2020–21 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2020–21 season
Chairman	Piet van der Pol
Manager	Carl Veart
Stadium	Coopers Stadium
A-League	5th
A-League Finals	Semi-finals
FFA Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Tomi Juric (7); All: Tomi Juric (9)
Highest home attendance	10,106 (3 January 2021 vs. Melbourne City
Lowest home attendance	5,728 (5 February 2021 vs. Perth Glory
Average home league attendance	7,383
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Adelaide United FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2003. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[1]

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	AUS	James Delianov
2	DF	AUS	Michael Marrone
3	DF	AUS	George Timotheou
4	DF	AUS	Ryan Strain
6	MF	AUS	Louis D'Arrigo
7	DF	AUS	Ryan Kitto
8	MF	AUS	Stefan Mauk (captain)
9	FW	AUS	Tomi Juric
11	MF	AUS	Craig Goodwin (on loan from Al-Wehda)
15	DF	AUS	Noah Smith (scholarship)
16	MF	AUS	Nathan Konstandopoulos
17	FW	AUS	Mohamed Toure (scholarship)
18	MF	AUS	Joe Caletti
19	FW	AUS	Yaya Dukuly (scholarship)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ESP	Javi López
22	DF	DEN	Michael Jakobsen
23	DF	AUS	Jordan Elsey
24	FW	AUS	Pacifique Niyongabire
26	FW	AUS	Ben Halloran
27	MF	AUS	Josh Cavallo
28	MF	ESP	Juande
29	FW	AUS	Kusini Yengi
31	MF	AUS	Bernardo (scholarship)
33	GK	AUS	Dakota Ochsenham
34	DF	AUS	Yared Abetew
35	FW	AUS	Al Hassan Toure
40	GK	AUS	Ethan Cox (scholarship)
46	GK	AUS	Joe Gauci

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
14	FW	Domenic Costanzo	Croydon Kings	Scholarship	1 year	5 October 2020	^[2]^[3]
46	GK	Joe Gauci	Melbourne City	Scholarship	1 year	7 October 2020	^[4]
18	MF	Joe Caletti	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	20 October 2020	^[5]
19	FW	Yaya Dukuly	Melbourne City	Scholarship	1 year	27 October 2020	^[6]
3	DF	George Timotheou	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	10 November 2020	^[7]
1	GK	James Delianov	Western United	Free transfer	2 years	11 November 2020	^[8]
21	DF	Javi López	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	25 November 2020	^[9]
9	FW	Tomi Juric	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	26 November 2020	^[10]
11	FW	Craig Goodwin	Al-Wehda	Loan	5 months	10 February 2021	^[11]
27	MF	Josh Cavallo	Unattached	Free transfer	4 months	18 February 2021	^[12]
28	MF	Juande	Kerala Blasters	Free transfer	3 months	26 March 2021	^[13]
31	MF	Bernardo Oliveira	Melbourne City	Scholarship	2 years	12 April 2021	^[14]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
14	FW	George Blackwood	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	26 August 2020	^[15]^[16]
42	MF	Taras Gomulka	Unattached	Free transfer	11 September 2020	^[17]
20	GK	Paul Izzo	Xanthi	Undisclosed	1 October 2020	^[18]
17	FW	Nikola Mileusnic	Randers	Mutual contract termination	5 October 2020	^[19]
18	MF	Lachlan Brook	Brentford	Undisclosed	6 October 2020	^[20]
8	MF	Riley McGree	Charlotte FC	$820,000^[21]	6 October 2020	^[22]
11	FW	Kristian Opseth	Unattached	End of contract	6 October 2020	^[23]^[24]
28	MF	Chen Yongbin	Unattached	End of contract	8 October 2020	^[25]
10	MF	James Troisi	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mutual contract termination	14 December 2020	^[26]^[27]
14	FW	Domenic Costanzo	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	10 June 2021	^[28]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
15	DF		Noah Smith	19	1-year scholarship^[29]
34	DF		Yared Abetew	21	^[30]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
22	Michael Jakobsen	Centre-back	1 year	7 October 2020	^[31]
27	Josh Cavallo	Central midfielder	2 years	11 May 2021	^[32]
46	Joe Gauci	Goalkeeper	2 years	25 May 2021	^[33]

Technical staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Carl Veart	^[34]
Assistant coach	Ross Aloisi	^[35]
Assistant coach Head of Youth Football	Ayrton Andrioli	^[36]
Director of Football	Bruce Djite	^[37]
Goalkeeping coach	Eugene Galekovic	^[38]
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Django Gentilcore	^[39]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

4 November 2020	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0–2	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACDT		Report	Yengi 9' M. Toure 87'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Referee: Daniel Elder

10 November 2020	Para Hills Knights	0–2	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACDT		Report	Marrone 4' 49' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Paddocks Referee: Daniel Elder

3 December 2020	Adelaide United	8–0	Adelaide Comets	Adelaide, Australia
	Halloran 8', 87' Yengi 11', 37' (pen.), 59' Dukuly 42', 75' Strain 69'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

7 December 2020	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Adelaide United	Sydney, Australia
17:30 AEDT		Report	Yengi 15' Konstandopoulos 90'	Stadium: Valentine Sports Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

10 December 2020	Macarthur FC	3–1	Adelaide United	Sydney, Australia
11:00 AEDT	Franjic 20' Najjar 43' Derbyshire 44'	Report	Mauk 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Valentine Sports Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Kurt Ams

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	042.31
A-League Finals	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total	28	12	6	10	42	44	−2	042.86

Updated to match played 3 June 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42	Qualification for finals series^[a]
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40
5	Adelaide United	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39
6	Macarthur FC	26	11	6	9	33	36	−3	39
7	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	26	10	8	8	44	34	+10	38

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

^ The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.
^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in 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
26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39	7	4	2	18	13	+5	4	2	7	21	28	−7

Last updated: 3 June 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position	4	2	2	7	2	5	7	8	7	5	4	3	3	2	5	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 24 November 2020, the A-League fixtures for the season were announced.^[40]^[41] Due to having 26 rounds in a 12 team league, Adelaide will play against Melbourne Victory, Perth Glory, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers three times.

28 December 2020 1	Western United	0–0	Adelaide United	Geelong
19:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 5,128 Referee: Shaun Evans

3 January 2021 (2021-01-03) 2	Adelaide United	2–0	Melbourne City	Adelaide
17:30 ACDT	Juric 66' Mauk 76'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,106 Referee: Alireza Faghani

20 January 2021 (2021-01-20) 4	Perth Glory	5–3	Adelaide United	Perth
18:20 AWST	Kilkenny 10' (pen.) D'Agostino 34', 60' Fornaroli 51' Armiento 84'	Report	Konstandopoulos 42' M. Toure 88' Halloran 90+3'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 6,125 Referee: Adam Fielding

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 5	Adelaide United	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
18:30 ACDT	M. Toure 53'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,133 Referee: Chris Beath

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 9	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Adelaide United	Redcliffe
20:15 AEST	Wenzel Halls 37', 78' O'Shea 45'	Report	Konstandopoulos 82'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 8,747 Referee: Alireza Faghani

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 19	Adelaide United	1–2	Perth Glory	Adelaide
18:35 ACST	Mauk 20'	Report	Fornaroli 73' Stynes 83'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 5,728 Referee: Adam Kersey

12 February 2021 (2021-02-12) 25	Macarthur FC	4–0	Adelaide United	Campbelltown
19:05 AEDT	Derbyshire 66', 73', 89' Milligan 83'	Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

19 February 2021 (2021-02-19) 24	Adelaide United	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
18:35 ACDT	Juric 34' (pen.), 70' (pen.), 85' (pen.)	Report	De Silva 15' Kuol 63'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,339 Referee: Adam Fielding

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 3	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–3	Adelaide United	Parramatta
17:05 AEDT	Kamau 61' Duke 90'	Report	Goodwin 2' Mauk 44' M. Toure 82'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 8,456 Referee: Adam Kersey

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) 11	Adelaide United	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
18:30 ACDT	D'Arrigo 6' Goodwin 77'	Report	O'Toole 22'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,350 Referee: Stephen Lucas

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 10	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:10 AEDT	Brimmer 28'	Report	Mauk 37', 77' Yengi 61'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 5,217 Referee: Chris Beath

21 March 2021 (2021-03-21) 14	Newcastle Jets	1–4	Adelaide United	Newcastle
18:40 AEDT	Stamatelopoulos 69'	Report	Yengi 5' Mauk 11' Halloran 40' Goodwin 43' (pen.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,414 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 15	Adelaide United	1–0	Sydney FC	Adelaide
17:40 ACDT	Goodwin 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,451 Referee: Shaun Evans

1 April 2021 (2021-04-01) 13	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Adelaide United	Gosford
19:40 AEDT	Bozanic 72' Kuol 76'	Report	Yengi 48'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,053 Referee: Shaun Evans

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 16	Adelaide United	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
18:40 ACST	Juric 11'	Report	Cox 68'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,787 Referee: Daniel Elder

14 April 2021 (2021-04-14) 18	Adelaide United	3–1	Macarthur FC	Adelaide
19:05 ACST	Juric 15' Goodwin 72' (pen.) Halloran 84'	Report	Derbyshire 33'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,184 Referee: Stephen Lucas

18 April 2021 (2021-04-18) 7	Sydney FC	2–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
16:05 AEST	Bobô 19', 51'	Report	Elsey 75' Juric 79'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 7,718 Referee: Shaun Evans

25 April 2021 (2021-04-25) 20	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Adelaide United	Wollongong
16:10 AEST	Waine 58' Hemed 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Mauk 51'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 1,903 Referee: Adam Kersey

30 April 2021 (2021-04-30) 6	Adelaide United	0–0	Western United	Adelaide
19:05 ACST		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,699 Referee: Chris Beath

7 May 2021 (2021-05-07) 8	Adelaide United	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:35 ACST		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,172 Referee: Alireza Faghani

13 May 2021 (2021-05-13) 17	Melbourne City	4–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:05 AEST	Jamieson 8' Galloway 45' Maclaren 72' (pen.), 82'	Report	Halloran 51'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,370 Referee: Alex King

16 May 2021 (2021-05-16) 12	Adelaide United	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
18:10 ACST	Goodwin 23'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,723 Referee: Ben Abraham

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19) 23	Perth Glory	2–1	Adelaide United	Perth
21:20 AWST	Fornaroli 78' Ikonomidis 86'	Report	Yengi 28'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 3,523 Referee: Shaun Evans

23 May 2021 (2021-05-23) 26	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
18:10 AEST		Report	Goodwin 39'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,413 Referee: Alireza Faghani

29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) 22	Adelaide United	1–4	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:10 ACST	Dukuly 89'	Report	Le Fondre 6', 54' Bobô 58' Wood 71'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,198 Referee: Daniel Elder

3 June 2021 21	Adelaide United	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:35 ACDT	Gordon 11' (o.g.) Goodwin 56'	Report	Strain 22' (o.g.) Dorrans 30'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,103 Referee: Alex King

Finals series

13 June 2021 Elimination-final	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Adelaide United	Kippa-Ring
15:05 AEST	Parsons 56'	Report	Juric 15', 19'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 7,782 Referee: Alex King

19 June 2021 Semi-final	Sydney FC	2–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Le Fondre 24' (pen.) Bobô 43'	Report	Juande 64'	Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 19 June 2021

No.	Pos.	Name	A-League				Total
			Regular season		Finals		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	James Delianov	16	0	2	0	18	0
2	DF	Michael Marrone	3(3)	0	0(1)	0	7	0
3	DF	George Timotheou	11(3)	0	0	0	14	0
4	DF	Ryan Strain	19	0	2	0	21	0
6	MF	Louis D'Arrigo	22(3)	1	2	0	27	1
7	DF	Ryan Kitto	7(6)	0	2	0	15	0
8	MF	Stefan Mauk	22(1)	7	2	0	25	7
9	FW	Tomi Juric	14(2)	7	2	2	18	9
11	MF	Craig Goodwin	18	8	0	0	18	8
15	DF	Noah Smith	9	0	0	0	9	0
16	MF	Nathan Konstandopoulos	2(5)	2	0	0	7	2
17	FW	Mohamed Toure	2(12)	3	0(1)	0	15	3
18	MF	Joe Caletti	12(8)	0	0(1)	0	21	0
19	FW	Yaya Dukuly	6(4)	1	0	0	10	1
21	DF	Javi López	8(4)	0	2	0	14	0
22	DF	Michael Jakobsen	15	0	2	0	17	0
23	DF	Jordan Elsey	25	1	2	0	27	1
24	FW	Pacifique Niyongabire	1(15)	0	0(2)	0	18	0
26	MF	Ben Halloran	26	4	2	0	28	4
27	MF	Josh Cavallo	15(3)	0	0(1)	0	19	0
28	MF	Juande	9(2)	0	2	1	13	1
29	FW	Kusini Yengi	6(10)	4	0	0	16	4
34	DF	Yared Abetew	3(5)	0	0	0	8	0
35	FW	Al Hassan Toure	4(13)	0	0(1)	0	18	0
37	MF	Jonny Yull	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
46	GK	Joe Gauci	10	0	0	0	10	0

Goalscorers

As of 19 June 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	A-League	A-League Finals series	Total
1	9	FW	Tomi Juric	7	2	9
2	11	MF	Craig Goodwin	8	0	8
3	8	MF	Stefan Mauk	7	0	7
4	26	MF	Ben Halloran	4	0	4
4	29	FW	Kusini Yengi	4	0	4
6	17	FW	Mohamed Toure	3	0	3
7	16	MF	Nathan Konstandopoulos	2	0	2
8	6	MF	Louis D'Arrigo	1	0	1
	19	FW	Yaya Dukuly	1	0	1
	23	DF	Jordan Elsey	1	0	1
	28	MF	Juande	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Total				39	3	42

Disciplinary record

As of 19 June 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League		A-League Finals series		Total
Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name
1	6	MF		Louis D'Arrigo	5	1	1	0	6	1
2	26	MF		Ben Halloran	7	0	0	0	7	0
3	18	MF		Joe Caletti	6	0	0	0	6	0
3	8	MF		Stefan Mauk	5	0	1	0	6	0
5	28	MF		Juande	4	0	1	0	5	0
6	23	DF		Jordan Elsey	4	1	0	0	4	1
7	9	FW		Tomi Juric	4	0	0	0	4	0
7	29	FW		Kusini Yengi	4	0	0	0	4	0
9	4	DF		Ryan Strain	2	1	0	0	2	1
10	15	DF		Noah Smith	3	0	0	0	3	0
	21	DF		Javi Lopez	2	0	1	0	3	0
	27	MF		Joshua Cavallo	3	0	0	0	3	0
	35	FW		Al Hassan Toure	3	0	0	0	3	0
14	17	FW		Mohamed Toure	1	1	0	0	1	1
15	11	MF		Craig Goodwin	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	22	DF		Michael Jakobsen	2	0	0	0	2	0
17	34	DF		Yared Abetew	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	46	GK		Joe Gauci	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total					59	4	4	0	63	4

Clean sheets

As of 19 June 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	A-League	Total
1	1	GK	James Delianov	5	5
1	46	GK	Joe Gauci	3	3
Total				8	8

Notes

References

^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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^ Radbourne, Lucas (5 October 2020). "A-League's Adelaide sign 18-year-old 'revelation'". FTBL.
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^ "Reds sign experienced Spaniard, Javi López". Adelaide United. 25 November 2020.
^ "Tomi Juric returns to Reds". Adelaide United. 26 November 2020.
^ "Goodwin makes Reds return on loan". Adelaide United. 10 February 2021.
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[table_note_res_AFCGS0.16737465475098-40] The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.

[table_note_WEL0.16737465475098-41] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

[1] "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[2] "Domenic Costanzo signs deal with Reds". Adelaide United. 5 October 2020.

[3] Radbourne, Lucas (5 October 2020). "A-League's Adelaide sign 18-year-old 'revelation'". FTBL.

[4] "Reds sign Gauci ahead of 2020/21 Season". Adelaide United. 7 October 2020.

[5] "A-League's Adelaide sign Olyroo midfielder". FTBL. 20 October 2020.

[6] "Reds sign Yaya Dukuly ahead of 2020/21 season". Adelaide United. 27 October 2020.

[7] "Reds capture Timotheou signature". Adelaide United. 10 November 2020.

[8] "Reds sign Delianov to two-year deal". Adelaide United. 11 November 2020.

[9] "Reds sign experienced Spaniard, Javi López". Adelaide United. 25 November 2020.

[10] "Tomi Juric returns to Reds". Adelaide United. 26 November 2020.

[11] "Goodwin makes Reds return on loan". Adelaide United. 10 February 2021.

[12] "Reds sign Cavallo for remainder of the season". Adelaide United. 18 February 2021.

[13] "Signing news: Adelaide bring Glory old boy Juande back to the A-League". A-League. 26 March 2021.

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