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Adelaide United FC

Football club information
Full nameAdelaide United Football Club
NicknameThe Reds, United
Founded2003
StadiumHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (capacity : 17,000 (16,500 seated))
ChairmanAU Greg Griffin
ManagerNL Rini Coolen
LeagueA-League
2009 � 1010th (League)
Current seasonAdelaide United season 2010 � 11

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Adelaide United Football Club is a professional football (soccer) club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It currently participates in the A-League as the sole team from the state of South Australia. Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in the A-League. The club's home ground is Hindmarsh Stadium.

The club was founded in 2003 to fill the place vacated by Adelaide City in the former National Soccer League (NSL). Adelaide United were premiers in the inaugural 2005 � 06 A-League season, finishing 7 points clear of the rest of the competition, before finishing 3rd in the finals, The Reds (the team's new nickname) were also Grand Finalists in the 2006 � 07 and 2008 � 09 seasons, but failed to win either of the grand finals.

The 2006-07 season saw Brazilian international Romario join the club for a four-game stint. Adelaide have the best winning record of all clubs in the A-League. As of 2010, Adelaide is the only A-League club to be present at the AFC Champions League on three occasions, making them the most successful Australian club in Asia. Adelaide however have not won the domestic A-league Championship.

The 2007 � 08 season was a season to forget for Adelaide as they battled a huge amount of player injury throughout the season. This effectively ended their finals hopes and it was the first time Adelaide failed to make the top two in A-League history. The 2009-10 season proved to be even more of a disaster as the club's poor form continued throughout the season with the club ending the season at the bottom of the premiership table.

The 2010-11 season has seen a remarkable turnaround from the previous season that saw the club finish last, altough they are still suffering from injury. New coach Rini Coolen's reign at the helm has resulted in an eleven game unbeaten run. Coupled with the last two rounds in the previous Hyundai A-League season (2009 � 10), Adelaide broke previous record holder Central Coast Mariners' undefeated streak of 12 games, with a 3-0 defeat of Wellington Phoenix setting a then-new record of 13 games. However, this record has since been broken by Brisbane Roar, who as of Round 20 in the 2010-11 season have played 18 matches unbeaten.

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Owuso to leave Adelaide United - SuperSport.com Tweet this news
SuperSport.com--"Both Lloyd and the club have agreed to terminate his contract, which will allow Lloyd to pursue other opportunities," -Adelaide United FC- Director of ... - Date : Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:03:33 GMT+00:00
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One News Page--Newcastle Jets head coach Branko Culina is not prepared to take any injury risks into the A-League season opener against -Adelaide United- on Friday night. ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:01:36 GMT+00:00
Ebony tackles unfair soccer rule - Messenger News Tweet this news
Messenger News--LET ME PLAY: -Adelaide United- soccer player Ebony Weidenbach doesn't want to change clubs. SURREY Downs soccer star Ebony Weidenbach is waging a one-woman ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:01:11 GMT+00:00
Dodd: The Goal Flow Must Grow - Australian FourFourTwo Tweet this news
Australian FourFourTwo--EXCLUSIVE: -Adelaide United- captain Travis Dodd is confident a new campaign will see the Reds end their woeful run in front of goal as he bids to shed the ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:26:31 GMT+00:00
Galekovic drafted in to replace Jones - The Official Home of Asian Football Tweet this news
The Official Home of Asian Football--Johannesburg: -Adelaide United- goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic has been drafted into Australia's squad following the withdrawal of Brad Jones for family ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:55:52 GMT+00:00
Socceroos vow to regroup - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--On Monday, FIFA gave official approval for -Adelaide United's- Eugene Galekovic to replace Jones in the squad should the Middlesbrough goalkeeper pull out as ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:07:13 GMT+00:00
Shaken Socceroos vow to rebound - Ninemsn Tweet this news
Ninemsn--On Monday, FIFA gave official approval for -Adelaide United's- Eugene Galekovic to replace Jones in the squad should the Middlesbrough goalkeeper pull out as ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:37:16 GMT+00:00
Mixed score card as World Cup warm up continues - Radio Australia Tweet this news
Radio Australia--It's expected that one of these - -Adelaide United's- Eugene Galekovic who was originally named outside the final 23 - will be promoted to the main squad. ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:36:20 GMT+00:00
United star fined over bouncer assault - ABC Online Tweet this news
ABC Online---Adelaide United- soccer player Robbie Cornthwaite has been fined but not convicted for assaulting a bouncer last August. ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 02:08:57 GMT+00:00

No. Nationality Position Player Other
1AUSGKEugene Galeković
2AUSDFRobert Cornthwaite
3AUSDFNigel Boogaard
4AUSDFIain Fyfe
5AUSDF[[Daniel Mullen (footballer)
6BRADF[[Cássio Oliveira
7AUSMFLucas Pantelis
8AUSMF[[Adam Hughes (footballer)
9NEDFWSergio van Dijk
10ARGMFMarcos Flores
11NEDMFAndwélé Slory
12AUSMF[[Paul Reid (Australian footballer)
13AUSMFTravis Dodd
14AUSMF[[Cameron Watson (footballer)
15AUSFWFrancesco Monterosso
17AUSMFIain Ramsay
18AUSMFFabian Barbiero
19AUSMFMathew Leckie
20AUSGKMark Birighitti
21UruguayMFFrancisco Usúcar
23AUSMFJoe Costa
25AUSMFMatthew Mullen
26ENGMF[[Joe Keenan (footballer)
29AUSDFBradley Norton
Costa RicaMFDiego Estrada

No. Nationality Position Player Other
AUSGKLuke Ostbye
AUSGKNick Munro
AUSDFJordon Elsey
AUSDFDaniel Scordo
AUSDFMatthew Halliday
AUSDFPerry Mitris
AUSMFJackson Groves
AUSMFMitch Nicholson
AUSMFAlan Welsh
AUSMFJordan Spadevecchia
AUSMFMatthew Mullen
AUSMFBrett Rayner
AUSMFLiam Wooding
AUSFWKym Harris
AUSFWEvan Kostopoulos
+ up to four senior squad players

Preceded by
Inaugural Premier		A-League Premiers
2005-06		Succeeded by
Melbourne Victory

Youth Team Roster : 2008
Position Name
Manager (Head Coach) NL Rini Coolen
Assistant Coach Australia Phil Stubbins
Specialist Coach Australia Carl Veart
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Peter Blazincic
Youth Team Coach Australia Michael Valkanis

Youth Team Roster : 2008
Name From To Managed Won Drawn Lost
AU John Kosmina Sep 2003 Feb 2007 86 38 25 23
AU Aurelio Vidmar Feb 2007 June 2010 107 42 23 42
→ AU Phil Stubbins (interim) June 2010 July 2010
NL Rini Coolen July 2010 Present 19 11 4 4

Youth Team Roster : 2008
Name Years A-League
inc. finals		 ACL CWC Pre-Season
Cup		 Total
1 Australia Travis Dodd 2005- 26 (129) 8 (25) 1 (2) 2 (17) 37 (173)
2 Brazil Fernando 2005-07 13 (38) 3 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 16 (43)
3= Australia Lucas Pantelis 2005- 14 (97) 1 (21) 0 (0) 0 (5) 15 (123)
3= Australia Carl Veart 2005-07 12 (47) 0 (3) 0 (0) 3 (9) 15 (59)
3= Brazil Cristiano 2008-10 11 (48) 1 (6) 1 (3) 2 (3) 15 (60)
6 Netherlands Sergio van Dijk 2010- 11 (23) 2 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 13 (30)
7= Brazil Cássio 2007- 7 (75) 1 (16) 0 (1) 3 (8) 11 (100)
7= Australia Bruce Djite 2006-08 6 (20) 2 (8) 0 (0) 3 (7) 11 (35)
7= Australia Nathan Burns 2006-08 9 (35) 1 (11) 0 (0) 1 (8) 11 (54)
10 Australia Mathew Leckie 2009- 7 (29) 2 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (35)

Youth Team Roster : 2008
Name Years A-League
inc. finals		 ACL CWC Pre-Season
Cup		 Total
1 Australia Travis Dodd 2005- 129 25 2 17 173
2 Australia Robert Cornthwaite 2005- 96 18 3 14 131
3 Australia Lucas Pantelis 2005- 97 21 0 5 123
4 Australia Eugene Galeković 2007- 82 18 3 3 106
5 Australia Angelo Costanzo 2005-09 73 16 1 15 105
7 Brazil Cássio 2007- 75 16 1 8 100
6 Australia Richie Alagich 2005-08 65 12 0 14 91
8 Australia Michael Valkanis 2005-09 56 8 0 13 77
9 Australia Fabian Barbiero 2007- 55 11 2 3 71
10 Australia Jason Spagnuolo 2005-09 44 10 1 14 69

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Adelaide United A-League History
Youth Team Roster : 2008
Season P W D L F A Teams League
Position		 Finals
Qualification		 Finals Series
Position		 ACL Qualification ACL Placing
2005-06 21 (24) 13 (13) 4 (5) 4 (6) 33 (36) 25 (30) 8 Premiers Qualified 3rd Qualified for 2007 N/A
2006-07 21 (25) 10 (10) 3 (5*) 8 (10) 32 (34) 27 (36) 8 2nd Qualifed 2nd Qualified for 2008 Group Stages (3rd)
2007-08 21 (21) 6 (6) 8 (8) 7 (7) 31 (31) 29 (29) 8 6th DNQ   - DNQ Runners-Up
2008-09 21 (25) 11 (12) 5 (5) 5 (8) 31 (32) 19 (26) 8 2nd Qualified 2nd Qualified for 2010 DNQ
2009-10 27 (27) 7 (7) 8 (8) 12 (12) 24 (24) 33 (33) 10 10th DNQ   - DNQ Round of 16

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Adelaide United Pre-Season Cup History
Youth Team Roster : 2008
Season P W D L F A Teams Result
2005 3 (3) 0 (0) 3 (3) 0 (0) 3 (3) 3 (3) 8 Group Stage
2006 4 (6) 1 (2) 2 (3*) 1 (1) 1 (4) 2 (4) 8 Premiers
2007 3 (5) 1 (3) 2 (2) 0 (0) 6 (11) 3 (6) 8 Premiers
2008 3 (3) 1 (1) 2 (2) 0 (0) 2 (2) 1 (1) 8 Group Stage

: All-time A-League win/loss (including finals)
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
Brisbane Roar FC 19 8 6 5 18 16 2
Central Coast Mariners FC 18 6 6 6 20 23 -3
Gold Coast United FC 5 1 3 1 4 5 -1
Melbourne Heart FC 3 2 0 1 6 4 2
Melbourne Victory FC 22 5 3 14 17 38 -21
New Zealand Knights FC 6 3 2 1 9 6 3
Newcastle United Jets FC 19 8 5 6 28 24 4
North Queensland Fury FC} 5 3 1 1 11 7 4
Perth Glory FC 17 10 3 5 28 21 7
Sydney FC 20 9 2 9 28 29 -1
Wellington Phoenix FC 11 5 4 2 24 11 13
Total 146 60 35 51 193 184 9

: All-time A-League win/loss record by stadium (including finals)
Ground Pld W D L GF GA GD
AAMI Park 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
Adelaide Oval 3 2 0 1 5 3 2
AMI Stadium 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2
Bluetongue Stadium 8 3 1 4 7 12 -5
Canberra Stadium 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dairy Farmers Stadium 3 2 0 1 6 4 2
EnergyAustralia Stadium 8 3 1 4 9 11 -2
Etihad Stadium 11 1 1 9 6 24 -18
Hindmarsh Stadium 70 35 18 17 116 80 36
nib Stadium 8 3 2 3 9 10 -1
North Harbour Stadium 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
Olympic Park 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1
Skilled Park 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Suncorp Stadium 9 4 4 1 9 9 0
Sydney Football Stadium 11 3 1 7 12 17 -5
Westpac Stadium 4 1 3 0 6 5 1
Total 146 60 35 51 193 184 9

: All-time International Competition Win/Loss
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
EgyptAl-Ahly 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
VietnamBình Dương 2 2 0 0 6 2 4
UzbekistanBunyodkor 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
ChinaChangchun Yatai 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
VietnamGạch Đồng Tâm Long An 2 2 0 0 5 0 5
JapanGamba Osaka 3 0 0 3 0 6 -6
South KoreaJeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1
JapanKashima Antlers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
South KoreaPohang Steelers 4 3 1 0 4 0 4
JapanSanfrecce Hiroshima 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
South KoreaSeongnam Ilhwa 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1
ChinaShandong Luneng 4 1 1 2 4 4 0
New ZealandWaitakere United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1
Total 28 13 6 9 34 24 8

: Home Attendances by Season (includes finals)
Season Pld Total Average Highest Lowest
2005-06 12 135,982 11,332 15,104 7,013
2006-07 13 163,185 12,553 16,378 8,785
2007-08 10 126,966 12,697 25,039 10,256
2008-09 13 137,304 10,562 23,002 7,832
2009-10 14 150,705 10,765 15,038 8,244
2010-11 6 59,779 9,963 13,310 7,370

Association football in Australia

National teamsMen's (Socceroos) , Women's (Matildas) , Men's U23 (Olyroos) , Men's U20 (Young Socceroos), Women's U20 (Young Matildas) , U18 Australian Youth Olympic team , Men's U17 (Joeys)
Current National LeaguesA-League , Youth League , W-League
Former LeaguesNational Soccer League , National Soccer Youth League , Women's National Soccer League

A-League

Seasons2005 - 06, 2006 - 07, 2007 - 08, 2008 - 09, 2009 - 10, 2010 - 11
Grand Finals2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Clubsbegin Adelaide United * Brisbane Roar * Central Coast Mariners * Gold Coast United * Melbourne Heart * Melbourne Victory * Newcastle Jets * North Queensland Fury * Perth Glory * Sydney FC * Wellington Phoenixend
Former Clubs New Zealand Knights
Expansion Clubs Sydney Rovers (2011)

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The ClubHistory, Players, W-League, Youth, All articles
StadiumHindmarsh Stadium
RivalriesMelbourne Victory, Sydney FC
Key PersonnelHead Coach : Rini Coolen, Captain: Travis Dodd
Seasons2003 �04 (NSL), 2005 �06, 2006 �07, 2007 �08, 2008 �09, 2009 �10, 2010 �11

AFC Champions League 2010 Quarter-finalsIR Zob Ahan * QA Al-Gharafa * SA Al-Hilal * Al-Shabab * KR Jeonbuk Hyundai * Pohang Steelers * Seongnam Ilhwa * Suwon SamsungEliminated in round of 16IR Esteghlal * Mes Kerman * UZ Bunyodkor * Pakhtakor * JP Kashima Antlers * Gamba Osaka * CN Beijing Guoan * AU Adelaide UnitedEliminated in group stageIR Sepahan * SA Al-Ahli * Al-Ittihad * AE Al-Ahli Dubai * Al-Ain * Al-Jazira * Al-Wahda * QA Al-Sadd * JP Kawasaki Frontale * Sanfrecce Hiroshima * CN Changchun Yatai * Henan Construction * Shandong Luneng * AU Melbourne Victory * ID Persipura Jayapura * SG Singapore Armed ForcesEliminated in Qualifying play-offIN Churchill Brothers * SY Al-Karamah * ID Sriwijaya * VN Ðà Nẵng * TH Muang Thong UnitedDisqualifiedKW Al Kuwait Kaifan

Sporting teams based in Adelaide

Association football (soccer)A-League: Adelaide United FC W-League: Adelaide United LFC
Australian FootballAFL: Adelaide Crows * Port Adelaide
BaseballClaxton Shield: South Australia
BasketballNBL: Adelaide 36ers WNBL: Adelaide Lightning
CricketSheffield Shield / 50 overs / 20 overs: Southern Redbacks WNCL: South Australian Scorpions
Field hockeyAHL: Southern Hotshots * Adelaide Suns
Ice hockeyAIHL: Adelaide Adrenaline
NetballANZ Championship: Adelaide Thunderbirds



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