2024–25 Adelaide United FC (women) season

(Redirected from 2024–25 Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) season) 16th season in existence of Adelaide United FC (women) This article is about the women's 2024–25 season. For the men's season, see 2024–25 Adelaide United FC season. Adelaide United (A-League Women) 2024–25 football season

Adelaide United (A-League Women)

2024–25 season

Chairman

Ned Morris

Head Coach

Adrian Stenta

Stadium

Coopers Stadium
Marden Sports Complex

A-League Women

4th

Top goalscorer

Fiona Worts (6)

Highest home attendance

1,022
vs. Melbourne Victory
(2 November 2024)
A-League Women

Lowest home attendance

1,019
vs. Newcastle Jets
(8 December 2024)
A-League Women

Average home league attendance

1,021

Biggest win

2–0
vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (A)
(2 November 2024)
A-League Women
2–0
vs. Canberra United (A)
(16 November 2024)
A-League Women
2–0
vs. Newcastle Jets (H)
(8 December 2024)
A-League Women

Biggest defeat

2–3
vs. Melbourne Victory (H)
(2 November 2024)
A-League Women
0–1
vs. Wellington Phoenix (N)
(22 November 2024)
A-League Women

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2024–25 season is Adelaide United Football Club (women)'s 17th season in the A-League Women.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Annalee Grove
2	DF	AUS	Emily Hodgson
3	FW	AUS	Meleri Mullan (scholarship)
4	DF	AUS	Matilda McNamara
5	MF	AUS	Sarah Morgan
6	MF	AUS	Tiarna Karambasis
7	FW	ENG	Abby Clarke
8	MF	AUS	Emily Condon
10	FW	AUS	Chelsie Dawber
11	FW	AUS	Isabel Hodgson (captain)
12	MF	JPN	Nanako Sasaki
13	DF	AUS	Ella Tonkin
14	DF	DOM	Lucía León


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	AUS	Dylan Holmes (vice-captain)
17	DF	AUS	Zoe Tolland
18	MF	AUS	Lara Kirkby (scholarship)
19	FW	AUS	Katie Bowler
20	MF	AUS	Miley Grigg (youth)
21	GK	AUS	Claudia Jenkins (scholarship)
22	FW	USA	Erin Healy
23	FW	ENG	Fiona Worts
24	DF	AUS	Abby Middleton (scholarship)
27	MF	AUS	Sian Dewey (youth)
28	FW	AUS	Chrissy Panagaris (scholarship)
30	GK	AUS	Ilona Melegh (youth)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date
4	DF	Matilda McNamara	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	15 August 2024
6	MF	Tiarna Karambasis	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	2 September 2024
22	FW	Erin Healy	Clube de Albergaria	Free transfer	1 year	19 September 2024
23	FW	Fiona Worts	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	21 September 2024
14	DF	Lucía León	Watford	Free transfer	1 year	23 September 2024
7	FW	Abby Clarke	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	3 October 2024
24	DF	Abby Middleton	Football SA NTC	Scholarship	1 year	29 October 2024
30	GK	Ilona Melegh	Football SA NTC	Youth Development Agreement	1 year	29 October 2024
18	MF	Lara Kirkby	Maine Black Bears	Scholarship	6 months	24 December 2024

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date
6	FW	Hannah Blake	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024
7	FW	Mariah Lee	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024
9	MF	Rosetta Taylor	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024
14	DF	Jenna Holtz	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024
18	DF	Annabel Haffenden	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024
23	FW	Alana Jancevski	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024
26	GK	Grace Wilson	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024
19	DF	Maruschka Waldus	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	14 May 2024
22	MF	Emilia Murray	Melbourne City	End of contract	31 July 2024
4	DF	Erin Kontoutsikos	Unattached	End of contract	29 October 2024
32	MF	Madeleine Wright	Unattached	End of contract	29 October 2024

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
3	Meleri Mullan	Forward	1 year	16 August 2024
5	Sarah Morgan	Midfielder	1 year	16 August 2024
19	Katie Bowler	Forward	2 years	16 August 2024
17	Zoe Tolland	Defender	2 years	16 August 2024
13	Ella Tonkin	Defender	1 year	29 August 2024
1	Annalee Grove	Goalkeeper	2 years	3 September 2024
21	Claudia Jenkins	Goalkeeper	1 year	3 September 2024	scholarship contract
12	Nanako Sasaki	Midfielder	2 years	5 September 2024
8	Emily Condon	Midfielder	1 year	9 September 2024
10	Chelsie Dawber	Forward	1 year	21 September 2024
11	Isabel Hodgson	Forward	1 year	2 October 2024
20	Miley Grigg	Midfielder	1 year	29 October 2024	youth development agreement
27	Sian Dewey	Midfielder	1 year	29 October 2024	youth development agreement
28	Chrissy Panagaris	Forward	1 year	29 October 2024	scholarship

Pre-season and friendlies

Adelaide United

WNPLSA All-Stars

22 September 2024	Adelaide United	2–1	WNPLSA All-Stars	Adelaide, Australia
14:00 ACST	Healy 38' Calvanese 67'	Report	?	Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium

West Adelaide

Adelaide United

26 September 2024	West Adelaide	1–4	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACST	? ?'	Report	Condon ?' Healy ?', ?' Dewey ?'	Stadium: Kilburn Sportsplex

Adelaide United

Western United

5 October 2024	Adelaide United	2–0	Western United	Mildura, Australia
14:00 AEST	Middleton Grigg	Report		Stadium: Mildura Sporting Precinct

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Women	2 November 2024	18 April 2025	8	4	0	4	11	10	+1	050.00
Total			8	4	0	4	11	10	+1	050.00

Last updated: 30 December 2024
Source: Competitions

A-League Women

Main article: 2024–25 A-League Women

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Melbourne Victory	8	5	2	1	15	8	+7	17	Qualification for Finals series
4	Central Coast Mariners	9	3	4	2	11	10	+1	13
5	Adelaide United	8	4	0	4	11	10	+1	12
6	Western United	8	3	2	3	14	22	−8	11
7	Wellington Phoenix	8	3	1	4	9	10	−1	10

Updated to match(es) played on 31 December 2024. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Women's Champions League as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of 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
8	4	0	4	11	10	+1	12	2	0	3	6	7	−1	2	0	1	5	3	+2

Last updated: 30 December 2024.
Source: Soccerway
Home figures include Adelaide United's 1–0 loss on neutral ground against Wellington Phoenix on 22 November 2024.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	9	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	H	A	A	N	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	8	5	3	5	4	4	6	4
Points	0	3	6	6	9	9	9	12

Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Bye

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 12 September 2024. All times are in Adelaide local time (ACST/ACDT).

Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory

2 November 2024 1	Adelaide United	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
16:30	Worts 6', 71'	Report	Gielnik 4', 45+3' Briedis 90+2'	Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Kelly Jones

Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United

10 November 2024 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
14:30		Report	Worts 46' Condon 51'	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park Attendance: 472 Referee: Caitlin Williams

Canberra United v Adelaide United

16 November 2024 3	Canberra United	0–2	Adelaide United	Canberra
15:30		Report	Condon 11' Worts 35'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,249 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix

22 November 2024 4	Adelaide United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00		Report	McCutcheon 45+3'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 878 Referee: Isabella Mossin

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

8 December 2024 5	Adelaide United	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
17:00	Worts 44', 63'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 1,019 Referee: Beth Rattray

Perth Glory v Adelaide United

15 December 2024 6	Perth Glory	3–1	Adelaide United	Perth
19:30	Chinnama 24' Hollar 75' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Dawber 70'	Stadium: Sam Kerr Football Centre Attendance: 968 Referee: Mikayla Ryan

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

20 December 2024 7	Adelaide United	1–3	Melbourne City	Adelaide
16:20	Barbieri 8' (o.g.)	Report	Speckmaier 1' Dawber 41' (o.g.) McNamara 74'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Mikayla Ryan

Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers

27 December 2024 8	Adelaide United	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
16:20	Healy 68'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 3,809 Referee: Isabella Mossin

Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United

4 January 2025 9	Central Coast Mariners	v	Adelaide United	Woy Woy
16:30				Stadium: Woy Woy Oval

Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United

8 January 2025 10	Newcastle Jets	v	Adelaide United	Maitland
18:30				Stadium: Maitland Sports Ground

Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix

12 January 2025 11	Adelaide United	v	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
17:00				Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United

19 January 2025 12	Brisbane Roar	v	Adelaide United	Brisbane
17:30				Stadium: Perry Park

Adelaide United v Western United

25 January 2025 13	Adelaide United	v	Western United	Adelaide
17:00				Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

Sydney FC v Adelaide United

31 January 2025 14	Sydney FC	v	Adelaide United	Sydney
18:30				Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

Adelaide United v Perth Glory

7 February 2025 15	Adelaide United	v	Perth Glory	Adelaide
16:20				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Adelaide United v Canberra United

15 February 2025 16	Adelaide United	v	Canberra United	Adelaide
16:20				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United

2 March 2025 17	Wellington Phoenix	v	Adelaide United	Wellington
13:30				Stadium: Porirua Park

Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners

8 March 2025 18	Adelaide United	v	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
19:15				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Melbourne City v Adelaide United

16 March 2025 19	Melbourne City	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
15:30				Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch

Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar

23 March 2025 20	Adelaide United	v	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
17:00				Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

29 March 2025 21	Melbourne Victory	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:20				Stadium: AAMI Park

Western United v Adelaide United

12 April 2025 22	Western United	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
15:30				Stadium: Ironbark Fields

Adelaide United v Sydney FC

18 April 2025 23	Adelaide United	v	Sydney FC	Adelaide
16:20				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 27 December 2024

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Women
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	AUS	Emily Hodgson	8	0	8	0
3	FW	AUS	Meleri Mullan	7	0	1+6	0
4	DF	AUS	Matilda McNamara	7	0	7	0
5	MF	AUS	Sarah Morgan	8	0	6+2	0
6	MF	AUS	Tiarna Karambasis	7	0	1+6	0
7	MF	ENG	Abby Clarke	2	0	0+2	0
8	MF	AUS	Emily Condon	8	2	7+1	2
10	FW	AUS	Chelsie Dawber	4	0	2+2	0
12	MF	JPN	Nanako Sasaki	1	0	0+1	0
13	DF	AUS	Ella Tonkin	8	0	8	0
14	DF	DOM	Lucía León	8	0	8	0
17	DF	AUS	Zoe Tolland	8	0	8	0
19	FW	AUS	Katie Bowler	5	0	2+3	0
20	MF	AUS	Miley Grigg	6	0	0+6	0
21	GK	AUS	Claudia Jenkins	8	0	8	0
22	FW	USA	Erin Healy	7	1	6+1	1
23	FW	ENG	Fiona Worts	8	6	8	6
24	DF	AUS	Abby Middleton	1	0	0+1	0
27	FW	AUS	Sian Dewey	8	0	8	0
28	FW	AUS	Chrissy Panagaris	1	0	0+1	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of match played 8 December 2024

Rank	No.	Nat.	Name	A-League Women			Total

				1	2	DF		Emily Hodgson	1	0	0	1	0	0
13	DF	Ella Tonkin	1		0	0	1	0	0
17	DF	Zoe Tolland	1		0	0	1	0	0
23	FW	Fiona Worts	1		0	0	1	0	0
Total				4	0	0	4	0	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of match played 27 December 2024

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Women	Total
1	21		Claudia Jenkins	4	4

Notes

Match moved from Leichhardt Oval following a pitch assessment.

References

"Return of the McNamara | Matilda McNamara Returns To The Reds On one-Year Deal". Adelaide United. 15 August 2024.
"Adelaide United Welcomes Midfield Maestro Tiarna Karambasis". Adelaide United. 2 September 2024.
"Adelaide United Sign American Forward Erin Healy on One-Year Deal". Adelaide United. 19 September 2024.
^ "Dynamic Duo: Adelaide United Signs Chelsie Dawber and Fiona Worts for 2024/25 NINJA A-League Women's Season". Adelaide United. 21 September 2024.
"Women's Super League And Liga F Star Lucía León Ready To Let Loose In Red". Adelaide United. 23 September 2024.
"Adelaide United Signs Promising Young English Forward Abby Clarke on One-Year Deal". Adelaide United. 3 October 2024.
^ "Reds Rising Stars: Six Young Talents Join Our A-League Women's Squad". Adelaide United. 29 October 2024.
"Lara Kirkby returns to Adelaide United on scholarship deal". Adelaide United. 24 December 2024.
^ "Reds Announce Liberty A-League Women Departures". Adelaide United. 9 May 2024.
"United Bids Farewell To Maruschka Waldus". Adelaide United. 14 May 2024.
"Emilia Murray Departs Adelaide United". Adelaide United. 31 July 2024.
"Young Matildas attacker joins City". Melbourne City. 31 July 2024.
^ "ALW Fab Four Pens New Deals Ahead Of New Season". Adelaide United. 16 August 2024.
"Local Talented Defender Ella Tonkin Signs New Contract with the Reds". Adelaide United. 29 August 2024.
^ "Net Gains: Adelaide United Solidifies Goalkeeping Squad with Grove and Jenkins". Adelaide United. 3 September 2024.
"Player of the Year Nanako Sasaki Re-Signs with Reds for Two More Seasons". Adelaide United. 5 September 2024.
"Centurion Emily Condon Signs New One-Year Contract with Adelaide United". Adelaide United. 9 September 2024.
"Homegrown Hero: Isabel Hodgson Extends Her Reign at Adelaide United". Adelaide United. 2 October 2024.
"Ladder change reverts as A-Leagues confirms updated rules & regulations for season 2024-25". A-Leagues. 17 October 2024.
"United NINJA A-League Women season 2024/25 Fixtures Confirmed with 'Video Hits'". Adelaide United. 12 September 2024.
"Ninja A-League Women Unite Round matches moved to Netstrata Jubilee Stadium". A-Leagues. 19 November 2024.
^ "Adelaide United FC - Squad". soccerway.com.

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National teams

Men's	Senior Men's (2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying) U23 U20 U17
Women's	Senior Women's (2024 Paris Olympic Games) U23 U20 U17

League competitions

Men's

Level 1	A-League Men (Finals series, Grand final) AFC Champions League Elite AFC Champions League Two
Level 2	National Premier Leagues (2024, 2025) National Second Division (2025)

Women's

Level 1	A-League Women (Grand final)
Level 2	National Premier Leagues Women's

Cup competitions

Australia Cup	2024 Australia Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) 2025 Australia Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final)

Club seasons
A-League Men	Adelaide United Auckland FC Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Macarthur FC Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers Western United
A-League Women	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Canberra United Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers Western United

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