# 2021–22 Adelaide United FC (women) season

The 2021–22 season was Adelaide United Football Club (women)'s 14th season in the A-League Women. Adelaide United finished 3rd in their A-League Women 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 | Annalee Grove |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Emily Hodgson |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Matilda McNamara |
| 4 | DF | USA | Katie Sharples |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Emma Stanbury |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Reona Omiya |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Natasha Brough |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Emily Condon |
| 9 | DF | AUS | Paige Hayward |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Chelsie Dawber |
| 11 | DF | AUS | Isabel Hodgson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | JPN | Nanako Sasaki |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Ella Tonkin |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Meleri Mullan |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Dylan Holmes |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Shadeene Evans |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Georgia Beaumont |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Leia Varley |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Miranda Templeman |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Grace Taranto |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Emilia Murray |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Fiona Worts |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 20 | GK | Miranda Templeman | FNSW Institute | Free transfer | 18 August 2021 |
| 9 | DF | Paige Hayward | FFC Vorderland | Free transfer | 19 August 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Natasha Brough | Alkmaar | Free transfer | 30 September 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Georgia Beaumont | Moreton Bay United | Free transfer | 30 September 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Reona Omiya | South Melbourne | Free transfer | 1 October 2021 |
| 17 | FW | Shadeene Evans | Northern Tigers | Free transfer | 8 October 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Emma Stanbury | West Canberra Wanderers | Free transfer | 11 November 2021 |
| 12 | MF | Nanako Sasaki | Adelaide Comets | Free transfer | 11 November 2021 |
| 19 | DF | Leia Varley | FV Emerging | Free transfer | 15 November 2021 |
| 21 | DF | Grace Taranto | Bulleen Lions | Free transfer | 15 November 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Kayla Sharples | Chicago Red Stars | Loan | 1 December 2021 |
| 22 | FW | Emilia Murray | FSA NTC | Free transfer | 3 December 2021 |
| 26 | GK | Grace Wilson | FSA NTC | Free transfer | 3 December 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Dylan Holmes | Häcken | Free transfer | 15 December 2021 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Mallory Weber | Kansas City | Free transfer | 31 March 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Charlotte Grant | Rosengård | Free transfer | 6 April 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Lara Kirkby | Oregon Ducks | Free transfer | 6 May 2021 |
| 19 | DF | Maruschka Waldus | PSV | Free transfer | 10 May 2021 |
| 22 | GK | Inana Toovey | Adelaide Comets | Free transfer | 22 July 2021 |
| 14 | MF | Abbey Burns | FFSA NTC | Free transfer | 22 July 2021 |
| 7 | FW | María José Rojas | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 6 September 2021 |
| 11 | DF | Laura Johns | West Adelaide | Free transfer | 17 November 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Sian Fryer-McLaren | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 December 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Georgia Campagnale | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 December 2021 |
| 17 | DF | Kahlia Hogg | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 December 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 2 | DF | Emily Hodgson | 2 years | 4 August 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Matilda McNamara | 2 years | 4 August 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Chelsie Dawber | 1 year | 5 August 2021 |
| 11 | DF | Isabel Hodgson | 1 year | 5 August 2021 |
| 13 | DF | Ella Tonkin | 1 year | 6 August 2021 |
| 15 | FW | Meleri Mullan | 1 year | 6 August 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Annalee Grove | 1 year | 18 August 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Emily Condon | 2 years | 18 August 2021 |
| 23 | FW | Fiona Worts | 1 year | 25 October 2021 |

## 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 Women | 5 December 2021 | 6 March 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 064.29 |
| A-League Women Finals | 13 March 2022 | 13 March 2022 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 060.00 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 33 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 27 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 24 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Canberra United | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 10 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 7 | |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 7 | |

#### 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 |

#### Matches

The first four rounds of the league fixtures were announced on 23 September 2021. The rest of the league fixtures were announced on 9 November 2021.
Win  Draw  Loss