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

Transfers in
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
3 DF Iacopo La Rocca 31 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [2]
14 MF George Mells 18 Southampton Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
19 FW Eli Babalj 23 AZ Loan Pre-season 2016 Free [4]
17 FW Mate Dugandzic 25 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [5]
6 MF Stefan Mauk 20 Melbourne City Transfer Round 16 2018 Free [6]
18 FW 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 Nigel Boogaard 28 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [8]
14 MF Cameron Watson 28 Free agent End of contract Pre-season [9]
19 FW Miguel Palanca 27 Free agent End of contract Pre-season [9]
20 GK Paul Izzo 20 Central Coast Mariners Transfer Pre-season Free [10]
17 FW Awer Mabil 19 Midtjylland Transfer Pre-season $1,300,000 [11]
32 MF Nathan Konstandopoulos 19 Free agent Released Round 13 [12]
5 DF Osama Malik 25 Melbourne City Transfer Round 16 Free [6]
18 MF James Jeggo 23 Sturm Graz Transfer Round 17 $400,000 [13]
18 FW 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
Manager Guillermo Amor
Assistant Coaches Pau Martí
Michael Valkanis
General Manager of Football Operations Ante Kovacevic
Goalkeeping Coach Peter Blazincic
High Performance Manager Greg King
Club Doctor James Ilic
Head Trainer Peter Duke
Head Physiotherapist 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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Eugene Galekovic 26 0 5 0 0 2204003010010000
2 DF Michael Marrone 30 1 7 0 0 25+117002+1000010000
3 DF Iacopo La Rocca 14 0 4 0 0 11+104001+1000000000
4 DF Dylan McGowan 32 3 6 0 1 2926002100110000
6 MF Stefan Mauk 14 3 5 0 0 11+235000000010000
7 FW Pablo Sánchez 27 11 3 0 0 8+1793001+1200000000
8 MF Isaías 31 4 6 0 0 26+145003010010000
9 FW Sergio Cirio 31 6 1 0 0 26+140003110011000
10 MF Marcelo Carrusca 32 7 5 0 0 24+455003200010000
11 FW Bruce Djite 29 11 4 0 0 22+4114002000010000
12 DF Mark Ochieng 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000000000000
13 FW Dylan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
14 MF George Mells 25 0 2 0 0 11+1402000000000000
15 DF Ben Warland 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000000000000
16 DF Craig Goodwin 30 4 7 0 0 2647003000010000
17 FW Mate Dugandzic 21 1 0 0 0 4+1410001+100000+10000
19 FW Eli Babalj 8 1 1 0 0 2+300000+3110000000
20 GK John Hall 6 0 0 0 0 600000000000000
21 DF Tarek Elrich 26 0 6 0 0 20+205003000010100
23 DF Jordan Elsey 18 0 9 0 0 14+308000000010100
24 MF Bruce Kamau 19 3 2 0 0 9+93200000000+10000
25 DF Ruon Tongyik 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
28 MF Antoni Trimboli 2 0 0 0 0 0+200000000000000
29 MF Riley McGree 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000000000000
30 GK Daniel Margush 1 0 0 0 0 100000000000000
80 GK John Solari 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
Players no longer at the club:
5 DF Osama Malik 10 0 1 0 0 700003010000000
18 MF James Jeggo 18 3 5 0 0 1515003200000000
18 FW Sergio van Dijk 1 0 0 0 0 00000000000+10000
32 MF Nathan Konstandopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000

Pre-season and friendlies
15 July 2015 Friendly Adelaide United 0–2 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 LFC 2015 Tour Adelaide United 0–2 Liverpool Adelaide, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Report Milner  68'
Ings  88'		 Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 53,008
Referee: Armando Villarreal
28 July 2015 Friendly 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 NT Tour Alice Springs All Stars 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 NT Tour 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 Friendly 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 Friendly 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 Friendly 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 to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
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 Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
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
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 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
Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
9 October 2015 1 Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Friday 19:10 ACDT Report Broxham  26'  73' Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 19,079
Referee: Peter Green
16 October 2015 2 Adelaide United 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
Friday 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
Sunday 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
Saturday 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
Thursday 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
Friday 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
Sunday 16:30 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,048
Referee: Shaun Evans
28 November 2015 8 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
Saturday 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
Sunday 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
Friday 19:30 ACDT Jeggo  62'
Carrusca  90+4' (pen.)		 Report Gersbach  28'
Hološko  70'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,076
Referee: Strebre Delovski
18 December 2015 11 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Adelaide United Newcastle
Friday 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
Saturday 16:45 ACDT Muscat  42' (o.g.)
Goodwin  73'
Marrone  75'		 Report Riera  12'  56' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,655
Referee: Chris Beath
1 January 2016 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Adelaide United Parramatta
Friday 19:40 AEDT Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 16,312
Referee: Ben Williams
9 January 2016 14 Perth Glory 1–3 Adelaide United Perth
Saturday 18:40 AWST Elrich  6' (o.g.)
Grant  45'		 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
Saturday 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
Friday 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
Sunday 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
Friday 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
Sunday 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
Friday 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
Saturday 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
Saturday 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
Friday 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
Saturday 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
Sunday 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
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Report Djite  26', 45' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 8,981
Referee: Peter Green
8 April 2016 27 Melbourne City 0–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
Friday 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 1–6 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 2–1 Sydney FC Adelaide, South Australia
19:00 ACST Sánchez  41'
McGowan  114'  117'		 Report Grant  16' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 5,066
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 September 2015 Quarter-finals Melbourne Victory 3–1 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 1–2 Shandong Luneng Taishan Adelaide, Australia
19:30 ACDT Cirio  89' Report (FFA)
Report (AFC)		 Yang  17'
Tardelli  39'
Wang  2'  69'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,487
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Awards

See also

References
  1. "Amor to replace Gombau". Adelaide United. 24 July 2015.
  2. "Reds secure La Rocca". Adelaide United FC. 27 June 2015.
  3. "Reds sign former Chelsea and Southampton youth". Adelaide United FC. 4 July 2015.
  4. "Reds secure Babalj on season long loan". Adelaide United FC. 26 July 2015.
  5. "Dugandzic joins the Reds". Adelaide United FC. 16 August 2015.
  6. "Mauk arrives, Malik departs". Adelaide United FC. 23 January 2016.
  7. "Reds sign van Dijk for AFC Champions League". Adelaide United FC. 3 February 2016.
  8. "Boogaard signs with Newcastle Jets". Football Federation Australia. 16 February 2015.
  9. "Hyundai A-League transfer wrap". Football Federation Australia. 30 June 2015.
  10. "Reds Release Izzo". Adelaide United FC. 8 July 2015.
  11. "Mabil signs with Danish Club". Adelaide United FC. 20 July 2015.
  12. "Adelaide United's Osama Malik and Eli Babalj re-injured during their comeback campaigns". The Advertiser. 28 December 2015.
  13. "Jeggo leaves for Austrian club". Adelaide United FC. 27 January 2016.
  14. "John Hall signs two-year extension". Adelaide United. 11 August 2015.
  15. "Elrich extends until 2017/18". Adelaide United. 29 September 2015.
  16. "Elsey signs Reds contract extension". Adelaide United. 23 February 2016.
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