2016–17 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2016–17 season
Chairman	Greg Griffin
Manager	Guillermo Amor
Stadium	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
FFA Cup	Round of 32
Home colours	Away 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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Eugene Galekovic (Captain)
2	DF	AUS	Michael Marrone
3	MF	ITA	Iacopo La Rocca
4	DF	AUS	Dylan McGowan
6	MF	AUS	Stefan Mauk
8	MF	ESP	Isaías
9	FW	ESP	Sergio Cirio
10	MF	ARG	Marcelo Carrusca
11	FW	AUS	Bruce Djite (Vice Captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	FW	AUS	Marc Marino
14	MF	AUS	George Mells
16	MF	AUS	Jesse Makarounas
17	FW	AUS	Mate Dugandzic
19	DF	AUS	Ben Garuccio
20	GK	AUS	John Hall
21	DF	AUS	Tarek Elrich
22	MF	AUS	Ryan Kitto
23	DF	AUS	Jordan Elsey

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
22	MF	Ryan Kitto	21		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[1]
13	FW	Marc Marino	20		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[1]
19	DF	Ben Garuccio	21	Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[2]
16	MF	Jesse Makarounas	22		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[3]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
19	FW	Eli Babalj	24	AZ	End of Loan	Pre-season	^[4]
24	MF	Bruce Kamau	21	Melbourne City	End of Contract	Pre-season	^[4]
7	FW	Pablo Sánchez	33		End of Contract	Pre-season	^[5]
16	MF	Craig Goodwin	24	Sparta Rotterdam	End of Contract	Pre-season	^[6]
25	DF	Ruon Tongyik	19	Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season	^[7]

Contracts Extensions

Name	Position	Duration	Contract Expiry	Notes
Dylan McGowan	Defender	1 year	2017	^[8]

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Guillermo Amor
Assistant coach	Pau Martí
High Performance Manager	Greg King
Goalkeeper coach	Peter Blazincic
Youth team coach	Mark Jones
Physiotherapist	Harry Truong

Kits and Sponsors

Kit manufacturer	Sponsor(s)
Macron	Major Sponsor	Veolia
	Sleeve	Datong Australia
	Back of Shirt	TBA
	Front of Shorts	The Castle Tavern
	Back of Shorts	TBA

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					AFC Champions League
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals

Last updated: 1 October 2016
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

17 July 2016	Northern Demons	0 – 5	Template:ALeague AU	Port Pirie, Australia
		Source	Marino 45' Ochieng 52' Djite 80' Mullen 86' Elrich 89'	Stadium: Byrne Park

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—		9 October 2016	15 April 2017
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	3 August 2016
AFC Champions League	Group stage		20–22 February 2017

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FFA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
AFC Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Updated to match played 30 June 2016
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	20	6	1	55	12	+43	66	Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	27	15	4	8	49	31	+18	49
3	Brisbane Roar	27	11	9	7	43	37	+6	42	Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4	Melbourne City	27	11	6	10	49	44	+5	39	Qualification for Finals series
5	Perth Glory	27	10	9	8	53	53	0	39
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	8	12	7	35	35	0	36
7	Wellington Phoenix^[a]	27	8	6	13	41	46	−5	30
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	6	5	16	31	52	−21	23
9	Adelaide United	27	5	8	14	25	46	−21	23
10	Newcastle Jets	27	5	7	15	28	53	−25	22

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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 October 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Template:Fb rbr header Template:Fb rbr ground Template:Fb rbr result Template:Fb rbr position Template:Fb rbr footer Win Draw Loss

Matches

9 October 2016 1	Template:ALeague NUJ	v	Template:ALeague AU	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Hunter Stadium

14 October 2016 2	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague WSW	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

22 October 2016 3	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague MV	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

28 October 2016 4	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague AU	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

6 November 2016 5	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague CCM	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

11 November 2016 6	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague BR	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

18 November 2016 7	Template:ALeague PG	v	Template:ALeague AU	Perth
19:00 AWST				Stadium: nib Stadium

26 November 2016 8	Template:ALeague SFC	v	Template:ALeague AU	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

4 December 2016 9	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague WP	Adelaide
18:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

11 December 2016 10	Template:ALeague BR	v	Template:ALeague AU	Brisbane
16:00 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

16 December 2016 11	Template:ALeague NUJ	v	Template:ALeague AU	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Hunter Stadium

26 December 2016 12	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague SFC	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

2 January 2017 13	Template:ALeague WP	v	Template:ALeague AU	Wellington
19:35 NZDT				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

7 January 2017 14	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague MV	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

12 January 2017 15	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague MC	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

20 January 2017 16	Template:ALeague SFC	v	Template:ALeague AU	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

29 January 2017 17	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague WP	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

5 February 2017 18	Template:ALeague CCM	v	Template:ALeague AU	Canberra
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: GIO Stadium

10 February 2017 19	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague PG	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

17 February 2017 20	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague NUJ	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

25 February 2017 21	Template:ALeague MV	v	Template:ALeague AU	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

4 March 2017 22	Template:ALeague WSW	v	Template:ALeague AU	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Spotless Stadium

19 March 2017 23	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague BR	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

25 March 2017 24	Template:ALeague CCM	v	Template:ALeague AU	Gosford
17:35 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

31 March 2017 25	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague PG	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

7 April 2017 26	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague AU	Melbourne
19:50 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

15 April 2017 27	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague WSW	Adelaide
19:20 ACST				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

FFA Cup

3 August 2016 Round of 32	Redlands United	v	Adelaide United	Brisbane
19:30 AEST				Stadium: Perry Park

References

^ ^a ^b "SA duo returns home". Template:ALeague AU. 23 May 2016.
^ "Reds announce Garuccio signing". Template:ALeague AU. 16 June 2016.
^ "Reds bolster squad with Makarounas signing". Template:ALeague AU. 11 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Adelaide United playing squad update". Template:ALeague AU. 5 May 2016.
^ "Pablo Sánchez departs Reds". Template:ALeague AU. 7 May 2016.
^ "Goodwin leaves Reds for Sparta Rotterdam". Template:ALeague AU. 10 May 2016.
^ "City sign young defender". Football Federation Australia. 8 July 2016.
^ "McGowan pledges allegiance to Reds". Template:ALeague AU. 7 June 2016.

External links

Official Website

[table_note_WEL0.52000378375873-9] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[KittoMarino-1] "SA duo returns home". Template:ALeague AU. 23 May 2016.

[2] "Reds announce Garuccio signing". Template:ALeague AU. 16 June 2016.

[3] "Reds bolster squad with Makarounas signing". Template:ALeague AU. 11 July 2016.

[BabaljKamau-4] "Adelaide United playing squad update". Template:ALeague AU. 5 May 2016.

[5] "Pablo Sánchez departs Reds". Template:ALeague AU. 7 May 2016.

[6] "Goodwin leaves Reds for Sparta Rotterdam". Template:ALeague AU. 10 May 2016.

[7] "City sign young defender". Football Federation Australia. 8 July 2016.

[8] "McGowan pledges allegiance to Reds". Template:ALeague AU. 7 June 2016.

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