Adelaide United FC

Full name	Adelaide United Football Club
Nickname	The Reds, United
Founded	2003
Ground	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Capacity	16,500
Chairman	Gordon Pickard
Manager	John Kosmina
League	A-League
NSL 2003-04	3rd
Home colours Away colours

Adelaide United F.C. are a football (soccer) club from Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide United were founded in 2003, to fill the place vacated by Adelaide City Force in the former National Soccer League (NSL). They finished third, playing to sold out crowds at Hindmarsh Stadium, their home ground. They were selected as Adelaide's entry in the re-vamped national league, the Australian A-League. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... The A-League is a football competition due to start in Australia in August 2005. ... The National Soccer League, or NSL, was the former national soccer competition in Australia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... shorts of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... shorts of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... National Soccer League is the name given to several existing or historical Soccer (Association football) around the world, including: National Soccer League (Australia) National Soccer League of Chicago This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The A-League is a football competition due to start in Australia in August 2005. ...

Current squad

Goalkeepers:

• Robert Bajic
• Daniel Beltrame

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• Richie Alagich
• Robert Cornthwaite
• Aaron Goulding
• Matthew Kemp
• Kristian Rees
• Michael Valkanis
• Adam van Dommele

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• Ross Aloisi
• Louis Brain
• Angelo Costanzo
• Travis Dodd
• Lucas Pantelis
• Tony Hatzis

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• Chad Bugeja
• Michael Matricciani
• Shenqging Qu (CHI)
• Carl Veart

Coach: John Kosmina Australian National Flag For more information, see Australian Government, Flying the Flag - Its an Honour!. Created by User:E Pluribus Anthony File links The following pages link to this file: Australia Politics of Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Labor Party Australian Democrats Australian Capital Territory Talk:Australian rules... Australian National Flag For more information, see Australian Government, Flying the Flag - Its an Honour!. Created by User:E Pluribus Anthony File links The following pages link to this file: Australia Politics of Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Labor Party Australian Democrats Australian Capital Territory Talk:Australian rules... This image has been OB by Image:PRC_flag_large. ... In the technical terminology of political science the PRC was a communist state for much of the 20th century, and is still considered a communist state by many, though not all, political scientists. ... Australian National Flag For more information, see Australian Government, Flying the Flag - Its an Honour!. Created by User:E Pluribus Anthony File links The following pages link to this file: Australia Politics of Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Labor Party Australian Democrats Australian Capital Territory Talk:Australian rules...

Assistant Coach: Aurelio Vidmar

Timeline

• August 2003: Adelaide City pulls out of the National Soccer League, leaving Adelaide with no NSL presence for the first time since the beginning of the league in 1977.
• September 2003: Adelaide United is created, and a team is scraped together within a couple of weeks.
• October 2003: Adelaide United wins its first NSL match, against the Brisbane Strikers 1-0 in front of a crowd of 16,000 – unofficial reports claim 18,000 plus
• November 2003: Adelaide United plays its fourth match without a loss
• December 2003: Adelaide United completes a seven match undefeated streak
• March 2004: Soccer receives unprecedented media coverage as the team reaches the NSL preliminary final.
• November 2004: Adelaide United announced as one of eight teams apart of the A-League.
• May 2004: Adelaide United are eliminated from the World Club Cup Qualification series in the semi finals by the Central Coast Mariners FC 4-0, in Gosford.
• July 2004: Adelaide United finish third in Group A of the Pre-Season Cup tournament. United are in the same group as Melbourne Victory, Perth Glory and Newcastle United Jets.
• July 2004: Aurelio Vidmar announces his retirement from the game.

Adelaide United’s sudden rise from nothing serves as a reminder that there is an untapped underlying support for soccer across Australia. Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... Central Coast Mariners FC is a football (soccer) club from Gosford, Australia. ... Gosford Country: Australia State: New South Wales Location: 33°22S 151°20E Gosford Council Area: 940. ... Melbourne Victory FC is a soccer club from Melbourne, Australia. ... Perth Glory FC is a football (soccer) club from Perth, Australia, based at the Members Equity Stadium. ... Newcastle United Jets is a Football_(soccer) club based in Newcastle, Australia. ...

The club’s spectacular success was vindication for the South Australian Soccer Federation (AUFC’s license holder), Gordon Pickard, the club patron and chairman, and the entire South Australian soccer community who had endured much criticism over the state of the local game in recent years. Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...

2004 season

Despite the mad rush to form the team, and starting five weeks into the season (the first four rounds of matches were squeezed in later in the season), the team lost just twice in its first 13 matches. Hectic catch up phases in November and December (7 matches in 31 days for 4 wins and 3 draws) and February (6 matches in 24 days for 4 wins and 2 losses) passed by with success. Aside from the debut win over Brisbane, regular season highlights included a 2-1 away win over Parramatta Power, a resounding 2-0 home victory against South Melbourne, and a 1-0 win over an in-form Marconi and the effective sealing of third spot.

Despite the high position, many people expected the wheels to fall off in the finals. But the finals phase served up two more fairytale results. Everything came together for the first leg of the Elimination Final, and the 3-0 win over the Brisbane Strikers was the team’s first win by more than two goals. The roller coaster ride passed deep into a trough the following week in Brisbane with a 4-1 loss – but United won the Elimination Final over all due to the away goals rule, progessing to the Minor Semi-Final. This attracted the club's largest ever crowd, officially 16,558, in a tough win on penalties. The team was theen outclassed by the eventual premiers, Perth Glory, 5-0 at Subiaco Oval in the Preliminary Final. The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in football matches contested over two legs in which a winner must be determined. ... Perth Glory FC is a football (soccer) club from Perth, Australia, based at the Members Equity Stadium. ... Subiaco Oval is the major football stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Subiaco, a few kilometres west of Perths city centre. ...

Built up from the core of Adelaide City’s 2002/03 squad, the Adelaide United team forged ahead with a burgeoning team spirit that became their signature attribute. The previous season’s Adelaide City players Mike Valkanis, Aaron Goulding, Kristian Rees and captain Aurelio Vidmar merged superbly with the return to Adelaide of Alagich (from Brisbane), Aloisi (Italy) and others to form an outfit which performed consistently all season. Coach John Kosmina, also returning after 25 years to his home city, is a clear favourite of the fans. Brisbane by night Brisbane City Botanic Gardens Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. ... In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ...

With the winding-down of the NSL, the team has become a founding member of the A-League. The A-League is a football competition due to start in Australia in August 2005. ...

A-League

Adelaide United were announced as one of eight teams to compete in the first season of the Hyundai A-League, and along with the Perth Glory, one of only two teams to survive from the National_Soccer_League_(Australia)'s last season. United began preparation earlier than most of the other clubs and had announced two thirds of the 20 man squad before February 2005. The Hyundai Group (pronounced: Hyun-dae, meaning modern in Korean), founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction company, was once South Koreas biggest conglomerate (chaebol). ... The A-League is a football competition due to start in Australia in August 2005. ... The National Soccer League, or NSL, was the former national soccer competition in Australia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Adelaide United played in total fifteen friendlies against South Australian Premier League and South Australian State League clubs, as well as matches against the other A-League clubs. The A-League is a football competition due to start in Australia in August 2005. ...

With the FFA rules stipulating A-League clubs could only play against each other in non-FFA sanctioned matches, United played Melbourne Victory in Bendigo in a friendly match. Football Federation Australia (FFA) is the governing body for the sport of association football (soccer) in Australia. ... Melbourne Victory FC is a soccer club from Melbourne, Australia. ...

United was also involved in a three-team, two-game series with Newcastle and Queensland held in Coffs Harbour in the middle of July. Newcastle United Jets is a Football_(soccer) club based in Newcastle, Australia. ... Queensland Roar FC is a football (soccer) club from Brisbane, Australia. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

External links

• adelaideunited.com.au - official website
• Stand United - Fansite and Message Board