Adelaide United Football Club (A-League Women), is an Australian professional women's association football club based in Hindmarsh, Adelaide. The club was founded in 2008 within the foundation of the W-League (now A-League Women).
As of the end of the 2022–23 season, the club have spent 15 seasons in the A-League Women, the top division of Australian women's soccer. Their worst league finish to date is 9th in the 2017–18 season; four extra times they have finished a league season at the bottom of the table. The 2021–22 was the first season where Adelaide qualified for the Finals series, finishing in the semi-finals. Fiona Worts holds the record for most competitive goals in a single season for Adelaide United (A-League Women); she scored 13 during the 2021–22 season. The table details the league records, and the top scorers for each season.
History In the 2008–09 season, the A-League Women was founded with seven other clubs; Adelaide United finished bottom of the table winning only two games, drawing one of 10 matches. Over the next two seasons finishing in the bottom two, they did not win a single match until the 2011–12 season, winning 1–0 against the Perth Glory to end their 34-match winless streak in December 2011. Adelaide United qualified for the Finals series of the A-League Women for the first time in the 2021–22 season, doing so losing the elimination final to Melbourne Victory.
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Key to colours and symbols: 1st or WWinners2nd or RURunners-up3rd Third ♦ Top scorer in division
Key to league record: Season = The year and article of the season Pos = Final position Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals scored GA = Goals against Pts = Points
Key to cup record: En-dash (–) = Adelaide United (A-League Women) did not participate SF = Semi-finals PF = Prelimainry Final RU = Runners-up W = Winners
Seasons + Results of league and finals competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosFinalsNameGoalsLeagueTop goalscorer2008–09W-League1021711287 Sandra Scalzi42009W-League100377313 Racheal Quigley52010–11W-League1000104360 4 players12011–12W-League101096303 Marijana Rajčić32012–13W-League12201012406 Sarah McLaughlinRachael Quigley42013–14W-League12345121513 Kristy Moore32014W-League1231892910 Kristy Moore32015–16W-League1234591213 Abby DahlkemperRosie Sutton52016–17W-League12354312614 Adriana Jones92017–18W-League12318152710 Makenzy Doniak72018–19W-League12534171918 Veronica Latsko92019–20W-League1221912247 Mallory Weber42020–21W-League12714221822Chelsie Dawber52021–22A-League Women14905331727Fiona Worts132022–23A-League Women185310162918Chelsie Dawber42023–24A-League Women2243152156153 players32024–25A-League Women231436422145SFFiona Worts112025–26A-League Women20938242630EFErin Healy4
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