The 2019–20 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 16th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 15th time and participated in the FFA Cup for 6th time, winning the 2019 FFA Cup tournament.
On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.
Review
Pre-season Before the 2019 A-League Grand Final, Adelaide United confirmed Apostolos Stamatelopoulos had left the club and joined new A-League club, Western United on 20 March.
On 15 May, Adelaide United updated their squad with Baba Diawara, Scott Galloway, and Jordy Thomassen departing Adelaide. It was announced that Galloway had then signed for his new club, Melbourne City ahead of this current season.
Three days later, it was announced that Isaías, who had recently become an Australian citizen, departed the club. Over a month later, he joined Qatari club Al-Wakrah.
In June, Adelaide United appointed former player Bruce Djite as the Director of Football. On 5 June, Vince Lia and Lachlan Brook re-signed with the club.
On 5 July, Riley McGree signed for Adelaide United and was assigned the "number 8" shirt. In mid-July, Reds signed Curaçao international, Michaël Maria from Charlotte Independence, whilst Craig Goodwin departed the club to join Saudi Arabian club Al-Wehda.
Adelaide United played their first pre-season friendly for the season on 16 July, against North Eastern MetroStars, which resulted in a 3–1 victory. A week later, the club played an intra-club friendly, with the senior squad beating the youth side 1–0, with Nathan Konstandopoulos scoring the only goal. A week later, they beat Adelaide Raiders 5–0.
At the end of July, Adelaide United signed Norwegian striker Kristian Opseth.
On 7 August, Adelaide United travelled to Melbourne for the 2019 FFA Cup round of 32. They beat Melbourne Knights 5–2 and advanced to the next round.
In mid-August, Adelaide United played a "behind-closed-doors" friendly against Melbourne City which ended in a 1–0 loss. Jamie Maclaren scored the only goal in the 15th minute.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
Transfers in No.PositionNameFromType/feeContract lengthDateRef 8 >$250,0003 years5 July 2019 5 Undisclosed2 years18 July 2019 11 Free transfer1 year31 July 2019 10 UnattachedFree transfer2 years5 October 2019 28 Free transfer1 year15 October 2019 6 Brisbane RoarFree transfer2.5 years30 January 2020
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef 33 Western UnitedFree transfer20 March 2019 3 Melbourne CityFree transfer3 May 2019 9 UnattachedEnd of contract15 May 2019 19 Loan return15 May 2019 10 UnattachedEnd of contract18 May 2019 8 Undisclosed27 May 2019 11 Undisclosed17 July 2019 32 UnattachedMutual contract termination12 December 2019 1 UnattachedMutual contract termination13 January 2020 6 UnattachedMutual contract termination18 January 2020 5 UnattachedMutual contract termination18 June 2020 30 UnattachedMutual contract termination6 July 2020 31 End of contract8 July 2020
From youth squad
Contract extensions No. Name Position Duration Date Notes 6 Vince Lia Central midfielder 1 year 5 June 2019 18 Lachlan Brook Forward 2 years 5 June 2019 7 Ryan Kitto Winger 2 years 31 October 2019 20 Paul Izzo Goalkeeper 2 years 1 November 2019 27 Louis D'Arrigo Midfielder 3 years 6 December 2019 35 Al Hassan Toure Striker 3 years 6 December 2019 2 Michael Marrone Defender 1 year 15 January 2020 26 Ben Halloran Winger 2 years 4 March 2020 16 Nathan Konstandopoulos Central midfielder 1 year 5 March 2020 4 Ryan Strain Right-back 2 years 10 March 2020
Technical staff Position Staff Head coach Carl Veart (caretaker) Assistant coach Airton Andrioli Goalkeeper coach Eugene Galekovic Director of football Bruce Djite
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 8 August 2019, the A-League fixtures for the season were announced. Due to the odd number of teams, Adelaide United had byes in rounds 4, 10 and 24.
FFA Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
|- class=sortbottom ! colspan="11" | Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |- class=sortbottom
Disciplinary record Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
Clean sheets Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
Rank Goalkeeper A-League FFA Cup Total 1 20 4 2 6
Awards
Adelaide United Goal of the Month award Adelaide United Goal of the Month award winners were chosen via open-access polls on the club's official website.
MonthPlayerCompetitionOpponentVotes October FFA Cup Melbourne City 66% November A-League Central Coast Mariners 54% December A-League Wellington Phoenix 70% January Not awarded February Not awarded March Not awarded April Not awarded May Not awarded June Not awarded July Not awarded August Not awarded
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