List of Adelaide City FC seasons

Adelaide City FC is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1946 by a community of post-war Italian immigrants, the club has become one of Australia's most decorated teams, having won the Oceania Club Championship, three national championships, three national cups, and 19 state championships.

This is a list of all seasons played by Adelaide City Football Club, from their first entry into SASFA Division Two in 1946 to their last completed season in 2022. It details the club's performance in every major competition entered.

Seasons

Season League[1][2] Federation/NSL Cup[2] Others[2]
Division Pld W D L GF GA +/- Pts Position Finals
1946 SASFA Division Two (2) 14 7 3 4 41 40 +1 17 1st (P) Pelaco Cup Semi-finals Pozza Cup Runner-up
1947 SASFA Division One (1) 21 5 3 13 30 70 –40 13 8th (R) Pelaco Cup Quarter-finals
1948 SASFA Division Two (2) 22 9 3 10 64 82 –18 21 6th
1949 SASFA Division Two (2) 21 18 1 2 77 22 +55 37 1st (P) Pozza Cup Runner-up
1950 SASFA Division One (1) 18 11 2 5 60 34 +26 24 Runner-up Pelaco Cup Second round
1951 SASFA Division One (1) 18 7 6 5 57 48 +9 20 6th Pelaco Cup Runner-up
1952 SASFA Division One (1) 18 12 5 1 45 17 +28 29 Runner-up Pelaco Cup First round Pozza Cup Runner-up
1953 SASFA Division One (1) 18 16 1 1 60 11 +49 33 Champions Pelaco Cup Winner Pozza Cup Winner
1954 SASFA Division One (1) 18 15 1 2 76 23 +53 31 Champions Pelaco Cup Winner Pozza Cup Semi-finals
1955 SASFA Division One (1) 18 14 2 2 65 19 +46 30 Runner-up Advertiser Cup Winner Pozza Cup Winner
1956 SASFA Division One (1) 18 18 0 0 94 10 +84 36 Champions Advertiser Cup Quarter-finals
1957 SASFA Division One (1) 18 15 3 0 80 16 +64 33 Champions Advertiser Cup Winner
1958 SASFA Division One (1) 18 16 2 0 70 16 +54 34 Champions Advertiser Cup Winner
1959 SASFA Division One (1) 18 13 3 2 63 21 +42 29 Champions Advertiser Cup Winner
1960 SASFA Division One (1) 18 12 6 4 55 32 +23 30 3rd Disqualified[a] Ampol Cup Winner
Ascot Cup Semi-finals
1961 SA Soccer League (–[b]) 21 14 4 3 62 24 +38 32 Runner-up Jaxen Cup Quarter-finals San Remo Cup Winners
1962 SASFA Division One (1) 18 11 1 6 52 26 +26 23 Runner-up Australia Cup Third place
1963 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 3 2 42 22 +20 29 Champions Federation Cup Winner Australia Cup Third place
Ampol Cup Group stage
1964 SASF Division One (1) 18 11 5 2 38 16 +22 27 Champions Federation Cup Third round replay Ampol Cup Semi-finals
Australia Cup quarter-finals
1965 SASF Division One (1) 18 10 1 7 50 25 +25 21 3rd Federation Cup Winner Australia Cup quarter-finals
1966 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 2 3 49 21 +28 28 Runner-up Federation Cup Quarter-finals Ampol Cup Runner-up
Australia Cup First round
1967 SASF Division One (1) 18 14 3 1 55 11 +44 31 Champions Federation Cup Runner-up Ampol Cup Winner
Australia Cup quarter-finals
1968 SASF Division One (1) 18 10 4 4 36 15 +21 24 3rd Federation Cup Runner-up Ampol Cup Runner-up
Australia Cup Second round
1969 SASF Division One (1) 18 10 2 6 45 24 +21 22 3rd Federation Cup Winner
1970 SASF Division One (1) 18 14 2 2 61 20 +41 30 Champions Federation Cup Winner Coca-Cola Cup Runner-up
1971 SASF Division One (1) 18 11 3 4 43 20 +23 25 Runner-up Federation Cup Winner Coca-Cola Cup Winner
1972 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 5 0 37 13 +24 31 Champions Federation Cup Winner Coca-Cola Cup Winner
Ampol Cup Runner-up
1973 SASF Division One (1) 18 12 1 5 37 12 +25 25 Runner-up Willis Cup Winner Coca-Cola Cup Winner
Ampol Cup Semi-finals
1974 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 2 3 36 11 +25 28 Champions Willis Cup First round Ampol Cup Winner
Coca Cola Cup Semi-finals
1975 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 2 3 42 11 +31 28 Runner-up Willis Cup Semi-finals Ampol Cup Semi-finals
1976 SASF Division One (1) 18 11 5 2 39 10 +29 27 Runner-up Willis Cup Winner Ampol Cup Semi-finals
1977 National Soccer League (1) 26 12 7 7 50 31 +19 31 4th NSL Cup First round
1978 National Soccer League (1) 26 9 6 11 38 44 –6 24 10th NSL Cup Runner-up
1979 National Soccer League (1) 26 13 6 7 43 27 +16 33 5th NSL Cup Winner
1980 National Soccer League (1) 26 13 4 9 40 27 +13 30 5th NSL Cup Semi-finals
1981 National Soccer League (1) 30 13 6 11 46 42 +4 32 7th NSL Cup Semi-finals
1982 National Soccer League (1) 30 6 12 12 36 44 –8 24 13th NSL Cup First round
1983 National Soccer League (1) 30 10 6 14 37 38 –1 36 11th NSL Cup First round
1984 National Soccer League South (1) 28 10 5 13 33 34 –1 25 7th NSL Cup quarter-finals
1985 National Soccer League South (1) 22 6 6 10 29 35 –6 18 9th NSL Cup First round
1986 National Soccer League South (1) 22 10 7 5 32 19 +13 27 3rd Champions NSL Cup Second round
1987 National Soccer League (1) 24 6 10 8 29 23 +6 22 10th NSL Cup First round Oceania Club Championship Winner
1988 National Soccer League (1) 26 10 7 9 36 35 +1 27 6th NSL Cup quarter-finals
1989 National Soccer League (1) 26 10 8 8 29 24 +5 28 6th NSL Cup Winner
1989–90 National Soccer League (1) 26 13 8 5 39 23 +16 34 4th Elimination Final NSL Cup Semi-finals
1990–91 National Soccer League (1) 26 12 9 5 40 24 +16 33 3rd Preliminary Final NSL Cup quarter-finals
1991–92 National Soccer League (1) 26 10 9 7 26 23 +3 29 4th Champions NSL Cup Winner
1992–93 National Soccer League (1) 26 12 5 9 37 34 +3 41 3rd Runner-up NSL Cup Semi-finals
1993–94 National Soccer League (1) 26 11 8 7 48 27 +21 41 5th Champions NSL Cup Second round
1994–95 National Soccer League (1) 24 16 1–3[c] 4 41 20 +21 69 Runner-up Runner-up NSL Cup Second round
1995–96 National Soccer League (1) 33 15 9 9 65 40 +25 54 5th Preliminary Final NSL Cup Semi-finals
1996–97 National Soccer League (1) 26 11 10 5 32 22 +10 43 4th Elimination Final NSL Cup quarter-finals
1997–98 National Soccer League (1) 26 13 4 9 45 30 +15 43 3rd Elimination Final
1998–99 National Soccer League (1) 28 13 6 9 39 26 +13 45 6th Elimination Final
1999–2000 National Soccer League (1) 34 16 8 10 57 37 +20 56 4th Elimination Final
2000–01 National Soccer League (1) 28 12 7 11 54 54 0 43 7th
2001–02 National Soccer League (1) 24 4 8 12 27 39 –12 20 12th
2002–03 National Soccer League (1) 24 11 4 9 40 34 +6 37 5th 3rd
2004 SASF Premier League (2) 22 7 6 9 27 41 –14 27 7th Federation Cup First round
2005 SASF Premier League (2) 22 15 2 5 43 26 +17 47 Runner-up Champions Federation Cup First round Night Series Runner-up
2006 FFSA Super League (2) 18 10 8 0 37 13 +24 38 Champions Federation Cup Winner Errea Cup Winner
2007 FFSA Super League (2) 18 14 3 1 49 17 +32 45 Champions Best Pavers Cup Winner Errea Cup Semi-finals
2008 FFSA Super League (2) 18 12 1 5 33 17 +16 37 Premiers Champions Best Pavers Cup Runner-up Best Point Cup Runner-up
2009 FFSA Super League (2) 18 8 4 6 25 17 +8 28 5th Runner-up Top Corner Cup Semi-finals
2010 FFSA Super League (2) 18 10 2 6 28 27 +1 32 3rd Champions Federation Cup Second round
2011 FFSA Super League (2) 18 13 4 1 46 15 +31 43 Runner-up Runner-up Federation Cup Third round Carlsberg Cup Semi-finals
2012 FFSA Super League (2) 18 9 3 6 29 21 +8 30 4th Runner-up Coca-Cola Cup Semi-finals Carlsberg Cup Semi-finals
2013 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 26 15 3 8 58 29 +29 48 3rd Elimination Final Coca-Cola Cup Winners
2014 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 26 13 3 10 47 33 +14 42 6th Elimination Final Coca-Cola Cup Winners FFA Cup quarter-finals
2015 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 26 14 4 8 69 39 +30 46 5th Semi-finals Federation Cup Runner-up
2016 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 17 2 3 62 27 +35 53 Premiers Runner-up Federation Cup Second round NPL Quarter-finals
2017 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 16 2 4 60 19 +41 32[d] 6th Runner-up Federation Cup Runner-up NPL Quarter-finals
2018 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 14 4 4 52 19 +33 28[d] 5th Runner-up Federation Cup Quarter-finals
2019 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 5 9 8 29 42 –13 18[d] 10th Federation Cup Runner-up
2020 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 8 7 7 27 23 +4 31 6th Preliminary Final
2021 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 11 8 3 40 20 +20 41 Runner-up Champions Federation Cup Runner-up FFA Cup Round of 32
2022 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 15 6 1 55 17 +38 51 Premiers Champions Federation Cup Winners Australia Cup Round of 16
2023 National Premier Leagues SA (2) To Be Determined Federation Cup quarter-finals
  1. ^ Adelaide Juventus was disqualified after the first round for failing to play a replay after the use of illegal substitutions in the match.
  2. ^ The South Australian Soccer League was a breakaway league, and thus was not represented on the league system.
  3. ^ Drawn matches after 90 minutes were decided on penalties, with 2 points for a win and 1 point for a loss.
  4. ^ a b c Adelaide City had 18 competition points removed for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, and 6 points for the 2019 season.[3]

During Adelaide City's tenure in the National Soccer League from 1977 until 2003, the club often fielded a second team in South Australian competitions, with limited success.

Season League[2] Federation/NSL Cup[2] Others[2]
Division Pld W D L GF GA +/- Pts Position Finals
1985 SASF Division Two (3) 24 11 2 11 +9 43 34 18[a] 10th P.G.H. Cup First round Ampol Cup Winner
1986 SASF Division Two (3) 20 6 6 8 24 27 –3 18 8th P.G.H. Cup Quarter-finals Ampol Cup Winner
1987 SASF Division Two (3) 18 12 2 4 49 17 +32 26 1st (P) P.G.H. Cup First round Ampol Cup Runner-up
1988 SASF Division One (2) 22 9 4 9 27 28 –1 22 6th P.G.H. Cup Semi-finals
1989 SASF Division One (2) 22 4 8 10 17 30 –13 16 9th P.G.H. Cup First round Ampol Cup Semi-finals
1990 SASF Division One (2) 22 5 11 6 20 19 +1 21 8th P.G.H. Cup Second round
1991 SASF Division One (2) 22 10 6 6 39 28 +11 23 5th P.G.H. Cup Second round
1995 SASF State League (3) 20 6 4 10 25 30 –5 22 8th
1996 SASF State League (3) 22 3 5 14 31 55 –24 14 11th
1997 SASF State League (3) 22 10 6 6 53 33 +20 36 5th Mutual Community Cup Second round
1998 SASF State League (3) 22 10 5 7 41 25 +16 35 5th Mutual Community Cup First round
1999 SASF State League (3) 24 17 3 4 73 29 +44 54 1st (P) 1st West End Cup First round
2000 SASF Premier League (2) 22 6 5 11 26 36 –10 23 10th West End Cup Semi-finals
2001 SASF Premier League (2) 22 11 4 7 46 26 +20 37 5th Elimination Final West End Cup First round Summer Night Series Group stage
2002 SASF Premier League (2) 22 5 5 12 37 52 –15 20 10th West End Cup Quarter-finals Summer Night Series 4th
2003 SASF Premier League (2) 22 8 3 11 26 35 –9 27 8th Federation Cup First round
  1. ^ Adelaide City had six competition points removed for failing to provide results or matchcards.

References

  1. ^ "Adelaide City Divisional History". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "South Australia Past Seasons Final Tables and Results". Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Adelaide City FC Outcome". Football South Australia. 23 December 2018.