# 2017–18 Adelaide United FC (women) season

The 2017–18 Adelaide United W-League was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Marden Sports Complex and was managed by Ivan Karlović.

## 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 | Eliza Campbell |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Emily Hodgson |
| 3 | MF | USA | Makenzy Doniak (on loan from North Carolina Courage) |
| 4 | MF | USA | Alyssa Mautz (on loan from Chicago Red Stars) |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jenna McCormick |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Georgia Campagnale |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Emily Condon |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Adriana Jones |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Alex Chidiac |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Laura Johns |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Chelsie Dawber |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Nora Peat |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Grace Abbey |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker (Captain) |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Katelyn Tucker |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Sarah Willacy |
| 24 | MF | USA | Danielle Colaprico (on loan from Chicago Red Stars) |
| 25 | DF | USA | Katie Naughton (on loan from Chicago Red Stars) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Evelyn Goldsmith |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 15 | DF | Emma Checker | 21 | Incheon Red Angels | Transfer | Pre-season | |
| 5 | MF | Jenna McCormick | 23 | Medkila | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 11 | MF | Laura Johns | 23 | | Transfer | Pre-season | |
| 3 | MF | Makenzy Doniak | 23 | North Carolina Courage | Loan | Pre-season | Free |
| 4 | MF | Alyssa Mautz | 28 | Chicago Red Stars | Loan | Pre-season | Free |
| 12 | MF | Chelsie Dawber | 17 | | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 13 | MF | Nora Peat | 18 | | Transfer | Pre-season | |
| 16 | MF | Katelyn Tucker | 24 | | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 11 | FW | Sofia Huerta | 24 | Chicago Red Stars | Loan return | Pre-season | Free |
| 5 | DF | Mônica | 30 | Orlando Pride | Loan return | Pre-season | Free |
| 7 | FW | Stella Rigon | 28 | | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |

## Managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Ivan Karlović |
| Assistant coach | Simon Catanzaro |
| Team manager | |

## Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Eliza Campbell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Emily Hodgson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Makenzy Doniak | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Alyssa Mautz | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jenna McCormick | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Georgia Campagnale | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Emily Condon | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Adriana Jones | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Alex Chidiac | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Laura Johns | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Chelsie Dawber | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Nora Peat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Grace Abbey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Katelyn Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Nicole Calder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Sarah Willacy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Danielle Colaprico | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Katie Naughton | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Evelyn Goldsmith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: au.women.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Canberra United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 14 | |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 10 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | B | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | B | H | H |
| Result | ✖ | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | ✖ | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Fixtures

* Click here for season fixtures.