2024–25 Adelaide United FC (women) season

Adelaide United (A-League Women)
2024–25 season
Chairman	Ned Morris
Head Coach	Adrian Stenta
Stadium	Coopers Stadium; Marden Sports Complex
A-League Women	3th
Top goalscorer	Fiona Worts (7)
Highest home attendance	1,022; vs. Melbourne Victory; (2 November 2024); A-League Women
Lowest home attendance	1,019; vs. Newcastle Jets; (8 December 2024); A-League Women
Average home league attendance	1,021
Biggest win	2–0; vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (A); (2 November 2024); A-League Women; 2–0; vs. Canberra United (A); (16 November 2024); A-League Women; 2–0; vs. Newcastle Jets (H); (8 December 2024); A-League Women
Biggest defeat	2–3; vs. Melbourne Victory (H); (2 November 2024); A-League Women; 0–1; vs. Wellington Phoenix (N); (22 November 2024); A-League Women
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Adelaide United Football Club (women)'s 17th season in the A-League Women.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Annalee Grove
2	DF	AUS	Emily Hodgson
3	FW	AUS	Meleri Mullan (scholarship)
4	DF	AUS	Matilda McNamara
5	MF	AUS	Sarah Morgan
6	MF	AUS	Tiarna Karambasis
7	FW	ENG	Abby Clarke
8	MF	AUS	Emily Condon
10	FW	AUS	Chelsie Dawber
11	FW	AUS	Isabel Hodgson (captain)
12	MF	JPN	Nanako Sasaki
13	DF	AUS	Ella Tonkin
14	DF	DOM	Lucía León


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	AUS	Dylan Holmes (vice-captain)
17	DF	AUS	Zoe Tolland
18	MF	AUS	Lara Kirkby (scholarship)
19	FW	AUS	Katie Bowler
20	MF	AUS	Miley Grigg (youth)
21	GK	AUS	Claudia Jenkins (scholarship)
22	FW	USA	Erin Healy
23	FW	ENG	Fiona Worts
24	DF	AUS	Abby Middleton (scholarship)
27	MF	AUS	Sian Dewey (youth)
28	FW	AUS	Chrissy Panagaris (scholarship)
30	GK	AUS	Ilona Melegh (youth)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
4	DF	Matilda McNamara	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	15 August 2024	^[1]
6	MF	Tiarna Karambasis	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	2 September 2024	^[2]
22	FW	Erin Healy	Clube de Albergaria	Free transfer	1 year	19 September 2024	^[3]
23	FW	Fiona Worts	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	21 September 2024	^[4]
14	DF	Lucía León	Watford	Free transfer	1 year	23 September 2024	^[5]
7	FW	Abby Clarke	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	3 October 2024	^[6]
24	DF	Abby Middleton	Football SA NTC	Scholarship	1 year	29 October 2024	^[7]
30	GK	Ilona Melegh	Football SA NTC	Youth Development Agreement	1 year	29 October 2024	^[7]
18	MF	Lara Kirkby	Maine Black Bears	Scholarship	6 months	24 December 2024	^[8]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
6	FW	Hannah Blake	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024	^[9]
7	FW	Mariah Lee	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024	^[9]
9	MF	Rosetta Taylor	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024	^[9]
14	DF	Jenna Holtz	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024	^[9]
18	DF	Annabel Haffenden	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024	^[9]
23	FW	Alana Jancevski	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024	^[9]
26	GK	Grace Wilson	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2024	^[9]
19	DF	Maruschka Waldus	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	14 May 2024	^[10]
22	MF	Emilia Murray	Melbourne City	End of contract	31 July 2024	^[11]^[12]
4	DF	Erin Kontoutsikos	Unattached	End of contract	29 October 2024	^[7]
32	MF	Madeleine Wright	Unattached	End of contract	29 October 2024	^[7]

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
3	Meleri Mullan	Forward	1 year	16 August 2024	^[13]
5	Sarah Morgan	Midfielder	1 year	16 August 2024	^[13]
19	Katie Bowler	Forward	2 years	16 August 2024	^[13]
17	Zoe Tolland	Defender	2 years	16 August 2024	^[13]
13	Ella Tonkin	Defender	1 year	29 August 2024	^[14]
1	Annalee Grove	Goalkeeper	2 years	3 September 2024	^[15]
21	Claudia Jenkins	Goalkeeper	1 year	3 September 2024	scholarship contract^[15]^[7]
12	Nanako Sasaki	Midfielder	2 years	5 September 2024	^[16]
8	Emily Condon	Midfielder	1 year	9 September 2024	^[17]
10	Chelsie Dawber	Forward	1 year	21 September 2024	^[4]
11	Isabel Hodgson	Forward	1 year	2 October 2024	^[18]
20	Miley Grigg	Midfielder	1 year	29 October 2024	youth development agreement^[7]
27	Sian Dewey	Midfielder	1 year	29 October 2024	youth development agreement^[7]
28	Chrissy Panagaris	Forward	1 year	29 October 2024	scholarship^[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

22 September 2024	Adelaide United	2–1	WNPLSA All-Stars	Adelaide, Australia
14:00 ACST	Healy 38' Calvanese 67'	Report	?	Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium

26 September 2024	West Adelaide	1–4	Adelaide United	Adelaide, Australia
19:00 ACST	? ?'	Report	Condon ?' Healy ?', ?' Dewey ?'	Stadium: Kilburn Sportsplex

5 October 2024	Adelaide United	2–0	Western United	Mildura, Australia
14:00 AEST	Middleton Grigg	Report		Stadium: Mildura Sporting Precinct

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Women	2 November 2024	18 April 2025	13	7	2	4	21	17	+4	053.85
Total			13	7	2	4	21	17	+4	053.85

Last updated: 26 January 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Women

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City	13	8	5	0	27	13	+14	29	Qualification for AFC Women's Champions League and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	13	8	3	2	24	14	+10	27	Qualification for Finals series
3	Adelaide United	14	8	2	4	24	19	+5	26
4	Western United	14	6	4	4	27	28	−1	22
5	Brisbane Roar	13	7	0	6	34	19	+15	21

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2025. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.^[19]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	7	2	4	21	17	+4	23	3	1	3	9	9	0	4	1	1	12	8	+4

Last updated: 26 January 2025.
Source: Soccerway
Home figures include Adelaide United's 1–0 loss on neutral ground against Wellington Phoenix on 22 November 2024.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	9	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	H	A	A	N	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D
Position	8	5	3	5	4	4	6	4	4	5	4	3	3
Points	0	3	6	6	9	9	9	12	15	16	19	22	23

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2025. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Bye

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 12 September 2024.^[20] All times are in Adelaide local time (ACST/ACDT).

2 November 2024 1	Adelaide United	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
16:30	Worts 6', 71'	Report	Gielnik 4', 45+3' Briedis 90+2'	Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Kelly Jones

10 November 2024 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
14:30		Report	Worts 46' Condon 51'	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park Attendance: 472 Referee: Caitlin Williams

16 November 2024 3	Canberra United	0–2	Adelaide United	Canberra
15:30		Report	Condon 11' Worts 35'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,249 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

22 November 2024 4	Adelaide United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00		Report	McCutcheon 45+3'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium^[a] Attendance: 878 Referee: Isabella Mossin

8 December 2024 5	Adelaide United	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
17:00	Worts 44', 63'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 1,019 Referee: Beth Rattray

15 December 2024 6	Perth Glory	3–1	Adelaide United	Perth
19:30	Chinnama 24' Hollar 75' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Dawber 70'	Stadium: Sam Kerr Football Centre Attendance: 968 Referee: Mikayla Ryan

20 December 2024 7	Adelaide United	1–3	Melbourne City	Adelaide
16:20	Barbieri 8' (o.g.)	Report	Speckmaier 1' Dawber 41' (o.g.) McNamara 74'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Mikayla Ryan

27 December 2024 8	Adelaide United	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
16:20	Healy 68'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 3,809 Referee: Isabella Mossin

4 January 2025 10	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Adelaide United	Woy Woy
16:30		Report	E. Hodgson 9'	Stadium: Woy Woy Oval Attendance: 981 Referee: Page Malau-Aduli

8 January 2025 9	Newcastle Jets	3–3	Adelaide United	Newcastle
17:30	J. Allan 75' Jackson 84' Adams 90+3'	Report	Worts 4' Condon 74' León 78'	Stadium: No.2 Sportsground^[b] Attendance: 923 Referee: Kelly Jones

12 January 2025 11	Adelaide United	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
17:00	Condon 41' Dawber 44'	Report	León 59' (o.g.)	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 748 Referee: Beth Rattray

19 January 2025 12	Brisbane Roar	2–3	Adelaide United	Brisbane
17:30	Woods 45' Yallop 90+3'	Report	Dawber 42', 71' Healy 47'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Page Malau-Aduli

25 January 2025 13	Adelaide United	1–1	Western United	Adelaide
17:00	Healy 9'	Report	Zimmerman 61'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 786 Referee: Izzy Cooper

31 January 2025 14	Sydney FC	v	Adelaide United	Sydney
18:30				Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

7 February 2025 15	Adelaide United	v	Perth Glory	Adelaide
16:20				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

15 February 2025 16	Adelaide United	v	Canberra United	Adelaide
16:20				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

2 March 2025 17	Wellington Phoenix	v	Adelaide United	Wellington
13:30				Stadium: Porirua Park

8 March 2025 18	Adelaide United	v	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
19:15				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

16 March 2025 19	Melbourne City	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
15:30				Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch

23 March 2025 20	Adelaide United	v	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
17:00				Stadium: Marden Sports Complex

29 March 2025 21	Melbourne Victory	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:20				Stadium: AAMI Park

12 April 2025 22	Western United	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
15:30				Stadium: Ironbark Fields

18 April 2025 23	Adelaide United	v	Sydney FC	Adelaide
16:20				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[23]

As of match played 25 January 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Women
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	AUS	Emily Hodgson	13	1	13	1
3	FW	AUS	Meleri Mullan	9	0	1+8	0
4	DF	AUS	Matilda McNamara	12	0	12	0
5	MF	AUS	Sarah Morgan	13	0	11+2	0
6	MF	AUS	Tiarna Karambasis	10	0	1+9	0
7	MF	ENG	Abby Clarke	2	0	0+2	0
8	MF	AUS	Emily Condon	12	3	11+1	3
10	FW	AUS	Chelsie Dawber	9	4	7+2	4
12	MF	JPN	Nanako Sasaki	5	0	2+3	0
13	DF	AUS	Ella Tonkin	13	0	13	0
14	DF	DOM	Lucía León	13	1	13	1
17	DF	AUS	Zoe Tolland	13	0	13	0
18	MF	AUS	Lara Kirkby	1	0	0+1	0
19	FW	AUS	Katie Bowler	10	0	2+8	0
20	MF	AUS	Miley Grigg	6	0	0+6	0
21	GK	AUS	Claudia Jenkins	13	0	13	0
22	FW	USA	Erin Healy	11	3	9+2	3
23	FW	ENG	Fiona Worts	11	7	11	7
24	DF	AUS	Abby Middleton	2	0	0+2	0
27	FW	AUS	Sian Dewey	12	0	11+1	0
28	FW	AUS	Chrissy Panagaris	5	0	0+5	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.^[23]

As of match played 8 December 2024

Rank	No.	Nat.	Name	A-League Women			Total

				1	2	DF		Emily Hodgson	1	0	0	1	0	0
13	DF	Ella Tonkin	1		0	0	1	0	0
17	DF	Zoe Tolland	1		0	0	1	0	0
23	FW	Fiona Worts	1		0	0	1	0	0
Total				4	0	0	4	0	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.^[23]