Adelaide United

2016–17 season
Chairman	Greg Griffin
Manager	Guillermo Amor
Stadium	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
A-League	9th
A-League Finals Series	DNQ
FFA Cup	Round of 32
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Dylan McGowan (4 goals) All: Dylan McGowan, Baba Diawara (5 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,908 vs Melbourne Victory 22 October 2016
Lowest home attendance	6,006 vs Perth Glory 10 February 2017
Average home league attendance	9,565
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2016–17 Adelaide United FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2003. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time, the FFA Cup for the 3rd time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the 6th 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 1 GK  AUS Eugene Galekovic (Captain) 2 DF  AUS Michael Marrone 3 MF  ITA Iacopo La Rocca 4 DF  AUS Dylan McGowan 5 DF  AUS Taylor Regan 7 MF  KOR Kim Jae-sung 8 MF  ESP Isaías 9 FW  SEN Baba Diawara 10 MF  ARG Marcelo Carrusca 11 FW  ESP Sergio Cirio 12 DF  AUS Mark Ochieng 13 FW  AUS Marc Marino

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  AUS George Mells 15 DF  AUS Ben Warland 16 MF  AUS Jesse Makarounas 17 MF  AUS Nikola Mileusnic 18 MF  AUS Riley McGree 19 DF  AUS Ben Garuccio 20 GK  AUS John Hall 21 DF  AUS Tarek Elrich 22 MF  AUS Ryan Kitto 23 DF  AUS Jordan Elsey 24 MF  AUS Jordan O'Doherty 30 GK  AUS Daniel Margush 92 FW  AUS Eli Babalj

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
22	MF	Ryan Kitto	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	23 May 2016	[1]
13	FW	Marc Marino	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	23 May 2016	[1]
19	DF	Ben Garuccio	Melbourne City	Free transfer	2 years	16 June 2016	[2]
16	MF	Jesse Makarounas	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	11 July 2016	[3]
7	FW	Henrique	Negeri Sembilan	Undisclosed Fee	1 year	27 August 2016	[4]
17	MF	Nikola Mileusnic	Adelaide City	Free transfer	1 year	30 August 2016	[5]
9	FW	Sergi Guardiola	Granada	Loan	1 year	14 September 2016	[6]
25	MF	James Holland	Unattached	Undisclosed Fee	2 years	21 September 2016	[7]
45	FW	Danny Choi	Blacktown City	Loan	6 months	4 October 2016	[8]
5	DF	Taylor Regan	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	12 October 2018	[9]
7	MF	Kim Jae-sung	Seoul E-Land	Free transfer	1 year	7 February 2017	[10]
92	FW	Eli Babalj	Unattached	Undisclosed Fee	1 year	7 February 2017	[10]
9	FW	Baba Diawara	Unattached	Undisclosed Fee	2 years	7 February 2017	[10]

Transfers out