2014–15 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
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
Home colours
Away colours

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. Position Player
1 Australia GK Eugene Galekovic (captain)
2 Australia DF Michael Marrone
3 Australia DF Nigel Boogaard
4 Australia DF Dylan McGowan
5 Australia MF Osama Malik
7 Spain FW Pablo Sánchez
8 Spain MF Isaías
9 Spain FW Sergio Cirio
10 Argentina MF Marcelo Carrusca
11 Australia FW Bruce Djite
12 Australia MF Mark Ochieng
13 Australia FW Dylan Smith
No. Position Player
14 Australia MF Cameron Watson
15 Australia DF Ben Warland
16 Australia DF Craig Goodwin
17 Australia FW Awer Mabil
18 Australia MF James Jeggo
19 Spain FW Miguel Palanca
20 Australia GK Paul Izzo
21 Australia DF Tarek Elrich
23 Australia DF Jordan Elsey
24 Australia MF Bruce Kamau
30 Australia GK John Hall
32 Australia MF Nathan Konstandopoulos

From youth squad

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes

Transfers in

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
7 FW Spain Pablo Sánchez 31 CD LugoSpain Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free [1]
18 MF Australia James Jeggo 22 Melbourne Victory Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [2]
4 DF Australia Dylan McGowan 22 Heart of MidlothianScotland Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
16 DF Australia Craig Goodwin 22 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [4]
19 FW Spain Miguel Palanca 27 CD NumanciaSpain Transfer January 2015 Free [5]

Transfers out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
15 CM Australia Jacob Melling 19 Melbourne City Contract terminated Pre-season Free [6]
19 AM Australia Jake Barker-Daish 20 ColneEngland End of contract Pre-season Free [7]
16 RWB Australia Daniel Bowles 22 Brisbane Roar End of contract Pre-season Free [7]
7 WI Argentina Jerónimo Neumann 28 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [8]
4 CB Australia Jonathan McKain 31 KelantanMalaysia End of contract Pre-season Free [9]
18 LB Australia Michael Zullo 25 UtrechtNetherlands End of loan Pre-season [9]
6 LB Brazil Cássio 34 Contract terminated January [10]
22 WI Portugal Fábio Ferreira 25 Central Coast Mariners Transfer January Free [11]

Technical staff

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

Statistics

Squad statistics

N P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 30 0 1 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 27 0 5 0 1 18+6 0 5 0 1 2+1 0 0 0 0
3 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 27 2 8 0 1 21+1 2 7 0 1 5 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Dylan McGowan 31 1 5 0 0 20+6 1 5 0 0 4+1 0 0 0 0
5 MF Australia Osama Malik 21 0 6 0 0 16+2 0 5 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0
6 DF Brazil Cássio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Spain Pablo Sánchez 30 8 1 0 0 17+9 8 1 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0
8 MF Spain Isaías 32 1 9 0 0 27 1 8 0 0 5 0 1 0 0
9 FW Spain Sergio Cirio 34 13 2 0 0 29 7 2 0 0 5 6 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 25 7 4 0 0 21 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Bruce Djite 27 9 1 0 0 22+1 6 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0
12 DF Australia Mark Ochieng 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
13 FW Australia Dylan Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Australia Cameron Watson 12 1 2 0 0 2+9 1 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
15 DF Australia Ben Warland 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Australia Craig Goodwin 29 6 3 0 0 25+4 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Australia Awer Mabil 26 7 5 0 0 7+14 6 4 0 0 5 1 1 0 0
18 MF Australia James Jeggo 33 1 9 0 0 27+1 1 7 0 0 5 0 2 0 0
19 FW Spain Miguel Palanca 14 1 1 0 0 5+9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Paul Izzo 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 31 1 10 0 0 26 1 9 0 0 5 0 1 0 0
22 MF Portugal Fábio Ferreira 11 1 1 0 0 5+3 1 0 0 0 0+3 0 1 0 0
23 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
24 MF Australia Bruce Kamau 13 0 0 0 0 2+9 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
25 MF Australia Ryan Kitto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia John Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Australia Nathan Konstandopoulos 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Main article: 2014–15 A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification to 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 to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification to 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[lower-alpha 2] 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
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[12]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 14 4 9 47 32  +15 46 7 4 3 28 15  +13 7 0 6 19 17  +2

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAH
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

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

Main article: 2014 FFA Cup

Awards

References

External links

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