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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. 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 Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Mar ... 1–0 in the preliminary final at Hindmarsh. Players Transfers Transfers in Transfers out Loans out Squad statistics Appearances and goals Disciplinary record Pre-season Friendlies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide United FC
Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's Association football, soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently since its formation, under North American professional sports league organization#Systems around the world, licence from the Australian Professional Leagues. Established in 2003, the club was formed to replace Adelaide City and West Adelaide SC, West Adelaide in the final season of the National Soccer League, and has remained the only professional club from South Australia. Adelaide United's home ground is at Hindmarsh Stadium, Coopers Stadium in the inner north-western suburb of Hindmarsh, South Australia, Hindmarsh. Adelaide United won their first silverware in 2006, when they became minor premiership, premiers of the 2005–06 A-League, inaugural A-League season, finishing top of the ladder over Sydney FC by seven points. In 2008, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Rees
Kristian Rees (born 6 January 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a Defender (football), central defender. Club career He made his National Soccer League, NSL debut playing for Adelaide City. He was also a member of Adelaide United's minor-premiership winning squad of 2005/06 and of the team that came runners-up in 2006/07. He played for Adelaide United FC, Adelaide United in the A-League (Australia), Hyundai A-League for the first 2 seasons of the competition, including during their inaugural foray into the Asian Champions League. He was released by the club to the surprise of many at the end of the 2006/07 season, and joined Whittlesea Zebras in the Victorian Premier League. He made his debut for the Zebras against Green Gully on 3 June 2007 and has been one of the stand-out players in the league, leading the previously struggling Zebras to a spot in the Grand Final. Such was his impact that despite joining the Zebras after the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Spagnuolo
Jason Spagnuolo (born 2 August 1984) is an Australian former professional footballer who last played for Adelaide City in the South Australian Super League. Club career Spagnuolo attended Rostrevor College and graduated in 2002. Spagnuolo joined Adelaide United as injury cover towards the end of the 2005-06 season where he made one substitute appearance and earned his first professional contract the following season. He was Club Champion in the 2006–07 season after an impressive run of games seeing him contribute seven assists in 21 games. For the next two seasons, injuries restricted his game time and forcing him to play off the bench. On 25 November 2008, Spagnuolo was released by mutual consent as he was seeking more game time. He signed for North Queensland Fury. After North Queensland Fury folded he returned home and signed with Adelaide City Adelaide City Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Oakden, a north-eastern suburb of Adelaide. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bajic
Robert Bajic (born 29 July 1977 in Whyalla, South Australia), is an Australian footballer. Club career Bajic began his career in 1994 with Adelaide Raiders in the SA Premier League. The following year he moved to Queensland to play with Rocklea United FC in the Brisbane league before being promoted in 1998 to the Brisbane Premier League with the Rochedale Rovers. Bajic spent five seasons with Rochdale, but returned to his home state in 2003, re-signing with the Raiders to again play in the SASL. The withdrawal of Adelaide City from the National Soccer League gave Bajic the chance to move into the top Australian league with new club Adelaide United FC for the 2003–04 NSL season. Bajic, however, only played 4 matches that season, finding himself behind incumbent Adelaide City goalkeeper David Scarsella. The collapse of the NSL forced Bajic to move back to the SASL, playing for Enfield City Falcons in 2004, but with the launch of the A-League for 2005–06, Bajic was re-sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Van Dommele
Adam van Dommele (born 5 September 1984) is an Australian former soccer player who last played for MetroStars. Club career In 2005 after returning from England he signed with A-League club Adelaide United however was released after his second season. Since then he has played for South Melbourne FC and most recently MetroStars, who serves currently as Captain. International career He has represented Australia at Under 17 level, including during the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ... where he played in every game. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Dommele, Adam 1984 births Living people Soccer players from Adelaide Australian people of Dutch descent Men's association football fullbacks A-League Men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Matricciani
Michael Matricciani (born 15 March 1986) is a former Australian football (soccer), footballer who currently coaches Melbourne City FC (A-League Women), Melbourne City in the A-League Women. Matricciani coached Adelaide City in the National Premier League until the end of the 2020 season. Prior to this, Matricciani spent three years as head coach of Football SA NTC Girls and was awarded the 2018 Bob Bush Trophy, recognising the Women's National Premier League's Coach of the Year. He also served as Technical Director at the Campbelltown City Soccer Club from 2013 to 2016 and has undertaken study visits to Chievo Verona, Inter Milan and FC Barcelona. Club career He played for Adelaide United FC, Adelaide United in the newly formed A-League (Australia), Hyundai A-League's inaugural season, but was delisted in the close of the 06/07 season. Michael also has a younger brother who is also a footballer named Dominic. On 3 September 2011 it was announced that he had signed with I-Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Dodd
Travis Dodd (born 6 January 1980) is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former football (soccer) player who last played for North Eastern MetroStars SC in the National Premier League - South Australia competition. He played as an attacking midfielder or winger and also played as a striker. He was the first Indigenous Australian to score for the Australian national team. Domestic career Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, he played junior football at Elizabeth before joining the South Australian Sports Institute in 1996. He was Adelaide City's fourth youngest National Soccer League (NSL) player of all time (16 years 281 days), and the fifth player in NSL history to score a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute (in a 4–1 win over Football Kingz in 2003). At the conclusion of the 2003–04 NSL season, he moved abroad, playing firstly with Malaysian club Johor, then Greek club Panionios NFC. During his stint with Panionios, Dodd scored in their UEFA Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Bugeja
Chad Bugeja (born 28 April 1981 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia) is a former Australian professional footballer. Biography He played as a striker for Adelaide United in the A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...'s inaugural season, but was released in the close season. He was with White City until the 2008 super league season and was transferred to Adelaide City FC. He later moved to Adelaide Blue Eagles for the 2010 season, scoring 10 goals in the pre-season cup. By 2013, Bugeja split coaching and playing duties with Blue Eagles. He then joined Murray United in Melbourne and after 3 years he moved back to Adelaide to play for Brahma Lodge. He currently plays for Modbury Vista SC in the State League 2. See also Bugeja (surname) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Brain
Louis Karl Brain (born 9 May 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League's inaugural season. Born in England, he represented the Australia U17 and U20 national teams. Club career Born in Birmingham, England, Louis Brain moved to Australia at the age of nine, and played junior football with the Modbury Jets and Salisbury East in Adelaide. At the age of 15, Brain joined the South Australian Sports Institute, and played in their under-23 team in the South Australian Premier League in 1997 and 1998. He joined National Soccer League club Adelaide City in time for the 1998–99 season, but commitments to the Australian U-17 side restricted his season in the top flight. When Brain eventually made his NSL debut, in round 24 against the Brisbane Strikers, he scored the first goal in the match to help Adelaide to a 3–0 victory. He played a further five matches at the end of the season as Adelaide went on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Rech
Fernando Rech (born March 13, 1974, in Caxias do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian former Football (soccer), footballer. He played either as a Striker (association football), striker or an midfielder, attacking midfielder. Life and career He has retired from football, his last club being Adelaide United FC, Adelaide United in the Australian A-League, Hyundai A-League. He is known as Fernando, which was the name he wore on the back of his shirt at Adelaide United (he had previously worn Rech on his shirt in Australia). In season 2001/02, while playing for the Brisbane Strikers in the now defunct National Soccer League, he won the Johnny Warren Medal for player of the year. Club statistics References External links * 1974 births Living people Adelaide United FC players Brisbane Strikers FC players Parramatta Power SC players Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Esporte Clube Juventude players Yokohama Flügels players J1 League players Expatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Kemp (footballer)
Matthew Allan Kemp (born 8 August 1980) is a former Australian Football (soccer), footballer who last played for Eastern United FC, Eastern United. Kemp announced his retirement from the A-League in May 2012. Goal.com news 23 May 2012 He made 79 appearances for Melbourne Victory, his last being against Greek giants Olympiacos. Club career Kemp was signed by the Australian Institute of Sport, AIS in 1998 but transferred the next season to Adelaide City who were then part of the now defunct National Soccer League, NSL. After playing a season there he was signed by Italian side SPAL 1907. The next season, he moved back to Australia where he returned to play for Adelaide City, before being signed by Adelaide United. He played for Adelaide in the A-League's first two seasons. It was announced on 11 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Pantelis
Lucas Pantelis (, born 12 March 1982) is an Australian former association football player who last played for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League in 2013. Early life Pantelis was born on 12 March 1982 in Adelaide, South Australia. His father, Nick Pantelis, who migrated from the island of Kos, Greece, in 1964, played for West Adelaide SC in the NSL, and represented South Australia on 25 occasions between 1966 and 1971. He received an Award of Distinction from Football South Australia in 2003. Club career Pantelis signed for Adelaide United for the inaugural A-League season where he played 18 games scoring once. He missed almost the entire 2006–07 season with a serious knee injury, though returned to competitive action for United during their 2007 Asian Champions League campaign where he played in four games. After an excellent 2007–08 season at Adelaide, many rumours arose about a possible transfer to Melbourne Victory however, he quashed these rumours when he signed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
