# 2020–21 Adelaide United FC season

The 2020–21 Adelaide United FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2003. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone |
| 3 | DF | AUS | George Timotheou |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Ryan Strain |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Louis D'Arrigo |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Ryan Kitto |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Stefan Mauk (captain) |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Tomi Juric |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin (on loan from Al-Wehda) |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Noah Smith (scholarship) |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Nathan Konstandopoulos |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Mohamed Toure (scholarship) |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Joe Caletti |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Yaya Dukuly (scholarship) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Javi López |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Michael Jakobsen |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Jordan Elsey |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Pacifique Niyongabire |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Ben Halloran |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Josh Cavallo |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Juande |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Kusini Yengi |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Bernardo (scholarship) |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Dakota Ochsenham |
| 34 | DF | AUS | Yared Abetew |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Al Hassan Toure |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Ethan Cox (scholarship) |
| 46 | GK | AUS | Joe Gauci |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Name | From | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 14 | FW | Domenic Costanzo | Croydon Kings | Scholarship | 1 year | 5 October 2020 |
| 46 | GK | Joe Gauci | Melbourne City | Scholarship | 1 year | 7 October 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Joe Caletti | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 20 October 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Yaya Dukuly | Melbourne City | Scholarship | 1 year | 27 October 2020 |
| 3 | DF | George Timotheou | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 10 November 2020 |
| 1 | GK | James Delianov | Western United | Free transfer | 2 years | 11 November 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Javi López | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 November 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Tomi Juric | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 November 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Craig Goodwin | Al-Wehda | Loan | 5 months | 10 February 2021 |
| 27 | MF | Josh Cavallo | Unattached | Free transfer | 4 months | 18 February 2021 |
| 28 | MF | Juande | Kerala Blasters | Free transfer | 3 months | 26 March 2021 |
| 31 | MF | Bernardo Oliveira | Melbourne City | Scholarship | 2 years | 12 April 2021 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 14 | FW | George Blackwood | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer | 26 August 2020 |
| 42 | MF | Taras Gomulka | Unattached | Free transfer | 11 September 2020 |
| 20 | GK | Paul Izzo | Xanthi | Undisclosed | 1 October 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Nikola Mileusnic | Randers | Mutual contract termination | 5 October 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Lachlan Brook | Brentford | Undisclosed | 6 October 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Riley McGree | Charlotte FC | $820,000 | 6 October 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Kristian Opseth | Unattached | End of contract | 6 October 2020 |
| 28 | MF | Chen Yongbin | Unattached | End of contract | 8 October 2020 |
| 10 | MF | James Troisi | Western Sydney Wanderers | Mutual contract termination | 14 December 2020 |
| 14 | FW | Domenic Costanzo | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 10 June 2021 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 15 | DF | | Noah Smith | 19 | 1-year scholarship |
| 34 | DF | | Yared Abetew | 21 | |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 22 | Michael Jakobsen | Centre-back | 1 year | 7 October 2020 |
| 27 | Josh Cavallo | Central midfielder | 2 years | 11 May 2021 |
| 46 | Joe Gauci | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 25 May 2021 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Carl Veart |
| Assistant coach | Ross Aloisi |
| Assistant coach Head of Youth Football | Ayrton Andrioli |
| Director of Football | Bruce Djite |
| Goalkeeping coach | Eugene Galekovic |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Django Gentilcore |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 042.31 |
| A-League Finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 042.86 |
Updated to match played 3 June 2021 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 42 | Qualification for finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 40 | Qualification for finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
| 6 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 38 | |
* ↑ The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered 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: 3 June 2021. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches

On 24 November 2020, the A-League fixtures for the season were announced. Due to having 26 rounds in a 12 team league, Adelaide will play against Melbourne Victory, Perth Glory, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers three times.

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 19 June 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals | Finals | | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | James Delianov | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Michael Marrone | 3(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | George Timotheou | 11(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ryan Strain | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Louis D'Arrigo | 22(3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Ryan Kitto | 7(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Stefan Mauk | 22(1) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | | Tomi Juric | 14(2) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 |
| 11 | MF | | Craig Goodwin | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 |
| 15 | DF | | Noah Smith | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 2(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | | Mohamed Toure | 2(12) | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | | Joe Caletti | 12(8) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Yaya Dukuly | 6(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | | Javi López | 8(4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Michael Jakobsen | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | | Pacifique Niyongabire | 1(15) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Ben Halloran | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 27 | MF | | Josh Cavallo | 15(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Juande | 9(2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | | Kusini Yengi | 6(10) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 34 | DF | | Yared Abetew | 3(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Al Hassan Toure | 4(13) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Jonny Yull | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | | Joe Gauci | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 19 June 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Tomi Juric | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Craig Goodwin | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Stefan Mauk | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 26 | MF | | Ben Halloran | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 29 | FW | | Kusini Yengi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 17 | FW | | Mohamed Toure | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Louis D'Arrigo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | FW | | Yaya Dukuly | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | MF | | Juande | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 3 | 42 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 19 June 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals series | A-League Finals series | Total | Total |
| 1 | 6 | MF | | Louis D'Arrigo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | 26 | MF | | Ben Halloran | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Joe Caletti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Stefan Mauk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | 28 | MF | | Juande | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Tomi Juric | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | 29 | FW | | Kusini Yengi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Ryan Strain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | 15 | DF | | Noah Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | DF | | Javi Lopez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | 27 | MF | | Joshua Cavallo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | 35 | FW | | Al Hassan Toure | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | FW | | Mohamed Toure | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 11 | MF | | Craig Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | DF | | Michael Jakobsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | 34 | DF | | Yared Abetew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | 46 | GK | | Joe Gauci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 4 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 19 June 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | James Delianov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 46 | GK | | Joe Gauci | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |