2015–16 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2015–16 season
Chairman Greg Griffin
Manager Guillermo Amor
Stadium Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League Premiers
A-League Finals Series Champions
FFA Cup Quarter-finals
AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
Top goalscorer League: Bruce Djite (9 goals)
All: Bruce Djite, Pablo Sánchez (11 goals)
Highest home attendance 19,079 vs Melbourne Victory
9 October 2015
Lowest home attendance 6,205 vs Perth Glory
6 December 2015
Average home league attendance 11,287
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 Adelaide United FC season is the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2003. The club will participate 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.

Despite delivering the club's first trophy since the innaugural 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]

Club Information

Squad information

As of 23 February 2016
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Age Contract Until
Goalkeepers
1 Eugene Galekovic Australia GK 12 June 1981 2017
20 John Hall Australia GK 23 October 1994 2017
Defenders
2 Michael Marrone Australia RB 27 January 1987 2017
3 Iacopo La Rocca Italy CB / DM 17 February 1984 2017
4 Dylan McGowan Australia CB 6 August 1991 2016
12 Mark Ochieng Youth Australia RB / RW 9 December 1996 2016
15 Ben Warland Youth Australia CB 4 September 1996 2016
21 Tarek Elrich Australia RB / LB 1 January 1987 2018
23 Jordan Elsey Australia CB 2 March 1994 2017
Midfielders
6 Stefan Mauk Australia AM 12 October 1995 2018
8 Isaías Spain DM / CM 9 February 1987 2017
10 Marcelo Carrusca Argentina AM 1 September 1983 2017
13 Dylan Smith Youth Australia AM / CM 27 May 1996 2016
14 George Mells Australia CM 23 May 1997 2016
Forwards
7 Pablo Sánchez Spain RW / AM / CF 24 January 1983 2016
9 Sergio Cirio Spain LW / CF 9 March 1985 2017
11 Bruce Djite Australia CF 25 March 1987 2017
16 Craig Goodwin Australia LW / LB 16 December 1991 2016
17 Mate Dugandzic Australia RW / AM 22 October 1989 2016
19 Eli Babalj Australia CF 21 February 1992 On loan
24 Bruce Kamau Australia RW / LW 28 March 1995 2016

Transfers in

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
3 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 31 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [2]
14 MF Australia George Mells 18 Southampton Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
19 FW Australia Eli Babalj 23 AZ 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
P
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 FC Midtjylland Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed [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 Transfer Round 17 Undisclosed [13]
18 FW Indonesia Sergio van Dijk 33 Free agent End of Contract Round 19

Contracts Extensions

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
John Hall Goalkeeper 2 years 2017 [14]
Tarek Elrich Full-back 1 year 2018 [15]
Jordan Elsey Centre-back 1 year 2017 [16]

Football Department Staff

Position Name
Manager Spain Guillermo Amor
Assistant Coaches Spain Pau Martí

Australia Michael Valkanis

General Manager of Football Operations Australia Ante Kovacevic
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Peter Blazincic
High Performance Manager Australia Greg King
Club Doctor Australia James Ilic
Head Trainer Australia Peter Duke
Head Physiotherapist Australia 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 P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 26 0 5 0 0 22 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 30 1 7 0 0 25+1 1 7 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 14 0 4 0 0 11+1 0 4 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Dylan McGowan 32 3 6 0 1 29 2 6 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 14 3 5 0 0 11+2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 FW Spain Pablo Sánchez 27 11 3 0 0 8+17 9 3 0 0 1+1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Spain Isaías 31 4 6 0 0 26+1 4 5 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW Spain Sergio Cirio 31 6 1 0 0 26+1 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 32 7 5 0 0 24+4 5 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Bruce Djite 29 11 4 0 0 22+4 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 DF Australia Mark Ochieng 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 FW Australia Dylan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Australia George Mells 25 0 2 0 0 11+14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Australia Ben Warland 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Australia Craig Goodwin 30 4 7 0 0 26 4 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 FW Australia Mate Dugandzic 21 1 0 0 0 4+14 1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
19 FW Australia Eli Babalj 8 1 1 0 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0+3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia John Hall 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 26 0 6 0 0 20+2 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
23 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 18 0 9 0 0 14+3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
24 MF Australia Bruce Kamau 19 3 2 0 0 9+9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
25 DF Australia Ruon Tongyik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Australia Antoni Trimboli 2 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Australia Riley McGree 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Daniel Margush 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 GK Australia John Solari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
5 DF Australia Osama Malik 10 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Australia James Jeggo 18 3 5 0 0 15 1 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Indonesia Sergio van Dijk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
32 MF Australia Nathan Konstandopoulos 0 0 0 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 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 51.85
A-League Finals 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 100.000
FFA Cup 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 66.67
AFC Champions League 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 00.00
Total 33 18 7 8 62 37 +25 54.55

Last updated: 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 to 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 to AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification to 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
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 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
Result D D L L L L D L W W D W D W W W W D W W W W L D W W W
Position 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 2 1 3 4 3 2 1

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

Main article: 2015 FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Awards

See also

References

External links

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