2009–10 Adelaide United FC season

The 2009–10 Adelaide United FC season was the club's fifth A-League season. It includes the A-League 2009–10 season as well as any other competitions of the 2009–10 football (soccer) season.

Adelaide United playing against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the AFC Champions League in 2010.

Adelaide United
2009–10 season
ChairmanMel Patzwald
Head CoachAurelio Vidmar
A-League10th
Top goalscorerLeague: Lucas Pantelis (5)
All: Lucas Pantelis (5)
Highest home attendance15,038 (vs Melbourne Victory, 18 September 2009)
Lowest home attendance8,244 (vs Brisbane Roar, 6 February 2010)
Average home league attendance10,765

After a stellar season in the A-League and internationally, Adelaide United began its pre-season without a financial owner; Nick Bianco relinquished his A-League licence back to Football Federation Australia (FFA).[1] Regardless of this situation, the FFA ensured that Adelaide would have the funds available to recruit in the off-season and to maintain the club, whilst they would negotiate the new ownership deals. Adelaide United managed to secure major sponsors Modern Solar as well as Jim's Plumbing for their 2009–10 season.

At the end of the 2008–09 regular season Adelaide United released veteran Angelo Costanzo as well as Jonas Salley, Isyan Erdogan and Jason Spagnuolo,[2][3] with Diego Walsh moving to New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix [4] and Saša Ognenovski moving to K-League side Seongnam Ilhwa.[5] Veteran Adelaide players Michael Valkanis, Daniel Beltrame and Paul Agostino retired at the end of the 2008–09 season.[6]

Adelaide made a number of signings to replace the players which left in the off-season, most notably former Sydney FC defenders, Iain Fyfe and Mark Rudan, Korean youngster Inseob Shin and former Drogheda United midfielder Adam Hughes. Arguably the biggest off-season signing was former Cheltenham Town and Brentford striker, Lloyd Owusu, a capped Ghanaian international. The Reds also elevated a handful of players from their Youth squad to the senior team, namely Francesco Monterosso, Michael Marrone and Joe Costa.

After making a rather average start to the 2009–10 season, the Reds made their final signing in promising young Bulleen Lions winger, Mathew Leckie prior to the Round 5 clash against Wellington Phoenix.[7] Leckie made an immediate impression, and scored his first goal in his second game off the bench against North Queensland Fury and would soon become a fan favourite.

With two rounds to go, and Adelaide sitting at the base of the table, the Reds made a surprise announcement that Argentine playmaker, Marcos Flores, who had signed on for 2 years starting with the club's third AFC Champions League venture, was to make his debut as an injury replacement for fellow import Cristiano. The South American made his presence felt in the final two games of the regular season, and helped Adelaide United finish the season with two consecutive wins.[8][9] This however, was still not enough to lift the club up from its 2009–10 wooden spoon status – the club's worst performing season in its short history.

Adelaide competed in the Champions League in 2010 after finishing second on the 2008–09 A-League league table, and runner-up in the Finals series to cross-border rivals, Melbourne Victory.[10] This will mark the return of Adelaide United to the continental club champions' tournament after a 1-year absence.

On 7 December 2009, Adelaide were drawn into Group H of the Champions League alongside 2009 Asian Champions Pohang Steelers, Chinese sister club Shandong Luneng and the winners of the 2009 Japanese Emperor's Cup.[11] Because Gamba Osaka, the winner of the Emperor's Cup, had already qualified through league placing, 4th placed Sanfrecce Hiroshima became Adelaide United's final opponent in Group H of the Champions League.[12]

In Adelaide's first match of the campaign played on 24 February against Pohang Steelers, Adelaide secured an important victory at Hindmarsh Stadium winning 1–0 courtesy of a fantastic individual effort by youngster Mathew Leckie on the stroke of half-time. They then continued their winning form by beating Shandong Luneng 2–0 and then coming from a 1–2 deficit to beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–2. Despite not quite playing to the standard set in their opening three matches, Adelaide United managed to hold on to top spot in the group by securing a 0–0 draw against Pohang in Korea in between narrow 1–0 losses to Hiroshima in Hiroshima and then to Shandong Luneng at Hindmarsh in Adelaide.

Other results fell Adelaide's way and they finished on top of Group H resulting in a home match in the Round of 16. In an exciting, nerve-racking match, Adelaide lost to Jeonbuk Motors 3–2. Adelaide came back twice in the game, including a goal in the final seconds of the match. Jeonbuk won the match with a goal in the second half of extra time.[13]

Players

First Team Roster

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 Australia AUS Eugene Galeković
2 DF Australia AUS Robert Cornthwaite
3 DF Brazil BRA Alemão
4 DF Australia AUS Iain Fyfe
5 DF Australia AUS Daniel Mullen (Youth)
6 DF Brazil BRA Cássio
7 MF Australia AUS Lucas Pantelis
8 MF Australia AUS Kristian Sarkies
9 FW Brazil BRA Cristiano
10 MF Australia AUS Adam Hughes
11 FW Ghana GHA Lloyd Owusu
12 MF Australia AUS Paul Reid
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Australia AUS Travis Dodd (Captain)
14 DF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson
15 FW Australia AUS Francesco Monterosso (Youth)
16 MF South Korea KOR Inseob Shin (Youth)
17 DF Australia AUS Michael Marrone
18 MF Australia AUS Fabian Barbiero
19 MF Australia AUS Mathew Leckie (Youth)
20 GK Australia AUS Mark Birighitti (Youth)
21 DF Australia AUS Mark Rudan
23 MF Australia AUS Joe Costa (Youth)
24 MF Argentina ARG Marcos Flores (Injury replacement player)
25 FW Australia AUS Evan Kostopoulos (Youth)

Youth Team Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Australia AUS Codey Larkin
GK Australia AUS Nick Munro
DF Australia AUS Michael Doyle
DF Australia AUS Dane Milovanovic
DF Australia AUS Perry Mitris
DF Australia AUS Alex Sunasky
MF Australia AUS Joel Allwright
MF Australia AUS Andrew Ciarla
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Australia AUS Nathan Farrell
MF Australia AUS Kingsley Francis
MF Australia AUS Matthew Mullen
MF Australia AUS Brett Rayner
MF Australia AUS Liam Wooding
MF Australia AUS Joe Wright
FW Australia AUS Evan Kostopoulos

First Team

Youth Team

Technical Staff

PositionName
Head coachAustralia Aurelio Vidmar
Assistant coachAustralia Phil Stubbins
Specialist coachAustralia Carl Veart
Goalkeeping coachAustralia Peter Blazincic
Youth Team CoachAustralia Joe Mullen

Statistics

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name A-League A-League
Finals
Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKAustralia Eugene Galeković 2700027030
2DFAustralia Robert Cornthwaite 1900019040
3DFBrazil Alemão 1610016100
4DFAustralia Iain Fyfe 2610026140
5DFAustralia Daniel Mullen 1300013010
6DFBrazil Cássio 1920019220
7MFAustralia Lucas Pantelis 2350023521
8MFAustralia Kristian Sarkies 1100011010
9FWBrazil Cristiano 2430024310
10DFAustralia Adam Hughes 2610026160
11FWGhana Lloyd Owusu 1610016120
12MFAustralia Paul Reid 80008010
13MFAustralia Travis Dodd 2340023450
14DFAustralia Scott Jamieson 2400024030
15FWAustralia Francesco Monterosso 50005000
16MFSouth Korea Inseob Shin 1300013000
17DFAustralia Michael Marrone 1600016010
18MFAustralia Fabian Barbiero 1830018301
19MFAustralia Mathew Leckie 2030020320
20GKAustralia Mark Birighitti 00000000
21DFAustralia Mark Rudan 1900019050
23MFAustralia Joe Costa 10001000
24MFArgentina Marcos Flores 20002000
25FWAustralia Evan Kostopoulos 10001000

Last updated: 12 February 2010.
Source: Adelaide United FC
Iain Fyfe was sent off in Round 19, but the red card was later rescinded by the Match Review Panel[15]

Goal scorers

Total Player Goals per Round
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718192021222324252627
5 AustraliaLucas Pantelis2111
4 AustraliaTravis Dodd1111
3 BrazilCristiano21
AustraliaMathew Leckie111
AustraliaFabian Barbiero111
2 BrazilCássio11
1 GhanaLloyd Owusu1
AustraliaIain Fyfe1
AustraliaAdam Hughes1
BrazilAlemão1
A goal was scored from a penalty kick
Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Attendance at home games

RoundDateOpponentScore
AUFC – Away
AttendanceWeekday
17 August 2009Perth Glory1–013,847Friday
321 August 2009Gold Coast United0–212,741Friday
428 August 2009North Queensland Fury3–310,773Friday
611 September 2009Central Coast Mariners1–010,262Friday
718 September 2009Melbourne Victory0–215,038Friday
95 October 2009Newcastle Jets1–112,090Monday
1116 October 2009Sydney FC2–110,291Friday
146 November 2009Brisbane Roar0–211,209Friday
1520 November 2009Gold Coast United1–19,578Friday
174 December 2009Newcastle Jets0–28,502Friday
1919 January 2010Perth Glory2–38,904Tuesday
2018 December 2009Wellington Phoenix1–19,070Friday
2315 January 2010Central Coast Mariners1–110,156Friday
266 February 2010Brisbane Roar2–08,244Saturday

Competitions

Pre-season

MatchDateHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceStadium
1 2 June 2009Para Hills Knights0 – 1
Cristiano
Adelaide UnitedN/AThe Paddocks
2 9 June 2009North Eastern MetroStars1 – 1
Sarkies N/A' (pen.)
Adelaide UnitedN/ATK Shutter Reserve
3 16 June 2009Adelaide Raiders1 – 4
Sarkies 19'
Cornthwaite 35'
Marrone 80'
Dodd 88' (pen.)
Adelaide UnitedN/ACroatian Sports Centre
4 26 June 2009Adelaide United1 – 0
Dodd 25'
Perth Glory1,961[16]Hindmarsh Stadium
5 2 July 2009North Queensland Fury3 – 2
Costa 40'
Alemão 50'
Adelaide United2,547[17]Darwin Football Stadium
6 8 July 2009Adelaide United4 – 0
Monterosso 28'
Hughes 32', 72'
Jamieson 85'
South Australian State TeamN/AHindmarsh Stadium
7 26 July 2009Melbourne Victory2 – 1
Cássio 58'
Adelaide United6,257[18]Aurora Stadium

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 +8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 +6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 9 29
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

RoundDateHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceStadiumMatch details
1 7 August 2009Adelaide United1 – 0
Dodd 30' (pen.)
Perth Glory13,847Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
2 16 August 2009Sydney FC1 – 0Adelaide United14,924Sydney Football StadiumReport
Summary
3 21 August 2009Adelaide United0 – 2Gold Coast United12,741Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
4 28 August 2009Adelaide United3 – 3
Pantelis 23', 90+2' (pen.)
Owusu 33'
North Queensland Fury10,773Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
5 4 September 2009Wellington Phoenix1 – 1
Fyfe 42'
Adelaide United7,523Westpac StadiumReport
Summary
6 11 September 2009Adelaide United1 – 0
Cássio 33'
Central Coast Mariners10,262Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
7 18 September 2009Adelaide United0 – 2Melbourne Victory15,038Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
8 27 September 2009North Queensland Fury0 – 2
Pantelis 60'
Leckie 90+2'
Adelaide United6,745Dairy Farmers StadiumReport
Summary
9 5 October 2009Adelaide United1 – 1
Cássio 76'
Newcastle Jets12,090Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
10 9 October 2009Perth Glory1 – 0Adelaide United9,482Members Equity StadiumReport
Summary
11 16 October 2009Adelaide United2 – 1
Cristiano 30', 54'
Sydney FC10,291Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
12 24 October 2009Melbourne Victory 3 – 1
Hughes 64'
Adelaide United21,182Etihad StadiumReport
Summary
13 31 October 2009Central Coast Mariners0 – 0Adelaide United5,437Canberra StadiumReport
Summary
14 6 November 2009Adelaide United0 – 2Brisbane Roar11,209Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
15 20 November 2009Adelaide United1 – 1
Leckie 90+3'
Gold Coast United9,578Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
16 28 November 2009North Queensland Fury2 – 1
Cristiano 90+1'
Adelaide United5,356Dairy Farmers StadiumReport
Summary
17 4 December 2009Adelaide United0 – 2Newcastle Jets8,502Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
18 12 December 2009Brisbane Roar0 – 1
Barbiero 78'
Adelaide United5,801Suncorp StadiumReport
Summary
19 19 January 2010Adelaide United2 – 3
Pantelis 13'
Dodd 53'
Perth Glory8,904Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
20 18 December 2009Adelaide United1 – 1
Alemão 57'
Wellington Phoenix9,070Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
21 27 December 2009Sydney FC1 – 0Adelaide United11,741Sydney Football StadiumReport
Summary
22 9 January 2010Gold Coast United1 – 1
Dodd 20'
Adelaide United4,505Skilled ParkReport
Summary
23 15 January 2010Adelaide United1 – 1
Dodd 43'
Central Coast Mariners10,156Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
24 23 January 2010Melbourne Victory2 – 0Adelaide United20,361Etihad StadiumReport
Summary
25 30 January 2010Wellington Phoenix1 – 0Adelaide United19,258AMI StadiumReport
Summary
26 6 February 2010Adelaide United2 – 0
Barbiero 7'
Pantelis 51'
Brisbane Roar8,244Hindmarsh StadiumReport
Summary
27 12 February 2010Newcastle Jets1 – 2
Barbiero 8'
Leckie 74'
Adelaide United6,880EnergyAustralia StadiumReport
Summary

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ADE POH HIR SHA
1 Australia Adelaide United 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 3–2 0–1
2 South Korea Pohang Steelers 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 0–0 2–1 1–0
3 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 3 0 3 11 11 0 9 1–0 4–3 0–1
4 China Shandong Luneng 6 2 0 4 5 8 3 6 0–2 1–2 2–3
10 March 2010 Match Day 2 Shandong Luneng 0–2 Adelaide United Jinan, China
18:00 ACDT Cui Peng Yellow card 51' AFC Preview
AFC Report
AFC Reaction
Club Report
Summary
28' van Dijk
Yellow card 45+1' Cornthwaite
Yellow card 56' 70' Leckie
Yellow card 65' Pantelis
Yellow card 87' Hughes
Stadium: Shandong Sports Centre
Attendance: 22,176
Referee: Faghani Alireza (Iran)
30 March 2010 Match Day 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Adelaide United Hiroshima, Japan
20:30 ACDT Hisato 45'
Tsubasa Yellow card 77'
AFC Preview
AFC Report
AFC Reaction
Club Report
Summary
Yellow card 34' Fyfe Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 12,094
Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

Round of 16

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

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