2025–26 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2025–26 season
ManagerAirton Andrioli
StadiumCoopers Stadium
A-League Men5th
Australia CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Luka Jovanovic (3)
All: Luka Jovanovic (3)
Highest home attendance11,708
vs. Sydney FC
17 October 2025
A-League Men
Lowest home attendance9,916
vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
7 November 2025
A-League Men
Average home league attendance10,641
Biggest win4–1
vs. Melbourne City (H)
21 November 2025
A-League Men
Biggest defeat1–2
vs. Newcastle Jets (A)
30 July 2025
Australia Cup
1–2
vs. Macarthur FC (A)
27 October 2025
A-League Men
1–2
vs. Auckland FC (A)
1 November 2025
A-League Men
1–2
vs. Wellington Phoenix (A)
29 November 2025
A-League Men
0–1
vs. Brisbane Roar (H)
7 December 2025
A-League Men
1–2
vs. Melbourne Victory (A)
13 December 2025
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2025.

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]
Assistant coach Paul Vanis [5]
Head of football Vacant
Goalkeeping coach Eugene Galekovic [6]
Technical director Vacant

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
3 DF  NED Bart Vriends (vice-captain)
4 DF  AUS Panagiotis Kikianis
7 DF  AUS Ryan Kitto
9 FW  AUS Luka Jovanovic
10 MF  ESP Juan Muñiz
11 FW  AUS Craig Goodwin (captain)
12 MF  AUS Jonny Yull
13 GK  AUS Max Vartuli
14 MF  AUS Jay Barnett
15 DF  AUS Israel Monga (scholarship)
17 FW  AUS Ben Folami
18 FW  AUS Jake Najdovski
19 FW  AUS Yaya Dukuly
20 MF  AUS Dylan Pierias
22 GK  NED Joshua Smits
23 MF  AUS Luke Duzel
36 DF  AUS Panashe Madanha
No. Pos. Nation Player
40 GK  AUS Ethan Cox
42 FW  AUS Austin Ayoubi
43 FW  NED Julian Kwaaitaal
44 MF  AUS Ryan White
52 DF  AUS Sotiri Phillis (scholarship)
54 DF  AUS Bailey O'Neil (scholarship)
55 MF  AUS Ethan Alagich
58 FW  AUS Harry Crawford
62 MF  AUS Fabian Talladira (scholarship)
65 MF  AUS Joey Garuccio (scholarship)
69 FW  AUS Brody Burkitt
71 DF  AUS Vinko Stanisic (scholarship)
74 FW  AUS Amlani Tatu (scholarship)
78 DF  AUS Malual Nichola (scholarship)
79 DF  AUS Feyzo Kasumović (scholarship)
87 MF  BRA Anselmo

Other players

Youth players who featured in a matchday squad, but are uncontracted to the senior team.

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
70 GK  AUS Laris Cesko

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 [7]
43 FW Julian Kwaaitaal FC Eindhoven End of loan 2 years remaining[note 1] 1 July 2025 [8]
22 GK Joshua Smits Unattached Free transfer 2 years 18 August 2025 [9]
87 MF Anselmo Unattached Free transfer 2 years 5 September 2025 [10]
10 MF Juan Muñiz Unattached Free transfer 3 years 15 September 2025 [11]
18 FW Jake Najdovski Unattached Free transfer 3 years 23 September 2025 [12]
15 DF Israel Monga Goulburn Valley Suns Free transfer 3 year scholarship 23 September 2025 [12]

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
52 DF Sotiri Phillis 18 3-year scholarship[13][note 1]
65 MF Joey Garuccio 19 3-year scholarship[13][note 1]
71 DF Vinko Stanisic 18 3-year scholarship[13][note 1]
69 FW Brody Burkitt 19 3-year contract[14]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
8 MF Isaías Retired 13 May 2025 [15]
21 DF Javi López Retired 13 May 2025 [15]
4 DF Jordan Elsey Campbelltown City End of contract 27 June 2025 [16][17]
22 MF Ryan Tunnicliffe Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [18]
27 DF Josh Cavallo Peterborough Sports End of contract 30 June 2025 [19][20]
1 GK James Delianov Newcastle Jets Mutual contract termination 12 July 2025 [21][22]
10 FW Zach Clough Selangor Mutual contract termination 16 July 2025 [23][24]
6 MF Stefan Mauk Cong An Hanoi Loan 31 July 2025 [25][26]
26 FW Archie Goodwin Charlotte FC Undisclosed fee[note 2] 13 August 2025 [28][29]

Contract extensions

No. Player Position Duration Date Notes Ref.
54 Bailey O'Neil Left-back 1 year 10 October 2025 Scholarship contract. [30]

Pre-season and friendlies

11 July 2025 The Cove 0–5 Adelaide United Adelaide
18:30 ACST Report
  • Talladira ?', ?'
  • Jovanovic ?' (pen.), ?'
  • Phillis ?'
Stadium: Southern Soccer Facility
15 July 2025 Playford City 1–7 Adelaide United Adelaide
18:30 ACST
  • ? ?'
Report
Stadium: Ramsay Park
22 July 2025 Adelaide Blue Eagles 1–6 Adelaide United Adelaide
19:00 ACST
  • ? ?'
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
5 August 2025 West Adelaide 0–9 Adelaide United Adelaide
19:00 ACST Report
Stadium: Kilburn Sportsplex
22 August 2025 North Eastern MetroStars Cancelled Adelaide United Adelaide
19:00 ACST Cancellation Stadium: T.K. Shutter Reserve
2 September 2025 Melbourne City 1–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
Kuen 74' Report Jovanovic 25' Stadium: The Home of the Matildas
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
5 September 2025 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
Report
Stadium: The Home of the Matildas
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
20 September 2025 NPLSA All-Stars 2–2
(3–5 p)
Adelaide United Adelaide
16:30 ACST
  • Kasumović (o.g.)
  • Santos De Oliveira
Report
Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium
27 September 2025 Adelaide United 6–2 North Eastern MetroStars Adelaide
19:00 ACST
Report
  • Visser ?'
  • Porter ?'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Daniel Elder
4 October 2025 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Adelaide United Mildura
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Mildura Sporting Precinct

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 17 October 2025 26 April 2026 Matchday 1 TBD 9 4 0 5 13 11 +2 044.44
Australia Cup 30 July 2025 30 July 2025 Round of 32 Round of 32 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 10 4 0 6 14 13 +1 040.00

Last updated: 20 December 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Brisbane Roar 9 4 3 2 9 5 +4 15 Qualification for Finals series[a]
4 Melbourne City 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 12
5 Adelaide United 9 4 0 5 13 11 +2 12
6 Newcastle Jets (X) 9 4 0 5 16 17 −1 12 Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series[b]
7 Wellington Phoenix[c] 9 3 2 4 13 15 −2 11
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. 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.
(X) Assured of qualification for AFC Champions League Two but may still qualify for other competitions.
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Qualified for 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two as the 2025 Australia Cup winners.
  3. ^ 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.

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
9 4 0 5 13 11  +2 12 3 0 1 8 3  +5 1 0 4 5 8  −3

Last updated: 20 December 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWLLWWLLLW
Position2610634665
Points3336999912
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the league season were released on 11 September 2025.[31]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 October 2025 1 Adelaide United 2–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
18:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,708
Referee: Alireza Faghani
27 October 2025 2 Macarthur FC 2–1 Adelaide United Sydney
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium
Attendance: 3,001
Referee: Shaun Evans
1 November 2025 3 Auckland FC 2–1 Adelaide United Auckland
17:00 NZDT Report Stadium: Go Media Stadium
Attendance: 11,240
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
7 November 2025 4 Adelaide United 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,916
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
21 November 2025 5 Adelaide United 4–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:05 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,260
Referee: Shaun Evans
29 November 2025 6 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Adelaide United Wellington
17:00 NZDT
Report
  • Garuccio 74'
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 3,063
Referee: Daniel Elder
7 December 2025 7 Adelaide United 0–1 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,678
Referee: Sam Kelly
13 December 2025 8 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,103
Referee: Shaun Evans
20 December 2025 9 Perth Glory 0–1 Adelaide United Perth
19:45 AWST Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 6,678
Referee: Sam Kelly
27 December 2025 10 Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
4 January 2026 11 Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
11 January 2026 12 Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United Wellington
15:00 NZDT Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
17 January 2026 13 Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
24 January 2026 14 Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United Brisbane
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
30 January 2026 15 Adelaide United v Macarthur FC Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
8 February 2026 16 Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets Adelaide
16:30 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
14 February 2026 17 Sydney FC v Adelaide United Sydney
19:35 AEDT Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
20 February 2026 18 Adelaide United v Perth Glory Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
27 February 2026 19 Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United Melbourne
19:35 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
6 March 2026 20 Adelaide United v Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
14 March 2026 21 Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United Gosford
15:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Polytec Stadium
20 March 2026 22 Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United Sydney
19:35 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
3 April 2026 23 Adelaide United v Auckland FC Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
11 April 2026 24 Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United Newcastle
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
19 April 2026 25 Adelaide United v Macarthur FC Adelaide
15:00 ACST Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
26 April 2026 26 Melbourne City v Adelaide United Melbourne
17:00 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park

Australia Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

30 July 2025 Round of 32 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United Maitland
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Maitland Sportsground
Attendance: 2,167
Referee: Joshua Attard

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 20 December 2025
No. Pos. Nat. Player A-League Men[32] Australia Cup[32] Total Ref
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Bart Vriends 8 0 1 0 9 0 [33]
4 DF Panagiotis Kikianis 9 0 1 0 10 0 [34]
7 DF Ryan Kitto 8 1 0 0 8 1 [35]
9 FW Luka Jovanovic 9 3 1 0 10 3 [36]
10 MF Juan Muñiz 4+3 0 0 0 7 0 [37]
11 FW Craig Goodwin 8 2 0 0 8 2 [38]
12 MF Jonny Yull 5+3 1 1 0 9 1 [39]
13 GK Max Vartuli 0 0 1 0 1 0 [40]
14 MF Jay Barnett 1+3 1 0 0 4 1 [41]
17 FW Ben Folami 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 [42]
18 FW Jake Najdovski 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 [43]
19 FW Yaya Dukuly 9 0 1 0 10 0 [44]
20 DF Dylan Pierias 8 1 1 0 9 1 [45]
22 GK Joshua Smits 9 0 0 0 9 0 [46]
23 MF Luke Duzel 8+1 0 1 0 10 0 [47]
36 DF Panashe Madanha 1+5 0 0 0 6 0 [48]
42 MF Austin Ayoubi 0+4 0 0+1 0 5 0 [49]
43 FW Julian Kwaaitaal 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 [50]
44 MF Ryan White 1+7 1 1 0 9 1 [51]
55 MF Ethan Alagich 9 2 0 0 9 2 [52]
58 FW Harry Crawford 0+2 0 0+1 0 3 0 [53]
62 MF Fabian Talladira 1+6 0 1 0 8 0 [54]
65 MF Joey Garuccio 0+2 1 0 0 2 1 [55]
71 DF Vinko Stanisic 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 [56]
74 FW Amlani Tatu 0+2 0 0 0 2 0 [57]
87 MF Anselmo 1+2 0 0 0 3 0 [58]
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
6 MF Stefan Mauk 0 0 1 1 1 1 [59]

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.

As of 20 December 2025
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player A-League Men[32] Australia Cup[32] Total Ref
     
1 20 DF Dylan Pierias 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 [45]
36 FW Panashe Madanha 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 [48]
3 4 DF Panagiotis Kikianis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 [34]
23 MF Luke Duzel 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 [47]
5 19 FW Yaya Dukuly 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 [44]
6 3 DF Bart Vriends 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 [33]
9 FW Luka Jovanovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 [36]
10 MF Juan Muñiz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 [37]
11 FW Craig Goodwin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 [38]
55 MF Ethan Alagich 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 [52]
Total 13 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 2

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.

As of 20 December 2025
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men Australia Cup Total
1 22 Joshua Smits 2 0 2
Total 2 0 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Option for an additional year.
  2. ^ Reported to be US$2 million,[27] roughly equal to AU$3 million.

References

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  3. ^ "Adelaide United Appoints Club Legend Isaías as Assistant Coach". Adelaide United. 2 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 July 2025.
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  12. ^ a b "Adelaide United secure exciting young prospects Najdovski and Monga". Adelaide United. 23 September 2025.
  13. ^ a b c "Three Rising Stars Sign First Professional Contracts with the Reds". Adelaide United. 29 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Adelaide United signs exciting young forward Brody Burkitt on first professional contract". Adelaide United. 24 November 2025.
  15. ^ 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.
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  22. ^ "Newcastle Jets sign James Delianov". Newcastle Jets. 16 July 2025.
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  34. ^ a b "Panagiotis Kikianis". Soccerway.
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  36. ^ a b "Luka Jovanovic". Soccerway.
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  38. ^ a b "Craig Goodwin". Soccerway.
  39. ^ "Jonny Yull". Soccerway.
  40. ^ "Max Vartuli". Soccerway.
  41. ^ "Jay Barnett". Soccerway.
  42. ^ "Ben Folami". Soccerway.
  43. ^ "Jake Najdovski". Soccerway.
  44. ^ a b "Yaya Dukuly". Soccerway.
  45. ^ a b "Dylan Pierias". Soccerway.
  46. ^ "Joshua Smits". Soccerway.
  47. ^ a b "Luke Duzel". Soccerway.
  48. ^ a b "Panashe Madanha". Soccerway.
  49. ^ "Austin Ayoubi". Soccerway.
  50. ^ "Julian Kwaaitaal". Soccerway.
  51. ^ "Ryan White". Soccerway.
  52. ^ a b "Ethan Alagich". Soccerway.
  53. ^ "Harry Crawford". Soccerway.
  54. ^ "Fabian Talladira". Soccerway.
  55. ^ "Joey Garuccio". Soccerway.
  56. ^ "Vinko Stanisic". Soccerway.
  57. ^ "Amlani Tatu". Soccerway.
  58. ^ "Anselmo". Soccerway.
  59. ^ "Stefan Mauk". Soccerway.