The 2022–23 season was the club's 19th in the history of Adelaide United Football Club since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League Men for the 18th time, and the Australia Cup for the 8th time.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerFromType/feeContract lengthDateRef 2 UnattachedFree transfer 2 years8 June 2022 3 Sydney FCFree transfer 2 years27 June 2022 26 UnattachedFree transfer 2 years3 August 2022 33 Injury replacement for Bernardo 3 months 20 October 2022 18 Melbourne VictoryFree transfer2.5 years8 February 2023 23 Western UnitedFree transfer4 months8 February 2023
From youth squad
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef 3 UnattachedFree transfer30 May 2022 9 UnattachedFree transfer30 May 2022 18 UnattachedFree transfer30 May 2022 23 UnattachedFree transfer30 May 2022 17 Undisclosed fee3 June 2022 19 Undisclosed fee3 June 2022 22 UnattachedEnd of contract7 June 2022 77 End of loan1 July 2022 16 Melbourne VictoryMutual contract termination14 September 2022 33 UnattachedEnd of contract8 December 2022
Contract extensions No. Player Position Duration Date Notes Ref. 21 Javi López Full-back 1 year 31 May 2022 28 Juande Defensive midfielder 1 year 31 May 2022 15 Hiroshi Ibusuki Striker 2 years 6 June 2022 20 Zach Clough Attacking midfielder 2 years 6 June 2022 41 Alexandar Popovic Centre-back 2 years 9 June 2022 25 Lachlan Barr Centre-back 2 years 9 June 2022 4 Nick Ansell Centre-back 2 years 15 June 2022 31 Bernardo Oliveira Winger 2 years 21 June 2022 Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. 1 James Delianov Goalkeeper 2 years 23 June 2022 16 Nathan Konstandopoulos Central midfielder 1 year 29 June 2022 7 Ryan Kitto Full-back 3 years 30 June 2022 11 Craig Goodwin Winger 3 years 21 July 2022 Permanent contract following loan. 46 Joe Gauci Goalkeeper 3 years 13 April 2023 Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2025–26.
Coaching staff
Position Name Ref.Head coach Carl Veart Assistant coach Mark MilliganAssistant coach Damian MoriAssistant coachHead of youth football Ayrton Andrioli Head of Football Vito Basile Goalkeeping coach Eugene Galekovic Strength and conditioning coach Django Gentilcore
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
A-League Men
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Finals series
Australia Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
Player A-League MenRegular seasonFinals Australia Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2 DF 3+3 1 0 0 3 0 9 1 3 DF 16 3 3 0 0+1 0 20 3 4 DF 2+3 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 6 MF 20+4 2 3 0 3 1 30 3 7 MF 25 6 3 0 3 0 31 6 8 MF 21+1 0 3 0 3 0 28 0 9 FW 19+3 7 1+1 0 3 2 27 9 10 MF 17 3 2 0 2 1 21 4 11 FW 24+1 12 3 3 0 0 18 15 13 DF 16 3 0+1 0 3 0 20 3 14 FW 4+12 2 1+2 0 3 1 22 3 18 MF 3+2 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 21 DF 24 0 3 0 0+2 0 29 0 23 MF 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 3 0 26 MF 24 3 3 0 1+1 0 29 3 27 MF 2+5 0 0 0 0+3 0 10 0 28 MF 7+5 0 0 0 0+1 0 13 0 31 MF 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 3 0 35 FW 5+4 3 0 0 0 0 9 3 36 FW 3+6 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 12 0 37 MF 2+5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 41 DF 16+1 1 1 0 3 0 21 1 46 GK 26 0 3 0 3 0 32 0 47 MF 0+6 0 0 0 0+2 0 8 0 49 FW 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 55 MF 7+13 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 23 0 66 FW 0+19 5 0+3 0 0 0 22 5 Player(s) transferred out but featured this season 16 MF 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 3 0 33 FW 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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.
Rank Player A-League Men A-League Men Finals series Australia Cup Total 1 9 FW 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 8 MF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 1 3 3 DF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 26 MF 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 5 7 MF 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 66 FW 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 7 41 DF 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 13 DF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 28 MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 10 55 MF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 11 6 MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 21 DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 46 GK 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 37 MF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 2 DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 49 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 59 2 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 68 2 4
Note: Hiroshi Ibusuki's suspension for his red card on 23 October 2022 against Sydney FC was rescinded.
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 Men A-League Men Finals Series Australia Cup Total 1 46 3 1 1 5 Total 3 1 1 5
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