Adelaide United has announced a 23-man squad to compete in the FIFA Club World Cup that kicks off in December this year. The squad is made up mainly of the players that took the Reds through to the final of the Asian Champions League but with some important inclusions.
Midfielder Jonas Salley and defender Alemao come into the squad after being ineligible for the ACL along with youth team players Osama Malik and Michael Marrone and a third goalkeeper in Lucas Andreucci.
One player that will miss out is vice-captain Lucas Pantelis who is recovering from a knee injury.
Adelaide plays their first match against New Zealand club Waitakere United on December 11 and will have to win to go through to the next round where they are likely to meet AFC rivals Gamba Osaka.
The Adelaide squad for the FIFA Club World Cup is as follows: 2 Robert CORNTHWAITE 3 ALEMAO 4 Angelo COSTANZO 5 Michael VALKANIS 6 CASSIO 8 Kristian SARKIES 9 Paul AGOSTINO 10 CRISTIANO 11 Osama MALIK 13 Travis DODD 14 Scott JAMIESON 15 Jonas SALLEY 16 Daniel MULLEN 18 Fabian BARBIERO 19 Sasa OGNENOVSKI 20 Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk) 21 Jason SPAGNUOLO 22 DIEGO 23 Michael MARRONE 24 Paul REID 25 Robert YOUNIS 30 Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk) 40 Lucas ANDREUCCI (gk)
