2005–06 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2005–06 season
ManagerJohn Kosmina
StadiumHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
A-League1st
A-League FinalsPreliminary Final
Pre-Season Challenge CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Carl Veart (7)
All: Carl Veart (7)
Highest home attendance15,104 vs. Sydney FC
(12 February 2006)
Lowest home attendance5,263 vs. Perth Glory
(22 July 2005)
Average home league attendance10,947

The 2005–06 Adelaide United FC season was the club's second season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the first time after the National Soccer League was replaced.

Continuing their good form from the final season of the NSL, Adelaide United finished as Premiers in the inaugural season of the Hyundai A-League.

The Reds were bundled out of the finals race in straight sets losing to Sydney FC in the two leg semi final and then Central Coast Mariners 1–0 in the preliminary final at Hindmarsh.

Players

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Daniel Beltrame
2 DF Australia AUS Richie Alagich
3 DF Australia AUS Kristian Rees
4 DF Australia AUS Angelo Costanzo
5 DF Australia AUS Michael Valkanis
6 MF Australia AUS Ross Aloisi
7 MF Australia AUS Lucas Pantelis
8 FW Australia AUS Carl Veart
9 MF Australia AUS Matthew Kemp
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Brazil BRA Fernando
11 MF Australia AUS Louis Brain
12 FW Australia AUS Chad Bugeja
13 MF Australia AUS Travis Dodd
15 FW Australia AUS Michael Matricciani
17 DF Australia AUS Adam van Dommele
20 GK Australia AUS Robert Bajic
21 MF Australia AUS Jason Spagnuolo

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
2 DF Richie Alagich Unattached Undisclosed 3 years 1 July 2005
1 GK Daniel Beltrame Australia Parramatta Power Undisclosed 4 years 1 July 2005
18 DF Robert Cornthwaite Unattached Undisclosed 6 years 1 July 2005
4 DF Angelo Costanzo Australia Campbelltown City Undisclosed 4 years 1 July 2005
10 MF Brazil Fernando Brazil Villa Rio Undisclosed 2 years 1 July 2005
16 MF Tony Hatzis Australia North Eastern MetroStars Free 1 year 1 July 2005
21 MF Jason Spagnuolo New Zealand Metro AFC Undisclosed 3 years 1 January 2006
14 DF Aaron Goulding Unattached Undisclosed 1 year 1 January 2006
3 DF Kristian Rees Unattached Undisclosed 1 year 1 January 2006

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
FW Aurelio Vidmar Retired 1 July 2005
16 MF Tony Hatzis Australia North Eastern MetroStars Free 1 February 2006

Loans out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Date Ref
19 FW China Shengqing Qu China Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 1 December 2005

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos. Name A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup OFC Club Championship Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Daniel Beltrame 14 0 3 0 2 0 19 0
2 DF Australia Richie Alagich 18+5 0 3 0 2 0 28 0
3 DF Australia Kristian Rees 15+7 1 3 0 0 0 25 1
4 DF Australia Angelo Costanzo 24 0 3 0 2 0 29 0
5 DF Australia Michael Valkanis 24 3 3 2 2 0 29 5
6 MF Australia Ross Aloisi 23 2 3 1 2 0 29 3
7 MF Australia Lucas Pantelis 13+4 1 1 0 0+2 0 20 1
8 FW Australia Carl Veart 23 7 3 0 2 0 28 7
9 DF Australia Matthew Kemp 11+2 0 2+1 0 2 0 18 0
10 FW Brazil Fernando 17+1 7 0 0 0 0 18 7
11 MF Australia Louis Brain 6+11 3 0 0 0+2 0 19 3
12 FW Australia Chad Bugeja 1+8 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 13 0
13 MF Australia Travis Dodd 20+3 3 3 0 2 0 28 4
14 DF Australia Aaron Goulding 7+2 0 0+2 0 2 0 13 0
15 FW Australia Michael Matricciani 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 DF Australia Adam van Dommele 19 0 3 1 2 0 24 1
18 DF Australia Robert Cornthwaite 2+9 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
20 GK Australia Robert Bajic 10+1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
21 MF Australia Jason Spagnuolo 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players sold but featured this season
10 MF Australia Aurelio Vidmar 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
16 MF Australia Tony Hatzis 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW China Shengqing Qu 17+2 7 1+2 0 2 0 24 7

Disciplinary record

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Rank Position Name A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup OFC Club Championship Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 DF Australia Richie Alagich 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
2 GK Australia Daniel Beltrame 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 MF Australia Ross Aloisi 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
4 DF Australia Adam van Dommele 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
FW Australia Carl Veart 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
6 DF Australia Kristian Rees 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
7 DF Australia Angelo Costanzo 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
FW China Shengqing Qu 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
9 MF Australia Travis Dodd 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF Australia Michael Valkanis 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
11 DF Australia Matthew Kemp 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
12 MF Australia Lucas Pantelis 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 MF Australia Louis Brain 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Brazil Fernando 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Australia Aaron Goulding 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Australia Michael Matricciani 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pre-season

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Friendlies

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20 February 2005 Port Pirie City Australia 0–8 Australia Adelaide United Port Pirie, Australia
Stadium: Savoy Park
25 February 2005 Adelaide United Australia 1–1 Australia Premier's XI Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
15 March 2005 White City Woodville Australia 0–4 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Woodville West Reserve
22 March 2005 Cumberland United Australia 1–9 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: A.A. Bailey Reserve
5 April 2005 Adelaide Raiders Australia 1–2 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
12 April 2005 Adelaide Blue Eagles Australia 0–4 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
19 April 2005 Campbelltown City Australia 0–3 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Newton Sports Ground
22 April 2005 Adelaide Galaxy Australia 0–9 Australia Adelaide United Adelaide, Australia
Stadium: Camden Sports Complex

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Victoria (state) Melbourne Victory 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
2 Western Australia Perth Glory 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 South Australia Adelaide United 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 New South Wales Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
22 July 2005 Group Stage Adelaide United South Australia 2–2 Western Australia Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10 Aloisi 54'
Valkanis 62'
Valkanis 29' (o.g.)
Despotovski 52'
McMahon Jnr Red card 76'
Attendance: 5,263
Referee: Craig Zetter
29 July 2005 Group Stage Adelaide United South Australia 1–1 New South Wales Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10 Valkanis 74' Johnson 79' Attendance: 6,750
Referee: Simon Przydacz
8 August 2005 Group Stage Melbourne Victory Victoria (state) 0–0 South Australia Adelaide United Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Attendance: 4,687
Referee: Perry Mur

Competitions

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A-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Qualification for Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[a] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Matches

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17 September 2005 4 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium
19:35 UTC+8 Valkanis 20' (o.g.) Report
Summary
Aloisi 32'
Qu 65'
Attendance: 8,052
Referee: Matthew Breeze
25 September 2005 5 Adelaide United 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30 Valkanis 34' Report
Summary
Kwasnik 19' Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Angelo Nardi
9 October 2005 7 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
17:00 UTC+10 Carney 54'
Petrovski 88'
Report
Summary
Valkanis 51' Attendance: 18,276
Referee: Mark Shield
14 October 2005 8 Adelaide United 2–4 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30 Valkanis 38'
Corbo 67' (o.g.)
Report
Summary
Kemp 12' (o.g.)
Carle 22', 89'
Zelic 68'
Attendance: 13,182
Referee: Mark Shield
6 November 2005 11 Adelaide United 2–4 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium
16:30 UTC+10:30 Veart 13' (pen.)
Rees 53'
Report
Summary
Mori 9', 34', 45+1'
Despotovski 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,868
Referee: Ben Williams
20 November 2005 13 Adelaide United 1–0 New Zealand Knights Hindmarsh Stadium
Qu 38' Attendance: 9,676
Referee: Angelo Nardi
27 November 2005 14 Adelaide United 3–2 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech 4', 84'
Veart 14'
Miura 33', 76' Attendance: 14,068
Referee: Mark Shield
1 January 2006 16 Adelaide United 4–2 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech 40', 63'
Qu 30'
Veart 29'
Baird 83'
Brosque 11'
Attendance: 8,426
Referee: Matthew Breeze
12 January 2006 18 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium
Ward 86' Aloisi 71'
Qu 3'
Attendance: 5,033
Referee: Matthew Breeze
3 February 2006 21 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
Ceccoli 71'
Yorke 48' (pen.)
Qu 90' Attendance: 25,557
Referee: Mark Shield

Finals Series

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12 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 1 Adelaide United 2–2 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium
Rech 34'
Dodd 31'
Petrovski 39'
Corica 9'
Attendance: 15,104
Referee: Matthew Breeze
19 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 2 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Aussie Stadium
Rudan 76'
Petrovski 29'
Qu 60' Attendance: 30,377
Referee: Mark Shield
26 February 2006 Preliminary Final Adelaide United 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
Pondeljak 7' Attendance: 11,405
Referee: Matthew Breeze

OFC Club Championship

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Qualification zone

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7 May 2005 Adelaide United 0–0
(4–1 p)
Melbourne Victory
Attendance: 7,254
11 May 2005 Central Coast Mariners 4–0 Adelaide United
Attendance: 4,539

Awards

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Award Player
Club Champion Australia Carl Veart
Player's Player Australia Michael Valkanis
Top Goalscorer Australia Carl Veart
Best Team Man Australia Matthew Kemp
Rising Star Australia Adam van Dommele

References

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