List of Adelaide United FC head coaches

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John Kosmina, the club's first head coach. John Kosmina.jpg
John Kosmina, the club's first head coach.

Adelaide United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Hindmarsh, Adelaide. The club was formed in 2003 and became the first and only South Australian member to participate in the A-League Men since 2005. In their history, they have managed by ten different head coaches.

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Carl Veart is the club's longest serving head coach, in charge for 4 years and 344 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.

Head coaches

Key

List of Adelaide United FC head coaches [1]
NameNationalityFromToTenureMWDLGFGAWin %HonoursRef
John Kosmina Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia13 September 2003 [2] 22 February 2007 [3] 3 years, 162 days88422125145131047.73A-League premiers: 2005–06
Pre-season Cup winners: 2006
[4]
Aurelio Vidmar Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia23 February 2007 [3] 30 June 2010 [5] 3 years, 127 days10239303312679038.24Pre-season Cup winners: 2007 [6]
Rini Coolen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands5 July 2010 [5] 17 December 2011 [7] 1 year, 165 days502110197062042.00 [8]
John Kosmina Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia18 December 2011 [7] 27 January 2013 [9] 1 year, 40 days441910156054043.18 [4]
Michael Valkanis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia28 January 2013 [9] 30 June 2013 [10] 153 days102351111020.00 [11]
Josep Gombau Flag of Spain.svg Spain1 July 2013 [10] 23 July 2015 [12] 2 years, 22 days6230122010561048.39FFA Cup winners: 2014 [13]
Guillermo Amor Flag of Spain.svg Spain24 July 2015 [12] 10 May 2017 [14] 1 year, 290 days672417269882035.82A-League premiers: 2015–16
A-League champions: 2016
[15]
Marco Kurz Flag of Germany.svg Germany16 June 2017 [16] 21 May 2019 [17] 1 year, 339 days673314209867049.25FFA Cup winners: 2018 [18]
Gertjan Verbeek Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands22 May 2019 [19] 29 April 2020 [20] 343 days26140124947053.85FFA Cup winners: 2019 [21]
Carl Veart Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia15 June 2020 [a] 25 May 2025 [24] 4 years, 344 days128533342218172041.41 [25] [ needs update ]
Airton Andrioli Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil26 May 2025 [26] Incumbent [b] 76 days000000!

Notes

  1. Carl Veart was appointed as an interim on 15 June 2020, [22] and was promoted to full-time on 18 September 2020. [23]
  2. Airton Andrioli is under contract until the end of the 2026–27 season, with the option of an additional year. [26]

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