# 2022–23 Adelaide United FC season

The 2022–23 season was the club's 19th in the history of Adelaide United Football Club since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League Men for the 18th time, and the Australia Cup for the 8th 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 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Harry Van der Saag |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nick Ansell |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Louis D'Arrigo |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Ryan Kitto |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Isaías |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Hiroshi Ibusuki |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Zach Clough |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Craig Goodwin (captain) |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Lachlan Barr |
| 14 | FW | AUS | George Blackwood |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Jay Barnett |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Javi López |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Luke Duzel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Ben Halloran |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Josh Cavallo |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Juande |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Bernardo |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Luka Jovanovic (scholarship) |
| 36 | FW | AUS | Panashe Madanha (scholarship) |
| 37 | MF | AUS | Jonny Yull (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Ethan Cox (scholarship) |
| 41 | DF | AUS | Alexandar Popovic |
| 46 | GK | AUS | Joe Gauci |
| 47 | FW | AUS | Asad Kasumovic (scholarship) |
| 49 | FW | AUS | Musa Toure (scholarship) |
| 50 | GK | AUS | Steven Hall (scholarship) |
| 55 | MF | AUS | Ethan Alagich (scholarship) |
| 66 | FW | AUS | Nestory Irankunda (scholarship) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | From | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 2 | DF | Harry Van Der Saag | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 8 June 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Ben Warland | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 June 2022 |
| 26 | FW | Ben Halloran | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 August 2022 |
| 33 | FW | Joshua Mori | Beograd | Injury replacement for Bernardo | 3 months | 20 October 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Jay Barnett | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 8 February 2023 |
| 23 | MF | Luke Duzel | Western United | Free transfer | 4 months | 8 February 2023 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 50 | GK | Steven Hall | 17 | 3-year scholarship |
| 35 | FW | Luka Jovanovic | 17 | 2-year scholarship |
| 36 | FW | Panashe Madanha | 17 | 2-year scholarship |
| 49 | FW | Musa Toure | 17 | 1-year scholarship |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | George Timotheou | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 May 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Kusini Yengi | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 May 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Joe Caletti | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 May 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Jacob Tratt | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 May 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Mohamed Toure | Reims | Undisclosed fee | 3 June 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Yaya Dukuly | Reims | Undisclosed fee | 3 June 2022 |
| 22 | DF | Michael Jakobsen | Unattached | End of contract | 7 June 2022 |
| 77 | MF | Lachlan Brook | Brentford | End of loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Nathan Konstandopoulos | Melbourne Victory | Mutual contract termination | 14 September 2022 |
| 33 | FW | Joshua Mori | Unattached | End of contract | 8 December 2022 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 21 | Javi López | Full-back | 1 year | 31 May 2022 | |
| 28 | Juande | Defensive midfielder | 1 year | 31 May 2022 | |
| 15 | Hiroshi Ibusuki | Striker | 2 years | 6 June 2022 | |
| 20 | Zach Clough | Attacking midfielder | 2 years | 6 June 2022 | |
| 41 | Alexandar Popovic | Centre-back | 2 years | 9 June 2022 | |
| 25 | Lachlan Barr | Centre-back | 2 years | 9 June 2022 | |
| 4 | Nick Ansell | Centre-back | 2 years | 15 June 2022 | |
| 31 | Bernardo Oliveira | Winger | 2 years | 21 June 2022 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. |
| 1 | James Delianov | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 23 June 2022 | |
| 16 | Nathan Konstandopoulos | Central midfielder | 1 year | 29 June 2022 | |
| 7 | Ryan Kitto | Full-back | 3 years | 30 June 2022 | |
| 11 | Craig Goodwin | Winger | 3 years | 21 July 2022 | Permanent contract following loan. |
| 46 | Joe Gauci | Goalkeeper | 3 years | 13 April 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2025–26. |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Carl Veart |
| Assistant coach | Mark Milligan |
| 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
### Overall record

| 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 | 9 October 2022 | 29 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 042.31 |
| A-League Men Finals | 5 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Australia Cup | 30 July 2022 | 31 August 2022 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 040.63 |
Last updated: 20 May 2023 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners (C) | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 44 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
* ↑ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.
* ↑ 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2023. Source:

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 42 |

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

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 20 May 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Finals | Finals | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | | Harry Van der Saag | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Ben Warland | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | Nick Ansell | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Louis D'Arrigo | 20+4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Ryan Kitto | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | | Isaías | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Hiroshi Ibusuki | 19+3 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9 |
| 10 | MF | | Zach Clough | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | | Craig Goodwin | 24+1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 |
| 13 | DF | | Lachlan Barr | 16 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | | George Blackwood | 4+12 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | | Jay Barnett | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Javi López | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Luke Duzel | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Ben Halloran | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | | Josh Cavallo | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Juande | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Bernardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Luka Jovanovic | 5+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 36 | FW | | Panashe Madanha | 3+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Jonny Yull | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | | Alexandar Popovic | 16+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 46 | GK | | Joe Gauci | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | | Asad Kasumovic | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | | Musa Toure | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | | Ethan Alagich | 7+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 66 | FW | | Nestory Irankunda | 0+19 | 5 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||
| 16 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Joshua Mori | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
    As of 20 May 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals series | A-League Men Finals series | A-League Men Finals series | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Hiroshi Ibusuki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Isaías | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Ben Warland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 26 | MF | | Ben Halloran | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Ryan Kitto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 66 | FW | | Nestory Irankunda | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 41 | DF | | Alexandar Popovic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Lachlan Barr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 28 | MF | | Juande | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 55 | MF | | Ethan Alagich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | MF | | Louis D'Arrigo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | MF | | Zach Clough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | FW | | Craig Goodwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | DF | | Javi López | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 46 | GK | | Joe Gauci | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 37 | MF | | Jonny Yull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2 | DF | | Harry Van der Saag | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 14 | FW | | George Blackwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 27 | MF | | Joshua Cavallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 31 | MF | | Bernardo Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 49 | FW | | Musa Toure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 4 |
Note: Hiroshi Ibusuki's suspension for his red card on 23 October 2022 against Sydney FC was rescinded.

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 20 May 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 46 | | Joe Gauci | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |