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KEY FACTS

Official name
Adelaide Football Club

Known as
Adelaide

Nickname
Crows

Formed
1990

Colours
Navy blue, gold and red

Associated clubs
Adelaide Reserves; Adelaide WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1991–2024

Home Ground
Adelaide Oval

AFL Premierships
1997, 1998 (2 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL/AFL Night/Pre-Season Series: 2003, 2012 (2 total); McClelland Trophy: 2005, 2017 (2 total)

Most Games
340 - Andrew McLeod (1995-2010)

Most Goals
612 - Taylor Walker (2009-2023)

League Top Goalkickers
Tony Modra (129) 1993 & (84) 1997 (1 winner/2 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Mark Ricciuto 2003 (1 total)

Headquarters
105 West Lakes Blvd, West Lakes, SA 5021

Postal Address
PO Box 10, West Lakes, SA 5021

Phone: (08) 8440 6666 

Website
afc.com.au

Adelaide



"Matters came abruptly to a head on 31 July 1990 when perennially successful Port Adelaide....made an independent and unilateral application to join the AFL. The move was totally unexpected and precipitated South Australian football into a period of quite unprecedented turmoil, controversy and confusion...The SANFL was left with little option but to table a counter submission of its own and, once this had happened, it soon became clear that Port Adelaide's bid was doomed....In November 1990 the new Adelaide Football Club, to be known as the Crows, was officially born..."

John Devaney charts the troubled birth, and successful life, of the Adelaide Crows

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1997 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Adelaide's 1997 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Adelaide 6.112.317.620.12 132 WON Brisbane 5.27.710.914.12 96 36 FBP Mar 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A Adelaide 3.08.312.615.10 100 LOST Richmond 7.510.615.919.14 128 -28 MCG Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Adelaide 3.09.49.612.8 80 LOST Carlton 3.26.511.815.18 108 -28 PRI Apr 13 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 H Adelaide 1.13.45.511.6 72 LOST Port Adelaide 1.65.109.1411.17 83 -11 FBP Apr 20 (Sun, 3:10) Scores
5 A Adelaide 5.37.313.519.7 121 WON Western Bulldogs 2.33.114.139.17 71 50 PRI Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Adelaide 3.46.67.1111.17 83 LOST Collingwood 4.07.410.513.6 84 -1 VIC May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Adelaide 4.88.129.1318.18 126 WON Essendon 3.26.410.611.7 73 53 FBP May 11 (Sun, 3:10) Scores
8 H Adelaide 8.312.817.1122.12 144 WON Sydney 2.05.26.48.7 55 89 FBP May 17 (Sat, 8:40) Scores
9 A Adelaide 6.37.911.1314.18 102 WON Hawthorn 2.23.68.713.10 88 14 WAV May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Adelaide 4.28.414.716.9 105 WON Fremantle 1.23.57.810.12 72 33 SUB Jun 2 (Mon, 8:40) Scores
11 A Adelaide 6.48.611.1114.13 97 WON Melbourne 1.12.84.95.15 45 52 MCG Jun 8 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 H Adelaide 2.15.79.1012.11 83 LOST North Melbourne 4.47.611.716.9 105 -22 FBP Jun 15 (Sun, 3:10) Scores
13 A Adelaide 0.33.66.97.12 54 LOST Geelong 6.38.411.617.8 110 -56 KAR Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Adelaide 4.210.514.816.10 106 WON West Coast 0.11.33.74.7 31 75 FBP Jul 4 (Fri, 8:40) Scores
15 H Adelaide 1.24.77.1510.16 76 WON St. Kilda 2.46.77.99.12 66 10 FBP Jul 12 (Sat, 8:40) Scores
16 A Adelaide 2.26.59.613.9 87 LOST Brisbane 3.58.1112.1417.16 118 -31 GAB Jul 18 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
17 H Adelaide 8.316.423.729.11 185 WON Richmond 0.22.45.67.6 48 137 FBP Jul 26 (Sat, 8:40) Scores
18 H Adelaide 4.57.1212.1618.19 127 WON Carlton 4.35.510.513.8 86 41 FBP Aug 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
19 A Adelaide 0.14.35.59.11 65 WON Port Adelaide 5.17.19.49.4 58 7 FBP Aug 10 (Sun, 3:10) Scores
20 H Adelaide 1.42.94.127.18 60 LOST Western Bulldogs 6.010.213.616.7 103 -43 FBP Aug 17 (Sun, 3:10) Scores
21 H Adelaide 1.22.73.106.12 48 WON Collingwood 3.23.33.85.9 39 9 FBP Aug 25 (Mon, 8:40) Scores
22 A Adelaide 6.48.910.1114.14 98 LOST Essendon 4.04.211.416.6 102 -4 PRI Aug 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1QF H Adelaide 4.46.1010.1014.15 99 WON West Coast 3.14.67.99.12 66 33 FBP Sep 7 (Sun, 2:30) Scores
2SF H Adelaide 1.27.67.811.10 76 WON Geelong 4.46.58.109.14 68 8 FBP Sep 13 (Sat, 7:45) Scores
1PF A Adelaide 0.74.118.1512.21 93 WON Western Bulldogs 2.210.613.713.13 91 2 MCG Sep 20 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A Adelaide 3.85.1011.1119.11 125 WON St. Kilda 3.67.119.1313.16 94 31 MCG Sep 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1997 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Bickley, Mark 26 351 13.5 197 7.6 548 21.1 84 3.2 0 0.0 80 3.1 16 22 12 0.5 21 93
Bond, Troy 18 149 8.3 80 4.4 229 12.7 55 3.1 0 0.0 33 1.8 10 18 20 1.1 9 129
Caven, Peter 22 264 12.0 94 4.3 358 16.3 116 5.3 0 0.0 30 1.4 34 18 6 0.3 9 45
Chalmers, Brett 8 34 4.3 8 1.0 42 5.3 12 1.5 6 0.8 14 1.8 4 7 2 0.3 1 13
Collins, Matthew 6 21 3.5 10 1.7 31 5.2 7 1.2 0 0.0 2 0.3 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Connell, Matthew 17 215 12.6 62 3.6 277 16.3 71 4.2 0 0.0 25 1.5 20 10 6 0.4 0 36
Cook, Tim 4 17 4.3 20 5.0 37 9.3 4 1.0 0 0.0 6 1.5 2 2 3 0.8 2 20
Edwards, Tyson 17 108 6.4 69 4.1 177 10.4 57 3.4 0 0.0 34 2.0 9 9 5 0.3 3 33
Ellen, Shane 10 70 7.0 45 4.5 115 11.5 39 3.9 2 0.2 14 1.4 8 7 5 0.5 2 32
Gilligan, Tom 3 7 2.3 3 1.0 10 3.3 2 0.7 22 7.3 1 0.3 3 2 1 0.3 0 6
Goodwin, Simon 10 93 9.3 26 2.6 119 11.9 32 3.2 0 0.0 25 2.5 5 3 4 0.4 1 25
Hart, Ben 26 287 11.0 80 3.1 367 14.1 102 3.9 3 0.1 31 1.2 31 17 2 0.1 6 18
James, Brett 17 126 7.4 154 9.1 280 16.5 23 1.4 1 0.1 38 2.2 8 12 3 0.2 3 21
Jameson, Rod 22 188 8.5 59 2.7 247 11.2 66 3.0 2 0.1 16 0.7 26 17 9 0.4 3 57
Jarman, Darren 24 381 15.9 125 5.2 506 21.1 104 4.3 1 0.0 67 2.8 20 51 39 1.6 17 251
Johnson, Kane 23 213 9.3 119 5.2 332 14.4 96 4.2 2 0.1 32 1.4 19 16 7 0.3 6 48
Keating, Aaron 3 2 0.7 5 1.7 7 2.3 3 1.0 21 7.0 3 1.0 2 3 0 0.0 1 1
Koster, Kym 24 240 10.0 110 4.6 350 14.6 81 3.4 2 0.1 51 2.1 29 22 12 0.5 8 80
Liptak, Matthew 7 83 11.9 47 6.7 130 18.6 36 5.1 0 0.0 6 0.9 4 7 9 1.3 5 59
McCartney, Jason 6 25 4.2 19 3.2 44 7.3 12 2.0 2 0.3 2 0.3 1 7 3 0.5 1 19
McLeod, Andrew 26 287 11.0 151 5.8 438 16.8 96 3.7 0 0.0 51 2.0 19 16 10 0.4 8 68
Modra, Tony 25 181 7.2 22 0.9 203 8.1 93 3.7 3 0.1 13 0.5 28 26 84 3.4 45 549
Ormond-Allen, Trent 18 78 4.3 36 2.0 114 6.3 29 1.6 1 0.1 32 1.8 13 8 0 0.0 1 1
Pittman, David 23 149 6.5 89 3.9 238 10.3 65 2.8 317 13.8 13 0.6 40 33 4 0.2 7 31
Rehn, Shaun 22 153 7.0 112 5.1 265 12.0 93 4.2 264 12.0 27 1.2 32 27 11 0.5 15 81
Ricciuto, Mark 21 316 15.0 193 9.2 509 24.2 106 5.0 4 0.2 33 1.6 11 28 6 0.3 13 49
Rintoul, Chad 11 89 8.1 27 2.5 116 10.5 39 3.5 0 0.0 9 0.8 6 4 8 0.7 11 59
Robran, Matthew 19 150 7.9 89 4.7 239 12.6 95 5.0 28 1.5 35 1.8 19 11 24 1.3 14 158
Sampson, Clay 10 69 6.9 25 2.5 94 9.4 17 1.7 0 0.0 17 1.7 6 6 5 0.5 5 35
Smart, Nigel 22 253 11.5 88 4.0 341 15.5 84 3.8 6 0.3 47 2.1 27 18 13 0.6 8 86
Standfield, Barry 13 79 6.1 14 1.1 93 7.2 36 2.8 19 1.5 16 1.2 7 12 23 1.8 10 148
Tregenza, Simon 10 126 12.6 55 5.5 181 18.1 29 2.9 1 0.1 16 1.6 7 4 1 0.1 1 7
Vardy, Peter 24 216 9.0 90 3.8 306 12.8 74 3.1 0 0.0 39 1.6 12 25 28 1.2 21 189
Viska, Mark 2 7 3.5 11 5.5 18 9.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 6 3.0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0
Williams, Brent 7 40 5.7 22 3.1 62 8.9 15 2.1 0 0.0 4 0.6 5 4 4 0.6 6 30
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.