# 2017–18 Adelaide United FC season

The 2017–18 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th 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 | Daniel Margush |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Taylor Regan |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Vince Lia |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Ryan Kitto |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Isaías (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Baba Diawara |
| 11 | MF | DEN | Johan Absalonsen |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Mark Ochieng |
| 14 | FW | AUS | George Blackwood |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Nathan Konstandopoulos |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Nikola Mileusnic |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Ben Garuccio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Paul Izzo |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Tarek Elrich |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Ersan Gülüm (on loan from Hebei China Fortune) |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Jordan Elsey |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Jordan O'Doherty |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Scholarship) |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Kristin Konstandopoulos (Scholarship) |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Ryan Strain |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Isaac Richards (Scholarship) |
| 31 | FW | AUS | Pacifique Niyongabire (Scholarship) |
| 37 | MF | GER | Daniel Adlung |
| 77 | FW | SVN | Džengis Čavušević |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 20 | GK | Paul Izzo | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 3 years | 19 April 2017 |
| 14 | FW | George Blackwood | | Free transfer | | 6 July 2017 |
| 22 | DF | Ersan Gülüm | Hebei China Fortune | Loan | 1 year | 17 July 2017 |
| 11 | MF | Johan Absalonsen | | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 July 2017 |
| 6 | MF | Vince Lia | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1 year | 3 August 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Karim Matmour | | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 August 2017 |
| 37 | MF | Daniel Adlung | | Free transfer | 2 years | 23 September 2017 |
| 77 | FW | Džengis Čavušević | | Free transfer | 6 months | 6 February 2018 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Dylan McGowan | Paços de Ferreira | Free transfer | 16 May 2017 |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Cirio | | End of contract | 17 May 2017 |
| 14 | MF | George Mells | | End of contract | 17 May 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Jesse Makarounas | | End of contract | 17 May 2017 |
| 20 | GK | John Hall | | End of contract | 17 May 2017 |
| 1 | GK | Eugene Galekovic | Melbourne City | End of contract | 16 June 2017 |
| 7 | MF | Kim Jae-sung | Jeonnam Dragons | End of contract | 28 June 2017 |
| 18 | MF | Riley McGree | Club Brugge | $100,000 | 4 July 2017 |
| 13 | FW | Marc Marino | Campbelltown City | End of contract | 7 July 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Marcelo Carrusca | | End of contract | 8 July 2017 |
| 3 | DF | Iacopo La Rocca | Melbourne City | End of contract | 15 July 2017 |
| 92 | FW | Eli Babalj | | End of contract | 30 July 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Karim Matmour | | Mutual contract termination | 5 December 2017 |
| 4 | DF | Ben Warland | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 31 January 2018 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 25 | FW | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 18 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 28 | FW | Kristin Konstandopoulos | 18 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 29 | DF | Ryan Strain | 20 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 30 | GK | Isaac Richards | 19 | 0.5 year scholarship contract |
| 31 | FW | Pacifique Niyongabire | 17 | 2.5 year scholarship contract |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 4 | Ben Warland | Defender | 2 years | 11 May 2017 |
| 9 | Baba Diawara | Striker | 2 years | 11 May 2017 |
| 7 | Ryan Kitto | Right winger | 1 year | 11 May 2017 |
| 17 | Nikola Mileusnic | Attacking midfielder | 1 year | 11 May 2017 |
| 12 | Mark Ochieng | Defender | 1 year | 16 June 2017 |
| 23 | Jordan Elsey | Centre back | 1 year | 8 August 2017 |
| 1 | Daniel Margush | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 18 October 2017 |
| 7 | Ryan Kitto | Right winger | 2 years | 14 December 2017 |
| 16 | Nathan Konstandopoulos | Central midfielder | 2 years | 14 December 2017 |
| 17 | Nikola Mileusnic | Attacking midfielder | 1 year | 14 December 2017 |
| 29 | Ryan Strain | Right-back | 2 years | 22 December 2017 |

### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Marco Kurz |
| Assistant coach | Jacobo Ramallo |
| Assistant coach | Filip Tapalović |
| High Performance Manager | Vacant |
| Goalkeeper coach | Frank Juric |
| Youth team coach | Paul Pezos |
| Physiotherapist | Harry Truong |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Daniel Margush | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Michael Marrone | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Taylor Regan | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Vince Lia | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Ryan Kitto | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15+8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Isaías | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Baba Diawara | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Johan Absalonsen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Mark Ochieng | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | George Blackwood | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15+8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Nikola Mileusnic | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Lachlan Brook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Ben Garuccio | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Paul Izzo | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Tarek Elrich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Ersan Gülüm | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20+0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Jordan O'Doherty | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Blake Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Louis D'Arrigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Kristin Konstandopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Ryan Strain | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Isaac Richards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Pacifique Niyongabire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Daniel Adlung | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24+0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | | Džengis Čavušević | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | | Ben Warland | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Karim Matmour | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 22 April 2018
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 5th | 8 October 2017 | 15 April 2018 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 22 April 2018 | 22 April 2018 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 9 August 2017 | 21 November 2017 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 64 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 41 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 32 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 21 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 20 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### 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 | 27 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |