# 2013–14 Adelaide United FC season

The 2013–14 Adelaide United FC season was the club's ninth A-League season. It included the 2013–14 A-League season as well as other competitions of the 2013–14 football (soccer) season.
In the winter transfer window, newly appointed manager Josep Gombau was quick to add Spanish flavour into the squad. He brought in fellow Spaniards Sergio Cirio and Isaías. He also added other players including Tarek Elrich and Steven Lustica, Michael Zullo for a season long loan and Brent McGrath as a four-week injury replacement player. Awer Mabil and Jordan Elsey were also promoted from the youth system, each rewarded with two-year contracts. The club also let four contracts expire; those of Iain Ramsay, Tomi Juric, Fabian Barbiero and Evan Kostopoulos. Iain Fyfe and Zenon Caravella both had their contracts cut short and terminated. Sergio van Dijk was transferred to Persib Bandung and Dario Vidošić to FC Sion for a reported $700,000 transfer fee.
The Reds had a shaky start to their season under new manager Gombau. They had only a single win in their first nine games for the season and early calls started for the club to show the door to the new man in charge. Gombau quickly changed the club's fortunes, getting his second win in round 10 against the Central Coast Mariners, with a 4–0 result. The team continued this form to finish sixth on the table after the 27 home-and-away games, which let them into the finals by two points. Adelaide's season was ended by Central Coast in the elimination final, losing 1–0.
The Reds' highest attendance in the 2013–14 season was 16,504 in the round 2 clash with Melbourne Victory at Hindmarsh Stadium which ended in a 2–2 draw.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Galeković (captain) | 43 | 2007 | 199 | 0 | 2014 | Free | |
| 2 | RB | Marrone | 37 | 2014 | 35 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 3 | CB | Boogaard | 38 | 2010 | 85 | 2 | 2014 | Free | |
| 4 | CB | McKain | 42 | 2011 | 55 | 1 | 2014 | Free | |
| 5 | CM | Malik | 34 | 2011 | 77 | 2 | 2015 | Free | Originally from Youth System |
| 6 | LWB | Cássio (vice-captain) | 44 | 2007 | 158 | 11 | 2015 | Free | Second nationality: Australia |
| 7 | WI | Jerónimo | 38 | 2012 | 51 | 17 | 2015 | Free | |
| 8 | LM | Isaías | 37 | 2013 | 25 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 9 | WI | Cirio | 39 | 2013 | 21 | 8 | 2015 | Free | |
| 10 | LW | Carrusca | 41 | 2012 | 44 | 11 | 2014 | Free | |
| 11 | ST | Djite | 37 | 2011 | 107 | 24 | 2015 | Free | |
| 14 | CM | Watson | 37 | 2010 | 97 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 15 | CM | Melling | 29 | 2012 | 10 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 16 | RWB | Bowles | 32 | 2012 | 23 | 1 | 2014 | Free | |
| 17 | WI | Mabil | 29 | 2012 | 24 | 2 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 18 | LB | Zullo | 36 | 2013 | 21 | 0 | 2014 | Loan | |
| 19 | AM | Barker-Daish | 31 | 2012 | 19 | 2 | 2014 | Free | |
| 20 | GK | Izzo | 29 | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 21 | RB | Elrich | 37 | 2013 | 25 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 22 | RW | Ferreira | 35 | 2012 | 41 | 12 | 2015 | Free | |
| 23 | CB | Elsey | 30 | 2013 | 9 | 1 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 24 | ST | McGrath | 33 | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2013 | Free | Four week injury replacement |
| 25 | RW | Kitto | 30 | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| | AM | Kamara | 28 | 2012 | 4 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | Second nationality: Liberia |
* Last updated: 10 April 2014
* Source: Adelaide United FC, A-League Stats, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles
* Ordered by squad number.
* Notes: League appearances and goals listed (including Finals)

## Transfers
### Re-signed

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Cássio | Defender | 2 years | 2015 |
| Jerónimo Neumann | Forward | 2 years | 2015 |
| Fábio Ferreira | Midfielder | 2 years | 2015 |
| Bruce Djite | Forward | 2 years | 2015 |
| Cameron Watson | Midfielder | 2 years | 2015 |
| Awer Mabil | Forward | 2 years | 2017 |
| Marcelo Carrusca | Winger | 1 year | 2015 |

### Winter
#### In

| Name | Position | Moving from | Notes |
| Jordan Elsey | Defender | Adelaide United Youth | - 2-year contract. |
| Awer Mabil | Forward | Adelaide United Youth | - 2-year contract. |
| Sergio Cirio | Forward | Hospitalet | - 2-year contract. |
| Isaías Sánchez | Midfielder | Ponferradina | - 2-year contract. |
| Tarek Elrich | Defender | Western Sydney Wanderers | - 2-year contract. |
| Michael Zullo | Defender | Utrecht | - 1-year loan contract. |
| Steven Lustica | Midfielder | Hajduk Split | - 1-year contract. |
| Brent McGrath | Forward | Brøndby IF | - Four week injury replacement. |

#### Out

| Name | Position | Moving to | Notes |
| Sergio van Dijk | Forward | Persib Bandung | - Transferred in January 2013. |
| Zenon Caravella | Midfielder | Newcastle Jets | - Released from remainder of contract in January 2013. |
| Iain Ramsay | Midfielder | Melbourne Heart | - Contract was not renewed. |
| Tomi Jurić | Forward | Western Sydney Wanderers | - Contract was not renewed. |
| Fabian Barbiero | Midfielder | Released | - Contract was not renewed. |
| Evan Kostopoulos | Forward | Released | - Contract was not renewed. |
| Iain Fyfe | Defender | Mes Kerman | - Released from remainder of contract in August 2013. |
| Dario Vidošić | Midfielder | Sion | - Reported transfer fee of $700,000. |

### Summer
#### In

| Name | Position | Moving from | Notes |
| Ryan Griffiths | Forward | Beijing Baxy | - 0.5 year contract. |
| Michael Marrone | Defender | Shanghai Shenxin | - 1.5 year contract. |

#### Out

| Name | Position | Moving to | Notes |
| Antony Golec | Defender | Western Sydney Wanderers | - Released from remainder of contract in January 2014. |
| Steven Luštica | Midfielder | Brisbane Roar | - Released from remainder of contract in February 2014. |
| Ryan Griffiths | Midfielder | Sarawak FA | - Released from remainder of contract in March 2014. |

## Player statistics
### Squad stats

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals | A-League Finals | |
| N | Pos. | Name | Nat. | GS | App | Gls | Min | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Galeković | | | | | | | | | | (−) means goals conceded |
| 3 | DF | Boogaard | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | DF | McKain | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | MF | Malik | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | DF | Cássio | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | FW | Jerónimo | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Isaías | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Cirio | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | MF | Carrusca | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | FW | Djite | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | DF | Golec | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | MF | Lustica | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | MF | Watson | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | MF | Melling | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | DF | Bowles | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | FW | Mabil | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | DF | Zullo | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | MF | Barker-Daish | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | GK | Izzo | | | | | | | | | | (−) means goals conceded |
| 21 | DF | Elrich | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | MF | Ferreira | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | DF | Elsey | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | MF | Kitto | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MF | Kamara | | | | | | | | | | |

### Scorers
#### A-League

| Goals | Player | 0 1 0 | 0 2 0 | 0 4 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 6 0 | 0 8 0 | 0 9 0 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 9 | Jerónimo Neumann | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| 9 | Fábio Ferreira | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 8 | Sergio Cirio | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 6 | Marcelo Carrusca | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Bruce Djite | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 2 | Osama Malik | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Awer Mabil | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | |
| 1 | Steven Luštica | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Jake Barker-Daish | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Jordan Elsey | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Ryan Griffiths | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| A goal was scored from a penalty kick | Two goals were scored from penalty kicks | Player did not play |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Josep Gombau |
| Assistant & Fitness coach | Pau Martí |
| Assistant coach | Michael Valkanis |
| High Performance Manager | Adam Hewitt |
| Goalkeeper coach | Peter Blazincic |
| Physiotherapist | Peter Chitti |
Source:Football Australia

### Managerial Changes

| Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
| Michael Valkanis | Reassigned as assistant coach. | 8 April 2013 | 4th, (12–13) | Josep Gombau | 30 April 2013 | Pre-season (13–14) |

### Attendance at home games

| Round | Date | Opponent | Score AUFC – Away | Attendance | Weekday |
| 1 | 13 October 2013 | Perth Glory | 3–1 | 10,320 | Sunday |
| 2 | 18 October 2013 | Melbourne Victory | 2–2 | 16,504 | Friday |
| 5 | 9 November 2013 | Newcastle Jets | 1–2 | 10,244 | Saturday |
| 9 | 6 December 2013 | Brisbane Roar | 1–2 | 8,861 | Friday |
| 10 | 14 December 2013 | Central Coast Mariners | 4–0 | 7,785 | Saturday |
| 12 | 29 December 2013 | Newcastle Jets | 1–0 | 10,778 | Sunday |
| 13 | 3 January 2014 | Sydney FC | 2–2 | 15,347 | Friday |
| 15 | 19 January 2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1–0 | 11,365 | Sunday |
| 16 | 25 January 2014 | Melbourne Heart | 2–2 | 11,100 | Saturday |
| 19 | 14 February 2014 | Central Coast Mariners | 2–0 | 6,980 | Thursday |
| 21 | 2 March 2014 | Wellington Phoenix | 5–1 | 8,596 | Sunday |
| 24 | 21 March 2014 | Sydney FC | 3–1 | 14,212 | Friday |
| 26 | 4 April 2014 | Melbourne Heart | 2–2 | 13,845 | Friday |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | — | 6th | 12 October 2013 | 11 April 2014 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane Roar (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 52 | Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 42 | Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 42 | Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 36 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 28 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 28 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Heart | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 26 | |
* ↑ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
* ↑ 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: 30 March 2014. Source: Competitive Matches

#### 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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |

#### Matches

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT.

#### Finals series
## Awards

* Player of the Week (Round 10) – Sergio Cirio
* Player of the Week (Round 20) – Sergio Cirio
* Player of the Week (Round 21) – Fábio Ferreira
* Player of the Week (Round 24) – Marcelo Carrusca