2021–22 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2021–22 season
Chairman	Piet van der Pol
Manager	Carl Veart
Stadium	Coopers Stadium
A-League Men	4th
A-League Men Finals Series	Semi-finals
FFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Craig Goodwin (9); All: Craig Goodwin (11)
Highest home attendance	10,113 (15 May 2022 vs. Central Coast Mariners
Lowest home attendance	3,553 (16 March 2022 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
Average home league attendance	6,501
	← 2020–21 2022–23 ⊟

The 2021–22 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 18th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League Men for the 17th time, and in the FFA Cup for the 7th 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	James Delianov
3	DF	AUS	George Timotheou
4	DF	AUS	Nick Ansell
6	MF	AUS	Louis D'Arrigo
7	DF	AUS	Ryan Kitto
9	FW	AUS	Kusini Yengi
10	MF	ESP	Isaías
11	MF	AUS	Craig Goodwin (on loan from Al-Wehda)
14	FW	AUS	George Blackwood
15	FW	JPN	Hiroshi Ibusuki
16	MF	AUS	Nathan Konstandopoulos
17	FW	AUS	Mohamed Toure (scholarship)
18	MF	AUS	Joe Caletti
19	FW	AUS	Yaya Dukuly (scholarship)
20	FW	ENG	Zach Clough


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ESP	Javi López
22	DF	DEN	Michael Jakobsen
23	DF	AUS	Jacob Tratt
25	DF	AUS	Lachlan Barr (injury replacement)
27	DF	AUS	Josh Cavallo
28	MF	ESP	Juande
31	MF	AUS	Bernardo (scholarship)
37	MF	AUS	Jonny Yull (scholarship)
40	GK	AUS	Ethan Cox (scholarship)
41	DF	AUS	Alexandar Popovic (scholarship)
46	GK	AUS	Joe Gauci
47	FW	AUS	Asad Kasumovic (scholarship)
55	MF	AUS	Ethan Alagich (scholarship)
66	FW	AUS	Nestory Irankunda (scholarship)
77	FW	AUS	Lachlan Brook (on loan from Brentford)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
4	DF	Nick Ansell	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	30 July 2021	^[1]
14	FW	George Blackwood	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	2 August 2021	^[2]
23	DF	Jacob Tratt	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	6 August 2021	^[3]
10	MF	Isaías	Unattached	Free transfer	3 years	23 August 2021	^[4]
33	GK	Dakota Ochsenham	Unattached	Injury replacement for Joe Gauci	12 weeks	16 September 2021	^[5]
47	FW	Asad Kasumovic	Adelaide City	Free transfer	1.5 years	10 December 2021	^[6]
25	DF	Lachlan Barr	Adelaide City	Injury replacement for Nick Ansell	6 months	29 December 2021	^[7]
77	FW	Lachlan Brook	Brentford	Loan	6 months	12 January 2022	^[8]
15	FW	Hiroshi Ibusuki	Shimizu S-Pulse	Free transfer	6 months	14 January 2022	^[9]
20	FW	Zach Clough	Unattached	Free transfer	5 months	5 February 2022	^[10]
16	MF	Nathan Konstandopoulos	Unattached	Free transfer	5 months	7 February 2022	^[11]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
4	DF	Ryan Strain	Maccabi Haifa	Undisclosed fee	23 June 2021	^[12]^[13]
34	DF	Yared Abetew	Newcastle Olympic	Free transfer	24 June 2021	^[14]
15	DF	Noah Smith	Unattached	End of contract	28 June 2021	^[15]
24	FW	Pacifique Niyongabire	Unattached	End of contract		^[15]
33	GK	Dakota Ochsenham	Unattached	End of contract		^[15]
23	DF	Jordan Elsey	Unattached	End of contract	1 July 2021	^[16]
9	FW	Tomi Juric	Macarthur FC	End of contract	14 July 2021	^[17]^[18]
2	DF	Michael Marrone	Sturt Lions	End of contract	3 August 2021	^[19]
35	FW	Al Hassan Toure	Macarthur FC	Mutual contract termination	13 October 2021	^[20]^[21]
16	MF	Nathan Konstandopoulos	Unattached	End of contract	16 October 2021	^[22]
33	GK	Dakota Ochsenham	Adelaide City	End of contract	1 December 2021	^[23]^[24]
26	FW	Ben Halloran	FC Seoul	Undisclosed fee	2 January 2022	^[25]^[26]^[27]
8	MF	Stefan Mauk	Fagiano Okayama	Undisclosed fee	27 February 2022	^[28]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
37	MF	Jonny Yull	16	3-year scholarship^[15]
41	DF	Alexandar Popovic	18	1-year scholarship^[15]
66	FW	Nestory Irankunda	15	3-year scholarship^[29]
55	MF	Ethan Alagich	18	scholarship^[30]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
21	Javi López	Full-back	1 year	12 June 2021	^[31]
28	Juande	Defensive midfielder	1 year	12 June 2021	^[31]
22	Michael Jakobsen	Centre-back	1 year	1 July 2021	^[32]
11	Craig Goodwin	Winger	1 year	2 July 2021	^[33]

Technical staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Carl Veart	^[34]
Assistant coach	Damian Mori	^[35]
Assistant coach Head of Youth Football	Ayrton Andrioli	^[36]
Head of Football	Vito Basile	^[37]
Goalkeeping coach	Eugene Galekovic	^[38]
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Django Gentilcore	^[39]

Pre-season and friendlies

12 October 2021	Adelaide Victory	0–3	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACDT		Report	Halloran 8' (pen.) Kitto 42' Yengi 90'	Stadium: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre

19 October 2021	Para Hills Knights	1–2	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACDT	Shrestha 65'	Report	Dukuly 29' Irankunda 62'	Stadium: The Paddocks
Note: The match consisted of 2 40-minute halves^[40]

26 October 2021	West Torrens Birkalla	0–7	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACDT		Report	López 15' Yengi 41', 45' (pen.) Bernardo 43' Dukuly 47' D'Arrigo 49' Halloran 59'	Stadium: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre

31 October 2021	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Adelaide United	Ipswich, Australia
14:00 AEST	Akbari 6', 8'	Report		Stadium: North Ipswich Reserve

5 November 2021	Adelaide United	3–0	NPLSA Select	Adelaide, Australia
	Mauk 17' Yengi 20', 63'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Daniel Goodwin

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Cancelled or postponed

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men	20 November 2021	8 May 2022	Matchday 1	4th	26	12	7	7	38	31	7	046.15
A-League Men Finals	15 May 2022	22 May 2022	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	033.33
FFA Cup	26 September 2021	5 January 2022	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	066.67
Total					32	15	8	9	47	37	10	046.88

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Melbourne Victory	26	13	9	4	42	25	17	48	Qualification for finals series^[a]
3	Western United (C)	26	13	6	7	40	30	10	45
4	Adelaide United	26	12	7	7	38	31	7	43
5	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	49	35	14	42
6	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	26	12	3	11	34	49	−15	39

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

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	12	7	7	38	31	7	43	7	2	4	22	14	8	5	5	3	16	17	−1

Last updated: 8 May 2022.
Source: Ultimate A-League

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	4	7	8	10	11	11	7	7	7	7	5	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	6	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2022. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 November 2021 1	Perth Glory	1–1	Adelaide United	Perth
19:05 AWST	Fornaroli 40'	Report	Yengi 22'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 17,198 Referee: Adam Kersey

27 November 2021 2	Adelaide United	2–2	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:15 ACDT	Mauk 78' Halloran 90'	Report	Maclaren 28' Nabbout 61'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,017 Referee: Daniel Elder

4 December 2021 3	Brisbane Roar	0–0	Adelaide United	Kippa-Ring
16:45 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 6,549 Referee: Chris Beath

11 December 2021 4	Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:15 AEST	Spiranovic 70' (o.g.)	Report	Margiotta 59' Velupillay 78'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,145 Referee: Adam Kersey

17 December 2021 5	Western United	1–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Pain 44'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,353 Referee: Kurt Ams

1 January 2022 7	Adelaide United	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:45 AEDT	Blackwood 7' Goodwin 54' (pen.), 69' (pen.) López 80'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 4,390 Referee: Daniel Elder

8 January 2022 9	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	D'Agostino 84'	Report	Goodwin 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,912 Referee: Shaun Evans

15 January 2022 10	Adelaide United	2–2	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:15 ACDT	Blackwood 60' Ibusuki 84'	Report	Nabbout 24' Maclaren 66'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 5,614 Referee: Chris Beath

23 January 2022 11	Brisbane Roar	1–3	Adelaide United	Kippa-Ring
16:45 AEST	Mileusnic 2'	Report	Goodwin 24' (pen.), 85' Mauk 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 5,269 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

30 January 2022 12	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Adelaide United	Newcastle
18:45 AEDT	Mikeltadze 59'	Report	Irankunda 88' Ibusuki 90 1'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,040 Referee: Alex King

4 February 2022 13	Adelaide United	1–2	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:45 ACST	Mauk 32'	Report	Kamsoba 10' Bobô 73'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,245 Referee: Adam Kersey

12 February 2022 14	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
16:50 AEDT	Sandoval 20'	Report	Oliveira 90 2'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 797 Referee: Stephen Lucas

15 February 2022 24	Melbourne City	1–2	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:55 AEDT	Maclaren 11'	Report	López 20' Toure 85'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,728 Referee: Shaun Evans

19 February 2022 15	Macarthur FC	4–1	Adelaide United	Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT	Giannou 43' Noone 67' A. Toure 73' Ruhs 90 1'	Report	Goodwin 20'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,702 Referee: Alireza Faghani

26 February 2022 16	Adelaide United	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
19:45 AEDT	Ibuskui 52' Irankunda 90 2'	Report	Nkololo 35'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,868 Referee: Alex King

5 March 2022 17	Perth Glory	1–2	Adelaide United	Perth
22:05 AEDT	Fornaroli 90' (pen.)	Report	Ibusuki 45 1' Toure 59'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 6,657 Referee: Alireza Faghani

13 March 2022 18	Adelaide United	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
18:05 ACDT	Blackwood 3' Toure 88'	Report	Thurgate 65'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,921 Referee: Shaun Evans

16 March 2022 8	Adelaide United	1–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:15 ACDT	Goodwin 8'	Report	Najjarine 26' Cancar 75'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 3,553 Referee: Daniel Elder

20 March 2022 19	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–0	Adelaide United	Sydney
18:15 AEDT		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 5,077 Referee: Tim Danaskos

26 March 2022 20	Central Coast Mariners	3–0	Adelaide United	Gosford
19:45 AEDT	Ureña 77' Cummings 90 1' Hatch 90 3'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 3,086 Referee: Alireza Faghani

2 April 2022 21	Adelaide United	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:45 AEDT		Report	Rojas 7'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,044 Referee: Alex King

8 April 2022 23	Adelaide United	1–0	Macarthur FC	Adelaide
19:45 AEST	Ibusuki 45 1'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 5,166 Referee: Alireza Faghani

12 April 2022 22	Sydney FC	2–3	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Grant 6' Buhagiar 62'	Report	Goodwin 36', 90 5' Blackwood 89'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 4,180 Referee: Alex King

24 April 2022 6	Adelaide United	2–0	Perth Glory	Adelaide
17:05 AEST	Oliveira 24' Irankunda 90 4'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,387 Referee: Jack Morgan

30 April 2022 26	Adelaide United	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
19:45 AEST	Blackwood 15' Ibusuki 28'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,761 Referee: Ben Abraham

8 May 2022 25	Adelaide United	2–1	Western United	Adelaide
18:20 AEST	López 14' Kitto 51'	Report	Wenzel-Halls 5'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,398 Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals series

15 May 2022 Elimination final	Adelaide United	3–1	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
15:35 ACST	Goodwin 26' Yengi 67' Oliveira 90 2'	Report	Roux 71'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,113 Referee: Daniel Elder

18 May 2022 Semi-final 1st leg	Adelaide United	0–0	Melbourne City	Adelaide
18:35 ACST		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,279 Referee: Chris Beath

22 May 2022 Semi-final 2nd leg	Melbourne City	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	Adelaide United	Melbourne
14:05 AEST	Tilio 74' Maclaren 92'	Report	Clough 48'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,347 Referee: Alireza Faghani

FFA Cup

26 September 2021 Round of 32	Floreat Athena	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Adelaide United	Perth
13:00 AWST	Saldaris 56'	Report	D'Arrigo 18' Blackwood 92' (pen.) Dukuly 102'	Stadium: Litis Stadium Attendance: 831 Referee: Adam Fielding

17 October 2021 Round of 16	Adelaide Olympic	0–1	Adelaide United	Adelaide
15:00 ACST		Report	Tratt 16'	Stadium: VALO Football Centre Attendance: 2,637 Referee: Isabella Blaess

5 January 2022 Quarter-final	Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:15 ACDT	Goodwin 33'	Report	Brillante 62' Margiotta 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Alex King

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 22 May 2022

No.	Pos.	Name	A-League
			Regular season		Finals		FFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	James Delianov	6	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
3	DF	George Timotheou	5	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
4	DF	Nick Ansell	1(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	3	0
6	MF	Louis D'Arrigo	9(11)	0	0(2)	0	3	1	25	1
7	MF	Ryan Kitto	21(3)	1	3	0	3	0	30	1
9	FW	Kusini Yengi	5	1	2(1)	1	1	0	9	2
10	MF	Isaías	21(1)	0	3	0	2	0	27	0
11	MF	Craig Goodwin	20(4)	9	3	1	1	1	28	11
14	FW	George Blackwood	9(5)	5	2(1)	0	0(2)	1	19	6
15	FW	Hiroshi Ibusuki	14(4)	6	2(1)	0	0	0	21	6
16	MF	Nathan Konstandopoulos	0(5)	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
17	FW	Mohamed Toure	5(13)	3	0	0	1(1)	0	20	3
18	MF	Joe Caletti	2(9)	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
19	FW	Yaya Dukuly	1(3)	0	0	0	0(2)	1	6	1
20	FW	Zach Clough	7(4)	0	1(1)	1	0	0	13	1
21	DF	Javi López	25	3	3	0	3	0	31	3
22	DF	Michael Jakobsen	13(1)	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
23	DF	Jacob Tratt	12(1)	0(1)	0	0	3	1	17	1
25	DF	Lachlan Barr	13(3)	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
27	DF	Josh Cavallo	10(9)	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
28	MF	Juande	20(2)	0	3	0	1(1)	0	27	0
31	MF	Bernardo	10(10)	2	0(3)	1	2(1)	0	26	3
41	DF	Alexandar Popovic	6(1)	0	3	0	0	0	10	0
44	DF	Arbi Mollas	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0
46	GK	Joe Gauci	19	0	3	0	0	0	22	0
47	FW	Asad Kasumovic	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
50	GK	Steven Hall	1(2)	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
55	MF	Ethan Alagich	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0
66	FW	Nestory Irankunda	0(11)	3	0(2)	0	0	0	13	3
77	MF	Lachlan Brook	13(3)	0	2(1)	0	0	0	19	0
Players no longer at the club
8	MF	Stefan Mauk	14	3	0	0	1	0	17	3
26	MF	Ben Halloran	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	1
35	FW	Al Hassan Toure	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

As of 22 May 2022

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			A-League Men Finals series			FFA Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	23	DF		Jacob Tratt	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
2	10	MF		Isaías	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
3	28	MF		Juande	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
4	21	DF		Javi López	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
5	8	MF		Stefan Mauk	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
6	7	MF		Ryan Kitto	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	11	FW		Craig Goodwin	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	15	FW		Hiroshi Ibusuki	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	6	MF		Louis D'Arrigo	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	17	FW		Mohamed Toure	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	18	MF		Joe Caletti	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	26	MF		Ben Halloran	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	41	DF		Alexandar Popovic	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	46	GK		Joe Gauci	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
15	3	DF		George Timotheou	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	9	FW		Kusini Yengi	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	25	DF		Lachlan Barr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	27	MF		Josh Cavallo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	31	MF		Bernardo Oliveira	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	77	FW		Lachlan Brook	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	22	DF		Michael Jakobsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	66	FW		Nestory Irankunda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Clean sheets

As of 22 May 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	A-League Men	A-League Men Finals Series	FFA Cup	Total
1	46	GK	Joe Gauci	4	1	0	5
2	1	GK	James Delianov	1	0	1	2
Total				5	1	1	7

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^ @nplsa_hub (2 December 2021). "Dakota Ochsenham and Vianne Kurikwimana made their debuts for Adelaide City last night after joining the club recently" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Paquette, Catherine (2 January 2022). "Adelaide announce departure of A-League winger". FTBL.
^ Lewis, Dave (2 January 2022). "Exclusive: Adelaide A-League star heading to FC Seoul in huge opportunity". FTBL.
^ Ross Aloisi | Pre-Match Press Conference | FFA Cup Quarter Final. Coopers Stadium: Adelaide United. 4 January 2022. Event occurs at 4:42 – via YouTube. It gives an opportunity for Ben to play in another part of the world and like I said, the club's not gonna stand in a player's way and also it's good business for the club – they're not going on frees, so it is very very positive for the club financially.
^ "Stefan Mauk set for Japanese transfer". Adelaide United. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Irankunda signs scholarship deal with Reds". Adelaide United. 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Reds add Ethan Alagich to senior men's squad". Adelaide United. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "United extend Spanish duo's Adelaide stay". Adelaide United. 12 June 2021.
^ "Reds secure Jakobsen renewal". Adelaide United. 1 July 2021.
^ "Goodwin extends loan stay with Reds". Adelaide United. 2 July 2021.
^ "Reds confirm Veart's appointment". NewsComAu. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "Reds appoint Mori as interim assistant". Adelaide United. 22 March 2022.
^ "Airton Andrioli appointed as Reds' Head of Youth Football". Adelaide United. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ "Reds appoint new Head of Football". Adelaide United. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Eugene Galekovic".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Django Gentilcore".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Adelaide United [@AdelaideUnited] (19 October 2021). "FYI It's been agreed that tonight's pre-season clash will consist of 2 x 40 minute halves" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[table_note_res_Q0.94056216671158-41] The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

[table_note_WEL0.94056216671158-42] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

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[12] "ההגנה מתגבשת: ראיין סטריין סיכם במכבי חיפה" [The defence is coming together: Ryan Strain concluded with Maccabi Haifa]. One (in Hebrew). 23 June 2021.

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[22] Seven News (16 October 2021). .@AdelaideUnited is the club where two brothers honed their craft but tomorrow they will be tasked with taking them down. @AdelaideOlympic will face the Reds in the FFA Cup. Event occurs at 0:53 – via Twitter. Nathan, meanwhile, is currently uncontracted with the Reds, but still training with them as he recovers from an ACL tear.

[23] Adelaide City [@adelaidecityfc] (1 December 2021). "Tonight's lineup!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[24] @nplsa_hub (2 December 2021). "Dakota Ochsenham and Vianne Kurikwimana made their debuts for Adelaide City last night after joining the club recently" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[25] Paquette, Catherine (2 January 2022). "Adelaide announce departure of A-League winger". FTBL.

[26] Lewis, Dave (2 January 2022). "Exclusive: Adelaide A-League star heading to FC Seoul in huge opportunity". FTBL.

[27] Ross Aloisi | Pre-Match Press Conference | FFA Cup Quarter Final. Coopers Stadium: Adelaide United. 4 January 2022. Event occurs at 4:42 – via YouTube. It gives an opportunity for Ben to play in another part of the world and like I said, the club's not gonna stand in a player's way and also it's good business for the club – they're not going on frees, so it is very very positive for the club financially.

[28] "Stefan Mauk set for Japanese transfer". Adelaide United. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[IrankundaScholarship-29] "Irankunda signs scholarship deal with Reds". Adelaide United. 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[IAlagichScholarship-30] "Reds add Ethan Alagich to senior men's squad". Adelaide United. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[Spanish_Duo-31] "United extend Spanish duo's Adelaide stay". Adelaide United. 12 June 2021.

[32] "Reds secure Jakobsen renewal". Adelaide United. 1 July 2021.

[33] "Goodwin extends loan stay with Reds". Adelaide United. 2 July 2021.

[34] "Reds confirm Veart's appointment". NewsComAu. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[35] "Reds appoint Mori as interim assistant". Adelaide United. 22 March 2022.

[36] "Airton Andrioli appointed as Reds' Head of Youth Football". Adelaide United. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[37] "Reds appoint new Head of Football". Adelaide United. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[38] "Eugene Galekovic".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[39] "Django Gentilcore".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[40] Adelaide United [@AdelaideUnited] (19 October 2021). "FYI It's been agreed that tonight's pre-season clash will consist of 2 x 40 minute halves" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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