This page is a chronological listing of the premiership winners in the
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
Originally formed as t ...
South Australia
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.
Chronological list
Number of SANFL premierships by club
* * Defunct Clubs
* ** Original Old Adelaide Club first formed in 1860, merged with Kensington for the 1881 season but resigned from the competition after 4 games.
* ** Old Adelaide rejoined in 1885, won the premiership in 1886, but disbanded for the final time in 1893
* The original Adelaide Football Club is not related to the current Adelaide Football Club
* West Torrens merged with Woodville at the end of 1990 season to form Woodville-West Torrens
Consecutive SANFL premierships and Grand Final Appearances
Only , , and have recorded premiership and/or Grand Finals streaks of three or more in the SANFL.
* Grand Finals only commenced in 1898 (excluding playoffs in 1889 and 1894)
Champions of Australia
The
Championship of Australia
The Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian football leagues. The Championship took place three ti ...
was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian, West Australian and Tasmania football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914 with the exception of 1912 and every year from 1968 to 1975.
SANFL Grand Final Records
Prior to 1974 all SANFL Grand Finals were held at the
Adelaide Oval
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 le ...
(bar the 1904 Grand Final at Jubilee Oval).
From 1974 to 2013 they were held at
Football Park
Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian Na ...
.
From 2014 onwards they returned to
Adelaide Oval
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.
* Largest Attendance at
Football Park
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1976
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Adelaide Oval
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: 62,543 - Port Adelaide 12.8 (80) d Sturt 12.5 (77), 1965
* Highest Score: 24.15 (159) Sturt d Glenelg 13.16 (94),
1969
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North Adelaide
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.
History
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* Largest Winning Margin: 125 points - Central District 23.15 (153) d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4 (28), 2004
* Smallest Winning Margin: 1 point - Norwood 8.4 (52) d West Torrens 7.9 (51),
1925
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& Norwood 16.15 (111) d Sturt 14.26 (110), 1978 & Sturt 7.8 (50) d Port Adelaide 7.7 (49),
2017
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& Norwood 8.11 (59) d North Adelaide 8.10 (58),
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* Highest Losing Score: 19.16 (130) - North Adelaide lost to Glenelg 21.11 (137),
1973
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* Lowest Winning Score: 3.5 (23) - Sturt d North Adelaide 2.6 (18),
1919
Events
January
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* Highest Match Aggregate: 267 points - Glenelg 21.11 (137) d North Adelaide 19.16 (130), 1973
* Lowest Match Aggregate: 41 points - North Adelaide 4.3 (27) d
South Adelaide
The South Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known as the ''Panthers'', their home ground is Flinders University Stadium1900
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& Sturt 3.5 (23) d North Adelaide 2.6 (18), 1919
Minor grades
Reserves premiership
Reserve grade premierships are contested between the existing SANFL clubs, with the exception of
Adelaide
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(who have never fielded a team in the SANFL Reserves) and Port Adelaide (who were removed from the competition in 2018). Official SANFL records recognise premierships going back to 1919, however the first Association league (that operated underneath the SAFA premiership) commenced in 1906, as can be seen in the list of premiers below.
*1906: Norwood (1)
*1907: Portland Imperial (1)
*1908: Portland Imperial (2)
*1909: Sturt (1)
*1910: Norwood (2)
*1911: Port Adelaide (1)
*1912:
North Adelaide
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.
History
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(1)
*1913: Sturt (2)
*1914:
South Adelaide
The South Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known as the ''Panthers'', their home ground is Flinders University StadiumWest Torrens (1)
*1916–18: None (
WW1
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*1919: West Torrens (2)
*1920: West Torrens (3)
*1921: Norwood (3)
*1922: West Torrens (4)
*1923: Port Adelaide (2)
*1924: West Torrens (5)
*1925: North Adelaide (2)
*1926: West Torrens (6)
*1927: West Torrens (7)
*1928: North Adelaide (3)
*1929: West Adelaide (1)
*1930: Norwood (4)
*1931: West Torrens (8)
*1932: North Adelaide (4)
*1933: Port Adelaide (3)
*1934: North Adelaide (5)
*1935: West Torrens (9)
*1936: Port Adelaide (4)
*1937: Norwood (5)
*1938: Norwood (6)
*1939: Norwood (7)
*1940: West Adelaide (2)
*1941: West Torrens (10)
*1942–45: None (
WW2
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*1946: West Torrens (11)
*1947: Port Adelaide (5)
*1948: Port Adelaide (6)
*1949: Sturt (3)
*1950: West Torrens (12)
*1951: West Adelaide (3)
*1952: Port Adelaide (7)
*1953: West Torrens (13)
*1954: West Torrens (14)
*1955: Port Adelaide (8)
*1956: Port Adelaide (9)
*1957: Port Adelaide (10)
*1958: Port Adelaide (11)
*1959: Port Adelaide (12)
*1960: Norwood (8)
*1961: Norwood (9)
*1962: West Torrens (15)
*1963: Port Adelaide (13)
*1964: North Adelaide (6)
*1965: North Adelaide (7)
*1966: North Adelaide (8)
*1967: Glenelg (1)
*1968: West Torrens (16)
*1969: Norwood (10)
*1970: Norwood (11)
*1971: Central District (1)
*1972: Norwood (12)
*1973: Woodville (1)
*1974: Norwood (13)
*1975: Norwood (14)
*1976: Norwood (15)
*1977: Sturt (4)
*1978: Norwood (16)
*1979: South Adelaide (2)
*1980: Port Adelaide (14)
*1981: Glenelg (2)
*1982: Glenelg (3)
*1983: Port Adelaide (15)
*1984: West Torrens (17)
*1985: Norwood (17)
*1986: Norwood (18)
*1987: Woodville (2)
*1988: Port Adelaide (16)
*1989: Central District (2)
*1990: West Torrens (18)
*1991: South Adelaide (3)
*1992: Woodville-West Torrens (1)
*1993: Woodville-West Torrens (2)
*1994: West Adelaide (4)
*1995: Norwood (19)
*1996: Port Adelaide (17)
*1997: Port Adelaide (18)
*1998: Norwood (20)
*1999: Sturt (5)
*2000: Woodville-West Torrens (3)
*2001: Woodville-West Torrens (4)
*2002: Central District (3)
*2003: Central District (4)
*2004: Woodville-West Torrens (5)
*2005: North Adelaide (9)
*2006: North Adelaide (10)
*2007: Glenelg (4)
*2008: Sturt (6)
*2009: Glenelg (5)
*2010: Port Adelaide (19)
*2011: Glenelg (6)
*2012: Central District (5)
*2013: Woodville-West Torrens (6)
*2014: Woodville-West Torrens (7)
*2015: Woodville-West Torrens (8)
*2016: North Adelaide (11)
*2017: Sturt (7)
*2018: North Adelaide (12)
*2019: Norwood (21)
*2020: Woodville-West Torrens (9)
*2021: Glenelg (7)
*2022: Sturt (8)
Source where unlisted
Thirds/Under 19s/17s & U18s/16s
Thirds-grade competitions for SANFL clubs featuring underage players seeking to enter reserves/senior-level football have been in place since the late 1930s. Under-19 and under-17 premierships were scheduled from 1937/1939 to 2008, after which they were replaced with an under 18 competition (initially known as the Maccas Cup) in 2009 and an under 16 series (initially known as the Maccas Shield) in 2010. Note that Port Adelaide's participation in these competitions ended in 2014.
Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)
*1937: North Adelaide (1)
*1938: West Torrens (1)
*1939: West Torrens (2)
*1940: Norwood (1)
*1941: West Torrens (3)
*1942: North Adelaide (2)
*1943: West Adelaide (1)
*1944: West Adelaide (2)
*1945: Norwood (2)
*1946: Port Adelaide (1)
*1947: Norwood (3)
*1948: North Adelaide (3)
*1949: North Adelaide (4)
*1950: Port Adelaide (2)
*1951: Sturt (1)
*1952: Norwood (4)
*1953: Port Adelaide (3)
*1954: North Adelaide (5)
*1955: West Torrens (4)
*1956: West Torrens (5)
*1957: West Torrens (6)
*1958: Sturt (2)
*1959: Glenelg (1)
*1960: Norwood (5)
*1961: North Adelaide (6)
*1962: Port Adelaide (4)
*1963: Norwood (6)
*1964: Sturt (3)
*1965: Norwood (7)
*1966: North Adelaide (7)
*1967: Glenelg (2)
*1968: West Adelaide (3)
*1969: Glenelg (3)
*1970: Central District (1)
*1971: Norwood (8)
*1972: Norwood (9)
*1973: West Torrens (7)
*1974: Port Adelaide (5)
*1975: Port Adelaide (6)
*1976: Port Adelaide (7)
*1977: Port Adelaide (8)
*1978: West Adelaide (4)
*1979: Glenelg (4)
*1980: Norwood (10)
*1981: Central District (2)
*1982: Central District (3)
*1983: Norwood (11)
*1984: Sturt (4)
*1985: Norwood (12)
*1986: Norwood (13)
*1987: Sturt (5)
*1988: Norwood (14)
*1989: West Torrens (8)
*1990: Norwood (15)
*1991: Port Adelaide (9)
*1992: Glenelg (5)
*1993: South Adelaide (1)
*1994: South Adelaide (2)
*1995: Norwood (16)
*1996: Woodville-West Torrens (1)
*1997: Norwood (17)
*1998: Woodville-West Torrens (2)
*1999: Port Adelaide (10)
*2000: Woodville-West Torrens (3)
*2001: Port Adelaide (11)
*2002: West Adelaide (5)
*2003: Central District (4)
*2004: West Adelaide (6)
*2005: North Adelaide (8)
*2006: Port Adelaide (12)
*2007: Port Adelaide (13)
*2008: Glenelg (6)
Source where unlisted:
Under 17s premiership (1939–2008)
*1939: North Adelaide (1)
*1940: North Adelaide (2)
*1941: Sturt (1)
*1942-46: None (
WW2
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*1947: North Adelaide (3)
*1948: West Adelaide (1)
*1949: Sturt (2)
*1950: North Adelaide (4)
*1951: Port Adelaide (1)
*1952: North Adelaide (5)
*1953: West Torrens (1)
*1954: West Torrens (2)
*1955: Port Adelaide (2)
*1956: North Adelaide (6)
*1957: West Torrens (3)
*1958: Glenelg (1)
*1959: Glenelg (2)
*1960: Glenelg (3)
*1961: Port Adelaide (3)
*1962: Woodville (1)
*1963: Sturt (3)
*1964: Woodville (2)
*1965: Norwood (1)
*1966: Central District (1)
*1967: Woodville (2)
*1968: Woodville (3)
*1969: North Adelaide (7)
*1970: North Adelaide (8)
*1971: Port Adelaide (4)
*1972: Port Adelaide (5)
*1973: Woodville (4)
*1974: Sturt (4)
*1975: Glenelg (4)
*1976: Sturt (5)
*1977: Central District (2)
*1978: Central District (3)
*1979: Central District (4)
*1980: Sturt (6)
*1981: Norwood (2)
*1982: Norwood (3)
*1983: Norwood (4)
*1984: Norwood (5)
*1985: Central District (5)
*1986: Norwood (6)
*1987: North Adelaide (9)
*1988: Norwood (7)
*1989: Norwood (8)
*1990: South Adelaide (1)
*1991: Norwood (9)
*1992: Central District (6)
*1993: Woodville-West Torrens (1)
*1994: Port Adelaide (6)
*1995: South Adelaide (2)
*1996: Central District (7)
*1997: North Adelaide (10)
*1998: Woodville-West Torrens (2)
*1999: Woodville-West Torrens (3)
*2000: Woodville-West Torrens (4)
*2001: West Adelaide (2)
*2002: West Adelaide (3)
*2003: Sturt (7)
*2004: Central District (8)
*2005: North Adelaide (11)
*2006: West Adelaide (4)
*2007: North Adelaide (12)
*2008: Sturt (8)
Source where unlisted:
*2010: North Adelaide (1)
*2011: North Adelaide (2)
*2012: Norwood (1)
*2013: North Adelaide (3)
*2014: Glenelg (1)
*2015: Sturt (1)
*2016: Glenelg (2)
*2017: Glenelg (3)
*2018: Glenelg (4)
*2019: Glenelg (5)
*2020: Cancelled due to
COVID-19 pandemic
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*2021: South Adelaide (1)
*2022: Woodville West Torrens (1)