List of Adelaide United FC players explained

Adelaide United Football Club, an association club based in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, was founded in 2003. They became the only South Australian member admitted into the A-League Men in 2005, after they spent their inaugural season in the National Soccer League. The club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

Eugene Galekovic holds the record for greatest number of appearances for Adelaide United. Between 2007 and 2017, he played 285 times for the club. Isaías and Ryan Kitto are the other playes to have reached over 200 appearances. The club's goalscoring record is held by Craig Goodwin, who scored 60 goals in all competitions between 2014 and 2023.

Key

The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
Appearances as a substitute are included.
Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 1 May 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Players

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Adelaide United.

List of Adelaide United FC players with 100 or more appearances
scope=col rowspan="2"	Player	scope=col rowspan="2"	Nationality	scope=col rowspan="2"	Pos	scope=col rowspan="2"	Club career	scope=col	Starts	scope=col	Subs	scope=col	Total	Goals
scope=col colspan="3"	Appearances													Goals
scope=row			DF	2003–2008	113	8	121	7
scope=row			DF	2003–2009	98	6	104	6
scope=row			DF	2005–2009	102	5	107	0
scope=row			FW	2005–2011	166	17	183	41
scope=row			FW	2005–2011	97	32	129	15
scope=row			DF	2005–2011	109	29	138	8
scope=row			FW	2006–2008 2011–2016	132	33	165	44
scope=row			DF	2007–2013	145	13	158	11
scope=row			GK	2007–2017	285	0	285	0
scope=row			MF	2007–2013	74	42	116	9
scope=row			DF	2008–2009 2011–2016	94	16	110	2
scope=row			DF	2008–2010 2014–2021	148	45	193	4
scope=row			DF	2010–2015	109	5	114	4
scope=row			MF	2010–2011	77	34	111	1
scope=row			MF	2012–2017	111	12	123	27
scope=row			DF	2013–2018	108	6	114	3
scope=row			MF	2013–2019 2021–	259	4	263	10
scope=row			DF	2013–2021	121	20	141	6
scope=row			DF	2013–2015 2016–	152	55	207	17
scope=row			FW	2014–2016 2018–2019 2021–2023	159	9	168	60
scope=row			FW	2016–2020	79	24	103	19
		FW	2017–2020 2021–2023	67	46	113	25
		FW	2018–2022 2022–2024	129	12	141	28
		MF	2019–2023	83	23	106	5

Captains

Ten players have captained Adelaide United since it was founded in 2003, first being Ross Aloisi, who captained the team for Adelaide United's first two seasons. The club's longest-serving captain is Eugene Galekovic, who captained the club for 7 years between 2011 and 2017. The current captain is Ryan Kitto, who took over from Craig Goodwin in 2023 who left the club.

Years^[1]	Captain
2005–07
2007–08
2008–11
2011
2011–17
2017–19
2019–20
2020–22
2022–2023
2023–

References

General

Web site: Complete Player Listing. aleaguestats.com. dmy-all.
Web site: Adelaide United: All Players. Ultimate A-League.
Web site: Australia's Premier Football Player Archive. Aussie Footballers. ozfootball.net.

Specific

Notes and References

Web site: Ultimate A-League: Adelaide United. Ultimate A-League.