# 2016–17 Adelaide United FC season

The 2016–17 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time, the FFA Cup for the 3rd time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the 6th 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 | Eugene Galekovic (Captain) |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Iacopo La Rocca |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Dylan McGowan |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Taylor Regan |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Kim Jae-sung |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Isaías |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Baba Diawara |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Marcelo Carrusca |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Sergio Cirio |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Mark Ochieng |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Marc Marino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AUS | George Mells |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Jesse Makarounas |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Nikola Mileusnic |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Riley McGree |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Ben Garuccio |
| 20 | GK | AUS | John Hall |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Tarek Elrich |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Ryan Kitto |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Jordan Elsey |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Jordan O'Doherty |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Daniel Margush |
| 92 | FW | AUS | Eli Babalj |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 22 | MF | Ryan Kitto | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 23 May 2016 |
| 13 | FW | Marc Marino | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 23 May 2016 |
| 19 | DF | Ben Garuccio | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 June 2016 |
| 16 | MF | Jesse Makarounas | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 July 2016 |
| 7 | FW | Henrique | Negeri Sembilan | Free transfer | 1 year | 27 August 2016 |
| 17 | MF | Nikola Mileusnic | Adelaide City | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 August 2016 |
| 9 | FW | Sergi Guardiola | Granada | Loan | 1 year | 14 September 2016 |
| 25 | MF | James Holland | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 21 September 2016 |
| 45 | FW | Danny Choi | Blacktown City | Loan | 6 months | 4 October 2016 |
| 5 | DF | Taylor Regan | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 12 October 2018 |
| 7 | MF | Kim Jae-sung | Seoul E-Land | Free transfer | 1 year | 7 February 2017 |
| 92 | FW | Eli Babalj | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 7 February 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Baba Diawara | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 7 February 2017 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 19 | FW | Eli Babalj | AZ | Loan return | 5 May 2016 |
| 24 | MF | Bruce Kamau | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 5 May 2016 |
| 7 | FW | Pablo Sánchez | Unattached | Free transfer | 7 May 2016 |
| 16 | MF | Craig Goodwin | Sparta Rotterdam | Free transfer | 10 May 2016 |
| 25 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 8 July 2016 |
| 6 | MF | Stefan Mauk | N.E.C. | $400,000 | 19 July 2016 |
| 11 | FW | Bruce Djite | Suwon FC | Free transfer | 26 July 2016 |
| 17 | FW | Mate Dugandzic | Dandenong City | Free transfer | 28 October 2016 |
| 45 | FW | Danny Choi | Unattached | Free transfer | 8 November 2016 |
| 25 | MF | James Holland | Liaoning Whowin | Undisclosed Fee | 12 January 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Sergi Guardiola | Granada | Loan return | 25 January 2017 |
| 7 | FW | Henrique | Chiangrai United | Free transfer | 31 January 2017 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age |
| 24 | MF | Jordan O'Doherty | 18 |
| 18 | MF | Riley McGree | 17 |
| 12 | DF | Mark Ochieng | 19 |

### Contract extensions

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Dylan McGowan | Defender | 1 year | 2017 |
| Mark Ochieng | Right-back | 1 year | 2017 |
| Ben Warland | Defender | 1 year | 2017 |
| Isaías | Midfielder | 3 years | 2020 |
| Michael Marrone | Right-back | 2 years | 2019 |
| Taylor Regan | Centre back | 2 years | 2019 |

### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Guillermo Amor |
| Assistant coach | Pau Martí |
| Assistant coach | Jacobo Ramallo |
| High Performance Manager | Greg King |
| Goalkeeper coach | Peter Blazincic |
| Youth team coach | Hussein Skenderovic |
| Physiotherapist | Harry Truong |

### Kits and Sponsors

| Kit manufacturer | Sponsor(s) | Sponsor(s) |
| Macron | Major Sponsor | IGA |
| Macron | Sleeve | TBA |
| Macron | Back of Shirt | Datong Australia |
| Macron | Front of Shorts | The Castle Tavern |
| Macron | Back of Shorts | TBA |
| Home | Away | Third |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Eugene Galekovic | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Michael Marrone | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Iacopo La Rocca | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Dylan McGowan | 33 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Taylor Regan | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Kim Jae-sung | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Isaías | 26 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22+0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Baba Diawara | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Marcelo Carrusca | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16+3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Sergio Cirio | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Mark Ochieng | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Marc Marino | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | George Mells | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Ben Warland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Jesse Makarounas | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Nikola Mileusnic | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Riley McGree | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Ben Garuccio | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | John Hall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Tarek Elrich | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24+1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Ryan Kitto | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Jordan O'Doherty | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10+7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Lachlan Brook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Daniel Margush | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | | Eli Babalj | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | Henrique | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Sergi Guardiola | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | James Holland | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | Danny Choi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 9 May 2017
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 9th | 9 October 2016 | 15 April 2017 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 3 August 2016 | 3 August 2016 |
| AFC Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 22 February 2017 | 9 May 2017 |

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 018.52 |
| FFA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 016.67 |
| Total | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 017.65 |
Updated to match played 9 May 2017 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 66 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 30 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 23 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 22 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jiangsu Suning | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Jeju United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | |