The following is a partial list of sports clubs in
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...
, the capital of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
.
Athletics
*
Adelaide University Athletics Club
*Adelaide Eagles Little Athletics Club
*Flinders Athletics Club
Australian rules football
Australian Football League (AFL)
*
Adelaide Crows
The Adelaide Crows (officially the Adelaide Football Club) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1990. The Crows has fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) sinc ...
*
Port Adelaide Football Club
Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, whilst its reserv ...
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 th ...
(SANFL)
*
Central District Bulldogs
Central District Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the South Australian National Football League. Based at Elizabeth in the City of Playford about 25 km to the north of Adelaide, South Australia the club's ...
*
Glenelg Football Club
Glenelg Football Club is an Australian rules football team, which plays in the South Australian National Football League. The club is known as the "Tigers" (or the "Bays"), and their home ground is ACH Group Stadium (formerly Glenelg Oval), l ...
*
North Adelaide Roosters
North Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Roosters, is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The club plays its home games at Prospect Oval ...
*
Norwood Football Club
Norwood Football Club, nicknamed the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in the state of South Australia. Its home ground is Coopers Stadium (Norwood Oval), which ...
*
Port Adelaide Football Club
Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, whilst its reserv ...
*
South Adelaide Football Club
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 Stadium[Sturt Football Club
The Sturt Football Club, nicknamed The Double Blues, is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in the suburb of Unley, South Australia, which plays in the South Australian National Football League.
Founded in 1901 by the S ...]
*
West Adelaide Football Club
West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the club's home base is Richmond Oval (currently known as Hisense Stadium un ...
*
Woodville-West Torrens Football Club
Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football cl ...
Adelaide Footy League
The Adelaide Footy League, formerly known as the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL), is a semi-professional Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs playing ov ...
*
Adelaide University Football Club
The Adelaide University Football Club Inc. (AUFC) is a South Australian based amateur Australian rules football club. It is an affiliate of the Adelaide University Sports Assoc. and plays in the Adelaide Footy League (former "South Australi ...
*
Broadview Football Club
*
Gepps Cross Football Club
*
Henley Football Club
The Henley Sharks Football Club is an Australian sports club headquartered in Henley Beach, South Australia. Established in 1899, Henley's main sports are Australian rules football and netball.[Modbury Football Club
The Modbury Football Club (nicknamed the ''Hawks'') is an Australian rules football club based in Modbury, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia.
Formed in 1862, the Modbury Football Club is the oldest extant football club in South Australi ...]
*
Port District Football Club
*
Salisbury North
*
GAZA, Premiers 2011
*
Goodwood Saints
*
Edwardstown Football Club
The Edwardstown Football Club is an Australian rules football club first formed in 1919. In 1938, Edwardstown merged with the Black Forest Football Club from the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association but retained the name Edwardstown. Fo ...
*
Smithfield Football Club
*
Portland Football Club
*
Rosewater Football Club
*
Golden Grove Football Club
*
Kenilworth Football Club
*
Unley Jets Football Club
*
Plympton Football Club
The Plympton Football Club is an Australian sports club based in Plympton Park. Established in 1937, the club is mostly known for its Australian rules football team, which currently plays in the South Australian Amateur Football League. Previou ...
*
Prince Alfred Old Collegians Football Club
*
Sacred Heart Old Collegians Football Club
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects ( ...
*
PHOS Camden Football Club
The PHOS Camden Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the south western suburbs of Adelaide which was formed in 1994 as a merger between the Plympton High Old Scholars Football Club and Camden Football Club, who had broken a ...
*
North Haven Football Club
*
Kilburn Football Club
*
Brighton Football Club
Brighton Football Club was an Australian rules football club which played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). The club was based in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, and was nicknamed the Penguins. After suffering financial hardship ...
*
Marion Football Club
Badminton
*
Glenelg Badminton Club
*
Ranges Badminton Club
*
PAOC Badminton Club
*
Sturt Badminton Club
Baseball
*
Adelaide Bite
The Adelaide Giants are a professional baseball team that plays in the Australian Baseball League. They are one of the six foundation franchises of the league, in its first incarnation from 1989 to 1999. The team adopted the name Bite or Adelaid ...
(
Australian Baseball League
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF). It uses the same name as a now-defunct competition held during the 1990s, and though it ...
)
South Australian Baseball League
*
Adelaide Baseball Club
Adelaide Angels Baseball Club is a Baseball Club in Adelaide, South Australia, The club plays in the South Australian Baseball League. The club is based at Weigall Oval in Plympton a suburb of Adelaide.
References
External linksAdelaide ...
*
Adelaide University Baseball Club
*
East Torrens Baseball Club
*
Glenelg Baseball Club
Glenelg is a baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a ...
*
Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club
*
Goodwood Baseball Club
Goodwood is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Indians, their home ground is Mortlock Park in Colonel Light Gardens.
The Goodwood Baseball Club was founded in 1889 and is the oldest baseball club in exi ...
*
Henley & Grange Baseball Club
*
Kensington Baseball Club
*
Northern Districts Baseball Club
Northern Districts is a baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League
The following is a partial list of sports clubs in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.
Athletics
* Adelaide University Athletics Club
*Adelaide Eagle ...
*
Playford City Baseball Club
*
Port Adelaide Baseball Club
*
Southern Districts Baseball Club
*
Sturt Baseball Club
*
West Torrens Baseball Club
*
Woodville District Baseball Club Woodville may refer to one of the following:
Places Australia
* Woodville, New South Wales
* Woodville, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
** Woodville railway station, Adelaide
Canada
* Woodville, Ontario
*Woodville, Nova Scotia
New Zealand
* ...
Basketball
*
Adelaide Lightning
The Adelaide Lightning is an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League ( WNBL). The club is based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The club was formed in 1993 and they play ...
(
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Ba ...
)
*
Adelaide 36ers
The Adelaide 36ers, also known as the Sixers, are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). The 36ers are the only team in the league representing the state of South Australia and are based in th ...
(
National Basketball League)
*South Australian Defence Basketball (
Australian Defence Basketball Association)
NBL1 Central Division
/h2>
*
Central District Lions
*
Eastern Mavericks
Eastern Mavericks is a NBL1 Central club based in Mount Barker, South Australia. The club fields both a men's and women's team. The club is a division of the overarching Eastern Mavericks District Basketball Club (EMDBC), the major administrative b ...
*
Norwood Flames
*
North Adelaide Rockets
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography.
Etymology
T ...
*
Forrestville Eagles
*
Sturt Sabres
*
Southern Tigers
*
West Adelaide Bearcats
West Adelaide Bearcats is a NBL1 Central club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club fields both a men's and women's team. The club is a division of the overarching West Adelaide Basketball Club (WABC), the major administrative basketball ...
*
South Adelaide Panthers
*
Woodville Warriors
Other District (Central Division) Basketball Clubs
*
UniSA Basketball
*
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on ...
*Western Magic
*Torrens Valley Cougars
Cricket
*
Adelaide Strikers
The Adelaide Strikers are an Australian professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia that compete in the Big Bash League (BBL).Cricket Australia (n.d), Teams and Players, Cricket Australia, accessed 1 Decembe ...
(
Big Bash League
The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash Le ...
), (
Women's Big Bash League
The Women's Big Bash League (known as the WBBL and, for sponsorship reasons, the Weber WBBL) is the Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which ran from the 2007–08 ...
)
*
West End Redbacks
The South Australia cricket team, officially named the West End Redbacks, is an Australian men's professional first-class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. The Redbacks play their home matches at Adelaide Oval and are the state c ...
(
Sheffield Shield
The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Sheffield Sh ...
,
Marsh One Day Cup)
*
South Australian Scorpions
The South Australia Women cricket team, also known as the Statewide Super South Australian Scorpions, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of South Australia. They play their home games at Karen Rolton Oval, Adela ...
(
Women's National Cricket League
The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national domestic 50-over competition for women's cricket in Australia. Featuring seven teams—one from every state, plus the Australian Capital Territory—each season's winner is awarded the ...
)
South Australian Grade Cricket League
South Australian Premier Cricket (previously known as South Australian District Cricket and South Australian Grade Cricket) is the semi-professional State league based in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. It is currently the highest level o ...
(SACA)
*
Adelaide Cricket Club
Adelaide Cricket Club or is a semi-professional cricket club in Adelaide, South Australia. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). The Adelaide Cricket C ...
*Adelaide University Cricket Club
*East Torrens Cricket Club
*
Glenelg Cricket Club
Glenelg District Cricket Club (the "Seahorses") are a Grade Cricket team located in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was founded in 1907. Their official website is http://www.gdcc.net.au
Glenelg competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket L ...
*
Kensington Cricket Club
The Kensington District Cricket Club ("The Browns") is a semi-professional cricket club in Adelaide, South Australia. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (SAC ...
*
Northern Districts Cricket Club
*
Port Adelaide Cricket Club
Port Adelaide Cricket Club is a cricket club in Adelaide, South Australia. Its home oval is the Port Reserve, Port Adelaide.
The club was founded in 1893. Port Adelaide has played in the South Australian Grade Cricket League since 1897.
Histo ...
*
Prospect Cricket Club
Prospect Cricket Club (the "Pirates") are a Grade Cricket team located in Adelaide, South Australia.
Prospect competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). 'A' Grade playe ...
*
Southern Districts Cricket Club
The Southern Districts Cricket Club ("Stingrays") is a semi-professional cricket club in Adelaide, South Australia. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). ...
*
Sturt Cricket Club
*Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club
*
West Torrens Cricket Club
The West Torrens District Cricket Club ("Western Eagles") is a
Premier Grade Cricket Club in Adelaide, South Australia. It competes in the West End Premier Cricket Competition, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association (S ...
*Woodville Cricket Club
Soccer
*
Adelaide United FC
Adelaide United Football Club is a professional Association Football, soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under North American professional sports league organization#Systems ar ...
(
A-League
A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competit ...
,
W-League football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
)
*
Adelaide City
Adelaide City Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was known historically as Juventus — the original name given to the club by its founders in Adelaide's Italian community.
Adelaide City is one of Aus ...
(
FFSA Super League)
*
Croydon Kings (
FFSA Super League)
Cumberland United Womens FC(
FFSA Women's Premier League )
*
Cumberland United FC
Cumberland United FC is an Australian association football club based in Adelaide, South Australia. Cumberland competes in the National Premier League South Australia, the second-tier of Australian soccer under the top-flight, A-League. Their ...
(
FFSA Premier League )
*
West Adelaide (
FFSA State League
The NPL State League 1 South Australia is the second tier state-level football (soccer) competition in South Australia, ranked third tier in the national pyramid. The league are part of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) structure implemented ...
)
*
Port Adelaide Lion Soccer Club (The Pirates) (
FFSA Premier League,
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
)
Dragon Boating
* Adelaide Phoenix Dragon Boat Club
Fishing
*
Adelaide Game Fishing Club
*
Game Fishing Club of South Australia
*
Western Districts Angling Club
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
Golf
*
Royal Adelaide Golf Club
The Royal Adelaide Golf Club (often referred to as Seaton) is a private Australian golf club located in the Adelaide suburb of Seaton, northwest of the city centre.
The links at Seaton has been the venue for many international and interstate ...
*
Glenelg Golf Club
Glenelg Golf Club is a private golf club located in the Adelaide suburb of Novar Gardens, also near the seaside suburb of Glenelg. It is located adjacent the southern boundary of Adelaide International Airport and within easy access of the Ade ...
Hockey
*
Adelaide hockey club
* Adelaide University Hockey Club
* Burnside Hockey Club
*
Forestville hockey club
*
Grange Royals Hockey Club
* Enfield Hockey Club
* North East Hockey Club
* Port Adelaide District Hockey Club
* Seacliff Hockey Club
* St. Peters Old Collegians Hockey Club
* University of South Australia Hockey Club
* Woodville Hockey Club
Horse racing
*
South Australian Jockey Club
South Australian Jockey Club is the principal race club in South Australia.
First racing events
The first horse racing events in South Australia took place at a well-attended picnic meeting held over 1 and 2 January 1838. In August 1838, ridin ...
Ice hockey
*
Adelaide Adrenaline
The Adelaide Adrenaline is a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Adelaide, South Australia. The team is a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team was founded in 2008 as the Adelaide A's to replace the defunct Adelai ...
*
Adelaide Rush
The Adelaide Rush is a women's ice hockey team in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League, which is the highest level national competition in Australia. The team is based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
History Before the AWIHL
The ...
*
Adelaide Generals
Gridiron
* Adelaide University Razorbacks
* South City Chiefs
*
Port Adelaide Spartans
* UniSA Eagles
* Southern District Oilers
Netball
National level
;
Suncorp Super Netball
Suncorp Super Netball is the top level netball league featuring teams from Australia. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top level netball league in Australia. Since 2019, the league has ...
*
Adelaide Thunderbirds
Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played ...
;
Australian Netball League
The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008 it has served as a second level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Ne ...
*
Southern Force
State level
;
Netball South Australia Premier League
The Netball South Australia Premier League, also referred to as the Netball SA Premier League is a state netball league organised by Netball South Australia. On a national level, the league is effectively a third level league, below Suncorp Supe ...
Rowing
*
Adelaide Rowing Club
*
Adelaide University Boat Club
The Adelaide University Boat Club is a rowing club affiliated with the University of Adelaide. The club was founded in 1881, and in 1896 helped to form the Adelaide University Sports Association. The main clubrooms, donated by Robert Barr Smit ...
* Riverside Rowing Club
* Torrens Rowing Club
Rugby league
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
*
Adelaide Rams
The Adelaide Rams were an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The team was formed in 1995 for the planned rebel Super League competition. The Rams lasted two seasons, the first in the Super L ...
South Australian Rugby League
NRL South Australia (abbreviated as NRLSA, formerly the South Australian Rugby League) is a not-for-profit organisation responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the state of South Australia. It was formed on 28 July 1976 and is ...
SARL Clubs
*
Central Districts Roosters
*Cougars
*
Para Districts Eels
*Henley Raiders
*Northern Districts Dragons
*River City Knights
*South Adelaide Bulldogs
*Spencer Gulf Titans
*Glenelg Tigers
Rugby union
South Australian Rugby Union
Rugby Union South Australia (RUSA) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the state of South Australia. It is a member of Rugby Australia and runs an amateur club competition in Adelaide consisting of men's teams in Premier grade, P ...
SA Club Rugby
*
Adelaide University Rugby Union Football Club
* Barossa Rams RC
Joe Crouch Former England Under 17s
* Brighton RUFC
* Burnside RUFC
* Elizabeth RUFC
Joe Crouch Former England Under 17s
* North East Districts RUFC
* North Torrens RUFC
*
Old Collegians Rugby Club
* Onkaparinga RUFC
* Port Adelaide RUFC
* Souths Suburbs RUFC
* Woodville RUFC
Korfball
*
North Adelaide Korfball Club
*
Adelaide Boomers Korfball Club
*
Glenelg Korfball Club
*
Arista Marion Korfball Club
*
Flinders University Korfball Club
See also
*
Sport in South Australia
Sport plays an important role in the business, community, social and cultural life in South Australia.
Sport as entertainment plays an important role with South Australia having the second highest rate of event attendance of all states and terr ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sporting clubs in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...
Adelaide-related lists
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...