2021–22 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United FC

Company type	Football club
Industry	Sports
Founded	2003
Area served	Australia
Key people	Carl Veart (Head coach), Damian Mori (Assistant coach), Ayrton Andrioli (Assistant coach and Head of Youth Development), Vito Basile (Football Director), Eugene Galekovic (Goalkeeper coach), Django Gentilcore (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
Products	Football team

The 2021–22 season of Adelaide United FC represented the club's 18th year since its establishment in 2003. During this period, Adelaide United took part in the A-League Men for their 17th consecutive season and competed in the FFA Cup for the seventh occasion.

Incoming transfers

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer type/fee	Contract duration	Date signed
4	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	30 July 2021
14	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	2 August 2021
23	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	6 August 2021
10	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Free transfer	3 years	23 August 2021
33	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Injury replacement for Joe Gauci	12 weeks	16 September 2021
47	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Free transfer	1.5 years	10 December 2021
25	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Injury replacement for Nick Ansell	6 months	29 December 2021
77	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Loan deal	6 months	12 January 2022

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer type/fee	Contract duration	Date signed

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|Free transfer 
|6 months 
|14 January 2022 
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| 20 ||  
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| Unattached 
|Free transfer 
|5 months 
|5 February 2022 
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| 16 ||  
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| Unattached 
|Free transfer 
|5 months 
|7 February 2022 

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Outgoing transfers

No.	Position	Player name	Destination club	Transfer type/fee	Date completed
4	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	(fee undisclosed)	23 June 2021
34	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	(Newcastle Olympic) Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Newcastle Olympic FC	Free transfer	24 June 2021
15	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Contract expired	-	24	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Contract expired	-	33	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Contract expired	-	23	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Unattached	Contract expired	-	9	Template:Sort	Macarthur FC	Contract expired	-	2	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagicon AUS Sturt Lions FC	Contract expired	-	35	FW	Template:Sortname	Macarthur FC	Mutual contract termination	} 16 || Template:Sort || Template:Sortname || Unattached || Contract ended ||16 October 2021 |- 33 || Template:Sort || Template:Sortname || Template:Flagicon AUSAdelaide City FC|| Contract ended||1 December 2021 |- 26 || Template:Sort || Template:Sortname || Template:Flagicon KORFC Seoul|| (fee undisclosed) ||2 January 2022 |- 8|| Template:Sort|| Template:Sortname|| Template:Flagicon JPNFagiano Okayama||(fee undisclosed)||27 February 2022 |- No. Position Player Destination Transfer type/fee Date Contract renewals No. Player Role Extension length Date signed Remarks 21 Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Javi López Full-back 1 year 12 June 2021 28 Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juande Defensive midfielder 1 year 12 June 2021 22 Template:Country data DENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Michael Jakobsen Centre-back 1 year 1 July 2021 11 Craig Goodwin Winger 1 year 2 July 2021 Technical team Role Individual Head coach Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Carl Veart Assistant coach Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Damian Mori Assistant coach and Head of Youth Development Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Ayrton Andrioli Football Director Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vito Basile Goalkeeper coach Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Eugene Galekovic Strength & Conditioning Coach Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Django Gentilcore Fixtures {{football box collapsible ... [Recent matches summarized in similar format] ... }} Appearances and goal contributions Players without any appearances are omitted. 11 MF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Craig Goodwin 20(4) 9 3 1 1 1 2811 14 FW Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname George Blackwood 9(5) 5 2(1) 0 0(2) 1 196 15 FW Template:Flagicon JPN align=left Template:Sortname Hiroshi Ibusuki14(4)6 2(1)0 0 0 216 16 MF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Nathan Konstandopoulos0(5)0 0 0 0 0 50 17 FW Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Mohamed Toure (footballer, born 2004)5(13)3 0 0 1(1)0 203 18 MF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Joe Caletti2(9)0 0 0 1 0 120 19 FW Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Yaya Dukuly1(3)0 0 0 0(2)1 61 20 FW Template:Flagicon ENG align=left Template:Sortname Zach Clough7(4)0 1(1)1 0 0 131 21 DF Template:Flagicon ESP align=left Template:Sortname Javi López25 3 3 0 3 0 313 22 DF Template:Flagicon DEN align=left Template:Sortname Michael Jakobsen13(1)  ||||||||17  || 23 DF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Jacob Tratt12(1)  0(1)  00  31|| 25 DF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Lachlan Barr13(3)00  00  16|| 27 DF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Josh Cavallo10(9)00  30  22|| 28 MF Template:Flagicon ESP align=left Template:Sortname Juande20(2)03  10(1)00  27|| 31 MF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Bernardo10(10)20(3)12(1)02633 41 DF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Alexandar Popovic6(100 44 DF Template:Flagicon ALB align=left Template:Sortname Arbi Mollas001 46 GK Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Joe Gauci19 47 FW Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Asad Kasumovic002 50 GK Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Steven Hall*14 55 MF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Ethan Alagich001 66 FW Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Nestory Irankunda013 77 MF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Lachlan Brook19 8 MF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Stefan Mauk17 26 MF Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Ben Halloran7 35 FW Template:Flagicon AUS align=left Template:Sortname Al Hassan Toure001 No. Position Nationality Player name A-League Regular season Finals series FFA Cup Overall Appearances Goals Appearances Goals Appearances Goals Appearances Goals 1 GK Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Template:Sortname 6 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 3 DF Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Template:Sortname 5 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 4 DF Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Template:Sortname 1(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3 0 6 MF Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Template:Sortname 9(11) 0 0(2) 0 3 1 25 1 7 MF Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Template:Sortname 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 9 FW Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Template:Sortname 1 | 2(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 10 MF Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Template:Sortname 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 Players no longer with the club Disciplinary record 11 15 6 17 18 26 41 14 3 9 25 27 31 77 Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men A-League Men Finals series FFA Cup Total Template:Yel Template:Sent off Template:Sent off Template:Yel Template:Sent off Template:Sent off Template:Yel Template:Sent off Template:Sent off Template:Yel Template:Sent off Template:Sent off 1 23 DF Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jacob Tratt 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 10 MF Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Isaías 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 3 28 MF Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juande 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 21 DF Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Javi López 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 5 8 MF Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Stefan Mauk 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 7 MF Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ryan Kitto 4||0||0 0||0||0 0||0||0 4!!0!!0 FW align ="left"|Craig Goodwin 4||0||0 1||0||0 0||0||0 5!!0!!0 FW align ="left"|Hiroshi Ibusuki 4||0||0 0||0||0 0||0||0 4!!0!!0 9 MF align ="left"|Louis D'Arrigo 2||00 000 1||00 3!!00 FW align ="left"|Mohamed Toure (footballer, born2004) 3||00 000 000 3!!00 MF align ="left"|Joe Caletti 3||00 000 000 3!!00 MF align ="left"|Ben Halloran 2||00 000 1||00 3!!00 DF align ="left"|Alexandar Popovic 3||00 000 000 3!!00 46 GK align ="left"|Joe Gauci 1||00 000 000 1!!00 15 DF align ="left"|George Timotheou 1||00 000 1||00 2!!00 FW align ="left"|Kusini Yengi 1||00 1||00 000 2!!00 DF align ="left"|Lachlan Barr 2||00 000 000 2!!00 MF align ="left"|Josh Cavallo 2||00 000 000 2!!00 MF align ="left"|Bernardo Oliveira (soccer) 1||00 1||00 000 2!!00 Forward (association football)  FW   align  left nowrap  Lachlan Brook   2   000 000 2   000 rowspan  2  21 22 Defender (association football) DF align  left nowrap Michael Jakobsen 1 || 000 000 000 1 || 000 66 Forward (association football) FW align  left nowrap Nestory Irankunda 1 || 000 000 000 1 || 000 Clean sheets Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League Men A-League Men Finals Series FFA Cup Total 1 46 GK Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Joe Gauci 4 1 0 5 2 1 GK Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Delianov 1 0 1 2 Overall 5 1 1 7