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John Kosmina,first and longest serving manager for Adelaide United.

Adelaide United Football Clubis an Australian professionalsoccerclub based inHindmarsh,Adelaide. The club was formed in 2003 and became the first and only South Australian member to participate in theA-League Mensince 2005. In their history, they have managed by nine different managers.

John Kosminais the longest serving manager, in charge for 4 years, 6 months and 18 days across two tenures.Carl Veartis the current manager of Adelaide United, initially appointed as an interim on 15 June 2020, he was promoted to full-time on 18 September 2020, and has managed more games than any previous head coach.Guillermo Amoris the most successful coach in club history, winning the2015–16 A-Leaguepremiership andchampionshipdouble.

Managers

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  • Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker management are highlighted initalicsand marked † or ‡, depending on the scenario. Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
  • Only first-team competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results ofpenalty shoot-outsare not counted.
  • Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 16 April 2024.

Key

  • M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
  • † Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote interim appointments.
  • ‡ Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote interim appointments promoted to full-time manager.
List of Adelaide United FC managers[1]
Name Nationality From To Tenure M W D L GF GA Win % Honours Ref
John Kosmina Australia 13 September 2003[2] 22 February 2007[3] 3 years, 5 months, 9 days 88 42 21 25 145 131 047.73 A-League premiers:2005–06 [4]
Aurelio Vidmar‡ Australia 23 February 2007[3] 30 June 2010 3 years, 4 months, 7 days 102 39 30 33 126 79 038.24 [5]
Rini Coolen Netherlands 1 July 2010 17 December 2011 1 year, 5 months, 16 days 50 21 10 19 70 62 042.00 [6]
John Kosmina Australia 18 December 2011 27 January 2013 1 year, 1 month, 9 days 44 19 10 15 60 54 043.18 [4]
Michael Valkanis† Australia 28 January 2013[7] 30 June 2013 5 months, 2 days 10 2 3 5 11 11 020.00 [8]
Josep Gombau Spain 1 July 2013[9] 23 July 2015[10] 2 years, 22 days 62 30 12 20 105 61 048.39 FFA Cup winners:2014 [11]
Guillermo Amor Spain 24 July 2015[10] 10 May 2017[12] 1 year, 9 months, 16 days 67 24 17 26 98 82 035.82 A-League premiers:2015–16
A-League champions:2016 		[13]
Marco Kurz Germany 16 June 2017[14] 21 May 2019[15] 1 year, 11 months, 5 days 67 33 14 20 98 67 049.25 FFA Cup winners:2018 [16]
Gertjan Verbeek Netherlands 22 May 2019[17] 29 April 2020[18] 11 months, 7 days 26 14 0 12 49 47 053.85 FFA Cup winners:2019 [19]
Carl Veart‡ Australia 15 June 2020[a] Incumbent[b] 4 years, 3 months, 23 days 124 52 31 41 211 160 041.94 [23]

Notes

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  1. ^Carl Veart was appointed as an interim on 15 June 2020,[20]and was promoted to full-time on 18 September 2020.[21]
  2. ^Carl Veart is under contract until the end of the 2025–26 season.[22]

References

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  1. ^"Adelaide United FC Managers".WorldFootball.net.
  2. ^"Kosmina named coach of Adelaide United".Football Federation Australia.13 September 2003. Archived fromthe originalon 18 December 2014.
  3. ^ab"Kosmina calls it quits".Sydney Morning Herald.23 February 2007.Archivedfrom the original on 24 December 2023.
  4. ^ab"John Kosmina coaching history".A-League Stats.
  5. ^"Aurelio Vidmar coaching history".A-League Stats.
  6. ^"Rini Coolen coaching history".A-League Stats.
  7. ^"Valkanis: Kosmina exit not my fault".KeepUp.29 January 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 24 December 2023.
  8. ^"Michael Valkanis coaching history".A-League Stats.
  9. ^"Gombau to coach Adelaide United FC".Adelaide United.30 April 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 27 July 2022.
  10. ^ab"Amor to replace Gombau".Adelaide United.24 July 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 26 October 2017.
  11. ^"Josep Gombau coaching history".A-League Stats.
  12. ^"Guillermo Amor to depart Reds".Adelaide United.10 May 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 10 October 2017.
  13. ^"Guillermo Amor coaching history".A-League Stats.
  14. ^"Marco Kurz appointed as Reds head coach".Adelaide United.16 June 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 3 April 2018.
  15. ^"Adelaide United Football Club statement: Marco Kurz".Adelaide United.19 March 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 9 April 2019.
  16. ^"Marco Kurz coaching history".A-League Stats.
  17. ^"Reds unveil Gertjan Verbeek as new head coach".Adelaide United.22 May 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 24 May 2019.
  18. ^"Adelaide United statement: Gertjan Verbeek".Adelaide United.29 April 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 26 May 2020.
  19. ^"Gertjan Verbeek coaching history".A-League Stats.
  20. ^"Veart appointed interim coach as Reds return to training".Adelaide United.15 June 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 15 June 2020.
  21. ^"Reds appoint Carl Veart as head coach".Adelaide United.18 February 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 22 October 2020.
  22. ^"Veart re-signs with Reds for further three years".Adelaide United.6 April 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 6 April 2023.
  23. ^"Carl Veart coaching history".A-League Stats.
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