List of Adelaide United FC club award winners


The Adelaide United FC awards night is held annually and recognises the football club's best and fairest players as viewed by the club, the media, its coaches and its players.

Club Champion

The most prestigious award and highest accolade to be bestowed upon a player. The award goes to a player who has consistently made a significant and positive difference to the team’s performance during the games played, represented the club in an exemplary way, portrayed a totally professional attitude to everything he did on and off the park and personifies the vision of the club.

SeasonPlayer
2003–04Richie Alagich
2005–06Carl Veart
2006–07Jason Spagnuolo
2007–08Cássio
2008–09Eugene Galeković
2009–10Eugene Galeković
2010–11Cássio
2011–12Zenon Caravella
2012–13Dario Vidošić
2013–14Isaías
2014–15Sergio Cirio
2015–16Craig Goodwin
2016–17Isaías
2017–18Isaías

Player’s Player

Voted by his team mates to be consistently the most valuable player on the park, set standards on and off the park that all players in the team aspire to and best exemplify their ideal type of player.

SeasonPlayer
2003–04Richie Alagich
2005–06Michael Valkanis
2006–07Jason Spagnuolo
2007–08Cássio
2008–09Eugene Galeković
2009–10Eugene Galeković
2010–11Marcos Flores
2011–12Eugene Galeković
2012–13Eugene Galeković
2013–14Marcelo Carrusca
2014–15Tarek Elrich

Best Team Man

Voted by the coaches as a player who exemplifies, on and off the park, the culture, values and morals that all members of the squad can aspire to, has shown themselves to consistently put their needs second to that of the team and has never complained about making a sacrifice.

SeasonPlayer
2003–04Michael Valkanis
2005–06Matthew Kemp
2006–07Robert Cornthwaite
2007–08Shaun Ontong
2008–09Fabian Barbiero
2009–10Fabian Barbiero
2010–11Adam Hughes
2011–12Nigel Boogaard
2012–13Bruce Djite
2013–14Osama Malik
2014–15Tarek Elrich
2015–16Tarek Elrich
2016–17Peter Blazincic
2017–18Peter Duke

Rising Star

A young player voted by the coaches to have made a significant impact over the season, demonstrated the greatest growth in their development as a professional player and promises the greatest potential growth as a professional player.

SeasonPlayer
2003–04Aaron Goulding
2005–06Adam van Dommele
2006–07Nathan Burns
2007–08Bruce Djite
2008–09Scott Jamieson
2009–10Mathew Leckie
2010–11Iain Ramsay
2011–12Osama Malik
2012–13Awer Mabil
2013–14Jordan Elsey
2014–15James Jeggo
2015–16Stefan Mauk
2016–17Riley McGree
2017–18Nathan Konstandopoulos

Most Valuable PlayerNational Youth League

The player who consistently made a significant and positive difference to the team’s performance during the games played and portrayed a totally professional attitude.

SeasonPlayer
2008–09Michael Marrone
2009–10Dane Milovanovic
2010–11Allan Welsh
2011–12Jordan Elsey
2012–13Awer Mabil
2013–14Dion Kirk
2014–15Oliver Zafaridis
2015–16Ruon Tongyik
2016–17Daniel Margush
2017–18Isaac Richards and Charlie Devereux

Most Valuable Player – W-League">W-League (Australia)">W-League

The player who consistently made a significant and positive difference to the team’s performance during the games played and portrayed a totally professional attitude.