2020–21 Adelaide United FC season explained

Club:	Adelaide United
Season:	2020–21
Manager:	Carl Veart
Chairman:	Piet van der Pol
Stadium:	Coopers Stadium
League:	A-League
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	A-League Finals
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	FFA Cup
Cup2 Result:	Cancelled
League Topscorer:	Tomi Juric (7)
Season Topscorer:	Tomi Juric (9)
Average Attendance:	7,383
Prevseason:	2019–20
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The 2020–21 Adelaide United FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2003. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[1]

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
14				Scholarship	1 year	5 October 2020	^[2] ^[3]
46			Melbourne City	Scholarship	1 year	7 October 2020	^[4]
18			Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	20 October 2020	^[5]
19			Melbourne City	Scholarship	1 year	27 October 2020	^[6]
3			Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	10 November 2020	^[7]
1			Western United	Free transfer	2 years	11 November 2020	^[8]
21			Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	25 November 2020	^[9]
9			Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	26 November 2020	^[10]
11				Loan	5 months	10 February 2021	^[11]
27			Unattached	Free transfer	4 months	18 February 2021	^[12]
28				Free transfer	3 months	26 March 2021	^[13]
31			Melbourne City	Scholarship	2 years	12 April 2021	^[14]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
14				Free transfer	26 August 2020	^[15] ^[16]
42			Unattached	Free transfer	11 September 2020	^[17]
20				Undisclosed	1 October 2020	^[18]
17				Mutual contract termination	5 October 2020	^[19]
18				Undisclosed	6 October 2020	^[20]
8				$820,000^[21]	6 October 2020	^[22]
11			Unattached	End of contract	6 October 2020	^[23] ^[24]
28			Unattached	End of contract	8 October 2020	^[25]
10			Western Sydney Wanderers	Mutual contract termination	14 December 2020	^[26] ^[27]
14			Unattached	Mutual contract termination	10 June 2021	^[28]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
22		Centre-back	1 year	7 October 2020	^[29]
27		Central midfielder	2 years	11 May 2021	^[30]
46		Goalkeeper	2 years	25 May 2021	^[31]

Technical staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach		^[32]
Assistant coach		^[33]
Assistant coach Head of Youth Football		^[34]
Director of Football		^[35]
Goalkeeping coach		^[36]
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Django Gentilcore	^[37]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
A-League
A-League Finals
Total A-League See main article: 2020–21 A-League. Matches On 24 November 2020, the A-League fixtures for the season were announced.^[38] ^[39] Due to having 26 rounds in a 12 team league, Adelaide will play against Melbourne Victory, Perth Glory, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers three times. Finals series Statistics Appearances and goals Players with no appearances not included in the list.<	--PLEASE UPDATE THE DATE--> No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Total Regular season Finals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK 16 0 2 0 18 0 2 DF 3(3) 0 0(1) 0 7 0 3 DF 11(3) 0 0 0 14 0 4 DF 19 0 2 0 21 0 6 MF 22(3) 1 2 0 27 1 7 DF 7(6) 0 2 0 15 0 8 MF 22(1) 7 2 0 25 7 9 FW 14(2) 7 2 2 18 9 11 MF 18 8 0 0 18 8 15 DF 9 0 0 0 9 0 16 MF 2(5) 2 0 0 7 2 17 FW 2(12) 3 0(1) 0 15 3 18 MF 12(8) 0 0(1) 0 21 0 19 FW 6(4) 1 0 0 10 1 21 DF 8(4) 0 2 0 14 0 22 DF 15 0 2 0 17 0 23 DF 25 1 2 0 27 1 24 FW 1(15) 0 0(2) 0 18 0 26 MF 26 4 2 0 28 4 27 MF 15(3) 0 0(1) 0 19 0 28 MF 9(2) 0 2 1 13 1 29 FW 6(10) 4 0 0 16 4 34 DF 3(5) 0 0 0 8 0 35 FW 4(13) 0 0(1) 0 18 0 37 MF 0(2) 0 0 0 2 0 46 GK 10 0 0 0 10 0 Goalscorers width=15 width=15 width=15 width=15 width=145 Name width=120 A-League width=120 A-League Finals series width=120 Total 1 9 FW Tomi Juric 7 2 9 2 11 MF Craig Goodwin 8 0 8 3 8 MF Stefan Mauk 7 0 7 4 26 MF Ben Halloran 4 0 4 29 FW Kusini Yengi 4 0 4 6 17 FW Mohamed Toure 3 0 3 7 16 MF Nathan Konstandopoulos 2 0 2 8 6 MF Louis D'Arrigo 1 0 1 19 FW Yaya Dukuly 1 0 1 23 DF Jordan Elsey 1 0 1 28 MF Juande 0 1 1 Own Goals 1 0 1 Total 39 3 42 Disciplinary record width=15 rowspan="2" width=15 rowspan="2" width=15 rowspan="2" width=15 rowspan="2" width=145 rowspan="2" Name width=120 colspan="2" A-League width=120 colspan="2" A-League Finals series width=120 colspan="2" Total 1 6 MF Louis D'Arrigo< --A-League--> 5 1 1 0 6 1 2 26 MF Ben Halloran< --A-League--> 7 0 0 0 7 0 3 18 MF Joe Caletti< --A-League--> 6 0 0 0 6 0 8 MF Stefan Mauk< --A-League--> 5 0 1 0 6 0 5 28 MF Juande< --A-League--> 4 0 1 0 5 0 6 23 DF Jordan Elsey< --A-League--> 4 1 0 0 4 1 7 9 FW Tomi Juric< --A-League--> 4 0 0 0 4 0 29 FW Kusini Yengi< --A-League--> 4 0 0 0 4 0 9 4 DF Ryan Strain< --A-League--> 2 1 0 0 2 1 10 15 DF Noah Smith< --A-League--> 3 0 0 0 3 0 21 DF Javi Lopez< --A-League--> 2 0 1 0 3 0 27 MF Joshua Cavallo< --A-League--> 3 0 0 0 3 0 35 FW Al Hassan Toure< --A-League--> 3 0 0 0 3 0 14 17 FW Mohamed Toure< --A-League--> 1 1 0 0 1 1 15 11 MF Craig Goodwin< --A-League--> 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 DF Michael Jakobsen< --A-League--> 2 0 0 0 2 0 17 34 DF Yared Abetew< --A-League--> 1 0 0 0 1 0 46 GK Joe Gauci< --A-League--> 1 0 0 0 1 0 Total 59 4 4 0 63 4 Clean sheets width=15 width=15 width=15 width=15 width=145 Name width=120 A-League width=120 A-League Finals series width=120 Total 1 1 GK James Delianov 5 0 5 46 GK Joe Gauci 3 0 3 Total 8 0 8 References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled. 2020-09-13. The World Game. en.
2. Web site: Domenic Costanzo signs deal with Reds. Adelaide United. 5 October 2020.
3. News: A-League's Adelaide sign 18-year-old 'revelation'. Lucas. Radbourne. FTBL. 5 October 2020.
4. Web site: Reds sign Gauci ahead of 2020/21 Season. Adelaide United. 7 October 2020.
5. News: A-League's Adelaide sign Olyroo midfielder. FTBL. 20 October 2020.
6. Web site: Reds sign Yaya Dukuly ahead of 2020/21 season. Adelaide United. 27 October 2020.
7. Web site: 10 November 2020. Reds capture Timotheou signature. Adelaide United.
8. Web site: Reds sign Delianov to two-year deal. Adelaide United. 11 November 2020.
9. Web site: Reds sign experienced Spaniard, Javi López. Adelaide United. 25 November 2020.
10. Web site: Tomi Juric returns to Reds. Adelaide United. 26 November 2020.
11. Web site: Goodwin makes Reds return on loan. Adelaide United. 10 February 2021.
12. Web site: Reds sign Cavallo for remainder of the season. Adelaide United. 18 February 2021.
13. Web site: 26 March 2021. Signing news: Adelaide bring Glory old boy Juande back to the A-League. A-League.
14. Web site: 12 April 2021. Reds sign Bernardo. Adelaide United.
15. Web site: 26 August 2020. Blackwood departs Reds. 11 September 2020. Adelaide United.
16. Web site: SIGNING: Blackwood Becomes A Latic. 11 September 2020. Oldham Athletic. 6 September 2020.
17. Web site: 11 September 2020. Gomulka rejects Reds deal. 11 September 2020. Adelaide United.
18. News: 'Instrumental' Adelaide A-League star joins Greek club. Lucas. Radbourne. FTBL. 1 October 2020.
19. Web site: Mileusnić departs Reds for Denmark. Adelaide United. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020.
20. Web site: Reds agree Brook transfer with Championship outfit. Adelaide United. 6 October 2020.
21. Web site: Rugari. Vince. 16 January 2022. McGree transfer highlights Australia’s lowly place in football’s pecking order. The Sydney Morning Herald.
22. Web site: Reds agree McGree transfer with MLS outfit. Adelaide United. 6 October 2020.
23. Djite discusses Aloisi’s arrival, incomings and outgoings. Gianluca. Filosi. Adelaide United. Press conference. 11:50. 6 October 2020.
24. News: Djite: on Reds recruitment and keeping the faith. Spiro. Karanikos-Mimis. InDaily. 9 October 2020. It would've been great to keep Opseth but we don't have that financial flexibility unfortunately and he left prior to our deadline day deals..
25. BDjite. Bruce Djite. Bruce Djite. 1314084610129698816 . 8 October 2020 . He [Yongbin Chen] travelled home a few months ago. .
26. Web site: Troisi terminates Reds contract. Adelaide United. 14 December 2020.
27. Web site: Troisi is Red & Black. Western Sydney Wanderers. 15 December 2020.
28. Web site: Reds grant Costanzo early release from contract. Adelaide United. 10 June 2021.
29. Web site: Jakobsen extends time with Reds. Adelaide United. 7 October 2020.
30. Web site: Reds extend Cavallo contract for two-years. Adelaide United. 11 May 2021.
31. Web site: Reds sign Gauci to two-year extension. Adelaide United. 11 May 2021.
32. Web site: 2020-09-18. Reds confirm Veart’s appointment. 2020-09-18. NewsComAu. en.
33. Web site: Ross Aloisi appointed as Veart's assistant. Adelaide United. 6 October 2020.
34. Web site: 2020-11-13. Airton Andrioli appointed as Reds’ Head of Youth Football. 2020-11-13. Adelaide United. en.
35. Web site: A-League news: Bruce Djite returns to Adelaide United as director of football Goal.com. www.goal.com. en. 2019-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20190603010325/https://www.goal.com/en-au/news/djite-returns-to-adelaide-united/1cbhmvfgzvzbw1d06q80v35x2t. 3 June 2019. live.
36. Web site: Eugene Galekovic.
37. Web site: Django Gentilcore.
38. Web site: 24 November 2020. A-League 2020/21 Season Draw revealed. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124010505/https://www.a-league.com.au/news/a-league-202021-season-draw-revealed . 24 November 2020 . 25 November 2020. A-League.
39. Web site: 24 November 2020. A-League Season 2020/21 Fixtures: Adelaide United. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130122525/https://www.a-league.com.au/news/a-league-season-202021-fixtures-adelaide-united . 30 November 2020 . 25 November 2020. A-League.