Squad: Ben McLoughlin (C), Alex Clarke, Christopher Reed, Daniel Bendo, Daniel Stavrakis, Riley Ward, Oscar Tobin, Jacob Moon, Jayden Cremasco, Craig Atkinson, Thomas Prosser, Nick Sutherland, Mitchell Sumnall, Craig Munn, Nick Rhodes, James Burch, Brayden Burke, Josh De Souza, Ned Spiniello, Josh Baines, Lewis Evangelou, Aristos Panousakis, James Canny, Jack MacDonald If Cove wishes to stamp their authority on the promotion battle, they will need to find their form in front of goal, having scored the third-lowest number of goals in the league last year. Reed will bring his experience and leadership to a defence that boasted the fifth-best defensive record last year-only ranking worse than the top four teams. Outs: Dermott Harrington (Salisbury United), Lachlan Wallace (Salisbury United), Adrian Macolino (Salisbury United), Taylor Martyn (Salisbury United), Yusuf Ahmed (Para Hills Knights), Michael Paleka (Retired), Cameron Meseldzija (Cumberland United).Ĭove have made steps in ensuring their ninth-placed finish last season is improved upon this year, highlighted by their signing of South Adelaide veteran Christopher Reed. Ins: Sam Bowman (Adelaide Hills), Luke Smith (Port Pirates), Jordan Merlino (Western Strikers), Kirill Gretchko (Eastern United), Matthew Hiern (Graduates Red), Steven Savino (Adelaide Cobras), Nathan Niutta (Rostrevor OC), Alex Jakob (Rostrevor OC), Nicholas Menechella (White City), Alessio Rapetti (MetroStars), Craig Shearer (Raiders). Squad: Fabio Migliaccio, Domenic Matricicciani, Matthew Hiern, Alessio Frisina, Zak Tallura, Luke Smith, Raffaele Frisina, Kirill Gretchko, Nicholas Menechella, Jordan Merlino, Steven Savino, Harley Giles-Stubna, Nathan Niutta, Sam Bowman, Alex Jakob, Oliver Totani, Craig Shearer, Marcus Francesca, Brad MacGowan, Joshua Roberts. Addressing those problems and retaining quality attacking threats in front of goal will give the club one of the best cases for a top of the table finish this season. The biggest improvement needed for Adelaide University in their promotion bid is in the defensive area, conceding the most goals out of all top six teams last year.

Adelaide University’s retention of key players Dominic Matricciani and Yusuf Ahmed, along with new signings Alessio Rapetti and Sam Bowman, will give the club the opportunity to build upon their first finals birth last season. Michael Matricianni will look to have his squad hit the ground running following his move from NPL heavyweights Adelaide City, replacing State League 2 Coach of the Year Raffaele Frisina. Please note, information in this article is referred to the 2021 Football SA Media Guide, which is sourced from information sent directly from clubs. We take a look at each of the competing clubs in the battle for promotion. The State League Two season is upon us and gets underway on Saturday.

Sam hider 2 plus 2