Adelaide United Football Club – an association club based in

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– was founded in 2003, becoming the first southern member admitted into the

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. The club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

Key

*The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order. *Appearances as a substitute are included. *Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 29 January 2023. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Players

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Adelaide United.

Captains

Eight players have captained Adelaide United since it was founded in 2003, first being

Ross Aloisi Ross Aloisi (born 17 April 1973) is a former Australian soccer player who was the captain of Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League – a team he guided to a minor premiership, a pre-season cup and two Asian Champions League campaigns. After ...

, who captained the team for Adelaide United's first two seasons. The club's longest-serving captain is

Eugene Galekovic Eugen Josip Galekovic ( ; hr, Eugen Josip Galeković, ; born 12 June 1981) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeper coach for Adelaide United. Biography Club career Galekovic's j ...

, who captained the club for 7 years between 2011 and 2017. The current captain is

Craig Goodwin Craig Alexander Goodwin (born 16 December 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for Adelaide United and the Australian national team. He is Adelaide United's all-time leading goalscorer. Club career Early career He start ...

, who took over from Stefan Mauk in 2022 who left the club.

References

General * * * Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Adelaide United FC players Adelaide United FC players

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