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2024–25 season
Chairman	Ned Morris (to 5 September 2024)
Manager	Carl Veart
Stadium	Coopers Stadium ServiceFM Stadium
A-League Men	2nd
Australia Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Archie Goodwin (5) All: Archie Goodwin Stefan Mauk (both 5)
Highest home attendance	13,227 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers 27 December 2024 A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	8,443 vs. Perth Glory 29 November 2024 A-League Men
Average home league attendance	10,714
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Central Coast Mariners (A) 13 December 2024 A-League Men
Biggest defeat	0–1 vs. Melbourne Victory (A) 21 September 2024 Australia Cup
Home colours Away colours
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All statistics correct as of 27 December 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 21st in the history of Adelaide United Football Club since its establishment in 2003. The club will participate in the A-League Men for the 20th consecutive season and is making their 10th consecutive appearance in the Australia Cup.

Adelaide United's start to the season was headlined by the loss of Nestory Irankunda, who joined Bayern Munich after agreeing terms with the club in November 2023 for a record domestic Australian transfer fee, and last season's top scorer, Hiroshi Ibusuki, who netted 15 goals across the 2023–24 season.

Season summary

Pre-season

On 10 May 2024, 20-year-old goalkeeper Ethan Cox extended his contract for a further three years, having come through Football SA's NTC program. On 14 May, the departure of Ben Halloran was announced. Two days later, Hiroshi Ibusuki departed the club by mutual consent. Hiroshi was last season's top scorer with 15 goals in 26 matches and intended to remain with the club; however, his request for a longer-term deal was rejected. On 17 May, Nick Ansell, Lachlan Barr, Harry Van der Saag, and Ben Warland were released following the expiration of their contracts.

On 27 May, former Dutch international Ernest Faber was announced as the club's new technical director in order to improve the club's coaching and recruitment. The announcement came a few months after a strategic partnership with PSV Eindhoven was finalised. On 28 May, three Adelaide United players, Luka Jovanovic, Bailey O'Neil, and Jonny Yull, were selected for the Young Socceroos' squad for their June tour of South America. The next day, Nestory Irankunda was named as one of eight A-League Men players to feature in the Socceroos' squad for their final second round World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh and Palestine. This was Irankunda's first official call-up to the squad, having previously joined as a train-on player in March 2023. The callup came a week after Irankunda publicly commented that he would consider his international future with other nations if he wasn't called up to the Socceroos squad, as he was eligible to represent Burundi or Tanzania.

On 4 June, Spaniards Isaías and Javi López both signed a one-year contract extension ahead of their joint retirement at the end of the season, whilst studying for coaching badges. On 6 June, 19-year-old Newcastle Jets centre-forward, Archie Goodwin, signed with Adelaide United on a four-year contract. On 21 June, 24-year-old winger, Dylan Pierias, signed with the club on a three-year contract, following his expiration of his contract with Western Sydney Wanderers. On 25 June, Musa Toure was signed by Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot for an undisclosed fee. The next day, Austin Ayoubi signed a two-year contract extension with the club. On 30 June, 33-year-old Dutch centre-back, Bart Vriends, signed a two-year contract with Adelaide, joining from Eredivise club, Sparta Rotterdam. On 4 July, young centre-back, Panagiotis Kikianis, signed a five-year contract with the club, the longest contract in A-League history.

Adelaide United played their first pre-season friendly on 9 July against The Cove of SA State League 2, winning 9–0 in front of 2,500 spectators, with goals from Dylan Pierias, Ryan Kitto, Austin Ayoubi, Archie Goodwin, Ryan White, and braces from Luka Jovanovic and Yaya Dukuly. A second pre-season friendly took place a week later on 16 July against Adelaide Blue Eagles of State League 1, which United won 6–0. Stefan Mauk scored twice in addition to goals from Goodwin, Pierias, Jovanovic and Ayoubi. The final friendly before the Australia Cup was an 8–1 win against Cumberland United, with Jovanovic scoring once, Panashe Madanha and Zach Clough scoring braces and Goodwin getting a hat-trick.

Australia Cup

The draw for the Australia Cup round of 32 took place on 19 June 2024. Adelaide United were drawn away to NPL NSW side Blacktown City. Stefan Mauk gave Adelaide the lead midway through the first half, but Blacktown equalised in the second half, forcing extra time. Yaya Dukuly broke the deadlock after eight minutes and Austin Ayoubi confirmed the result in the 108th. Blacktown brought one back in the dying minutes, as Adelaide progressed to the next round.

On 6 August, Adelaide United completed the signing of 19-year-old Dutch winger Julian Kwaaitaal on a three-year deal with the option to extend for a further year from PSV Eindhoven. The club immediately loaned him out to Eerste Divisie club, FC Eindhoven, which ensured that Kwaaitaal didn't take up a visa slot. On 7 August, the club released their home kit for the season, which pays homage to Adelaide's nickname as the 'City of Churches', with a design inspired by the archway of St Peter's Cathedral. The kit was showcased at Adelaide's fourth friendly match against West Adelaide to open the Hellas' new home stadium, the Kilburn Sportsplex. Adelaide won the match 8–0; Austin Ayoubi scored four goals, trialist Godwin Bentil got a brace, and Jonny Yull and Josh Cavallo scored one each. On 8 August, Feyzo Kasumović, Malual Nichola and Amlani Tatu signed three-year scholarship contracts with the club, and the next day, Ethan Alagich became the second Reds player to sign a five-year contract with the club. Adelaide played a fifth friendly match against Adelaide Croatia Raiders on 14 August, winning the match 3–1 with goals from Luka Jovanovic, Austin Ayoubi and Josh Cavallo.

In the round of 16, Adelaide were drawn against away to NPL WA side, Olympic Kingsway. Austin Ayoubi opened the scoring after 11 minutes, however, Liam Boland equalised for the hosts shortly before half time. Adelaide retook the lead in the 48th minute through an own goal, and extended their lead in the 71st. Kingsway brought one back in the 85th minute through a penalty, the match ending 3–2 in United's favour.

On 5 September, the club's chairman, Ned Morris, stepped down from his role, transitioning to an advisory role after 18 months in charge of the club. On 10 September, former captain and club legend, Travis Dodd, returned to the club as an assistant coach.

Adelaide United hosted the Western Sydney Wanderers in the quarter-finals of the competition, at ServiceFM Stadium. Austin Ayoubi once again opened the scoring for United, who dominated the match until the Wanderers equalised in the 68th minute to bring the match to extra time. Three minutes after the restart, Ryan Kitto retook the lead for United, who advanced to the semi-final for the first time since they won the competition in 2019.

On 15 September, 19-year-old goalkeeper, Max Vartuli, signed a three-year contract with Adelaide United, joining from Sydney FC Youth. On 17 September, Ben Folami joined the club on a four-year deal from rivals Melbourne Victory. On 19 September, centre-back, Jordan Elsey, returned to the club on a one-year contract.

Adelaide were knocked out of the cup at the semi-final stage for the first time in the competition's history, falling late away to rivals, Melbourne Victory.

On 25 September, the $53.5 million redevelopment to Coopers Stadium was completed. Safe standing was installed in the N13 and N14 bays, additional screens were installed around the ground, and the pitch was re-laid with turf which is said to be superior during summer. The Reds travelled to Mildura to play in a pre-season friendly again Brisbane Roar, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Adelaide played one final pre-season match against Melbourne City on 14 October. The behind-closed-doors match ended in a 1–0 win.

A-League Men

Adelaide United are participating in the A-League Men for the 20th time, each team will play 26 games across a 29-round season. The full fixture list was released on 2 August 2024. Adelaide United received a bye in the first, 11th and final rounds. Their season kicked off on 26 October 2024 with a 1–1 draw at home against Central Coast Mariners; Luka Jovanovic scored the opener in the 10th minute, however they were unable to extend their lead before the Mariners equalised in the 62nd minute. They followed this up with two wins before the international break; a 4–3 win away against Western Sydney Wanderers, and a 2–1 win at home against Western United, where the opposition controversially didn't receive a penalty after Ryan Kitto fouled Abel Walatee in the box whilst the scores were level. Football Australia's head of referees, Jon Moss, said in a statement two days later that VAR made an "error in judgement", and that a penalty should have been awarded.

After the international break, Adelaide faced Brisbane Roar in the second edition of Unite Round. Falling behind twice during the match, Adelaide eventually won 3–2, thanks to Archie Goodwin's 62nd minute goal, his first for the club. A week later, they drew 2–2 with Perth Glory, in which United had two goals disallowed for offside, and a late penalty claim for a handball ignored.

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Carl Veart
Assistant coach	Mark Milligan
Assistant coach	Travis Dodd
Assistant coach Head of youth football	Airton Andrioli
Head of football	Marius Zanin
Goalkeeping coach	Eugene Galekovic
Technical director	Ernest Faber

Players

Squad

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 James Delianov 3 DF  NED Bart Vriends 4 DF  AUS Jordan Elsey 6 MF  AUS Stefan Mauk (vice-captain) 7 DF  AUS Ryan Kitto (captain) 8 MF  ESP Isaías (vice-captain) 9 FW  AUS Luka Jovanovic 10 FW  ENG Zach Clough 12 MF  AUS Jonny Yull 13 GK  AUS Max Vartuli 14 MF  AUS Jay Barnett 17 FW  AUS Ben Folami 19 FW  AUS Yaya Dukuly 20 MF  AUS Dylan Pierias 21 DF  ESP Javi López

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  ENG Ryan Tunnicliffe 23 MF  AUS Luke Duzel 26 FW  AUS Archie Goodwin 27 DF  AUS Josh Cavallo 36 DF  AUS Panashe Madanha 40 GK  AUS Ethan Cox 42 FW  AUS Austin Ayoubi 44 MF  AUS Ryan White 51 DF  AUS Panagiotis Kikianis (scholarship) 54 DF  AUS Bailey O'Neil (scholarship) 55 MF  AUS Ethan Alagich 62 MF  AUS Fabian Talladira (scholarship) 74 FW  AUS Amlani Tatu (scholarship) 78 DF  AUS Malual Nichola (scholarship) 79 DF  AUS Feyzo Kasumović (scholarship)

Other players

Youth players who featured in a matchday squad, but are uncontracted to the senior team.

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 58 FW  AUS Harry Crawford

No. Pos. Nation Player 65 MF  AUS Joey Garuccio

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
26	FW	Archie Goodwin	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	4 years	6 June 2024
20	MF	Dylan Pierias	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	3 years	21 June 2024
3	DF	Bart Vriends	Sparta Rotterdam	Free transfer	2 years	30 June 2024
	FW	Julian Kwaaitaal	PSV Eindhoven	Free transfer	3 years	6 August 2024
13	GK	Max Vartuli	Sydney FC Youth	Free transfer	3 years	15 September 2024
17	FW	Ben Folami	Melbourne Victory	Free transfer	4 years	17 September 2024
4	DF	Jordan Elsey	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	19 September 2024

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
74	FW		Amlani Tatu	16	3-year scholarship
78	DF		Malual Nichola	16	3-year scholarship
79	DF		Feyzo Kasumović	16	3-year scholarship
44	MF		Ryan White	19	5-year contract

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
26	FW	Ben Halloran	Unattached	End of contract	14 May 2024
9	FW	Hiroshi Ibusuki	Unattached	End of contract	16 May 2024
4	DF	Nick Ansell	Unattached	End of contract	17 May 2024
13	DF	Lachlan Barr	Unattached	End of contract	17 May 2024
2	DF	Harry Van der Saag	Brisbane Roar	End of contract	17 May 2024
3	DF	Ben Warland	Brisbane Roar	End of contract	17 May 2024
49	FW	Musa Toure	Clermont Foot	Undisclosed fee	25 June 2024
66	FW	Nestory Irankunda	Bayern Munich	Undisclosed fee	1 July 2024
—	FW	Julian Kwaaitaal	FC Eindhoven	1 year loan	6 August 2024

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref.
40	Ethan Cox	Goalkeeper	3 years	10 May 2024	Replaces previous contract which ran until end of 2024–25.
8	Isaías	Defensive midfielder	1 year	4 June 2024
21	Javi López	Right-back	1 year	4 June 2024
42	Austin Ayoubi	Winger	2 years	26 June 2024
51	Panagiotis Kikianis	Centre-back	5 years	4 July 2024
55	Ethan Alagich	Centre midfielder	5 years	9 August 2024	Replaces previous contract which ran until end of 2024–25.
7	Ryan Kitto	Left-back	2 years	17 December 2024	Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27.

Pre-season and friendlies

9 July 2024	The Cove	0–9	Adelaide United	Adelaide
18:30 ACST		Report	Jovanovic ?', ?' Pierias ?' Kitto ?' Ayoubi ?' Goodwin ?' Dukuly ?', ?' White ?'	Stadium: Southern Soccer Facility Attendance: 2,500

16 July 2024	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0–6	Adelaide United	Adelaide
19:00 ACST		Report	Mauk ?', ?' Goodwin ?' Pierias ?' Jovanovic ?' Ayoubi ?'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

23 July 2024	Cumberland United	1–8	Adelaide United	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Elliott ?'	Report	Goodwin ?', ?', ?' Madanha ?', ?' Clough ?', ?' Jovanovic ?'	Stadium: A.A. Bailey Reserve

7 August 2024	West Adelaide	0–8	Adelaide United	Adelaide
19:00 ACST		Report	Ayoubi ?', ?', ?', ?' Bentil ?', ?' Yull ?' Cavallo ?'	Stadium: Kilburn Sportsplex

14 August 2024	Adelaide Croatia Raiders	1–3	Adelaide United	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Costa ?'	Report	Jovanovic ?' Ayoubi ?' Cavallo ?'	Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre

27 September 2024	Adelaide United	5–0	NPLSA All Stars	Adelaide
19:30 ACST	White 9' Clough 19' Cavallo 62' Ayoubi 90' Garuccio 90+2'	Source		Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium

5 October 2024	Adelaide United	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Mildura
17:30 AEST	Kitto ?'	Report	Acosta ?'	Stadium: Mildura Sporting Precinct

12 October 2024	Adelaide United	1–0	Melbourne City	Adelaide
	Mauk 87'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 27 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

League table

1. Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
2. ^ 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.
3. Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2024 Australia Cup winners.

Results summary

Last updated: 27 December 2024.
Source: Ultimate A-League
Away figures include Adelaide United's 3–2 win on neutral ground in Unite Round against Brisbane Roar on 23 November 2024.

Results by round

Matches

Unite Round fixtures were released on 18 July 2024. The full fixture list was released on 2 August 2024.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Australia Cup

The round of 32 fixtures were drawn on 19 June 2024. with the date, time and venue confirmed on 25 June 2024. The draw for the remaining rounds was held on 7 August 2024, with Adelaide United being drawn to play Olympic Kingsway away in Perth.

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 August 2024 Round of 16	Olympic Kingsway	2–3	Adelaide United	Perth
18:30 AWST	Boland 38', 84' (pen.)	Report	Ayoubi 11' O'Connell 49' (o.g.) Jovanovic 71'	Stadium: Kingsway Reserve Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Adam Bavcar

12 September 2024 Quarter-finals	Adelaide United	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Ayoubi 9' Kitto 93'	Report	Milanovic 68'	Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium Attendance: 2,906 Referee: Shaun Evans

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

As of 27 December 2024

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	A-League Men		Australia Cup		Total		Ref
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
				1	GK		James Delianov	9	0	4	0	13	0
3	DF		Bart Vriends	7	1	0	0	7	1
6	MF		Stefan Mauk	9	4	4	1	13	5
7	DF		Ryan Kitto	9	0	3+1	1	13	1
8	MF		Isaías	3+4	0	4	0	11	0
9	FW		Luka Jovanovic	5+2	2	3	2	9	4
10	MF		Zach Clough	9	3	4	0	13	3
12	MF		Jonny Yull	0+7	0	2+1	0	10	0
14	MF		Jay Barnett	8	0	2	0	10	0
17	FW		Ben Folami	4+4	0	0	0	8	0
19	FW		Yaya Dukuly	0+3	1	0+4	1	7	2
20	FW		Dylan Pierias	9	2	3	0	12	2
21	DF		Javi López	0+1	0	2+2	0	5	0
22	MF		Ryan Tunnicliffe	0+1	0	0+4	0	5	0
26	FW		Archie Goodwin	4+5	5	0	0	9	5
36	DF		Panashe Madanha	0+3	0	2	0	5	0
42	MF		Austin Ayoubi	5+2	1	3+1	2	11	3
44	MF		Ryan White	0+6	0	1+3	0	10	0
51	DF		Panagiotis Kikianis	8	1	3	0	11	1
55	MF		Ethan Alagich	9	1	4	0	13	1
58	FW		Harry Crawford	0	0	0+2	0	2	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 20 December 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	A-League Men			Australia Cup			Total			Ref
1	17	FW		Ben Folami	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	51	DF		Panagiotis Kikianis	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	21	DF		Javi López	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
	9	FW		Luka Jovanovic	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	10	MF		Zach Clough	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	1	GK		James Delianov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	DF		Ryan Kitto	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19	FW		Yaya Dukuly	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	22	MF		Ryan Tunnicliffe	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	36	DF		Panashe Madanha	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	55	MF		Ethan Alagich	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					8	0	1	7	0	0	15	0	1

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 27 December 2024

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	Australia Cup	Total
1	1		James Delianov	2	0	2
Total				2	0	2

Notes

1. ^ Option for an additional year.
2. Reported to be $5,700,000 plus add-ons.

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103. "Jonny Yull". Soccerway.
104. "Jay Barnett". Soccerway.
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107. "Dylan Pierias". Soccerway.
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110. "Archie Goodwin". Soccerway.
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