List of Adelaide United FC head coaches

Adelaide United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Hindmarsh, Adelaide. The club was formed in 2003 and became the first and only South Australian member to participate in the A-League Men since 2005. In their history, they have managed by nine different managers.

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

John Kosmina is the longest serving manager, in charge for 4 years, 6 months and 18 days across two tenures. Carl Veart is 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 Amor is the most successful coach in club history, winning the 2015–16 A-League premiership and championship double.

Managers

• Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker management are highlighted in italics and 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 of penalty shoot-outs are 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, 4 months, 30 days	124	52	31	41	211	160	041.94		[23]

Notes

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

1. "Adelaide United FC Managers". WorldFootball.net.
2. "Kosmina named coach of Adelaide United". Football Federation Australia. 13 September 2003. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
3. "Kosmina calls it quits". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 February 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023.
4. "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. Archived from 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. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022.
10. "Amor to replace Gombau". Adelaide United. 24 July 2015. Archived from 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. Archived from 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. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018.
15. "Adelaide United Football Club statement: Marco Kurz". Adelaide United. 19 March 2019. Archived from 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. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019.
18. "Adelaide United statement: Gertjan Verbeek". Adelaide United. 29 April 2020. Archived from 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. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020.
21. "Reds appoint Carl Veart as head coach". Adelaide United. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.
22. "Veart re-signs with Reds for further three years". Adelaide United. 6 April 2023. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023.
23. "Carl Veart coaching history". A-League Stats.