2013–14 Adelaide United FC season

For the W-League team's 2013–14 season, see 2013–14 Adelaide United W-League season.
Adelaide United
2013–14 season
Chairman Greg Griffin
Manager Josep Gombau
Stadium Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League 6th
Top goalscorer Jerónimo Neumann, Fábio Ferreira (9)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Adelaide United FC season is the clubs ninth A-League season. It includes the 2013–14 A-League season as well as any other competitions of the 2013–14 football (soccer) season.

In the winter transfer window, newly appointed manager Josep Gombau was quick to add Spanish flavour into the squad. He brought in fellow Spaniards Sergio Cirio and Isaías. He also added other players including Tarek Elrich and Steven Lustica, Michael Zullo for a season long loan and Brent McGrath as a four-week injury replacement player. Awer Mabil and Jordan Elsey were also promoted from the youth system, each rewarded with two-year contracts. The club also let four contracts expire; those of Iain Ramsay, Tomi Juric, Fabian Barbiero and Evan Kostopoulos. Iain Fyfe and Zenon Caravella both had their contracts cut short and terminated. Sergio van Dijk was transferred to Persib Bandung and Dario Vidošić to FC Sion for a reported $700,000 transfer fee.

The Reds had a shaky start to their season under new manager Gombau. They had only a single win in their first nine games for the season and early calls started for the club to show the door to the new man in charge. Gombau quickly changed the club's fortunes, getting his second win in round 10 against the Central Coast Mariners, with a 4–0 result. The team continued this form to finish sixth on the table after the 27 home-and-away games, which let them into the finals by two points. Adelaide's season was ended by Central Coast in the elimination final, losing 1–0.

The Reds' highest attendance in the 2013–14 season was 16,504 in the round 2 clash with Melbourne Victory at Hindmarsh Stadium which ended in a 2–2 draw.


Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Australia Galeković (captain)34 2007 199 0 2014 Free
2 RB Australia Marrone 29 2014 35 0 2015 Free
3 CB Australia Boogaard 29 2010 85 2 2014 Free
4 CB Australia McKain 33 2011 55 1 2014 Free
5 CM Australia Malik 25 2011 77 2 2015 Free Originally from Youth System
6 LWB Brazil Cássio (vice-captain)36 2007 158 11 2015 Free Second nationality: Australia
7 WI Argentina Jerónimo 29 2012 51 17 2015 Free
8 LM Spain Isaías 29 2013 25 0 2015 Free
9 WI Spain Cirio 31 2013 21 8 2015 Free
10 LW Argentina Carrusca 32 2012 44 11 2014 Free
11 ST Australia Djite 29 2011 107 24 2015 Free
14 CM Australia Watson 28 2010 97 0 2015 Free
15 CM Australia Melling 21 2012 10 0 2015 Youth system
16 RWB Australia Bowles 24 2012 23 1 2014 Free
17 WI Australia Mabil 20 2012 24 2 2015 Youth system
18 LB Australia Zullo 27 2013 21 0 2014 Loan
19 AM Australia Barker-Daish 22 2012 19 2 2014 Free
20 GK Australia Izzo 21 2012 3 0 2015 Youth system
21 RB Australia Elrich 29 2013 25 0 2015 Free
22 RW Portugal Ferreira 27 2012 41 12 2015 Free
23 CB Australia Elsey 22 2013 9 1 2015 Youth system
24 ST Australia McGrath 24 2013 2 0 2013 Free Four week injury replacement
25 RW Australia Kitto 21 2013 2 0 2015 Youth system
AM Australia Kamara 19 2012 4 0 2015 Youth system Second nationality: Liberia

Transfers

Re-signed

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
Cássio Defender 2 years 2015 [1]
Jerónimo Neumann Forward 2 years 2015 [2]
Fábio Ferreira Midfielder 2 years 2015 [3]
Bruce Djite Forward 2 years 2015 [4]
Cameron Watson Midfielder 2 years 2015 [5]
Awer Mabil Forward 2 years 2017 [6]
Marcelo Carrusca Winger 1 year 2015 [7]

Winter

In

Name Position Moving from Notes
Jordan Elsey Defender Adelaide United Youth - 2 year contract.[8]
Awer Mabil Forward Adelaide United Youth - 2 year contract.[8]
Sergio Cirio Forward Hospitalet - 2 year contract.[9]
Isaías Sánchez Midfielder Ponferradina - 2 year contract.[9][10]
Tarek Elrich Defender Western Sydney Wanderers - 2 year contract.[10][11]
Michael Zullo Defender Utrecht - 1 year loan contract.[12]
Steven Lustica Midfielder Hajduk Split - 1 year contract.[13]
Brent McGrath Forward Brøndby IF - Four week injury replacement.[14]

Out

Name Position Moving to Notes
Sergio van Dijk Forward Persib Bandung - Transferred in January 2013.[15]
Zenon Caravella Midfielder Newcastle Jets - Released from remainder of contract in January 2013.[16]
Iain Ramsay Midfielder Melbourne Heart - Contract was not renewed.[17]
Tomi Jurić Forward Western Sydney Wanderers - Contract was not renewed.[18]
Fabian Barbiero Midfielder Released - Contract was not renewed.[11]
Evan Kostopoulos Forward Released - Contract was not renewed.[11]
Iain Fyfe Defender Mes Kerman - Released from remainder of contract in August 2013.[19]
Dario Vidošić Midfielder Sion - Reported transfer fee of $700,000.[20][21]

Summer

In

Name Position Moving from Notes
Ryan Griffiths Forward Beijing Baxy - 0.5 year contract.[22]
Michael Marrone Defender Shanghai Shenxin - 1.5 year contract.[23]

Out

Name Position Moving to Notes
Antony Golec Defender Western Sydney Wanderers - Released from remainder of contract in January 2014.[24][25]
Steven Luštica Midfielder Brisbane Roar - Released from remainder of contract in February 2014.[26][27]
Ryan Griffiths Midfielder Sarawak FA - Released from remainder of contract in March 2014.[28]

Player statistics

Squad stats

Total A-League A-League
Finals
N
 P
 Name
 Nat.
 GS
 App
Min
 App
App
Notes
1 GK Galeković Australia (-) means goals conceded
3 DF Boogaard Australia
4 DF McKain Australia
5 MF Malik Australia
6 DF Cássio Brazil
7 FW Jerónimo Argentina
8 MF Isaías Spain
9 FW Cirio Spain
10 MF Carrusca Argentina
11 FW Djite Australia
12 DF Golec Australia
13 MF Lustica Australia
14 MF Watson Australia
15 MF Melling Australia
16 DF Bowles Australia
17 FW Mabil Australia
18 DF Zullo Australia
19 MF Barker-Daish Australia
20 GK Izzo Australia (-) means goals conceded
21 DF Elrich Australia
22 MF Ferreira Portugal
23 DF Elsey Australia
25 MF Kitto Australia
MF Kamara Australia

Last updated: 19 September 2013
Source: Soccerway - Adelaide United 2012/13
Ordered by shirt number
0 shown as blank

Scorers

A-League

Goals 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
9 Argentina Jerónimo Neumann 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
Portugal Fábio Ferreira 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 Spain Sergio Cirio 1 1 1 3 1 1
6 Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 Australia Bruce Djite 1 1 1 1 1
2 Australia Osama Malik 1 1
Australia Awer Mabil 1 1
1 Australia Steven Luštica 1
Australia Jake Barker-Daish 1
Australia Jordan Elsey 1
Australia Ryan Griffiths 1
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 A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Two goals were scored from penalty kicks
Player did not play

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Spain Josep Gombau
Assistant & Fitness coach Spain Pau Martí
Assistant coach Australia Michael Valkanis
High Performance Manager Australia Adam Hewitt
Goalkeeper coach Australia Peter Blazincic
Physiotherapist Australia Peter Chitti

Source:Football Australia[29]

Managerial Changes

Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Australia Michael Valkanis Reassigned as assistant coach. 8 April 2013 4th, (12–13) Spain Josep Gombau 30 April 2013[30] Pre-season (13–14)

Attendance at home games

Round Date Opponent Score
AUFC - Away
 Attendance Weekday
1 13 October 2013 Perth Glory 3 – 1 10,320 Sunday
2 18 October 2013 Melbourne Victory 2 – 2 16,504 Friday
5 9 November 2013 Newcastle Jets 1 – 2 10,244 Saturday
9 6 December 2013 Brisbane Roar 1 – 2 8,861 Friday
10 14 December 2013 Central Coast Mariners 4 – 0 7,785 Saturday
12 29 December 2013 Newcastle Jets 1 – 0 10,778 Sunday
13 3 January 2014 Sydney FC 2 – 2 15,347 Friday
15 19 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 – 0 11,365 Sunday
16 25 January 2014 Melbourne Heart 2 – 2 11,100 Saturday
19 14 February 2014 Central Coast Mariners 2 – 0 6,980 Thursday
21 2 March 2014 Wellington Phoenix 5 – 1 8,596 Sunday
24 21 March 2014 Sydney FC 3 – 1 14,212 Friday
26 4 April 2014 Melbourne Heart 2 – 2 13,845 Friday

Pre-season and friendlies

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
A-League — — 6th 12 October 2013 11 April 2014
National Youth League — — 4th 27 October 2013 1 March 2014

A-League

Main article: 2013–14 A-League

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 16 4 7 43 25+18 52 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 11 9 7 34 29+5 42
3 Central Coast Mariners 27 12 6 9 33 36−3 42 2015 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 42 43−1 41 2014 A-League Finals Series
5 Sydney FC 27 12 3 12 40 38+2 39
6 Adelaide United 27 10 8 9 45 36+9 38
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 6 11 34 340 36
8 Perth Glory 27 7 7 13 28 37−9 28
9 Wellington Phoenix 27 7 7 13 36 51−15 28
10 Melbourne Heart 27 6 8 13 36 42−6 26

Updated to games played on 13 April 2014
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1 Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
*Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2015 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 11 7 8 45 34  +11 40 8 3 2 29 15  +14 3 4 6 16 19  −3

Last updated: 30 March 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHHAAHAAAHHAHHAHHAAHAHAAHAHA
Result W D L L L D L D L W D W D W W D L W W L W L D W W D L
Position 1 2 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 5 6 6 5 3 5 3 5 6 5 4 4 6

Last updated: 30 March 2014.
Source: Fixtures
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT.

Finals series

National Youth League

Matches

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC Youth (C) 18 13 2 3 49 29 +20 41
2 Newcastle Jets Youth 18 11 4 3 50 29 +21 37
3 Melbourne Victory Youth 18 9 4 5 50 36 +14 31
4 Adelaide United Youth 18 9 3 6 41 36 +5 30
5 Melbourne Heart Youth 18 8 4 6 40 30 +10 28
6 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 18 7 2 9 37 33 +4 23
7 Brisbane Roar Youth 18 6 5 7 41 45 −4 23
8 AIS Football Program 18 6 3 9 32 47 −15 21
9 Perth Glory Youth 18 5 0 13 35 67 −32 15
10 Central Coast Mariners Academy 18 1 3 14 20 43 −23 6
Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2014. Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 9 3 6 41 37  +4 30 6 1 2 22 15  +7 3 2 4 19 22  −3

Last updated: 2 March 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAH
Result D D W L W W L W W L L W D W L W L W
Position 6 6 5 7 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4

      Win       Draw       Loss
Ground: A = Away; H = Home

League Goalscorers per Round

Total Player Goals per Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
14 Australia Anthony Costa 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3
6 Australia Nikola Milesunic 1 2 1 1 1
4 Australia Bruce Kamau 1 1 1 1
2 Australia Jacob Melling 1 1
Australia Nathan Konstandopoulos 1 1
Australia Ryan Kitto 1 1
Australia Donovan Pollock 2
- Own goal 1 1
1 Australia Jordan Elsey 1
Australia Jordan O'Doherty 1
Australia Jack Bladen 1
Australia Antony Golec 1
Australia Dion Kirk 1
Australia Matthew Bouzalas 1
Australia Jake Barker-Daish 1
41 TOTAL 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 0 1 2 4 2 4

Awards

References

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  2. ↑ "Jeronimo to remain a Red till 2015". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Ferreira commits to Reds future". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  4. ↑ "Djite becomes latest to sign new Reds deal". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  5. ↑ "Watson continues run of Reds to recommit". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  6. ↑ "Young gun extends Reds contract". Adelaide United (Football Federation Australia). 2014-01-15.
  7. ↑ "Carrusca extends Reds contract". Adelaide United (Football Federation Australia). 2014-02-19.
  8. 1 2 "Reds provide opportunity for exciting young duo". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
  9. 1 2 "Reds Spanish Armada About to Arrive". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  10. 1 2 "New Reds start rolling in". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  11. 1 2 3 "Elrich completes Reds Roster". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
  12. ↑ "Reds secure Socceroo Zullo on loan". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  13. ↑ "Reds snare Lustica for Season 9". Adelaide United FC (Football Federation Australia). 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  14. ↑ "Reds sign McGrath on short term deal". Football Federation Australia. 4 October 2013.
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