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Adelaide United Football Club, is an Australian professional association football club based in Hindmarsh, Adelaide. The club was founded in September 2003 as they competed in the final season of the National Soccer League (NSL) as they replaced Adelaide City in the league [1] until 2004, when they announced their team to compete in the A-League Men which was the replacement for the NSL. [2]

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History

Adelaide United were formed for the final season of the National Soccer League in the 2003–04 season finishing third place and the Preliminary Final. The first season of the A-League Men in 2005–06 saw the club win the Premiership before losing to Central Coast Mariners in the Preliminary Final. [3] [4] Ultimately finishing second in the league and runners-up in the Grand Final both losing to Melbourne Victory for the 2006–07 season, [5] Adelaide United won the second edition of the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, defeating the Central Coast Mariners 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw and qualified for the AFC Champions League for the first time being knocked out in the group stage. Adelaide missed out on A-League Finals for the first time in their history in the 2007–08 finishing 6th, but winning back-to-back Pre-Season Challenge Cup titles by winning the Final 2–1 against the Perth Glory (the last time until seven years the club won a trophy), and becoming the first Australian club to reach the AFC Champions League Final ultimately losing 5–0 on aggregate. In 2008–09, Adelaide United was again defeated in the A-League premiership and championship to Melbourne Victory, and finishing last for the first time in 2009–10. Sergio van Dijk scored 17 goals in the 2010–11 season; the most ever in a season for Adelaide United and winning the Golden Boot [6] as the club made third place and semi-final finish. Two further seasons of no podium finishes and elimination final knockouts in the A-League occurred for the next two seasons.

In 2014, Adelaide United won the inaugural FFA Cup (now Australia Cup) in the 2014–15 season, defeating the Perth Glory 1–0 via Sergio Cirio, winning their first club trophy in seven years. [7] The 2015–16 season saw Adelaide United win the Double for the first time, doing so by a slow start of eight winless games and a long undefeated run (with a one game exception) towards the Premiership and winning the Grand Final 3–1 against the Western Sydney Wanderers. [8] The Double defense season in 2016–17 had Adelaide only finish 9th and missing Finals for the first time in four years. [9] Since 2017, Adelaide United qualified for three consecutive FFA Cups, losing in 2017 against Sydney FC 2–1 after extra time, [10] but winning back-to-back titles after in 2018 (2–1 against Sydney FC) [11] and 2019 (4–0 against Melbourne City and currently their last club honour). [12] A COVID-19 affected A-League campaign in the 2019–20 season saw Adelaide miss out on finals. Since 2020, Adelaide United have finished their last three Finals series campaigns in the semi-finals. [13]

Key

Key to league competitions:

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFinalsNational CupCompetitionResultPlayer(s)Goals
LeagueOther / Asia Top goalscorer(s) [lower-alpha 1]
2003–04 NSL 2411762825403rdPF——— Carl Veart 12
2004–05 [lower-alpha 2] ———————————————
2005–06 A-League 2113443325431stPF Group —— Carl Veart 7
2006–07 A-League 2110383227332nd RU W Champions League Group Carl Veart 8
2007–08 A-League 216873129266thDNQ W Champions League RU Bruce Djite 9
2008–09 A-League 2111553110382nd RU Group Club World Cup QF Cristiano 12
2009–10 A-League 27781224332910th—— Champions League RO16 Travis Dodd
Matthew Leckie
Lucas Pantelis 		5
2010–11 A-League 30155105136503rdSF——— Sergio van Dijk 17 ♦
2011–12 A-League 27510122644259th—— Champions League QF Sergio van Dijk 10
2012–13 A-League 27125103837414thEF——— Dario Vidošić 10
2013–14 A-League 2710894536386thEF——— Fábio Ferreira
Jerónimo Neumann 		9
2014–15 A-League 2714494535463rdSF W —— Sergio Cirio 13
2015–16 A-League 2714764528491st W QF Champions League QPO Bruce Djite
Pablo Sánchez 		11
2016–17 A-League 2758142546239th— RO32 Champions League Group Baba Diawara
Dylan McGowan 		5
2017–18 A-League 27116103638395thEF RU —— Johan Absalonsen 8
2018–19 A-League 2712873732444thSF W —— Craig Goodwin 14
2019–20 A-League 26113124449367th— W —— Riley McGree 13
2020–21 A-League 2611693941395thSF——— Tomi Juric 9
2021–22 A-League Men 2612773831434thSF QF —— Craig Goodwin 12
2022–23 A-League Men 2611965346423rdSF QF —— Craig Goodwin 15
2023–24 A-League Men TBD RO16 ——TBD

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes goals scored in the A-League Men and Australia Cup. The FIFA Club World Cup and Asian competitions organised by AFC are also included, as are several now-defunct leagues and cup competitions: the National Soccer League, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.
  2. ↑ No national league soccer was played in 2004–05 following the collapse of the National Soccer League.

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References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ Founten, Loukas (17 October 2013). "A-League: Adelaide marks a decade United". ABC Adelaide. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Adelaide United "signs in"". Adelaide United. 7 October 2004. Archived from the original on 26 September 2004.
  3. ↑ "Pure class delivers the desired result!". Adelaide United FC. 13 January 2006. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006.
  4. ↑ "How They Got There". A-League. 27 February 2006. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006.
  5. ↑ Pine, Jason (7 September 2017). "The story of Hyundai A-League 2006/07 Season". myfootball.com.au.
  6. ↑ Dasey, Jason (11 November 2015). "Former A-League Golden Boot winner Sergio van Dijk weighs up Malaysian option". The Sydney Morning Herald .
  7. ↑ "Adelaide triumph in inaugural Cup Final". Adelaide United . 16 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Matthew (11 April 2016). "How Adelaide United pulled off incredible comeback to win A-League Premiers' Plate". Fox Sports (Australia) .
  9. ↑ Pine, Jason (10 May 2017). "Hyundai A-League season review: Adelaide United". KEEPUP.com.au.
  10. ↑ "Thrilling FFA Cup Final won by Sydney FC in extra time". Australia Cup . 24 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Dorman, Matt (30 October 2018). "Goodwin's brilliant brace fires Adelaide United to breathless FFA Cup Final 2018 triumph". Australia Cup .
  12. ↑ Windon, Jacob (24 October 2019). "Melbourne City 4-0 for third FFA Cup win". Australia Cup .
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