Adelaide City
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- For other uses, see City of Adelaide (disambiguation)City of Adelaide (disambiguation)City of Adelaide may refer to:* City of Adelaide, the local government area covering the inner part of the Adelaide metropolitan area in South Australia* Adelaide, a city in South Australia...
Adelaide City is a football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League (NSL) for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League
South Australian Super League
The South Australian Super League is the highest state-level association football competition in South Australia and commenced in 2006. Prior to the 2006 season, the highest level competition in South Australia was the South Australian Premier League. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the...
. City won the inaugural Super League with games to spare after leading for most of the season. They also won the Adelaide United FFSA Cup
Adelaide United FFSA Cup
The Adelaide United FFSA Federation Cup is a knockout football competition played in South Australia. It is run by the Football Federation of South Australia and the major sponsors are A-League club Adelaide United FC...
defeating Blue Eagles
Adelaide Blue Eagles
Adelaide Blue Eagles is a football club based at the Marden Sports Complex, South Australia. Blue Eagles is a participant in the recently formed South Australian Super League. ABE is a predominantly Italian Australian-supported club...
4-1 in the final at Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....
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Origins
The club was founded and primarily followed by people of ItalianItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
heritage and originally called Juventus from 1946-1966. In 1966 they became Adelaide Juventus and in 1977 Adelaide City, when Frank Lister
Frank Lister
Frank Lister is a former soccer player. He emigrated to Australia in 1959.-Career:Frank Lister approached the Adelaide Croatia Soccer Club in 1959, where he started playing as a junior...
captained the team in the inaugural Phillips NSL
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
competition. He later went on to win the 'Golden Boots' award for that year and was inducted into the South Australian Soccer
Football (soccer) in South Australia
Association football in South Australia is organised by Football Federation of South Australia who organise local competitions.-National Representation:South Australia has one team in the A-League named Adelaide United...
Hall of Fame in 2004.
The black and white striped shirt also gave the team the nickname of the Zebras.
2005 Season
Adelaide City were crowned SA Premier League Champions after defeating Adelaide RaidersAdelaide Raiders
Raiders is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia, that plays in the South Australian Super League. Its home ground is the Croatian Sports Centre in Gepps Cross, a northern suburb of Adelaide. It is a Croatian Australian-backed club and is also known by the name "Adelaide Croatia"...
2-1 in the Grand Final at Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....
on Friday 16 September 2005. Adelaide City took the lead just 4 minutes into the match when Nick Budin slotted the ball past Raiders goalkeeper Robert Matosevic. Raiders hit back just before the break through striker Jason Trimboli. The match went into extra time and midway through the second period of extra time a pin point Paul Pezos cross was met by a powerful Adam Osman header to hand Adelaide City their first title since 1974. Adelaide City Midfielder David Paladino was given the award for man of the match.
2006 Season
Adelaide City completed the treble in 2006 winning 3 Innaugral Trophies : The ERREA Pre-season Cup, BEST Super League Championship and FFSA Adelaide United Cup.City met Raiders in the ERREA cup final in what was a rematch of the previous season's Grand Final. City breezed through winning 5-0.
In the BEST Super League, City fought off tough competition for the majority of the year and ended the season 3 games clear on top of the table with a healthy goal difference.
City then went on to win the FFSA Adelaide United Cup with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Adelaide Blue Eagles. City opened their account with a 22nd minute header from striker Jonathan Negus. The second came from Deng Mayom who struck the bar with a header only to find the ball back at his feet for a tap in. City Scored again minutes later when Negus' 18yd bullet struck the back of the net. Adelaide Blue Eagles dominated the opening of the 2nd half and did get a goal themselves. Negus completed his hat-trick after a knock on from player-coach Damian Mori left him one on one with the goalkeeper. The final result 4-1. City's Jonathan Negus won the John Kosmina Medal awarded to the best on ground.
Current Squad
Notable former players
Australia John AloisiJohn Aloisi
John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart....
John Nyskohus Bugsy Nyskohus
Bugsy Nyskohus
Bohdan "Bugsy" Nyskohus OAM is an Australian former association football player of Ukrainian descent...
Fred Young Joe Mullen
Joe Mullen
Joseph Patrick Mullen is a retired American professional ice hockey player who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins from 1980–1997. He won three Stanley Cups in 1989 with Calgary, and in 1991 and 1992 with...
Louis Brain
Louis Brain
Louis Karl Brain is an English-Australian professional association football player who plays as an attacking midfielder. He played for Adelaide United in the newly formed Hyundai A-League's inaugural season, but was delisted in the close season...
Angelo Costanzo
Angelo Costanzo
Angelo Costanzo is an Australian football player.He is instantly recognizable by his trademark long hair, which has earned him the nickname "The Divine Ponytail" among Adelaide and Newcastle fans.-Club career:In 1994 at 18 years of age he won the SA player of the year award at Salisbury United,...
Travis Dodd
Travis Dodd
Travis Dodd is an Indigenous Australian football player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League. He plays as an attacking midfielder or winger.-Club career:...
Craig Foster Iain Fyfe
Iain Fyfe
Iain Fyfe is an Australian football player who currently plays as defender for Busan I'Park in the K-League.- Club career :On completion of his SASI program in 2000, Iain joined hometown NSL club Adelaide City...
Milan IvanovićMilan Ivanovic
Milan Ivanović is a former Serbian Australian football player...
Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony M. LaPaglia is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...
Frank Lister
Frank Lister
Frank Lister is a former soccer player. He emigrated to Australia in 1959.-Career:Frank Lister approached the Adelaide Croatia Soccer Club in 1959, where he started playing as a junior...
Sergio Melta
Sergio Melta
Sergio Melta , is a former Australian footballer, who had an extensive career in Australia's National Soccer League, spent entirely with Adelaide City. He won the NSL's player of the year award in 1984...
David Mitchell Lucas Pantelis
Lucas Pantelis
Lucas Pantelis is a Greek Australian football player. He currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Hyundai A-League.-Club career:...
Alex Tobin
Alex Tobin
Alexander Hugh Tobin is a former Australian football player. Tobin is the second most capped player for the Australia national football team with 87 'A' appearances, including many as captain...
Carl Veart
Carl Veart
Carl Veart is a former Australian football player who last played as a striker for Adelaide United.-Club career:...
Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar is an Australian football player and former captain of the Australian national team. He is currently not tied to any A-league club...
Tony Vidmar
Tony Vidmar
Anthony "Tony" Vidmar is an Australian former professional football player of Slovenian origin. He was a member of the Australian national team, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for his native country, and is currently Australia's third highest capped player...
Robert Zabica
Robert Zabica
Robert Zabica is an Australian former football player of Croatian descent. Zabica played as a goalkeeper...
David Paladino
Brazil Agenor Muniz
Agenor Muñiz
Agenor Muñiz was a Uruguayan footballer who played ten years for the Uruguay national football team.-Club career:Muñiz played for Montevideo Wanderers and Peñarol in the Uruguayan national league.-International career:...
(1980)
England Neil Banfield
Neil Banfield
Neil Banfield is an English football player and coach. He is currently the coach of Arsenal Reserves....
(1981–83) Les Carter (1983–84) Justin Fashanu
Justin Fashanu
Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be homosexual, and came out to the press later in his career, to become the first professional footballer to be openly gay...
Scotland Dixie Deans (1977-78) Derek Ferguson
Derek Ferguson
Derek Ferguson is a Scottish football manager and former player.A creative midfielder, he is best remembered for his time with Rangers and Heart of Midlothian and made two appearances for the Scottish national side. He is the elder brother of current Birmingham City midfielder Barry Ferguson...
(1999-00)
Italy Claudio Pelosi
Claudio Pelosi
Claudio Pelosi is an Italian football player. As a young player he represented U.S. Cremonese, Lucchese and Derthona. In the 1992-93 season he played for Calcio Catania in Serie C1 before moving to Empoli and Frosinone. He then moved on to play for Ternana, Ascoli and Pistoiese...
Gianluca Lagati Diego Pellegrini
New Zealand Shane Smeltz
Shane Smeltz
Shane Edward Smeltz is a New Zealand professional association football player. He plays as a striker for Perth Glory FC.-Club career:...
International
- Oceania Club ChampionshipOceania Club Championship 1987The 1987 Oceania Club Championship was held in March 1987 in Adelaide, Australia. It was a one-match playoff between the champion clubs of Australia and New Zealand, with no other nations involved...
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- 1987Oceania Club Championship 1987The 1987 Oceania Club Championship was held in March 1987 in Adelaide, Australia. It was a one-match playoff between the champion clubs of Australia and New Zealand, with no other nations involved...
- 1987
National
- National Soccer LeagueNational Soccer LeagueThe National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
Australian League Champions: 3
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- 1986, 1991-1992, 1993-1994
- National Soccer LeagueNational Soccer LeagueThe National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
Australian Cup Winners: 3
- National Soccer League
- 1979, 1989, 1991-1992
- 1986, 1991-1992, 1993-1994
NSL Player Of The Year Award - Johnny Warren Medal
- 1981 Bobby RussellBobby RussellBobby Russell was an American singer and songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, including the crossover pop hit "Saturday Morning Confusion." Russell was also married to singer and actress Vicki Lawrence from 1972 to 1974.-Career:Russell wrote...
(Adelaide City) - 1984 Sergio MeltaSergio MeltaSergio Melta , is a former Australian footballer, who had an extensive career in Australia's National Soccer League, spent entirely with Adelaide City. He won the NSL's player of the year award in 1984...
(Adelaide City) - 1990/1991 Milan IvanovicMilan IvanovicMilan Ivanović is a former Serbian Australian football player...
(Adelaide City) - 1995/1996 Damian MoriDamian MoriDamian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos...
(Adelaide City)
NSL Grand Final Best Player - Joe Marston Medal
- 1991-92 Alex TobinAlex TobinAlexander Hugh Tobin is a former Australian football player. Tobin is the second most capped player for the Australia national football team with 87 'A' appearances, including many as captain...
(Adelaide City) - 1992-93 Milan IvanovicMilan IvanovicMilan Ivanović is a former Serbian Australian football player...
(Adelaide City) - 1993-94 Alex Tobin (Adelaide City)
NSL Top Scorer Awards
- 1977 Dixie Deans (Adelaide City) - 16
- 1995/1996 Damian MoriDamian MoriDamian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos...
(Adelaide City) - 31 - 1997/1998 Damian Mori (Adelaide City) - 19
- 1999/2000 Damian Mori (Adelaide City) - 22
NSL Under 21 Player of the Year
- 1981 David Mitchell (Adelaide City)
NSL Coach of the Year
- 1990/1991 Zoran MaticZoran MaticZoran Matić OAM is a former football coach.-Playing career:After arriving in Adelaide 1973 from Yugoslavia Matić played for Beograd Woodville before moving to Adelaide City...
(Adelaide City) - 1994/1995 Zoran Matic (Adelaide City)
- 1995/1996 John PerinJohn PerinJohn Perin is an Australian former football player and coach. Perin played five times for Australia.Perin is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.-References:...
(Adelaide City)
State
- SA Super LeagueSouth Australian Super LeagueThe South Australian Super League is the highest state-level association football competition in South Australia and commenced in 2006. Prior to the 2006 season, the highest level competition in South Australia was the South Australian Premier League. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the...
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- 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
- SA Federation Cup: 15
- 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 2006, 2007
- SA Premier LeagueSouth Australian Premier LeagueThe South Australian Premier League is now the second-highest state-level football competition in South Australia. It is conducted by the Football Federation of South Australia , the state's governing body. Prior to the 2006 season, this was the highest level competition in South Australia...
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- SA Premier League
- 1946, 1949, 1987, 1999
- SA State LeagueSouth Australian State LeagueThe South Australian State League is now the third-tier state-level football competition in South Australia. It is conducted by the Football Federation of South Australia , the state's governing body. Each season, the top two clubs are promoted to the Premier League while the bottom two sides in...
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- SA State League
- 1978
- South Australian Pre-Season / Summer Cup Competition Winners: 19
- 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962 (SL), 1967, 1974, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992 (March), 1992 (September), 1994, 1995, 2006, 2010
- 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
South Australian Best & Fairest and Player of the Year Awards
- 1969 West End Medal - Eric Norman
- 1976 John Martin Medal - John PerinJohn PerinJohn Perin is an Australian former football player and coach. Perin played five times for Australia.Perin is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.-References:...