2015–16 Adelaide United FC season

The 2015–16 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time, the FFA Cup for the 2nd time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the 5th time.

For the W-League's 2015–16 season, see 2015–16 Adelaide United W-League season.

Adelaide United
2015–16 season
ChairmanGreg Griffin
ManagerGuillermo Amor
StadiumCoopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-LeaguePremiers
A-League Finals SeriesChampions
FFA CupQuarter-finals
AFC Champions LeagueQualifying play-off
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruce Djite (9 goals)
All: Bruce Djite, Pablo Sánchez (11 goals)
Highest home attendance19,079 vs Melbourne Victory
9 October 2015
Lowest home attendance6,205 vs Perth Glory
6 December 2015
Average home league attendance11,287

Despite delivering the club's first trophy since the inaugural season of the A-League in winning the FFA Cup, on 24 July Josep Gombau stood down as the manager of the club, citing family reasons for his decision. The club's technical director and mentor of Gombau while at FC Barcelona, Guillermo Amor, was instated as the club's new manager for the 2015–16 A-League season.[1]

Players

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 Galekovic (Captain)
2 DF Australia AUS Michael Marrone
3 DF Italy ITA Iacopo La Rocca
4 DF Australia AUS Dylan McGowan
6 MF Australia AUS Stefan Mauk
7 FW Spain ESP Pablo Sánchez
8 MF Spain ESP Isaías
9 FW Spain ESP Sergio Cirio
10 MF Argentina ARG Marcelo Carrusca
11 FW Australia AUS Bruce Djite
12 DF Australia AUS Mark Ochieng (Youth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Australia AUS Dylan Smith (Youth)
14 MF Australia AUS George Mells
15 DF Australia AUS Ben Warland (Youth)
16 DF Australia AUS Craig Goodwin
17 FW Australia AUS Mate Dugandzic
19 FW Australia AUS Eli Babalj (on loan from AZ)
20 GK Australia AUS John Hall
21 DF Australia AUS Tarek Elrich
23 DF Australia AUS Jordan Elsey
24 FW Australia AUS Bruce Kamau
80 GK Australia AUS John Solari

Transfers in
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
3 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 31 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [2]
14 MF Australia George Mells 18 Southampton England Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
19 FW Australia Eli Babalj 23 AZ Netherlands Loan Pre-season 2016 Free [4]
17 FW Australia Mate Dugandzic 25 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [5]
6 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 20 Melbourne City Transfer Round 16 2018 Free [6]
18 FW Indonesia Sergio van Dijk 33 Free agent Transfer Round 18 2016 Free [7]

Transfers out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
3 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 28 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [8]
14 MF Australia Cameron Watson 28 Free agent End of contract Pre-season [9]
19 FW Spain Miguel Palanca 27 Free agent End of contract Pre-season [9]
20 GK Australia Paul Izzo 20 Central Coast Mariners Transfer Pre-season Free [10]
17 FW Australia Awer Mabil 19 Midtjylland Denmark Transfer Pre-season $1,300,000 [11]
32 MF Australia Nathan Konstandopoulos 19 Free agent Released Round 13 [12]
5 DF Australia Osama Malik 25 Melbourne City Transfer Round 16 Free [6]
18 MF Australia James Jeggo 23 Sturm Graz Austria Transfer Round 17 $400,000 [13]
18 FW Indonesia Sergio van Dijk 33 Free agent End of contract Round 19

Contract extensions
NamePositionDurationContract expiryNotes
John HallGoalkeeper2 years2017[14]
Tarek ElrichFull-back1 year2018[15]
Jordan ElseyCentre-back1 year2017[16]

Football department staff
PositionName
ManagerSpain Guillermo Amor
Assistant coachesSpain Pau Martí
Australia Michael Valkanis
General Manager of Football OperationsAustralia Ante Kovacevic
Goalkeeping coachAustralia Peter Blazincic
High Performance ManagerAustralia Greg King
Club doctorAustralia James Ilic
Head TrainerAustralia Peter Duke
Head physiotherapistAustralia Peter Chitti

Kits and sponsors
Kit manufacturer Sponsor(s)
KappaMajor SponsorVeolia
SleeveDatong Australia
Back of ShirtDo the NT
Front of ShortsThe Castle Tavern
Back of ShortsTravel Superstore
Home
Away
Goalkeeper 1
Cup Home
Cup Away

Statistics

Squad statistics
N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA CupAFC Champions League
AppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed card
1 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 26 0 5 0 0 2204003010010000
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 30 1 7 0 0 25+117002+1000010000
3 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 14 0 4 0 0 11+104001+1000000000
4 DF Australia Dylan McGowan 32 3 6 0 1 2926002100110000
6 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 14 3 5 0 0 11+235000000010000
7 FW Spain Pablo Sánchez 27 11 3 0 0 8+1793001+1200000000
8 MF Spain Isaías 31 4 6 0 0 26+145003010010000
9 FW Spain Sergio Cirio 31 6 1 0 0 26+140003110011000
10 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 32 7 5 0 0 24+455003200010000
11 FW Australia Bruce Djite 29 11 4 0 0 22+4114002000010000
12 DF Australia Mark Ochieng 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000000000000
13 FW Australia Dylan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
14 MF Australia George Mells 25 0 2 0 0 11+1402000000000000
15 DF Australia Ben Warland 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000000000000
16 DF Australia Craig Goodwin 30 4 7 0 0 2647003000010000
17 FW Australia Mate Dugandzic 21 1 0 0 0 4+1410001+100000+10000
19 FW Australia Eli Babalj 8 1 1 0 0 2+300000+3110000000
20 GK Australia John Hall 6 0 0 0 0 600000000000000
21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 26 0 6 0 0 20+205003000010100
23 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 18 0 9 0 0 14+308000000010100
24 MF Australia Bruce Kamau 19 3 2 0 0 9+93200000000+10000
25 DF Australia Ruon Tongyik 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
28 MF Australia Antoni Trimboli 2 0 0 0 0 0+200000000000000
29 MF Australia Riley McGree 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000000000000
30 GK Australia Daniel Margush 1 0 0 0 0 100000000000000
80 GK Australia John Solari 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
Players no longer at the club:
5 DF Australia Osama Malik 10 0 1 0 0 700003010000000
18 MF Australia James Jeggo 18 3 5 0 0 1515003200000000
18 FW Indonesia Sergio van Dijk 1 0 0 0 0 00000000000+10000
32 MF Australia Nathan Konstandopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000

Pre-season and friendlies
15 July 2015 Adelaide United 0–2 England Manchester City Gold Coast, Australia
17:00 (AEST) Report Barker 63'
Zuculini 84'		 Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
20 July 2015 Adelaide United 0–2 England Liverpool Adelaide, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Report Milner 68'
Ings 88'		 Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 53,008
Referee: Armando Villarreal
28 July 2015 Adelaide Blue Eagles 0–5 Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Report Carrusca 28', 64'
Djite 33'
Sánchez 63', 73'		 Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Referee: Rick Schneider
19 August 2015 Alice Springs All Stars Northern Territory 0–11 Adelaide United Alice Springs, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Report Smith 7', 12'
Sánchez 28', 41'
Babalj 53', 65'
Cirio 68', 82', 86'
Carrusca 73', 77' (pen.)		 Stadium: Traeger Park
Attendance: 586
21 August 2015 Adelaide United 4–3 Melbourne City Darwin, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Sánchez 18'
Dugandzic 52'
Jeggo 80'
Goodwin 86'		 Report Espindola 16'
Germano 29'
Mauk 37'		 Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,600
10 September 2015 Adelaide Comets 1–2 Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Tesfaqabr 71' Report McGowan 28'
Mells 53'		 Stadium: Santos Stadium
Attendance: 300
16 September 2015 Melbourne City 1–3 Adelaide United Melbourne, Australia
13:00 (AEST) Dekker 90' Report Jeggo 16'
Carrusca 21'
Cirio 58'		 Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
1 October 2015 Sydney FC 0–2 Adelaide United Sydney, Australia
15:30 AEST Report Djite 67', 87' Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
A-League — Premiers 9 October 2015 8 April 2016
A-League Finals Semi-finals Champions 22 April 2016 1 May 2016
FFA Cup Round of 32 Quarter-finals 5 August 2015 22 September 2015
AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Qualifying play-off 9 February 2016 9 February 2016

Overview
Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 051.85
A-League Finals 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 100.00
FFA Cup 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 066.67
AFC Champions League 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 33 18 7 8 62 37 +25 054.55

Updated to match played 1 May 2016
Source: Competitions

A-League
Main article: 2015–16 A-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 14 6 7 44 33 +11 48
3 Brisbane Roar 27 14 6 7 49 40 +9 48 Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 49 42 +7 43
6 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 40 33 +7 41
7 Sydney FC 27 8 10 9 36 36 0 34
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 6 13 28 41 −13 30
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 7 4 16 34 54 −20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 −37 13
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 14 7 6 45 28  +17 49 7 4 2 22 12  +10 7 3 4 23 16  +7

Last updated: 8 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAA
ResultDDLLLLDLWWDWDWWWWDWWWWLDWWW
Position68910101010108897766666332134321
Source: ultimatealeague
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
9 October 2015 1 Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:10 ACDT Report Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 19,079
Referee: Peter Green
16 October 2015 2 Adelaide United 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:10 ACDT Andreu 21' (o.g.) Report Andreu 83' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,442
Referee: Chris Beath
25 October 2015 3 Perth Glory 3–1 Adelaide United Perth
16:00 AWST Sidnei 44'
Fernandez 60'
Castro 72'		 Report D. Ferreira 75' (o.g.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,728
Referee: Adam Fielding
31 October 2015 4 Brisbane Roar 3–0 Adelaide United Brisbane
18:30 AEST Borrello 9', 90+2'
Maclaren 79'		 Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,707
Referee: Chris Beath
5 November 2015 5 Adelaide United 2–4 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:30 ACDT Cirio 66'
Sánchez 85' (pen.)		 Report Paartalu 8'
Mooy 35'
Fornaroli 56', 71'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
13 November 2015 6 Wellington Phoenix 4–2 Adelaide United Wellington
19:30 NZDT Krishna 4'
Bonevacia 22', 51'
Ridenton 68'		 Report Goodwin 3'
Sánchez 89'		 Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 13,584
Referee: Ben Williams
22 November 2015 7 Adelaide United 0–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
16:30 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,048
Referee: Shaun Evans
28 November 2015 8 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Berisha 14' (pen.)
Bozanic 30'		 Report Carrusca 87' (pen.) Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 23,415
Referee: Jarred Gillett
6 December 2015 9 Adelaide United 1–0 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:00 ACDT Sánchez 3' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,205
Referee: Stephen Lucas
11 December 2015 10 Adelaide United 2–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:30 ACDT Jeggo 62'
Carrusca 90+4' (pen.)		 Report Hološko 70' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,076
Referee: Strebre Delovski
18 December 2015 11 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Adelaide United Newcastle
19:40 AEDT Report Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 7,332
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
26 December 2015 12 Adelaide United 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
16:45 ACDT Muscat 42' (o.g.)
Goodwin 73'
Marrone 75'		 Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,655
Referee: Chris Beath
1 January 2016 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Adelaide United Parramatta
19:40 AEDT Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 16,312
Referee: Ben Williams
9 January 2016 14 Perth Glory 1–3 Adelaide United Perth
18:40 AWST Elrich 6' (o.g.) Report Cirio 27'
Carrusca 47'
Goodwin 90+4'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,009
Referee: Strebre Delovski
16 January 2016 15 Adelaide United 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
16:45 ACDT Goodwin 60'
Sánchez 80'
Dugandzic 90+2'		 Report F. Ferreria 67' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,125
Referee: Matthew Conger
22 January 2016 16 Brisbane Roar 1–4 Adelaide United Brisbane
19:00 AEST Henrique 50' (pen.) Report C. Brown 19' (o.g.)
Djite 56' (pen.), 67'
Carrusca 90+2'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,923
Referee: Jarred Gillett
31 January 2016 17 Adelaide United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
16:30 ACDT Carrusca 43' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,434
Referee: Ben Williams
5 February 2016 18 Adelaide United 2–2 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:10 ACDT Cirio 2', 45' Report Simon 37'
Hološko 45+3'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,785
Referee: Chris Beath
14 February 2016 19 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Adelaide United Gosford
19:00 AEDT F. Ferreira 32'
Bingham 90+4'		 Report Isaías 54'
Djite 66'
Mauk 90+2'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,096
Referee: Jarred Gillett
19 February 2016 20 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:40 AEDT Report Kamau 90' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,924
Referee: Ben Williams
27 February 2016 21 Adelaide United 3–0 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
16:45 ACDT Kamau 38'
Djite 50'
Sánchez 81'		 Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,712
Referee: Shaun Evans
5 March 2016 22 Wellington Phoenix 0–4 Adelaide United Wellington
19:15 NZDT Report McGowan 31'
Mauk 41'
Djite 49'
Sánchez 90'		 Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,595
Referee: Peter Green
11 March 2016 23 Adelaide United 0–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:30 ACDT Report Fitzgerald 71' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,274
Referee: Chris Beath
19 March 2016 24 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Adelaide United Parramatta
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 15,208
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
27 March 2016 25 Adelaide United 4–2 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
16:30 ACDT Isaías 29'
Mauk 35'
Djite 38'
Sánchez 81' (pen.)		 Report O'Donovan 16', 83' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,269
Referee: Stephen Lucas
2 April 2016 26 Sydney FC 0–2 Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEDT Report Djite 26', 45' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 8,981
Referee: Peter Green
8 April 2016 27 Melbourne City 0–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:40 AEST Report Isaías 4'
Djite 45+2' (pen.)		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,454
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Finals series
22 April 2016 Semi-finals Adelaide United 4–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:15 ACST Djite 48', 60' (pen.)
McGowan 88'
Sánchez 90+4'		 Report Fitzgerald 72' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 15,489
Referee: Strebre Delovski
1 May 2016 Grand Final Adelaide United 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
15:30 ACST Kamau 21'
Isaías 32'
Sánchez 89'		 Report Neville 58' Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 50,119
Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup
Main article: 2015 FFA Cup
5 August 2015 Round of 32 Darwin Olympic Northern Territory 1–6 South Australia Adelaide United Darwin, Northern Territory
20:00 ACST Tsounias 19' Report Carrusca 18' (pen)
Jeggo 40', 41'
Cirio 78'
Babalj 80'
Sánchez 82'		 Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium
Attendance: 3,175
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
26 August 2015 Round of 16 Adelaide United South Australia 2–1 New South Wales Sydney FC Adelaide, South Australia
19:00 ACST Sánchez 41'
McGowan 114' Red card 117'		 Report Grant 16' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 5,066
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 September 2015 Quarter-finals Melbourne Victory Victoria (state) 3–1 South Australia Adelaide United Melbourne, Victoria
19:30 AEST Finkler 10'
Barbarouses 45+1'
Berisha 82' (pen.)		 Report Carrusca 78' (pen.) Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,521
Referee: Peter Green

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2016 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off
9 February 2016 Play-off round Adelaide United Australia 1–2 China Shandong Luneng Taishan Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACDT Cirio 89' Report (FFA)
Report (AFC)		 Yang 17'
Tardelli 39'
Wang Yellow card 2' Yellow-red card 69'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,487
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Awards

See also

References
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