2025–26 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2025–26 season
ManagerAirton Andrioli
StadiumCoopers Stadium
A-League MenMatchweek 1
Australia CupRound of 32

The 2025–26 season will be the 22nd in the history of Adelaide United Football Club since its establishment in 2003. The club will be participating in the A-League Men for the 21st consecutive season and will make their 11th consecutive appearance in the Australia Cup.

This will be Adelaide United's first season since 2019–20 without Carl Veart as the permanent head coach, as he was replaced by Airton Andrioli ahead of pre-season.

Coaching staff

Position[1] Name Ref.
Head coach Airton Andrioli [2]
Assistant coach Isaías [3]
Assistant coach Adrian Stenta [4]
Head of football Marius Zanin [5]
Goalkeeping coach Eugene Galekovic [6]
Technical director Ernest Faber [7]

Players

Squad

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  AUS James Delianov
3 DF  NED Bart Vriends
4 DF  AUS Panagiotis Kikianis
6 MF  AUS Stefan Mauk (vice-captain)
7 DF  AUS Ryan Kitto (captain)
9 FW  AUS Luka Jovanovic
10 FW  ENG Zach Clough
11 FW  AUS Craig Goodwin
12 MF  AUS Jonny Yull
13 GK  AUS Max Vartuli
14 MF  AUS Jay Barnett
17 FW  AUS Ben Folami
19 FW  AUS Yaya Dukuly
20 MF  AUS Dylan Pierias
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  AUS Luke Duzel
26 FW  AUS Archie Goodwin
36 DF  AUS Panashe Madanha
40 GK  AUS Ethan Cox
42 FW  AUS Austin Ayoubi
43 FW  NED Julian Kwaaitaal
44 MF  AUS Ryan White
54 DF  AUS Bailey O'Neil (scholarship)
55 MF  AUS Ethan Alagich
58 FW  AUS Harry Crawford
62 MF  AUS Fabian Talladira (scholarship)
74 FW  AUS Amlani Tatu (scholarship)
78 DF  AUS Malual Nichola (scholarship)
79 DF  AUS Feyzo Kasumović (scholarship)

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No. Position Player From Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
11 FW Craig Goodwin Al-Wehda Free transfer 3 years 28 May 2025 [8]
43 FW Julian Kwaaitaal FC Eindhoven End of loan 2 years remaining[note 1] 1 July 2025 [9]

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
8 MF Isaías Retired 13 May 2025 [10]
21 DF Javi López Retired 13 May 2025 [10]
4 DF Jordan Elsey Campbelltown City End of contract 27 June 2025 [11][12]
22 MF Ryan Tunnicliffe Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [13]
27 DF Josh Cavallo Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [14]

Contract extensions

No. Player Position Duration Date Notes Ref.

Pre-season and friendlies

11 July 2025 The Cove v Adelaide United Adelaide
18:30 ACST Source Stadium: Southern Soccer Facility
15 July 2025 Playford City v Adelaide United Adelaide
18:30 ACST Source Stadium: Ramsay Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men To be anounced To be anounced Matchday 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Australia Cup To be anounced Round of 32 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: 22 May 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

Main article: 2025–26 A-League Men

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Auckland FC[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Finals series[b]
3 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[15]
Notes:
  1. ^ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 23 May 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Matches

The fixtures for the 2025–26 A-League Men season are yet to be announced.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Australia Cup

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

30 July 2025 Round of 32 Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United Maitland
19:30 AEDT Stadium: Maitland Sportsground

Notes

  1. ^ Option for an additional year.

References

  1. ^ "Management and staff". Adelaide United.
  2. ^ "Airton Andrioli Appointed as Adelaide United's New Men's Head Coach". Adelaide United. 26 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Adelaide United Appoints Club Legend Isaías as Assistant Coach". Adelaide United. 2 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Adrian Stenta Appointed Isuzu UTE A-League Men's Assistant Coach". Adelaide United. 25 June 2025. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025.
  5. ^ Pagonis, Antonis (27 June 2024). "Marius Zainin: Adelaide United's football director outlines challenges and the road ahead". Front Page Football. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Reds in safe hands as Galekovic signs three-year extension". Adelaide United. 22 June 2022. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Reds appoint PSV legend Ernest Faber as technical director". Adelaide United. 27 May 2024. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Craig Goodwin Returns Home After Signing Three-year Deal with the Reds". Adelaide United. 28 May 2025. Archived from the original on 28 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Dutch Winger, Julian Kwaaitaal, returns from loan following season with FC Eindhoven". Adelaide United. 2 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Adelaide United's Spanish Icons Isaías and Javi López Retire from Professional Football". Adelaide United. 13 May 2025. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Jordan Elsey Bids Farewell to His Boyhood Club". Adelaide United. 22 May 2025. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Campbelltown City SC is delighted to announce the signing of centre back, Jordan Elsey, for the remainder of the NPL season! With extensive A-League experience, including the 24/25 season with Adelaide United, we are excited to see how Jordan contributes to our senior team. Welcome to Campbelltown, Jordan 👹". Facebook. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Ryan Tunnicliffe Moves On After Two Seasons in Red". Adelaide United. 22 May 2025. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Thank you and farewell, Josh Cavallo". Adelaide United. 22 May 2025. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Ladder change reverts as A-Leagues confirms updated rules & regulations for season 2024-25". A-Leagues. 17 October 2024.
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