2005–06 Adelaide United FC season

The 2005–06 Adelaide United FC season was the club's second season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the first time after the National Soccer League was replaced.

Adelaide United
2005–06 season
ManagerJohn Kosmina
StadiumHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
A-League1st
A-League FinalsPreliminary Final
Pre-Season Challenge CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Carl Veart (7)
All: Carl Veart (7)
Highest home attendance15,104 vs. Sydney FC
(12 February 2006)
Lowest home attendance5,263 vs. Perth Glory
(22 July 2005)
Average home league attendance10,947

Continuing their good form from the final season of the NSL, Adelaide United finished as Premiers in the inaugural season of the Hyundai A-League.

The Reds were bundled out of the finals race in straight sets losing to Sydney FC in the two leg semi final and then Central Coast Mariners 1–0 in the preliminary final at Hindmarsh.

Players

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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 Daniel Beltrame
2 DF   AUS Richie Alagich
3 DF   AUS Kristian Rees
4 DF   AUS Angelo Costanzo
5 DF   AUS Michael Valkanis
6 MF   AUS Ross Aloisi
7 MF   AUS Lucas Pantelis
8 FW   AUS Carl Veart
9 MF   AUS Matthew Kemp
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW   BRA Fernando
11 MF   AUS Louis Brain
12 FW   AUS Chad Bugeja
13 MF   AUS Travis Dodd
15 FW   AUS Michael Matricciani
17 DF   AUS Adam van Dommele
20 GK   AUS Robert Bajic
21 MF   AUS Jason Spagnuolo

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
2 DF Richie Alagich Unattached Undisclosed 3 years 1 July 2005
1 GK Daniel Beltrame   Parramatta Power Undisclosed 4 years 1 July 2005
18 DF Robert Cornthwaite Unattached Undisclosed 6 years 1 July 2005
4 DF Angelo Costanzo   Campbelltown City Undisclosed 4 years 1 July 2005
10 MF   Fernando   Villa Rio Undisclosed 2 years 1 July 2005
16 MF Tony Hatzis   North Eastern MetroStars Free 1 year 1 July 2005
21 MF Jason Spagnuolo   Metro AFC Undisclosed 3 years 1 January 2006
14 DF Aaron Goulding Unattached Undisclosed 1 year 1 January 2006
3 DF Kristian Rees Unattached Undisclosed 1 year 1 January 2006

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
FW Aurelio Vidmar Retired 1 July 2005
16 MF Tony Hatzis   North Eastern MetroStars Free 1 February 2006

Loans out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Date Ref
19 FW   Shengqing Qu   Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 1 December 2005

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos. Name A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup OFC Club Championship Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Daniel Beltrame 14 0 3 0 2 0 19 0
2 DF   Richie Alagich 18+5 0 3 0 2 0 28 0
3 DF   Kristian Rees 15+7 1 3 0 0 0 25 1
4 DF   Angelo Costanzo 24 0 3 0 2 0 29 0
5 DF   Michael Valkanis 24 3 3 2 2 0 29 5
6 MF   Ross Aloisi 23 2 3 1 2 0 29 3
7 MF   Lucas Pantelis 13+4 1 1 0 0+2 0 20 1
8 FW   Carl Veart 23 7 3 0 2 0 28 7
9 DF   Matthew Kemp 11+2 0 2+1 0 2 0 18 0
10 FW   Fernando 17+1 7 0 0 0 0 18 7
11 MF   Louis Brain 6+11 3 0 0 0+2 0 19 3
12 FW   Chad Bugeja 1+8 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 13 0
13 MF   Travis Dodd 20+3 3 3 0 2 0 28 4
14 DF   Aaron Goulding 7+2 0 0+2 0 2 0 13 0
15 FW   Michael Matricciani 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 DF   Adam van Dommele 19 0 3 1 2 0 24 1
18 DF   Robert Cornthwaite 2+9 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
20 GK   Robert Bajic 10+1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
21 MF   Jason Spagnuolo 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players sold but featured this season
10 MF   Aurelio Vidmar 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
16 MF   Tony Hatzis 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW   Shengqing Qu 17+2 7 1+2 0 2 0 24 7

Disciplinary record

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Rank Position Name A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup OFC Club Championship Total
               
1 DF   Richie Alagich 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
2 GK   Daniel Beltrame 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 MF   Ross Aloisi 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
4 DF   Adam van Dommele 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
FW   Carl Veart 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
6 DF   Kristian Rees 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
7 DF   Angelo Costanzo 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
FW   Shengqing Qu 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
9 MF   Travis Dodd 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF   Michael Valkanis 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
11 DF   Matthew Kemp 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
12 MF   Lucas Pantelis 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 MF   Louis Brain 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Fernando 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Aaron Goulding 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Michael Matricciani 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pre-season

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Friendlies

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20 February 2005 Port Pirie City   0–8   Adelaide United Port Pirie, Australia
Stadium: Savoy Park
25 February 2005 Adelaide United   1–1   Premier's XI Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
15 March 2005 White City Woodville   0–4   Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Woodville West Reserve
22 March 2005 Cumberland United   1–9   Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: A.A. Bailey Reserve
5 April 2005 Adelaide Raiders   1–2   Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
19 April 2005 Campbelltown City   0–3   Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Newton Sports Ground
22 April 2005 Adelaide Galaxy   0–9   Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Camden Sports Complex

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Melbourne Victory 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
2   Perth Glory 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3   Adelaide United 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4   Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
22 July 2005 Group Stage Adelaide United   2–2   Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10 Aloisi   54'
Valkanis   62'
Valkanis   29' (o.g.)
Despotovski   52'
McMahon Jnr   76'
Attendance: 5,263
Referee: Craig Zetter
29 July 2005 Group Stage Adelaide United   1–1   Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10 Valkanis   74' Johnson   79' Attendance: 6,750
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Competitions

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A-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Qualification for Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[a] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Matches

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17 September 2005 4 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium
19:35 UTC+8 Valkanis   20' (o.g.) Report
Summary
Aloisi   32'
Qu   65'
Attendance: 8,052
Referee: Matthew Breeze
25 September 2005 5 Adelaide United 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30 Valkanis   34' Report
Summary
Kwasnik   19' Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Angelo Nardi
9 October 2005 7 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
17:00 UTC+10 Carney   54'
Petrovski   88'
Report
Summary
Valkanis   51' Attendance: 18,276
Referee: Mark Shield
14 October 2005 8 Adelaide United 2–4 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30 Valkanis   38'
Corbo   67' (o.g.)
Report
Summary
Kemp   12' (o.g.)
Carle   22', 89'
Zelic   68'
Attendance: 13,182
Referee: Mark Shield
22 October 2005 9 Queensland Roar 1–2 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium
19:30 UTC+10 Brownlie   76' Report
Summary
Fernando   59'
Pantelis   89'
Attendance: 15,181
Referee: Peter O'Leary
6 November 2005 11 Adelaide United 2–4 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium
16:30 UTC+10:30 Veart   13' (pen.)
Rees   53'
Report
Summary
Mori   9', 34', 45+1'
Despotovski   39' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,868
Referee: Ben Williams
13 November 2005 12 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium
Hutchinson   12' Rech   90'
Dodd   85'
Attendance: 5,467
Referee: Peter O'Leary
20 November 2005 13 Adelaide United 1–0 New Zealand Knights Hindmarsh Stadium
Qu   38' Attendance: 9,676
Referee: Angelo Nardi
27 November 2005 14 Adelaide United 3–2 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech   4', 84'
Veart   14'
Miura   33', 76' Attendance: 14,068
Referee: Mark Shield
2 December 2005 15 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium
Johnson   59' Brain   79'
Veart   75'
Attendance: 10,132
Referee: Simon Przydacz
1 January 2006 16 Adelaide United 4–2 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech   40', 63'
Qu   30'
Veart   29'
Baird   83'
Brosque   11'
Attendance: 8,426
Referee: Matthew Breeze
12 January 2006 18 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium
Ward   86' Aloisi   71'
Qu   3'
Attendance: 5,033
Referee: Matthew Breeze
20 January 2006 19 Adelaide United 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
Veart   50' (pen.) Kwasnik   54' Attendance: 13,008
Referee: Mark Shield
28 January 2006 20 New Zealand Knights 1–1 Adelaide United North Harbour Stadium
Zhang   71' Brain   21' Attendance: 3,079
Referee: Perry Mur
3 February 2006 21 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
Ceccoli   71'
Yorke   48' (pen.)
Qu   90' Attendance: 25,557
Referee: Mark Shield

Finals Series

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12 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 1 Adelaide United 2–2 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech   34'
Dodd   31'
Petrovski   39'
Corica   9'
Attendance: 15,104
Referee: Matthew Breeze
19 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 2 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
Rudan   76'
Petrovski   29'
Qu   60' Attendance: 30,377
Referee: Mark Shield
26 February 2006 Preliminary Final Adelaide United 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
Pondeljak   7' Attendance: 11,405
Referee: Matthew Breeze

OFC Club Championship

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Qualification zone

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7 May 2005 Adelaide United 0–0
(4–1 p)
Melbourne Victory
Attendance: 7,254
11 May 2005 Central Coast Mariners 4–0 Adelaide United
Attendance: 4,539

Awards

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Award Player
Club Champion   Carl Veart
Player's Player   Michael Valkanis
Top Goalscorer   Carl Veart
Best Team Man   Matthew Kemp
Rising Star   Adam van Dommele

References

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