2013–14 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2013–14 season
ChairmanGreg Griffin
ManagerJosep Gombau
StadiumCoopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League6th
Top goalscorerJerónimo Neumann, Fábio Ferreira (9)

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.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Australia Galeković (captain) 43 2007 199 0 2014 Free
2 RB Australia Marrone 37 2014 35 0 2015 Free
3 CB Australia Boogaard 38 2010 85 2 2014 Free
4 CB Australia McKain 42 2011 55 1 2014 Free
5 CM Australia Malik 34 2011 77 2 2015 Free Originally from Youth System
6 LWB Brazil Cássio (vice-captain) 44 2007 158 11 2015 Free Second nationality: Australia
7 WI Argentina Jerónimo 38 2012 51 17 2015 Free
8 LM Spain Isaías 37 2013 25 0 2015 Free
9 WI Spain Cirio 39 2013 21 8 2015 Free
10 LW Argentina Carrusca 41 2012 44 11 2014 Free
11 ST Australia Djite 37 2011 107 24 2015 Free
14 CM Australia Watson 37 2010 97 0 2015 Free
15 CM Australia Melling 29 2012 10 0 2015 Youth system
16 RWB Australia Bowles 33 2012 23 1 2014 Free
17 WI Australia Mabil 29 2012 24 2 2015 Youth system
18 LB Australia Zullo 36 2013 21 0 2014 Loan
19 AM Australia Barker-Daish 31 2012 19 2 2014 Free
20 GK Australia Izzo 29 2012 3 0 2015 Youth system
21 RB Australia Elrich 37 2013 25 0 2015 Free
22 RW Portugal Ferreira 35 2012 41 12 2015 Free
23 CB Australia Elsey 30 2013 9 1 2015 Youth system
24 ST Australia McGrath 33 2013 2 0 2013 Free Four week injury replacement
25 RW Australia Kitto 30 2013 2 0 2015 Youth system
AM Australia Kamara 28 2012 4 0 2015 Youth system Second nationality: Liberia

Transfers

Re-signed

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
Cássio Defender 2 years 2015 [1]
Jerónimo Neumann Forward 2 years 2015 [2]
Fábio Ferreira Midfielder 2 years 2015 [3]
Bruce Djite Forward 2 years 2015 [4]
Cameron Watson Midfielder 2 years 2015 [5]
Awer Mabil Forward 2 years 2017 [6]
Marcelo Carrusca Winger 1 year 2015 [7]

Winter

In

Name Position Moving from Notes
Jordan Elsey Defender Adelaide United Youth - 2-year contract.[8]
Awer Mabil Forward Adelaide United Youth - 2-year contract.[8]
Sergio Cirio Forward Hospitalet - 2-year contract.[9]
Isaías Sánchez Midfielder Ponferradina - 2-year contract.[9][10]
Tarek Elrich Defender Western Sydney Wanderers - 2-year contract.[10][11]
Michael Zullo Defender Utrecht - 1-year loan contract.[12]
Steven Lustica Midfielder Hajduk Split - 1-year contract.[13]
Brent McGrath Forward Brøndby IF - Four week injury replacement.[14]

Out

Name Position Moving to Notes
Sergio van Dijk Forward Persib Bandung - Transferred in January 2013.[15]
Zenon Caravella Midfielder Newcastle Jets - Released from remainder of contract in January 2013.[16]
Iain Ramsay Midfielder Melbourne Heart - Contract was not renewed.[17]
Tomi Jurić Forward Western Sydney Wanderers - Contract was not renewed.[18]
Fabian Barbiero Midfielder Released - Contract was not renewed.[11]
Evan Kostopoulos Forward Released - Contract was not renewed.[11]
Iain Fyfe Defender Mes Kerman - Released from remainder of contract in August 2013.[19]
Dario Vidošić Midfielder Sion - Reported transfer fee of $700,000.[20][21]

Summer

In

Name Position Moving from Notes
Ryan Griffiths Forward Beijing Baxy - 0.5 year contract.[22]
Michael Marrone Defender Shanghai Shenxin - 1.5 year contract.[23]

Out

Name Position Moving to Notes
Antony Golec Defender Western Sydney Wanderers - Released from remainder of contract in January 2014.[24][25]
Steven Luštica Midfielder Brisbane Roar - Released from remainder of contract in February 2014.[26][27]
Ryan Griffiths Midfielder Sarawak FA - Released from remainder of contract in March 2014.[28]

Player statistics

Squad stats

Total A-League A-League
Finals
N
Pos.
Name
Nat.
GS
App
Gls
Min
App
Gls
App
Gls
Notes
1 GK Galeković Australia (−) means goals conceded
3 DF Boogaard Australia
4 DF McKain Australia
5 MF Malik Australia
6 DF Cássio Brazil
7 FW Jerónimo Argentina
8 MF Isaías Spain
9 FW Cirio Spain
10 MF Carrusca Argentina
11 FW Djite Australia
12 DF Golec Australia
13 MF Lustica Australia
14 MF Watson Australia
15 MF Melling Australia
16 DF Bowles Australia
17 FW Mabil Australia
18 DF Zullo Australia
19 MF Barker-Daish Australia
20 GK Izzo Australia (−) means goals conceded
21 DF Elrich Australia
22 MF Ferreira Portugal
23 DF Elsey Australia
25 MF Kitto Australia
MF Kamara Australia
Last updated: 19 September 2013
Source: Soccerway – Adelaide United 2012/13
Ordered by shirt number
0 shown as blank

Scorers

A-League

Goals Player 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
9 Argentina Jerónimo Neumann 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
Portugal Fábio Ferreira 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 Spain Sergio Cirio 1 1 1 3 1 1
6 Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 Australia Bruce Djite 1 1 1 1 1
2 Australia Osama Malik 1 1
Australia Awer Mabil 1 1
1 Australia Steven Luštica 1
Australia Jake Barker-Daish 1
Australia Jordan Elsey 1
Australia 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 Spain Josep Gombau
Assistant & Fitness coach Spain Pau Martí
Assistant coach Australia Michael Valkanis
High Performance Manager Australia Adam Hewitt
Goalkeeper coach Australia Peter Blazincic
Physiotherapist Australia Peter Chitti

Source:Football Australia[29]

Managerial Changes

Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Australia Michael Valkanis Reassigned as assistant coach. 8 April 2013 4th, (12–13) Spain Josep Gombau 30 April 2013[30] 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.

30 July 2013 Cumberland United 1–4 Adelaide United Santos Stadium, Mile End
Tuesday 20:00 A. Rideout 27' Report 34', 52', 68' Jerónimo
58' Golec
13 August 2013 West Torrens Birkalla 1–8 Adelaide United Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Tuesday 19:00 Nagel 67' Report
Report
13', 19', 79' Djite
21' Cirio
29', 30' Jerónimo
50', 64' D. Smith
Attendance: Closed to the public
19 August 2013 Western Strikers 0–11 Adelaide United Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Monday 19:00 Report
Report
12', 55', 59' Cirio
32' (o.g.) Lastella
45', 51' Djite
50' Mileusnić
62' Ochieng
70' B. Appiah
83', 86' Barker-Daish
Attendance: Closed to the public
3 October 2013 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne
Thursday Barbarouses 83' Report Jerónimo 23'
Elrich 72'
Attendance: Closed to the public
Referee: Shaun Evans

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 Team 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
3 Central Coast Mariners 27 12 6 9 33 36 −3 42 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
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
6 Adelaide United 27 10 8 9 45 36 +9 38
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[b] 27 7 7 13 36 51 −15 28
10 Melbourne Heart 27 6 8 13 36 42 −6 26
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 11 7 8 45 34  +11 40 8 3 2 29 15  +14 3 4 6 16 19  −3

Last updated: 30 March 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHHAAHAAAHHAHHAHHAAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWDLLLDLDLWDWDWWDLWWLWLDWWDL
Position125688888887885665353565446
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2014. Source: Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kick-off times are in ACST/ACDT.

13 October 2013 1 Adelaide United 3–1 Perth Glory Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 Jerónimo 9', 25'
F. Ferreira 64'
Isaías Yellow card 40' Red card 65'
Boogaard Yellow card 53' Red card 79'
Report Nagai 11' Attendance: 10,320
Referee: Ben Williams
18 October 2013 2 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Victory Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 Cirio 21' (pen.)
Jerónimo 25'
Report Finkler 79'
Troisi 90+3'
Attendance: 16,504
Referee: Alan Milliner
9 November 2013 5 Adelaide United 1–2 Newcastle Jets Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 17:00 F. Ferrieira 71'
Boogaard Red card 90'
Report Jaliens 41'
Taggart 52'
Attendance: 10,244
Referee: Strebre Delovski
16 November 2013 6 Perth Glory 1–1 Adelaide United nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 17:00 Harold 69' Report Malik 52' Attendance: 8,574
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 November 2013 7 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Adelaide United Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 19:15 Barbarouses 14'
Leijer Yellow card 35' Yellow-red card 45+1'
A. Thompson 68'
Nichols 76'
Report Attendance: 20,064
Referee: Ben Williams
1 December 2013 8 Melbourne Heart 3–3 Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 16:30 Migliorini 54', 66'
Williams 71' (pen.)
Report Luštica 4'
Cirio 15'
Carrusca 77'
Attendance: 6,002
Referee: Strebre Delovski
6 December 2013 9 Adelaide United 1–2 Brisbane Roar Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 Malik 7' Report Berisha 21' (pen.), 72' Attendance: 8,861
Referee: Peter O'Leary
22 December 2013 11 Perth Glory 0–0 Adelaide United nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 18:30 Report Attendance: 9,436
Referee: Alan Milliner
29 December 2013 12 Adelaide United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 Djite 26' Report Attendance: 10,778
Referee: Chris Beath
3 January 2014 13 Adelaide United 2–2 Sydney FC Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 F. Ferreira 24'
Barker-Daish 72' (pen.)
Report Despotović 9'
Carle Yellow card 45' Red card 68'
Gameiro 82'
Attendance: 15,437
Referee: Strebre Delovski
11 January 2014 14 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 17:00 D. Ferreira Yellow card 11' Red card 40'
Berisha 80'
Report Jerónimo 21'
Elsey 90+2'
Attendance: 17,953
Referee: Alan Milliner
25 January 2014 16 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Heart Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 17:00 Djite 22'
Ry. Griffiths 90'
Report Kewell 61' (pen.)
Kisnorbo 68'
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
1 February 2014 17 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Adelaide United Eden Park, Auckland
Saturday 17:00 Hernández 22'
Cunningham 44'
Report Mabil 90+3' Attendance: 18,506
Referee: Peter Green
8 February 2014 18 Sydney FC 0–3 Adelaide United Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:00 Report Djite 16'
F. Ferreira 27'
Jerónimo 80'
Attendance: 13,335
Referee: Alan Milliner
22 February 2014 20 Melbourne Victory 4–3 Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 Finkler 15', 56'
A. Thompson 66'
Barbarouses 75'
Report Cirio 3', 45', 83' Attendance: 18,341
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
27 February 2014 21 Adelaide United 5–1 Wellington Phoenix Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Thursday 19:00
Rescheduled
Jerónimo 23', 62'
Cirio 29'
Ferreira 59'
Mabil 90+2'
Report Cunningham 67'
Muscat Yellow card 43' Red card 73'
Attendance: 8,596
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
9 March 2014 22 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Sunday 16:30 Berisha 22', 51' Report Jerónimo 90+3' Attendance: 12,514
Referee: Shaun Evans
21 March 2014 24 Adelaide United 3–1 Sydney FC Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 Ferreira 13'
Cirio 54'
Djite 88'
Report M. Thompson 74' Attendance: 14,212
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
30 March 2014 25 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 12:30 Report Carrusca 58' (pen.) Attendance: 6,453
Referee: Peter Green
4 April 2014 26 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Heart Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 Carrusca 1'
Elrich Red card 35'
Ferreira 90+2'
Report Williams 33' (pen.)
Dugandžić 42'
Attendance: 13,845
Referee: Ben Williams
11 April 2014 27 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Adelaide United Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 19:00 J. Griffiths 21'
Taggart 90'
Report Attendance: 11,226
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Finals series

19 April 2014 Elimination-finals Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Adelaide United Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 16:30 AEST Ibini-Isei 67' Attendance: 9,045
Referee: Ben Williams

Awards

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