# 2021–22 Adelaide United FC season

The 2021–22 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 18th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League Men for the 17th time, and in the FFA Cup for the 7th time.

## 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 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | George Timotheou |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nick Ansell |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Louis D'Arrigo |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Ryan Kitto |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Kusini Yengi |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Isaías |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin (on loan from Al-Wehda) |
| 14 | FW | AUS | George Blackwood |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Hiroshi Ibusuki |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Nathan Konstandopoulos |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Mohamed Toure (scholarship) |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Joe Caletti |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Yaya Dukuly (scholarship) |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Zach Clough |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Javi López |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Michael Jakobsen |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Jacob Tratt |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Lachlan Barr (injury replacement) |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Josh Cavallo |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Juande |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Bernardo (scholarship) |
| 37 | MF | AUS | Jonny Yull (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Ethan Cox (scholarship) |
| 41 | DF | AUS | Alexandar Popovic (scholarship) |
| 46 | GK | AUS | Joe Gauci |
| 47 | FW | AUS | Asad Kasumovic (scholarship) |
| 55 | MF | AUS | Ethan Alagich (scholarship) |
| 66 | FW | AUS | Nestory Irankunda (scholarship) |
| 77 | FW | AUS | Lachlan Brook (on loan from Brentford) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Name | From | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 4 | DF | Nick Ansell | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 July 2021 |
| 14 | FW | George Blackwood | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 2 August 2021 |
| 23 | DF | Jacob Tratt | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 6 August 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Isaías | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 years | 23 August 2021 |
| 33 | GK | Dakota Ochsenham | Unattached | Injury replacement for Joe Gauci | 12 weeks | 16 September 2021 |
| 47 | FW | Asad Kasumovic | Adelaide City | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 10 December 2021 |
| 25 | DF | Lachlan Barr | Adelaide City | Injury replacement for Nick Ansell | 6 months | 29 December 2021 |
| 77 | FW | Lachlan Brook | Brentford | Loan | 6 months | 12 January 2022 |
| 15 | FW | Hiroshi Ibusuki | Shimizu S-Pulse | Free transfer | 6 months | 14 January 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Zach Clough | Unattached | Free transfer | 5 months | 5 February 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Nathan Konstandopoulos | Unattached | Free transfer | 5 months | 7 February 2022 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Ryan Strain | Maccabi Haifa | Undisclosed fee | 23 June 2021 |
| 34 | DF | Yared Abetew | Newcastle Olympic | Free transfer | 24 June 2021 |
| 15 | DF | Noah Smith | Unattached | End of contract | 28 June 2021 |
| 24 | FW | Pacifique Niyongabire | Unattached | End of contract | 28 June 2021 |
| 33 | GK | Dakota Ochsenham | Unattached | End of contract | 28 June 2021 |
| 23 | DF | Jordan Elsey | Unattached | End of contract | 1 July 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Tomi Juric | Macarthur FC | End of contract | 14 July 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Michael Marrone | Sturt Lions | End of contract | 3 August 2021 |
| 35 | FW | Al Hassan Toure | Macarthur FC | Mutual contract termination | 13 October 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Nathan Konstandopoulos | Unattached | End of contract | 16 October 2021 |
| 33 | GK | Dakota Ochsenham | Adelaide City | End of contract | 1 December 2021 |
| 26 | FW | Ben Halloran | FC Seoul | Undisclosed fee | 2 January 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Stefan Mauk | Fagiano Okayama | Undisclosed fee | 27 February 2022 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 37 | MF | Jonny Yull | 16 | 3-year scholarship |
| 41 | DF | Alexandar Popovic | 18 | 1-year scholarship |
| 66 | FW | Nestory Irankunda | 15 | 3-year scholarship |
| 55 | MF | Ethan Alagich | 18 | scholarship |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 21 | Javi López | Full-back | 1 year | 12 June 2021 |
| 28 | Juande | Defensive midfielder | 1 year | 12 June 2021 |
| 22 | Michael Jakobsen | Centre-back | 1 year | 1 July 2021 |
| 11 | Craig Goodwin | Winger | 1 year | 2 July 2021 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Carl Veart |
| Assistant coach | Damian Mori |
| Assistant coach Head of Youth Football | Ayrton Andrioli |
| Head of Football | Vito Basile |
| Goalkeeping coach | Eugene Galekovic |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Django Gentilcore |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Men | 20 November 2021 | 8 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 046.15 |
| A-League Men Finals | 15 May 2022 | 22 May 2022 | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 033.33 |
| FFA Cup | 26 September 2021 | 5 January 2022 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 046.88 |
Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### A-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 48 | Qualification for finals series |
| 3 | Western United (C) | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 45 | Qualification for finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 43 | Qualification for finals series |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
* ↑ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2022. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 22 May 2022
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals | Finals | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | James Delianov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | George Timotheou | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nick Ansell | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Louis D'Arrigo | 9(11) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Ryan Kitto | 21(3) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Kusini Yengi | 5 | 1 | 2(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Isaías | 21(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Craig Goodwin | 20(4) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 |
| 14 | FW | | George Blackwood | 9(5) | 5 | 2(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 1 | 19 | 6 |
| 15 | FW | | Hiroshi Ibusuki | 14(4) | 6 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| 16 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Mohamed Toure | 5(13) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | | Joe Caletti | 2(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Yaya Dukuly | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | | Zach Clough | 7(4) | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | | Javi López | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | | Michael Jakobsen | 13(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Jacob Tratt | 12(1) | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | | Lachlan Barr | 13(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Josh Cavallo | 10(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Juande | 20(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Bernardo | 10(10) | 2 | 0(3) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 41 | DF | | Alexandar Popovic | 6(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Arbi Mollas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | | Joe Gauci | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | | Asad Kasumovic | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | | Steven Hall | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | | Ethan Alagich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | FW | | Nestory Irankunda | 0(11) | 3 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 77 | MF | | Lachlan Brook | 13(3) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club ||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Stefan Mauk | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| 26 | MF | | Ben Halloran | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | | Al Hassan Toure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 22 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals series | A-League Men Finals series | A-League Men Finals series | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 23 | DF | Jacob Tratt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | Isaías | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 28 | MF | Juande | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 21 | DF | Javi López | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | Stefan Mauk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | Ryan Kitto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | Craig Goodwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | FW | Hiroshi Ibusuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | Louis D'Arrigo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 17 | FW | Mohamed Toure | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 18 | MF | Joe Caletti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 26 | MF | Ben Halloran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 41 | DF | Alexandar Popovic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 46 | GK | Joe Gauci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 3 | DF | George Timotheou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | FW | Kusini Yengi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | DF | Lachlan Barr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 27 | MF | Josh Cavallo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 31 | MF | Bernardo Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 77 | FW | Lachlan Brook | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 22 | DF | Michael Jakobsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 66 | FW | Nestory Irankunda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 22 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | FFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 46 | GK | | Joe Gauci | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | James Delianov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |