2014–15 Adelaide United FC season
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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.
| 2014–15 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Greg Griffin | ||
| Manager | Josep Gombau | ||
| Stadium | Coopers Stadium, Adelaide | ||
| A-League | 3rd | ||
| A-League Finals Series | Semi-finals | ||
| FFA Cup | Winners | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Pablo Sánchez (8) All: Sergio Cirio (13) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 33,126 vs Melbourne Victory 17 October 2014 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 7,767 vs Central Coast Mariners 12 March 2015 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 12,637 | ||
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Notes |
|---|
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | FW | Pablo Sánchez | 31 | CD Lugo | Transfer | Pre-season | 2015 | Free | [1] | |
| 18 | MF | James Jeggo | 22 | Melbourne Victory | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | [2] | |
| 4 | DF | Dylan McGowan | 22 | Heart of Midlothian | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | [3] | |
| 16 | DF | Craig Goodwin | 22 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | Free | [4] | ||
| 19 | FW | Miguel Palanca | 27 | CD Numancia | Transfer | January | 2015 | Free | [5] |
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | CM | Jacob Melling | 19 | Melbourne City | Contract terminated | Pre-season | Free | [6] | |
| 19 | AM | Jake Barker-Daish | 20 | Colne | End of contract | Pre-season | Free | [7] | |
| 16 | RWB | Daniel Bowles | 22 | Brisbane Roar | End of contract | Pre-season | Free | [7] | |
| 7 | WI | Jerónimo Neumann | 28 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | Free | [8] | |
| 4 | CB | Jonathan McKain | 31 | Kelantan | End of contract | Pre-season | Free | [9] | |
| 18 | LB | Michael Zullo | 25 | Utrecht | End of loan | Pre-season | [9] | ||
| 6 | LB | Cássio | 34 | Contract terminated | January | [10] | |||
| 22 | WI | Fábio Ferreira | 25 | Central Coast Mariners | Transfer | January | Free | [11] |
| 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 |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | A-League | FFA Cup | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Pre-season and friendlies
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 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[a] | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 35 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 34 | |
| 7 | Perth Glory[b] | 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 |
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ 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.[12]
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 17 | +2 |
| 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 |
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
- NAB Young Footballer of the Month (December) – James Jeggo[13]
- ^ "Reds secure Spanish forward". Adelaide United. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Gombau revolution lures Jeggo from Victory". FourFourTwo Australia. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Reds sign local boy McGowan". Adelaide United. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "Reds bring another local home". Football Federation Australia. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Reds sign ex Real Madrid player Palanca". Adelaide United. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Melbourne Heart FC Captures New Signings". Melbourne City. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Adelaide releases duo". Special Broadcasting Service Corporation. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "Adelaide's Jeronimo Neumann jets into Newcastle colours". The Newcastle Herald. 18 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Adelaide United's Michael Zullo and Jon McKain face the end due to salary cap issues". The Advertiser. 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Reds release Cassio". Football Federation Australia. 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Fabulous Ferreira bound for Mariners". Football Federation Australia. 27 January 2015.
- ^ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Jeggo named NAB Young Footballer of the Year Nominee for December". Football Federation Australia. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.