2005–06 Adelaide United FC season

The 2005–06 Adelaide United FC season was the club's second season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the first time after the National Soccer League was replaced.

Adelaide United
2005–06 season
ManagerJohn Kosmina
StadiumHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
A-League1st
A-League FinalsPreliminary Final
Pre-Season Challenge CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Carl Veart (7)
All: Carl Veart (7)
Highest home attendance15,104 vs. Sydney FC
(12 February 2006)
Lowest home attendance5,263 vs. Perth Glory
(22 July 2005)
Average home league attendance10,947

Continuing their good form from the final season of the NSL, Adelaide United finished as Premiers in the inaugural season of the Hyundai A-League.

The Reds were bundled out of the finals race in straight sets losing to Sydney FC in the two leg semi final and then Central Coast Mariners 1–0 in the preliminary final at Hindmarsh.

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  AUS Daniel Beltrame
2 DF  AUS Richie Alagich
3 DF  AUS Kristian Rees
4 DF  AUS Angelo Costanzo
5 DF  AUS Michael Valkanis
6 MF  AUS Ross Aloisi
7 MF  AUS Lucas Pantelis
8 FW  AUS Carl Veart
9 MF  AUS Matthew Kemp
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW  BRA Fernando
11 MF  AUS Louis Brain
12 FW  AUS Chad Bugeja
13 MF  AUS Travis Dodd
15 FW  AUS Michael Matricciani
17 DF  AUS Adam van Dommele
20 GK  AUS Robert Bajic
21 MF  AUS Jason Spagnuolo

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
2DF Richie Alagich Unattached Undisclosed 3 years 1 July 2005
1GK Daniel Beltrame Parramatta Power Undisclosed 4 years 1 July 2005
18DF Robert Cornthwaite Unattached Undisclosed 6 years 1 July 2005
4DF Angelo Costanzo Campbelltown City Undisclosed 4 years 1 July 2005
10MF Fernando Villa Rio Undisclosed 2 years 1 July 2005
16MF Tony Hatzis North Eastern MetroStars Free 1 year 1 July 2005
21MF Jason Spagnuolo Metro AFC Undisclosed 3 years 1 January 2006
14DF Aaron Goulding Unattached Undisclosed 1 year 1 January 2006
3DF Kristian Rees Unattached Undisclosed 1 year 1 January 2006

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
FW Aurelio Vidmar Retired 1 July 2005
16MF Tony Hatzis North Eastern MetroStars Free 1 February 2006

Loans out

No. Position Player Transferred to Date Ref
19FW Shengqing Qu Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 1 December 2005

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos. Name A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup OFC Club Championship Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Daniel Beltrame 14 0 3 0 2 0 19 0
2 DF Richie Alagich 18+5 0 3 0 2 0 28 0
3 DF Kristian Rees 15+7 1 3 0 0 0 25 1
4 DF Angelo Costanzo 24 0 3 0 2 0 29 0
5 DF Michael Valkanis 24 3 3 2 2 0 29 5
6 MF Ross Aloisi 23 2 3 1 2 0 29 3
7 MF Lucas Pantelis 13+4 1 1 0 0+2 0 20 1
8 FW Carl Veart 23 7 3 0 2 0 28 7
9 DF Matthew Kemp 11+2 0 2+1 0 2 0 18 0
10 FW Fernando 17+1 7 0 0 0 0 18 7
11 MF Louis Brain 6+11 3 0 0 0+2 0 19 3
12 FW Chad Bugeja 1+8 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 13 0
13 MF Travis Dodd 20+3 3 3 0 2 0 28 4
14 DF Aaron Goulding 7+2 0 0+2 0 2 0 13 0
15 FW Michael Matricciani 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 DF Adam van Dommele 19 0 3 1 2 0 24 1
18 DF Robert Cornthwaite 2+9 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
20 GK Robert Bajic 10+1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
21 MF Jason Spagnuolo 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players sold but featured this season
10 MF Aurelio Vidmar 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
16 MF Tony Hatzis 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW Shengqing Qu 17+2 7 1+2 0 2 0 24 7

Disciplinary record

Rank Position Name A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup OFC Club Championship Total
1 DF Richie Alagich 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
2 GK Daniel Beltrame 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 MF Ross Aloisi 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
4 DF Adam van Dommele 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
FW Carl Veart 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
6 DF Kristian Rees 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
7 DF Angelo Costanzo 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
FW Shengqing Qu 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
9 MF Travis Dodd 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF Michael Valkanis 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
11 DF Matthew Kemp 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
12 MF Lucas Pantelis 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 MF Louis Brain 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Fernando 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Aaron Goulding 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Michael Matricciani 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pre-season

Friendlies

20 February 2005 Port Pirie City 0–8 Adelaide United Port Pirie, Australia
Stadium: Savoy Park
25 February 2005 Adelaide United 1–1 Premier's XI Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
15 March 2005 White City Woodville 0–4 Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Woodville West Reserve
22 March 2005 Cumberland United 1–9 Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: A.A. Bailey Reserve
5 April 2005 Adelaide Raiders 1–2 Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
12 April 2005 Adelaide Blue Eagles 0–4 Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
19 April 2005 Campbelltown City 0–3 Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Newton Sports Ground
22 April 2005 Adelaide Galaxy 0–9 Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Camden Sports Complex

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Melbourne Victory 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
2 Perth Glory 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 Adelaide United 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 2
Source:
22 July 2005 Group Stage Adelaide United 2–2 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10 Aloisi  54'
Valkanis  62'
Valkanis  29' (o.g.)
Despotovski  52'
McMahon Jnr  76'
Attendance: 5,263
Referee: Craig Zetter
29 July 2005 Group Stage Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10 Valkanis  74' Johnson  79' Attendance: 6,750
Referee: Simon Przydacz
8 August 2005 Group Stage Melbourne Victory 0–0 Adelaide United Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Attendance: 4,687
Referee: Perry Mur

Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Finals series and 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[lower-alpha 1] 21 1 3 17 15 47 32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Result by Matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundAHHAHAAHAAHAHHAHHAHAA
ResultWDWWDWLLWWLWWWWWWWDDL
Position241111121122111111111
Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 August 2005 1 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Veart  19' Attendance: 13,160
Referee: Peter O'Leary
2 September 2005 2 Adelaide United 0–0 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30 Report
Summary
Attendance: 11,029
Referee: Ben Williams
9 September 2005 3 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30 Brain  1' Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,785
Referee: Peter O'Leary
17 September 2005 4 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium
19:35 UTC+8 Valkanis  20' (o.g.) Report
Summary
Aloisi  32'
Qu  65'
Attendance: 8,052
Referee: Matthew Breeze
25 September 2005 5 Adelaide United 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30 Valkanis  34' Report
Summary
Kwasnik  19' Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Angelo Nardi
2 October 2005 6 New Zealand Knights 1–2 Adelaide United North Harbour Stadium
18:00 UTC+12 Yeo  44' Report
Summary
Dodd  34'
Qu  81'
Attendance: 3,558
Referee: Peter O'Leary
9 October 2005 7 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
17:00 UTC+10 Carney  54'
Petrovski  88'
Report
Summary
Valkanis  51' Attendance: 18,276
Referee: Mark Shield
14 October 2005 8 Adelaide United 2–4 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30 Valkanis  38'
Corbo  67' (o.g.)
Report
Summary
Kemp  12' (o.g.)
Carle  22', 89'
Zelic  68'
Attendance: 13,182
Referee: Mark Shield
22 October 2005 9 Queensland Roar 1–2 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium
19:30 UTC+10 Brownlie  76' Report
Summary
Fernando  59'
Pantelis  89'
Attendance: 15,181
Referee: Peter O'Leary
28 October 2005 10 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Adelaide United Olympic Park Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Veart  83' Attendance: 16,201
Referee: Matthew Breeze
6 November 2005 11 Adelaide United 2–4 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium
16:30 UTC+10:30 Veart  13' (pen.)
Rees  53'
Report
Summary
Mori  9', 34', 45+1'
Despotovski  39' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,868
Referee: Ben Williams
20 November 2005 13 Adelaide United 1–0 New Zealand Knights Hindmarsh Stadium
Qu  38' Attendance: 9,676
Referee: Angelo Nardi
27 November 2005 14 Adelaide United 3–2 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech  4', 84'
Veart  14'
Miura  33', 76' Attendance: 14,068
Referee: Mark Shield
2 December 2005 15 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium
Johnson  59' Brain  79'
Veart  75'
Attendance: 10,132
Referee: Simon Przydacz
1 January 2006 16 Adelaide United 4–2 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech  40', 63'
Qu  30'
Veart  29'
Baird  83'
Brosque  11'
Attendance: 8,426
Referee: Matthew Breeze
5 January 2006 17 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium
Dodd  14' Attendance: 13,427
Referee: Mark Shield
12 January 2006 18 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium
Ward  86' Aloisi  71'
Qu  3'
Attendance: 5,033
Referee: Matthew Breeze
28 January 2006 20 New Zealand Knights 1–1 Adelaide United North Harbour Stadium
Zhang  71' Brain  21' Attendance: 3,079
Referee: Perry Mur
3 February 2006 21 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
Ceccoli  71'
Yorke  48' (pen.)
Qu  90' Attendance: 25,557
Referee: Mark Shield

Finals Series

12 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 1 Adelaide United 2–2 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech  34'
Dodd  31'
Petrovski  39'
Corica  9'
Attendance: 15,104
Referee: Matthew Breeze
19 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 2 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
Rudan  76'
Petrovski  29'
Qu  60' Attendance: 30,377
Referee: Mark Shield
26 February 2006 Preliminary Final Adelaide United 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
Pondeljak  7' Attendance: 11,405
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Qualification zone

7 May 2005 Adelaide United 0–0
(4–1 p)
Melbourne Victory
Attendance: 7,254
11 May 2005 Central Coast Mariners 4–0 Adelaide United
Attendance: 4,539

Awards

AwardPlayer
Club Champion Carl Veart
Player's Player Michael Valkanis
Top Goalscorer Carl Veart
Best Team Man Matthew Kemp
Rising Star Adam van Dommele

References

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