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2023–24 Adelaide United FC season

Adelaide United
2023–24 season
Stadium	Coopers Stadium
A-League Men	TBD
Australia Cup	TBD
AFC Champions League	TBD
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the club's 2nd in its history. The club will participate in the A-League Men and the Australia Cup for the second time, and the AFC Champions League for the first time.

Players

Squad information

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Nathan Rogers
—	GK	AUS	Matthew Rutherford
—	DF	AUS	Matias Crowley
—	DF	AUS	Paul Hunt
—	DF	AUS	Anthony Hunter (scholarship)
—	DF	ESP	Andrés Marcos
—	DF	AUS	Cameron Moran
—	DF	AUS	Matthew Rixon
—	DF	AUS	Bobby Thomas
—	MF	AUS	Cristian
—	MF	AUS	Scott Fernandez
—	MF	AUS	Alex Goodwin (scholarship)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Matthew Kemp
—	MF	AUS	Markus Purcell (scholarship)
—	FW	AUS	Travis Becerra
—	FW	AUS	Joshua Carroll (scholarship)
—	FW	AUS	Baillie Clarke
—	FW	AUS	Brent Corbitt (scholarship)
—	FW	JPN	Kenta Katô
—	FW	AUS	Jim Paksec
—	FW	AUS	Harry Phelan (scholarship)
—	FW	AUS	David Reilly
—	FW	BRA	João Victor
—	FW	ENG	Richard Ward

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Notes
	DF	Anthony Hunter	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	3 years	1 July 2023	Scholarship contract
	MF	Alex Goodwin	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	1 year	1 July 2023	Scholarship contract

Transfers out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Notes
28	MF	Iván	Retired		1 July 2023

Contract extensions

Pos	Player	Duration	Date	Notes
FW	Joshua Carroll	2 years	1 July 2023	Scholarship contract
MF	Cristian	2 years	1 July 2023
DF	Andrés Marcos	2 years	1 July 2023

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Damian Elsey
Assistant coach	Ayden Coggan
Assistant coach	Daniel Murray
Head of youth development	Vitor
Head of football	Ben Talbot
Goalkeeping coach	Mark Jones
Fitness coach	Brenton Jez

Pre-season and friendlies

15 July 2023	Adelaide City	0–5	Adelaide United	Adelaide
15:00 ACST			Katô 10', 43', 55' Victor 47' Oakley 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Adelaide City Park

19 July 2023	North Eastern MetroStars	0–6	Adelaide United	Adelaide
19:00 ACST			Kemp 6' (pen.) Reilly 50' Phelan 61' Becerra 78' Clarke 84', 87'	Stadium: T.K. Shutter Reserve

23 July 2023	South Hobart	3–13	Adelaide United	Hobart
15:00 AEST	Altidor Viau 46', 49' Mustedanagic 55'		Becerra 3' Katô 7', 32', 45+2', 64', 68' Purcell 11', 27', 45+3' Fernandez 41' Ward 79', 83' Cristian 85'	Stadium: D'Arcy Street

27 July 2023	Glenorchy Knights	0–12	Adelaide United	Hobart
19:00 AEST			Thomas 10' Moran 21' Crowley 23' Dias 24', 49', 68' Becerra 27', 45+2', 74' Phelan 40' Nash 78' Corbitt 87'	Stadium: KGV Park

31 July 2023	Devonport City Strikers	v	Adelaide United	Devonport
19:00 AEST				Stadium: Valley Road

3 August 2023	Campbelltown City	v	Adelaide United	Adelaide
19:00 ACST				Stadium: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men	14 October 2023	5 May 2024	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Australia Cup	16 August 2023		Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
AFC Champions League	8 August 2023		First preliminary round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Adelaide United	Qualification for AFC Champions League first preliminary round and Finals series
2	Brisbane Roar	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and Finals series
3	Central Coast Mariners	Qualification for Finals series^[a]
4	Macarthur FC
5	Melbourne City
6	Melbourne Victory
7	Newcastle Jets
8	Perth Glory
9	Sydney FC	Qualification for Australia Cup qualifying finals
10	Wellington Phoenix^[b]
11	Western Sydney Wanderers
12	Western United

First match(es) will be played: 13 October 2023. Source: Football Manager 2023
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin.
Notes:

^ 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.
^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under 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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result
Position
Points

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

14 October 2023 1	Adelaide United	v	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
17:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

21 October 2023 2	Newcastle Jets	v	Adelaide United	Newcastle
17:30 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

30 October 2023 3	Melbourne Victory	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
18:45 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

4 November 2023 4	Macarthur FC	v	Adelaide United	Leumeah
17:30 AEDT				Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium

12 November 2023 5	Adelaide United	v	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
17:00 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

26 November 2023 6	Adelaide United	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
17:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

3 December 2023 7	Newcastle Jets	v	Adelaide United	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT

6 December 2023 8	Western United	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

13 December 2023 9	Adelaide United	v	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:00 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

26 December 2023 10	Adelaide United	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
17:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

31 December 2023 11	Wellington Phoenix	v	Adelaide United	Wellington
18:00 NZDT				Stadium: Sky Stadium

7 January 2024 12	Melbourne City	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

14 January 2024 13	Adelaide United	v	Perth Glory	Adelaide
17:00 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

21 January 2024 14	Brisbane Roar	v	Adelaide United	Brisbane
17:00 AEST				Stadium: Kayo Stadium

24 January 2024 15	Adelaide United	v	Macarthur FC	Adelaide
19:00 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

28 January 2024 16	Central Coast Mariners	v	Adelaide United	Gosford
17:30 AEDT				Stadium: Industree Group Stadium

4 February 2024 17	Adelaide United	v	Sydney FC	Adelaide
17:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

10 February 2024 18	Adelaide United	v	Western United	Adelaide
19:45 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

18 February 2024 19	Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Adelaide United	Sydney
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: CommBank Stadium

24 February 2024 20	Adelaide United	v	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
19:45 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

2 March 2024 21	Melbourne City	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

10 March 2024 22	Adelaide United	v	Melbourne City	Adelaide
17:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

17 March 2024 23	Adelaide United	v	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
17:00 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

20 April 2024 24	Sydney FC	v	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:45 AEDT				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

27 April 2024 25	Adelaide United	v	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
19:45 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

5 May 2024 26	Perth Glory	v	Adelaide United	Perth
15:00 AWST				Stadium: HBF Park

Australia Cup

16 August 2023 Round of 32	Bardon Latrobe	v	Adelaide United	Brisbane
19:30 AEST				Stadium: Bowman Park

AFC Champions League

8 August 2023 First preliminary round	Shanghai Port	v	Adelaide United	Shanghai
19:00				Stadium: Pudong Football Stadium

[table_note_res_F0.45477796273994-1] 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.

[table_note_WEL0.45477796273994-2] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

[a]

[b]