2010–11 Adelaide United season

The 2010–11 Adelaide United season is Adelaide United's sixth A-League season. It includes the 2010–11 A-League season as well as any other competitions of the 2010–11 football (soccer) season, including the 2010 AFC Champions League. Adelaide United competed in the continental competition for its third time, making the club the most successful Australian club in Asia.

Overview

For the first time in the club's history, the Adelaide United will be managed by an international manager in Rini Coolen,^[1] moving away from the Adelaide United tradition of local coaches seen in its prior seasons.

As of 9 September 2010, Adelaide United has made Australian football history by becoming the first team to climb from the bottom of the table to the top, whilst the 2009–10 premiers and champions, Sydney FC, remain rooted at the bottom.^[2] Adelaide United also claimed the record for longest undefeated streak in A-League history with their win over Wellington Phoenix in Week 11 of the league, consisting of thirteen games stretching back to the penultimate round of the 2009–10 A-League season. This surpasses Central Coast Mariners's previous record of twelve games undefeated set back in the 2005–06 A-League season. Unfortunately for Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar surpassed this newly set record, when the Roar comprehensively won their Week 16 fixture against Central Coast Mariners at Bluetongue Stadium.

Following 18 months under Football Federation Australia (FFA) financial administration, it was announced on the 8th November 2010 that a South Australian consortium had taken over ownership of the club with a ten year license. New co-owner Greg Griffin steps in as Chairman of the club, whilst North Adelaide Football Club CEO, Glenn Elliott replaces Sam Ciccarello, who now takes up a role at the FFA.^[3]^[4]^[5]

During the January 2011 transfer window, Coolen made a move to strengthen United's squad by signing former Uruguayan youth international Francisco Usúcar‎, and former Dutch international Andwélé Slory. Both have signed until the end of the season and have replaced former imports Lloyd Owusu and Inseob Shin, whose contracts were mutually terminated to allow the transfers to occur early in the year. Cameron Watson was also signed on as a mainstay squad member after his injury replacement contract expired at the end of December. Iain Fyfe, arguably Adelaide's most consistent defender in the season transferred to K-League outfit Busan I'Park for an undisclosed transfer fee, where he will join up with former team-mate Shin. As a replacement, Coolen brought in former Croatian youth international Dario Bodrušić to cover in defensive duties.

On 9 January 2011, Adelaide broke its longest winless streak against its rival club Melbourne Victory by posting a 4–1 away win in Melbourne at AAMI Park. Adelaide United then went on to make A-League history by recording the highest winning margin in the league's history with an 8–1 win over North Queensland Fury on 21 January 2011. This also marked the first time two players from the same side scored hat-tricks in one game (Sergio van Dijk and Marcos Flores), and matched the all-time highest match aggregate score of 9 goals scored in one match.

After a form slump in the second half of the season, United saw itself lose 10 of its last 19 games, but rebounded well in the final week of competition by winning 2–1 at Adelaide Oval against Melbourne Victory in front of 21,038 spectators – the club's largest crowd of the season. This ensured the club third place in overall standings at the end of the season, and hosting rights for at least the first week of the knock-out Finals Series.

Adelaide United went on to defeat Wellington Phoenix in the first week of the Finals under torrential rain, but succumbed to Gold Coast United in the second week and were knocked out of the competition on the back of a 2–3 home loss.

Awards and recognition

At the end of the season A-League Awards night, Adelaide midfielder Marcos Flores was awarded the league's most prestigious award, the Johnny Warren Medal. Striker Sergio van Dijk was awarded the league's Golden Boot award, with a total of 17 goals in the season.^[6]

Club awards were also presented at the end of the season with defender Cássio awarded his second Club Champion award, edging out fellow teammates Marcos Flores and Sergio van Dijk.^[7]

The active fan support of the Reds was also recognised by the FFA, and as such were awarded the inaugural A-League Fan Group of the Year award.^[8]

Players

Squad information

First Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Eugene Galeković
2	DF	Robert Cornthwaite
3	DF	Nigel Boogaard
4	DF	Iain Fyfe
5	DF	Daniel Mullen (Youth)
6	DF	Cássio
7	MF	Lucas Pantelis
8	MF	Adam Hughes
9	FW	Sergio van Dijk
10	MF	Marcos Flores
11	MF	Andwélé Slory (Guest player)
12	MF	Paul Reid
13	MF	Travis Dodd (Captain)

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Cameron Watson
15	FW	Francesco Monterosso (Youth)
16	DF	Dario Bodrušić
17	MF	Iain Ramsay
18	MF	Fabian Barbiero
19	MF	Mathew Leckie (Youth)
20	GK	Mark Birighitti (Youth)
21	MF	Francisco Usúcar
22	MF	Osama Malik
23	MF	Joe Costa (Youth)
26	MF	Joseph Keenan (Injury replacement player)
29	MF	Bradley Norton (Youth)

* Squad list current as of 19 January 2011

Players in / out

Re-signed

Name	Position	Duration	Contract Expiry	Notes
Robert Cornthwaite	Defender	3 years	2013	^[9]
Eugene Galeković	Goalkeeper	4 years	2014	^[10]
Mark Birighitti	Goalkeeper	2 years	2012	^[10]
Lucas Pantelis	Midfielder	2 years	2012	^[11]

Name	Position	Moving from	Notes
Nigel Boogaard	Defender	Central Coast Mariners	- 2 year contract^[12]
Marcos Flores	Midfielder	Curicó Unido	- 2 year contract^[13]^[14]
Sergio van Dijk	Striker	Brisbane Roar	- 6 month contract for ACL^[15] - 3 year contract extension^[16]
Iain Ramsay	Midfielder	Sydney Olympic	- 1 year contract^[17]
Cameron Watson	Midfielder	Oakleigh Cannons	- Injury replacement for Barbiero^[18] - Injury replacement for D. Mullen^[19]
Joseph Keenan	Midfielder	South Melbourne	- Injury replacement for Boogaard^[20] - 4 week contract^[21] - Short term contract extension to 15 October 2010^[22] - 6 week injury replacement contract for Leckie^[23]^[24]
Bradley Norton	Midfielder	Northcote City	- 1 year youth contract - 2 year senior contract^[25]
Francisco Usúcar	Midfielder	Central Español	- Initial 6 month contract, with an option for a 1 year extension^[26]^[27]
Andwélé Slory	Midfielder	Levski Sofia	- Guest player contract for a maximum of 10 games; including Finals.^[28]
Osama Malik	Midfielder	North Queensland Fury	- Secured early release to transfer in January 2011^[29]
Dario Bodrušić	Defender	Rudeš	-Contract until end of season starting January 2011^[30]

Out

Name	Position	Moving to	Notes
Kristian Sarkies	Midfielder	Melbourne Heart	^[31]
Michael Marrone	Defender	Melbourne Heart	^[32]
Mark Rudan	Defender	Released	^[33]
Cristiano	Striker	Released
Alemão	Defender	Released
Scott Jamieson	Defender	Sydney FC	^[34]^[35]
Lloyd Owusu	Striker	Released	- Mutual termination of contract as of January 1, 2011^[36]
Inseob Shin	Midfielder	Busan I'Park	- Drafted into the K-League side as of January 1, 2011^[26]
Iain Fyfe	Defender	Busan I'Park	- Transferred during January transfer period^[37] - Reported transfer fee of $300,000^[38]

Player statistics

Squad stats

				Total				AFC Champions League		A-League		A-League Finals

N	P	Name	Nat.	GS	App		Min	App		App		App		Notes
1	GK	Galeković	AUS	36	36	-44	3090	7	-7	27	-34	2	-3	(-) means goals conceded
2	DF	Cornthwaite	AUS	23	33	3	2271	8	2	23	1	2
3	DF	Boogaard	AUS	12	14		1115	2		10		2
5	DF	D. Mullen	AUS	15	19	1	1381	6		13	1
6	DF	Cássio	BRA	33	36	1	2985	6	1	28		2
7	MF	Pantelis	AUS	24	33		2045	6		26		1
8	MF	Hughes	AUS	30	35		2667	4		29		2
9	FW	van Dijk	NED	36	37	19	3107	7	2	28	16	2	1
10	MF	Flores	ARG	36	36	8	2945	7		27	8	2
11	MF	Slory	NED	3	5		193			3		2
12	MF	Reid	AUS	27	32	2	2424	2		29	2	1
13	MF	Dodd	AUS	22	29	7	2149	7	1	20	5	2	1
14	MF	Watson	AUS	18	28		1725			26		2
15	FW	Monterosso	AUS		3		66	1		2
16	DF	Bodrušić	CRO	4	4		294			2		2
17	MF	Ramsay	AUS	14	31	3	1600			30	3	1
18	MF	Barbiero	AUS	11	22	1	1057	6		16	1
19	MF	Leckie	AUS	16	21	7	1252	6	2	13	4	2	1
20	GK	Birighitti	AUS	3	3	-2	270			3	-2			(-) means goals conceded
21	MF	Usúcar	URU	7	7		586			6		1
22	MF	Malik	AUS		1		61			1
23	MF	Costa	AUS
25	MF	M. Mullen	AUS		1		27			1
29	MF	Norton	AUS		2		9			2

Last updated: 28 February 2011
Source: Adelaide United FC
Ordered by shirt number
0 shown as blank

Delisted players

				Total				AFC Champions League		A-League		A-League Finals

P	Name	Nat.	GS	App		Min	App	App		Notes
DF	Jamieson	AUS	5	6		450	6			Transferred to Sydney FC after ACL 2010
DF	Marrone	AUS	6	7		558	7			Transferred to Melbourne Heart after ACL 2010
DF	Griffiths	AUS	2	3		238	3			Released after ACL 2010
MF	Shin	KOR	2	8		193		8		Released in January 2011 transfer window
DF	Fyfe	AUS	31	33	4	2891	7	26	4	Released in January 2011 transfer window
MF	Keenan	ENG	10	17	1	986		17	1	Short term contract ended

Last updated: 31 January 2010
Source: Adelaide United FC
Ordered by shirt number
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary records

A-League

N	P	Nat.	Name	Y	YY	R	Notes
1	GK	AUS	Galeković	3
2	DF	AUS	Cornthwaite	4		1	One match suspension for Round 22
3	DF	AUS	Boogaard	1
4	DF	AUS	Fyfe	4
5	DF	AUS	D. Mullen	1
6	DF	BRA	Cássio		1		One match suspension for Round 8
7	MF	AUS	Pantelis	1
8	MF	AUS	Hughes	6	1		One match suspension for Round 3
9	FW	NED	van Dijk	1
10	MF	ARG	Flores	5
12	MF	AUS	Reid	5			One match suspension for Round 16 Straight red card from Round 28 rescinded by FFA^[39]
13	MF	AUS	Dodd	2			Straight red card from Round 18 rescinded by FFA^[40]
16	DF	CRO	Bodrušić	1
17	MF	AUS	Ramsay	2
18	MF	AUS	Barbiero	3
19	MF	AUS	Leckie	1
21	MF	URU	Usúcar	1
26	MF	ENG	Keenan	1

Last updated: 11 February 2011
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

AFC Champions League

N	P	Nat.	Name	Y	YY	Notes
2	DF	AUS	Cornthwaite	1
3	DF	AUS	Boogaard	1
4	DF	AUS	Fyfe	2		One match suspension for Match Day 5 of ACL 2010
5	DF	AUS	D. Mullen	2		One match suspension for Match Day 6 of ACL 2010
6	DF	BRA	Cássio	1	1
7	MF	AUS	Pantelis	2		One match suspension for Match Day 6 of ACL 2010
9	FW	NED	van Dijk	1
10	MF	AUS	Hughes	2		One match suspension for Match Day 6 of ACL 2010
13	MF	AUS	Dodd	2
14	DF	AUS	Jamieson	1		Transferred to Sydney FC after ACL 2010
17	DF	AUS	Marrone	1		Transferred to Melbourne Heart after ACL 2010
19	MF	AUS	Leckie	2		One match suspension for Round of 16 match of ACL 2010
27	DF	AUS	Griffiths	1		Released after ACL 2010

Last updated: 28 June 2010
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Scorers

A-League

Total	Player		Goals per Round
Total	Player		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	28	29	30
16		Sergio van Dijk					2			2			1			1				1	1	1	1		1		2	3
8		Marcos Flores				1		1					1								1						1	3
5		Travis Dodd											1						1									1	1			1
4		Mathew Leckie			1		1	1	1
		Iain Fyfe		1										1		1	1
		Iain Ramsay			2						1																	1
2		Paul Reid																	1													1
1		Daniel Mullen				1
		Robert Cornthwaite																1
		Joseph Keenan																					1
		Fabian Barbiero																									1

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

AFC Champions League

Total	Player		Goals per Round
Total	Player		MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	R16
2		Mathew Leckie	1	1
		Sergio van Dijk		1					1
		Robert Cornthwaite			1				1
1		Travis Dodd			1
1		Cássio			1

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager (Head Coach)	Rini Coolen
Assistant coach	Phil Stubbins
Specialist coach	Carl Veart
Goalkeeper coach	Peter Blazincic

Last updated: 5 July 2010
Source: Adelaide United FC

Managerial Changes

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Aurelio Vidmar	Promoted to Olyroos coach & Socceroos assistant coach	June 3, 2010^[41]	10th (09–10)	Rini Coolen	July 5, 2010^[1]	Pre-season

Attendance at home games

Round	Date	Opponent	Score AUFC – Away	Attendance	Weekday
1	6 August 2010	Newcastle Jets	0–0	8,479	Friday
3	20 August 2010	Melbourne Heart	3–2	7,370	Friday
6	11 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	2–1	9,571	Saturday
8	24 September 2010	Perth Glory	2–0	13,310	Friday
11	22 October 2010	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	11,206	Friday
14	10 November 2010	Perth Glory	2–0	10,023	Wednesday
17	26 November 2010	Gold Coast United	2–1	12,005	Friday
19	10 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	2–0	8,786	Friday
20	17 December 2010	Melbourne Heart	1–2	10,011	Friday
23	29 December 2010	Sydney FC	2–0	16,429	Wednesday
24	2 January 2011	Brisbane Roar	0–1	14,420	Sunday
26	21 January 2011	North Queensland Fury	8–1	10,986	Friday
27	29 January 2011	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	12,109	Saturday
29	5 February 2011	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	7,498	Saturday
30	11 February 2011	Melbourne Victory	2–1	21,083	Friday

Competitions

A-League

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
30	15	5	10	51	36	+15	50	10	1	4	30	12	+18	5	4	6	21	24	−3

Last updated: 11 February 2011
Source: Competitive Matches

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brisbane Roar	30	18	11	1	58	26	+32	65
2	Central Coast Mariners	30	16	9	5	50	31	+19	57
3	Adelaide United	30	15	5	10	51	36	+15	50
4	Gold Coast United	30	12	10	8	40	32	+8	46
5	Melbourne Victory	30	11	10	9	45	39	+6	43
6	Wellington Phoenix	30	12	5	13	39	41	−2	41
7	Newcastle Jets	30	9	8	13	29	33	−4	35
8	Melbourne Heart	30	8	11	11	32	42	−10	35
9	Sydney FC	30	8	10	12	35	40	−5	34
10	Perth Glory	30	5	8	17	27	54	−27	23
11	North Queensland Fury	30	4	7	19	28	60	−32	19

Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.

Teams qualify for finals.

Updated to Week 27

Teams qualify for AFC Champions League.

Results by round

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	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W
Position	6	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

Last updated: 11 February 2011.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

AFC Champions League

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10
Pohang Steelers	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
Sanfrecce Hiroshima^†	6	3	0	3	11	11	0	9
Shandong Luneng	6	2	0	4	5	8	−3	6

	ADE	SHA	HIR	POH
Adelaide United	–	0–1	3–2	1–0
Shandong Luneng	0–2	–	2–3	1–2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	0–1	–	4–3
Pohang Steelers	0–0	1–0	2–1	–

Last updated: 27 April 2010
Source: 2010 AFC Champions League
^† Gamba Osaka were crowned 2009 Emperor's Cup winner but have already qualified through league placing, thus J.League 4th place Sanfrecce Hiroshima secures the final position in Group H

Competitive

A-League

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT

Round 1 6 August 2010	Adelaide United	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Leckie 43' Reid 44'	Report Summary	75' Wehrman	Attendance: 8,479 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 2 15 August 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 14:30	Rose 18' Zwaanswijk 70' Simon 84' Bozanic 90+4'	Report Summary	15', 86' Hughes 36' Mullen 45+1' Fyfe 87' Galeković	Attendance: 8,447 Referee: Kris Griffith-Jones

Round 3 20 August 2010	Adelaide United	3–2	Melbourne Heart	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Leckie 2' Fyfe 5' Ramsay 52', 88'	Report Summary	42' 45+1' Worm 65' Srhoj 74' Babalj 75' Hoffman 84' Beauchamp	Attendance: 7,370 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 4 28 August 2010	North Queensland Fury	2–3	Adelaide United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 16:45	Cernak 7' Malik 46' Williams 87'	Report Summary	22' Flores 50' (o.g.) Studman 56' D. Mullen 84' Ramsay	Attendance: 6,130 Referee: Peter Green

Round 5 4 September 2010	Sydney FC	1–3	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:00	Keller 58'	Report Summary	9', 53' van Dijk 22' Hughes 37' Leckie 58' Fyfe	Attendance: 7,557 Referee: Peter Green

Round 6 11 September 2010	Adelaide United	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 19:00	Leckie 23' Flores 66'	Report Summary	28' Miličević 90' Rooney	Attendance: 9,571 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 7 18 September 2010	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:00	Broich 34' Paartalu 52'	Report Summary	27' Leckie 79' Fyfe 87' Galeković 45', 87' Cássio	Attendance: 7,080 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 8 24 September 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Cornthwaite 44' Reid 65' van Dijk 70', 73' (pen.)	Report Summary	73' Velaphi 38', 75' J. Coyne	Attendance: 13,310 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 9 4 October 2010	Sydney FC	1–2	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Monday 16:30	Brosque 40' (pen.) Jamieson 52'	Report Summary	39' Hughes 56' (o.g.) Cole 90+1' Ramsay	Attendance: 7,071 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 10 17 October 2010	Gold Coast United	0–0	Adelaide United	Skilled Park, Robina
Sunday 16:30		Report Summary		Attendance: 2,389 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 11 22 October 2010	Adelaide United	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Cornthwaite 47' van Dijk 71' Flores 72' Dodd 77' 77' Hughes 81'	Report Summary	30' Brown	Attendance: 11,206 Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 12 29 October 2010	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Adelaide United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Kruse 22' Muscat 33' Hernández 68' Broxham 85'	Report Summary	2' Fyfe 36' Barbiero 76' Reid 90+1' Hughes 90+2' Pantelis	Attendance: 16,269 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 13 6 November 2010	Brisbane Roar	4–0	Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:45	Reinaldo 43' 45+2', 54' Smith 56' Barbarouses 62', 67'	Report Summary	53' Cornthwaite	Attendance: 13,248 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 14 10 November 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Wednesday 18:30	Flores 25' Reid 55' Fyfe 64' van Dijk 90+2'	Report Summary	17' Todd 29' Pellegrino 45', 63' Sekulovski 45+5' Neville 63' McGarry 90+4' B. Griffiths	Attendance: 10,023 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Round 15 13 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	3–1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:15	Topo-Stanley 5' Abbas 5' Jesic 13' 52' 52' Miličević 29'	Report Summary	50' Reid 79' Fyfe 84' Dodd	Attendance: 8,278 Referee: Kurt Ams

Round 16 19 November 2010	Melbourne Heart	0–2	Adelaide United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Worm 36'	Report Summary	6' Cornthwaite 73' (o.g.) Bolton 87' van Dijk	Attendance: 6,538 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 17 26 November 2010	Adelaide United	2–1	Gold Coast United	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Reid 10' Dodd 47'	Report Summary	16', 61' Brown 28' Djite 45+2' van den Brink 73' Djulbic	Attendance: 12,005 Referee: Peter Green

Round 18 5 December 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Adelaide United	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Sunday 14:30	Durante 23' Brown 46' Greenacre 86' Ward 87' Sigmund 90+4'	Report Summary	14' van Dijk 38' Flores 44' Cornthwaite 83' Dodd	Attendance: 14,108 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 19 10 December 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	North Queensland Fury	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Flores 5' van Dijk 16'	Report Summary	86' Nikas	Attendance: 8,786 Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 20 17 December 2010	Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Heart	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	van Dijk 45+1' Galeković 89' Keenan 90+1'	Report Summary	27' Thompson 65' Hoffman 89' Colosimo 90+1' Aloisi	Attendance: 10,011 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Round 21 22 December 2010	Perth Glory	4–2	Adelaide United	nib Stadium, Perth
Wednesday 21:30	J. Coyne 6' Sterjovski 35' 55' Sekulovski 37' McGarry 54' Fowler 67', 77' (pen.)	Report Summary	22' Keenan 43' Fyfe 51' van Dijk 75' Cornthwaite	Attendance: 7,193 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 22 26 December 2010	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 16:30	Simon 51' 72' Griffiths 68' van Dijk 78' (o.g.)	Report Summary	64' Barbiero 67' Hughes	Attendance: 6,249 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Round 23 29 December 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	Sydney FC	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Wednesday 19:30	van Dijk 35' Ramsay 48' Foxe 58' (o.g.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 16,429 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 24 2 January 2011	Adelaide United	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Sunday 18:30	Cornthwaite 90'	Report Summary	37' Nichols 40' Susak 69' Solórzano	Attendance: 14,420 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 25 9 January 2011	Melbourne Victory	1–4	Adelaide United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 14:30	Ricardinho 26' Muscat 57', 65' Berger 79' Allsopp 81' Angulo 87' Dugandžić 90+4'	Report Summary	12' 80' Flores 46' Usúcar 57', 78' van Dijk 75' 79' Barbiero	Attendance: 18,558 Referee: Peter Green

Round 26 21 January 2011	Adelaide United	8–1	North Queensland Fury	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Flores 4', 37', 87' Dodd 28' Ramsay 42' van Dijk 46', 67', 83'	Report Summary	Nikas 71'	Attendance: 10,986 Referee: Peter Green

Round 27 29 January 2011	Adelaide United	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 19:00	Flores 55' Dodd 90+1'	Report Summary	11' 62' Pérez 30' Rose 52' Bojić 79' Griffiths	Attendance: 12,109 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 28 2 February 2011	Gold Coast United	0–0	Adelaide United	Skilled Park, Robina
Wednesday 20:30	Perchtold 33'	Report Summary	37' Hughes 81' Reid	Attendance: 2,138 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 29 5 February 2011	Adelaide United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 18:30		Report Summary	34' Greenacre 42' Brown 64' Hearfield 81' Durante 87' Macallister	Attendance: 7,498 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 30 11 February 2011	Adelaide United	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Reid 6' Bodrušić 62' Boogaard 65' Dodd 78' Flores 88'	Report Summary	65' Thompson 70' Kruse	Attendance: 21,083 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

A-League Finals Series

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT

Finals Week 1 18 February 2011	Adelaide United	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Watson 23' Flores 37' Dodd 70'	Report Summary	4' M. Muscat 30' Ward	Attendance: 10,285 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Finals Week 2 27 February 2011	Adelaide United	2–3	Gold Coast United	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Sunday 17:00	van Dijk 56' (pen.) Leckie 70' Boogaard 77'	Report Summary	38', 79' (pen.) 45+4' Smeltz 47' 71' Djite 55' van den Brink 82' Pantelidis	Attendance: 15,028 Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League

Group Stage

Match Day 1 24 February 2010	Adelaide United	1–0	Pohang Steelers	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACDT	Leckie 45+1' Fyfe 62' D. Mullen 65'	AFC Preview AFC Report AFC Reaction Club Report Summary	83' Jae Won	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,374 Referee: Mohsen Basma

Match Day 2 10 March 2010	Shandong Luneng	0–2	Adelaide United	Jinan, China
18:00 ACDT	Cui Peng 51'	AFC Preview AFC Report AFC Reaction Club Report Summary	28' van Dijk 45+1' Cornthwaite 56' 70' Leckie 65' Pantelis 87' Hughes	Stadium: Shandong Sports Centre Attendance: 22,176 Referee: Faghani Alireza

Match Day 3 24 March 2010	Adelaide United	3–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACDT	Dodd 11' 45' Cornthwaite 77' Cássio 82' Boogaard 90'	AFC Preview AFC Report AFC Reaction Club Report Summary	30' Ryota 32' Stoyanov 55' Kazu 75' Issei	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,841 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh

Match Day 4 30 March 2010	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Adelaide United	Hiroshima, Japan
20:30 ACDT	Hisato 45' Tsubasa 77'	AFC Preview AFC Report AFC Reaction Club Report Summary	34' Fyfe	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,094 Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Al Badwawi

Match Day 5 13 April 2010	Pohang Steelers	0–0	Adelaide United	Pohang, South Korea
20:00 ACST	Jung Kyum 78'	AFC Preview AFC Report AFC Reaction Club Report Summary	43' Jamieson 45' Pantelis 75' Hughes 81' D. Mullen	Stadium: Steelyard Stadium Attendance: 8,217 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

Match Day 6 27 April 2010	Adelaide United	0–1	Shandong Luneng	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACST	Leckie 37' Marrone 84' van Dijk 90' Griffiths 90+1'	AFC Preview AFC Report AFC Reaction Club Report Summary	18' 52' Li Wei 59' Gao Di 90+1' Antar	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 10,313 Referee: Nawaf Abdulla Ghayyath Shukralla

Round of 16

12 May 2010	Adelaide United	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACST	Cássio 30', 120' Cornthwaite 78' van Dijk 90+5' Dodd 108'	AFC Preview AFC Report AFC Reaction Club Report Summary	38' 47' 87' Eninho 45' Jong Hyun 45' You Hwan 90+4' Kyung Sun 102' Seung Jo 116' Dong Gook	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,015 Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed A M Hussain

Pre-season

Friendly

18 March 2010	Adelaide United	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
14:00 ACDT	Flores 24'	Report	31' Simon	Attendance: Closed to the public

7 July 2010	Adelaide Galaxy	0–2	Adelaide United	Con Makris Park, Adelaide
19:00 ACST		Report	22' van Dijk 45' Flores

16 July 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 ACST	van Dijk 48' Pantelis 76'	Report	44' Diego	Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Stephen Toth

23 July 2010	Adelaide United	1–3	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 ACST	Fyfe 52' van Dijk 77'	Report	17' Jelić 40' 86' 89' Baird	Attendance: 1,833 Referee: Stephen Toth

30 July 2010	North Queensland Fury	1–0	Adelaide United	Brolga Park, Townsville
19:00 ACST	Casey 70'	Report		Referee: Chris Beath

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