Adelaide United FC

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Adelaide United
current season
Full name	Adelaide United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Reds, United
Founded	2003
Ground	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (Capacity 16,500)
Chairman	Dario Fontanarosa
Manager	Aurelio Vidmar
League	A-League
2007–08	6th (league)
First game	1-0 at home vs Brisbane Strikers, October 17, 2003[1]
Largest win	5-1 vs Newcastle Jets, September 8, 2006
Largest defeat	0-6 vs Melbourne Victory, February 18, 2007
All-time top scorer	Travis Dodd 19
Supporters groups	The Gate, Red Army
Home colours 　 Away colours

Adelaide United Football Club are an Australian professional football club based in the city of 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. While Sydney FC is the most successful Australian club in the pacific and in FIFA (qualifying in more tournaments), 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.

Contents 1 History 1.1 National Soccer League 1.2 A-League 1.3 A-League 06/07 1.4 A-League 07/08 1.5 A-League 08/09 2 AFC Champions League 2.1 2007 Campaign 2.2 2008 Campaign 3 Colours and badge 4 Stadium 5 Rivalries 6 Current squad 7 End of Season 2007-08 Transfers 8 Multiple Nationality 9 Notable former players 10 International Representatives 11 Club officials 11.1 Football Department 11.2 Medical Staff 12 Managers 13 Affiliated Clubs 14 Honours 15 Top Goal Scorers 16 Games Record Holders 17 Adelaide United A-League History 18 Records 18.1 All-time A-League Win/Loss (including finals) 18.2 All-time A-League Win/Loss Record by Stadium 18.3 All-time AFC Champions League Win/Loss 19 References 20 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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, Dezmon 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. Ex-Falkirk FC Stricker Daniel McBreen is heavily tipped to also join the strong squad.

[edit] AFC Champions League

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 United have drawn J-League heavyweights Kashima Antlers in a two legged Quarter final starting in Japan in September.

[edit] Colours and badge

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.

[edit] Stadium

Main article: Hindmarsh Stadium

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 Sydney FC - significantly higher than their record Hindmarsh Stadium crowd of 16,378 on December 1, 2006 vs Melbourne Victory.

On December 28, 2007, Adelaide United played their match against Sydney FC 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. ^[7]

[edit] 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).

[edit] 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
Eugene Galeković	30	2007	Melbourne Victory	12 June 1981
Mark Birighitti	-	2008	AIS	17 April 1991
Defenders
Robert Cornthwaite	2	2005	White City	24 October 1984
Angelo Costanzo	4	2005	Marconi Stallions	9 May 1976
Michael Valkanis	5	2003	Adelaide City	23 August 1974
Cássio	6	2007	Santa Cruz	8 January 1980
Isyan Erdoğan	17	2007	Preston Lions	25 September 1982
Sasa Ognenovski	19	2008	Queensland Roar	3 April 1979
Daniel Mullen	27	2008	AIS	26 October 1989
Alemão	-	2008	CA Juventus	29 November 1982
Scott Jamieson	-	2008	Bolton Wanderers	13 October 1988
Midfielders
Lucas Pantelis	7	2005	Parramatta Power	12 March 1982
Kristian Sarkies	8	2007	Melbourne Victory	25 October 1986
Matthew Mullen	12	2007	Para Hills	24 February 1989
Travis Dodd	13	2005	Panionios	6 January 1980
Jonas Salley	15	2007	New Zealand Knights/Sydney FC	16 March 1982
Jason Spagnuolo	21	2006	Metro Stars	2 August 1984
Diego	22	2006	Miami FC	8 December 1979
Fabian Barbiero	26	2007	Metro Stars	2 May 1984
Strikers
Paul Agostino	9	2007	1860 Munich	9 June 1975
Cristiano	23	2008	Willem II	3 June 1981

[edit] End of Season 2007-08 Transfers

In

Name	Position	Moving from
Mark Birighitti	Goalkeeper	Australian Institute of Sport
Sasa Ognenovski	Defender	Queensland Roar
Daniel Mullen	Defender	Australian Institute of Sport
Alemão	Defender	CA Juventus
Scott Jamieson	Defender	Bolton Wanderers
Cristiano	Striker	Willem II Tilburg

Out

Name	Position	Moving to
Robert Bajic	Goalkeeper	Released
Milan Susak	Defender	Released
Richie Alagich	Defender	Retired
Bobby Petta	Midfielder	Para Hills Knights
Shaun Ontong	Midfielder	Newcastle Jets
Bruce Djite	Striker	Gençlerbirliği
Dez Giraldi	Striker	A.G. Nocerina 1910
Nathan Burns	Striker	AEK Athens

[edit] Multiple Nationality

• Jonas Salley
• Diego
• Lucas Pantelis
• Michael Valkanis
• Eugene Galekovic
• Issy Erdoğan
• Angelo Costanzo
• Cristiano

[edit] Notable former players

For more details on this topic, see List of Adelaide United FC players.

• Qu Shengqing
• Bobby Petta
• Fernando
• Romário
• Ross Aloisi
• Carl Veart
• Aurelio Vidmar
• Matthew Kemp
• Greg Owens
• Shane Smeltz
• Richie Alagich
• Bruce Djite
• Nathan Burns

[edit] International Representatives

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

• Shengqing Qu
• Romário
• Paul Agostino
• Ross Aloisi
• Nathan Burns
• Ang Costanzo
• Bruce Djité
• Travis Dodd
• Kristian Sarkies
• Shane Smeltz
• Michael Valkanis
• Carl Veart
• Aurelio Vidmar

[edit] Club officials

[edit] Football Department

• Manager: Aurelio Vidmar
• Assistant Coach: Phil Stubbins
• Goalkeeping Coach: Peter Blazincic
• Football Director: Michael Petrillo
• Football Operations Manager: Ryan Peremiczko
• Sports Science Consultant: Michael Nunan
• Performance & Conditioning Manager: Carlos Ohanian
• Property Steward: Jurgen Sanger
• Gear Steward: John Brannigan

[edit] Medical Staff

• Club Doctor: James Ilic
• Head Trainer: Peter Duke
• Club Physiotherapist: Glenn Dods
• Strength & Conditioning Manager: Peter Janicki
• Chiropractor: Margie Barry
• Dietician: Anthony Mead
• Sports Psychologist: Matti Clements
• Rehabilitation Coordinator: Tim Kreis
• Masseur: Paul Scott

[edit] Managers

• John Kosmina (2003-2007)
• Aurelio Vidmar (2007-present)

[edit] Affiliated Clubs

• Miami FC

[edit] Honours

• A-League Premiership:
  • Premiers (1): 2005-06
  • Runners-Up (1): 2006-07

• A-League Championship:
  • Runners-Up (1): 2006-07

• A-League Pre-Season Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2006, 2007

• A-League Finalists:
  • Finalists (2): 2005-06, 2006-07

• AFC Champions League:
  • Group Stage (1): 2007
  • Quarter Finalist (1): 2008

• NSL Finalists:
  • Finalists (1): 2003-04

• Club Champions:
  • 2005-06 : Carl Veart
  • 2006-07 : Jason Spagnuolo
  • 2007-08 : Cássio

[edit] Top Goal Scorers

Excludes goals scored in NSL. Appearances in brackets. Players in bold still active.
Last updated 27 May 2008

	Name	Years	Regular Season	Finals	ACL	Total
1	Travis Dodd	2005/06-	11 (61)	2 (7)	6 (12)	19 (80)
2	Fernando	2005/06-06/07	9 (31)	1 (7)	3 (5)	13 (43)
3	Carl Veart	2005/06-06/07	11 (40)	1 (7)	0 (3)	12 (50)
4	Nathan Burns	2006/07-07/08	9 (31)	0 (4)	1 (11)	10 (46)
5	Shengqing Qu	2005/06-06/07	7 (23)	1 (3)	0 (0)	8 (26)
5	Lucas Pantelis	2005/06-	7 (37)	0 (0)	1 (10)	8 (47)
5	Bruce Djité	2006/07-07/08	6 (16)	0 (3)	2 (8)	8 (27)

[edit] Games Record Holders

Excludes games played in NSL. Players in bold still active.
Last updated 27 May 2008

	Name	Years	Regular Season	Finals	ACL	Total
1	Travis Dodd	2005/06-	61	7	12	80
2	Richie Alagich	2005/06-07/08	58	7	11	77
3	Ang Costanzo	2005/06-	54	7	11	72
4	Michael Valkanis	2005/06-	43	7	6	56
5	Carl Veart	2005/06-06/07	40	7	3	50
6	Lucas Pantelis	2005/06-	37	0	10	47
6	Ross Aloisi	2005/06-06/07	40	7	0	47
8	Nathan Burns	2006/07-	31	4	11	46
9	Robert Cornthwaite	2005/06-	36	3	5	44
10	Fernando	2005/06-06/07	31	7	5	43

[edit] 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	Minor Ladder Position	Finals Qualification	Final Ladder 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	Quarter 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

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

[edit] Records

• Record Victory: 5 - 1 vs Newcastle Jets, September 8, 2006
• Record Defeat: 0 - 6 vs Melbourne Victory, 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): 25,039 vs Sydney FC, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, December 28, 2007
• Record Low Attendance (Home Ground): 7,013 vs Central Coast Mariners, 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

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

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Central Coast Mariners	10	4	2	4	13	13	0
Melbourne Victory	12	5	3	4	13	17	-4
New Zealand Knights	6	3	2	1	9	6	3
Newcastle Jets	10	4	2	4	17	15	2
Perth Glory	9	4	3	2	15	12	3
Queensland Roar	9	4	3	2	11	7	4
Sydney FC	11	3	2	6	15	21	-6
Wellington Phoenix	3	2	1	0	8	4	4
Total	70	29	18	23	101	95	6

[edit] All-time A-League Win/Loss Record by Stadium

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	34	16	10	8	60	44	16
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	4	2	2	0	5	3	2
Sydney Football Stadium	6	1	1	4	7	10	-3
Telstra Dome	4	1	1	2	4	10	-6
Westpac Stadium	2	1	1	0	4	3	1
Total	70	29	18	23	101	95	6

[edit] All-time AFC Champions League Win/Loss

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bình Dương	2	2	0	0	6	2	4
Changchun Yatai	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Gạch Đồng Tâm Long An	2	2	0	0	5	0	5
Kashima Antlers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pohang Steelers	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
Seongnam Ilhwa	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
Shandong Luneng	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
Total	12	6	4	2	18	8	10

[edit] References

[edit] 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

Preceded by Inaugural Premier

A-League Premiers 2005/06

Succeeded by Melbourne Victory

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Home: Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia Coach: Aurelio Vidmar | Captain: Michael Valkanis Seasons: 2003-04 (NSL) | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 Current squad: List of players | 1 Beltrame | 4 Costanzo | 5 Valkanis | 6 Cássio | 7 Pantelis | 8 Sarkies | 9 Agostino | 12 M.Mullen | 13 Dodd | 15 Salley | 17 Erdogan | 18 Cornthwaite | 19 Ognenovski | 21 Spagnuolo | 22 Diego | 23 Cristiano | 26 Barbiero | 27 D.Mullen | 30 Galeković | -- Birighitti | -- Alemão | -- Jamieson
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