2021–22 Adelaide United FC season

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Adelaide United
2021–22 season
ChairmanPiet van der Pol
ManagerCarl Veart
StadiumCoopers Stadium
A-League10th
FFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Kusini Yengi, Stefan Mauk, Ben Halloran, (1)
All: 7 players (1)
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The 2021–22 Adelaide United FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2003. The club is participating in the A-League for the 16th time, and in the FFA Cup for the 7th time.

Players[]

Squad information[]

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 Australia AUS James Delianov
3 DF Australia AUS George Timotheou
4 DF Australia AUS Nick Ansell
6 MF Australia AUS Louis D'Arrigo
7 DF Australia AUS Ryan Kitto
8 MF Australia AUS Stefan Mauk (captain)
9 FW Australia AUS Kusini Yengi
10 MF Spain ESP Isaías
11 MF Australia AUS Craig Goodwin (on loan from Al-Wehda)
14 FW Australia AUS George Blackwood
17 FW Australia AUS Mohamed Toure (scholarship)
18 MF Australia AUS Joe Caletti
19 FW Australia AUS Yaya Dukuly (scholarship)
21 DF Spain ESP Javi López
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Denmark DEN Michael Jakobsen
23 DF Australia AUS Jacob Tratt
26 FW Australia AUS Ben Halloran
27 DF Australia AUS Josh Cavallo
28 MF Spain ESP Juande
31 MF Australia AUS Bernardo (scholarship)
37 MF Australia AUS Jonny Yull (scholarship)
40 GK Australia AUS (scholarship)
41 DF Australia AUS (scholarship)
46 GK Australia AUS Joe Gauci
66 FW Australia AUS (scholarship)
— DF Australia AUS Lachlan Barr (injury replacement)
— FW Australia AUS (scholarship)

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Name From Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
4 DF Nick Ansell Unattached Free transfer 1 year 30 July 2021 [1]
14 FW George Blackwood Unattached Free transfer 2 years 2 August 2021 [2]
23 DF Jacob Tratt Unattached Free transfer 1 year 6 August 2021 [3]
10 MF Spain Isaías Unattached Free transfer 3 years 23 August 2021 [4]
33 GK Unattached Injury replacement for Joe Gauci 12 weeks 16 September 2021 [5]
TBD FW Australia Adelaide City Free transfer 10 December 2021 [6]
TBD DF Lachlan Barr Australia Adelaide City Injury replacement for Nick Ansell 6 months 29 December 2021 [7]

Transfers out[]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4 DF Ryan Strain Israel Maccabi Haifa Undisclosed fee 23 June 2021 [8][9]
34 DF Yared Abetew Australia Newcastle Olympic Free transfer 24 June 2021 [10]
15 DF Noah Smith Unattached End of contract 28 June 2021 [11]
24 FW Pacifique Niyongabire Unattached End of contract [11]
33 GK Unattached End of contract [11]
23 DF Jordan Elsey Unattached End of contract 1 July 2021 [12]
9 FW Tomi Juric Macarthur FC End of contract 14 July 2021 [13][14]
2 DF Michael Marrone Australia Sturt Lions End of contract 3 August 2021 [15]
35 FW Al Hassan Toure Macarthur FC Mutual contract termination 13 October 2021 [16][17]
16 MF Nathan Konstandopoulos Unattached End of contract 16 October 2021 [18]
33 GK Australia Adelaide City End of contract 1 December 2021 [19][20]

From youth squad[]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
37 MF Australia Jonny Yull 16 1-year scholarship[11]
41 DF Australia 18 1-year scholarship[11]
66 FW Australia 15 1-year scholarship[21]

Contract extensions[]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
21 Spain Javi López Full-back 1 year 12 June 2021 [22]
28 Spain Juande Defensive midfielder 1 year 12 June 2021 [22]
22 Denmark Michael Jakobsen Centre-back 1 year 1 July 2021 [23]
11 Craig Goodwin Winger 1 year 2 July 2021 [24]

Technical staff[]

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Australia Carl Veart [25]
Assistant coach Australia Ross Aloisi [26]
Assistant coach
Head of Youth Football		 Brazil Ayrton Andrioli [27]
Head of Football Australia Vito Basile [28]
Goalkeeping coach Australia Eugene Galekovic [29]
Strength and Conditioning Coach Australia Django Gentilcore [30]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 October 2021 Adelaide Victory Australia 0–3 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACDT Report
Stadium: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre
19 October 2021 Para Hills Knights Australia 1–2 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACDT
  • Goal 65'
 Report
Stadium: The Paddocks
Note: The match consisted of 2 40-minute halves[31]
26 October 2021 West Torrens Birkalla Australia 0–7 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACDT Report
Stadium: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre
31 October 2021 Brisbane Roar Australia 2–0 Australia Adelaide United Ipswich, Australia
14:00 AEST
Report Stadium: North Ipswich Reserve
5 November 2021 Adelaide United Australia 3–0 Australia NPLSA Select Adelaide, Australia
 Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Daniel Goodwin

Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 20 November 2021 Matchday 1 5 0 3 2 4 6 −2 000.00
FFA Cup 26 September 2021 Round of 32 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
Total 7 2 3 2 8 7 +1 028.57

Last updated: 17 December 2021
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup[]

Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
26 September 2021 Round of 32 Floreat Athena Western Australia 1–3 (a.e.t.) South Australia Adelaide United Perth
13:00 AWST
  • Goal 56'
 Report
Stadium: Litis Stadium
Attendance: 831
Referee: Adam Fielding
17 October 2021 Round of 16 Adelaide Olympic South Australia 0–1 South Australia Adelaide United Adelaide
15:00 ACST Report
Stadium: VALO Football Centre
Attendance: 2,637
Referee:

A-League[]

Main article: 2021–22 A-League Men

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 5 Qualification to round of 32[a]
9 Perth Glory 4 1 1 2 4 3 +1 4
10 Wellington Phoenix[b] 5 1 1 3 4 10 −6 4
11 Adelaide United 5 0 3 2 4 6 −2 3
12 Brisbane Roar 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: A-League Men
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[32]
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they come from New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 0 3 2 4 6  −2 3 0 1 1 3 4  −1 0 2 1 1 2  −1

Last updated: 17 December 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round[]

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GroundAHAHAH
ResultDDDLL
Position4781011
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

20 November 2021 1 Perth Glory 1–1 Adelaide United Perth
19:05 AWST Fornaroli Goal 40' Report Yengi Goal 22' Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 17,198
Referee: Adam Kersey
27 November 2021 2 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:15 ACDT
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,017
Referee: Daniel Elder
4 December 2021 3 Brisbane Roar 0–0 Adelaide United Kippa-Ring
16:45 AEST Report Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Chris Beath
11 December 2021 4 Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:15 AEST
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,145
Referee: Adam Kersey
17 December 2021 5 Western United 1–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,353
Referee: Kurt Ams
6 Adelaide United Postponed Perth Glory Adelaide
Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 17 December 2021
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia James Delianov 5 0 2 0 7 0
3 DF Australia George Timotheou 0 0 2 0 2 0
4 DF Australia Nick Ansell 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 3 0
6 MF Australia Louis D'Arrigo 4 0 2 1 6 1
7 MF Australia Ryan Kitto 3(2) 0 2 0 7 0
8 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 5 1 0 0 5 1
9 FW Australia Kusini Yengi 4 1 1 0 5 1
10 MF Spain Isaías 5 0 2 0 7 0
11 MF Australia Craig Goodwin 2(3) 0 0 0 5 0
14 FW Australia George Blackwood 0(1) 0 0(1) 1 2 1
17 FW Australia Mohamed Toure 1(4) 0 1(1) 0 7 0
18 MF Australia Joe Caletti 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW Australia Yaya Dukuly 0 0 0(2) 1 2 1
21 DF Spain Javi López 4 0 2 0 6 0
22 DF Denmark Michael Jakobsen 5 0 0 0 5 0
23 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 4(1) 0 2 1 7 1
26 MF Australia Ben Halloran 5 1 2 0 7 1
27 DF Australia Josh Cavallo 5 0 2 0 7 0
28 MF Spain Juande 2(1) 0 0(1) 0 4 0
31 MF Australia Bernardo 0(4) 0 2 0 6 0
44 MF Australia 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0
55 MF Australia 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0
Players no longer at the club
35 FW Australia Al Hassan Toure 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0

Disciplinary record[]

As of 17 December 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 23 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 3 0 1 0 4 0
2 21 DF Spain Javi López 2 1 0 0 2 1
3 10 MF Spain Isaías Sánchez 3 0 0 0 3 0
26 MF Australia Ben Halloran 2 0 1 0 3 0
5 3 DF Australia George Timotheou 0 0 1 0 1 0
6 MF Australia Louis D'Arrigo 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Australia Kusini Yengi 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF Australia Joe Caletti 1 0 0 0 1 0
27 DF Australia Josh Cavallo 1 0 0 0 1 0
28 MF Spain Juande 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 15 1 4 0 19 1

Clean sheets[]

As of 17 December 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 1 GK Australia James Delianov 1 1 2
Total 1 1 2


References[]

  1. ^ "Reds sign Ansell for upcoming season". Adelaide United. 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Blackwood returns to Adelaide". Adelaide United. 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Reds capture Tratt ahead of 2021/22". Adelaide United. 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Isaías returns to Adelaide on three-year deal". Adelaide United. 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Reds sign Ochsenham as Gauci injury replacement". Adelaide United. 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Reds sign Kasumovic on a scholarship deal". Adelaide United. 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Reds sign Lachlan Barr as injury replacement". Adelaide United. 29 December 2021.
  8. ^ "ההגנה מתגבשת: ראיין סטריין סיכם במכבי חיפה" [The defence is coming together: Ryan Strain concluded with Maccabi Haifa]. One (in Hebrew). 23 June 2021.
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  13. ^ "Reds confirm Juric departure". Adelaide United. 14 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Socceroo Tomi Juric adds Firepower to the Bulls". Macarthur FC. 14 July 2021.
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  17. ^ "Bulls capture Al Hassan Toure ahead of 2021/22 Season". Macarthur FC. 13 October 2021.
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  27. ^ "Airton Andrioli appointed as Reds' Head of Youth Football". Adelaide United. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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  29. ^ "Eugene Galekovic".[permanent dead link]
  30. ^ "Django Gentilcore".[permanent dead link]
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  32. ^ "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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