Adelaide United FC (W-League)

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Adelaide United Women
Full nameAdelaide United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Reds, Lady Reds
Founded2008;13 years ago (2008)
Ground Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide
Capacity6,000
ChairmanPiet van Der Pol
Head CoachAdrian Stenta
League W-League
2020–21 5th of 9
Website Club website
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Departments of Adelaide United
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Football
(Men's) 		Football
(Youth Men's) 		Football
(Women's)

Adelaide United Football Club is an Australian women's soccer team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 2008, it is the affiliated women's team of Adelaide United. The team competes in the country's premier women's soccer competition, the W-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia.

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History

Establishment

Adelaide United's women's team was formed in 2008 with the inception of the W-League, becoming one of the founding eight teams. [1] The inaugural set up saw North Eastern MetroStars coach Michael Barnett take charge [2] with ex-Adelaide United player Richie Alagich take up the assistant coach role and Matildas stalwart Dianne Alagich named as captain. [3]

2008–2011

Adelaide's first game was on 25 October 2008 against Queensland Roar at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, which ended in a 4–1 loss with Sharon Black getting the consolation goal. [4] The first win came in Round 2 against the Newcastle Jets at Hindmarsh Stadium, a hard fought 3–2 win thanks to a hat-trick from Sandra Scalzi. [5] The Reds followed this up with another 3–2 win over Sydney FC before failing to win any of their next seven league games, finished last in the eight-team competition in their inaugural season.

After a disappointing inaugural season drastic changes were made to the playing staff including the retirement of experienced campaigners Sharon Black and Dianne Alagich to create a youthful team for the 2009 season. [6] [7] Despite the new look squad Adelaide continued to struggle in the league failing to win any of the first 5 games which included a record equaling defeat against Sydney FC on 1 November 2009. [8] The first goal of the 2009 season was scored by Tenneille Boaler against Newcastle Jets in the round 6 clash at the Wanderers Oval the game ended in a 3 – 3 draw handing Adelaide its second point of the year. [9] The season didn't get any better for Adelaide as they failed to win a single game in the second season but thanks to an unlikely 2 all draw with power house team Brisbane Roar they finished the season in 7th place their best ever finish to date. [10] Most Valuable player for 2009 season Racheal Quigley.

The 2010–11 season was even worse for Reds as they lost all ten of their W-League matches. They only scored four goals and finished with a disappointing −32 goal differential; they tied their worst defeat with a −1 loss to Newcastle in round nine. Coach Michael Barnett was let go at the end of the disappointing season, and was replaced by David Edmondson.

Adelaide continued to struggle through most of the 2011–12 season as they opened the campaign with six more losses, scoring four goals during that time while letting twenty-one in. This was better pace than the previous season, though, and the Reds showed significant improvement in on-field play versus 2010–2011, cited as being "unlucky" to not come away with at least a point on multiple occasions. They finally snapped their winless and losing streaks, at 34 and 18 games respectively, with a 1–0 defeat of the Perth Glory in round eight, taking them off the bottom of the table for the first time since November 2009.[ citation needed ]

Following Adelaide United taking control of the women's team, their first move was signing Mark Jones as the head coach. [11]

Stadium

Adelaide United WFC used to play their home games at Hindmarsh Stadium where they sometimes play a curtain-raiser to A-League games. As of the 2017/18 season, they play their home games at Marden Sports Complex. In the 2016/17 season, Hindmarsh Stadium was questioned about having portable change rooms for the women’s team when there is a double header with the A-League side. This resulted in Adelaide WFC having no matches scheduled during the next season. [12] [13]

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 December 2020

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sian Fryer-McLaren (vice-captain)
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Emily Hodgson
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matilda McNamara
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Georgia Campagnale
7 FW Flag of Chile.svg  CHI María José Rojas
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Emily Condon
10 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Chelsie Dawber
11 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Laura Johns
12 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Isabel Hodgson
13 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ella Tonkin
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Abbey Burns
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Meleri Mullan
17 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kahlia Hogg
18 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Annalee Grove
21 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lara Kirkby
22 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Inana Toovey
23 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Fiona Worts
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ciara Fowler
— GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Evelyn Goldsmith
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Victoria Mansueto

Former players

For notable current and former players, see Category:Adelaide United FC (W-League) players.

Management

Current technical staff

PositionName
Head Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Stenta [14]
Assistant Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis Dodd [15]
Goalkeeper Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tassie Breaden
Conditioning Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damian Maynard

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Maynard

Doctor Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Ilic
Physiotherapist Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Collins
Team Manager Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roberto Muscio

Manager history

As of 24 January 2021
NameFromToGamesWon DrawnLost
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Barnett [16] 1 July 200830 June 2011302424
Flag of England.svg David Edmondson [17] [18] 31 August 201113 January 2013223019
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Aloisi [19] [20] [21] 22 August 201328 July 2015246513
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Harnwell [22] 30 July 201530 June 201612345
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Jones [23] 7 September 201622 September 20160000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hussein Skenderovic [24] 5 October 201630 June 201712354
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ivan Karlović [25] 1 July 20174 August 2020248412
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Stenta [26] 4 August 2020—4301

Colours and badge

Since its inception Adelaide United has played in a predominantly all-red home kit. For the inaugural season the away kit consisted of a white top and socks and red shorts; during the 2009 season the away kit changed to a black top with red shorts and socks. The badge is heavily based on the Adelaide United men's team, with the logo being encased in a W-League shield; as is the case with every other W-League club.

Records

SeasonLeague/DivisionTeamsLeaguePlay-offsTop scorersHead Coach
2008–09 W-League 88– Flag of Australia (converted).svg Balomenos, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scalzi – 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barnett
2009 W-League 87– Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quigley – 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barnett
2010–11 W-League 77– Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gorry, Flag of the United States.svg Gunning, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kuralay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quigley – 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barnett
2011–12 W-League 77– Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rajcic – 3 Flag of England.svg Edmondson
2012–13 W-League 88– Flag of New Zealand.svg McLaughlin, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quigley – 4 Flag of England.svg Edmondson
2013–14 W-League 86– Flag of England.svg Moore – 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aloisi
2014 W-League 87– Flag of England.svg Moore – 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aloisi
2015–16 W-League 95– Flag of the United States.svg Dahlkemper, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sutton – 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harnwell
2016–17 W-League 96– Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jones – 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Skenderovic
2017–18 W-League 99– Flag of the United States.svg Doniak – 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karlović
2018–19 W-League 96– Flag of the United States.svg Latsko – 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karlović
2019–20 W-League 98– Flag of the United States.svg Weber – 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karlović
2020–21 W-League 95– Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dawber – 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stenta

Last updated 18 December 2011

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