2017–18 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2017–18 season
Chairman Greg Griffin
Manager Marco Kurz
Stadium Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
FFA Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
All: Michael Marrone (1 goal)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2017–18 Adelaide United FC season will be the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2003. The club will participate in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Daniel Margush
2 Australia DF Michael Marrone
4 Australia DF Ben Warland
5 Australia DF Taylor Regan
6 Australia MF Vince Lia
7 Australia MF Ryan Kitto
8 Spain MF IsaΓ­as
9 Senegal FW Baba Diawara
11 Denmark MF Johan Absalonsen
No. Position Player
12 Australia DF Mark Ochieng
14 Australia FW George Blackwood
17 Australia MF Nikola Mileusnic
19 Australia DF Ben Garuccio
20 Australia GK Paul Izzo
21 Australia DF Tarek Elrich
22 Turkey DF Ersan GΓΌlΓΌm (on loan from Hebei China Fortune)
23 Australia DF Jordan Elsey
24 Australia MF Jordan O'Doherty

From youth squad

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
20 GK Izzo, PaulPaul Izzo Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 3 years 19 April 2017 [1]
14 FW Blackwood, GeorgeGeorge Blackwood Free transfer 6 July 2017 [2]
22 DF Turkey Ersan GΓΌlΓΌm China Hebei China Fortune Loan 1 year 17 July 2017 [3]
11 MF Denmark Johan Absalonsen Free transfer 1 year 18 July 2017 [4]
6 MF Lia, VinceVince Lia Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 3 August 2017 [5]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4 DF McGowan, DylanDylan McGowan Portugal Paços de Ferreira Free transfer 16 May 2017 [6]
11 FW Spain Sergio Cirio End of contract 17 May 2017 [7]
14 MF Mells, GeorgeGeorge Mells End of contract 17 May 2017 [7]
16 MF Makarounas, JesseJesse Makarounas End of contract 17 May 2017 [7]
20 GK Hall, JohnJohn Hall End of contract 17 May 2017 [7]
1 GK Eugene Galekovic Melbourne City End of contract 16 June 2017 [8]
7 MF South Korea Kim Jae-sung South Korea Jeonnam Dragons End of contract 28 June 2017 [9][10]
18 MF McGree, RileyRiley McGree Belgium Club Brugge $100,000 4 July 2017 [11]
13 FW Marino, MarcMarc Marino Australia Campbelltown City End of contract 7 July 2017 [12]
10 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca End of contract 8 July 2017 [13]
3 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca Melbourne City End of contract 15 July 2017 [14]
92 FW Babalj, EliEli Babalj End of contract 30 July 2017 [15]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
9 Senegal Baba Diawara Striker 2 years 11 May 2017 [16]
4 Ben Warland Defender 2 years 11 May 2017 [16]
17 Nikola Mileusnic Attacking midfielder 1 year 11 May 2017 [16]
7 Ryan Kitto Right winger 1 year 11 May 2017 [16]
12 Mark Ochieng Defender 1 year 16 June 2017 [17][18]
23 Jordan Elsey Centre back 1 year 8 August 2017 [19]

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Germany Marco Kurz
Assistant coach Australia Jacobo Ramallo
Assistant coach Croatia Filip Tapalović
High Performance Manager Australia Greg King
Goalkeeper coach Australia Peter Blazincic
Youth team coach Australia Hussein Skenderovic
Physiotherapist Australia Harry Truong

Statistics

Squad statistics

N P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Daniel Margush 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 1 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Ben Warland 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Taylor Regan 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Vince Lia 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Australia Ryan Kitto 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Spain IsaΓ­as 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Senegal Baba Diawara 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
11 MF Denmark Johan Absalonsen 1 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
12 DF Australia Mark Ochieng 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
14 FW Australia George Blackwood 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Australia Nathan Konstandopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Australia Nikola Mileusnic 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Australia Lachlan Brook 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Australia Ben Garuccio 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Paul Izzo 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Turkey Ersan GΓΌlΓΌm 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Australia Jordan O'Doherty 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Australia Blake Carpenter 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Australia Paul Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Isaac Richards 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Australia Josh Mori 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League β€” 8 October 2017 15 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 16 9 August 2017

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sydney FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 October 2017. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2019 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

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0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 1 October 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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Result                                                      
Position                                                      

Last updated: 1 October 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches

FFA Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Jets confirm O'Donovan deal". FourFourTwo. 19 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Greenwood, Rob (6 July 2017). "A-League forward George Blackwood joins Adelaide United from Sydney FC". The Advertiser.
  3. ↑ "Turkish delight as Ersan signs for the Reds". FourFourTwo. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Adelaide add Danish attacker Absalonsen". FourFourTwo. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Vince Lia signs with Adelaide United". FourFourTwo. 3 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Somerford, Ben (16 May 2017). "McGowan joins Portuguese club". FourFourTwo.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Reds lose five players". FourFourTwo. 17 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Windley, Matt (16 June 2017). "Melbourne City swoop to sign Adelaide goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic". Herald Sun.
  9. ↑ "μ „λ‚¨λ“œλž˜κ³€μ¦ˆ, '쀑원 μ‘°μœ¨μ‚¬' κΉ€μž¬μ„± μ˜μž…" [Jeonnam Dragons to sign Kim Jae-sung] (in Korean). Jeonnam Dragons. 27 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Somerford, Ben (30 June 2017). "Ex-Korea international exits Adelaide". FourFourTwo.
  11. ↑ Migliaccio, Val (19 July 2017). "McGree signs a four-year contract in a worst kept Club Brugge secret". The Advertiser.
  12. ↑ Migliaccio, Val (7 July 2017). "Baba Diawara to join Adelaide United next week as Reds' Olyroos granted leave". The Advertiser. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  13. ↑ Somerford, Ben (8 July 2017). "Adelaide confirms Carrusca exit". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "La Rocca joins Melbourne City". The World Game. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  15. ↑ Somerford, Ben (30 July 2017). "Babalj trials with Czech club". FourFourTwo.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Adelaide retain striker Diawara". The World Game. SBS. 11 May 2017.
  17. ↑ Davidson, John (16 June 2017). "Ochieng to remain a Red". FourFourTwo.
  18. ↑ @markochieng13 (18 June 2017). "Happy to have re-signed with the club for another year! Thanks to everybody that made this…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ "Kurz re-signs Elsey for 2017/18 season". Adelaide United. 8 August 2017.
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