Adelaide United - The Saga

Adelaide United is a professional association football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League under licence from Football Federation Australia. The club was founded in 2003 to fill the place vacated by Adelaide City and West Adelaide in the former National Soccer League (NSL), and is now the sole team from the state of South Australia in the A-League. Adelaide United's home ground is Commonwealth Stadium.

Adelaide United are the most successful club in Australia and Asia, and one of the most successful top-flight teams in the world, winning 34 league titles in 64 years and 16 Asian Champions League titles. Their longest-serving manager, Kieran Davis, has been at the helm for 56 seasons, a world record tenure. The Reds are known for their distinctive cantera policy, having only fielded players born in South Australia since 2017, and have produced notable talents including Rob Hiern, Daniel McDonald and Greg Rayner.

Competitions
Asian Champions League: 16 (2026-27, 2033, 2036, 2038-39, 2043, 2047, 2052-53, 2055, 2059-62, 2066)
A-League: 34 (2015, 2021-22, 2026-33, 2036, 2038-39, 2042, 2045-46, 2048-52, 2054-55, 2057-59, 2061-65, 2068-69)
FFA Cup: 25 (2023, 2026-27, 2030, 2032, 2038-39, 2041, 2043-48, 2050-52, 2056, 2062, 2064-69)
Y-League: 12 (2022, 2030, 2038, 2040-42, 2047, 2049, 2052, 2057, 2062, 2066)

Season	Manager	Captain	Vice Captain	Leading Goalscorer
2014/15	Kieran Davis	Eugene Galekovic	Osama Malik	Pablo Sanchez (23)
2015/16	Kieran Davis	Osama Malik	Craig Goodwin	James Troisi (13)
2016/17	Kieran Davis	Osama Malik	Craig Goodwin	Adriano Pellegrino (17)
2017/18	Kieran Davis	Osama Malik	Craig Goodwin	Craig Goodwin (13)
2018/19	Kieran Davis	Craig Goodwin	Osama Malik	Craig Goodwin (13)
2019/20	Kieran Davis	Craig Goodwin	Osama Malik	Anthony Ture (18)

Season	Manager	Captain	Vice Captain	Leading Goalscorer
2020/21	Kieran Davis	James Troisi	Craig Goodwin	Anthony Ture (22)
2021/22	Kieran Davis	James Troisi	Craig Goodwin	David Trimboli (18)
2022/23	Kieran Davis	James Troisi	Craig Goodwin	Benjamin Deeley (18)
2023/24	Kieran Davis	James Troisi	Craig Goodwin	James Troisi (17)
2024/25	Kieran Davis	Craig Goodwin	Benjamin Deeley	Benjamin Deeley (15)
2025/26	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Craig Goodwin	Benjamin Deeley (18)
2026/27	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Michael Harding	Chol Amum (24)
2027/28	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Michael Harding	Benjamin Deeley (20)
2028/29	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Michael Harding	Chol Amum (25)
2029/30	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Michael Harding	Benjamin Deeley (27)

Season	Manager	Captain	Vice Captain	Leading Goalscorer
2030/31	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Michael Harding	Steve Brown (20)
2031/32	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Michael Harding	Benjamin Deeley (23)
2032/33	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Michael Harding	Chol Amum (21)
2033/34	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Marc Calandro	Chol Amum (17)
2034/35	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Marc Calandro	Chol Amum (27)
2035/36	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Marc Calandro	Chol Amum (24)
2036/37	Kieran Davis	Benjamin Deeley	Marc Calandro	Chol Amum (37)
2037/38	Kieran Davis	Marc Calandro	Harry Williams	Chol Amum (22)
2038/39	Kieran Davis	Marc Calandro	Harry Williams	Chol Amum (36)
2039/40	Kieran Davis	Marc Calandro	Harry Williams	Chol Amum (25)

Season	Manager	Captain	Vice Captain	Leading Goalscorer
2040/41	Kieran Davis	Harry Williams	Christian Ricciuto	Steve Johnson (17)
2041/42	Kieran Davis	Harry Williams	Christian Ricciuto	Steve Brown (30)
2042/43	Kieran Davis	Steve Johnson	Jake Migliaccio	Mick Ward (28)
2043/44	Kieran Davis	Steve Johnson	Christian Ricciuto	Mick Ward (23)
2044/45	Kieran Davis	Steve Johnson	Christian Ricciuto	Steve Johnson (15)
2045/46	Kieran Davis	Harry Williams	Mick Ward	John Grelli (18)
2046/47	Kieran Davis	Harry Williams	Mick Ward	Mick Ward (29)
2047/48	Kieran Davis	Harry Williams	Mick Ward	Mick Ward (24)
2048/49	Kieran Davis	Harry Williams	Mick Ward	Lachlan Costantini (21)
2049/50	Kieran Davis	Mick Ward	Jordan Moon	Pedro Baptista (14)

Season	Manager	Captain	Vice Captain	Leading Goalscorer
2050/51	Kieran Davis	Mick Ward	Jordan Moon	Mick Ward (19)
2051/52	Kieran Davis	Mick Ward	Pedro Baptista	Marco Sattin (29)
2052/53	Kieran Davis	Justin White	Bradley Forbes	Mick Ward (26)
2053/54	Kieran Davis	Justin White	Bradley Forbes	Mick Ward (22)
2054/55	Kieran Davis	Justin White	Ben Smith	Joe Wheeler (15)
2055/56	Kieran Davis	Jake Migliaccio	Mick Maio	Joe Wheeler (19)
2056/57	Kieran Davis	Carl Wilson	Joe Wheeler	Marco Sattin (28)
2057/58	Kieran Davis	Carl Wilson	Joe Wheeler	Joe Wheeler (28)
2058/59	Kieran Davis	Carl Wilson	Joe Wheeler	Marco Sattin (22)
2059/60	Kieran Davis	Joe Wheeler	Carl Wilson	Joe Wheeler (28)

Season	Manager	Captain	Vice Captain	Leading Goalscorer
2060/61	Kieran Davis	Joe Wheeler	Carl Wilson	Joe Wheeler (37)
2061/62	Kieran Davis	Joe Wheeler	Ben Smith	Ben Smith (29)
2062/63	Kieran Davis	Joe Wheeler	Ben Smith	Matt Powell (19)
2063/64	Kieran Davis	Ben Smith	Scott Parish	Frank Saraceno (14)
2064/65	Kieran Davis	Ben Smith	Ashley Forbes	Matt Powell (31)
2065/66	Kieran Davis	Ben Smith	Ashley Forbes	Matt Powell (28)
2066/67	Kieran Davis	Ben Smith	Ashley Forbes	Nedim Hajrovic (31)
2067/68	Kieran Davis	Ashley Forbes	Matt Powell	Matt Powell (17)
2068/69	Kieran Davis	Ashley Forbes	Matt Powell	Matt Powell (23)