# 2020–21 Adelaide United FC (women) season

The 2020–21 season was Adelaide United Football Club (women)'s 13th season in the W-League. Adelaide United finished 5th in their W-League season.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Sian Fryer-McLaren |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Emily Hodgson |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Matilda McNamara |
| 4 | DF | USA | Mallory Weber |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Charli Grant |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Georgia Campagnale |
| 7 | FW | CHI | María José Rojas |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Emily Condon |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Chelsie Dawber |
| 11 | DF | AUS | Laura Johns |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Isabel Hodgson |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Ella Tonkin |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Meleri Mullan |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Dylan Holmes |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Kahlia Hogg |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Annalee Grove |
| 19 | DF | NED | Maruschka Waldus |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Lara Kirkby |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Inana Toovey |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Fiona Worts |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Sian Fryer-McLaren | Salisbury Inter | Free transfer | 14 October 2020 |
| 18 | GK | Annalee Grove | Canberra United | Free transfer | 22 October 2020 |
| 15 | FW | Meleri Mullan | Salisbury Inter | Free transfer | 21 December 2020 |
| 7 | FW | María José Rojas | Salisbury Inter | Free transfer | 24 December 2020 |
| 21 | MF | Lara Kirkby | West Adelaide | Free transfer | 29 December 2020 |
| 23 | FW | Fiona Worts | Coventry United | Free transfer | 29 December 2020 |
| — | MF | Abbey Burns | FFSA NTC | Free transfer | 29 December 2020 |
| 19 | DF | Maruschka Waldus | Unattached | Free transfer | 8 January 2021 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 14 | DF | Julia Ashley | OL Reign | Free transfer | 4 March 2020 |
| 22 | DF | Amber Brooks | OL Reign | Free transfer | 4 March 2020 |
| 15 | MF | Victoria Mansueto | Metro United | Free transfer | 6 March 2020 |
| 18 | DF | Laís Araújo | Apollon Limassol | Free transfer | 3 September 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Sarah Willacy | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 29 September 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Ciara Fowler | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 December 2020 |
| 20 | GK | Evelyn Goldsmith | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 December 2020 |
| 16 | MF | Dylan Holmes | Häcken | Free transfer | 3 March 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 5 | DF | Charli Grant | 1 year | 20 September 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Emily Condon | 1 year | 21 September 2020 |
| 12 | DF | Isabel Hodgson | 1 year | 21 September 2020 |
| 16 | MF | Dylan Holmes | 1 year | 21 September 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Matilda McNamara | 1 year | 23 September 2020 |
| 10 | FW | Chelsie Dawber | 1 year | 23 September 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Emily Hodgson | 1 year | 25 September 2020 |
| 11 | DF | Laura Johns | 1 year | 25 September 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Georgia Campagnale | 1 year | 28 September 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Mallory Weber | 1 year | 20 December 2020 |
| 13 | DF | Ella Tonkin | 1 year | 27 December 2020 |
| 17 | DF | Kahlia Hogg | 1 year | 29 December 2020 |
| 21 | MF | Inana Toovey | 1 year | 29 December 2020 |

## 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 % |
| W-League | 30 December 2020 | 21 March 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 058.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 058.33 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Canberra United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 22 | |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 13 | |
| 7 | Melbourne City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 7 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 1 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3$^1$ |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 November 2020.
Win  Draw  Loss