The Adelaide Football Club,nicknamed the Crows,are a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide,South Australia that was founded in 1990. The Crows have fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 1991,and a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition since 2017. The club's offices and training facilities are located in the western Adelaide suburb of West Lakes,at the site of the club's former home ground Football Park. Since 2014 Adelaide have played home matches at the Adelaide Oval,a 53,500-seat stadium located a few hundred metres north of the Adelaide CBD.
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide,South Australia,located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football,but has also played host to rugby league,rugby union,soccer,tennis among other sports as well as regularly being used to hold concerts. Austadiums.com described Adelaide Oval as being "one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia,if not the world." After the completion of the ground's most recent redevelopment in 2014,sports journalist Gerard Whateley described the venue as being "the most perfect piece of modern architecture because it's a thoroughly contemporary stadium with all the character that it's had in the past."
Gregory Anderson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and the Essendon Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Nathan "Bassy" Bassett is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently an assistant coach with the Port Adelaide Football Club.
Bruce Abernethy is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club Collingwood Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL),and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and is a media personality.
Jason Porplyzia is a former Australian rules football player with a Ukrainian background in the Australian Football League. He wore the number 40 for the Adelaide Football Club,and was known as a dangerous forward with a strong mark for his size. He was also widely regarded as one of the most accurate kicks for goal in the competition. He was known by a number of nicknames,including "the Porpoise",Needles and Porps.
Martin Mattner is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was traded to Sydney from the Crows in October 2007 in exchange for draft pick number 28.
Bradley Gotch is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and St Kilda in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). He is currently the head coach of West Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL.
Thomas Telford Lynch is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for St Kilda Football Club,Adelaide Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Chris Schmidt is an Australian rules footballer. He formerly played in the AFL,for the Brisbane Lions and Adelaide. He now plays for SANFL club West Adelaide,the club he was originally drafted from. Schmidt holds the SANFL record for lowest goals to games ratio.
The Australian Football League stages the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the country.
Paul Robert Seedsman is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by Collingwood in the 2010 national draft,with pick 76,and traded to Adelaide at the end of the 2015 season. Seedsman grew up supporting Collingwood;his great-grandfather,Jim Sharp,played for Fitzroy and Collingwood,and was president of Collingwood for 12 years.
Dean Terlich is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the club with draft pick 68 in the 2012 national draft. He made his debut in round 2,2013,against Essendon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground,in the match where Melbourne were defeated by 148 points.
Kyle Hartigan is a former professional Australian rules football player who last played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL),having previously played for Adelaide. Hartigan was selected with the Crows' first pick,number 14 overall,in the 2012 Rookie Draft.
Rory Laird is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Adelaide with pick 5 in the 2011 Rookie Draft.
Jake Kelly is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL),having been initially drafted to the Adelaide Football Club. Kelly was drafted with pick 40 in the 2014 Rookie Draft,and is the son of former Collingwood player Craig.
Jake Lever is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A defender,1.95 metres tall and weighing 89 kilograms (196 lb),Lever plays primarily as a half-back and is known for his intercept marking and ability to read the play. Originally from Romsey,Victoria,he played top-level football at a young age when he played with the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup,and represented and captained Victoria in the AFL Under 18 Championships as a bottom-aged player. He suffered a serious knee injury which forced him to miss the entire season in his final junior year.
Alex Neal-Bullen is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder,1.82 metres tall and weighing 80 kilograms (180 lb),Neal-Bullen plays primarily as a half-forward. He played top-level football early when he played senior football for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) at eighteen years of age,in addition to representing South Australia at the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships. He was recruited by the Melbourne Football Club with the fortieth selection in the 2014 AFL draft and he made his AFL debut during the 2015 season.
Riley Knight is a professional Australian rules football player who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Knight was drafted with pick 46 of the 2013 National Draft.
Patrick Wilson is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his debut in round 13 of the 2018 season against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
