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2011–12 Adelaide United FC season

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club	Adelaide United
season	2011–12
manager	John Kosmina (Caretaker)
mgrtitle	Manager
chairman	Greg Griffin
chrtitle	Chairman
league	A-League
league result	9th
league topscorer	Sergio van Dijk (8)
season topscorer	Sergio van Dijk (8)
highest attendance	14,573 (vs Melbourne Victory, 14 October 2011)
lowest attendance	5,898 (vs Perth Glory, 1 March 2012)
average attendance	9,292 (9,083 incl. relocated GCU match)
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The 2011–12 Adelaide United FC season was the club's seventh A-League season. It includes the 2011–12 A-League season as well as any other competitions of the 2011–12 football season.

Season overview

As of 1 April 2011, all A-League clubs were able to negotiate new kit supplier deals as the previous contract with Reebok had elapsed and as such, Adelaide United negotiated a three-year deal with Erreà.

Off-season transfers marked the departure of long serving players Travis Dodd, Lucas Pantelis and Robert Cornthwaite, and of fan favourites Mathew Leckie and Marcos Flores to overseas clubs. In a coup for the club and the A-League, Rini Coolen managed to secure the signatures of Socceroos Bruce Djite, Jon McKain and Dario Vidošić; with the latter being offered the Australian marquee player status at the club for the season. The signing of Ukrainian international, Evgeniy Levchenko completed Adelaide's foreign player quota.

It was announced at the season launch gala dinner on 26 August that the club's captain for the season would be Jon McKain, with Cássio and Eugene Galeković named as vice-captains.

During the last weeks of the off-season in September, Adelaide recruited its final players to complete the squad for the season. Ricardo Da Silva was scouted and signed from local South Australian Super League outfit, Adelaide City, whilst double-winning defenders Milan Susak and Antony Golec were signed to add extra depth to the squad.

On 30 September 2011, the club announced its intention to purchase the Veneto Club complex located in Beverley, South Australia for an estimated $4 million and rename it the "Reds Centre". It is proposed that the refurbished facilities will be used as the club's permanent training venue for the players as well as for hosting post-match gatherings. On 12 December 2011 it became evident that the deal had fallen through due to unacceptable changes made to the contract between land owners and the club. The Veneto Centre was soon thereafter sold to Royal Park Salvage, despite the final sale not being announced.

On 18 December 2011 it was announced that head coach Rini Coolen had been sacked and replaced by former coach John Kosmina as caretaker coach for the rest of the season, including the AFC Champions League group stage of 2012. As part of Kosmina's takeover of the head coaching position, Eugene Galeković was named club captain on 28 December 2011, replacing Jon McKain.

Players

Squad information

Players in / out

Re-signed

Name	Position	Duration	Contract expiry	Notes
PHI Iain Ramsay	Midfielder	2 years	2013
AUS Daniel Mullen	Defender	2 years	2013
BRA Cássio	Defender	2 years	2013
AUS Fabian Barbiero	Midfielder	2 years	2013	title = Barbiero re-signs with Reds	date = 2011-01-04	publisher = A-League	url = http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=37901	work = Adelaide United FC	accessdate = 2011-01-04	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706100435/http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=37901	archive-date = 6 July 2011	url-status = dead}}
AUS Cameron Watson	Midfielder	2 years	2013
URU Francisco Usúcar	Midfielder	2 years	2013
NED Andwélé Slory	Midfielder	1 year	2012	- Accepted the option to extend contract.

Name	Position	Moving from	Notes
AUS Osama Malik	Midfielder	AUS North Queensland Fury	- 2-year contract
AUS Zenon Caravella	Midfielder	AUS Gold Coast United	- 2-year contract
AUS Paul Izzo	Goalkeeper	AUS AIS	- 3-year contract beginning 1 January 2012
AUS Jacob Melling	Midfielder	AUS AIS	- 3-year contract beginning 1 January 2012
AUS Bruce Djite	Striker	AUS Gold Coast United	- 2-year contract
AUS Spase Dilevski	Midfielder	ROM Universitatea Craiova	title = Reds sign dynamic midfielder Dilevski	date = 2011-03-24	publisher = A-League	url = http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=39403	work = Adelaide United FC	accessdate = 2011-03-24	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110410045818/http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=39403	archive-date = 10 April 2011	url-status = dead}}
AUS Dario Vidošić	Midfielder	GER 1. FC Nürnberg	- 3-year contract
AUS Jon McKain	Defender	KSA Al Nassr	- 3-year contract
UKR Evgeniy Levchenko	Midfielder	NED Willem II	- 1-year contract
POR Ricardo Da Silva	Midfielder	AUS Adelaide City	- 1-year contract
AUS Antony Golec	Defender	AUS Sydney FC	- 1-year contract
AUS Milan Susak	Defender	INA Minangkabau	- 2-year contract
AUS Teeboy Kamara	Midfielder	AUS Adelaide United (Youth)	- 3-year contract beginning May 2012
AUS Iain Fyfe	Defender	KOR Busan IPark	title = Fyfe back as Susak moves on	date = 2012-02-29	publisher = Football Federation Australia	url = http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/Fyfe-back-as-Susak-moves-on/45782	work = Adelaide United FC	accessdate = 2012-02-29}}

Out

Name	Position	Moving to	Notes
AUS Paul Reid	Midfielder	Released	- Contract was not renewed.
AUS Travis Dodd	Midfielder	AUS Perth Glory	- Contract was not renewed.
AUS Mathew Leckie	Midfielder	GER Borussia Mönchengladbach	- Contract was not renewed.
- Free transfer.
AUS Robert Cornthwaite	Defender	KOR Chunnam Dragons	- Transferred at the end of the 2010/11 season.
- Undisclosed transfer fee.
CRO Dario Bodrušić	Defender	Released	title = AUFC Weekly Update	date = 2011-07-18	publisher = A-League	url = http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=18822	work = Adelaide United FC	accessdate = 2011-07-24	archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720200000/http://adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=18822	archivedate = 20 July 2011	url-status = dead}}
AUS Francesco Monterosso	Striker	AUS Metrostars	- Contract was not renewed.
AUS Joe Costa	Midfielder	Released	- Contract was not renewed.
AUS Adam Hughes	Midfielder	AUS Perth Glory	first=Steve	last=Nelkovski	title=Adam Hughes joins Perth Glory	date=2011-04-28	publisher=A-League	url=http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=39612	work=Perth Glory FC	accessdate=2011-05-01 }}
AUS Lucas Pantelis	Midfielder	NZL Wellington Phoenix	- Released from final year of contract.
ARG Marcos Flores	Midfielder	CHN Henan Jianye	- Transferred at the end of the 2010/11 season.
- Reported transfer fee of $500,000.
AUS Bradley Norton	Defender	Released	- Released from senior contract
NED Andwélé Slory	Midfielder	Retired	- Released from contract.
AUS Milan Susak	Defender	CHN Tianjin Teda	url = https://twitter.com/susak23/status/168169566625730560	title = Happy to say that i have just signed with chinese super league club TIanjin TEDA FC and will be playing my first game against mariners in acl	accessdate = 2012-02-11	last = Susak	first = Milan	date = 2012-02-11	publisher = Twitter}}
- Reported transfer fee of $200,000

Player statistics

Squad stats

Delisted players

Disciplinary records

A-League

Scorers

A-League

Total	Player	Goals per Round		8	5	2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
IDN	Sergio van Dijk		1
AUS	Dario Vidošić	X		1	1
AUS	Bruce Djite			X	X
AUS	Fabian Barbiero	X	X	X	X	X
PHI	Iain Ramsay
AUS	Spase Dilevski					1
AUS	Zenon Caravella
AUS	Daniel Mullen		X			X
AUS	Antony Golec	X	X	X	X	X

| A goal was scored from a penalty kick |

| Two goals were scored from penalty kicks |

| Player did not play |}

Club

Coaching staff

Managerial Changes

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
NED Rini Coolen	Demoted to oversee club youth development and academy and subsequently resigned.	title = Kosmina takes over as Reds Coach	date = 2011-12-18	publisher = A-League	url = http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/Kosmina-takes-over-as-Reds-Coach/43705	work = Adelaide United FC	accessdate = 2011-12-18	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120108002740/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/Kosmina-takes-over-as-Reds-Coach/43705	archive-date = 8 January 2012	url-status = dead}}	9th, Round 11 (11–12)	AUS John Kosmina	18 December 2011	Round 11 (11–12)

Attendance at home games

Week	Date	Opponent	Score
Attendance	Weekday
2	14 October 2011	Melbourne Victory	1–0	14,573	Friday
3	22 October 2011	Sydney FC	1–2	12,054	Saturday
5	4 November 2011	Melbourne Heart	1–1	10,294	Friday
6	11 November 2011	Gold Coast United	2–1	6,368	Friday*
8	25 November 2011	Newcastle Jets	0–0	8,403	Friday
9	2 December 2011	Central Coast Mariners	0–4	8,437	Friday
11	16 December 2011	Gold Coast United	0–3	7,967	Friday
13	30 December 2011	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	9,739	Friday
15	7 January 2012	Brisbane Roar	1–1	11,274	Saturday
19	29 January 2012	Perth Glory	0–3	9,063	Sunday
20	3 February 2012	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	8,425	Friday
22	19 February 2012	Sydney FC	1–2	8,259	Sunday
24	1 March 2012	Perth Glory	0–2	5,898	Thursday
27	23 March 2012	Melbourne Heart	1–1	6,411	Friday

** Note: The Round 6 away match against Gold Coast United was moved from Skilled Park to Hindmarsh Stadium and re-classified as an Adelaide United home game.*

Competitions

Overall

Pre-season

Djite Kostopoulos Dilevski van Dijk (pen.) Kostopoulos Kamau Djite
Kostopoulos Djite Djite Cássio Slory Malik McKain Dilevski Levchenko Djite Lastella Hernández

A-League

Main article: 2011–12 A-League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Round 18 to be played at a regional centre; R = Regional. Round 6 away match against Gold Coast United moved from Skilled Park to Hindmarsh Stadium and re-classified as an Adelaide United home game.

Matches

Summary Mehmet
Vukovic Summary van Dijk Kewell Summary Dilevski Slory Carle Summary Berisha Danning Issey McKain Cássio Susak Summary Caravella Ramsay Dilevski McKain Colosimo Hamill Behich Summary McKain Djite Caravella Ramsay Traoré J. Brown Summary Lia Boogaard Djite Usúcar Caravella Ricardo Summary Boogaard Caravella Djite Ry. Griffiths Calvano Summary McKain Mullen Amini Ibini-Isei Zwaanswijk Ro. Griffiths Bojić Summary Summary Dilevski Djite Rigters Macallister Rožić Thwaite Summary McFlynn Reddy Bosschaart Petratos Cazarine Boogaard Ramsay Vidošić Summary Golec McKain van Dijk Caravella Muscat Lochhead Summary Vidošić Golec Barbiero Mullen Summary van Dijk
Smith Summary Brebner Fabio Boogaard Summary Rose
Hutchinson Kwasnik Djite Summary van Dijk Malik Boogaard Galeković Mullen Wheelhouse Summary McGarry Burns van den Brink Hughes Vukovic Miller Pantelidis Summary Malik Sánchez Muscat Sigmund Ifill Daniel Summary Thwaite Levchenko Djite Vidošić Summary Barbiero Mallia Cole Summary Zadkovich Regan Bridges Melling Summary van Dijk Burns Dodd Pantelidis Summary Franjic Caravella Malik Summary Caravella Galeković Boogaard Summary Mullen Srhoj Babalj ** Note: The Round 6 away match against Gold Coast United was moved from Skilled Park to Hindmarsh Stadium and re-classified as an Adelaide United home game.* * † Note: The Round 24 home match against Perth Glory was moved from 4 to 1 March to accommodate AFC Champions League participation.*

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

AFC Report Club Report Summary Levchenko Barbiero van Dijk Beto

Group stage

Club Report Summary Golec Vidošić Club Report Summary Kaji Club Report Summary Club Report Summary Ji-Soo Hyung-Min Club Report Summary Kostopoulos Shorakhmedov Club Report Summary Djite Sato

Round of 16

Club Report Summary Caravella

Quarter-finals

Club Report Summary Kostopoulos , Boogaard Fyfe Karimov Murzoev Salomov Club Report Summary Hasanov Shorakhmedov Ibrokhimov Gafurov Rakhmatullaev Kostopoulos Bowles Jerónimo Vidošić Barbiero Fyfe

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