Adelaide United FC (W-League)

Adelaide United's women's team was formed in 2008 with the inception of the W-League, becoming one of the founding eight teams.[1] The inaugural set up saw North Eastern MetroStars coach Michael Barnett take charge[2] with ex-Adelaide United player Richie Alagich take up the assistant coach role and Matildas stalwart Dianne Alagich named as captain.[3]

Adelaide's first game was on 25 October 2008 against Queensland Roar at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, which ended in a 4–1 loss with Sharon Black getting the consolation goal.[4] The first win came in Round 2 against the Newcastle Jets at Hindmarsh Stadium, a hard fought 3–2 win thanks to a hat-trick from Sandra Scalzi.[5] The Reds followed this up with another 3–2 win over Sydney FC before failing to win any of their next seven league games, finished last in the eight-team competition in their inaugural season.

After a disappointing inaugural season drastic changes were made to the playing staff including the retirement of experienced campaigners Sharon Black and Dianne Alagich to create a youthful team for the 2009 season.[6][7] Despite the new look squad Adelaide continued to struggle in the league failing to win any of the first 5 games which included a record equaling defeat against Sydney FC on 1 November 2009.[8] The first goal of the 2009 season was scored by Tenneille Boaler against Newcastle Jets in the round 6 clash at the Wanderers Oval the game ended in a 3 – 3 draw handing Adelaide its second point of the year.[9] The season didn't get any better for Adelaide as they failed to win a single game in the second season but thanks to an unlikely 2 all draw with power house team Brisbane Roar they finished the season in 7th place their best ever finish to date.[10] Most Valuable player for 2009 season Racheal Quigley.

The 2010–11 season was even worse for Reds as they lost all ten of their W-League matches. They only scored four goals and finished with a disappointing −32 goal differential; they tied their worst defeat with a −1 loss to Newcastle in round nine. Coach Michael Barnett was let go at the end of the disappointing season, and was replaced by David Edmondson.

Adelaide continued to struggle through most of the 2011–12 season as they opened the campaign with six more losses, scoring four goals during that time while letting twenty-one in. This was better pace than the previous season, though, and the Reds showed significant improvement in on-field play versus 2010–2011, cited as being "unlucky" to not come away with at least a point on multiple occasions. They finally snapped their winless and losing streaks, at 34 and 18 games respectively, with a 1–0 defeat of the Perth Glory in round eight, taking them off the bottom of the table for the first time since November 2009.

Following Adelaide United taking control of the women's team, their first move was signing Mark Jones as the head coach.[11]

As of 29 December 2020

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 Sian Fryer-McLaren (vice-captain) 2 DF  AUS Emily Hodgson 3 DF  AUS Matilda McNamara 4 MF  USA Mallory Weber (on loan from Kansas City; vice-captain) 5 DF  AUS Charlotte Grant 6 MF  AUS Georgia Campagnale 7 FW  CHI María José Rojas 8 MF  AUS Emily Condon 10 FW  AUS Chelsie Dawber 11 DF  AUS Laura Johns 12 FW  AUS Isabel Hodgson 13 FW  AUS Ella Tonkin

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  AUS Abbey Burns 15 MF  AUS Meleri Mullan 16 MF  AUS Dylan Holmes (captain) 17 DF  AUS Kahlia Hogg 18 GK  AUS Annalee Grove 19 DF  NED Maruschka Waldus 21 MF  AUS Lara Kirkby 22 GK  AUS Inana Toovey 23 FW  ENG Fiona Worts — MF  AUS Ciara Fowler — GK  AUS Evelyn Goldsmith — MF  AUS Victoria Mansueto

For notable current and former players, see Category:Adelaide United FC (W-League) players.

As of 24 January 2021

Name	From	To	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost
Michael Barnett	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	30	2	4	24
David Edmondson	1 September 2011	4 February 2013	22	3	0	19
Ross Aloisi	22 August 2013	30 June 2015	24	6	5	13
Jamie Harnwell	1 July 2015	30 June 2016	12	3	4	5
Mark Jones	7 September 2016	22 September 2016	0	0	0	0
Hussein Skenderovic	5 October 2016	30 June 2017	12	3	5	4
Ivan Karlović	1 July 2017	4 August 2020	24	8	4	12
Adrian Stenta	4 August 2020	—	4	3	0	1