S.C. Adelaide
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Sportiva Calcio Adelaide commonly referred to as Adelaide or the abbreviation S.C. Adelaide, is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tema, Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

. The club has spent most of their history as a youth
Youth
Youth is the time of life between childhood and adulthood . Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary. An individual's actual maturity may not correspond to their chronological age, as immature individuals could exist at all ages.-Usage:Around the world, the terms "youth",...

 football team
Football team
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, but recently converted into a senior
Seniority
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 team
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 in second tier of the Ghana league. Adelaide was initially started as a football club, as a club oriented to multiple sports. Adelaide has departments for athletics, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, football, handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

, swimming
Swimming (sport)
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, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, and others. Their motto is Deo Juvante (Latin
Latin
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) meaning with God
God
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’s Help.

History

The club was founded as a sporting club in 1995 as an organization to aid the youth in the community to get into sports. It was named after St
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...

 Adelaide of Italy
Adelaide of Italy
Saint Adelaide of Italy , also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor...

 (thus the Italian connection Sportiva Calcio Adelaide). Adelaide means Noble kind; of the noble sort, and this was what the organization set out to do to the community. “The opening of the club is with an aim to developing talents and to raise up a generation who will be brave enough to face the world practically and make the nation and the continent as a whole proud.” In honor of its origins, the club has retained the Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 name as Sportiva Calcio Adelaide, instead of changing it to the Adelaide Sporting Club, it should be noted that the S.C. is in front of the Adelaide and not after, which is sometimes confused since more sporting activities are being taken.

Colours and Badge

Throughout the entire history of the club, they have been represented by the colour blue and white. The colours have two representations, firstly psychic
Psychic
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s who claim to be able to observe the aura
Aura (paranormal)
In parapsychology and many forms of spiritual practice, an aura is a field of subtle, luminous radiation surrounding a person or object . The depiction of such an aura often connotes a person of particular power or holiness. Sometimes, however, it is said that all living things and all objects...

 with their third eye
Third eye
The third eye is a mystical and esoteric concept referring in part to the ajna chakra in certain spiritual traditions. It is also spoken of as the gate that leads within to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness...

 report that someone with a blue aura is a person who is oriented toward spirituality
Spirituality
Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...

. People with blue auras are said to be interested in social service work and to be in occupations such as social worker, counsellor
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed professional counselor is a licensure for mental health professionals. The exact title varies by state, but the other most frequently used title is licensed mental health counselor . Several U.S. states, including Illinois, Maine, and Tennessee, have implemented a two-tier system whereby...

, teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...

, writer
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, and psychologist
Psychologist
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. due to the aim of the organization. Secondly with its Italian connection, Azzurro
Azure (color)
The color bleu de France is displayed at right.Bleu de France is a color that has been associated in heraldry with the Kings of France since the 12th century.-Brandeis blue:...

(meaning sky), a light blue, is the national colour of Italy as such Adelaide's blue jersey, they have gained the nickname Azzuri. White was chosen because White was the symbol of Catholics, white means purity. Blue jerseys are used for home matches and white jerseys for away matches. The team also wears a third jersey aqua
Aqua (color)
Aqua is a tone of the color cyan which is identical to the color electric cyan, one of the three secondary colors of the HSV color wheel, along with magenta and yellow. It is precisely halfway between green and blue on the color wheel...

 (cyan
Cyan
Cyan from , transliterated: kýanos, meaning "dark blue substance") may be used as the name of any of a number of colors in the blue/green range of the spectrum. In reference to the visible spectrum cyan is used to refer to the color obtained by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light or the...

 colour) for matches on neutral grounds, when the opposition wears white or on holiday
Holiday
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 games. The bashers (bashing is a term meaning thumping) another nickname
Nickname
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 came from the teams thumping of their opposition. The nickname also comes from the municipality Tema
Tema
Tema is a city on the Atlantic coast of Ghana, lying east of the Ghanaian capital city, Accra, in the region of Greater Accra. As of 2005, Tema had a population of 209,000. The Greenwich Meridian passes directly through the city...

 which used to be a land of calabash
Calabash
Lagenaria siceraria , bottle gourd, opo squash or long melon is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable, or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe. For this reason, the calabash is widely known as the bottle gourd...

es (Tema originated from ' Tor-man ' in Ga
Ga language
The Ga language is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana, in and around the capital Accra. It has a phonemic distinction between 3 vowel lengths.-Classification:Ga is a Kwa language, part of the Niger–Congo family...

 meaning calabash-town).

Stadium

The team's current home grounds is a 10,000 capacity park - Christ Church, in the district of Ningo Prampram where it's located. There is ambiguity with the origin of the name, it was named after the many catholic cathedrals, it is also believed the name was given as a place for rejoicing for the fans where they will go and enjoy themselves from the football.

Approach and Philosophy

S.C. Adelaide has been described as a team which has a desire to entertain and attack, their style of play has been likened to Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 style of playing, quick one two passes, through passes and the odd one or two long passes. Others interpret their style as Total football
Total Football
"Total Football" is the label given to an influential tactical theory of association football in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other player in a team. It was pioneered by Dutch football club Ajax from 1969 to 1973, and further used by the Netherlands National Football...

 due to their Dutch coach nicknamed the “Dutchmaster”. "If you are looking to watch total football by the Netherlands national football team
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...

 or looking to watch Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 live and not on TV look no further, just watch S.C. Adelaide, how do they do it"
- Kalusha, sports presenter on Peace FM Ghana . The club focuses on and is dedicated to developing individual and collective technical ability, ball control, possession, passing and defending.

S.C. Adelaide are very successful on the youth level at unearthing talent because their chief scout Seth Hoffmann is the under - 12 and under - 17 southern sector scout for the Ghana Football Association
Ghana Football Association
The Ghana Football Association is the governing body of association football in Ghana, based in Accra.-Amateur Status:It is on record that the game of Football was introduced into the Gold Coast towards the close of the 19th century by Merchants from Europe, who had then invaded the coastal areas...

, most of their best players especially the under – 12’s are brought through the club before they are even scouted by other clubs. Their recruitment of the best talents and training methods has led to them producing players described as world class. Examples are Ransford Osei
Ransford Osei
Ransford Osei is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Spanish side Granada CF on loan from Israeli side Maccabi Haifa...

 a striker described by FIFA.com as "an opportunistic goal machine" with superb pace and movement, young free-scoring sensation Osei was recognized by World Soccer Magazine
World Soccer Magazine
World Soccer is an English language football magazine published by IPC Media. It specialises in the international football scene. Its regular contributing writers include Brian Glanville, Sid Lowe and Tim Vickery. World Soccer is a member of the European Sports Magazines , an umbrella group of...

 as one of the 50 Most Exciting Teenagers on the Planet in their November 2007 Issue. Daniel Opare
Daniel Opare
Daniel Tawiah Opare is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a right back for Belgian club Standard Liège in the Belgian Pro League and the Ghana national team.-Career:...

 also was recognized by World Soccer Magazine
World Soccer Magazine
World Soccer is an English language football magazine published by IPC Media. It specialises in the international football scene. Its regular contributing writers include Brian Glanville, Sid Lowe and Tim Vickery. World Soccer is a member of the European Sports Magazines , an umbrella group of...

 as one of the 50 Most Exciting Teenagers on the Planet in their November 2007 Issue, young marauding right wingback Opare received rave reviews for using his incredible pace and precision crossing to great effect for Ghana’s U-17 Team
Ghana national under-17 football team
Ghana national U-17 football team known as "The Riley Goon Squad" has been a two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997...

, The Black Starlets at the 2007 U-17 World Cup
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 was held in the Korea Republic between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16...

. David Addy
David Addy
David Nii Addy is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Greek Superleague club Panetolikos F.C. in Greece David Nii Addy (born February 21, 1990 in Prampram) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Greek Superleague club Panetolikos F.C. in Greece...

 was voted the Young Player of the Year 2008 in Ghana. . There is continuous supply of talents from the club, after the 2006-07 youth season, all the first team players were sold to top premier league club youth teams, the likes of Hearts of Oak and Kotoko
Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko Football Club, also known as Asante Kotoko, is one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in Ghana as well as being one of the more successful teams in Africa, having won twenty national league titles. They have also twice been champions of Africa. The club's home ground is...

. The club famously boarded up their Palisade
Palisade
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 fences at their training grounds to prevent premier league scouts from poaching their players. The hopes and expectations of S.C. Adelaide have always been very high, with their development and gradual progression into the premier league it will not be long before the players are sold directly to foreign clubs and also play for the senior national team.

Statistics and records

Adelaide is one of the most successful youth clubs in Ghana, having produced the most number of European based players by any youth team in Ghana. A record of 6 players; highest ever representation of a single club for the Under-17 team played in 1999. A total of 17 players have been produced for the under-17 since the clubs inception. Most of the players were recruited by premier league clubs into their youth teams and first teams.Eric Bekoe
Eric Bekoe
Eric Bekoe is a Ghanaian football striker. He currently plays for Petrojet in the Egypt Premier League.-Career:In the season 2007/08, with a total 17 goals in 23 matches he became the "Goal King" of the One Touch Premier League and League Champion with Kotoko...

 is the club's top goalscorer with 106 goals in all competitions between 2001 and 2004 for the under - 17's followed by Ransford Osei
Ransford Osei
Ransford Osei is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Spanish side Granada CF on loan from Israeli side Maccabi Haifa...

’s total of 79 between 2000 and 2002 for the under - 12's. Jimmy Addo is the youngest player to ever play against a senior team at 14 years 2 months. Adelaide holds the record for the most goals in a single season, this includes youth league, national youth cup and colts cup competition, with a total of 124 goals in the 2001–02 season. In the 2001–02 season, Eric Bekoe scored 42 goals in 34 appearances, setting the Ghanaian record in a single season. The most goals scored by a player in a single match is 7 by Saddick Adams, which is also a Ghanaian record, the highest number of goals in a single match was 14 both records in a home match against Hamilton Youth F.C. in the 2003-04 season. They played a total of 32 passes and had possession for about 5 minutes. The Adelaide defense set a new record after going 22 consecutive games without conceding a goal and went unbeaten the whole of the 2007/08 season. A commentator said “they (Adelaide) are protecting their goal like they will all die if the ball hit the post let alone if they conceded a goal”.
  • Youth League: 5
1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08

  • Regional Youth Cup: 4
2001–02, 2003–04, 2006-07, 2007-08

  • Colts Cup Competition: 4
1996-97, 2001–02, 2006-07, 2007-08

  • Promotion to Second Division: 1
2007-08


S.C. Adelaide has qualified for the 2008/09 second division
Ghana Football Leagues
List of Professional Leagues from Ghana under the Globacom Premier League.- Zone 1A :*Bazooka FC*Golden Stars*Bolga Juventus*No Weapon*Tumu United*Upper East*Yagbon Stars- Zone 1B :*Brong Ahafo Stars FC*Bechem United*Berlin FC...

 but is yet to register the club for the season. They qualified as a wild card
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 for the Zone 1 playoff
Playoff
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s after winning the youth (Colts Football) league, they were included in one of three playoffs groups which consisted of one of three relegated teams from the second division – Palma F.C. and two first and second placed teams from the third division – Great African United and Techiman Universal Stars respectively. The fielded the youngest team with an average age of a little over 16, including 14 year old left midfield sensation Jimmy Addo touted the new Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs
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, none of the players was over 17 years.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  S.C. Adelaide 6 4 2 0 14 3
11
14
  Great African United 6 2 4 0 9 5
4
10
  Palma F.C. 6 1 1 4 6 10
4
  Techiman Universal Stars 6 1 1 4 2 13
4


Matchday One
Great African United 1–1 S.C. Adelaide
Palma F.C. 0–1 Techiman Universal Stars
Matchday Two
Techiman Universal Stars 0–2 Great African United
S.C. Adelaide 2–1 Palma F.C.
Matchday Three
S.C. Adelaide 5–0 Techiman Universal Stars
Great African United 1–1 Palma F.C.
Matchday Four
Techiman Universal Stars 0–4 S.C. Adelaide
Great African United 4–2 Palma F.C.
Matchday Five
S.C. Adelaide 1–1 Great African United
Techiman Universal Stars 1–2 Palma F.C.
Matchday Six
Great African United 0–0 Techiman Universal Stars
Palma F.C. 0–1 S.C. Adelaide

S.C. Adelaide All Time Best XI

At the close of the League 2007-08 the supporters voted for the all-time best Adelaide
Adelaide
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 XI
11 (number)
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.


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Notable former players

Sadick Adams
Sadick Adams
Sadick Adams is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Étoile Sportive du Sahel.Adams was recognized by World Soccer magazine as one of the 50 Most Exciting Teenagers on the Planet in their November 2007 issue.-Club career:Atlético Madrid signed a pre-contract with Adams in...

 (Currently at Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Étoile Sportive du Sahel
The Étoile Sportive du Sahel is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football team. The club also has sections for handball, volleyball, basketball, judo and wrestling...

) David Addy
David Addy
David Nii Addy is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Greek Superleague club Panetolikos F.C. in Greece David Nii Addy (born February 21, 1990 in Prampram) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Greek Superleague club Panetolikos F.C. in Greece...

 (Currently at FC Porto) Anthony Annan
Anthony Annan
Anthony Gildas Kofi Annan is a Ghanaian international footballer, who currently plays as a central midfielder for Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie of the Fußball-Bundesliga.- Playing in Ghana:...

 (Currently at Schalke 04) Eric Bekoe
Eric Bekoe
Eric Bekoe is a Ghanaian football striker. He currently plays for Petrojet in the Egypt Premier League.-Career:In the season 2007/08, with a total 17 goals in 23 matches he became the "Goal King" of the One Touch Premier League and League Champion with Kotoko...

 (Currently at Petrojet
Petrojet
PetroJet Football Club is a football team of the Egyptian Petrol Company, PetroJet. They are based in Suez. The team is about to commence their fifth season in the Egyptian Premier League....

) Samuel Inkoom
Samuel Inkoom
Samuel Inkoom is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Ukrainian club FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ghana national team.-Career:- Club :...

 (Currently at FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...

) Jonathan Mensah
Jonathan Mensah
Jonathan Mensah is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C...

 (Currently at Granada CF
Granada CF
Granada Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 14 April 1931, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home matches at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes....

)
Anthony Obodai
Anthony Obodai
Anthony Obodai is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays as a midfielder; he is currently without a professional club.-Club career:...

 (Currently at Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo
The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...

) Daniel Opare
Daniel Opare
Daniel Tawiah Opare is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a right back for Belgian club Standard Liège in the Belgian Pro League and the Ghana national team.-Career:...

 (Currently at Standard Liège
Standard Liège
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

) Ransford Osei
Ransford Osei
Ransford Osei is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Spanish side Granada CF on loan from Israeli side Maccabi Haifa...

 (Currently at Granada CF
Granada CF
Granada Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 14 April 1931, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home matches at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes....

) Prince Tagoe
Prince Tagoe
Prince Tagoe is a Ghanaian international footballer, who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Bursaspor in Turkey.-Early career:...

 (Currently at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) Mubarak Wakaso (Currently at Villarreal)
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