South Adelaide

Team Details

Name: South Adelaide
Seasons: 1897-1915, 1919-1941, 1945-2025
SANFL Seasons: 1897-1915, 1919-1941, 1945-2025
Home Grounds: Adelaide Oval (1897-1903, 1905-1915, 1919-1941, 1945-1994), Jubilee Oval (1904), Hickinbotham Oval (1995-2025)

Team Accolades

SANFL Seasons: 123 (1897-1915, 1919-1941, 1945-2025)
SANFL Premierships: 5 (1898-1899, 1935, 1938, 1964)
SANFL Runners-Up: 7 (1897, 1900, 1902-1903, 1937, 1940, 1979)
SANFL Minor Premierships: 4 (1898-1899, 1938, 1991)

Team History

SANFL History (1897-2025)

Season Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Finals Performance
1897 SAFA Season 2nd 13 -0- 4 72.9% Not applicable
1898 SAFA Season 1st 12 -0- 2 70.3% Premiers
1899 SAFA Season 1st 9 -0- 3 60.0% Premiers
1900 SAFA Season 3rd 7 -0- 5 49.8% Runners-Up
1901 SAFA Season 5th 5 -0- 7 40.4% 5th place in round-robin finals series
1902 SAFA Season 3rd 8 -1- 3 58.8% Runners-Up
1903 SAFA Season 4th 4 -2- 6 49.7% Runners-Up
1904 SAFA Season 3rd 7 -0- 5 52.1% Defeated by Norwood (Preliminary Final)
1905 SAFA Season 4th 5 -1- 6 48.5% Defeated by Port Adelaide (Semi Final)
1906 SAFA Season 5th 4 -2- 6 51.5% Did not qualify for finals
1907 SAFL Season 5th 4 -0- 8 45.0% Did not qualify for finals
1908 SAFL Season 6th 3 -0- 9 46.4% Did not qualify for finals
1909 SAFL Season 7th 0 -0- 12 32.7% Did not qualify for finals
1910 SAFL Season 7th 1 -0- 11 35.4% Did not qualify for finals
1911 SAFL Season 7th 1 -0- 11 41.2% Did not qualify for finals
1912 SAFL Season 5th 4 -0- 8 47.4% Did not qualify for finals
1913 SAFL Season 5th 5 -0- 7 47.2% Did not qualify for finals
1914 SAFL Season 6th 4 -0- 8 48.9% Did not qualify for finals
1915 SAFL Season 2nd 8 -1- 3 52.4% Defeated by Sturt (Semi Final)
1919 SAFL Season 5th 4 -1- 7 47.4% Did not qualify for finals
1920 SAFL Season 6th 5 -0- 7 45.8% Did not qualify for finals
1921 SAFL Season 2nd 9 -0- 5 54.2% Defeated by Norwood (Preliminary Final)
1922 SAFL Season 3rd 8 -0- 6 52.7% Defeated by Norwood (Semi Final)
1923 SAFL Season 3rd 9 -0- 5 53.5% Defeated by Norwood (Semi Final)
1924 SAFL Season 5th 9 -0- 5 51.2% Did not qualify for finals
1925 SAFL Season 7th 4 -0- 10 43.4% Did not qualify for finals
1926 SAFL Season 8th 0 -1- 13 40.3% Did not qualify for finals
1927 SAFL Season 8th 2 -0- 15 39.1% Did not qualify for finals
1928 SANFL Season 8th 2 -1- 14 44.7% Did not qualify for finals
1929 SANFL Season 8th 3 -0- 14 41.7% Did not qualify for finals
1930 SANFL Season 6th 6 -0- 11 47.2% Did not qualify for finals
1931 SANFL Season 7th 4 -0- 13 46.3% Did not qualify for finals
1932 SANFL Season 8th 2 -1- 14 43.6% Did not qualify for finals
1933 SANFL Season 7th 3 -0- 14 42.6% Did not qualify for finals
1934 SANFL Season 8th 4 -0- 13 43.3% Did not qualify for finals
1935 SANFL Season 2nd 11 -0- 6 54.0% Premiers
1936 SANFL Season 3rd 11 -0- 6 55.9% Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
1937 SANFL Season 3rd 11 -0- 6 53.4% Runners-Up
1938 SANFL Season 1st 15 -0- 2 59.1% Premiers
1939 SANFL Season 2nd 12 -0- 5 54.6% Defeated by West Torrens (Preliminary Final)
1940 SANFL Season 3rd 12 -0- 5 55.3% Runners-Up
1941 SANFL Season 5th 6 -0- 11 48.4% Did not qualify for finals
1945 SANFL Season 8th 3 -0- 14 45.9% Did not qualify for finals
1946 SANFL Season 7th 5 -0- 12 41.9% Did not qualify for finals
1947 SANFL Season 8th 2 -0- 15 39.9% Did not qualify for finals
1948 SANFL Season 8th 0 -0- 17 35.3% Did not qualify for finals
1949 SANFL Season 7th 4 -0- 13 43.7% Did not qualify for finals
1950 SANFL Season 8th 0 -0- 17 31.5% Did not qualify for finals
1951 SANFL Season 8th 1 -0- 17 36.6% Did not qualify for finals
1952 SANFL Season 7th 5 -0- 12 39.8% Did not qualify for finals
1953 SANFL Season 8th 5 -0- 13 38.8% Did not qualify for finals
1954 SANFL Season 7th 5 -0- 13 44.1% Did not qualify for finals
1955 SANFL Season 8th 2 -0- 15 39.0% Did not qualify for finals
1956 SANFL Season 7th 6 -0- 12 44.3% Did not qualify for finals
1957 SANFL Season 8th 2 -0- 16 39.6% Did not qualify for finals
1958 SANFL Season 6th 6 -1- 11 45.0% Did not qualify for finals
1959 SANFL Season 8th 3 -0- 15 38.2% Did not qualify for finals
1960 SANFL Season 7th 3 -0- 15 35.9% Did not qualify for finals
1961 SANFL Season 6th 5 -0- 14 38.8% Did not qualify for finals
1962 SANFL Season 8th 3 -0- 16 35.4% Did not qualify for finals
1963 SANFL Season 8th 2 -0- 18 41.3% Did not qualify for finals
1964 SANFL Season 2nd 17 -0- 3 61.5% Premiers
1965 SANFL Season 2nd 15 -0- 5 58.1% Defeated by Sturt (Preliminary Final)
1966 SANFL Season 3rd 14 -0- 6 58.7% Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
1967 SANFL Season 5th 11 -0- 9 49.9% Did not qualify for finals
1968 SANFL Season 6th 9 -1- 10 48.7% Did not qualify for finals
1969 SANFL Season 10th 2 -0- 18 38.2% Did not qualify for finals
1970 SANFL Season 10th 3 -0- 17 40.3% Did not qualify for finals
1971 SANFL Season 9th 6 -0- 15 43.7% Did not qualify for finals
1972 SANFL Season 9th 5 -0- 16 40.2% Did not qualify for finals
1973 SANFL Season 9th 4 -0- 17 37.9% Did not qualify for finals
1974 SANFL Season 8th 7 -0- 15 44.3% Did not qualify for finals
1975 SANFL Season 8th 5 -0- 13 42.9% Did not qualify for finals
1976 SANFL Season 7th 9 -1- 11 48.8% Did not qualify for finals
1977 SANFL Season 5th 13 -0- 9 52.5% Defeated by West Adelaide (Semi Final)
1978 SANFL Season 7th 8 -1- 13 47.1% Did not qualify for finals
1979 SANFL Season 3rd 14 -0- 8 51.2% Runners-Up
1980 SANFL Season 7th 8 -0- 14 47.7% Did not qualify for finals
1981 SANFL Season 3rd 15 -0- 7 53.4% Defeated by Norwood (Semi Final)
1982 SANFL Season 8th 8 -0- 14 47.2% Did not qualify for finals
1983 SANFL Season 4th 12 -0- 10 54.0% Defeated by North Adelaide (Elimination Final)
1984 SANFL Season 4th 13 -0- 9 54.3% Defeated by Norwood (Elimination Final)
1985 SANFL Season 8th 8 -0- 14 46.2% Did not qualify for finals
1986 SANFL Season 9th 7 -1- 14 48.4% Did not qualify for finals
1987 SANFL Season 10th 5 -0- 17 41.4% Did not qualify for finals
1988 SANFL Season 10th 1 -0- 21 32.3% Did not qualify for finals
1989 SANFL Season 9th 6 -0- 16 43.3% Did not qualify for finals
1990 SANFL Season 5th 9 -0- 11 47.3% Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
1991 SANFL Season 1st 16 -0- 6 56.4% Defeated by West Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
1992 SANFL Season 5th 11 -0- 11 49.6% Defeated by Glenelg (Elimination Final)
1993 SANFL Season 6th 9 -0- 11 51.0% Did not qualify for finals
1994 SANFL Season 7th 9 -0- 13 46.9% Did not qualify for finals
1995 SANFL Season 6th 11 -0- 11 48.1% Did not qualify for finals
1996 SANFL Season 8th 6 -0- 14 43.4% Did not qualify for finals
1997 SANFL Season 9th 4 -2- 14 40.8% Did not qualify for finals
1998 SANFL Season 7th 9 -0- 11 48.5% Did not qualify for finals
1999 SANFL Season 8th 2 -0- 18 42.6% Did not qualify for finals
2000 SANFL Season 6th 9 -1- 10 48.3% Did not qualify for finals
2001 SANFL Season 7th 7 -0- 13 46.8% Did not qualify for finals
2002 SANFL Season 8th 4 -0- 16 40.2% Did not qualify for finals
2003 SANFL Season 7th 6 -1- 13 45.0% Did not qualify for finals
2004 SANFL Season 8th 7 -0- 13 44.2% Did not qualify for finals
2005 SANFL Season 7th 7 -0- 13 47.2% Did not qualify for finals
2006 SANFL Season 4th 11 -0- 9 55.2% Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
2007 SANFL Season 8th 4 -1- 15 39.9% Did not qualify for finals
2008 SANFL Season 8th 5 -1- 14 39.3% Did not qualify for finals
2009 SANFL Season 9th 2 -0- 18 38.4% Did not qualify for finals
2010 SANFL Season 9th 2 -1- 17 40.5% Did not qualify for finals
2011 SANFL Season 5th 8 -1- 11 46.1% Defeated by Woodville-West Torrens (Semi Final)
2012 SANFL Season 8th 7 -0- 13 47.5% Did not qualify for finals
2013 SANFL Season 8th 6 -0- 14 38.7% Did not qualify for finals
2014 SANFL Season 4th 11 -0- 7 53.6% Defeated by Port Adelaide Reserves (Preliminary Final)
2015 SANFL Season 6th 9 -1- 8 50.9% Did not qualify for finals
2016 SANFL Season 2nd 14 -0- 4 56.7% Defeated by Adelaide Reserves (Semi Final)
2017 SANFL Season 6th 8 -0- 10 48.3% Did not qualify for finals
2018 SANFL Season 4th 11 -0- 7 55.5% Defeated by North Adelaide (Elimination Final)
2019 SANFL Season 6th 9 -2- 7 52.2% Did not qualify for finals
2020 SANFL Season 3rd 9 -0- 5 57.0% Defeated by Woodville-West Torrens (Preliminary Final)
2021 SANFL Season 5th 10 -0- 8 51.4% Defeated by Glenelg (Preliminary Final)
2022 SANFL Season 6th 9 -0- 9 49.8% Did not qualify for finals
2023 SANFL Season 9th 5 -1- 12 44.5% Did not qualify for finals
2024 SANFL Season 9th 4 -0- 14 40.9% Did not qualify for finals
2025 SANFL Season 8th 4 -0- 14 44.2% Did not qualify for finals