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. Adelaide United head coaches have won A-League Men Coach of the Year on three occasions: Aurelio Vidmar in 2009, Guillermo Amor in 2016, and Carl Veart in 2023.
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 17 September 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 coachesNo.NameFromToTenureMWDLGFGAWin %HonoursRef1A-League premiers: 2005–06Pre-season Cup winners: 20062Pre-season Cup winners: 2007Coach of the year: 2008–093(1)45FFA Cup winners: 20146A-League champions: 2016Coach of the year: 2015–167FFA Cup winners: 20188FFA Cup winners: 20199Coach of the year: 2022–2310Incumbent
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