Adelaide Crows

The Crows are the first and one of only two South Australian teams in the AFL.

Despite a brief history, they have been highly successful and are one of the most supported clubs in the competition, making history in 2006 by becoming the first Australian rules football club in the world to have more than 50,000 members.

The nickname "Crows" was inspired by the traditional "Croweaters" or nickname for South Australia's State of Origin teams.

History

The South Australian National Football League, who ran the local competition, had been seeking to enter a team in what was then the Victorian Football League since 1981. Protracted negotiations were brought to a head in 1990 after SANFL team, Port Adelaide, secretly reached agreement with the VFL to enter their competition. The AFL reneged on the agreement and instead invited the SANFL to enter a team representative of all South Australians, the Adelaide Crows in 1991.

The Crows won back-to-back premierships in 1997 and 1998 under coach Malcolm Blight, making it one of the most successful club in terms of achieving premiership success so soon after joining the AFL competition.

Club Snapshot

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City	Adelaide
Home Ground	AAMI Stadium
Club Address	PO Box 10, West Lakes SA 5021, Australia
Established	1990
Nickname:	Crows
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Debut season:	1991
President:	Bill Sanders
Coach:	Neil Craig
Premierships:	2 - 1997, 1998
Song:	"The Pride of South Australia" (sung to the tune of the Marine's Hymn)
Phone Contact:	(08) 8440 6666
Email Contact:	crows@afc.com.au
Website:	http://www.afc.com.au