2021–22 Adelaide United FC season explained

Club:	Adelaide United
Season:	2021–22
Manager:	Carl Veart
Chairman:	Piet van der Pol
Stadium:	Coopers Stadium
League:	A-League Men
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	A-League Men Finals Series
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	FFA Cup
Cup2 Result:	Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:	Craig Goodwin (9)
Season Topscorer:	Craig Goodwin (11)
Average Attendance:	6,501
Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	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

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
4			Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	30 July 2021	^[1]
14			Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	2 August 2021	^[2]
23			Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	6 August 2021	^[3]
10			Unattached	Free transfer	3 years	23 August 2021	^[4]
33			Unattached	Injury replacement for Joe Gauci	12 weeks	16 September 2021	^[5]
47				Free transfer	1.5 years	10 December 2021	^[6]
25				Injury replacement for Nick Ansell	6 months	29 December 2021	^[7]
77				Loan	6 months	12 January 2022	^[8]
15				Free transfer	6 months	14 January 2022	^[9]
20			Unattached	Free transfer	5 months	5 February 2022	^[10]
16			Unattached	Free transfer	5 months	7 February 2022	^[11]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
4				Undisclosed fee	23 June 2021	^[12] ^[13]
34				Free transfer	24 June 2021	^[14]
15			Unattached	End of contract	28 June 2021
24			Unattached	End of contract
33			Unattached	End of contract
23			Unattached	End of contract	1 July 2021	^[15]
9			Macarthur FC	End of contract	14 July 2021	^[16] ^[17]
2				End of contract	3 August 2021	^[18]
35	FW		Macarthur FC	Mutual contract termination	13 October 2021	^[19] ^[20]
16			Unattached	End of contract	16 October 2021	^[21]
33				End of contract	1 December 2021	^[22] ^[23]
26				Undisclosed fee	2 January 2022	^[24] ^[25] ^[26]
8				Undisclosed fee	27 February 2022	^[27]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
21		Full-back	1 year	12 June 2021	^[28]
28		Defensive midfielder	1 year	12 June 2021
22		Centre-back	1 year	1 July 2021	^[29]
11		Winger	1 year	2 July 2021	^[30]

Technical staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach		^[31]
Assistant coach		^[32]
Assistant coach Head of Youth Football		^[33]
Head of Football	Vito Basile	^[34]
Goalkeeping coach		^[35]
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Django Gentilcore	^[36]

Competitions

A-League

See main article: 2021–22 A-League Men.

Finals series

FFA Cup

See main article: 2021 FFA Cup.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League
				Regular season		Finals		FFA Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK			6	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
3	DF			5	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
4	DF			1(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	3	0
6	MF			9(11)	0	0(2)	0	3	1	25	1
7	MF			21(3)	1	3	0	3	0	30	1
9	FW			5	1	2(1)	1	1	0	9	2
10	MF			21(1)	0	3	0	2	0	27	0
11	MF			20(4)	9	3	1	1	1	28	11
14	FW			9(5)	5	2(1)	0	0(2)	1	19	6
15	FW			14(4)	6	2(1)	0	0	0	21	6
16	MF			0(5)	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
17	FW			5(13)	3	0	0	1(1)	0	20	3
18	MF			2(9)	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
19	FW			1(3)	0	0	0	0(2)	1	6	1
20	FW			7(4)	0	1(1)	1	0	0	13	1
21	DF			25	3	3	0	3	0	31	3
22	DF			13(1)	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
23	DF			12(1)	0(1)	0	0	3	1	17	1
25	DF			13(3)	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
27	DF			10(9)	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
28	MF			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			6(1)	0	3	0	0	0	10	0
44	DF			0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0
46	GK			19	0	3	0	0	0	22	0
47	FW			0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
50	GK			1(2)	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
55	MF			0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0
66	FW			0(11)	3	0(2)	0	0	0	13	3
77	MF			13(3)	0	2(1)	0	0	0	19	0
Players no longer at the club
8	MF			14	3	0	0	1	0	17	3
26	MF			5	1	0	0	2	0	7	1
35	FW			0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

Rank				Name	A-League Men			A-League Men Finals series			FFA Cup			Total
						<	--Two yellows that make a red-->	<	--Straight red-->		<	--Two yellows that make a red-->	<	--Straight red-->		<	--Two yellows that make a red-->	<	--Straight red-->		<	--Two yellows that make a red-->	<	--Straight red-->
1	23	DF		<	--A-League Men-->	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
2	10	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
3	28	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
4	21	DF		<	--A-League Men-->	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
5	8	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
6	7	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	11	FW		<	--A-League Men-->	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	15	FW		<	--A-League Men-->	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	6	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	17	FW		<	--A-League Men-->	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	18	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	26	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	41	DF		<	--A-League Men-->	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	46	GK		<	--A-League Men-->	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
15	3	DF		<	--A-League Men-->	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	9	FW		<	--A-League Men-->	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	25	DF		<	--A-League Men-->	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	27	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	31	MF		<	--A-League Men-->	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	77	FW		<	--A-League Men-->	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	22	DF		<	--A-League Men-->	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	66	FW		<	--A-League Men-->	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Clean sheets

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=145	Name	width=120	A-League Men	width=120	A-League Men Finals Series	width=120	FFA Cup	width=120	Total
1	46	GK			4	1	0	5
2	1	GK			1	0	1	2
Total					5	1	1	7

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reds sign Ansell for upcoming season. Adelaide United. 30 July 2021.
2. Web site: Blackwood returns to Adelaide. Adelaide United. 2 August 2021.
3. Web site: Reds capture Tratt ahead of 2021/22 . . 6 August 2021.
4. Web site: Isaías returns to Adelaide on three-year deal. Adelaide United. 23 August 2021.
5. Web site: Reds sign Ochsenham as Gauci injury replacement . . 16 September 2021 . 16 September 2021 . 16 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210916023812/https://www.adelaideunited.com.au/news/reds-sign-ochsenham-gauci-injury-replacement . dead .
6. Web site: Reds sign Kasumovic on a scholarship deal. Adelaide United. 10 December 2021.
7. Web site: Reds sign Lachlan Barr as injury replacement. Adelaide United. 29 December 2021.
8. Web site: Brook returns to Reds on loan. Adelaide United. 12 January 2022.
9. Web site: Reds sign Japanese striker, Hiroshi Ibusuki. Adelaide United. 14 January 2022.
10. Web site: Reds sign English attacking midfielder, Zach Clough. Adelaide United. 5 February 2022.
11. Web site: Konstandopoulos cleared to play. Adelaide United. 7 February 2022.
12. Web site: ההגנה מתגבשת: ראיין סטריין סיכם במכבי חיפה. The defence is coming together: Ryan Strain concluded with Maccabi Haifa. he. One. 23 June 2021.
13. Web site: 28 June 2021. Reds agree fee for Strain with Israeli club. 1 July 2021. Adelaide United.
14. News: NNSW NPL: Olympic bolster defence with signing of Adelaide United centreback Yared Abetew. James. Gardiner. The Newcastle Herald. 24 June 2021.
15. Web site: Elsey departs United. Adelaide United. 1 July 2021.
16. Web site: Reds confirm Juric departure. Adelaide United. 14 July 2021.
17. Web site: Socceroo Tomi Juric adds Firepower to the Bulls. Macarthur FC. 14 July 2021.
18. Web site: Reds legend Marrone departs club for fresh challenge. Matthew. Comito. A-League. 3 August 2021.
19. Web site: Al Hassan Toure to depart Reds. Adelaide United. 13 October 2021. 12 October 2021. 12 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211012233317/https://www.adelaideunited.com.au/news/al-hassan-toure-depart-reds. dead.
20. Web site: Bulls capture Al Hassan Toure ahead of 2021/22 Season. Macarthur FC. 13 October 2021. 13 October 2021. 13 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211013020121/https://www.macarthurfc.com.au/news/bulls-capture-al-hassan-toure-ahead-202122. dead.
21. .@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.. . . 16 October 2021 . Nathan, meanwhile, is currently uncontracted with the Reds, but still training with them as he recovers from an ACL tear.. 0:53.
22. adelaidecityfc. Adelaide City. 1465972624748539905. Tonight’s lineup!. 1 December 2021.
23. nplsa_hub. 1466176029018537985. Dakota Ochsenham and Vianne Kurikwimana made their debuts for Adelaide City last night after joining the club recently.. 2 December 2021.
24. News: Adelaide announce departure of A-League winger. Catherine. Paquette. FTBL. 2 January 2022.
25. News: Exclusive: Adelaide A-League star heading to FC Seoul in huge opportunity. Dave. Lewis. FTBL. 2 January 2022.
26. Ross Aloisi Pre-Match Press Conference FFA Cup Quarter Final. 4:42. Coopers Stadium. Adelaide United. YouTube. 4 January 2022. 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..
27. Web site: 22 February 2022 . Stefan Mauk set for Japanese transfer. 27 February 2022 . Adelaide United.
28. Web site: 12 June 2021. United extend Spanish duo's Adelaide stay. Adelaide United.
29. Web site: 1 July 2021. Reds secure Jakobsen renewal. Adelaide United.
30. Web site: 2 July 2021. Goodwin extends loan stay with Reds. Adelaide United.
31. Web site: 2020-09-18. Reds confirm Veart's appointment. 2020-09-18. NewsComAu. en.
32. Web site: Reds appoint Mori as interim assistant. Adelaide United. 22 March 2022.
33. Web site: 2020-11-13. Airton Andrioli appointed as Reds' Head of Youth Football. 2020-11-13. Adelaide United. en.
34. Web site: 7 July 2021. Reds appoint new Head of Football. 12 July 2021. Adelaide United.
35. Web site: Eugene Galekovic.
36. Web site: Django Gentilcore.