2014–15 Adelaide United FC season

The 2014–15 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

Adelaide United
2014–15 season
ChairmanGreg Griffin
ManagerJosep Gombau
StadiumCoopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League3rd
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-finals
FFA CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Pablo Sánchez (8)
All: Sergio Cirio (13)
Highest home attendance33,126 vs Melbourne Victory
17 October 2014
Lowest home attendance7,767 vs Central Coast Mariners
12 March 2015
Average home league attendance12,637

Players edit

Squad information edit

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 Eugene Galekovic (captain)
2 DF   AUS Michael Marrone
3 DF   AUS Nigel Boogaard
4 DF   AUS Dylan McGowan
5 MF   AUS Osama Malik
7 FW   ESP Pablo Sánchez
8 MF   ESP Isaías
9 FW   ESP Sergio Cirio
10 MF   ARG Marcelo Carrusca
11 FW   AUS Bruce Djite
12 MF   AUS Mark Ochieng
13 FW   AUS Dylan Smith
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   AUS Cameron Watson
15 DF   AUS Ben Warland
16 DF   AUS Craig Goodwin
17 FW   AUS Awer Mabil
18 MF   AUS James Jeggo
19 FW   ESP Miguel Palanca
20 GK   AUS Paul Izzo
21 DF   AUS Tarek Elrich
23 DF   AUS Jordan Elsey
24 MF   AUS Bruce Kamau
30 GK   AUS John Hall
32 MF   AUS Nathan Konstandopoulos

From youth squad edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes

Transfers in edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
7 FW   Pablo Sánchez 31 CD Lugo   Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free [1]
18 MF   James Jeggo 22 Melbourne Victory Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [2]
4 DF   Dylan McGowan 22 Heart of Midlothian   Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
16 DF   Craig Goodwin 22 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [4]
19 FW   Miguel Palanca 27 CD Numancia   Transfer January 2015 Free [5]

Transfers out edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
15 CM   Jacob Melling 19 Melbourne City Contract terminated Pre-season Free [6]
19 AM   Jake Barker-Daish 20 Colne   End of contract Pre-season Free [7]
16 RWB   Daniel Bowles 22 Brisbane Roar End of contract Pre-season Free [7]
7 WI   Jerónimo Neumann 28 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [8]
4 CB   Jonathan McKain 31 Kelantan   End of contract Pre-season Free [9]
18 LB   Michael Zullo 25 Utrecht   End of loan Pre-season [9]
6 LB   Cássio 34 Contract terminated January [10]
22 WI   Fábio Ferreira 25 Central Coast Mariners Transfer January Free [11]

Technical staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Josep Gombau
Assistant & Fitness coach   Pau Martí
Assistant coach   Michael Valkanis
Technical Director   Guillermo Amor
High Performance Manager   Adam Hewitt
Goalkeeper coach   Peter Blazincic
Youth team coach   Angelo Costanzo
Physiotherapist   Peter Chitti

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals      
1 GK   Eugene Galekovic 30 0 1 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
2 DF   Michael Marrone 27 0 5 0 1 18+6 0 5 0 1 2+1 0 0 0 0
3 DF   Nigel Boogaard 27 2 8 0 1 21+1 2 7 0 1 5 0 1 0 0
4 DF   Dylan McGowan 31 1 5 0 0 20+6 1 5 0 0 4+1 0 0 0 0
5 MF   Osama Malik 21 0 6 0 0 16+2 0 5 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0
6 DF   Cássio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW   Pablo Sánchez 30 8 1 0 0 17+9 8 1 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0
8 MF   Isaías 32 1 9 0 0 27 1 8 0 0 5 0 1 0 0
9 FW   Sergio Cirio 34 13 2 0 0 29 7 2 0 0 5 6 0 0 0
10 MF   Marcelo Carrusca 25 7 4 0 0 21 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Bruce Djite 27 9 1 0 0 22+1 6 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0
12 DF   Mark Ochieng 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
13 FW   Dylan Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Cameron Watson 12 1 2 0 0 2+9 1 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
15 DF   Ben Warland 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   Craig Goodwin 29 6 3 0 0 25+4 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   Awer Mabil 26 7 5 0 0 7+14 6 4 0 0 5 1 1 0 0
18 MF   James Jeggo 33 1 9 0 0 27+1 1 7 0 0 5 0 2 0 0
19 FW   Miguel Palanca 14 1 1 0 0 5+9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK   Paul Izzo 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 DF   Tarek Elrich 31 1 10 0 0 26 1 9 0 0 5 0 1 0 0
22 MF   Fábio Ferreira 11 1 1 0 0 5+3 1 0 0 0 0+3 0 1 0 0
23 DF   Jordan Elsey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
24 MF   Bruce Kamau 13 0 0 0 0 2+9 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
25 MF   Ryan Kitto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK   John Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   Nathan Konstandopoulos 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies edit

20 July 2014 Adelaide United   1–0   Perth Glory Sydney, Australia
16:00 (ACST) Boogaard   72' Report Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground
25 July 2014 Adelaide United   1–5   Málaga Adelaide, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Djite   58' Report Malik   17' (o.g.)
Pérez   49'
Alberto   52'
Juanmi   62', 86'
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 23,254
Referee: Jarred Gillett
21 August 2014 Alice Springs All Stars   0–10   Adelaide United Alice Springs, Australia
19:30 (ACST) Report Kamau   8', 75'
Djite   24'
Mabil   31'
Jeggo   47'
Cirio   51'
Elsey   78'
Ochieng   85'
Sánchez   88'
D. Smith   90+1'
Stadium: Anzac Oval
Attendance: 600
23 August 2014 Adelaide United   1–0   Melbourne City Alice Springs, Australia
15:00 (ACST) Cirio   3' Report Stadium: Anzac Oval
Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
26 August 2014 NorZone All Stars   0–6   Adelaide United Darwin, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Report Carrusca   23' (pen.)
Djite   48', 70'
Jeggo   58'
Ochieng   80'
D. Smith   90+2'
Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,887
Referee: Rick Schneider
4 September 2014 Adelaide United   1–1   Perth Glory Adelaide, Australia
15:00 (ACST) Cirio   32' Report Thwaite   38' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Rick Schneider
12 September 2014 Adelaide United   0–1   Melbourne Victory Adelaide, Australia
15:00 (ACST) Report Berisha   34' (pen.) Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Adam Fielding
16 September 2014 Adelaide United   2–0   Melbourne City Adelaide, Australia
15:00 (ACST) Mabil   33'
Goodwin   45'
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Daniel Goodwin
1 October 2014 Adelaide United   1–1   Adelaide City Adelaide, Australia
19:00 (ACST) Carrusca   8' Report Love   68' Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,174
Referee: Daniel Elder
29 May 2015 2015 LFP World Club Challenge Adelaide United   2–3   Villarreal Adelaide, Australia
19:30 (ACST) Goodwin   34'
Marrone   51'
Report Trigueros   63'
Vietto   86'
Gerard   90+1'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,036
Referee: Peter Green

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 3rd 12 October 2014 25 April 2015
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Semi-finals 1 May 2015 17 May 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Winners 5 August 2014 16 December 2014

A-League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 −5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 −1 34
7 Perth Glory[b] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 −24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 −15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 −32 17
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. ^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[12]


Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 14 4 9 47 32  +15 46 7 4 3 28 15  +13 7 0 6 19 17  +2

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAH
ResultWDWWDWWLWLLWLWWLDWLLWDWWLLW
Position243342233332442333355553453
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

12 October 2014 1 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Adelaide United Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST Broich   20'
McKay   71'   72'
Report Djite   33'
Donachie   56' (o.g.)
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 16,195
Referee: Ben Williams
17 October 2014 2 Adelaide United 1–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACDT Cirio   85' Report Ben Khalfallah   89' Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 33,126
Referee: Peter O'Leary
26 October 2014 3 Adelaide United 2–0 Perth Glory Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 ACDT Cirio   18'
Mabil   68'
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,473
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
31 October 2014 4 Melbourne City 1–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT Kisnorbo   9' Report Djite   38'
Carrusca   80' (pen.)
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,083
Referee: Chris Beath
7 November 2014 5 Adelaide United 0–0 Sydney FC Adelaide
Friday 19:45 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 16,015
Referee: Alan Milliner
15 November 2014 6 Adelaide United 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
Saturday 16:30 ACDT Boogaard   36'
Cirio   90+4'
Report Bonevacia   15' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,726
Referee: Strebre Delovski
23 November 2014 7 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Adelaide United Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Montgomery   44'   71' Report Sánchez   40', 42' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,404
Referee: Jarred Gillett
28 November 2014 8 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT Boogaard   7' (o.g.)
Cirio   16' (o.g.)
Broxham   32'
Report Mabil   14'
Carrusca   37' (pen.)
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,334
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
6 December 2014 9 Adelaide United 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
Saturday 19:30 ACDT Carrusca   36'
F. Ferreira   55'
Report Topor-Stanley   15'   Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,122
Referee: Jarred Gillett
12 December 2014 10 Adelaide United 0–1 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACDT Report Henrique   18' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,241
Referee: Lucien Laverdue
19 December 2014 11 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United Newcastle
Friday 19:40 AEDT Neville   49'
Jerónimo   81'
Report Goodwin   69' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 10,407
Referee: Strebre Delovski
26 December 2014 12 Sydney FC 0–3 Adelaide United Sydney
Friday 19:40 AEDT Report Dijte   67'
Sánchez   81'
Mabil   90+1'
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 14,214
Referee: Jarred Gillett
31 December 2014 13 Adelaide United 1–3 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
Wednesday 19:00 ACDT Cirio   73' Report Cunningham   54'
Boyd   77', 90+3'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,060
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
5 January 2015 14 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Perth
Monday 17:00 AWST Marinković   11' Report Goodwin   31'
Jeggo   48'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,699
Referee: Strebre Delovski
24 January 2015 15 Adelaide United 7–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
Saturday 16:30 ACDT Dijte   2', 53'
Carrusca   23', 28' (pen.)
Boogaard   35'
Cirio   69' (pen.)
Isaías   90+2'
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,960
Referee: Matthew Conger
7 February 2015 16 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Adelaide United Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT Fitzgerald   79'
J. Rose   83'
Report Mabil   29' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Alan Milliner
15 February 2015 17 Adelaide United 1–1 Perth Glory Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 ACDT Sánchez   11' Report Marinković   53' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,711
Referee: Ben Williams
21 February 2015 18 Adelaide United 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
Saturday 19:30 ACDT Dijte   51'
Cirio   90+2'
Report Haliti   19'
Spiranovic   54'   83'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,212
Referee: Peter O'Leary
27 February 2015 19 Melbourne City 3–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT Baharudin   52'
Kennedy   55'
Ramsay   87'
Report Sánchez   32' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,345
Referee: Alan Milliner
7 March 2015 20 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Adelaide United Lower Hutt
Saturday 17:00 NZDT J. Griffiths   79'
Burns   82'
Report Stadium: Hutt Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,819
Referee: Ben Williams
12 March 2015 21 Adelaide United 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
Thursday 19:00 ACDT Carrusca   24'
Goodwin   67'
Report Cáceres   23' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,767
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
21 March 2015 22 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Saturday 19:30 ACDT Sánchez   43'
McGowan   75'
Report Ben Khalfallah   9'
Thompson   77'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 16,077
Referee: Peter Green
29 March 2015 23 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Adelaide United Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Report Carrusca   28' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 6,888
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto (Japan)
4 April 2015 24 Sydney FC 0–1 Adelaide United Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Report Mabil   82' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,585
Referee: Chris Beath
11 April 2015 25 Adelaide United 2–3 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
Saturday 16:30 ACST Goodwin   71'
Sánchez   90+4' (pen.)
Report Kaluđerović   26'
Galekovic   40' (o.g.)
Hingert   54'
Bowles   90+4'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,659
Referee: Strebre Delovski
18 April 2015 26 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Adelaide United Parramatta
Saturday 17:00 AEST Juric   63' (pen.)
Bridge   73'
Report Cirio   45'
Boogaard   62'
Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 9,837
Referee: Jarred Gillett
25 April 2015 27 Adelaide United 4–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
Wednesday 19:00 ACST Palanca   19'
Sánchez   23'
Elrich   33'
Watson   59' (pen.)
Marrone   70'
Report Mooy   65' (pen.)
Jaliens   66'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,773
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Finals series edit

1 May 2015 Elimination-finals Adelaide United 2–1 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACST Goodwin   7'
Mabil   87'
Report Broich   27' Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 20,155
Referee: Peter Green
9 May 2015 Semi-finals Sydney FC 4–1 Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEST Ibini   19'
Brosque   45+1', 47'
Naumoff   90'
Report Goodwin   74' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 26,783
Referee: Ben Williams

FFA Cup edit

5 August 2014 Round of 32 Adelaide United 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
19:30 ACST Cirio   31' Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,804
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 September 2014 Round of 16 Adelaide United 2–0 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
19:00 ACST Djite   35'
Cirio   47'
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 4,053
Referee: Shaun Evans
21 October 2014 Quarter final Sydney FC 1–3 (a.e.t.) Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEDT Brosque   51'
Petković   87'
Report Cirio   28'
Djite   99', 111'
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 3,536
Referee: Ben Williams
12 November 2014 Semi-final Adelaide United 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
19:00 ACDT Cirio   40', 88'
Mabil   44'
Report Simon   48'
Rose   93'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 4,548
Referee: Chris Beath
16 December 2014 Final Adelaide United 1–0 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:00 ACDT Cirio   67' Report Risdon   42'   58' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 16,142
Referee: Chris Beath

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Reds secure Spanish forward". Adelaide United. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Gombau revolution lures Jeggo from Victory". FourFourTwo Australia. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Reds sign local boy McGowan". Adelaide United. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Reds bring another local home". Football Federation Australia. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Reds sign ex Real Madrid player Palanca". Adelaide United. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Melbourne Heart FC Captures New Signings". Melbourne City. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Adelaide releases duo". Special Broadcasting Service Corporation. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Adelaide's Jeronimo Neumann jets into Newcastle colours". The Newcastle Herald. 18 July 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Adelaide United's Michael Zullo and Jon McKain face the end due to salary cap issues". The Advertiser. 20 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Reds release Cassio". Football Federation Australia. 23 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Fabulous Ferreira bound for Mariners". Football Federation Australia. 27 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Jeggo named NAB Young Footballer of the Year Nominee for December". Football Federation Australia. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

External links edit