2013–14 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United

2013–14 season
Chairman	Greg Griffin
Manager	Josep Gombau
Stadium	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League	6th
Top goalscorer	Jerónimo Neumann, Fábio Ferreira (9)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2013–14 Adelaide United FC season is the clubs ninth A-League season. It includes the 2013–14 A-League season as well as any other competitions of the 2013–14 football (soccer) season.

In the winter transfer window, newly appointed manager Josep Gombau was quick to add Spanish flavour into the squad. He brought in fellow Spaniards Sergio Cirio and Isaías. He also added other players including Tarek Elrich and Steven Lustica, Michael Zullo for a season long loan and Brent McGrath as a four-week injury replacement player. Awer Mabil and Jordan Elsey were also promoted from the youth system, each rewarded with two-year contracts. The club also let four contracts expire; those of Iain Ramsay, Tomi Juric, Fabian Barbiero and Evan Kostopoulos. Iain Fyfe and Zenon Caravella both had their contracts cut short and terminated. Sergio van Dijk was transferred to Persib Bandung and Dario Vidošić to FC Sion for a reported $700,000 transfer fee.

The Reds had a shaky start to their season under new manager Gombau. They had only a single win in their first nine games for the season and early calls started for the club to show the door to the new man in charge. Gombau quickly changed the club's fortunes, getting his second win in round 10 against the Central Coast Mariners, with a 4–0 result. The team continued this form to finish sixth on the table after the 27 home-and-away games, which let them into the finals by two points. Adelaide's season was ended by Central Coast in the elimination final, losing 1–0.

The Reds' highest attendance in the 2013–14 season was 16,504 in the round 2 clash with Melbourne Victory at Hindmarsh Stadium which ended in a 2–2 draw.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Galeković (captain)	35	2007	199	0	2014	Free
2	RB		Marrone	29	2014	35	0	2015	Free
3	CB		Boogaard	30	2010	85	2	2014	Free
4	CB		McKain	34	2011	55	1	2014	Free
5	CM		Malik	26	2011	77	2	2015	Free	Originally from Youth System
6	LWB		Cássio (vice-captain)	36	2007	158	11	2015	Free	Second nationality: Australia
7	WI		Jerónimo	30	2012	51	17	2015	Free
8	LM		Isaías	29	2013	25	0	2015	Free
9	WI		Cirio	31	2013	21	8	2015	Free
10	LW		Carrusca	33	2012	44	11	2014	Free
11	ST		Djite	29	2011	107	24	2015	Free
14	CM		Watson	29	2010	97	0	2015	Free
15	CM		Melling	21	2012	10	0	2015	Youth system
16	RWB		Bowles	25	2012	23	1	2014	Free
17	WI		Mabil	21	2012	24	2	2015	Youth system
18	LB		Zullo	28	2013	21	0	2014	Loan
19	AM		Barker-Daish	23	2012	19	2	2014	Free
20	GK		Izzo	21	2012	3	0	2015	Youth system
21	RB		Elrich	29	2013	25	0	2015	Free
22	RW		Ferreira	27	2012	41	12	2015	Free
23	CB		Elsey	22	2013	9	1	2015	Youth system
24	ST		McGrath	25	2013	2	0	2013	Free	Four week injury replacement
25	RW		Kitto	22	2013	2	0	2015	Youth system
	AM		Kamara	20	2012	4	0	2015	Youth system	Second nationality: Liberia

Transfers

Re-signed

Name	Position	Duration	Contract Expiry	Notes
Cássio	Defender	2 years	2015	[1]
Jerónimo Neumann	Forward	2 years	2015	[2]
Fábio Ferreira	Midfielder	2 years	2015	[3]
Bruce Djite	Forward	2 years	2015	[4]
Cameron Watson	Midfielder	2 years	2015	[5]
Awer Mabil	Forward	2 years	2017	[6]
Marcelo Carrusca	Winger	1 year	2015	[7]

Winter

In

Name	Position	Moving from	Notes
Jordan Elsey	Defender	Adelaide United Youth	- 2-year contract.[8]
Awer Mabil	Forward	Adelaide United Youth	- 2-year contract.[8]
Sergio Cirio	Forward	Hospitalet	- 2-year contract.[9]
Isaías Sánchez	Midfielder	Ponferradina	- 2-year contract.[9][10]
Tarek Elrich	Defender	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	- 2-year contract.[10][11]
Michael Zullo	Defender	Utrecht	- 1-year loan contract.[12]
Steven Lustica	Midfielder	Hajduk Split	- 1-year contract.[13]
Brent McGrath	Forward	Brøndby IF	- Four week injury replacement.[14]

Out

Name	Position	Moving to	Notes
Sergio van Dijk	Forward	Persib Bandung	- Transferred in January 2013.[15]
Zenon Caravella	Midfielder	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	- Released from remainder of contract in January 2013.[16]
Iain Ramsay	Midfielder	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	- Contract was not renewed.[17]
Tomi Jurić	Forward	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	- Contract was not renewed.[18]
Fabian Barbiero	Midfielder	Released	- Contract was not renewed.[11]
Evan Kostopoulos	Forward	Released	- Contract was not renewed.[11]
Iain Fyfe	Defender	Mes Kerman	- Released from remainder of contract in August 2013.[19]
Dario Vidošić	Midfielder	Sion	- Reported transfer fee of $700,000.[20][21]

Summer

In

Name	Position	Moving from	Notes
Ryan Griffiths	Forward	Beijing Baxy	- 0.5 year contract.[22]
Michael Marrone	Defender	Shanghai Shenxin	- 1.5 year contract.[23]

Out

Name	Position	Moving to	Notes
Antony Golec	Defender	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	- Released from remainder of contract in January 2014.[24][25]
Steven Luštica	Midfielder	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	- Released from remainder of contract in February 2014.[26][27]
Ryan Griffiths	Midfielder	Sarawak FA	- Released from remainder of contract in March 2014.[28]

Player statistics

Squad stats

				Total				A-League		A-League Finals
N	P	Name	Nat.	GS	App		Min	App		App		Notes
1	GK	Galeković										(-) means goals conceded
3	DF	Boogaard
4	DF	McKain
5	MF	Malik
6	DF	Cássio
7	FW	Jerónimo
8	MF	Isaías
9	FW	Cirio
10	MF	Carrusca
11	FW	Djite
12	DF	Golec
13	MF	Lustica
14	MF	Watson
15	MF	Melling
16	DF	Bowles
17	FW	Mabil
18	DF	Zullo
19	MF	Barker-Daish
20	GK	Izzo										(-) means goals conceded
21	DF	Elrich
22	MF	Ferreira
23	DF	Elsey
25	MF	Kitto
	MF	Kamara

Last updated: 19 September 2013
Source: Soccerway - Adelaide United 2012/13
Ordered by shirt number
0 shown as blank

Scorers

A-League

Goals	Player	010	020	030	040	050	060	070	080	090	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
9	Jerónimo Neumann	2	1								1				1				1			2	1
	Fábio Ferreira	1				1					1			1					1	1		1			1		1
8	Sergio Cirio		1						1		1										3	1			1
6	Marcelo Carrusca				1				1							1				1						1	1
5	Bruce Djite										1		1				1		1						1
2	Osama Malik						1			1
	Awer Mabil																	1				1
1	Steven Luštica								1
	Jake Barker-Daish													1
	Jordan Elsey														1
	Ryan Griffiths																1

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A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Player did not play

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Josep Gombau
Assistant & Fitness coach	Pau Martí
Assistant coach	Michael Valkanis
High Performance Manager	Adam Hewitt
Goalkeeper coach	Peter Blazincic
Physiotherapist	Peter Chitti

Source:Football Australia^[29]

Managerial Changes

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Michael Valkanis	Reassigned as assistant coach.	8 April 2013	4th, (12–13)	Josep Gombau	30 April 2013[30]	Pre-season (13–14)

Attendance at home games

Round	Date	Opponent	Score AUFC - Away	Attendance	Weekday
1	13 October 2013	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	3 – 1	10,320	Sunday
2	18 October 2013	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 – 2	16,504	Friday
5	9 November 2013	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 – 2	10,244	Saturday
9	6 December 2013	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	1 – 2	8,861	Friday
10	14 December 2013	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	4 – 0	7,785	Saturday
12	29 December 2013	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 – 0	10,778	Sunday
13	3 January 2014	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2 – 2	15,347	Friday
15	19 January 2014	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	1 – 0	11,365	Sunday
16	25 January 2014	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	2 – 2	11,100	Saturday
19	14 February 2014	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	6,980	Thursday
21	2 March 2014	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	5 – 1	8,596	Sunday
24	21 March 2014	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	3 – 1	14,212	Friday
26	4 April 2014	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	2 – 2	13,845	Friday

Pre-season and friendlies

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	—	6th	12 October 2013	11 April 2014
National Youth League	—	—	4th	27 October 2013	1 March 2014

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (C)	27	16	4	7	43	25	+18	52	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	27	11	9	7	34	29	+5	42
3	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	27	12	6	9	33	36	−3	42	2015 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	42	43	−1	41	2014 A-League Finals Series
5	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	27	12	3	12	40	38	+2	39
6	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	27	10	8	9	45	36	+9	38
7	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	27	10	6	11	34	34	0	36
8	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	27	7	7	13	28	37	−9	28
9	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	27	7	7	13	36	51	−15	28
10	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	27	6	8	13	36	42	−6	26

Updated to games played on 13 April 2014
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
^*Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2015 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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	7	8	45	34	+11	40	8	3	2	29	15	+14	3	4	6	16	19	−3

Last updated: 30 March 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

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	27
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	L
Position	1	2	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	5	6	6	5	3	5	3	5	6	5	4	4	6

Last updated: 30 March 2014.
Source: Fixtures
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT.

Finals series

National Youth League

Matches

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC Youth (C)	18	13	2	3	49	29	+20	41
2	Newcastle Jets Youth	18	11	4	3	50	29	+21	37
3	Melbourne Victory Youth	18	9	4	5	50	36	+14	31
4	Adelaide United Youth	18	9	3	6	41	36	+5	30
5	Melbourne Heart Youth	18	8	4	6	40	30	+10	28
6	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	18	7	2	9	37	33	+4	23
7	Brisbane Roar Youth	18	6	5	7	41	45	−4	23
8	AIS Football Program	18	6	3	9	32	47	−15	21
9	Perth Glory Youth	18	5	0	13	35	67	−32	15
10	Central Coast Mariners Academy	18	1	3	14	20	43	−23	6

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
18	9	3	6	41	37	+4	30	6	1	2	22	15	+7	3	2	4	19	22	−3

Last updated: 2 March 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W
Position	6	6	5	7	5	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4

  Win   Draw   Loss
Ground: A = Away; H = Home

League Goalscorers per Round

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
14		Anthony Costa				1	1			1	1		3	2		1	1			3
6		Nikola Milesunic				1		2		1				1			1
4		Bruce Kamau									1	1						1	1
2		Jacob Melling						1	1
		Nathan Konstandopoulos								1		1
		Ryan Kitto					1											1
		Donovan Pollock																2
	-	Own goal			1							1
1		Jordan Elsey		1
		Jordan O'Doherty						1
		Jack Bladen								1
		Antony Golec									1
		Dion Kirk									1
		Matthew Bouzalas																	1
		Jake Barker-Daish																		1
41	TOTAL		0	1	1	2	2	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	0	1	2	4	2	4

Awards

• Player of the Week (Round 10) - Sergio Cirio^[31]
• Player of the Week (Round 20) - Sergio Cirio^[32]
• Player of the Week (Round 21) - Fábio Ferreira^[33]
• Player of the Week (Round 24) - Marcelo Carrusca^[34]

References

External links

• Official website