the first leg of the semi-final, Adelaide won 3-0 with Diego, Barbiero, and Cristiano (via a penalty) scoring. The match was witnessed by 16,998 fans (498 over capacity) at the Hindmarsh Stadium.{{Fact|date=October 2008}}

==Current squad==
''Players in bold have senior international caps.''

{| width="835px"
|----- style="color:yellow; background-color:red;"
!Name and position
!No
!Joined in
!Former team
!Birth date
!Citizenship
|----- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="6" align="left" | '''[[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeepers]]'''
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Daniel Beltrame]] ||align="center"| 1 ||align="center"| 2005 ||align="center"| [[Wollongong Wolves]]||align="center"|[[28 December]] [[1975]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Eugene Galekovic|Eugene Galeković]] ||align="center"| 20 ||align="center"| 2007 ||align="center"| [[Melbourne Victory]]||align="center"|[[12 June]] [[1981]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Mark Birighitti]] ''([[A-League#Squad & salary cap|Youth]])'' ||align="center"| 30 ||align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| [[Australian Institute of Sport - Football (soccer)|AIS]]||align="center"|[[17 April]] [[1991]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="6" align="left" | '''[[Defender (football)|Defenders]]'''
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Robert Cornthwaite]] ||align="center"| 2 ||align="center"| 2005 ||align="center"| [[White City Woodville|White City]]||align="center"|[[24 October]] [[1984]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|align="right"
| [[Everson Arantes de Oliveira|Alemão]] ||align="center"| 3 ||align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| [[CA Juventus]] [[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px]]||align="center"|[[29 November]] [[1982]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px|Brazilian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''[[Angelo Costanzo]]''' ||align="center"| 4 ||align="center"| 2005 ||align="center"| [[Marconi Stallions]]||align="center"|[[9 May]] [[1976]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''[[Michael Valkanis]]''' ||align="center"| 5 ||align="center"| 2003 ||align="center"| [[Adelaide City]]||align="center"|[[23 August]] [[1974]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Cássio José de Abreu Oliveira|Cássio]] ||align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| 2007 ||align="center"| [[Santa Cruz Futebol Clube|Santa Cruz]] [[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px]]||align="center"|[[8 January]] [[1980]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px|Brazilian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Scott Jamieson]] ''([[A-League#Squad & salary cap|Youth]])''||align="center"| 14 ||align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| [[Bolton Wanderers]] [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px]]||align="center"|[[13 October]] [[1988]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Daniel Mullen (footballer)|Daniel Mullen]] ''([[A-League#Squad & salary cap|Youth]])'' ||align="center"| 16 ||align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| [[Australian Institute of Sport - Football (soccer)|AIS]]||align="center"|[[26 October]] [[1989]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Isyan Erdoğan]] ||align="center"| 17 ||align="center"| 2007 ||align="center"| [[Preston Lions]]||align="center"|[[25 September]] [[1982]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Sasa Ognenovski]] ||align="center"| 19 ||align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| [[Queensland Roar]]||align="center"|[[3 April]] [[1979]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="6" align="left" | '''[[Midfielder (football)|Midfielders]]'''
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Lucas Pantelis]] ||align="center"| 7 ||align="center"| 2005 ||align="center"| [[Parramatta Power]]||align="center"|[[12 March]] [[1982]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''[[Kristian Sarkies]]''' ||align="center"| 8 ||align="center"| 2007 ||align="center"| [[Melbourne Victory]]||align="center"|[[25 October]] [[1986]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Paul Reid (Australian footballer)|Paul Reid]] ||align="center"| 12 ||align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| [[Brighton & Hove Albion]] [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px]]||align="center"|[[6 July]] [[1979]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''[[Travis Dodd]]''' ''([[Captain (football)|captain]])'' ||align="center"| 13 ||align="center"| 2005 ||align="center"| [[Panionios]] [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]]||align="center"|[[6 January]] [[1980]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Jonas Salley]] ||align="center"| 15 ||align="center"| 2007 ||align="center"|[[New Zealand Knights]]/[[Sydney FC]]||align="center"|[[16 March]] [[1982]] ||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Fabian Barbiero]] ||align="center"| 18 ||align="center"| 2007 ||align="center"| [[North Eastern MetroStars|Metro Stars]]||align="center"|[[2 May]] [[1984]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Jason Spagnuolo]] ||align="center"| 21 ||align="center"| 2006 ||align="center"| [[North Eastern MetroStars|Metro Stars]]||align="center"|[[2 August]] [[1984]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Diego Walsh|Diego]] ||align="center"| 22 ||align="center"| 2006 ||align="center"| [[Miami FC]] [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]]||align="center"|[[8 December]] [[1979]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px|Brazilian]]
|----- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="6" align="left" | '''[[Striker (football)|Strikers]]'''
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''[[Paul Agostino]]''' ||align="center"| 9 ||align="center"| 2007 ||align="center"| [[1860 Munich]] [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]]||align="center"|[[9 June]] [[1975]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues|Cristiano]] ||align="center"| 10 ||align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| [[Willem II Tilburg|Willem II]] [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]]||align="center"|[[3 June]] [[1981]]||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px|Brazilian]]
|----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| [[Robert Younis]] ||align="center"| 11 ||align="center"| 2008 ||align="center"| [[APIA Leichhardt]] ||align="center"| [[14 August]] [[1985]] ||align="center"| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]]
|}

==Colours and badge==
[[Image:Au-oldlogo.gif|left|thumb|The Adelaide United badge, used from the club's foundation in 2003 to 2005]][[Image:AU small.jpg|right|thumb|The Current Adelaide United badge, Used since the inception of A-League]]Adelaide United's kits are sponsored by [[Reebok]], as are the rest of the A-League teams. Their home strip uses the South Australian state colours, and is all-red with gold and blue trim on the sleeves and sides. The away strip is all-white, with red sleeves and gold trim.

The badge also uses the state colours in a stylized swoosh, above what appears to be a [[Football (ball)|football]] made with the [[Southern Cross]], as opposed to the traditional hexagons. The Adelaide United badge is a far cry from some other teams, such as [[Queensland Roar]], by taking the form of a traditional football badge.
[[Image:AdelUtd08Jumpers.png|right|thumb]]

==Stadium==
{{Main|Hindmarsh Stadium}}
[[Image:City View.jpg|right|thumb|View to City from Hindmarsh Stadium top Tier.]]
Adelaide United play their home matches at [[Hindmarsh Stadium]].

The stadium seating capacity is 15,500, although several times in the A-League this has been stretched and standing room has had to be used, increasing capacity by 1,000. The South Australian Government has said to Adelaide United that if crowds can be drawn to games constantly exceeding 14,000 and often reaching full capacity (16,500), plans will be made to adequately increase the size of the ground.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}

Adelaide United's average was 10,947 in [[A-League 2005-06|2005-06]] and 12,162 in [[A-League 2006-07|2006-07]]. After the first nine home games in [[A-League 2007-08|2007-08]] the average attendance was 12,907. The club's highest attendance of 25,039 was recorded at a one-off game played at [[Adelaide Oval]] on [[December 28]] [[2007]] vs {{ALeague SFC}} - significantly higher than their record Hindmarsh Stadium crowd of 16,378 on [[December 1]] [[2006]] vs {{ALeague MV}}.

On [[December 28]] [[2007]], Adelaide United played their match against {{ALeague SFC}} at [[Adelaide Oval]], to attract more ticket sales. Even though Adelaide lost 3-1, it was the biggest SA soccer crowd in history, with 25,039 people filling the stands.

It was released in February 2008 that plans had been drawn up for a new 45,000 capacity, football (soccer) only stadium for Adelaide United. The design of the stadium is supposedly based upon the designs of a stadium in Frankfurt used during the 2006 World Cup. A business plan for the construction of the venue will be completed soon.On feb8 <ref>[http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23227247-5006373,00.html Soccer's $270m grand Adelaide plan] Accessed March 2, 2008.</ref>

==Rivalries==
Adelaide's two main rivals are [[Sydney FC]] and [[Melbourne Victory]]: Sydney and Adelaide were two of the leading teams in the 2005/2006 season (Sydney finished as champions, Adelaide as premiers) and Melbourne and Adelaide were two of the leading teams in the 2006/2007 season (Melbourne and Adelaide played each other in the grand final).

==Youth Squad==

Adelaide United's Youth Squad will be playing in the new 7 team [[A-League National Youth League]]. Current members of the squad are

* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Matthew Mullen]] from [[Australian Institute of Sport|AIS]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} '''Alex Sunasky''' from [[Australian Institute of Sport|AIS]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} '''Joel Allwright''' from [[Para Hills Knights]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} '''Michael Marrone''' from [[Para Hills Knights]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} '''Andrew Ciarla''' from [[North Eastern MetroStars]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} '''Michael Doyle''' from [[Adelaide Galaxy]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} '''Osama Malik''' from [[Adelaide Raiders|Raiders]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} '''Francesco Monterosso''' from [[South Australian Sports Institute|SASI]]
<br/>
'''Manager''': [[Joe Mullen]]<br/>
'''Assistant Manager''': [[Tony Vidmar]]

== End of Season 2007-08 Transfers ==
''In''
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Position !! Moving from !! Fee
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Birighitti]] || Goalkeeper || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australian Institute of Sport - Football (soccer)|Australian Institute of Sport]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sasa Ognenovski]] || Defender || {{flagicon|AUS}} {{ALeague QR}}
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Daniel Mullen (footballer)|Daniel Mullen]] || Defender || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australian Institute of Sport - Football (soccer)|Australian Institute of Sport]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robert Younis]] || Striker || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[APIA Leichhardt]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Everson Arantes de Oliveira|Alemão]] || Defender || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[CA Juventus]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Scott Jamieson]] || Defender || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bolton Wanderers]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues|Cristiano]] || Striker || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Willem II Tilburg]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Reid (Australian footballer)|Paul Reid]] || Defender || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brighton & Hove Albion]]
|}
|-


''Out''
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Position !! Moving to !! Fee
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robert Bajic]] || Goalkeeper || ''Released'' || -
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Milan Susak]] || Defender || ''Released'' || -
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Richie Alagich]] || Defender || ''Retired'' || -
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Bobby Petta]] || Midfielder || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Para Hills Knights]] || Free
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Shaun Ontong]] || Midfielder || {{flagicon|AUS}} {{ALeague NUJ}} || Free
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bruce Djite]] || Striker || {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Gençlerbirliği]] || €500,000
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dez Giraldi]] || Striker || ''Released'' || -
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nathan Burns]] || Striker || {{flagicon|GRE}} [[AEK Athens FC|AEK Athens]] || €290,000
|}

misleading/inaccurate

==Notable former players==
{{details|List of Adelaide United FC players}}
*{{flagicon|China}} [[Qu Shengqing]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Bobby Petta]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Fernando Rech|Fernando]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Romário]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ross Aloisi]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Carl Veart]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Aurelio Vidmar]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Matthew Kemp]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Greg Owens]]
*{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Shane Smeltz]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Richie Alagich]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Bruce Djite]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Nathan Burns]]

==International Representatives==
''Senior caps only. Players in bold currently active with Adelaide United''
*{{flagicon|China}} [[Shengqing Qu]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Romário]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Paul Agostino]]'''
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ross Aloisi]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Nathan Burns]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Angelo Costanzo|Ang Costanzo]]'''
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Bruce Djite|Bruce Djité]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Travis Dodd]]'''
*{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Kristian Sarkies]]'''
*{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Shane Smeltz]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Michael Valkanis]]'''
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Carl Veart]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Aurelio Vidmar]]''' (as Coach)

==Club officials==
===Football Department===
*''Manager'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Aurelio Vidmar]]
*''Assistant Coach'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Phil Stubbins]]
*''Goalkeeping Coach'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Peter Blazincic]]
*''Football Director'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Petrillo]]
*''Football Operations Manager'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ryan Peremiczko]]
*''Sports Science Consultant'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Nunan]]
*''Performance & Conditioning Manager'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Carlos Ohanian]]
*''Property Steward'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jurgen Sanger]]
*''Gear Steward'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[John Brannigan]]
*''Youth Team Coach'': {{flagicon|Australia}} Joe Mullen
*''Women's Team Coach'': {{flagicon|Australia}} Michael Barnett

===Medical Staff===
*''Club Doctor'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[James Ilic]]
*''Head Trainer'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Peter Duke]]
*''Club Physiotherapist'': {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Glenn Dods]]
*''Strength & Conditioning Manager'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Peter Janicki]]
*''Chiropractor'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Margie Barry]]
*''Dietician'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Anthony Mead]]
*''Sports Psychologist'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Matti Clements]]
*''Rehabilitation Coordinator'': {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tim Kreis]]
*''Masseur'': {{flagicon|Australia}} Paul Scott

==Managers==

* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[John Kosmina]] (2003-2007)
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Aurelio Vidmar]] (2007-present)

==Captains==

* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Aurelio Vidmar]] (2003-2005)
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ross Aloisi]] (2005-2007)
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Valkanis]] (2007-2008)
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Travis Dodd]] (2008-present)

==Affiliated Clubs==
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami FC]]

==Honours==
* '''[[List of A-League champions#A-League Premiers|A-League Premiership]]:
**'''Premiers''' (1): 2005-06
**'''Runners-Up''' (1): 2006-07

* '''[[List of A-League champions#A-League Champions|A-League Championship]]:
**'''Runners-Up''' (1): 2006-07

* '''[[List of A-League champions#A-League Pre-Season Premiers|A-League Pre-Season Cup]]:
**'''Winners''' (2): 2006, 2007

* '''[[A-League|A-League Finalists]]:
**'''Finalists''' (2): 2005-06, 2006-07

* '''[[AFC Champions League]]:'''
**'''Group Stage''' (1): 2007
**'''Semi Finalist''' (1): 2008

* '''[[National Soccer League (Australia)|NSL Finalists]]:
**'''Finalists''' (1): 2003-04

* '''[[Club Champions]]:'''
**'''[[Adelaide United season 2005-06|2005-06]]''' : [[Carl Veart]]
**'''[[Adelaide United season 2006-07|2006-07]]''' : [[Jason Spagnuolo]]
**'''[[Adelaide United season 2007-08|2007-08]]''' : [[Cássio José de Abreu Oliveira|Cássio]]

==Top Goal Scorers==
''Excludes goals scored in NSL. Appearances in brackets. Players in bold still active.''

''Last updated [[9 October]] [[2008]]''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!
!width=160 | Name
!width=100 | Years
!width=100 | Regular<br/>Season
!width=100 | Finals
!width=100 | ACL
!width=100 | Pre-Season<br/>Cup
!width=100 | Total
|-
| 1 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Travis Dodd]]''' || 2005- || 14 (67) || 2 (7) || 7 (15) || 2 (17) || '''25''' (106)
|-
| 2 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Fernando Rech|Fernando]] || 2005-2007 || 12 (31) || 1 (7) || 3 (5) || 0 (0) || '''16''' (43)
|-
| 3 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Carl Veart]] || 2005-2007 || 11 (40) || 1 (7) || 0 (3) || 3 (9) || '''15''' (59)
|-
| 3 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Nathan Burns]] || 2006-2008 || 9 (31) || 0 (4) || 1 (11) || 1 (8) || '''11''' (54)
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Bruce Djite|Bruce Djité]] || 2006-2008 || 6 (16) || 0 (4) || 2 (8) || 3 (7) || '''11''' (35)
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Lucas Pantelis]]''' || 2005- || 8 (41) || 0 (0) || 1 (12) || 0 (5) || '''9''' (58)
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues|Cristiano]]''' || 2008- || 5 (7) || 0 (0) || 1 (3) || 2 (3) || '''8''' (13)
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|China}} [[Shengqing Qu]] || 2005-2007 || 7 (23) || 1 (3) || 0 (0) || 0 (4) || '''8''' (30)
|-
|}

==Games Record Holders==
''Excludes games played in NSL. Players in bold still active.''

''Last updated [[9 October]] [[2008]]''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!
!width=160 | Name
!width=100 | Years
!width=100 | Regular<br/>Season
!width=100 | Finals
!width=100 | ACL
!width=100 | Pre-Season<br/>Cup
!width=100 | Total
|-
| 1 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Travis Dodd]]''' || 2005- || 67 || 7 || 15 || 17 || '''106'''
|-
| 2 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Angelo Costanzo|Ang Costanzo]]''' || 2005- || 60 || 7 || 14 || 15 || '''96'''
|-
| 3 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Richie Alagich]] || 2005-2008 || 58 || 7 || 12 || 14 || '''91'''
|-
| 4 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Michael Valkanis]]''' || 2005- || 44 || 7 || 7 || 13 || '''71'''
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Robert Cornthwaite]]''' || 2005- || 41 || 3 || 8 || 14 || '''66'''
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Jason Spagnuolo]]''' || 2005- || 36 || 3 || 8 || 14 || '''61'''
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Carl Veart]] || 2005-2007 || 40 || 7 || 3 || 9 || '''59'''
|-
| 8 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Lucas Pantelis]]''' || 2005- || 41 || 0 || 12 || 5 || '''58'''
|-
| 9 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ross Aloisi]] || 2005-2007 || 40 || 7 || 0 || 8 || '''55'''
|-
| 10 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Nathan Burns]] || 2006-2008|| 31 || 4 || 11 || 8 || '''54'''
|-
|}

==Adelaide United [[A-League]] History==
Brackets indicate statistics including A-League finals.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;width:90%; text-align:center"
|+Adelaide United [[A-League]] History'''
!Season !! P !! W !! D !! L !! F !! A !! Teams !! League<br />Position !! Finals<br />Qualification !! Finals Series <br />Position !!ACL Qualification !!ACL Placing
|----
|'''[[Adelaide United season 2005-06|2005-06]]''' || 21 (24) || 13 (13) || 4 (5) || 4 (6) || 33 (36) || 25 (30) || 8 || bgcolor="#98FB98"|'''Premiers''' || Qualified || 3rd || Qualified for 2007 || N/A
|----
|'''[[Adelaide United season 2006-07|2006-07]]''' || 21 (25) || 10 (10) || 3 (5^) || 8 (10) || 32 (34) || 27 (36) || 8 || 2nd || Qualifed || 2nd || Qualified for 2008 || Group Stages (3rd)
|----
|'''[[Adelaide United season 2007-08|2007-08]]''' || 21 (21) || 6 (6) || 8 (8) || 7 (7) || 31 (31) || 29 (29) || 8 || 6th || DNQ || 6th || DNQ || Semi Finals
|}

^Second finals draw went to a penalty shoot-out which AU won 4-3 which then led to a Grand Final berth.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;width:50%; text-align:center"
|+Adelaide United Pre-Season Cup History'''
!Season !! P !! W !! D !! L !! F !! A !! Teams !! Result
|----
|2005 || 3 (3) || 0 (0) || 3 (3) || 0 (0) || 3 (3) || 3 (3) || 8 || Group Stage
|----
|2006 || 4 (6) || 1 (2) || 2 (3^) || 1 (1) || 1 (4) || 2 (4) || 8 || bgcolor="#98FB98"|'''Premiers'''
|----
|2007 || 3 (5) || 1 (3) || 2 (2) || 0 (0) || 6 (11) || 3 (6) || 8 || bgcolor="#98FB98"|'''Premiers'''
|----
|2008 || 3 (3) || 1 (1) || 2 (2) || 0 (0) || 2 (2) || 1 (1) || 8 || Group Stage
|}

^The finals draw went to a penalty shoot-out which AU won 5-4 to be crowned Pre-Season Champions 2006

==Records==
* '''Record Victory''': 5 - 1 vs {{ALeague NUJ}}, [[September 8]] [[2006]]
* '''Record Defeat''': 0 - 6 vs {{ALeague MV}}, [[February 18]] [[2007]]
* '''Undefeated Streak''': 9, [[November 13]] [[2005]] – [[January 28]] [[2006]]
* '''Most Wins in a Row''': 7, [[November 13]] [[2005]] – [[January 12]] [[2006]]
* '''Record High Attendance (Home Ground)''': 16,998 vs [[FC Bunyodkor]], [[AFC Champions League]], [[Hindmarsh Stadium]], [[Adelaide]], [[October 8]] [[2008]]
* '''Record High Attendance (Alternate Home Ground)''': 25,039 vs {{ALeague SFC}}, [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]], [[December 28]] [[2007]]
* '''Record Low Attendance (Home Ground)''': 7,013 vs {{ALeague CCM}}, [[Hindmarsh Stadium]], [[Adelaide]], [[September 25]] [[2005]]
* '''Highest Season Average Attendance''': 12,187 - [[A-League 2006-07]]
* '''All-time Leading Goal Scorer''': [[Carl Veart]] - 23 goals (as of [[February 14]] [[2007]])
* '''Longest Period Without Conceding a Goal''': 291 minutes, [[August 26]] [[2005]] - [[September 17]] [[2005]]

====All-time A-League Win/Loss (including finals)====

''Last updated [[9 October]] [[2008]]''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Club
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALeague CCM}}||10||4||3||4||16||16||0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALeague MV}}||13||5||3||5||13||18||-5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALeague NZK}}||6||3||2||1||9||6||3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALeague NUJ}}||11||5||2||4||19||15||4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALeague PG}}||10||5||3||2||16||12||4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALeague QR}}||10||4||4||2||12||8||4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALeague SFC}}||12||3||2||7||15||24||-9
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ALeague WP}}||4||3||1||0||11||4||7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| '''Total''' || '''77''' || '''32''' || '''20''' || '''25''' || '''111''' || '''103''' || '''8'''
|}

====All-time A-League Win/Loss Record by Stadium====

''Last updated [[9 October]] [[2008]]''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Ground
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Adelaide Oval]] ||1||0||0||1||1||3||-2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Bluetongue Stadium]] ||4||2||0||2||5||6||-1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[EnergyAustralia Stadium]] ||5||2||0||3||5||6||-1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Hindmarsh Stadium]] ||38||19||11||8||69||47||22
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Members Equity Stadium]] ||5||2||2||1||6||5||1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[North Harbour Stadium]] ||3||1||1||1||3||3||0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Olympic Park]] ||2||1||0||1||1||2||-1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Suncorp Stadium]] ||5||2||3||0||6||4||2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Sydney Football Stadium]] ||7||1||1||5||7||13||-6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Telstra Dome]] ||5||1||1||3||4||11||-7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Westpac Stadium]] ||2||1||1||0||4||3||1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| '''Total''' || '''76''' || '''31''' || '''20''' || '''25''' || '''109''' || '''103''' || '''6'''
|}

====All-time AFC Champions League Win/Loss====

''Last updated [[9 October]] [[2008]]''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Club
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!GD
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Vietnam}}[[Binh Duong F.C.|Bình Dương]] ||2||2||0||0||6||2||4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}}[[FC Bunyodkor|Bunyodkor]] ||1||1||0||0||3||0||3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|China}}[[Changchun Yatai]] ||2||0||2||0||0||0||0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Vietnam}}[[Dong Tam Long An FC|Gạch Đồng Tâm Long An]] ||2||2||0||0||5||0||5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Japan}}[[Kashima Antlers]] ||2||1||1||0||2||1||1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Pohang Steelers]] ||2||2||0||0||3||0||3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Seongnam Ilhwa]] ||2||0||1||1||2||3||-1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|China}}[[Shandong Luneng]] ||2||0||1||1||2||3||-1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| '''Total''' || '''15''' || '''8''' || '''5''' || '''2''' || '''23''' || '''9''' || '''14'''
|}

====Home Attendances by Season====

''Last updated [[29 September]] [[2008]]''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Season
!Pld
!Total
!Average
!Highest
!Lowest
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[A-League 2005-06|2005/06]] ||12||135,982||11,332||15,104||7,013
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[A-League 2006-07|2006/07]] ||13||163,185||12,553||16,378||8,785
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[A-League 2007-08|2007/08]] ||10||126,966||12,697||25,039||10,256
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[A-League 2008-09|2008/09]] ||3||26,453||8,818||10,510||7,832
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/ Official club website
* http://www.gateaufc.com/forum - Adelaide United Fan Forum
* http://www.redarmyaufc.com/ Red Army - Supporters of AUFC
* http://www.oztifo.com/gallery/v/adelaideunited/ Adelaide United fans pictures

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Adelaide United
Adelaide United FC logo
current season
Full nameAdelaide United FC
Nickname(s)The Reds, United
Founded2003
GroundHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Oval,
Adelaide
Capacity16,500, 33,597
ChairmanAustralia Dario Fontanarosa
ManagerAustralia Aurelio Vidmar
LeagueA-League
2007–086th (league)

Adelaide United Football Club is a football (soccer) team in the Australian A-League based in Adelaide, South Australia. They currently participate in the A-League as the sole team from the state of South Australia. Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in the A-League.

The club was founded in 2003 to fill the place vacated by Adelaide City Force in the former National Soccer League (NSL). They were minor premiers in the inaugural 2005-2006 A-League season, finishing 7 points clear of the rest of the competition, before finishing 3rd in the finals, The Reds were also Grand Finalists in the 2006-2007 A-League season.

The 2006/07 Season saw Brazilian international Romario join the club for a four-game stint. AUFC have the best winning record of all clubs in the Hyundai A-League. Adelaide is the only A-League club to be present at the Asian Champions League more than once, making them the most successful Australian club in Asia. Adelaide however have not won the domestic A-league Championship.

The 2007/08 season was a season to forget for Adelaide as they battled a huge amount of player injury throughout the season. This effectively ended their finals hopes and it was the first time Adelaide failed to make the top 2 in A-League history.

History

National Soccer League

Main article: Adelaide United FC Season 2003-04

In August 2003, Adelaide City withdrew from the National Soccer League, leaving Adelaide with no NSL presence for the first time since the beginning of the league in 1977. In response, Adelaide United was created in September 2003, and a team was scraped together within a couple of weeks. In October, Adelaide United won its first NSL match, against the Brisbane Strikers 1-0 in front of a crowd in excess of 16,000 people. After an impressive home-and-away season, including a seven-match unbeaten streak during November and December 2003, Adelaide United reached the NSL preliminary final, losing to Perth Glory. The NSL came to an abrupt close at the end of the 2003-04 season.

A-League

Adelaide United were announced as one of eight teams to compete in the first season of the Hyundai A-League, and are, along with the Perth Glory and Newcastle Jets, one of only three teams to survive from the National Soccer League's last season. United began preparation earlier than most of the other clubs and had announced two thirds of the 20 man squad before February 2005.

The club focused on bringing several Adelaide born players back to South Australia, such as Angelo Costanzo, Travis Dodd and Lucas Pantelis, who had previously played for Adelaide City SC in the NSL. Shengqing Qu was signed from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua as the clubs "marquee" signing (a ruling allowing each club one player to be paid outside the salary cap) in March 2005.

Aurelio Vidmar announced his retirement before the A-League had even started. He was replaced before the fifth round by striker Fernando from Brazil, a former 'player of the year' in the old NSL. By moving to Adelaide, he was reunited with former coach John Kosmina who introduced him to Australian audiences at the Brisbane Strikers.

Adelaide United established links with American club Miami FC, setting up a 'sister club' relationship, with whom they played a number of friendlies and leading to signing Diego Walsh from them.

The team also signed Brazilian legend Romario for a 4 game guest stint in November/December 2006.

A-League 06/07

Adelaide United advanced to the 2006-07 Grand Final at after winning 4-3 on penalties (1-1 AET) against Newcastle Jets. Adelaide United played Melbourne at the Telstra Dome in the 2006-2007 A-League Grand Final on 18 February 2007 losing 6-0 whilst playing most of the game with only 10 men after captain Ross Aloisi was sent off for his second bookable offense. After a controversial post grand final interview, Ross Aloisi was sacked as Captain of Adelaide United, and now plays for Wellington Phoenix FC and replaced by Angelo Costanzo on 22 February 2007. At the same as this announcement was made, it was also announced that John Kosmina would be sacked. It was widely speculated that Kosmina had been told to resign by the board of Adelaide United the Thursday after the grand final.[2][3] Assistant Coach Aurelio Vidmar was appointed interim coach. On October 22, 2007, former Adelaide United coach John Kosmina took up the role as the new head coach of United's rival Sydney FC, the same club that defeated Adelaide 2-1 in the 2005-6 A-league Semi-finals.

A-League 07/08

For the 2007-08 season AUFC recruited ex-Socceroo Paul Agostino"marquee", Ivorian Jonas Salley and current Olyroo Kristian Sarkies.[4] They also signed Issy Erdogan of Preston Lions. One of the success stories of the season was the signing of former Flamengo FC player Cássio on a free transfer from Brazilian club. Cássio formerly of Santa Cruz FC, he won the Club Champion award in his first season.Shaun Ontong and Matthew Mullen from the AIS, were also signed to replenish their defensive stocks after the departure of Kristian Rees, Adam van Dommele and Aaron Goulding.

A-League 08/09

For the upcoming 2008-09 season Adelaide United FC have made some significant signings, including striker Cristiano from Willem II for two years on a free transfer. It has been hailed as one of the biggest signings in A-League history to date[citation needed]. Another key signing to fill the vacancy due to the retirement of Adelaide United FC legend Richie Alagich is Alemão formerly of CA Juventus. Sasa Ognenovski was another key signing from Queensland Roar to help shore up the defense. Ex-Bolton Wanderers FC Defender/Midfielder Scott Jamieson (19yrs) has also been signed on for two years to act as an utility. Bobby Petta, Shaun Ontong, Milan Susak, Dez Giraldi and Robert Bajic were all released. Bruce Djite has been sold for an A-League Record of A$850,000 to Genclerbirligi, whilst Nathan Burns has also transferred to pursue his European dreams, joining Greek first division outfit AEK Athens[5] for A$500,000[6].

Kristian Sarkies, Lucas Pantelis and Fabian Barbiero had their contracts renewed for two years and one year respectively. Striker Robert Younis is one of the brightest talents in Australia and has been signed for two years.

This season, Adelaide United passed the one millionth spectator milestone of total crowds since the inception of the A-League. They reached this achievement when their 7,052nd fan passed through the gate, for the Round 3 match against Wellington. Adelaide United are only the third A-League club to do so thus far, the other two being Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC. [7]

AFC Champions League

2007 Campaign

Adelaide United were selected, along with Sydney FC, as the first Australian representatives to play in the 2007 AFC Champions League. They received their Asian berth as A-League premiers. Adelaide was drawn into Group G with Chinese champion Shandong Luneng, Korean champions Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Vietnamese league and Super Cup champions Gach Dong Tam Long An.

Adelaide lost to Shandong 1-0, defeated Long An 2-0, drew with Seongnam 2-2, then lost to the Korean team 1-0. The Reds broke Shandong's winning streak in a 2-2 draw, before finishing its campaign with a 3-0 win over Long An, thanks to a hat trick from Travis Dodd. This match marked the last Adelaide United appearances of Fernando Rech and Carl Veart as the 1-0 loss to Seongyam knocked Adelaide out of Quarter Finals contention. Adelaide finished 3rd in its group, ahead of Long An and behind Shandong; with group winner Seongnam making the semi-finals. Dodd scored on 4 occasions, Rech 3 times, and Olyroos players Bruce Djite and Nathan Burns one a piece.

2008 Campaign

Adelaide United participated in the 2008 AFC Champions League after finishing runner-up in the 2006-07 regular season and finals series to Melbourne Victory. Adelaide was drawn into Group E, along with V-League and Super Cup winners Bình Dương F.C., CSL champions Changchun Yatai, and K-League winners Pohang Steelers.

In their opening match of the 2008 campaign, Adelaide United defeated Pohang 2-0 in Korea. United drew against Changchun 0-0 in their second game, defeated Bình Dương 2-1 in Vietnam and followed this up with a 4-1 victory in the return leg. In their final group tie at home, Adelaide defeated Pohang 1-0, setting up a deciding away tie against Changchun to determine the Group E winner. In Changchun, Adelaide withstood considerable pressure to achieve a historic 0-0 draw, thus becoming the first Australian team to ever progress to the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League.

Adelaide drew J-League and Emperor's Cup champions Kashima Antlers in a two legged Quarter final starting in Japan, where they managed a 1-1 draw. Adelaide captain Travis Dodd scored first in the opening half, but right before halftime the Japanese side were gifted an equaliser when Robert Cornthwaite scored passed his own goalkeeper. In the return leg at the Hindmarsh Stadium a week later, Adelaide became the first Australian team to progress to the semifinals of the competition with a 1-0 win. Cornthwaite redeemed himself from his own goal in the first leg by scoring the only goal of the game midway through the second half.

Adelaide drew 2007 Uzbek League Runners-up FC Bunyodkor in the semi-final, after the Uzbeks knocked out Saipa F.C. in their quarter-final. In the first leg of the semi-final, Adelaide won 3-0 with Diego, Barbiero, and Cristiano (via a penalty) scoring. The match was witnessed by 16,998 fans (498 over capacity) at the Hindmarsh Stadium.[citation needed]

Current squad

Players in bold have senior international caps.

Name and position No Joined in Former team Birth date Citizenship
Goalkeepers
Daniel Beltrame 1 2005 Wollongong Wolves 28 December 1975 Australian
Eugene Galeković 20 2007 Melbourne Victory 12 June 1981 Australian
Mark Birighitti (Youth) 30 2008 AIS 17 April 1991 Australian
Defenders
Robert Cornthwaite 2 2005 White City 24 October 1984 Australia
Alemão 3 2008 CA Juventus 29 November 1982 Brazilian
Angelo Costanzo 4 2005 Marconi Stallions 9 May 1976 Australian
Michael Valkanis 5 2003 Adelaide City 23 August 1974 Australian
Cássio 6 2007 Santa Cruz 8 January 1980 Brazilian
Scott Jamieson (Youth) 14 2008 Bolton Wanderers 13 October 1988 Australian
Daniel Mullen (Youth) 16 2008 AIS 26 October 1989 Australian
Isyan Erdoğan 17 2007 Preston Lions 25 September 1982 Australian
Sasa Ognenovski 19 2008 Queensland Roar 3 April 1979 Australian
Midfielders
Lucas Pantelis 7 2005 Parramatta Power 12 March 1982 Australian
Kristian Sarkies 8 2007 Melbourne Victory 25 October 1986 Australian
Paul Reid 12 2008 Brighton & Hove Albion 6 July 1979 Australian
Travis Dodd (captain) 13 2005 Panionios 6 January 1980 Australian
Jonas Salley 15 2007 New Zealand Knights/Sydney FC 16 March 1982 Australian
Fabian Barbiero 18 2007 Metro Stars 2 May 1984 Australian
Jason Spagnuolo 21 2006 Metro Stars 2 August 1984 Australian
Diego 22 2006 Miami FC 8 December 1979 Brazilian
Strikers
Paul Agostino 9 2007 1860 Munich 9 June 1975 Australian
Cristiano 10 2008 Willem II 3 June 1981 Brazilian
Robert Younis 11 2008 APIA Leichhardt 14 August 1985 Australian

Colours and badge

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The Adelaide United badge, used from the club's foundation in 2003 to 2005
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The Current Adelaide United badge, Used since the inception of A-League

Adelaide United's kits are sponsored by Reebok, as are the rest of the A-League teams. Their home strip uses the South Australian state colours, and is all-red with gold and blue trim on the sleeves and sides. The away strip is all-white, with red sleeves and gold trim.

The badge also uses the state colours in a stylized swoosh, above what appears to be a football made with the Southern Cross, as opposed to the traditional hexagons. The Adelaide United badge is a far cry from some other teams, such as Queensland Roar, by taking the form of a traditional football badge.

Stadium

Main article: Hindmarsh Stadium
View to City from Hindmarsh Stadium top Tier.

Adelaide United play their home matches at Hindmarsh Stadium.

The stadium seating capacity is 15,500, although several times in the A-League this has been stretched and standing room has had to be used, increasing capacity by 1,000. The South Australian Government has said to Adelaide United that if crowds can be drawn to games constantly exceeding 14,000 and often reaching full capacity (16,500), plans will be made to adequately increase the size of the ground.[citation needed]

Adelaide United's average was 10,947 in 2005-06 and 12,162 in 2006-07. After the first nine home games in 2007-08 the average attendance was 12,907. The club's highest attendance of 25,039 was recorded at a one-off game played at Adelaide Oval on December 28 2007 vs Template:ALeague SFC - significantly higher than their record Hindmarsh Stadium crowd of 16,378 on December 1 2006 vs Template:ALeague MV.

On December 28 2007, Adelaide United played their match against Template:ALeague SFC at Adelaide Oval, to attract more ticket sales. Even though Adelaide lost 3-1, it was the biggest SA soccer crowd in history, with 25,039 people filling the stands.

It was released in February 2008 that plans had been drawn up for a new 45,000 capacity, football (soccer) only stadium for Adelaide United. The design of the stadium is supposedly based upon the designs of a stadium in Frankfurt used during the 2006 World Cup. A business plan for the construction of the venue will be completed soon.On feb8 [8]

Rivalries

Adelaide's two main rivals are Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory: Sydney and Adelaide were two of the leading teams in the 2005/2006 season (Sydney finished as champions, Adelaide as premiers) and Melbourne and Adelaide were two of the leading teams in the 2006/2007 season (Melbourne and Adelaide played each other in the grand final).

Youth Squad

Adelaide United's Youth Squad will be playing in the new 7 team A-League National Youth League. Current members of the squad are


Manager: Joe Mullen
Assistant Manager: Tony Vidmar

End of Season 2007-08 Transfers

In

Name Position Moving from Fee
Australia Mark Birighitti Goalkeeper Australia Australian Institute of Sport
Australia Sasa Ognenovski Defender Australia Template:ALeague QR
Australia Daniel Mullen Defender Australia Australian Institute of Sport
Australia Robert Younis Striker Australia APIA Leichhardt
Brazil Alemão Defender Brazil CA Juventus
Australia Scott Jamieson Defender England Bolton Wanderers
Brazil Cristiano Striker Netherlands Willem II Tilburg
Australia Paul Reid Defender England Brighton & Hove Albion

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Out

Name Position Moving to Fee
Australia Robert Bajic Goalkeeper Released -
Australia Milan Susak Defender Released -
Australia Richie Alagich Defender Retired -
Netherlands Bobby Petta Midfielder Australia Para Hills Knights Free
Australia Shaun Ontong Midfielder Australia Template:ALeague NUJ Free
Australia Bruce Djite Striker Turkey Gençlerbirliği €500,000
Australia Dez Giraldi Striker Released -
Australia Nathan Burns Striker Greece AEK Athens €290,000 
misleading/inaccurate

Notable former players

Further information: List of Adelaide United FC players

International Representatives

Senior caps only. Players in bold currently active with Adelaide United

Club officials

Football Department

Medical Staff

Managers

Captains

Affiliated Clubs

Honours

Top Goal Scorers

Excludes goals scored in NSL. Appearances in brackets. Players in bold still active.

Last updated 9 October 2008

Name Years Regular
Season 		Finals ACL Pre-Season
Cup 		Total
1 Australia Travis Dodd 2005- 14 (67) 2 (7) 7 (15) 2 (17) 25 (106)
2 Brazil Fernando 2005-2007 12 (31) 1 (7) 3 (5) 0 (0) 16 (43)
3 Australia Carl Veart 2005-2007 11 (40) 1 (7) 0 (3) 3 (9) 15 (59)
3 Australia Nathan Burns 2006-2008 9 (31) 0 (4) 1 (11) 1 (8) 11 (54)
5 Australia Bruce Djité 2006-2008 6 (16) 0 (4) 2 (8) 3 (7) 11 (35)
6 Australia Lucas Pantelis 2005- 8 (41) 0 (0) 1 (12) 0 (5) 9 (58)
7 Brazil Cristiano 2008- 5 (7) 0 (0) 1 (3) 2 (3) 8 (13)
7 China Shengqing Qu 2005-2007 7 (23) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (4) 8 (30)

Games Record Holders

Excludes games played in NSL. Players in bold still active.

Last updated 9 October 2008

Name Years Regular
Season 		Finals ACL Pre-Season
Cup 		Total
1 Australia Travis Dodd 2005- 67 7 15 17 106
2 Australia Ang Costanzo 2005- 60 7 14 15 96
3 Australia Richie Alagich 2005-2008 58 7 12 14 91
4 Australia Michael Valkanis 2005- 44 7 7 13 71
5 Australia Robert Cornthwaite 2005- 41 3 8 14 66
6 Australia Jason Spagnuolo 2005- 36 3 8 14 61
7 Australia Carl Veart 2005-2007 40 7 3 9 59
8 Australia Lucas Pantelis 2005- 41 0 12 5 58
9 Australia Ross Aloisi 2005-2007 40 7 0 8 55
10 Australia Nathan Burns 2006-2008 31 4 11 8 54

Adelaide United A-League History

Brackets indicate statistics including A-League finals.

Adelaide United A-League History
Season P W D L F A Teams League
Position		 Finals
Qualification		 Finals Series
Position		 ACL Qualification ACL Placing
2005-06 21 (24) 13 (13) 4 (5) 4 (6) 33 (36) 25 (30) 8 Premiers Qualified 3rd Qualified for 2007 N/A
2006-07 21 (25) 10 (10) 3 (5^) 8 (10) 32 (34) 27 (36) 8 2nd Qualifed 2nd Qualified for 2008 Group Stages (3rd)
2007-08 21 (21) 6 (6) 8 (8) 7 (7) 31 (31) 29 (29) 8 6th DNQ 6th DNQ Semi Finals

^Second finals draw went to a penalty shoot-out which AU won 4-3 which then led to a Grand Final berth.

Adelaide United Pre-Season Cup History
Season P W D L F A Teams Result
2005 3 (3) 0 (0) 3 (3) 0 (0) 3 (3) 3 (3) 8 Group Stage
2006 4 (6) 1 (2) 2 (3^) 1 (1) 1 (4) 2 (4) 8 Premiers
2007 3 (5) 1 (3) 2 (2) 0 (0) 6 (11) 3 (6) 8 Premiers
2008 3 (3) 1 (1) 2 (2) 0 (0) 2 (2) 1 (1) 8 Group Stage

^The finals draw went to a penalty shoot-out which AU won 5-4 to be crowned Pre-Season Champions 2006

Records

All-time A-League Win/Loss (including finals)

Last updated 9 October 2008

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ALeague CCM 10 4 3 4 16 16 0
Template:ALeague MV 13 5 3 5 13 18 -5
Template:ALeague NZK 6 3 2 1 9 6 3
Template:ALeague NUJ 11 5 2 4 19 15 4
Template:ALeague PG 10 5 3 2 16 12 4
Template:ALeague QR 10 4 4 2 12 8 4
Template:ALeague SFC 12 3 2 7 15 24 -9
Template:ALeague WP 4 3 1 0 11 4 7
Total 77 32 20 25 111 103 8

All-time A-League Win/Loss Record by Stadium

Last updated 9 October 2008

Ground Pld W D L GF GA GD
Adelaide Oval 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2
Bluetongue Stadium 4 2 0 2 5 6 -1
EnergyAustralia Stadium 5 2 0 3 5 6 -1
Hindmarsh Stadium 38 19 11 8 69 47 22
Members Equity Stadium 5 2 2 1 6 5 1
North Harbour Stadium 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
Olympic Park 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1
Suncorp Stadium 5 2 3 0 6 4 2
Sydney Football Stadium 7 1 1 5 7 13 -6
Telstra Dome 5 1 1 3 4 11 -7
Westpac Stadium 2 1 1 0 4 3 1
Total 76 31 20 25 109 103 6

All-time AFC Champions League Win/Loss

Last updated 9 October 2008

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
VietnamBình Dương 2 2 0 0 6 2 4
UzbekistanBunyodkor 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
ChinaChangchun Yatai 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
VietnamGạch Đồng Tâm Long An 2 2 0 0 5 0 5
JapanKashima Antlers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
South KoreaPohang Steelers 2 2 0 0 3 0 3
South KoreaSeongnam Ilhwa 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1
ChinaShandong Luneng 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1
Total 15 8 5 2 23 9 14

Home Attendances by Season

Last updated 29 September 2008

Season Pld Total Average Highest Lowest
2005/06 12 135,982 11,332 15,104 7,013
2006/07 13 163,185 12,553 16,378 8,785
2007/08 10 126,966 12,697 25,039 10,256
2008/09 3 26,453 8,818 10,510 7,832

References

  1. ^ Adelaide United Enters NSL ABC News Online, Friday September 13, 2003 Retrieved on June 13th, 2008
  2. ^ Kosmina takes a dive, The Age
  3. ^ Adelaide coach quits after A-League final loss, Soccor Net on ESPN
  4. ^ Sarkies joins United, A-League Official News
  5. ^ Burns is Athens boundRetrieved on June 11th, 2008
  6. ^ "Rivaldo Inspires Burns", Adelaide Advertiser, Friday June 13th, 2008, p118
  7. ^ Adelaide United set to reach magic million
  8. ^ Soccer's $270m grand Adelaide plan Accessed March 2, 2008.

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