# 2014–15 Adelaide United FC season

The 2014–15 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first 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 | Eugene Galekovic (captain) |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Nigel Boogaard |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Dylan McGowan |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Osama Malik |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Pablo Sánchez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Isaías |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Sergio Cirio |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Marcelo Carrusca |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Bruce Djite |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Mark Ochieng |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Dylan Smith |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Cameron Watson |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Awer Mabil |
| 18 | MF | AUS | James Jeggo |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Miguel Palanca |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Paul Izzo |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Tarek Elrich |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Jordan Elsey |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Bruce Kamau |
| 30 | GK | AUS | John Hall |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Nathan Konstandopoulos |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 7 | FW | Pablo Sánchez | 31 | CD Lugo | Transfer | Pre-season | 2015 | Free |
| 18 | MF | James Jeggo | 22 | Melbourne Victory | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Dylan McGowan | 22 | Heart of Midlothian | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 16 | DF | Craig Goodwin | 22 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 19 | FW | Miguel Palanca | 27 | CD Numancia | Transfer | January | 2015 | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 15 | CM | Jacob Melling | 19 | Melbourne City | Contract terminated | Pre-season | Free |
| 19 | AM | Jake Barker-Daish | 20 | Colne | End of contract | Pre-season | Free |
| 16 | RWB | Daniel Bowles | 22 | Brisbane Roar | End of contract | Pre-season | Free |
| 7 | WI | Jerónimo Neumann | 28 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 4 | CB | Jonathan McKain | 31 | Kelantan | End of contract | Pre-season | Free |
| 18 | LB | Michael Zullo | 25 | Utrecht | End of loan | Pre-season | |
| 6 | LB | Cássio | 34 | | Contract terminated | January | |
| 22 | WI | Fábio Ferreira | 25 | Central Coast Mariners | Transfer | January | Free |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Josep Gombau |
| Assistant & Fitness coach | Pau Martí |
| Assistant coach | Michael Valkanis |
| Technical Director | Guillermo Amor |
| High Performance Manager | Adam Hewitt |
| Goalkeeper coach | Peter Blazincic |
| Youth team coach | Angelo Costanzo |
| Physiotherapist | Peter Chitti |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Eugene Galekovic | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Michael Marrone | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Nigel Boogaard | 27 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21+1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Dylan McGowan | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20+6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Osama Malik | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Cássio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Pablo Sánchez | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17+9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Isaías | 32 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Sergio Cirio | 34 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Marcelo Carrusca | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Bruce Djite | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Mark Ochieng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Dylan Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Cameron Watson | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Ben Warland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Craig Goodwin | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25+4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Awer Mabil | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7+14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | James Jeggo | 33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Miguel Palanca | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Paul Izzo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Tarek Elrich | 31 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Fábio Ferreira | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Bruce Kamau | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Ryan Kitto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | John Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 9 May 2015
* 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 | — | 3rd | 12 October 2014 | 25 April 2015 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 1 May 2015 | 17 May 2015 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Winners | 5 August 2014 | 16 December 2014 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 50 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 50 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 23 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 18 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 17 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
* ↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 April 2015. 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 | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
## Awards

* NAB Young Footballer of the Month (December) – James Jeggo