List of Adelaide United FC head coaches

John Kosmina, the club's first head coach.

Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Established in 2003, the club was formed to compete in the final season of the National Soccer League after the withdrawals of West Adelaide and Adelaide City, in 1999 and 2003 respectively, left South Australia without representation in the competition. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently since its formation, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues. In their history, they have been managed by ten different head coaches.

Carl Veart is the club's longest serving head coach, in charge for 4 years and 345 days. Airton Andrioli is the current head coach of Adelaide United. Guillermo Amor is the most successful coach in club history, winning the 2015–16 A-League premiership and championship double.

List of head coaches

• Names of caretaker head coaches are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker management are highlighted in italics and marked † or ‡, depending on the scenario. Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
• Only first-team competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
• Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 19 April 2026.

Key

• M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
•   † Head coaches with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote interim appointments.
•   ‡ Head coaches with this background and symbol in the "Name" column denote interim appointments promoted to full-time manager.

List of Adelaide United FC head coaches ^[1]

No.	Name	From	To	Tenure	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %	Honours	Ref
1	John Kosmina	12 September 2003 [2]	23 February 2007 [3]	3 years, 164 days	88	42	21	25	145	131	047.73	A-League premiers: 2005–06 Pre-season Cup winners: 2006	[4]
2	Aurelio Vidmar ‡	23 February 2007 [3]	3 June 2010 [5]	3 years, 100 days	102	39	30	33	126	79	038.24	Pre-season Cup winners: 2007 Coach of the year: 2008–09	[6]
3	Rini Coolen	5 July 2010 [7]	18 December 2011 [8]	1 year, 166 days	50	21	10	19	70	62	042.00		[9]
(1)	John Kosmina	18 December 2011 [8]	28 January 2013 [10]	1 year, 41 days [a]	44	19	10	15	60	54	043.18		[4]
4	Michael Valkanis †	28 January 2013 [10]	1 July 2013 [11]	154 days	10	2	3	5	11	11	020.00		[12]
5	Josep Gombau	1 July 2013 [11]	24 July 2015 [13]	2 years, 23 days	62	30	12	20	105	61	048.39	FFA Cup winners: 2014	[14]
6	Guillermo Amor	24 July 2015 [13]	10 May 2017 [15]	1 year, 290 days	67	24	17	26	98	82	035.82	A-League premiers: 2015–16 A-League champions: 2016 Coach of the year: 2015–16	[16]
7	Marco Kurz	16 June 2017 [17]	22 May 2019 [18]	1 year, 340 days	67	33	14	20	98	67	049.25	FFA Cup winners: 2018	[19]
8	Gertjan Verbeek	22 May 2019 [20]	29 April 2020 [21]	343 days	26	14	0	12	49	47	053.85	FFA Cup winners: 2019	[22]
9	Carl Veart ‡	15 June 2020 [b]	26 May 2025 [25]	4 years, 345 days	157	66	39	52	278	206	042.04	Coach of the year: 2022–23	[26]
10	Airton Andrioli	26 May 2025 [27]	Incumbent [c]	336 days	27	12	7	8	47	38	044.44		[28]

Notes

1. John Kosmina's total time served across two tenures was 4 years, 205 days.
2. Carl Veart was appointed as an interim on 15 June 2020, ^[23] and was promoted to full-time on 18 September 2020. ^[24]
3. Airton Andrioli is under contract until the end of the 2026–27 season, with the option of an additional year. ^[27]

References

1. "Adelaide United FC Managers". WorldFootball.net. 30 April 2020.
2. "Kosmina named coach of Adelaide United". Football Federation Australia . 13 September 2003. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
3. "Kosmina calls it quits" . Sydney Morning Herald . 23 February 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023.
4. "John Kosmina coaching history". A-League Stats.
5. "Vidmar quits Adelaide for national duty". ABC News . 3 June 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016.
6. "Aurelio Vidmar coaching history". A-League Stats.
7. Larkin, Steve (5 July 2010). "Coolen named new Adelaide United coach" . Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
8. "Coolen Sacked, Kosmina Installed". FTBL . 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024.
9. "Rini Coolen coaching history". A-League Stats.
10. "Valkanis: Kosmina exit not my fault". KeepUp . 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023.
11. "Gombau to coach Adelaide United FC". Adelaide United . 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022.
12. "Michael Valkanis coaching history". A-League Stats.
13. "Amor to replace Gombau". Adelaide United . 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017.
14. "Josep Gombau coaching history". A-League Stats.
15. "Guillermo Amor to depart Reds". Adelaide United . 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017.
16. "Guillermo Amor coaching history". A-League Stats.
17. "Marco Kurz appointed as Reds head coach". Adelaide United . 16 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018.
18. "Adelaide United Football Club statement: Marco Kurz". Adelaide United . 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019.
19. "Marco Kurz coaching history". A-League Stats.
20. "Reds unveil Gertjan Verbeek as new head coach". Adelaide United . 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019.
21. "Adelaide United statement: Gertjan Verbeek". Adelaide United . 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.
22. "Gertjan Verbeek coaching history". A-League Stats.
23. "Veart appointed interim coach as Reds return to training". Adelaide United . 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020.
24. "Reds appoint Carl Veart as head coach". Adelaide United . 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.
25. "Adelaide United Announce Departure of Carl Veart at Season's End". Adelaide United . 10 April 2025. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025.
26. "Carl Veart coaching history". A-League Stats.
27. "Airton Andrioli Appointed as Adelaide United's New Men's Head Coach". Adelaide United . 26 May 2025. Archived from the original on 26 May 2025.
28. "Airton Andrioli coaching history". A-League Stats.