# 2018–19 Adelaide United FC season

The 2018–19 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 15th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the FFA Cup for the 5th 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 | Daniel Margush |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Scott Galloway |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Ryan Strain |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Vince Lia |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Ryan Kitto |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Isaías (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Baba Diawara |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Ken Ilsø |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 14 | FW | AUS | George Blackwood |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Nathan Konstandopoulos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Nikola Mileusnic |
| 19 | FW | NED | Jordy Thomassen (on loan from De Graafschap) |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Paul Izzo |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Michael Jakobsen |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Jordan Elsey |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Pacifique Niyongabire (Scholarship) |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Ben Halloran |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Louis D'Arrigo (Scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Isaac Richards |
| 31 | MF | GER | Mirko Boland |
| 32 | FW | AUS | Carlo Armiento (Scholarship) |
| 33 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 22 | DF | Michael Jakobsen | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 2 years | 14 May 2018 |
| 11 | FW | Craig Goodwin | | Free transfer | 3 years | 25 May 2018 |
| 10 | FW | Ken Ilsø | | — | 1 year | 6 July 2018 |
| 31 | MF | Mirko Boland | Eintracht Braunschweig | Free transfer | 2 years | 21 July 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Galloway | | Free transfer | 1 year | 31 July 2018 |
| 26 | MF | Ben Halloran | | Free transfer | 2 years | 14 August 2018 |
| 19 | FW | Jordy Thomassen | De Graafschap | Loan | 6 months | 31 January 2019 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 21 | DF | Tarek Elrich | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 9 May 2018 |
| 11 | MF | Johan Absalonsen | SønderjyskE | Free transfer | 23 May 2018 |
| 19 | DF | Ben Garuccio | Heart of Midlothian | Free transfer | 24 May 2018 |
| 12 | MF | Mark Ochieng | | End of contract | 25 May 2018 |
| 24 | FW | Jordan O'Doherty | | End of contract | 25 May 2018 |
| 37 | MF | Daniel Adlung | | Mutual contract termination | 25 May 2018 |
| 77 | FW | Džengis Čavušević | | End of contract | 25 May 2018 |
| 22 | DF | Ersan Gülüm | Hebei China Fortune | Loan return | 31 May 2018 |
| 5 | DF | Taylor Regan | Selangor | $50,000 (paid by player) | 9 January 2019 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 27 | MF | Louis D'Arrigo | 16 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 30 | GK | Isaac Richards | 19 | 1 year senior contract |
| 33 | FW | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 19 | 1 year senior contract |
| 32 | FW | Carlo Armiento | 19 | 1 year scholarship contract |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 23 | Jordan Elsey | Centre back | 3 years | 2 May 2018 |
| 6 | Vince Lia | Defensive midfielder | 1 year | 4 May 2018 |
| 2 | Michael Marrone | Right back | 1 year | 14 March 2019 |
| 17 | Nikola Mileusnic | Winger | 2 years | 5 April 2019 |

### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Marco Kurz |
| Assistant coach | Filip Tapalović |
| Goalkeeper coach | Frank Juric |
| Physiotherapist | Nafyn Pattiaratchi |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Daniel Margush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Michael Marrone | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Ryan Strain | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Vince Lia | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15+6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Ryan Kitto | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Isaías | 34 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Baba Diawara | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Ken Ilsø | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Craig Goodwin | 33 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | George Blackwood | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Nikola Mileusnic | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Lachlan Brook† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Jordy Thomassen | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Paul Izzo | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Michael Jakobsen | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Pacifique Niyongabire† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Ben Halloran | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Louis D'Arrigo† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Kristin Konstandopoulos† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Isaac Richards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Mirko Boland | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Carlo Armiento† | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Taylor Regan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 10 May 2019
* 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.
† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Friendlies
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started Round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 4th | 19 October 2018 | 25 April 2019 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 5 May 2019 | 10 May 2019 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Champions | 1 August 2018 | 30 October 2018 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 24 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 18 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 13 | |
* 1 2 3 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 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 |
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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss