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 SeasonLeagueFederation/NSL CupOthersDivisionPositionFinals1946 SASFA Division Two (2) 14 7 3 4 41 40 +1 17 1st (P) Pelaco Cup Semi-finals Pozza Cup Runner-up1947 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-up1950 SASFA Division One (1) 18 11 2 5 60 34 +26 24 Runner-up Pelaco Cup Second round1951 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-up1953 SASFA Division One (1) 18 16 1 1 60 11 +49 33 Champions Pelaco Cup Winner Pozza Cup Winner1954 SASFA Division One (1) 18 15 1 2 76 23 +53 31 Champions Pelaco Cup Winner Pozza Cup Semi-finals1955 SASFA Division One (1) 18 14 2 2 65 19 +46 30 Runner-up Advertiser Cup Winner Pozza Cup Winner1956 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 Ampol Cup WinnerAscot Cup Semi-finals1961 SA Soccer League (–) 21 14 4 3 62 24 +38 32 Runner-up Jaxen Cup Quarter-finals San Remo Cup Winners1962 SASFA Division One (1) 18 11 1 6 52 26 +26 23 Runner-up Australia Cup Third place1963 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 3 2 42 22 +20 29 Champions Federation Cup Winner Australia Cup Third placeAmpol Cup Group stage1964 SASF Division One (1) 18 11 5 2 38 16 +22 27 Champions Federation Cup Third round replay Ampol Cup Semi-finalsAustralia Cup quarter-finals1965 SASF Division One (1) 18 10 1 7 50 25 +25 21 3rd Federation Cup Winner Australia Cup quarter-finals1966 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 2 3 49 21 +28 28 Runner-up Federation Cup Quarter-finals Ampol Cup Runner-upAustralia Cup First round1967 SASF Division One (1) 18 14 3 1 55 11 +44 31 Champions Federation Cup Runner-up Ampol Cup WinnerAustralia Cup quarter-finals1968 SASF Division One (1) 18 10 4 4 36 15 +21 24 3rd Federation Cup Runner-up Ampol Cup Runner-upAustralia Cup Second round1969 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-up1971 SASF Division One (1) 18 11 3 4 43 20 +23 25 Runner-up Federation Cup Winner Coca-Cola Cup Winner1972 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 5 0 37 13 +24 31 Champions Federation Cup Winner Coca-Cola Cup WinnerAmpol Cup Runner-up1973 SASF Division One (1) 18 12 1 5 37 12 +25 25 Runner-up Willis Cup Winner Coca-Cola Cup WinnerAmpol Cup Semi-finals1974 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 2 3 36 11 +25 28 Champions Willis Cup First round Ampol Cup WinnerCoca Cola Cup Semi-finals1975 SASF Division One (1) 18 13 2 3 42 11 +31 28 Runner-up Willis Cup Semi-finals Ampol Cup Semi-finals1976 SASF Division One (1) 18 11 5 2 39 10 +29 27 Runner-up Willis Cup Winner Ampol Cup Semi-finals1977 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 round1987 National Soccer League (1) 24 6 10 8 29 23 +6 22 10th NSL Cup First round Oceania Club Championship Winner1988 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 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 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-up2006 FFSA Super League (2) 18 10 8 0 37 13 +24 38 Champions Federation Cup Winner Errea Cup Winner2007 FFSA Super League (2) 18 14 3 1 49 17 +32 45 Champions Best Pavers Cup Winner Errea Cup Semi-finals2008 FFSA Super League (2) 18 12 1 5 33 17 +16 37 Premiers Champions Best Pavers Cup Runner-up Best Point Cup Runner-up2009 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-finals2012 FFSA Super League (2) 18 9 3 6 29 21 +8 30 4th Runner-up Coca-Cola Cup Semi-finals Carlsberg Cup Semi-finals2013 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-finals2015 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 26 14 4 8 69 39 +30 46 5th Semi-finals Federation Cup Runner-up2016 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 17 2 3 62 27 +35 53 Premiers Runner-up Federation Cup Second round NPL Quarter-finals2017 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 16 2 4 60 19 +41 32 6th Runner-up Federation Cup Runner-up NPL Quarter-finals2018 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 14 4 4 52 19 +33 28 5th Runner-up Federation Cup Quarter-finals 2019 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 5 9 8 29 42 –13 18 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 322022 National Premier Leagues SA (2) 22 15 6 1 55 17 +38 51 Premiers Champions Federation Cup Winners Australia Cup Round of 162023 National Premier Leagues SA (2) To Be Determined Federation Cup quarter-finals
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.
SeasonLeagueFederation/NSL CupOthersDivisionPositionFinals1985 SASF Division Two (3) 24 11 2 11 +9 43 34 18 10th P.G.H. Cup First round Ampol Cup Winner1986 SASF Division Two (3) 20 6 6 8 24 27 –3 18 8th P.G.H. Cup Quarter-finals Ampol Cup Winner1987 SASF Division Two (3) 18 12 2 4 49 17 +32 26 1st (P) P.G.H. Cup First round Ampol Cup Runner-up1988 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-finals1990 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 stage2002 SASF Premier League (2) 22 5 5 12 37 52 –15 20 10th West End Cup Quarter-finals Summer Night Series 4th2003 SASF Premier League (2) 22 8 3 11 26 35 –9 27 8th Federation Cup First round
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