2005–06 Adelaide United FC season

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.

Adelaide United

2005–06 season
Manager	John Kosmina
Stadium	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
A-League	1st
A-League Finals	Preliminary Final
Pre-Season Challenge Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Carl Veart (7) All: Carl Veart (7)
Highest home attendance	15,104 vs. Sydney FC (12 February 2006)
Lowest home attendance	5,263 vs. Perth Glory (22 July 2005)
Average home league attendance	10,947

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Daniel Beltrame 2 DF  AUS Richie Alagich 3 DF  AUS Kristian Rees 4 DF  AUS Angelo Costanzo 5 DF  AUS Michael Valkanis 6 MF  AUS Ross Aloisi 7 MF  AUS Lucas Pantelis 8 FW  AUS Carl Veart 9 MF  AUS Matthew Kemp

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW  BRA Fernando 11 MF  AUS Louis Brain 12 FW  AUS Chad Bugeja 13 MF  AUS Travis Dodd 15 FW  AUS Michael Matricciani 17 DF  AUS Adam van Dommele 20 GK  AUS Robert Bajic 21 MF  AUS Jason Spagnuolo

Transfers

Transfers in

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	Parramatta Power	Undisclosed	4 years	1 July 2005
18	DF	Robert Cornthwaite	Unattached	Undisclosed	6 years	1 July 2005
4	DF	Angelo Costanzo	Campbelltown City	Undisclosed	4 years	1 July 2005
10	MF	Fernando	Villa Rio	Undisclosed	2 years	1 July 2005
16	MF	Tony Hatzis	North Eastern MetroStars	Free	1 year	1 July 2005
21	MF	Jason Spagnuolo	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

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

Loans out

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

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Disciplinary record

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

Pre-season

Friendlies

19 February 2005	Northern Demons	0–9	Adelaide United	Port Pirie, Australia
				Stadium: Bryne Park

20 February 2005	Port Pirie City	0–8	Adelaide United	Port Pirie, Australia
				Stadium: Savoy Park

25 February 2005	Adelaide United	1–1	Premier's XI	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium

27 February 2005	Para Hills Knights	0–4	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: The Paddocks

15 March 2005	White City Woodville	0–4	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: Woodville West Reserve

22 March 2005	Cumberland United	1–9	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: A.A. Bailey Reserve

5 April 2005	Adelaide Raiders	1–2	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre

12 April 2005	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0–4	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

19 April 2005	Campbelltown City	0–3	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: Newton Sports Ground

22 April 2005	Adelaide Galaxy	0–9	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: Camden Sports Complex

30 April 2005	Adelaide United	2–0	Australia U-20	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium

5 July 2005	North Eastern MetroStars	0–4	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
				Stadium: T.K. Shutter Reserve

26 June 2005	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Adelaide United	Bendigo, Australia
17:00 UTC+10

12 July 2005	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Adelaide United	Coffs Harbour, Australia
17:00 UTC+10

14 July 2005	Adelaide United	1–0	Queensland Roar	Coffs Harbour, Australia
17:00 UTC+10

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Melbourne Victory	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
2	Perth Glory	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Adelaide United	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Newcastle Jets	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source:

22 July 2005 Group Stage	Adelaide United	2–2	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 UTC+10	Aloisi  54' Valkanis  62'		Valkanis  29' (o.g.) Despotovski  52' McMahon Jnr  76'	Attendance: 5,263 Referee: Craig Zetter

29 July 2005 Group Stage	Adelaide United	1–1	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	0–0	Adelaide United	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10				Attendance: 4,687 Referee: Perry Mur

Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United	21	13	4	4	33	25	+8	43	Finals series and 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Sydney FC (C)	21	10	6	5	35	28	+7	36
3	Central Coast Mariners	21	8	8	5	35	28	+7	32	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[lower-alpha 1]	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) Champion.
Notes:

1. New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Result by Matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L
Position	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 August 2005 1	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Veart  19'	Attendance: 13,160 Referee: Peter O'Leary

2 September 2005 2	Adelaide United	0–0	Queensland Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30		Report Summary		Attendance: 11,029 Referee: Ben Williams

9 September 2005 3	Adelaide United	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium
19:30 UTC+9:30	Brain  1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,785 Referee: Peter O'Leary

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

2 October 2005 6	New Zealand Knights	1–2	Adelaide United	North Harbour Stadium
18:00 UTC+12	Yeo  44'	Report Summary	Dodd  34' Qu  81'	Attendance: 3,558 Referee: Peter O'Leary

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

22 October 2005 9	Queensland Roar	1–2	Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium
19:30 UTC+10	Brownlie  76'	Report Summary	Fernando  59' Pantelis  89'	Attendance: 15,181 Referee: Peter O'Leary

28 October 2005 10	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Adelaide United	Olympic Park Stadium
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Veart  83'	Attendance: 16,201 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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

13 November 2005 12	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium
	Hutchinson  12'		Rech  90' Dodd  85'	Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Peter O'Leary

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

2 December 2005 15	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium
	Johnson  59'		Brain  79' Veart  75'	Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Simon Przydacz

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

5 January 2006 17	Adelaide United	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Dodd  14'			Attendance: 13,427 Referee: Mark Shield

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

20 January 2006 19	Adelaide United	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Veart  50' (pen.)		Kwasnik  54'	Attendance: 13,008 Referee: Mark Shield

28 January 2006 20	New Zealand Knights	1–1	Adelaide United	North Harbour Stadium
	Zhang  71'		Brain  21'	Attendance: 3,079 Referee: Perry Mur

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

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

Qualification zone

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
	Mrdja  20' (pen.), 43', 65' Petrie  24'			Attendance: 4,539

Awards

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

References

External links

• Official Website