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{{about|the Australian rules football team|the soccer team|Port Adelaide SC}}
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| fullname = Port Adelaide Football Club Limited<ref>{{cite web|title=Current details for ABN 49 068 839 547|url=https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=49068839547|website=ABN Lookup|date = November 2014|publisher=Australian Business Register|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
| nicknames = '''AFL/AFLW:''' ''Power, Port''<br />'''SANFL:''' ''Magpies'', ''Power Reserves''<br />'''Indigenous rounds:''' ''Yartapuulti''
| formernicknames = Cockledivers, Seaside Men, Seasiders, Magentas, Portonians, Ports
| motto = We Exist To Win Premierships<ref>{{cite news|last=Rucci|first=Michelangelo|quote=Michelangelo Rucci explores the meaning of the Port Adelaide motto 'we exist to win premierships' and ranks his top five premiership successes at Alberton.|work=Port Adelaide Football Club|publisher=[[Telstra]]|date=27 March 2020|title=Rucci: We exist to win premierships|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/581470/rucci-we-exist-to-win-premierships}}</ref>
| clubsong  = '''AFL/AFLW:''' ''Power to Win''<br />'''SANFL:''' ''Cheer, Cheer the Black and the White''
| season    = [[2025 Port Adelaide Football Club season|<span style="color:white">2025</span>]]
| home&away          = '''[[2025 AFL season|AFL]]''': 13th <br /> '''[[2025 AFL Women's season|AFLW]]''': 10th <br /> '''[[2025 SANFL season|SANFL]]''': 6th
| topgoalkicker      = '''AFL''': [[Mitch Georgiades]] (58 goals)<br />'''AFLW''': [[Indy Tahau]] (25 goals)<br/>'''SANFL''': [[Dylan Williams (Australian footballer)|Dylan Williams]] (21 goals)
| bestandfairest     = [[Zak Butters]]
| bestandfairestname = John Cahill Medal
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| league  = '''[[Australian Football League|AFL]]:''' Senior men<br />'''[[Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)|AFLW]]:''' Senior women<br />'''[[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]]:''' Reserves men 
| chairman = [[David Koch (television presenter)|David Koch]]
| ceo = [[Matthew Richardson (administrator)|Matthew Richardson]]
| coach = '''[[Australian Football League|AFL]]:''' [[Josh Carr]]<br />'''[[Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)|AFLW]]:''' [[Lauren Arnell]]<br/>'''[[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]]:''' [[Jacob Surjan]] 
| captain = '''[[Australian Football League|AFL]]:''' [[Connor Rozee]]<br />'''[[Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)|AFLW]]:''' [[Justine Mules-Robinson]]<br/>'''[[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]]:''' [[Nick Moore (Australian footballer)|Nick Moore]]
| ground = '''[[Australian Football League|AFL]]:''' [[Adelaide Oval]] (53,500) <br/> '''[[AFL Women's|AFLW]]:''' [[Alberton Oval]] (11,000) <br/> '''[[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]]:''' [[Alberton Oval]] (11,000)
| formerground = Glanville Hall Estate (1870–1879) <br/> [[Football Park]] (1974–2013)
| trainingground = [[Alberton Oval]]
| premierships =
'''AFL''' (1){{hlist|[[2004 AFL Grand Final|2004]]}}'''Championship of Australia''' (4){{hlist|[[1890 Championship of Australia|1890]]|[[1910 Championship of Australia|1910]]|[[1913 Championship of Australia|1913]]| [[1914 Championship of Australia|1914]]}}'''SANFL''' (36){{hlist|[[1884 SAFA season|1884]]|[[1890 SAFA season|1890]]| [[1897 SAFA season|1897]]| [[1903 SAFA Grand Final|1903]]| [[1906 SAFA Grand Final|1906]]| [[1910 SAFL Grand Final|1910]]| [[1913 SAFL Grand Final|1913]]| [[1914 SAFL Grand Final|1914]]| [[1921 SAFL Grand Final|1921]]| [[1928 SANFL Grand Final|1928]]| [[1936 SANFL Grand Final|1936]]| [[1937 SANFL Grand Final|1937]]| [[1939 SANFL Grand Final|1939]]| [[1951 SANFL Grand Final|1951]]| [[1954 SANFL Grand Final|1954]]| [[1955 SANFL Grand Final|1955]]| [[1956 SANFL Grand Final|1956]]| [[1957 SANFL Grand Final|1957]]| [[1958 SANFL Grand Final|1958]]| [[1959 SANFL Grand Final|1959]]| [[1962 SANFL Grand Final|1962]]| [[1963 SANFL Grand Final|1963]]| [[1965 SANFL Grand Final|1965]]| [[1977 SANFL Grand Final|1977]]| [[1979 SANFL Grand Final|1979]]| [[1980 SANFL Grand Final|1980]]| [[1981 SANFL Grand Final|1981]]| [[1988 SANFL Grand Final|1988]]| [[1989 SANFL Grand Final|1989]]| [[1990 SANFL Grand Final|1990]]| [[1992 SANFL Grand Final|1992]]| [[1994 SANFL Grand Final|1994]]| [[1995 SANFL Grand Final|1995]]| [[1996 SANFL Grand Final|1996]]|[[1998 SANFL Grand Final|1998]]|[[1999 SANFL Grand Final|1999]]}}'''SA Patriotic League''' (2){{hlist| [[1916 SAPFL Grand Final|1916]] |[[1917 SAPFL Grand Final|1917]]}}'''SANFL merger league''' (1){{hlist|[[1942 SANFL Grand Final|1942 <small>(as Port-Torrens)</small>]]}}
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'''<span lang="id" dir="ltr">Port</span> Adelaide Football Club''' is a professional [[Australian rules football]] club based in [[Alberton, South Australia|Alberton]], [[South Australia]]. The club's senior men's team plays in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL), where it is nicknamed the '''Power''', while its reserves men's team competes in the [[South Australian National Football League]] (SANFL), where it is nicknamed the '''Magpies'''. Since its founding, the club has won an unequalled 36 SANFL premierships and four [[Championship of Australia]] titles, in addition to an [[2004 AFL Grand Final|AFL Premiership in 2004]]. It has fielded a [[Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)|women's team]] in the [[AFL Women's]] (AFLW) competition since 2022 (S7). 

Founded in 1870, Port Adelaide is the oldest professional football club in South Australia and was a founding member of the South Australian Football Association, later renamed the SANFL. Port Adelaide has repeatedly asserted itself as a dominant force within South Australian football, going undefeated in all competitions in [[1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season|1914]], and enjoying sustained periods of success under coaches [[Fos Williams]] and [[John Cahill (footballer)|John Cahill]], sharing a combined 19 premierships between them. The club's sustained success in the SANFL eventually led it being granted a licence to compete in the AFL from 1997, becoming the second South Australian based side in the competition after the [[Adelaide Football Club]] in 1991. In its time in the AFL, the club has claimed four minor premierships and one premiership. Port Adelaide holds a unique status among AFL clubs, being the only pre-existing non-[[Victoria (state)|Victorian]] club to have entered the AFL from another league.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cherny|first=Daniel|date=2014-06-26|title=Port to lobby for SANFL flags to count in revised AFL tally|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/port-to-lobby-for-sanfl-flags-to-count-in-revised-afl-tally-20140626-zsmum.html|access-date=2020-10-31|website=The Age}}</ref> It has an intense rivalry with intra-city opponents Adelaide; the two compete in a twice-yearly fixture known as the [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]], while historically it enjoyed a long-standing rivalry with fellow SANFL club [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]]. It has played home games in the SANFL, at both senior and reserves level, at its club headquarters of [[Alberton Oval]], since 1880, and the venue is also used for home games in the AFLW and occasional pre-season fixtures in the AFL. In the national competition the club has played home games at [[Adelaide Oval]] since the venue's redevelopment concluded in 2014. 

Port Adelaide first adopted the colours of black and white in 1902, in a design commonly known as the [[#'Prison Bar' Guernsey|'prison bars' guernsey]], which the club wears to this day in the SANFL and in home showdown fixtures. Upon entering the AFL in 1997, the colours of teal and silver were added to the club [[Palette (painting)|palette]] and the Power nickname was adopted, to enable differentiation from the [[Collingwood Football Club]], who wear black and white stripes and are nicknamed the Magpies.

== Club history ==
{{main|History of the Port Adelaide Football Club}}
{{see also|Australian rules football in South Australia}}

=== 1870–1901: early years ===
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Port Adelaide was formed on 12 May 1870 as a joint football and cricket club, created by locals to benefit the growing number of workers associated with the surrounding wharves and industries of [[Port Adelaide]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rucci|first=Michaelangelo|date=20 April 2020|title=Rucci's Monday Review: From the wharfs to a dynasty|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/586028|access-date=2020-10-31|website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au}}</ref> The first training session of the newly formed club took place two days later.<ref name= "Glanville"/> The Port Adelaide Football Club played its first match against a newly established club from North Adelaide called the [[Young Australian Football Club|Young Australian]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Advertising |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207726759?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Football%20Club%20Young%20Australian |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) |agency=The Express and Telegraph |date=30 July 1870 |pages=1 |quote=A match will be played on Adelaide Football Grounds this afternoon. Young Australians versus Port Adelaide.}}</ref> Prior to 1877, football in [[South Australia]] was yet to be formally organised by a single body and as a result there were two main sets of rules in use across the state.<ref name=Rules>{{Cite web|title=SANFL celebrates 143 great years of football|url=https://sanfl.com.au/league/news/sanfl-celebrates-143-great-years-of-football/|access-date=2020-10-31|website=SANFL|language=en-US}}</ref> In an effort to create a common set of rules,<ref name=Rules/> Port Adelaide was invited to join seven other clubs in the formation of the [[South Australian National Football League|South Australian Football Association]] (SAFA), the first ever governing body of Australian rules football.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sahistorians.org.au/175/chronology/april/30-april-1877-south-australian-football-associatio.shtml|title = The South Australian Football Story|year = 1983|access-date = 2 May 2015|website = SA 175|publisher = professional historians association (south australia)|last = Whimpress|first = Bernard}}</ref>

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In 1879, the club played reigning [[Victorian Football Association]] (VFA) premiers [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] at Adelaide Oval in what was Port Adelaide's first game against an interstate club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207653797?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Geelong%20Football |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) |date=22 July 1879 |pages=3}}</ref> It played its first match outside of South Australia two years later, when it travelled to Victoria to contest a game against the [[Sale Football Club]].<ref name=Fact/>

The club won its first premiership in 1884, when it ended Norwood's run of six consecutive premierships.<ref name=First>{{cite news |title=Football NOTES. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/208282769?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20win%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) |date=27 September 1884 |pages=4}}</ref> It later contested [[1889 SAFA Grand Final|the SAFA's first grand final]] in 1889, as Port Adelaide and Norwood had finished the season with equal minor round records. Norwood went on to defeat Port Adelaide by two goals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199877298|title=Football.|date=1889-10-07|work=Evening Journal|location=Adelaide|access-date=2018-01-28|pages=4}}</ref> Port Adelaide won its second SAFA premiership the following year,<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47281219?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) |date=23 September 1890 |pages=3}}</ref> and went on to be crowned "[[1890 Championship of Australia|Champions of Australia]]" for the first time after defeating [[Victorian Football League|VFA]] premiers [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]].<ref name="1890COA">{{cite news |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202809683?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Football%20Club%20Champions%20of%20Australia |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) |date=6 October 1890 |pages=2}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:left" |'''{{AFL Por}}'''|| '''7'''
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| style="text-align:left" | [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]]|| 6
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As the 1890s continued, Australia was affected by a severe depression that forced many players to move interstate to find work. This exodus translated into poor on-field results for the club. By 1896, the club was in crisis and finished last, causing the club's committee to meet with the aim of revitalising the club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44155258?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Football%20Club%20Bottom |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) |date=16 September 1896 |pages=2}}</ref> The revitalisation had immediate results, helping Port Adelaide win a [[1897 SAFA season|third premiership]] in 1897,<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54507183?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) |date=30 August 1897 |pages=7}}</ref> one of only four occurrences since 1877 where a team won a premiership after finishing last the previous year. [[Stan Malin]] won Port Adelaide's first [[Magarey Medal]] in 1899.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/199955394?searchTerm=Magarey%20Medal%20Football%20S.Malin |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) |date=3 April 1900 |pages=4}}</ref>

During the 19th century, the club had nicknames including the Cockledivers, the Seaside Men, the Seasiders and the Magentas. In 1900, Port finished bottom in the six-team competition, which it has not done in any senior league until 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Football Premiership. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36965790?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Football%20Club%20Bottom |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) |date=6 August 1900 |pages=4}}</ref><ref name=Fact/>

=== 1902–1915: 'Prison Bars' and the 'Invincibles' ===
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Port Adelaide began wearing black and white guernseys in 1902 after it was having trouble finding dyes that would last for its blue and magenta guernseys.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162353382 |title=Football |newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]] |date=26 April 1902 |access-date=28 December 2014 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> After finishing the [[1902 SAFA season|1902 season]] on top of the ladder, Port Adelaide was disqualified from their finals game against {{SANFL SthA}} after the club disputed the use of an unaccredited umpire.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4875685 |title=A Football Dispute |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=4 September 1902 |access-date=30 May 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The 1902 SAFA premiership was subsequently awarded to North Adelaide after they defeated South Adelaide in the Grand Final a week later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56255969 |title=Football |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |location=Adelaide |date=9 September 1902 |access-date=29 December 2014 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Port Adelaide offered to play North Adelaide after the conclusion of the season, but the SAFA refused to allow it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56255969 |title=Football |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |location=Adelaide |date=9 September 1902 |access-date=30 May 2015 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Port Adelaide won the premiership the following year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Retrospect of the Season. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207985091?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) |date=14 September 1903 |pages=3}}</ref>

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| width=200 | ''[[1914 Championship of Australia]]'' || ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" |  '''Port Adelaide''' || '''9''' || '''16''' || '''70'''
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| style="text-align:left" | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] || 5 || 6 || 36
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In the early 1910s, Port Adelaide became a consistent premiership contender, setting up the club to win three more Championships of Australia. Port Adelaide won the South Australian Football League (SAFL) premiership in 1910 defeating [[Sturt Football Club|Sturt]] 8.12 (60) to 5.11 (41) in the Grand Final.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207212622?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) |date=10 October 1910 |pages=2}}</ref> The club would go on to defeat [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] for the [[1910 Championship of Australia]] title,<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. Championship of Australia. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164709669?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Championship%20of%20Australia |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) |date=22 October 1910 |pages=18}}</ref> and [[Western Australian Football League]] (WAFL) premiers East Fremantle in an exhibition match. They also defeated a combination of some of the WAFL's best players in another match.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Agius |first1=Matthew |title=Time Machine: Port Adelaide's first trip west |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/15326/time-machine-port-adelaide-s-first-trip-west |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=31 March 2015 |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> Although Port Adelaide had success in the minor rounds the following two seasons, dropping only one game in 1911 and going undefeated in 1912, it was knocked out of contention by [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]] both times.<ref>{{cite news |title=West Adelaide. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59218096?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20West%20Adelaide |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) |date=9 October 1911 |pages=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Adelaide Championship. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72916674?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20West%20Adelaide |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) |date=1 October 1912 |pages=3}}</ref> The club won the SAFL premiership in 1913, dropping only two games during the minor round and defeating North Adelaide in the Grand Final.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premiership Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204645951?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1923) |date=22 September 1913 |pages=2}}</ref> They also defeated [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] for the [[1913 Championship of Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233250994?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Championship%20of%20Australia |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette (Cue, WA : 1894 - 1925) |date=11 October 1913 |pages=3}}</ref>

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The [[1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season]] is unique in SANFL history, being the only occasion in which a team has gone undefeated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - The Invincibles at play - Port Adelaide 1914 |url=https://australianfootball.com/articles/view/The+Invincibles+at+play+-+Port+Adelaide+1914/16 |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> The club won all its pre-season matches, won all fourteen SAFL games and the 1914 SAFL Grand Final where it held North Adelaide to a single goal for the match 13.15 (93) to 1.8 (14).<ref>{{cite news |title=Premiership won by Port Adelaide. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6433012?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) |date=21 September 1914 |pages=15}}</ref> It also became the first to score over 1000 points during the minor round.<ref>{{cite web |title=1914: Port Adelaide's all-conquering team |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/135902/1914-retrospective-port-adelaides-indestructible-team |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> The club met [[Victorian Football League]] (VFL) premiers [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] in the Championship of Australia, defeating them by 34 points to claim a record fourth title.<ref>{{cite news |title=Championship Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105462732?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Championship%20of%20Australia |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924) |date=5 October 1914 |pages=4}}</ref> At the end of the 1914 season, a combined team from the six other SAFL clubs played Port Adelaide and lost to the subsequently-dubbed "Invincibles" by 58 points.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Championship football port adelaide invincible soundly defeat combined league team.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105464625|newspaper = Daily Herald|date = 15 October 1914|access-date = 13 July 2015|page = 5}}</ref>

=== 1916–1949: two World Wars and the Great Depression ===
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| footer   = Port Adelaide players with the [[1921 SAFL season|1921 SAFL premiership]] flag pennant presented to them the following year at [[Adelaide Oval]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210580257 |title=Football |newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]] |volume=LIX |issue=17,627 |location=South Australia |date=4 May 1922 |access-date=8 October 2018 |page=6 (5 O'Clock Edition Sports Number) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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Port Adelaide's early-century success was hindered by [[World War I]]. During the war, the club lost three players as casualties.<ref name="WarRoll" /> A scaled-back competition referred to as the 'Patriotic League' was organised during wartime in which Port Adelaide won the 1916 and 1917 instalments.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gyss |first1=Trevor |title=Australian Football - south australian football in wartime |url=https://australianfootball.com/articles/view/south+australian+football+in+wartime/1928 |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> Port Adelaide initially struggled to replicate its past success after the war. After eventually winning the 1921 premiership under the captaincy of [[Harold Oliver (Australian footballer)|Harold Oliver]],<ref>{{cite news |title=The Football Premiership |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106628089?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924) |date=10 October 1921 |pages=7}}</ref> many of Port Adelaide's champion players from before the war started to retire, and the club's performance declined. It won only a single premiership between 1922 and 1935.<ref>{{cite web|title = Australian Football – Port Adelaide Football Club – Stats|url = http://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/Port%2BAdelaide/9|website = australianfootball.com|access-date = 22 May 2015}}</ref>

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| footer = '''Left:''' [[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]] chaired off after winning the [[1939 SANFL Grand Final]]. He would be selected in the [[All-Australian team#Sporting Life Team of the Year: 1947–1955|''Sporting Life'' magazine "All Australian"]] in 1947.<ref name=Bob>{{cite web |last1=Argent |first1=Peter |title= The Sporting Life 1947 'Team of the Year'|url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_1947_team.htm |website=www.fullpointsfooty.net |access-date=13 June 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607132707/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_1947_team.htm |archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref><br />'''Right:''' Caricature of Port Adelaide coach [[Sampson Hosking|Sampson 'Shine' Hosking]] by Lionel Coventry that appeared in [[The News (Adelaide)|''The News'']] on 20 April 1937<ref>"Port Seeking Another Premiership". News. Vol. XXVIII, no. 4, 287. South Australia. 20 April 1937. p. 7. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.</ref>}}

By the mid-1930s, Port Adelaide's form began to recover. It suffered two narrow grand final losses in 1934 and 1935, before winning consecutive premierships the following two years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Port Adelaide's S.A. Premiership |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189611515?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |date=7 October 1936 |pages=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Port Adelaide win Premiership |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127621798?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939) |date=7 October 1937 |pages=18}}</ref> During 1939, [[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]], in his third year as a player for the club, coached the team to a Grand Final win over [[West Torrens Football Club|West Torrens]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Port Adelaide Celebrates Premiership Win |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49816633?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) |date=2 October 1939 |pages=5}}</ref> Many Port Adelaide players also enlisted for military service during this time.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Bound for Glory|last = Wood|first = John|publisher = Largs Bay Printers|year = 1991|location = Adelaide|page = 6}}</ref> The club suffered six player casualties during the war.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Bound for Glory|last = Wood|first = John|year = 1991|page = 12}}</ref><ref name="WarRoll" />
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| width=200 | [[1939 SANFL Grand Final]]<br/>''Last Grand Final before War''|| ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Port Adelaide''' || '''16''' || '''28''' || '''124'''
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| style="text-align:left" |{{SANFL WT}}  || 11 || 11 || 77
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| Venue: [[Adelaide Oval]]
| colspan=3 | crowd: 44,885
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Just as had happened in 1914, the league was hit hard by player losses in World War II. Due to a lack of able men, the league's eight teams were reduced to four and Port Adelaide temporarily merged with nearby West Torrens from 1942 to 1944.<ref name=WW2_League>{{cite news |title=Football Season |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92372746?searchTerm=Port-Torrens |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) |date=23 April 1942 |pages=20}}</ref> The joint club played in all three Grand Finals during this period, winning the 1942 instalment,<ref name=Port-Torrens>{{cite news |title=League Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92380253?searchTerm=Port-Torrens%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) |date=24 September 1942 |pages=22}}</ref> but losing the 1943 and 1944 editions to the Norwood-North Adelaide combination.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norwood-Nth. Win Final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55870952?searchTerm=North-Norwood%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) |date=2 October 1943 |pages=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Norwood-North 1944 Premier |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43222638?searchTerm=North-Norwood%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) |date=2 October 1944 |pages=8}}</ref> While normal competition resumed in 1945,<ref>{{cite news |title=Eight Football Teams in 1945 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43223225?searchTerm=Normal%20Competition%20Football |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) |date=6 October 1944 |pages=11}}</ref> Port Adelaide was unable to regain its pre-war success in the rest of the decade. In particular, it lost the [[1945 SANFL Grand Final]] after a remarkable comeback from West Torrens.<ref>{{cite news |title=West Torrens Premiers|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141566404?searchTerm=West%20Torrens%20Premiership |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill, NSW : 1908; 1941 - 1954) |date=1 October 1945 |pages=1}}</ref> The 'All Australian', predecessor to the modern 'All-Australian' team, was created by ''Sporting Life'' magazine in 1947, with Bob Quinn being named in the side as captain.<ref name=Bob/>

=== 1950–1973: Fos Williams era and Jack Oatey rivalry ===
[[File:Fos Williams, 1953.jpg|left|thumb|[[Fos Williams]] coached Port Adelaide to nine premierships.<ref name=Nine>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - Port Adelaide Football Club - Bio |url=https://australianfootball.com/clubs/bio/Port+Adelaide/9 |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=3 January 2021 |quote="...but on Williams' return in 1962 the Magpies immediately rediscovered their accustomed pre-eminence with flags in 1962-3, a runners-up berth in 1964, and another flag - Williams' ninth as coach - in 1965."}}</ref>]]

During the 1950s, Port Adelaide reestablished itself as a perennial contender, winning seven premierships. At the end of the 1949, having missed two finals series in a row, the Port Adelaide Football Club's committee sought out a coach that could win the club its next premiership. Following a failed attempt to obtain [[Jim Deane]], the decision was made to appoint [[Fos Williams]], a [[Follower (Australian rules football)|rover]] from West Adelaide.<ref>{{cite news |title=Williams will be Playing Port Coach |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130794767?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Coach |access-date=3 January 2021 |work=News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) |date=23 January 1950 |pages=11}}</ref> In his second season as player-coach in 1951, Williams led the club to their first standalone premiership in 12 seasons, defeating North Adelaide by 11 points.<ref>{{cite news |title=Port Adelaide Wins S.A. Premiership |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27061491?searchTerm=Port%20Adelaide%20Premiership |access-date=3 January 2021 |work=Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) |date=1 October 1951 |pages=17}}</ref> In the 1951 post-season, Port Adelaide lost an exhibition match to reigning VFL premiers {{AFL Gee}}.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Bound for Glory|last = Wood|first = John|publisher = Largs Bay Printers|year = 1991|isbn = 0959316213|location = Port Adelaide|page = 46}}</ref>

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| width=200 | 1955 Exhibition Match || ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Port Adelaide''' || '''9''' || '''10''' || '''64'''
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| style="text-align:left" | Melbourne || 9 || 11 || 65
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| Venue: [[Norwood Oval]]
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 16,400<ref name=Demons>{{cite news |title=Demons Just Home by Point |url=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=5jlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3335,879951&hl=en |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=news.google.com.au}}</ref>
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In the mid-1950s, Port Adelaide and [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]], often the premiers of South Australian and Victorian leagues respectively, played exhibition matches at [[Norwood Oval]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Saturday with Rucci: Champions versus champions with a national dream |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/689958/saturday-with-rucci-champions-versus-champions-with-a-national-dream |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=9 May 2020 |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> The most notable game was the 1955 match, which had an estimated crowd of 23,000. The match went down to the last 15 seconds when [[Frank 'Bluey' Adams|Frank Adams]] kicked a decisive behind to give Melbourne a one-point victory.<ref name=Demons/>

[[Geof Motley]] took over the captain-coaching role at the club in 1959 when Williams retired from his playing career and also took a break from coaching.<ref>{{cite web |title='Six in a row' stars reflect on premiership record |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/569899/-six-in-a-row-stars-reflect-on-premiership-record |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=28 February 2020 |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> That year, the club won the premiership and equalled a national record of six consecutive Grand Final victories, having won each premiership from 1954 to 1959.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cranmer |first1=Michael |title=60 years since record-breaking flag |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/112988/60-years-since-recordbreaking-flag |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> Port Adelaide's premiership streak was brought to an end in the 1960 preliminary final with a 27-point loss to Norwood.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - SANFL Premiership season - Season 1960 |url=https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/sanfl/107/premiership%2Bseason/3/3/1960#first-semi-final |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref>
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| width="200" | [[1965 SANFL Grand Final]]<br />Fos Williams's ninth premiership.|| ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Port Adelaide''' || '''12''' || '''8''' || '''80'''
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| style="text-align:left" | {{SANFL Stu}} || 12 || 5 || 77
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| Venue: [[Adelaide Oval]]
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 62,543<ref>{{cite web|title=1965 SANFL season|url=https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/sanfl/107/premiership+season/3/3/1965/ |access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
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Williams returned in 1962, and coached Port Adelaide to win three of the next four premierships.<ref name=Nine/> In 1965 he coached his ninth and last premiership in front of 62,543 people,<ref name=Nine/> the largest-ever crowd at Adelaide Oval.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adelaide Oval Venue Information |url=http://www.adelaideoval.com.au/3/venue-information.aspx |access-date=3 January 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918070839/http://www.adelaideoval.com.au/3/venue-information.aspx |archive-date=18 September 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> After the [[1965 SANFL Grand Final|1965 Grand Final]], Port Adelaide's success was limited by the dominance of [[Sturt Football Club|Sturt]], which won seven premierships over this period under the leadership of [[Jack Oatey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Premierships Archives |url=https://sturtfc.com.au/timeline_items_cat/premierships/ |website=Sturt Football Club |access-date=3 January 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref> Despite playing in 6 of the next 10 grand finals, Port Adelaide failed to win another premiership in that span.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Agius |first1=Matthew |last2=Norton |first2=Daniel |date=30 August 2013 |title=Footy Park Flashbacks #4: 1977 SANFL Grand Final |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/727553/footy-park-flashbacks-4-1977-sanfl-grand-final |access-date=3 January 2021 |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au}}</ref>

=== 1974–1996: John Cahill, SANFL domination and AFL licence ===
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Port Adelaide'''|| '''17''' || '''11''' || '''113'''
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| style="text-align:left" |[[Glenelg Football Club|Glenelg]] || 16 || 9 || 105
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| Venue: [[Football Park]]
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 56,717<ref>{{cite web|title=1977 SANFL season|url=https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/sanfl/107/premiership+season/3/3/1977/ |access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
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One of Port Adelaide's leading players during the Fos Williams era was [[John Cahill (footballer)|John Cahill]]. After retiring from playing in 1973 and following the departure of Fos Williams to West Adelaide in 1974, he took over as coach and began another era of premiership success for the club.<ref name=Jack>{{cite web |title=Jack's journey through 150 |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/690523 |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=12 May 2020 |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> In 1976, Cahill took Port Adelaide to its first Grand Final under his leadership, facing Sturt. Sturt won in front of an official attendance of 66,897, the record for football in South Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=AAMI Footy Flashback - 1976 SANFL Grand Final |url=https://sanfl.com.au/league/news/aami-footy-flashback-1976-sanfl-grand-final/ |website=SANFL |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> The actual crowd was estimated at 80,000, much bigger than the official figure.<ref name="Norton 2013 28">{{Cite book|title = Port Adelaide Football Club – 2013 Season Guide.|last = Norton|first = Daniel|publisher = Bowden Group|year = 2013|location = Adelaide|page = 28}}</ref> The following year, Port Adelaide won the premiership to break a 12-year drought.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering the 1977 Grand Final - Port Adelaide vs Glenelg |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/143848/remembering-the-1977-grand-final-port-adelaide-vs-glenelg |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=16 September 2019 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Russell Ebert statue.jpg|left|thumb|Statue of [[Russell Ebert]] outside [[Adelaide Oval]], unveiled 15 August 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=Ebert by the numbers: Statue unveiling at Adelaide Oval, 2:45pm Saturday |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/393045/ebert-by-the-numbers-statue-unveiling-at-adelaide-oval-2-45pm-saturday |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=13 August 2015 |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref>]]

The [[1980 SANFL season|1980 season]] was Port Adelaide's most dominant since 1914.<ref name=Records>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: Bomber and the Record Breakers |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/825309/port-gazette-bomber-and-the-record-breakers |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=12 October 2020 |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> The club completed its fourth ever 'Triple Crown', winning the premiership, [[Magarey Medal]] and having the SANFL's leading goalkicker in a single season.<ref name=Records/> The Magarey Medal was awarded to [[Russell Ebert]] for a record 4th time and [[Tim Evans (footballer)|Tim Evans]] set the then-league goal kicking record of 146 goals in a season.<ref name=Records/> The club set a new record for most points scored during a season at 3,176, whilst also having conceding only 1,687 points.<ref name=Records/> The club's win–loss record was 19–2 with one draw and a {{abbr|percentage|points for / points against}} of 165.31, its best percentage since 1914.<ref name=Records/>

Following the 1982 season, Cahill was offered a contract by {{AFL Col}} to coach their club in the VFL.<ref>{{cite web |title=The coaches: John Cahill |url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/the-coaches-john-cahill/ |website=Collingwood Forever |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> In his stead, Russell Ebert became coach in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russell F. Ebert OAM |url=https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/hall-of-fame/russell-f-ebert-oam/ |website=SANFL |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316081801/https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/hall-of-fame/russell-f-ebert-oam/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> During his five years as coach, Port Adelaide made the finals three times, and achieved a win rate of above 55%.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Savage |first1=Nic |title=AFL news 2020: Russell Ebert cancer diagnosis, Port Adelaide |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/port-adelaide-legend-russell-ebert-diagnosed-with-leukemia/news-story/657829fc555e9cc9cf0099102f6d3ee1 |website=Fox Sports |access-date=31 January 2021 |language=en-AU |date=30 December 2020}}</ref> John Cahill returned as coach from the 1988 season, winning the premiership that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Cahill: Port Adelaide champion |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/715486/john-cahill-port-adelaide-champion |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=27 March 2014 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> He won a further five premierships,<ref name=Jack/> totalling a record-equalling ten over his coaching career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roy's reign comes to an end at Elizabeth |url=https://cdfc.com.au/news/roys-reign-comes-to-an-end-at-elizabeth/ |website=Central District Football Club |access-date=8 February 2021 |quote=In true Laird style, he is reluctant to step into the spotlight despite his glittering resume recording that he has the fourth greatest record as a SANFL coach behind Jack Oatey and John Cahill (10 premierships) and Fos Williams (nine premierships). |archive-date=24 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724192544/https://cdfc.com.au/news/roys-reign-comes-to-an-end-at-elizabeth/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Two key events of the late 1980s were attempts by the VFL to further expand outside of Victoria and financial difficulties in the SANFL. In 1989, seven of the ten SANFL clubs were recording losses and the combined income of the SANFL and WAFL had dropped to 40% of that of the VFL.<ref>{{cite web |title=Endangered Species And 'National Football', 1986-1990 (Celebrating South Australia) |url=http://www.sahistorians.org.au/175/documents/endangered-species-and-national-football-1986-1990.shtml |website=www.sahistorians.org.au |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> During May 1990, the SANFL clubs unanimously accepted a SANFL proposal to not enter a club from South Australia until 1993.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abernathy |first1=Bruce |title=From Port to a Power |date=29 April 1997 |publisher=Wakefield Pree |isbn=978-1862544000 |page=46}}</ref> Weeks later, Port Adelaide, suffering from a mixture of ambition and frustration, started secret negotiations with the VFL in the town of Quorn for entry to the competition in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Stateline South Australia|url = http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2003/s1206851.htm|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date = 16 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128190258/http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2003/s1206851.htm |archive-date= 28 November 2014}}</ref> When knowledge of Port Adelaide's negotiations to gain an AFL licence were made public, the other nine SANFL clubs called a crisis meeting to discuss options. Plans were made to kick Port Adelaide out of the SANFL should they succeed, and to prevent them from using Football Park as a home ground.<ref name=Crisis>{{cite book |last1=Abernathy |first1=Bruce |title=From Port to a Power |date=29 April 1997 |publisher=Wakefield Pree |isbn=978-1862544000 |page=68}}</ref> SANFL clubs urged Justice Olssen to make an injunction against the bid, which he agreed to.<ref name=Crisis/> During these meetings, an option was discussed to make a counter offer to the AFL. On the 16th of August, the SANFL officially launched a submission for a composite team.<ref>{{cite news |title=SANFL tops Port's bid with plan for composite AFL team in 1992 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122304892?searchTerm=SANFL%20bid%20AFL |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) |date=17 August 1990 |pages=15}}</ref> After legal action from all parties, the AFL agreed to accept the SANFL's bid to enter the composite team, which was named the [[Adelaide Football Club]].<ref name="Devaney">John P. Devaney ''Full points footy: encyclopedia of Australian football clubs'' [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]], 2009 pp 400 {{ISBN|0-9556897-0-8}}</ref>

{{blockquote|"These twenty blokes, everyone whose helped us, are sensational people and all the views that you have read in the press the one thing that really matters is that there will always be a Port Adelaide Football Club."|[[George Fiacchi]] upon accepting the 1990 [[Jack Oatey Medal]] for best on ground at the 1990 SANFL Grand Final<ref>George Fiacchi, 1990 SANFL Grand Final – Port Adelaide vs. Glenelg, Channel 9.</ref>}}

During December 1994, Max Basher announced that Port Adelaide had won the tender for the second South Australian AFL licence<ref name=License>{{cite web|url = http://www.news.com.au/national/its-bye-bye-port-adelaide/story-e6frfkp9-1226453941613|title = It's bye bye Port Adelaide |author=Rucci, Michelangelo  |date = 20 September 2012|access-date =13 May 2015 |work=Adelaide Advertiser}}</ref> on the condition that a merger take place between two existing AFL clubs to keep the league at the club limit imposed by the AFL in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canberra group welcomes AFL move to restrict teams |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127254482 |website=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) |access-date=31 January 2021 |pages=40 |date=15 December 1993}}</ref> As such, the licence would not be made available until at least 1996, and was not guaranteed.<ref name=Clause>{{cite news |title=Port gets AFL call-up with reservations |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127260429 |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) |date=14 December 1994 |pages=38}}</ref> With the merger of the [[Brisbane Bears]] and {{AFL Fit}} looming, the club was advised on 21 May 1996 by the AFL that they would take part in the [[1997 AFL season]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abernathy |first1=Bruce |title=From Port to a Power |date=29 April 1997 |publisher=Wakefield Pree |isbn=978-1862544000 |page=146}}</ref>

=== 1997–2010: AFL entry, Mark Williams and club debt ===
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| width="200" | 1997 [[West End (beer)|West End]] [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]] I ||''G''||''B''||''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" |[[Adelaide Crows]]|| 11 || 6 || 72
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| style="text-align:left" |'''Port Adelaide'''||'''11'''||'''17'''||'''83'''
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| Venue: [[Football Park]]
| colspan="3" | Crowd: 47,265<ref name=Showdown/>
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Following confirmation of their entry in 1997, the club began preparations to enter the league. John Cahill began the transition to the AFL, with [[Stephen Williams (footballer)|Stephen Williams]], a son of Fos Williams, taking over the SANFL coaching position from midway through the 1996 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Williams steers club to success during tough period |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/569982/stephen-williams-steers-club-to-success-during-tough-period |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=28 February 2020 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> Cahill then set about forming a group which would form the inaugural squad. [[Brownlow Medal]]list and 1990 Port Adelaide premiership player, [[Gavin Wanganeen]], was signed from [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] and made captain of a team made up of six existing Port Adelaide players, two from the Adelaide Crows, seven players from other SANFL clubs and 14 recruits from interstate. The AFL's [[father–son rule]] for the club was set at 200 games for SANFL players before 1997, compared to only 100 for Victorian clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=66411|title=The Father–Son Rule, AFL Official Website|website=afl.com.au|access-date=4 February 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609151204/http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=66411|archive-date=9 June 2012}}</ref>
On 29 March 1997, Port Adelaide played its first AFL premiership match against Collingwood at the MCG, suffering a 79-point defeat.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - Collingwood v Port Adelaide - Sat, 29-Mar-1997 2:10 PM (1:10 PM) - Match Stats |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1997/041319970329.html |website=afltables.com |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> It won its first AFL game in round 3 against Geelong,<ref>{{cite web |title=Footy Park Flashbacks: #10 Port Adelaide v Geelong, 1997 |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/94107/footy-park-flashbacks-10-port-adelaide-v-geelong-1997 |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=24 August 2013 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> and defeated cross-town rivals and eventual premiers Adelaide by 11 points in the first [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]] in round 4.<ref name=Showdown>{{cite web |title=Footy Park Flashbacks #3: Showdown I, Port Adelaide v Adelaide Crows 1997 |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/125423/footy-park-flashbacks-3 |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=31 August 2013 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> The club finished its first season 9th, missing the finals on percentage behind [[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - 1997 Season Scores |url=https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1997.html#lad |website=afltables.com |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> Following the [[1998 AFL season|1998 season]], John Cahill retired from his coaching position.

[[File:Performance Chart AFL POR.svg|thumb|Chart of yearly ladder positions for Port Adelaide in [[Australian Football League|AFL]]]]
In 1999, [[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|Mark Williams]], another son of Fos Williams, took over as coach of Port Adelaide and led the club to many notable first achievements in the AFL over the next decade.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Founten |first1=Loukas |title=Where are they now?: Mark 'Choco' Williams |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/136310/where-are-they-now-mark-choco-williams |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=25 January 2019 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> They earned a spot in the AFL finals for the first time in Williams' first season. They were eliminated by the season's eventual premier, [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]], by 44 points in their qualifying final.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mangidis |first1=Ricky |title=Flashback: 1999 Qualifying Final |url=https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/45481/flashback-1999-qualifying-final |website=www.nmfc.com.au |date=3 May 2013 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> Port Adelaide had a very successful [[2001 AFL season|2001 season]], starting with a [[2001 Ansett Australia Cup|maiden pre-season competition victory]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Port wins Ansett Cup in a canter |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/64829/port-wins-ansett-cup-in-a-canter |website=www.afl.com.au |date=16 March 2001 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> Port Adelaide finished their 2001 home-and-away season in third place,<ref name="History">{{cite web |last1=Agius |first1=Matthew |title=2004 retrospective - History in the Making |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/81583/2004-retrospective-history-in-the-making |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=20 February 2014 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> though the club would lose both finals it contested.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: The penultimate thriller |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/825815/port-gazette-the-penultimate-thriller |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=4 February 2021 |quote=Port Adelaide had fallen in straight sets in 2001...}}</ref> In [[2002 AFL season|2002]], Port Adelaide built on its success and won its first [[McClelland Trophy|AFL minor premiership]]. However, they lost to the eventual premiers, the Brisbane Lions, in the preliminary final.<ref name="History" /> Port Adelaide continued its home-and-away dominance in 2003 and again claimed the minor premiership; however, like the previous year, Port Adelaide was eliminated in the preliminary final, which led to certain elements of the press calling Port Adelaide "chokers" as well as trucking magnate [[Allan Scott (businessman)|Allan Scott]] in early 2004—who was the founder and owner of Scott's Transport, Port Adelaide's major sponsor—publicly calling for Williams' dismissal.<ref name="History" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-14 |title=Frozen in time: Mark Williams chokes himself with his tie after Port Adelaide's 2004 Grand Final win |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/frozen-in-time-mark-williams-chokes-himself-with-his-tie-after-port-adelaides-2004-grand-final-win/news-story/3cb18f59177a58b703372ad9bd802f53 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}</ref>

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The [[2004 AFL season|2004 season]] started strongly for Port Adelaide, winning five of their first six matches. Although they lost three of their next five games,<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - 2004 Season Scores |url=https://afltables.com/afl/seas/2004.html#1 |website=afltables.com |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> the club would only lose a single game between Round 12 and the end of the home-and-away season.<ref name="History" /> This resulted in the club claiming the minor premiership for third consecutive year.<ref name="History" /> Port Adelaide won its qualifying final against Geelong, earning a home preliminary final.<ref name="History" /> Port Adelaide made it through to its first AFL grand final after defeating St Kilda in a preliminary final by six points, with Gavin Wanganeen kicking the winning goal.<ref name="History" /> The following week, Port Adelaide faced the Brisbane Lions in the [[2004 AFL Grand Final]], who were attempting to win a record-equalling fourth straight AFL premiership.<ref name="History" /> Port Adelaide led by 15 points at quarter time, but a strong second quarter by Brisbane meant only one point separated the sides at half time. Late in the third quarter, Port Adelaide took the ascendency to lead by 17 points at three-quarter time, and dominated the final term to [[2004 AFL Grand Final|win by 40 points]]: 17.11 (113) to 10.13 (73).<ref name="History" /> [[Byron Pickett]] was awarded with the [[Norm Smith Medal]] for being judged the best player in the match, tallying 20 disposals and kicking three goals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pickett claims Norm Smith medal |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-09-26/pickett-claims-norm-smith-medal/557978 |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=25 September 2004 |language=en-AU}}</ref> Upon helping win Port Adelaide's first AFL premiership and earning the [[Jock McHale Medal]] as the coach of the premiership-winning side, an exuberant Williams took to the field after the siren and ripped off his tie in a mock choking gesture, later exclaiming during his acceptance speech: "Allan Scott, you were wrong!"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-14 |title=Frozen in time: Mark Williams chokes himself with his tie after Port Adelaide's 2004 Grand Final win |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/frozen-in-time-mark-williams-chokes-himself-with-his-tie-after-port-adelaides-2004-grand-final-win/news-story/3cb18f59177a58b703372ad9bd802f53 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}</ref>
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| colspan=3 | Crowd: 77,671<ref>{{cite web |title=2004 AFL Grand Final |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/92199/2004-afl-grand-final |website=www.afl.com.au |date=8 August 2006 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>
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{{blockquote|"Port Adelaide are the winningest team in Australia. The ol' Port Adelaide have won 36 premierships, today, at the MCG, may just be their finest hour."|author=[[Tim Lane (journalist)|Tim Lane]]'s statement at the conclusion of the 2004 AFL Grand Final<ref>Tim Lane, 2004 AFL Grand Final – Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane, Channel 10.</ref>}}

[[File:Justin Westhoff 2018.1.jpg|thumb|[[Justin Westhoff]] made his debut in the 2007 season, along with [[Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)|Robert Gray]] and [[Travis Boak]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Connolly |first1=Rohan |title=Geelong and Port Adelaide followed very different paths after 2007 |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-and-port-adelaide-followed-very-different-paths-after-2007-20140425-zqz2p.html |website=The Age |access-date=4 February 2021 |language=en |date=26 April 2014 |quote='We had Travis Boak and Justin Westhoff, and Robbie Gray had played a few games...}}</ref>]]

Port Adelaide had limited success in the middle of the decade. In 2005, the club made the finals for the fifth consecutive season, where they contested the only [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]] final to date, with rivals Adelaide winning by 83 points.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=Myles |title=On this day: Crows win Showdown final |url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/319141/on-this-day-crows-win-showdown-final#:~:text=2016%2C%203%3A30pm-,The%20Crows%20claimed%20an%2083-point%20victory%20over%20cross-town,17%20wins%20for%20the%20year. |website=www.afc.com.au |date=9 September 2016 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> In 2007, Port Adelaide finished the minor round second on the ladder with 15–7 record.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - 2007 Season Scores |url=https://afltables.com/afl/seas/2007.html#lad |website=afltables.com |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> They reached that year's [[2007 AFL Grand Final|grand final]], where they were defeated by Geelong by an AFL record margin of 119 points, 24.19 (163) to 6.8 (44).<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Grand Final: Geelong v Port Adelaide - Melbourne Cricket Ground |url=https://www.austadiums.com/sport/event/7354 |website=Austadiums |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

Following their second grand final, Port Adelaide began experiencing financial troubles and also saw a decline in performance. By 2009, the club had accumulated a consolidated debt totalling $5.1&nbsp;million and was unable to pay its players; they had lost $1.6&nbsp;million the season before.<ref name=Funding>{{cite web |last1=Gill |first1=Katrina |title=Port Adelaide gets $2.5 million SANFL funding |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/99693/port-adelaide-gets-25-million-sanfl-funding |website=www.afl.com.au |date=20 May 2009 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> The AFL delayed giving the club financial support, instead urging it to sort out deals with SANFL as a predecessor to any league support.<ref>{{cite news |title=AFL boss says Port can solve financial woes |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-03-18/afl-boss-says-port-can-solve-financial-woes/1622872 |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=17 March 2009 |language=en-AU}}</ref> On 20 May, Port were handed $2.5&nbsp;million in debt relief by the SANFL,<ref name=Funding/> and on 15 June were handed a $1&nbsp;million grant by the AFL commission.<ref>{{cite web |title=Power AFL grant |url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6038/newsid/78867/default.aspx |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date=4 February 2021 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222033523/http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6038/newsid/78867/default.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> Plans for a re-merging of the two teams was rejected by the SANFL early during 2010,<ref>{{cite web |title=Port, Magpies merger denied by SANFL |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-10/port-magpies-merger-denied-by-sanfl/326250 |website=www.abc.net.au |access-date=4 February 2021 |language=en-AU |date=9 February 2010}}</ref> though they eventually signed off on the proposal during November 2010.<ref name=Merger>{{cite news |title=Power to merge with Port Magpies |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-11-16/power-to-merge-with-port-magpies/2339352 |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=16 November 2010 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

{{blockquote|"He (Demetriou) said he could not imagine an AFL competition without Port Adelaide in it. I thought that was a really strong statement of leadership."|author=[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|Keith Thomas]] at a press conference upon the retirement of Andrew Demetriou<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swanton |first1=Will |last2=Walsh |first2=Courtney |title=And the big man flies |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/and-the-big-man-flies/news-story/d05631472468771dc9f6ddfbd8bd06f5 |access-date=12 April 2021 |work=www.theaustralian.com.au |date=4 March 2014}}</ref>}}

The 2010 season saw [[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|Mark Williams]] step down as senior coach.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tearful Williams quits Port Adelaide |url=https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2010-07-09/tearful-williams-quits-port-adelaide/898470?pfm=sm&pfmredir=sm |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=9 July 2010 |language=en-AU}}</ref> [[Matthew Primus]] took over as caretaker coach for Port Adelaide after [[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|Mark Williams]] stood down.<ref>{{cite web |title=Primus appointed interim Port Adelaide coach |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/470285/primus-appointed-interim-port-adelaide-coach |website=www.afl.com.au |date=11 July 2010 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> He led the club to five wins from its final seven games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Primus in charge - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/09/09/3006896.htm?site=local |website=www.abc.net.au |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

=== 2011–2025: Matthew Primus, Ken Hinkley and independence ===
[[File:Adelaide Oval crop.jpg|thumb|left|In 2014, Port Adelaide returned to [[Adelaide Oval]] as its home ground for the first time since the [[1976 SANFL season]].]]
On 9 September 2010, [[Matthew Primus]] was appointed as the senior coach of the club for the next three years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Primus Appointed Coach |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/97396/primus-appointed-coach |website=www.afl.com.au |date=9 September 2010 |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> The SANFL sought to take control of Port Adelaide in 2011. Despite underwriting $5&nbsp;million of Port's debt in 2010, the takeover failed when the SANFL was unable to get a line of credit to cover Port Adelaide's future debts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port in crisis and facing takeover |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/port-adelaide-football-club-runs-out-of-cash-sanfl-may-take-over/news-story/a030c597bd786629004913bc752d8385 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=couriermail |date=30 May 2011 }}</ref> After the failure of the takeover, AFL Chief executive [[Andrew Demetriou]] offered $9&nbsp;million over the next three years to help the club, ahead of the move to the [[Adelaide Oval]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=AFL handballs Port a lifeline |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/port-adelaide-football-club-runs-out-of-cash-sanfl-may-take-over/news-story/05d90222e99bb101166edcc868bc0d3a |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=adelaidenow |date=30 May 2011 }}</ref> Port Adelaide suffered its worst season result in 141 years, finishing sixteenth with 3 wins for the season. Rounds 20 and 21 saw the club lose to {{AFL Col}} and [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] by record margins of 138 and 165 respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Capel |first1=Andrew |title=Power hits rock bottom |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/power-at-rock-bottom-after-another-record-loss/news-story/e649de5978777a701be39e2ec5f4441e |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=adelaidenow |date=13 August 2011 }}</ref> The following season, [[Matthew Primus]] stepped down from his position as coach, following a loss to {{AFL GWS}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zita |first1=David |title=Kane Cornes lifts lid on brutal 4am punishment 'pathetic' stars endured after coach's shock axing |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-afl-matthew-primus-port-adelaide-coach-sacking/news-story/ef62cd376a3f0eeaf731621b597b3bf7 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=Fox Sports |date=23 April 2020 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

On 8 October 2012, [[Ken Hinkley]] was announced as the new senior coach of the club. During the same week, [[David Koch (television presenter)|David Koch]] was named chairman of the club and numerous board members were replaced.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hinkley poised to coach Power |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-05/hinkley-poised-to-coach-power/4298556 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=5 October 2012 |language=en-AU}}</ref> The club finished the home and away season 7th on the ladder, qualifying for finals for the first time since 2007. Port travelled to Melbourne to play Collingwood at the MCG in an Elimination Final where they won by 24 points; they then lost to Geelong by 16 points the following week in a Semi-final.<ref>{{cite news |title=Geelong's late surge ends Port Adelaide's finals run |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/sep/13/geelong-port-adelaide-afl-match-report |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Power beat Magpies in boilover at the MCG |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-07/power-beat-magpies-in-boilover-at-the-mcg/4943616 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=7 September 2013 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

As the club entered the 2014 season, both Port Adelaide and Adelaide moved their home games from [[Football Park]] to the redeveloped [[Adelaide Oval]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Memories of Football Park|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/245228/memories-of-football-park|access-date=11 January 2021|website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au|date=13 March 2019 }}</ref> Port Adelaide signed up a record 48,968 members for the 2014 season, an increase of 23% from the previous year, and averaged 44,824 at home games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement: Record membership growth |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/112991/statement-record-membership-growth |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=22 August 2014 |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - Port Adelaide - Crowds |url=https://afltables.com/afl/crowds/padelaide.html#2 |website=afltables.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> Amidst the change, Port Adelaide's license was transferred from the SANFL to the club for a sum of approximately $7 million, giving the club independent control of its operations for the first time in its history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-27/crows2c-port-take-control-of-afl-licences/5349978|title=Adelaide Crows, Port Adelaide Power handed control of operations by SANFL|date=27 March 2014|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/713953/port-adelaide-signs-historic-licence-transfer-agreement|title=Port Adelaide signs historic licence transfer agreement|date=27 March 2014|work=portadelaidefc.com.au}}</ref> Port Adelaide finished fifth on the ladder, with a win–loss record of 14–8.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - 2014 Season Scores |url=https://afltables.com/afl/seas/2014.html#lad |website=afltables.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> They hosted Richmond in the elimination finals, kicking the first seven goals of the game and leading by as much as 87 points before recording a 57-point victory.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Ashley |title=Port Adelaide smashes Richmond in elimination final |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/port-adelaide-smashes-richmond-in-elimination-final-20140907-10dn4p.html |website=The Age |language=en |date=7 September 2014 |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> After defeating {{AFL Fre}} in the semi-finals, the club's season ended with a three-point loss to Hawthorn in the preliminary finals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hawks edge out Power in thriller to reach AFL grand final |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/hawks-edge-out-power-in-afl-thriller/61eb6073-47da-4c93-b3fa-fd1aaddae0c9 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=www.9news.com.au}}</ref>

In [[2017 AFL season|2017]], Port Adelaide made finals after winning 14 games to finish fifth on the ladder.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - 2017 Season Scores |url=https://afltables.com/afl/seas/2017.html#lad |website=afltables.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> Port Adelaide's season came to an end in an elimination final loss to {{AFL|WC}} by 2 points in extra time.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Finals 2017: West Coast Eagles snatch victory on the siren |url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/afl/2017/09/09/afl-finals-2017-west-coast-port-adelaide/ |website=The New Daily |access-date= 19 January 2021 |date=9 September 2017}}</ref> In the [[2020 AFL season]], Port Adelaide qualified for the finals as minor premiers for the first time since [[2004 AFL season|2004]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide claim AFL minor premiership |url=https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/29935810/afl-2020-port-adelaide-claim-afl-minor-premiership-win-collingwood |website=ESPN.com |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |date=21 September 2020}}</ref> making it to the preliminary final and being defeated by eventual premiers {{AFL Ric}} by 6 points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richmond earns shot at history after thrilling preliminary final win over Port Adelaide |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-16/afl-finals-port-adelaide-power-vs-richmond-tigers-scorecentre/12774642#:~:text=Premiers%20Richmond%20have%20accounted%20for,Adelaide%20Oval%20on%20Friday%20night. |website=www.abc.net.au |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en-AU |date=16 October 2020}}</ref> Port Adelaide returned to the AFL finals in the [[2021 AFL season|2021 season]], finishing in second place at the end of the home-and-away season and qualifying for a second consecutive preliminary final, where they were defeated by the [[Western Bulldogs]] by 71 points. Despite this, [[Ollie Wines]] became the first Port Adelaide player to win the [[Brownlow Medal]], the league's highest individual honour, winning the award with a record-equalling tally of votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Port Adelaide's Ollie Wines wins AFL Brownlow Medal with record votes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/20/port-adelaides-ollie-wines-wins-afl-brownlow-medal-with-record-votes#:~:text=Congratulations%20to%20Echuca%20boy%20Ollie,would%20win%20him%20the%20award. |access-date=13 October 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=19 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The side then suffered a slump in form, losing the first five games of the [[2022 Port Adelaide Football Club season|2022 season]] and failing to qualify for the finals. Senior coach [[Ken Hinkley]], whose contract was set to expire at the end of the [[2023 Port Adelaide Football Club season|2023 season]], was extended for a further two seasons in August 2023, at a time when Port returned to the top four and qualified for the [[2023 AFL finals series|finals]], though were eliminated in straight sets at the hands of the {{AFL BL}} and {{AFL GWS}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1405884/hinkley-extends-contract-with-port-adelaide|title=Hinkley extends contract with Port Adelaide|date=15 August 2023|work=Port Adelaide FC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/power-locks-in-deal-to-keep-ken-hinkley-as-coach-20230815-p5dwl2.html|title=Power lock in deal to keep Ken Hinkley as coach|date=15 August 2023|work=The Age|author=Jake Niall}}</ref> Despite further pressure on the coach following a heavy mid-season loss,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/40404238/afl-brisbane-lions-thrash-port-adelaide-power-jump-top-eight|title=Port coach Hinkley jeered after record loss to Brisbane|date=22 June 2024|work=ESPN}}</ref> Port had a winning finish to the regular season to close in second position. In the [[2024 AFL finals series|finals]], they were defeated by more than 80 points by {{AFL Gee}} in a home qualifying final, then narrowly defeated {{AFL Haw}} in the semi-final and finally were well beaten by minor premiers {{AFL Syd}} at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]], slumping the club to a 6-9 finals win-loss record in Hinkley's tenure, which included four consecutive preliminary final defeats (2014, 2020, 2021 and 2024).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/port-adelaide-coach-ken-hinkley-says-latest-finals-failure-is-not-just-on-him-c-16131502#|title=Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says latest finals failure is not just on him|work=7news.com.au|date=21 September 2024|author=Ben Sutton}}</ref> Hinkley broke the club record for most AFL games coached in the preliminary final loss, eclipsing [[Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1958)|Mark Williams]]' record of 273 games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/8767394/hinkley-wants-prelim-win-more-than-port-coaching-record/|title=Hinkley wants prelim win more than Port coaching record|author=Steve Larkin|date=18 September 2024|work=portstephensexaminer.com.au}}</ref> In February 2025, the club announced that Hinkley's tenure as senior coach would conclude at the end of the 2025 season, and that assistant coach [[Josh Carr]] would take over the position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/port-adelaide-coach-ken-hinkley-to-step-down-at-end-of-2025/104926396|title=Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley to step down at end of 2025 season as Power, Ken Hinkley holds the VFL/AFL record for the most games coached at a single club without appearing in a grand final, and the fifth-most games coached without winning a premiership. The club anoints Carr as successor|author=Daniel Keane|work=ABC News|date=12 February 2025}}</ref> Hinkley's final season ended with 9 wins and 14 losses, the worst win-loss record in his tenure, and the club ended in 13th position on the ladder. 
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=== AFLW involvement ===
{{main|Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)}}

[[File:Phillips,_Erin,_Alberton_Oval,_2022_September_3,_captain.jpg|thumb|[[Erin Phillips]] was awarded the captaincy of [[Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)|Port Adelaide's Women's team]] for [[2022 AFL Women's season 7|its inaugural season in 2022 AFL Women's season 7]].|left]] Port Adelaide supported the local Port Adelaide Women's Football Club (nicknamed the Magpies and wearing the "Prison Bar" guernsey) who had been playing in the Adelaide Amateur Football League since 2003. Port Adelaide first showed interest in an AFL Women's side in 2015. The club signed [[Erin Phillips]] as their marquee player in the event that the club was admitted to the AFLW for the [[2017 AFL Women's season|2017 season]]. However, logistical demands related to the club's China program prevented the club from submitting a bid. The club subsequently attempted to enter a side in the [[SANFL Women's League]] (SANFLW), but this approach was rejected by the [[South Australian Football Commission]]. In 2018 The Port Adelaide Women's Football Club in the amateur league was shut down.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sarah|first=Black|date=9 July 2021|title='The first Showdown could bring 50,000': Will Port Adelaide power into the AFLW?|work=womens.afl|url=https://www.womens.afl/news/72966/-the-first-showdown-could-bring-50-000-will-port-adelaide-power-into-the-aflw-}}</ref> In May 2021, the [[AFL Commission]] announced that the remaining four clubs without AFLW teams would be admitted to the competition by the end of 2023, with the clubs to bid for entry order.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Black|first1=Sarah|title=AFLW expansion: Four new clubs, no more AFL overlap|url=https://womens.afl/news/72203/aflw-expansion-four-new-clubs-no-more-afl-overlap|access-date=13 October 2021|website=AFLW|language=en}}</ref> Port Adelaide's bid to enter the competition was successful, with the AFL Commission deciding all four clubs would debut in the AFLW in 2022 season 7.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Liz|last2=Ralph|first2=Jon|title=Port Adelaide set to form women's team to compete in the AFLW from the 2022-23 season|language=en-AU|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/port-adelaide-set-to-form-womens-team-to-compete-in-the-aflw-from-the-202223-season/news-story/a5ce0e9b9e5f86ee7ee01f5ca2a90076|access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>

=== SANFL presence (post–AFL entry) ===
As part of Port Adelaide's initial bid for the 1994 AFL licence, the club had no plans to maintain a presence in the SANFL.<ref name="Presence"/> After winning the tender for the licence, however, an agreement was created with the SANFL for Port Adelaide to field two separate clubs in the SANFL and AFL, at the request of the other SANFL clubs.<ref name="Presence">{{cite podcast |url=https://www.spreaker.com/user/portfanradio/rick-and-brian |title=Ep. 6.06 - The Life Of Brian |website=Spreaker |publisher=Spreaker |host=BigFooty Port Adelaide Podcast |date=19 March 2018 |time=29:05 |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref> This agreement resulted in the creation of the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club, a separate legal entity to Port Adelaide Football Club. For the first few years after 1997, the Port Adelaide Magpies were forced to train at [[Ethelton, South Australia|Ethelton]] to ensure they would not gain any advantage using the upgraded Alberton AFL training facilities.<ref name=Ethelton/> Additionally, Port Adelaide AFL-listed players who were not selected for the senior team were randomly drafted to other SANFL clubs to play matches until the two Port Adelaide entities merged.<ref name=":0" /> This arrangement was necessitated as the other SANFL clubs did not want the Port Adelaide Magpies side to gain any use of the Port Adelaide Football Club AFL resources, fearing any potential advantages would make the Magpies too strong in the SANFL.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-09-03/from-the-ceo-september-3|title=From the CEO|date=September 3, 2015 |work=portadelaidefc.com.au|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref> Australian football historian John Devaney described the forced separation of Port Adelaide's SANFL and AFL operations as being "akin to the enforced splitting up of families associated with military conquest or warfare".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/clubs/bio/Port%20Adelaide/9|title=Australian Football – Port Adelaide Football Club – Bio|website=australianfootball.com|access-date=27 September 2017 |quote='...what happened in 1996 was much more akin to the enforced splitting up of families associated with military conquest or warfare.'}}</ref>

In response to financial trouble suffered by both Port Adelaide entities, the "One Port Adelaide Football Club" movement was launched by former players [[Tim Ginever]] and [[George Fiacchi]] on 20 August 2010, in an effort to merge Port Adelaide's AFL and SANFL operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=One Club: Putting Port Adelaide Back Together |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/772410/one-club-putting-port-adelaide-back-together |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=24 August 2010 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> A website was created that claimed 50,000 signatures were needed for the merger.<ref>{{cite web |title=1 Club |url=http://onepafc.com.au/ |website=onepafc.com.au |access-date=4 February 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823061556/http://onepafc.com.au/ |archive-date=23 August 2010}}</ref> On 16 November 2010, following approval from all nine SANFL clubs, the club formalised the off-field merger between the two entities.<ref name=Merger/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6038/newsid/105240/default.aspx|title=UPDATE: Power & Magpies Unite|work=Port Adelaide Football Club|date=16 November 2010 |access-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119085852/http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6038/newsid/105240/default.aspx|archive-date=19 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 10 September 2013, Port Adelaide and the SANFL agreed to a model to allow all its AFL-listed players (not selected to play for Port Adelaide in the AFL) to play for the SANFL side.<ref name=Players>{{Cite web|url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2013-09-10/statement-port-adelaide-accepts-sanfl-invitation|title=Statement: Port Adelaide accepts SANFL invitation|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|date=10 September 2013 |access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://footyindustry.com/files/afl/club_docs/SANFL/SANFL%202014%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=2014 SANFL Annual Report |access-date= 23 September 2020|work=SANFL}}</ref> As part of the arrangement, the club lost its recruiting zones and could no longer field sides in the junior SANFL competitions,<ref name=Players/> and as a result established an 18–22-year-old academy training team to compete in the league's reserves competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/port-adelaide-magpies-legend-russell-ebert-slams-changes-to-clubs-junior-teams/news-story/c97c967cc3c7b58f61d8d2f67e95bb5c|title=Port Adelaide Magpies legend Russell Ebert slams changes to club's junior teams|work=Adelaide Now |access-date=4 February 2021|date=27 August 2014}}</ref> In 2018, Port Adelaide and the league jointly agreed that it would no longer field a team in the [[List of SANFL premiers#Minor grades|SANFL Reserves]] competition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Partland |first1=Warren |title=Port Adelaide Magpies' team scrapped from SANFL reserves competition |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/local-footy-sa/sanfl/port-adelaide-magpies-team-scrapped-from-sanfl-reserves-competition/news-story/dda6a291b3279ef275de19fcfd7cc2df |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=www.adelaidenow.com.au |date=2 October 2018 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Port Adelaide initially still had success in the SANFL after accession into the AFL, with the Port Adelaide Magpies winning back-to-back Grand Finals in 1998 and 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Port's Grand Final history |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/106744/ports-grand-final-history |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=18 September 2017 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> However, the club would not make another grand final until the 2014 season, where it was defeated by Norwood by four points.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Partland |first1=Warren |title=Norwood Redlegs defeat Port Adelaide Magpies 82-78 in 2014 SANFL Grand Final |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/local-footy-sa/sanfl/norwood-redlegs-defeat-port-adelaide-magpies-8278-in-2014-sanfl-grand-final/news-story/8d2f2943a5c8ae718c61f00c7786da92#:~:text=SANFL-,Norwood%20Redlegs%20defeat%20Port%20Adelaide%20Magpies%2082-78%20in%202014,Grand%20Final%20at%20Adelaide%20Oval. |website=www.adelaidenow.com.au |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> Port Adelaide featured in two further grand finals against Sturt and Glenelg, though it would be defeated in both.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Addinall |first1=Mark |title=Sturt wins one-point thriller over Port Adelaide to take back-to-back SANFL flags |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-24/sturt-wins-sanfl-grand-final/8979474 |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=24 September 2017 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Abbracciavento |first1=Daniela |title=Port Adelaide SANFL coach Matthew Lokan disappointed but proud of never-say-die attitude |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/sport/port-adelaide-sanfl-coach-matthew-lokan-disappointed-but-proud-of-neversaydie-attitude/news-story/fb37142708e452d9101b999d01253a8e |website=www.adelaidenow.com.au |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

The club did not field a team in the SANFL in the [[2020 SANFL season|2020 season]] due to AFL restrictions imposed during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/690492/statement-2020-sanfl-participation|title=Statement – 2020 SANFL participation|work=Port Adelaide FC |access-date=13 May 2020 |date=12 May 2020}}</ref> though it re-joined the competition in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/837965/port-adelaide-confirmed-for-sanfl-return-in-2021|title=Port Adelaide confirmed for SANFL return in 2021|work=Port Adelaide FC |access-date= 13 December 2020 |date=24 November 2020}}</ref> Lower-table and mid-table finishes occurred over the next few years. In December 2023, the ''[[The Herald Sun|Herald Sun]]'' reported that the club had applied for entry into the [[Victorian Football League]] (VFL) or a national reserves competition in 2025, thereby transitioning its reserves team out of the SANFL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/12/03/report-port-adelaide-officially-applies-for-vfl-entry/|title=Report: Port Adelaide Officially Applies for VFL Entry|work=sen.com.au|date=4 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/port-adelaide-power/afl-national-reserves-bombshell-nears-as-port-adelaide-officially-applies-to-join-vfl/news-story/4e46091ed7b9a3f17ecc7e343d5fdda9|title=AFL national reserves bombshell nears as Port Adelaide 'officially applies' to join VFL|work=Fox Sports|date=4 December 2023|author=Max Loughton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1591440/rucci|title=Reflecting on Port Adelaide and the SANFL system|author=Michelangelo Rucci|date=3 July 2024|work=portadelaidefc.com.au}}</ref> The application occurred after Port Adelaide chairperson [[David Koch]] lamented the "different rules to the other SANFL clubs which makes success difficult and frankly, has a detrimental impact on the development of our AFL players".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/10/31/this-is-real-now-port-adelaide-leading-the-push-for-national-reserves/|title="This Is Real Now": Port Adelaide Leading the Push for National Reserves Competition|work=sen.com.au|date=4 November 2023|author=Andrew Slevison}}</ref> By the end of 2024 the club and SANFL negotiated and approved changes to player recruiting rules for both AFL clubs fielding reserve teams in the competition, ensuring Port Adelaide's continued presence in the SANFL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1671460/pafc-statement-sanfl-player-list-rule-amendments|title=PAFC Statement – SANFL Player List Rule Amendments|work=portadelaidefc.com.au|date=3 October 2024}}</ref>

== Club symbols and identity ==

=== Club guernseys ===
==== Captain and No. 1 guernsey ====
The tradition dictating that the captain of the Port Adelaide Football Club wear the number one guernsey started when [[Clifford Keal]] wore the number as club captain for the first time in 1924.<ref name="Guernsey">{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Adelaide's decision to break with a 149-year tradition with co-captains highlights how Power's ambitions suffer from Magpies' past |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/michelangelo-rucci/port-adelaides-decision-to-break-with-a-149year-tradition-with-cocaptains-highlights-how-powers-ambitions-suffer-from-magpies-past/news-story/877e012a4d3388147a3865ffb81c9dfa |website=www.adelaidenow.com.au |access-date=19 January 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The tradition was cemented, at least in the view of then-secretary [[Charles Hayter (secretary)|Charles Hayter]], when in 1929 he received a letter from a junior Kilkenny player requesting a number one Port Adelaide guernsey as he had just become captain of his underage team.<ref name="GOSSIP OF THE GAME">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128898955 |title=Gossip of the Game |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=XIII |issue=1,898 |location=Adelaide |date=15 August 1929 |access-date=11 February 2019 |page=14|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Hayter granted the wish of the junior and provided him with a number one Port Adelaide guernsey.<ref name="GOSSIP OF THE GAME" /> Since 1924, there have been few exceptions to the tradition. The most notable exception was [[Geof Motley]], who followed the captaincy of [[Fos Williams]]. Following his appointment as captain-coach, Motley elected to continue wearing the number 17, and continued to do so for the remainder of his career.<ref name="Guernsey" /> When Motley handed the captaincy to [[John Cahill (footballer)|John Cahill]] in 1967, at the insistence of coach Fos Williams, the tradition of Port Adelaide captains wearing the number one guernsey resumed.<ref name="Guernsey" /> When co-captains were appointed for the 2019 season the No. 1 guernsey was temporarily retired.<ref name="Guernsey" /> It was re-instated the following season when the club returned to appointing a single captain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Jonas to lead Port Adelaide as captain in 2020 |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/539441/tom-jonas-to-lead-port-adelaide-as-captain-in-2020#:~:text=Port%20Adelaide%20has%20appointed%20Tom,as%20captain%20of%20the%20club. |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au | date=6 December 2019 |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>

==== Number panel ====
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| footer            = '''Left:''' [[Harold Oliver (Australian footballer)|Harold Oliver]] wearing Port Adelaide's famous Wharf Pylon guernsey<br />'''Right:''' [[Clifford Cocks (footballer)|Clifford Cocks]] wearing the first Port Adelaide guernsey with the [[Number (sports)|number panel]] attached to the back for a trip to Western Australia in 1910<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33369597 |title=Port Adelaide V. Goldfields. |newspaper=[[Kalgoorlie Western Argus]] |volume=XVI |issue=822 |location=Western Australia |date=9 August 1910 |access-date=5 November 2017 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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The white number panel on the back of the Port Adelaide guernsey originates from the first decade of the twentieth century when club secretary [[James Hodge (administrator)|James Hodge]] took the club across Australia to play matches against interstate teams.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207210661 |title=Football. |newspaper=[[Evening Journal (Adelaide)|Evening Journal]] |volume=XLIV |issue=12305 |location=Adelaide |date=16 September 1910 |access-date=30 October 2018 |page=6|edition=Special Sports |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> During the early 1900s, it was commonplace that touring teams would wear numbers, allowing spectators to identify unknown footballers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Warwick |title=The mystique of footy's magic numbers |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/the-history-myth-and-mystique-of-footys-magic-numbers/news-story/49a85ca8f20185fab2fd71844e9a94e7 |website=heraldsun |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |date=7 June 2014}}</ref> Port Adelaide attached a white square to the back of its guernsey, with black numbers to be printed on the square. This design would continue to be used after the introduction of numbers into the SANFL, and was interchangeably with a black square and white numbers. The design bearing the black square eventually became the design of choice until 1928. The club introduced a 'permanent' white panel for the 1928 season, which would remain until the club was forced to merge with West Torrens during WWII. The club reintroduced the panel in 1953 and has since continuously used it in the SANFL. The panel was also present on the club's AFL guernsey until it was phased out in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=The white panel: A (very) brief history of our iconic jumper |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/379344/the-white-panel-a-very-brief-history-of-our-iconic-jumper |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=29 April 2015 |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> The number panel returned to the club's guernsey in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iconic number panel returns by popular demand |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/85151/iconic-number-panel-returns-by-popular-demand |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=8 November 2016 |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> The white panel is also intended to resemble the white back of a local Magpie species that is present on the badge of South Australia.<ref name=Fact>{{cite web |last1=Agius |first1=Matthew |title=10 things you probably don't know about the Port Adelaide Football Club... |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/399645/10-things-you-probably-don-t-know-about-the-port-adelaide-football-club- |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=12 May 2015 |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>

==== 'Prison Bar' guernsey ====
[[File:Port adelaide guernsey worn by Fos Williams 1950s.jpeg|thumb|Woollen [[Fos Williams|Fos Williams']] Port Adelaide guernsey from the mid-to-late 1950s|left]]

Historically, the black-and-white 'Prison Bar' guernsey, alternatively and historically known as the Wharf Pylon guernsey, has been Port Adelaide's most iconic guernsey design. The club first adopted the guernsey in the 1902 season, after having difficulty finding magenta and blue dyes that could repeatedly last the rigours of an Australian rules football match.<ref name=PrisonBars>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: As clear as black and white |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/732439/port-gazette-as-clear-as-black-and-white |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=24 June 2020 |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> The guernsey was designed to be a literal depiction of the wharves and pylons that were prominent along the docks of Port Adelaide at the turn of the 20th century.<ref name=Fact/> Prior to adopting the guernsey the club had won 3 premierships over 31 years. After adopting the guernsey, the club won 33 premierships and 3 Championships of Australia.<ref name=PrisonBars/>

{{blockquote|"Anyone that put on the guernsey acted like the guernsey intended it to act. It wasn't built around the player wearing the guernsey. It was the guernsey using a player."
| author = Retired Port Adelaide player and coach [[Fos Williams]] explaining the mythology of the guernsey in 1981<ref>Fos Williams, 1981 SANFL Grand Final broadcast, NWS9 Adelaide, 1981</ref>}}

The Prison Bar nickname first originated from fans of rival football clubs, in particular those of {{SANFL Nor}}. The nickname was used in a derogatory fashion, in an attempt to liken the club to a criminal stereotype. The nickname first appeared in media in early 1993, in a match report written by former cricketer [[Alan Shiell]].<ref name="PrisonBars" /> The nickname was subsequently accepted by the Port Adelaide fanbase, becoming a popular nickname for the design among fans.

Upon joining the AFL, Port Adelaide, along with being required to find a new logo, song and nickname, was also forced to replace the Prison Bar guernsey because existing club [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]], already using the Magpie logo and nickname, also wore a similar guernsey with vertical black and white stripes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122301794 |title=Premier SA club plans AFL move. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=1 August 1990 |access-date=18 March 2015 |page=38 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> A new guernsey was ultimately created, incorporating teal into its design.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Into the Archives: First colours ... and a parade of jumpers |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/578709/into-the-archives-first-colours-and-a-parade-of-jumpers |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=19 March 2020 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

[[File:2003 Port Adelaide Heritage Round guernsey at Alberton Oval.jpeg|thumb|Port Adelaide's 2003 [[AFL Heritage Round]] guernsey]]

Since the club's entry to the AFL, Port Adelaide has made numerous requests to the AFL to wear the Prison Bar guernsey in specific games, only some of which have been approved. The club was first granted the right to wear an AFL-approved Prison Bar guernsey (a replica of the 1914 premiership design) in the [[Heritage Round (AFL)|Heritage Round]] of the [[2003 AFL season|2003 season]].<ref name="PrisonBars" /> During 2007, following controversy the year prior in which the AFL declined Port Adelaide the right to wear their heritage guernsey,<ref>{{cite web |title=Club statement re: heritage guernsey |url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2007-05-01/club-statement-re-heritage-guernsey |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date= 1 May 2007|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref> the AFL and Port Adelaide reached an agreement whereby the club could wear its traditional guernsey in the heritage round, with the proviso that in future seasons its players can only wear it in home heritage round games and provided that such a game is not against Collingwood.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://portadelaidefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6038/Default.aspx?newsId=43168|title=Port Adelaide to wear Black and White|publisher=Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club|access-date=14 May 2007 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306013418/http://portadelaidefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6038/Default.aspx?newsId=43168 |archive-date=6 March 2012}}</ref> No heritage rounds have been held since this agreement was reached.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Black and white debate has a colourful history {{!}} Footyology |url=https://footyology.com.au/black-and-white-debate-has-a-colourful-history/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |language=en-AU |date=24 August 2020 |quote=Heritage rounds ended immediately after Port Adelaide wore the 1977 bars jumper against the Western Bulldogs at the Docklands Stadium in 2007.}}</ref> In 2014, the AFL declined Port Adelaide permission to wear its traditional guernsey for celebrating of 100 years since its [[1914 Championship of Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/port-adelaide-denied-opportunity-to-wear-heritage-jumper-at-first-friday-night-match-at-adelaide-oval/story-fnia6ojc-1226991287562|title = Port Adelaide Denied Opportunity to Wear Heritage Jumper at First Friday Night Match at Adelaide Oval |access-date=4 September 2014|date = 16 July 2014|last = Rucci|first = Michelangelo}}</ref> On 2 September 2014, the AFL cleared the club to use the guernsey in their final against {{AFL Ric}}, following controversy about their prior decision to have Port Adelaide wear their clash strip.<ref>{{cite news |title=Port allowed to wear heritage strip against Tigers |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-01/port-adelaide-allowed-to-wear-heritage-strip-against-tigers/5710670 |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=1 September 2014 |language=en-AU}}</ref> For their 150th anniversary, the club was granted permission to wear the guernsey in its [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]] match in the 2020 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2019-port-adelaide-will-wear-prison-bars-outfit-in-two-matches-for-season-2020/news-story/e86ee704648171e6b0aa8d39b5571868|title=AFL 2019: Port Adelaide will wear prison bars outfit in two matches for season 2020|work=Fox Sports Australia|date=14 August 2019}}</ref> The following year, Port Adelaide requested permission to permanently wear the guernsey in all future Showdown matches, but this proposal was rejected by the AFL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/603616/statement-port-adelaide-request-to-wear-black-and-white-striped-guernsey|title=Statement: Port Adelaide request to wear black and white striped guernsey|work=AFL.com.au|date=29 April 2021}}</ref>

Support for the guernsey remains extremely high, with the merchandise for a single game against Carlton in 2013 generating over $500,000.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=First final not lucrative for Power |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/big-pay-day-awaits-8212-if-port-adelaide-can-hang-in-there/news-story/a1e8ae66d671ecebac4633fa970e8f7d |website=adelaidenow |access-date=26 January 2021 |language=en |date=3 September 2013}}</ref> On 9 September 2020, it was revealed that memorabilia associated with the Prison Bar guernsey raised $2,000,000 for the club in 2020, and the Prison Bar guernsey itself was the highest-selling piece of merchandise in the AFL that year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Statement – 2020 AFL audited member number|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/809664/statement-2020-afl-audited-member-number|access-date=2020-09-09|website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au|date=8 September 2020 }}</ref> Towards the end of 2018, a group of supporters organised to push for the return of the club's traditional guernsey full time from the start of the 2020 AFL season, to coincide with the club's 150th anniversary year, and a supporter petition in 2019 calling for the reinstatement of the guernsey reached 10,000 signatures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/club-greats-rally-behind-push-for-port-adelaide-to-wear-its-prison-bar-guernsey-in-2020/news-story/2cbdb4ff2d3fb9007b294f98ba873e0b|title=Club greats rally behind push for Port Adelaide to wear its prison bar guernsey in 2020|date=27 November 2018|website=The Advertiser |access-date= 11 April 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite instagram |user=bringbackthebars |postid=BzSFopQj_jq |title= Our petition gained a lot of momentum after the #BringBackTheBars night. |date=June 29, 2019 |access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> On 29 July 2021, club president David Koch revealed that, if the club wore the Prison Bar guernsey without permission, it would be deducted four premiership points along with a fine.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-28|title=Kochie Goes Off Following Eddie McGuire's Latest Comment On Prison Bars Stoush|url=https://www.fiveaa.com.au/show/david-and-will/kochie-goes-off-following-eddie-mcguires-latest-comment-on-prison-bars-stoush/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=FiveAA|language=en-US}}</ref> The club negotiated an agreement with Collingwood to return the guernsey for the 2023 home Showdown match;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-11/collingwood-allows-port-adelaide-to-wear-prison-bars/102084166|title=Collingwood allows Port Adelaide to wear 'prison bar' guernsey after years of hostility over the heritage design|work=ABC News|date=11 March 2023}}</ref> an agreement which has since been extended to include all future home showdown matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/9NewsAdel/status/1756223800268427445|title=Two years in the making and costing $25 million, Port Adelaide is now calling its new state of the art football facility home. And it's not only the Power players that will benefit, the local community also winners. @VickiJSchwarz #9News|date=10 February 2024|work=9News Adelaide|publisher=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> The club's [[AFL Women's]] [[Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)|team]] wore the guernsey in its home showdown match against Adelaide in Round 1 of the [[2024 AFL Women's season|2024 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1614148|title=AFLW team to wear Prison Bars in inaugural Alberton Showdown|work=Port Adelaide FC|date=30 June 2024|author=Jamie Anderson}}</ref>

==== Uniform evolution ====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|! colspan="4" style="text-align: center" | '''Uniform evolution'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Season by Season Jumpers |url=http://www.footyjumpers.com/portall.htm |website=www.footyjumpers.com |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
! Design
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! Description and history
! Statistics 
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| {{Australian rules football kit 
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|pattern_so=_hoops_white
|body= C2DCF5
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|1870–1876 || The recorded colours worn by the club. This guernsey was revived in 2005, during the [[AFL Heritage Round|Heritage Round]].<ref name=gazette/> || Seasons: 7 – Premierships: 0 
|-
| {{Australian rules football kit 
|pattern_b= Kit_body_cuellov|pattern_so=|body= F287B7|shorts=FFFFFF |socks=F287B7}} 
|1877–1883 || Original full magenta uniform. || Seasons: 9 – Premierships: 0 
|-
| {{Australian rules football kit  
|pattern_b= _upper_blue2|pattern_so=|body=D42985|shorts=FFFFFF|socks=D42985}}
|1884–1892 || Better dyes resulted in magenta appearing closer to red. Blue bib added to top of uniform. || Seasons: 9 – Premierships: 2 ([[1884 SAFA season|1884]], [[1890 SAFA season|1890]]) 
|-
| {{Australian rules football kit 
|pattern_b= _portadelaide_magenta|pattern_so=_hoops_blue|body=D42985|shorts=FFFFFF|socks=D42985}}
|1893–1901 || Magenta and blue stripes with leather lace divider. In 2004, the team wore a [[throwback uniform|heritage uniform]] honoring this guernsey during the [[AFL Heritage Round|Heritage Round]].<ref name=gazette>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: As clear as black and white |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/732439/port-gazette-as-clear-as-black-and-white |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=24 June 2020 |access-date=11 April 2021 }}</ref> || Seasons: 9 – Premierships: 1 ([[1897 SAFA season|1897]]) 
|-
| {{Australian rules football kit 
|pattern_b=_portadelaide_heritage2|body=|shorts=000000|socks=000000}}
|1902–present || 'Prison Bar' uniform. Worn for all South Australian premierships since 1902 except for [[1951 SANFL Grand Final|1951]]. Used once in each of the 2003, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2020 AFL seasons, and in every home showdown since the 2023 AFL season and 2024 AFLW season. || Seasons: 101 – Premierships: 34 ([[1903 SAFA Grand Final|1903]], [[1906 SAFA Grand Final|1906]], [[1910 SAFL Grand Final|1910]], [[1913 SAFL Grand Final|1913]], [[1914 SAFL Grand Final|1914]], [[South Australian Patriotic Football League#Patriotic League premiers|1916]]*, [[South Australian Patriotic Football League#Patriotic League premiers|1917]]*, [[1921 SAFL Grand Final|1921]], [[1928 SANFL Grand Final|1928]], [[1936 SANFL Grand Final|1936]], [[1937 SANFL Grand Final|1937]], [[1939 SANFL Grand Final|1939]], [[1954 SANFL Grand Final|1954]], [[1955 SANFL Grand Final|1955]], [[1956 SANFL Grand Final|1956]], [[1957 SANFL Grand Final|1957]], [[1958 SANFL Grand Final|1958]], [[1959 SANFL Grand Final|1959]], [[1962 SANFL Grand Final|1962]], [[1963 SANFL Grand Final|1963]], [[1965 SANFL Grand Final|1965]], [[1977 SANFL Grand Final|1977]], [[1979 SANFL Grand Final|1979]], [[1980 SANFL Grand Final|1980]], [[1981 SANFL Grand Final|1981]], [[1988 SANFL Grand Final|1988]], [[1989 SANFL Grand Final|1989]], [[1990 SANFL Grand Final|1990]], [[1992 SANFL Grand Final|1992]], [[1994 SANFL Grand Final|1994]], [[1955 SANFL Grand Final|1995]], [[1996 SANFL Grand Final|1996]], [[1998 SANFL Grand Final|1998]], [[1999 SANFL Grand Final|1999]]) 
|-
| {{Australian rules football kit 
|pattern_b= _blackstripes|pattern_so=|body=|shorts=000000|socks=000000}}
|1951 || A one-off uniform used in the Jubilee year of Australia, given to the club by {{AFL Col}}. || Seasons: 1 – Premierships: 1 ([[1951 SANFL Grand Final|1951]])  
|-
| {{Australian rules football kit 
|pattern_b= _portadelaide_1997|pattern_so=|body=|shorts=000000|socks=000000}}
|1997–2009 || Inaugural uniform in the AFL. Port Adelaide was required to incorporate teal and remove vertical stripes by the AFL to appease {{AFL Col}}. || Seasons: 13 – Premierships: 1 ([[2004 AFL Grand Final|2004]]) 
|-
| {{Australian rules football kit 
|pattern_la= |pattern_b=_devonportv copy|pattern_ra= |leftarm=|body=000000|rightarm=|shorts=000000|socks=000000}}
|2010–present || Permanently used in the AFL since 2010. || Seasons: 14 – Premierships: 0  
|}

=== Logo evolution ===
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Port Adelaide has adopted different insignia on several occasions throughout its history.

Up until 2020, all of the club's insignia in the SANFL were designed around featuring one or multiple Magpies. The original club crest, adopted in 1900, featured a tan football and magpies perched on a gum tree with a black and white striped flag on the left and the [[Australian Red Ensign]] on the right.<ref name="LogoArticle">{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2019-10-10/a-history-of-port-adelaides-logos|title=A history of Port Adelaide's logos|date=10 October 2019|work=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date= 13 October 2019}}</ref> The ensign switched to blue sporadically through the 1910s before the flags were dropped in 1928.<ref name="LogoArticle" /> From 1930 until 2019, the logo always featured a dexter (left-facing) [[Australian magpie|magpie]], perched upon a gum branch (1930 to 1953) or a fence wire (1954 to 1974).<ref name="LogoArticle" /> The last Magpies-specific logo, used by the club between 1975 and 2019 in the SANFL, was situated inside a circular disc as was the case at all other SANFL clubs. It made mention of "Magpies" in the logo for the first time and was the longest standing in the club's history.<ref name="LogoArticle" />

Upon entering the AFL in 1997, Port were required to adopt colours and an insignia that distinguished it from {{AFL Col}}, who already had the nickname of the 'Magpies'. The club designed a new logo with a silver fist clutching a lightning bolt, in front of both a Prison Bar design and teal background, showcasing both new colours the club adopted.<ref name="LogoArticle" /> The logo was slightly altered in 2001 with the lightning bolt and fist defined and the reference to "Port" dropped.<ref name="LogoArticle" /> Ahead of the [[2020 AFL season|2020 season]], Port Adelaide's 150th anniversary, the club unveiled a commemorative logo to be worn by both the senior AFL team and reserves SANFL team. The logo features the "PA" acronym, 1870 to acknowledge the foundation year, the black-and-white prison bars, the chevron design of the AFL guernsey and a teal outline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2019-10-13/port-adelaide-launch-150th-anniversary-season-with-commemorative-logo|work=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date= 13 October 2019 |date=13 October 2019|title=Port Adelaide launch 150th anniversary season with commemorative logo}}</ref> Although initially intended to be used exclusively in 2020,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carney |first1=Shaun |title=Port Adelaide Reveal New Commemorative Logo For 2020 Season |url=https://ministryofsport.com.au/port-adelaide-reveal-new-commemorative-logo-for-2020-season/ |website=Ministry of Sport |access-date=10 April 2021 |date=14 October 2019}}</ref> feedback from supporters, key stakeholders and investors prompted the club to retain the logo in 2021 and beyond.<ref>{{cite web |title=Macron partners with Port Adelaide |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/832044/macron-partners-with-port-adelaide |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=27 October 2020 |access-date=10 April 2021 }}</ref>

=== Club songs ===
Over the years, Port Adelaide has used various songs and music at its games. The club has had two main official songs in the SANFL and one in the AFL, in addition to other songs representing the club unofficially. In its first season during 1870 the club invited local brass bands to play during the club's first games at Glanville.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 August 1870|title=General News|volume=VI|page=2 (2nd Ed.)|newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]]|issue=2,018|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207727202|access-date=5 January 2018|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1882 a song based on [[Harry Clifton (singer)|Harry Clifton]]'s "Work, Boys, Work (and be contented)" was written for the club as a tribute to the recently retired player [[Thomas Smith (Australian footballer)|Thomas Smith]].<ref>{{cite news|date=7 July 1882|title=Song for the Port Adelaide Football Club|volume=V|page=8|newspaper=[[Port Adelaide News]]|issue=304|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195868698|access-date=5 January 2018|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Following the end of the First World War, the club adopted the song was "The Pride of Port Adelaide is my football team". The song remained in use until 1971,<ref>1921 Port Adelaide premiership reunion dinner menu, 1965.</ref> when Port Adelaide secretary Bob McLean decided to change the club song to "Cheer, Cheer the Black and the White" after hearing the [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne Football Club]]'s song based on the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]] team's "[[Victory March (fight song)|Victory March]]".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rucci|first1=Michelangelo|date=14 April 2014|title=Staying Power: jumper lead to start off|work=The Northern Territory news|url=https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/10070/557302/0/19|access-date=11 April 2021|quote=In Port Adelaide's pre-AFL club song – the one Bob McLean "borrowed" from South Melbourne in 1971.}}</ref> As Sydney was already using the Notre Dame Victory March when Port Adelaide entered the AFL, the club was forced to find a new song. "Cheer, Cheer the Black and the White" is still used by the club in the [[SANFL]] competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/fans/club-song|access-date=4 February 2021|website=portadelaidefc.com.au}}</ref>

Due to the club's need for a new song upon their entry to the AFL, Port Adelaide adopted "Power to Win", written for the club by Quentin Eyers and [[Cold Chisel#Members|Les Kaczmarek]]. The song was first played at AFL level after Port Adelaide's win against Geelong in Round 3, 1997 at Football Park.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Davies|first1=Bridget|date=14 April 2020|title=Find out the history behind every AFL club theme song|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/find-out-the-history-behind-every-afl-club-theme-song/news-story/f8fc73d9afe95989c12008cf3bdf119c|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> Since 2016, an alternative [[Pitjantjatjara dialect|Pitjantjatjara]] language version of the song ('Nganana wanangara kanyini' – literally, 'We have the lightning bolt') has been used by the club on occasions such as Indigenous Round.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rucci|first1=Michelangelo|date=3 May 2016|title=Port's theme song gets indigenous makeover|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/port-adelaide-produces-its-club-song-with-an-indigenous-theme--an-afl-first/news-story/723a3e6872afd8543b152ccea38fe89e|access-date=4 February 2021|website=adelaidenow|language=en}}</ref> As the club's official nickname was shortened to 'The Power', rather than the original 'Port Power'. the line in the song "..til the flag is ours for the taking, Port Power!" was eventually changed, removing the word 'Port' and the song was re-recorded.

Since March 2014, Port Adelaide has used "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]" by the Australian band [[INXS]] as the club's unofficial anthem leading up to the opening bounce at its new home of Adelaide Oval.<ref>{{cite web |title=Never Tear Us Apart pre game - Port Adelaide v Carlton |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6y-jxywkPM |website=YouTube | date=24 August 2014 |publisher=Port Adelaide Football Club |access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Founten|first1=Loukas|title=Farriss proud that his song 'Never Tear Us Apart' is part of Australian Culture|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/831320/farriss-proud-that-his-song-never-tear-us-apart-is-part-of-australian-culture|access-date=4 February 2021|website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au|date=25 October 2020 }}</ref> The song is used as a reference to the various and unique difficulties the club faced when trying to enter the AFL, primarily in regards to the separation of its SANFL and AFL operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Never Tear Us Apart - Round 8, 2021 vs Adelaide |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhqWGRlQpbQ |website=YouTube | date=9 May 2021 |publisher=Port Adelaide Highlights |access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="Liverpool">{{cite web|last1=McGuire|first1=Michael|title=Liverpool brings its football and its famous song to Adelaide Oval|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-weekend/liverpool-brings-its-football-and-its-famous-song-to-adelaide-oval/news-story/9123beca891fcd729973e9aaf9c100c8|url-access=subscription|access-date=19 July 2015|website=The Advertiser}}</ref> Port Adelaide's use of the song stemmed from a trip the club took to Anfield in November 2012 while they were in England to play an exhibition match against the Western Bulldogs.<ref name="Liverpool" /> Seeing the Anfield crowd's rendition of "[[You'll Never Walk Alone]]", Matthew Richardson, Port's general manager of marketing and consumer business, sought to replicate the pre-match experience. During a meeting in mid 2013, the idea of an anthem was raised; various songs were suggested, including "[[Power and the Passion (song)|Power and the Passion]]" by [[Midnight Oil]] and "Power to the People" by [[John Schumann]]. "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS was suggested by Port Adelaide's events manager, Tara MacLeod,<ref name="Liverpool"/> and the song was accepted, as it resonated with the Power's history: when the Power entered the AFL in 1997, it was forced to cut ties with its traditional base, the [[Port Adelaide Magpies]], forming separate administrations and causing division amongst supporters.<ref name="Liverpool"/> Initially the song was introduced to coincide with the 60-second countdown before the start of a match, with the music playing over the top of a video montage. The song proved to be a success among the fans, with them adopting the song as well as raising scarves above their heads as the song was being sung.<ref name="Liverpool"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Never Tear Us Apart - Elimination Final v Richmond, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhrKNbG0TMY |website=YouTube | date=7 September 2014 |publisher=Port Adelaide Football Club |access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>

=== Home grounds ===

==== Glanville Hall Estate/Buck's Flat (1870–1879) ====
[[File:Glanville-hall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Glanville, South Australia|Glanville Hall Estate]]]]
After foundation, it was decided by the inaugural president of Port Adelaide, [[John Hart Jr.]], that the club's home ground would be Glanville Hall Estate, a property owned by his immediate family.<ref name= "Glanville"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/clubs/bio/Port%2520Adelaide/9 |title=Port Adelaide |work=AustralianFootball.com |first=John |last=Devaney |editor=AustralianFootball.com |access-date=2 March 2016 |quote= The venue for the match was a stretch of ground known as 'Buck's Flat', which formed part of the Glanville Hall Estate, owned by the club's founding president, Captain John Hart.}}</ref> The area in which the teams played was often referred to as 'Buck's Flat'. The club was forced to cease using the ground following 1879, as the property was sold at an auction.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: Unbeatable at Alberton |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/690597/port-gazette-unbeatable-at-alberton |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=22 December 2020 |quote="The Port Adelaide Football Club's presence at its original home, Buck's Flat at Glanville Hall, ended in 1879 when the property was sold at auction and carved up as a residential development."}}</ref>

==== Alberton Oval (1880–present) ====
{{main|Alberton Oval}}

[[File:Fos Williams Stand.JPG|thumb|right|[[Alberton Oval]]]]
Alberton Oval has been Port Adelaide's home ground in the SANFL since 1880, excluding 1975 and 1976.<ref>{{Cite book|title = 100 Years with the Magpies|last = McLean|first = Allan|publisher = Letterpress|year = 1971|location = South Australia|pages = 11}}</ref> Following the end of its operations at Glanville Hall, Port Adelaide was forced to find a new ground to operate from. It was decided that the club would use Alberton Oval for the 1880 season. On 15 May 1880, Port Adelaide played its first match at Alberton Oval.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: Unbeatable at Alberton |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/690597/port-gazette-unbeatable-at-alberton |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=22 December 2020 |quote="On May 15, 1880 - on the second weekend of the SAFA premiership season - Port Adelaide had its first rival at Alberton for premiership points; Kensington."}}</ref> The following year, the decision was made by the club to start leasing the oval from the Port Adelaide Council for the sum of 10 shillings a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club |url=https://aflnational.com/sa/sanfl/port-adelaide-magpies/ |website=AFL National |access-date=22 December 2020 |language=en-AU |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613144558/https://aflnational.com/sa/sanfl/port-adelaide-magpies/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The oval is also used for training purposes for both AFL and SANFL operations, aside from 1997 through 2001 when SANFL training temporarily moved to [[Ethelton]].<ref name=Ethelton>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: They said we couldn't do it... |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/819091/port-gazette-they-said-we-couldn-t-do-it- |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=26 September 2020 |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>

In 1975 and 1976, Port Adelaide was temporarily locked out of the ground following a dispute between the Port Adelaide Council, the SANFL and the Club over seating arrangements at the ground. The club usually split its seating revenue 50/50 with the SANFL during this time period, an arrangement the SANFL held with each club. However, the Port Adelaide Council wanted to take 50% of all game day revenue, leaving the remaining half to the two to split between themselves. In 1975, the SANFL refused to accept the offer for the ground provided by the council, resulting in the temporary suspension of Port Adelaide's lease on the ground. This prevented Port Adelaide from playing any games at the venue and, the following year, training at the venue. With the 1977 season pending, the issues between the council and the club were resolved and the club was permitted to return that year.<ref name="Eviction">{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Scott |title=No place like home — except when the Port Adelaide Magpies were evicted from Alberton in the mid-'70s |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/no-place-like-home-except-when-the-port-adelaide-magpies-were-evicted-from-alberton-in-the-mid70s/news-story/90c15a87f6d304c07fd322136061f376 |website=Adelaide Now |publisher=The Advertiser |access-date=23 December 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The ground possesses two notable grandstands named after individuals important to the club. The Fos Williams Family Stand is the oldest remaining structure at Alberton Oval, first constructed in 1903.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fos Williams Family Stand refurbishments nearly complete ahead of annual Family Day trial |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/341695/family-day-williams-stand-refurbishments-complete |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=9 February 2016 |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> The other grandstand, the Robert B. Quinn MM Grandstand, was first opened in 1972.<ref>Barber, Ray "Where are they now?", ''Football Times'', 1 May 1980, p. 14.</ref> The ground also has the bordering Allan Scott Power Headquarters for the administration of Port Adelaide, which opened in 1999 and is named after the club's [[Allan Scott (businessman)|initial major sponsor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.builtenvirons.com.au/downloads/projectsheets/Allan%20Scott%20Port%20Power%20Headquarters.pdf |title= Allan Scott Port Power Headquarters|access-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829223450/http://www.builtenvirons.com.au/downloads/projectsheets/Allan%20Scott%20Port%20Power%20Headquarters.pdf |archive-date=29 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Football Park (1997–2013) ====
{{main|Football Park}}

[[File:As-east.jpg|thumb|left|[[Football Park]]]]
Port Adelaide first played at Football Park on 15 June 1974.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - SANFL Premiership season - Season 1974 |url=https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/south%2Baustralian%2Bnational%2Bfootball%2Bleague/107/premiership%2Bseason/3/3/1974 |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> Despite not being officially recognised as a 'home ground' in the SANFL, it hosted night matches for every team,<ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Exploring: Football Park / AAMI Stadium — West Lakes, Adelaide |date=7 March 2019 |url=https://www.awesomeadelaide.com/disused-abandoned-buildings-ruins/urban-exploring-football-park-aami-stadium/ |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> as well as all finals between 1974 and 2014 regardless of 'home' team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Partl |first1=Warren |title=Decades of grand memories |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/sanfl-grand-final-history-on-football-park-stretches-back-to-1974/news-story/0dace8c31cd278d3c0018696bda0cabf |website=adelaidenow |access-date=5 January 2021|language=en |date=1 October 2013}}</ref> During 1975 and 1976, Port Adelaide sold some of their home games (to be played at their temporary home, Adelaide Oval) to Football Park.<ref name="Eviction"/>

Upon the club's entry to the AFL, fellow South Australian club {{AFL Ade}} was already using the ground for their home matches. Port Adelaide was assigned the ground as its home venue, alongside its existing tenants.<ref name=Demolition>{{cite news |title=Demolition day descends on former AFL fortress |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-02/football-park-being-demolished/10055674 |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=2 August 2018 |language=en-AU}}</ref> Port Adelaide's first official AFL match at the ground was on 6 April 1997, where they were defeated by Essendon by 33 points.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - 1997 Season Scores |url=https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1997.html |website=afltables.com |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>

Planned upgrades to the stadium were cancelled following news that Port Adelaide, alongside both Adelaide and the SANFL, would make use of Adelaide Oval from 2014 onward, as it had been recently redeveloped.<ref>{{cite news |title=AFL for Adelaide Oval, as Footy Park snubbed |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-12-02/afl-for-adelaide-oval-as-footy-park-snubbed/1166106 |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |date=1 December 2009 |language=en-AU}}</ref> It hosted its final AFL match on 31 August that year, where Port Adelaide was defeated by a point by Carlton.<ref name=Demolition/> The ground remains the headquarters of Adelaide, though features such as the ground's grandstands have been demolished.<ref>{{cite web |title=Football Park {{!}} Austadiums |url=https://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/football-park |website=www.austadiums.com |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>
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==== Adelaide Oval (2014–present) ====
{{main|Adelaide Oval}}

[[File:Completed Adelaide Oval 2014 - cropped and rotated.jpg|thumb|right|[[Adelaide Oval]]]]
Since 2014, Adelaide Oval has been the home ground of Port Adelaide's AFL team, shared with {{AFL Ade}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adelaide Oval |url=https://www.afl.com.au/venues/31 |website=afl.com.au |access-date=12 January 2021 }}</ref>

Adelaide Oval has historically been used for SANFL finals (until 1974) and the Championship of Australia match.  During the 1975 and 1976 seasons, Port Adelaide's SANFL Team was forced to play out of the ground following their dispute with the local council, using it for both match day playing and training purposes over the period.<ref name="Eviction"/> Its role as the primary venue for SANFL finals was supplanted by Football Park in 1974, following disagreements between the SANFL and South Australian Cricket Association (SACA).<ref>{{cite web |title=The end of Football Park |url=https://www.austadiums.com/news/527/the-end-of-football-park |website=Austadiums |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>

Following extensive redevelopment in the early 2010s and negotiations between the SANFL and SACA over the use of the ground,<ref>{{cite web |title=SACA, SANFL commit to Adelaide Oval redevelopment |url=https://www.austadiums.com/news/442/saca-sanfl-commit-to-adelaide-oval-redevelopment |website=Austadiums |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref> the ground was cleared for football usage purposes, allowing Port Adelaide to use the ground as its home ground from the 2014 season onwards.<ref>{{cite web |title=SANFL and AFL build financial bridge to Adelaide Oval - World Footy News |url=http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20110630210208592 |website=www.worldfootynews.com |access-date=12 January 2021 |quote= ...and Power moving all home games there from 2014.}}</ref> Port Adelaide also played the first official AFL match at the venue in 2011 against Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Round at Adelaide Oval |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/73875/final-round-at-adelaide-oval |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=30 June 2011 |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>

Adelaide Oval has two notable stands named after significant Port Adelaide individuals, the Fos Williams Stand, and the Gavin Wanganeen Stand. Both were named after the redevelopment of the Eastern Stand at the ground, and are featured alongside other famous individuals from the SANFL and {{AFL Ade}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=SA Greats Honoured |url=https://www.adelaideoval.com.au/news/sa-greats-honoured/ |website=Adelaide Oval |access-date=26 January 2021 |language=en-AU |date=23 September 2013}}</ref>

=== Club creed ===

[[Fos Williams]] authored the club's creed in 1962.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Creed |url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/the-creed |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date=26 April 2018 }}</ref>
{{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=#FFFFF0 |salign=center
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|quote=''We, the players and management of the Port Adelaide Football Club, accept the heritage which players and administrators have passed down to us; in doing so, we do not intend to rest in idleness, but shall strive with all our power to further this club's unexcelled achievements.<br />To do this, we believe that there is great merit and noble achievement in winning a Premiership. That to be successful, each and every one of us must be active, aggressive and devoted to this cause.<br />We agree that success is well within our reach and have confidence that each member of both the team and management will suffer personal sacrifices for the common end.<br />Also, we know that, should after striving to our utmost, after giving our everything still not be successful, our efforts will become a further part of this club's enviable tradition.<br />Finally, we concede there can be honour in defeat, but to each of us, honourable defeat of our club and guernsey can only come after human endeavour on the playing field is completely exhausted.''
|source=[[Fos Williams]]}}

==Rivalries==
===AFL===
====Adelaide====
{{main|Showdown (AFL)}}

Port Adelaide has a fierce rivalry with fellow South Australian AFL team [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]. Matches between the two teams are known as the 'Showdown'.<ref>{{cite web |title='No bigger game': Power, Crows revel in fierce rivalry |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/110604/no-bigger-game-power-crows-revel-in-fierce-rivalry |website=www.afl.com.au |date=10 May 2019 |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> The rivalry between Adelaide and Port Adelaide is often considered to be among the best rivalries in the Australian Football League, with [[Malcolm Blight]], [[Australian Football Hall of Fame#Legends|Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend]], stating in 2009 that "there is no doubt it is the greatest rivalry in football".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/michelangelo-rucci/port-adelaide-and-the-crows-have-established-the-best-derby-in-australian-football/news-story/cd35184c56021e9ad14831435c641ace|title=Why we win the derby Showdown|access-date=2017-04-15}}</ref>  The Showdown rivalry also significantly draws upon the bitter, [[Winner-take-all market|winner take all]], competition for the two South Australian licences to join the AFL in the 1980s and early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Origins of the Showdown |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/199292/origins-of-the-showdown |website=www.afl.com.au |date=3 May 2015 |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>

====Brisbane Lions====
This rivalry dates back to 1997, the inaugural season of Port Adelaide and the newly merged [[Brisbane Lions]]. In their early days, the two clubs had multiple close encounters, with a draw in two of their first three meetings.<ref name="lions">{{cite web |title=Lions and Port: A history |date=26 July 2013 |url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/27955/lions-and-port-a-history |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref> In the early 2000s, the rivalry reached its peak as the two clubs would be the most dominant of the era, meeting in multiple finals and consistently finishing at the top of the ladder from 2001 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lions Rewind: Port Adelaide |date=14 May 2020 |url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/690988/lions-rewind-port-adelaide |access-date=19 October 2020 |quote= Brisbane v Port Adelaide. During the early 2000s it was one of the biggest rivalries in football.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/736727/saturday-with-rucci-high-scoring-heavyweights|title=Saturday with Rucci: High-scoring Heavyweights|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|date=3 July 2020 }}</ref> Notable encounters include a Round 22 match in 2002 to determine the minor premiership that year, which Port Adelaide won by a single goal, and a Round 17 match in 2003 with 7 lead changes in the final quarter, which Port Adelaide won by a point.<ref name="lions"/> The rivalry culminated with the [[2004 AFL Grand Final]], where Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane to win their first premiership, ending Brisbane's chance to win a record-tying fourth consecutive premiership. The rivalry has since simmered down.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Lions' 2019 revival brings extra interest to one of the AFL's best inter-state battles |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/michelangelo-rucci/lions-2019-revival-brings-extra-interest-to-one-of-the-afls-best-interstate-battles/news-story/94caf1387ab4ea55bb05804161f6b8f4 |website=www.adelaidenow.com.au |access-date=2 January 2021 |url-access= subscription|quote="The past decade — much like the last five years of Origin — has not delivered such bite in Power-Lions games."}}</ref>

===SANFL===
====Norwood====
{{main|Port Adelaide–Norwood rivalry}}

[[File:Port Adelaide Norwood 1923 Adelaide Oval.png|thumb|Norwood and Port Adelaide playing in the [[1921 SAFL Grand Final]]]]

The rivalry between Port Adelaide and the [[Norwood Football Club]] is one of the longest standing rivalries in [[SANFL|South Australian league football]].<ref name=Norwood>{{cite web |title=A rivalry etched in SA history |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/534674/a-rivalry-etched-in-sa-history |website=www.afl.com.au |date=10 May 2008 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> The two clubs met for the first time in [[1878 SAFA season|1878]], where Port Adelaide hosted Norwood, with the visitors winning 1–0.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73070391 |title=Football |newspaper=[[The South Australian Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=18 June 1878 |access-date=2 May 2015 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> However, the rivalry between the two clubs would first begin in 1882, where Port Adelaide's first win over Norwood was controversially overruled by the league, with a follow-up game overshadowed by a misunderstanding at the gate which almost prevented Norwood players accessing the venue.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195868765/22343470 |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Port Adelaide News (SA : 1878 - 1883) |agency=Port Adelaide News |date=18 July 1882 |pages= 5 |quote="The Norwood Football club, failing to produce their tickets, were called upon to pay for admission, but refused to comply with the rule which they had themselves imposed upon others."}}</ref>

The clubs met in 14 Grand Finals prior to Port Adelaide's accession into the AFL and share over 60 premierships between them.<ref name=Norwood/> In 1884, Port Adelaide won the premiership, bringing Norwood's run of six premierships in a row to an end.<ref>{{cite web |title=Redlegs Museum Articles |url=http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/MEDIA/ARTICLES/BIRTH_OF_THE_NORWOOD___PORT_RIVALRY__18841.aspx |website=www.redlegsmuseum.com.au |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> In 1960, Norwood brought Port Adelaide's own record run of six premierships to an end defeating them by 27 points in the [[1960 SANFL season|1960 Preliminary Final]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - SANFL Premiership season - Season 1960 |url=https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/sanfl/107/premiership%2Bseason/3/3/1960#preliminary-final |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> They have met in three Grand Finals following Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL, with Port Adelaide winning in 1999 and Norwood winning in 1997 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - Norwood Football Club - Bio |url=https://australianfootball.com/clubs/bio/Norwood/316 |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> The two clubs are the only clubs in any of the elite Australian Rules Football leagues (the SANFL, WAFL, and VFL/AFL) to win six successive premierships.<ref>{{cite web |title=1954-1959 premiership teams inducted into Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/256832/1954-1959-premiership-teams-inducted-into-port-adelaide-football-club-hall-of-fame |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=8 March 2018 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Norwood |url=https://sanfl.com.au/league/clubs/norwood/?league=sanfl |website=SANFL |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

== Playing lists ==
{{see also|List of Port Adelaide Football Club players (before 1997)|label 1=List of Port Adelaide Football Club players (Pre AFL entry)|List of Port Adelaide Football Club players|label 2=List of Port Adelaide Football Club players (Post AFL entry)}}
{{Port Adelaide Football Club AFL personnel}}

===SANFL===
{{Rugby league squad
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|source   =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1725961/port-adelaide-finalises-2025-sanfl-list|title=Port Adelaide finalises 2025 SANFL list|work=portadelaidefc.com.au|date=6 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309115908/https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1725961/port-adelaide-finalises-2025-sanfl-list|archive-date=9 March 2025}}</ref>
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*{{Rugby league squad player|no=47|name=[[Jez McLennan]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=46|name=[[Jack Watkins (Australian rules footballer)|Jack Watkins]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=54|name=[[Oli Francou]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=68|name=[[Rome Burgoyne]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=56|name=[[Kyle Marshall (Australian rules footballer)|Kyle Marshall]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=48|name=[[Jake Weidemann]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=53|name=[[Dustin Launer]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=55|name=[[Bailey Chamberlain]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=52|name=[[Josh Byrne (Australian rules footballer)|Josh Byrne]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=72|name=[[Brayden Calvett]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=65|name=[[Kye Roberts]]}}
|list2a={{Rugby league squad player|no=60|name=[[Shay Linke]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=63|name=[[Nic Couroupis]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=49|name=[[Hugh Ferrari]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=51|name=[[Aidan Turner (Australian rules footballer)|Aidan Turner]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=70|name=[[Will O’Brien]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=61|name=[[Ryan Carnelly]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=58|name=[[Miller Carter]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=62|name=[[Harry Williams (Australian rules footballer)|Harry Williams]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=66|name=[[Heath Growden]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=64|name=[[Austin Harris (Australian rules footballer)|Austin Harris]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=67|name=[[Mack Bowman]]}}
*{{Rugby league squad player|no=73|name=[[Cormack O’Reilly]]}}

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{{notelist}}

== Corporate ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" align="right"
! colspan="3" |Guernsey sponsors
|-
!Period
!Front sponsor
!Back sponsor
|-
!1978–79
| Lensworth Finance
! rowspan="3" |
|-
!1980–82
|Jetspress
|-
!1983–87
| rowspan="3" |[[Standard Chartered]]
|-
!1988
|[[Standard Chartered]]
|-
!1989–91
! rowspan="3" |
|-
!1992
|Alpine Retreat
|-
!1993
|Bee-Jays Roadlink
|-
!1994
|Seaton Hotel
| rowspan="2" |[[Cash Converters]]
|-
!1995–96
| rowspan="2" |[[Scott's Transport]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott's Transport & Port Adelaide – great partners |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/85307/scotts-transport-port-adelaide-great-partners#:~:text=Scott%27s%20Transport%20has%20a%20long,into%20the%20AFL%20in%201997. |website=portadelaidefc.com.au | date=6 June 2007 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
!1997–07
| rowspan="2" |[[Vodafone]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vodafone to scale down sponsorship from 2010 |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/39175/vodafone-to-scale-down-sponsorship-from-2010 |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=March 2009 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
!2008–09
| Bianco Construction & Industrial Supplies<ref>{{cite web |title=07 Annual Report |url=http://footyindustry.com/files/afl/club_docs/Port%20Adelaide/Port%20Adelaide%202007%20Annual%20Report.pdf#page=6 |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
!2010
| rowspan="2" |MyATM<ref>{{cite web |title=My ATM Signs Five Year Deal |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/776184/my-atm-signs-five-year-deal |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=8 February 2010 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>
|AussieATM<ref>{{cite web |title=Aussie ATM Aboard! |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/759681/aussie-atm-aboard |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=25 March 2010 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
!2011
|Soaring Securities<ref>{{cite web |title=PAFC Set to Soar |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/772278/pafc-set-to-soar |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=23 March 2011 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
!2012
|VIP Home Services<ref>{{cite web |title=Media Release |url=https://www.viphomeservices.com.au/downloads/2012-02-01%20Port%20Adelaide%20JMP%20Announcement(1).pdf |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
|Foodbank<ref>{{cite web |title=The Power To End Hunger: A Unique Partnership |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/764128/the-power-to-end-hunger-a-unique-partnership |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=4 April 2012 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
!2013
||[[Renault]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Siren sounds for Port Adelaide and Renault |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/292520/siren-sounds-for-port-adelaide-and-renault |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=13 September 2017 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>
|VIP Home Services
|-
!2014–16
| [[EnergyAustralia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide scores major deal with EnergyAustralia |url=https://sponsorship.sportbusiness.com/news/port-adelaide-scores-major-deal-with-energyaustralia/ |website=SportBusiness Sponsorship |access-date=20 May 2021 |date=2014-01-31}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Renault
|-
!2017
|rowspan="3" |[[Parmalat|OAK]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide thanks Lactalis Australia for their outstanding support since 2015 |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/251650/port-adelaide-thanks-lactalis-australia-for-their-outstanding-support-since-2015 |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
!2018
|[[Parmalat|OAK]]
|-
!2019
|rowspan="2" style="background:#bdb76b;"|'''[[GFG Alliance]]'''<ref name=Sponsor/>
|-
!2020–21
|style="background:#bdb76b;"|'''[[MG Motor]]'''<ref name=Sponsor/>
|}

=== Administrative positions ===

* Chairman: [[David Koch (television presenter)|David Koch]]<ref name=Board>{{cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/board |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date=10 April 2021 }}</ref>
* Chief executive: [[Matthew Richardson (administrator)|Matthew Richardson]]<ref name=Board/>
* Football operations: [[Christopher Davies (Australian cricketer)|Chris Davies]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/staff |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date=10 April 2021 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411022940/https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/staff |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Board members:
** Jamie Restas (deputy chairman)<ref name=Board/>
** Cos Cardone<ref name=Board/>
** [[Holly Ransom]]<ref name=Board/>
** Kevin Osborn<ref name=Board/>
** Greg Columbus<ref name=Board/>
** [[Warren Tredrea]]<ref name=Board/>
** Tara Page<ref name=Board/>
** [[George Fiacchi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide welcomes new member-elected board member |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1062653/port-adelaide-welcomes-new-member-elected-board-member |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=18 February 2022 |access-date=24 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Sponsors ===

''' Current major sponsors '''
* [[GFG Alliance]]<ref name=Sponsor>{{cite web |title=Partners |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/partners |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date=10 April 2021 }}</ref>
*[[KFC]]<ref name=Sponsor/>
* [[MG Motor]]<ref name=Sponsor/>

''' Key China game sponsors '''

* Shanghai Cred<ref name=Sponsor/>

''' Apparel sponsors '''
* [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] (1997–2006)
* [[Reebok]] (2007–2012)
*[[International Sports Clothing|ISC]] (2013–2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=ISC joins as apparel partner |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/752878/isc-joins-as-apparel-partner |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=22 November 2012 |access-date=9 June 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]] (2021–present)<ref>{{cite web |title=Macron partners with Port Adelaide |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/832044/macron-partners-with-port-adelaide |website=portadelaidefc |date=27 October 2020 |access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref>

== Supporters ==
[[File:Sammy Lunn 1915.png|thumb|[[Sammy Lunn]] was a famous Port Adelaide supporter during the 1910s and 1920s who would shout rhymes at games. He was also a celebrated fundraiser for returned servicemen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SA Memory|url=https://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=6524|access-date=2021-07-01|website=www.samemory.sa.gov.au|language=en-au}}</ref>]]

The Port Adelaide Football Club has historically drawn its supporter base in the region of [[Port Adelaide]]. Since the club's entry to the AFL, support for the club had increased within suburbs of Adelaide – notably, the northern suburbs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Power Head To Northern Suburbs |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/43292/power-head-to-northern-suburbs |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=www.afl.com.au}}</ref> It has also experienced growth in regional South Australia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Calling on all Port supporters |url=https://www.victorharbortimes.com.au/story/5296058/calling-on-all-port-supporters/ |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=The Times |date=20 March 2018 |language=en-AU |quote=Port Adelaide is ready for a big season and its country supporter base is growing. |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613144554/https://www.victorharbortimes.com.au/story/5296058/calling-on-all-port-supporters/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Port Adelaide has many [[supporter groups]] from all around Australia, with every state and territory except Tasmania having an officially recognised supporter group. Among these, the Port Adelaide Cheer Squad, the official supporter group from Adelaide, creates banners to be used by the club and has official seating to cheer at home games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Supporter Groups |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/fans/groups |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date=15 January 2021 }}</ref> There are also a number of unofficial supporter groups who perform activities for the club and its fans, such as the Outer Army and the Alberton Crowd.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://thealbertoncrowd.weebly.com/about-us.html |website=The Alberton Crowd |access-date=15 January 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Port Adelaide Supporter Groups – portadelaidefc.com.au|url = https://outerarmy.com.au/about-us/|website = outerarmy.com.au|access-date = 15 January 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190227065649/https://outerarmy.com.au/about-us/|archive-date = 27 February 2019|df = dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Number-one ticket holders ===
*[[David Koch (television presenter)|David Koch]] – [[Seven Network]]'s ''[[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]]'' co-host, current club chairman<ref name="No. 1">{{cite web |date=29 January 2009 |title=Teresa Palmer Power's No. 1 |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/105249/teresa-palmer-power-s-no-1 |access-date=7 March 2021 |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au}}</ref>
*[[Stuart O'Grady]] – Australian professional road bicycle racer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lane |first1=Samantha |title=Riding the roller-coaster |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/riding-the-rollercoaster/2008/01/01/1198949817491.html |website=The Age |access-date=2 January 2008 |language=en |date=2 January 2008}}</ref>
*[[Teresa Palmer]] – Australian model and actress<ref name="No. 1"/>
*[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]] – former Port Adelaide player<ref name="No. 1"/>
*[[Tony Santic]] – owner of racehorse [[Makybe Diva]]<ref>{{cite news|date=25 March 2006|title=Santic Port No. 1|work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|page=106}}</ref>

=== Membership and attendance ===
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; border-collapse:collapse;"
! colspan="8" |Membership & attendance
|- style="background:#C1D8FF;"
! rowspan="3" | Year !! colspan="2" | Membership
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Ladder position !! colspan="3" | Home crowds<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Crowds and Match Attendances |url=https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/attendances?year=2021&t=A&h=H&s=A |website=www.footywire.com |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:#C1D8FF;" |AFL audited
! rowspan="2" style="background:#C1D8FF;" |Change
! rowspan="2" style="background:#C1D8FF;" |Average
! rowspan="2" style="background:#C1D8FF;" |Rank
! rowspan="2" style="background:#C1D8FF;" |Change
|-
! style="background:#C1D8FF;" |Minor round
! style="background:#C1D8FF;" |Finals
|-
|2005<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/afl_annual_report_2005.pdf#page=30 |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
|36,834 
|style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 8th
| style="background:#98FB98;" | '''6th'''
| style="text-align:center" | 30,691
|11 / 16
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 1,015
|-
|2006<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/c6c8607d-c774-477e-98ac-51f922f355f1/afl_annual_report_2006-min.pdf#page=69 |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
|35,648
|style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 1,184
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 13th
| –
| style="text-align:center" | 26,651
|16 / 16
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 4,040
|-
|2007<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/fa1c65de-1c72-4281-8a8c-bdbe68aa92d4/afl_annual_report_2007.pdf#page=45 |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
|34,073
|style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 1,575
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 2nd
| style="background:#98FB98;" | '''2nd'''
| style="text-align:center" | 29,944
|12 / 16
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 4,293
|-
|2008<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/b7fe5d24-3aaa-4bb5-bf65-b1fb5a332a40/afl_annual_report_2008-min.pdf#page=19 |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
|34,185
|style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 112
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 13th
| –
| style="text-align:center" | 23,842
|16 / 16
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 6,102
|-
|2009<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/0f1757b4-7638-44ae-8718-12326f215abc/afl_annual_report_2009-min.pdf#page=38 |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
|30,605
|style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 3,580
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 10th
| –
| style="text-align:center" | 24,349
|16 / 16
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 507
|-
|2010<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/0b3bf9a6-8f7d-4094-8591-d10f5babd3cf/afl_annual_report_2010_V2-min.pdf#page=46 |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
|29,092
|style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 1,513
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 10th
| –
| style="text-align:center" | 23,044
|16 / 16
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 1,305
|-
|2011<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/22bd5f58-094c-4f26-bda7-3de1574d69e3/afl_annual_report_2011-min.pdf#page=63 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|32,581
|style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 3,489
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 16th
| –
| style="text-align:center" | 21,676
|15 / 17
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 1,190
|-
|2012<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/59317d2f-a338-4833-a242-21f858d6fa81/AFL-Annual-Report-2012_web-min.pdf#page=74 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|35,543
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 1,003
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 14th
| –
| style="text-align:center" | 19,911
|16 / 18
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 3,155
|-
|2013<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Membership Club Support |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/961d597e-b5d8-42b6-9f66-f2518cdd279b/2013-AFL-Annual-Report-min.pdf#page=74 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|39,838
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 3,383
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 7th
| style="background:#98FB98;" | '''5th'''
| style="text-align:center" | 26,915
|13 / 18
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 7,004
|-
|2014<ref>{{cite web |title=Total Club Members |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/c8dff8f1-8c6a-4ce3-9785-f86b31de36a2/2014-AFL-Annual-Report-min.pdf#page=42 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 48,968
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 9,130
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 5th
| style="background:#98FB98;" | '''3rd'''
| style="text-align:center" | '''44,521'''
|'''4 / 18'''
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 17,514
|-
|2015<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/5a4b8d80-1fa5-4770-9c21-d3d300b5d640/AFLAnnualReport2015-min.pdf#page=40 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|54,057
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 5,089
| style="background:#ebc2af;" | 9th 
| –
| style="text-align:center" | 43,749
|'''4 / 18'''
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}}  680 
|-
|2016<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/064a9aec-6507-4139-8675-f3cbc13df8fd/compressed_2016-AFL-Annual-Report-1-.pdf#page=38 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|53,743
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}}  314 
| style="background:#ebc2af;" |10th
| –
|39,665
|'''4 / 18'''
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}}  4,048 
|-
|2017<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/b06c0343-543e-408d-945e-89ce08d8d294/AFL_Annual_Report_2017-min.pdf#page=65 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|52,129
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 1,614
| style="background:#ebc2af;" |5th
| style="background:#98FB98;" |'''7th'''
|38,136
|6 / 18
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}}  1,529 
|-
|2018<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2019/12/05/aad564ee-58ac-4f16-97de-8d930a5237ef/2018_Digital_AR_Book-min.pdf#page=49 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|54,386
|{{increase}} 2,257
| style="background:#ebc2af;" |10th
| –
|38,227
|8 / 18
| style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 91
|-
|2019<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2020/03/18/925fd047-a9b6-4f7d-8046-138a56ba36f4/2019-AFL-Annual-Report.pdf#page=48 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|51,951
|{{decrease}} 2,435
| style="background:#ebc2af;" |10th
| –
|33,950
|8 / 18
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 4,277
|-
|2020<ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Club Membership |url=https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2021/03/10/766129c9-3bc6-446d-ab53-2614ffd88a00/2020-Annual-Report.pdf#page=46 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|46,820
|{{decrease}} 5,131
| style="background:#ebc2af;" |1st
|style="background:#98FB98;" |'''3rd'''
|9,469{{efn|name=note1|text=Capped stadium capacities.}}
|5 / 18
| style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 24,481
|-
|2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=All-time club membership record confirmed|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/994043/all-time-club-membership-record-confirmed|access-date=2021-08-05|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|date=5 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|56,532
|{{increase}} 9,712
|style="background:#ebc2af;" |2nd
|style="background:#98FB98;" | '''3rd'''
|32,080{{efn|name=note1}}
|'''4 / 18'''
|{{increase}} 22,611
|-
|2022
|58,643
|{{increase}} 2,111
|style="background:#ebc2af;" |11th
|–
|29,693
|9 / 18
|{{decrease}} 2,387
|-
|2023
|64,041
|{{increase}} 5,398
|style="background:#ebc2af;" |3rd
|style="background:#98FB98;" |'''5th'''
|37,984
|9 / 18
|{{increase}} 8,291
|-
|2024
|66,015
|{{increase}} 1,974
|style="background:#ebc2af;" |2nd
|style="background:#98FB98;" |'''3rd'''
|37,871
|10 / 18
|{{decrease}} 113
|}

== Partnerships ==
=== Indigenous community ===
[[File:1963, Richie Bray, The Advertiser, October.jpg|thumb|[[Richie Bray]] is Port Adelaide's first known Indigenous premiership player.<ref name="Bray">{{cite web |last1=Founten |first1=Loukas |title=Port Adelaide's pain over racism after long and proud Indigenous history |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-23/port-adelaide-pains-at-being-linked-with-racism/7777708 |website=www.abc.net.au |access-date=4 February 2021 |language=en-AU |date=23 August 2016}}</ref>]]
The Port Adelaide Football Club has a long-standing connection to the indigenous community. Initial club president John Hart Jr., alongside his father, were the founders of The Adelaide Milling and Mercantile Company in Port Adelaide, which employed [[Kaurna]] people alongside non-indigenous workers as early as the 1850s.<ref name="sahistoryhub.com.au">{{Cite web|url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au:443/places/harts-mill-complex?hh=1&|title=Hart's Mill Complex {{!}} SA History Hub|website=sahistoryhub.com.au|date=15 March 2015 |access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref> John Hart Sr. advocated for other settlers to refrain from killing and eating black swans as they were a totem of the Kaurna people.<ref name="sahistoryhub.com.au"/> [[Harry Hewitt]] was named in Port Adelaide's side when they defeated Fitzroy by two goals on Adelaide Oval in 1891 and is the club's first known Indigenous Australian player.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91566123 |title=The Fitzroy Matches |newspaper=[[South Australian Chronicle]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=1,720 |date=8 August 1891 |access-date=29 November 2020 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> During the 1950s, St Francis House in Glanville housed young indigenous boys, many of whom played for Port Adelaide.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Briscoe|first=Gordon|title=Racial Folly: A twentieth-century Aboriginal family|publisher=ANU Press|year=2010|isbn=9781921666209|location=Canberra, ACT, Australia|pages=Chapter 4}}</ref> [[Richie Bray]] became the club's first known Indigenous player to win a premiership, featuring in the [[1962 SANFL Grand Final|1962]], [[1963 SANFL Grand Final|1963]] and [[1965 SANFL Grand Final|1965]] premierships winning teams.<ref name="Bray"/>

Port Adelaide has been represented by 62 indigenous players across the SANFL and AFL competitions throughout its history.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: Our Indigenous soul |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/797714/port-gazette-our-indigenous-soul |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=19 August 2020 |access-date=20 May 2021 }}</ref> Upon the club's entry to the AFL in 1997, the club appointed its first Indigenous captain in Gavin Wanganeen.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Founten |first1=Loukas |title=Port's Indigenous players by the numbers |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/798503/ports-indigenous-players-by-the-numbers |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=21 August 2020 |access-date=11 April 2021 }}</ref> Wanganeen would later become the first indigenous player in the AFL to play 300 games, and the first indigenous player to join the board of an AFL club.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phelan |first1=Jason |last2=Larkin |first2=Steve |title=AFL great Wanganeen joins Power board |url=https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/5895239/afl-great-wanganeen-joins-power-board/ |website=Bega District News |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en-AU |date=8 February 2019}}</ref>

In 2008, the club started the Aboriginal Power Cup to help promote academic and healthy outcomes for indigenous students in South Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aboriginalpowercup.com.au/#aboutus|title=Aboriginal Power Cup|website=aboriginalpowercup.com.au|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>

=== China partnership ===
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| footer            = '''Left:''' China partnership banner displayed at a Port Adelaide home game at Adelaide Oval<br />'''Right:''' [[Jiangwan Stadium]] in Shanghai where Port Adelaide played an annual fixture between 2017 and 2019
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On 14 April 2016, Port Adelaide announced it had struck a three-year multimillion-dollar partnership with leading Chinese property developer Shanghai Cred, where Port Adelaide would take primary responsibility for developing Australian rules football in China. This involved the club holding annual training camps and providing sponsorship in China, as well as producing AFL programs and broadcasting games in the country via [[China Central Television]] and other networks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide signs multi-million dollar deal with China-based property developer Shanghai Cred |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/347552/port-adelaide-signs-multi-million-dollar-deal-with-china-based-property-developer-shanghai-cred |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=13 April 2016 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Patrick |title=Port to play Gold Coast in first premiership match in China |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/opinion/patrick-smith/port-to-play-gold-coast-in-first-premiership-match-in-china/news-story/58f8b28ce54c9ecabbe3969e9a1b8d62 |website=www.theaustralian.com.au |access-date=22 October 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>  The same day, it was revealed by then Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] that Port Adelaide had an intention to play an in-season AFL match in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide's China profit allows for "feet on the ground" |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/307179/port-adelaide-s-china-profit-allows-for-feet-on-the-ground-#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20Port%20Adelaide%20signed,Turnbull%2C%20on%2014%20April%202016. |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au | date=6 November 2019 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> As part of the partnership, Port Adelaide also agreed to annually run an Australian rules football program in over 20 Chinese schools, culminating in a football carnival the same week the AFL premiership match is held in Shanghai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/china/power-footy|title=Power Footy|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref>

The first AFL game played for premiership points was played in May 2017 between the [[Gold Coast Suns]] and Port Adelaide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-2016-finals-port-adelaide-heading-to-china-in-late-may-as-afl-ticks-off-on-international-game-20160927-grps8s.html|title=AFL 2016 finals: Port Adelaide heading to China in late May as AFL ticks off on international game|last=McClure|first=Sam|date=27 September 2016|website=The Age|access-date=22 October 2016}}</ref> In October 2018, the AFL announced St Kilda would be taking over from the Gold Coast Suns in the China fixture, with Gold Coast citing guernsey disagreements as a reason for exiting the deal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Edmund |first1=Sam |title=St Kilda to play Port Adelaide in China next year |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/st-kilda-to-play-port-adelaide-in-china-next-year/news-story/c4e6980794f89bf87120e09e7e36ae11 |website=www.heraldsun.com.au |access-date=30 June 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 2019, 4.01 million people watched the match between Port Adelaide and St Kilda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Record TV ratings in China for Tigers' Grand Final triumph |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/148804/record-tv-ratings-in-china-for-tigers-grand-final-triumph |website=afl.com.au |date=23 October 2019 |access-date=11 April 2021 }}</ref> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]], the match was not played in the 2020 or 2021 AFL seasons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide statement – Shanghai 2020 |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/571637/port-adelaide-statement-shanghai-2020 |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=3 March 2020 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Port Adelaide welcomes 2021 AFL fixture |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/845570/port-adelaide-welcomes-2021-afl-fixture |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=21 December 2020 |access-date=26 January 2021 |quote=The AFL also confirmed that Port Adelaide's annual game in Shanghai would be postponed due to COVID-19.}}</ref>

==In film==
The club celebrated 150 years in 2020, and in that year the documentary film ''This Is Port Adelaide'' premiered at the [[Adelaide Film Festival]]. The film was made by Adelaide director Nicole Miller, who had directed the TV series ''The AFL Show'', which explained the sport to a Chinese audience. Miller was mentored by [[Justin Kurzel]]. The film was co-produced by Miller, James Moody, and Paul Ryan, cinematography was by Isaac Walgos and it was edited by Matt Gierke.<ref>{{cite web | title=This is Port Adelaide (2021) | website=Screen Australia | url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/this-is-port-adelaide-2021/39622/ | access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref> [[Benjamin Speed]] composed the [[film score]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Benjamin Speed composer | website=Soundtrack Tracklist | date=6 April 2023 | url=https://soundtracktracklist.com/artist/benjamin-speed/ | access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>

After being released in cinemas in February 2021, the film was released on [[Stan (streaming service)|Stan]] on 4 June 2021.<ref>{{cite web | title=Port Adelaide Football Club feature film This Is Port Adelaide set to premiere on Stan | website=portadelaidefc.com.au | date=2 June 2021 | url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/950606/port-adelaide-football-club-feature-film-this-is-port-adelaide-set-to-premiere-on-stan | access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>

== Club honour boards ==
=== Honour Board ===
{{see also|List of Port Adelaide Football Club coaches|List of Port Adelaide Football Club captains}}
In the Port Adelaide clubrooms at [[Alberton Oval]] there is a large wooden honour board with gold text that details every season of the club from 1870 to the present.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-12|title=Alberton Oval through eyes of Port great Tim Ginever|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/local-footy-sa/port-adelaide-magpies-great-tim-ginever-shares-memories-of-his-second-home-alberton-oval/news-story/7e56f45912caf3ac4b9633ed56ac036b|access-date=2020-10-14|website=www.adelaidenow.com.au}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="text-align: center"
|- style=font-size: 85%"
! colspan="12" | <big>Port Adelaide Football Club honour board</big><ref name=SANFLHonourBoard>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club - Honour Board |url=https://australianfootball.com/clubs/honour_board/Port+Adelaide+Magpies/318 |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - Port Adelaide Football Club - Honour Board |url=https://australianfootball.com/clubs/honour_board/port+adelaide/9 |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>
|- style=font-size: 85%"
!  |'''Year'''
!  |'''Position'''
!  |'''Minor<br />rounds'''
!  |{{Tooltip|'''%'''|Percentage PF/PA (minor round only)}}
!  |'''Finals'''
!  |'''Chairman'''
!  |'''CEO'''
!  |'''[[List of Port Adelaide Football Club coaches|Coach]]'''
!  |'''[[List of Port Adelaide Football Club captains|Captain]]'''
!  |'''[[John Cahill Medal|Best & Fairest]]'''
! colspan="2" |[[List of Port Adelaide Football Club leading goalkickers|Leading<br />goalkicker]]
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12" | '''Interclub matches'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
| 1870||Third
|0–1–2
|50
| rowspan="7" |<small>No<br />Finals<br />Held</small>
||[[John Hart Jr.|J. Hart]]
|| R.Leicester ||[[John Wald (Australian footballer)|J.Wald]]||[[John Wald (Australian footballer)|J.Wald]]||[[John Wald (Australian footballer)|J.Wald]]
||[[John Wald (Australian footballer)|J.Wald]]
|2
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|1871||Third
|0–2–2
|33
|| Hart
|| G.Ireland
||F.Stone||F.Stone||F.Stone||''Unknown''
|1
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
| 1872||Second
|0–1–2
|0|| Hart
|| G.Ireland
||G.Ireland||G.Ireland||N/A||N/A
|0
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1873 South Australian football season|1873]]||Second
|1–2–0
|25|| Hart
|| F.Ireland
||H.Sparnon||H.Sparnon<br />G.Middleton||S.Tyzack||S.Tyzack
|1
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
| [[1874 South Australian football season|1874]]||Second
|2–3–1
|100
|| Hart|| F.Ireland
||J.Rann||J.Rann<br />C.Wells||N/A||N/A
|0
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1875 South Australian football season|1875]]||Second
|3–3–1
|140
|| Hart|| F.Ireland
||R.Sandilands||R.Sandilands||H.Ford||H.Ford<br />Mr.Warren
|2
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1876 South Australian football season|1876]]||Fifth
|2–6–0
|38
|| Hart|| C.Wells
||W.Fletcher||W.Fletcher||E. Le Messurier||S.Tyzack<sup>2</sup><br />J.Rann<br />E. Le Messurier
|1
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''South Australian Football Association era'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1877 SAFA season|1877]]||Fourth
|9–4–2
|177
| rowspan="3" |<small>No<br />Finals<br />Held</small>  || Hart|| C.Wells
||W.Fletcher||W.Fletcher||[[Thomas Smith (Australian footballer)|T.Smith]]||A. Le Messurier
|5
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1878 SAFA season|1878]]||Second
|5–2–4
|400|| Hart|| C.Wells
||W.Fletcher||W.Fletcher||[[Thomas Smith (Australian footballer)|T.Smith]]<sup>2</sup>||E. Le Messurier<br />J.Carter
|3
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1879 SAFA season|1879]]||Second
|5–2–2
|183|| Hart|| C.Wells
||W.Fletcher||W.Fletcher||[[Thomas Smith (Australian footballer)|T.Smith]]<sup>3</sup>||E. Le Messurier<sup>2</sup>
|4
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''Alberton Oval acquired'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1880 SAFA season|1880]]||Sixth
|3–3–5
|89|| rowspan="9" |<small>No<br />Finals<br />Held</small>|| [[John Formby|J. Formby]] || J.W.Channon
||J.A.Atkins||J.A.Atkins<br />J.Carter||[[John Sidoli|J.Sidoli]]||E. Le Messurier<sup>3</sup>
|3
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1881 SAFA season|1881]]||Fifth
|2–6–5
|43|| Formby || E. Le Messurier<br />J.Carter
||J.Sandilands||J.Sandilands||[[John Sidoli|J.Sidoli]]<sup>2</sup>||H.Watt
|6
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1882 SAFA season|1882]]||Third
|7–7–0
|157|| Formby || E. C. Le Messurier
||C.Kellett||H.Frayne<br />C.Kellett
|J.Munro||G.Slatter
|6
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1883 SAFA season|1883]]||[[1883 SAFA season|Second]]
|7–5–2
|114|| Formby || E. C. Le Messurier
||R.Turpenny||E. Le Messurier<br />R.Turpenny||R.Kirkpatrick||J.Litchfield<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|13
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1884 SAFA season|1884]] <big>⚑</big>|| [[1884 SAFA season|First]]
|11–2–2
|252|| Formby || E. C. Le Messurier
||R.Turpenny
|R.Turpenny
|C.Kellett<br />G.Cairns||R.Roy<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|25
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1885 SAFA season|1885]]||Third
|6–8–1
|120|| Formby || E. C. Le Messurier
||R.Turpenny
|R.Turpenny<br />[[Charles Kellett|C.Kellett]]||M.Coffee||R.Roy<sup>2</sup>
|13
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1886 SAFA season|1886]]||Fourth<br />''<small>Wooden Spoon</small>''
|3–11–1
|64|| Formby || J.Litchfield
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[William Bushby|W.Bushby]]||[[Charlie Fry|C.Fry]]||M.Coffee<br />[[Charlie Fry|C.Fry]]
|6
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1887 SAFA season|1887]]||[[1887 SAFA season|Second]]
|12–3–2
|239|| Formby || E. C. Le Messurier
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[William Bushby|W.Bushby]]||[[William Bushby|W.Bushby]]<br />R.Walsh||A.Bushby
|22
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1888 SAFA season|1888]]||[[1888 SAFA season|Second]]
|14–2–1
|280|| Formby || J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[William Bushby|W.Bushby]]||[[Harry Phillips (Australian Footballer)|H.Phillips]]||[[Harry Phillips (Australian Footballer)|H.Phillips]]
|24
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1889 SAFA season|1889]]||[[1889 SAFA Grand Final|Second]]
|14–2–1
|385
|0–1–0|| Formby || R.Cruickshank
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[William Bushby|W.Bushby]]||G.Hamilton||[[Charlie Fry|C.Fry]]<sup>2[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|32
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1890 SAFA season|1890]] <big>⚑</big>||[[1890 SAFA season|First]]<br /><small>''[[1890 Championship of Australia|Champions of Australia]]''</small>
|16–2–0
|388
| rowspan="7" |<small>No<br />Finals<br />Held</small>  || Formby || R.Cruickshank
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||[[Charlie Fry|C.Fry]]<sup>2</sup>||J.McKenzie<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|54
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1891 SAFA season|1891]]||[[1891 SAFA season|Second]]
|12–4–0
|288|| Formby || R.Cruickshank<br />A.Bushby
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||[[Harry Phillips (Australian Footballer)|H.Phillips]]<sup>2</sup>||J.McKenzie<sup>2</sup>
|37
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1892 SAFA season|1892]]||[[1892 SAFA season|Second]]
|11–4–1
|193|| Formby || J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||[[Harry Phillips (Australian Footballer)|H.Phillips]]<sup>3</sup>||[[Alexander McKenzie (footballer)|A.McKenzie]]
|43
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1893 SAFA season|1893]]||Third
|10–6–2
|202|| J.Cleave || J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||W.Murray<br />[[Harry Phillips (Australian Footballer)|H.Phillips]]<sup>4</sup>||[[Alexander McKenzie (footballer)|A.McKenzie<sup>2</sup>]]
|59
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1894 SAFA season|1894]]||Third
|9–9–0
|114|| J.Cleave || J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||[[Alf Miers|A.Miers]]||[[Alexander McKenzie (footballer)|A.McKenzie]]<sup>3</sup>
|36
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1895 SAFA season|1895]]||Third
|8–7–1
|141|| W.Fisher || J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Alf Miers|A.Miers]]||[[Otway L'Estage|O.L'Estage]]||[[Alexander McKenzie (footballer)|A.McKenzie]]<sup>4</sup>
|25
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1896 SAFA season|1896]]||Fifth<br />''<small>Wooden Spoon</small>''
|4–13–1
|69|| W.Fisher<br />C.Tucker
||H.Hills
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||[[George Linklater Sr.|G.Linklater]]||A.Lees
|19
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
| colspan="12" | '''Modern scoring system adopted'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1897 SAFA season|1897 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1897 SAFA season|First]]
|14–2–1
|266
| <small>No<br />Finals<br />Held</small>|| W.Fisher<br />C.Tucker
||H.Hills
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||A.Lees<sup>2[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|26
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
| colspan="12" |'''Regular SAFA Grand Finals commence'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1898 SAFA season|1898]]||[[1898 SAFA Grand Final|Second]]
|11–5–0
|199
| 1–1–0 
| W.Fisher || H.Hills<br />J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|K.McKenzie]] ||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]||W.Stark
|31
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1899 SAFA season|1899]]||Third
|9–5–0
|155
|– || W.Fisher || J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Harry Phillips (Australian Footballer)|H.Phillips]]||[[Stan Malin|S.Malin]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||W.Stark<sup>2</sup>
|13
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1900 SAFA season|1900]]||Fifth<br />''<small>Wooden Spoon</small>''
|2–12–0
|66
|–|| W.Fisher || J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Harry Phillips (Australian Footballer)|H.Phillips]]<br />G.Davis||[[John Quinn Sr.|J.Quinn]]||H.Tompkins
|16
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
| colspan="12"  | '''Federation of Australia'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1901 SAFA season|1901]]||[[1901 SAFA Grand Final|Second]]
|12–6–0
|131
| 0–1–0 
| R.Cruickshank || J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]
||[[Ted Strawns|E.Strawns]]||[[John Quinn Sr.|J.Quinn]]
|27
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1902 SAFA season|1902]]||[[1902 SAFA season|''Disqualified'']]
|10–2–0
|198
| DSQ ||[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]|| J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]
||[[Lewis Corston|L.Corston]]||M.Healy
|25
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1903 SAFA season|1903 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1903 SAFA Grand Final|First]]
|10–1–1
|248
| 2–1–0 
|[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]|| J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]
||[[James Tompkins (Australian rules footballer)|J.Tompkins]]||[[James Tompkins (Australian rules footballer)|J.Tompkins]]
|40
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1904 SAFA season|1904]]||[[1904 SAFA Grand Final|Second]]
|10–1–1
|173
| 0–2–0 ||[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]|| J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]<br />[[John Quinn Sr.|J.Quinn]]||[[Lewis Corston|L.Corston]]||[[James Tompkins (Australian rules footballer)|J.Tompkins<sup>2</sup>]]
|28
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1905 SAFA season|1905]]||[[1905 SAFA Grand Final|Second]]
|9–3–0
|170
| 1–1–0 ||[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]|| J.Sweeney
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[John Quinn Sr.|J.Quinn]]||[[John Quinn Sr.|J.Quinn]]<sup>2</sup>||J.Mathison<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|30
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1906 SAFA season|1906 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1906 SAFA Grand Final|First]]
|11–1–0
|213
| 1–1–0 
|[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Jack Fletcher Jr.|J.Fletcher]]<br />[[Lewis Corston|L.Cortson]]||[[Ted Strawns|E.Strawns]]<sup>2</sup>||J.Mathison<sup>2[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|42
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''South Australian Football League era'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1907 SAFL season|1907]]||[[1907 SAFL Grand Final|Second]]
|10–2–0
|192
| 1–2–0 
|[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]||[[Lewis Corston|L.Corston]]||[[Jack Mack|J.Mack]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[John Quinn Sr.|J.Quinn<sup>2</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|32
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1908 SAFL season|1908]]||Third
|8–4–0
|137
| 0–1–0 
|[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Jack McGargill|J.McGargill]]
||[[Ted Strawns|E.Strawns]]<br />[[Mick Donaghy|M.Donaghy]]||[[Sinclair Dickson|S.Dickson]]||J.Mathison<sup>3[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|33
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1909 SAFL season|1909]]||[[1909 SAFL Grand Final|Second]]
|9–3–0
|134
| 0–2–0 
|[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]||[[Mick Donaghy|M.Donaghy]]
|[[Sinclair Dickson|S.Dickson]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Angelo Congear|A.Congear]]
|12
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1910 SAFL season|1910 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1910 SAFL Grand Final|First]]<br /><small>''[[1910 Championship of Australia|Champions of Australia]]''</small>
|11–2–0
|150
| 3–0–0 
|[[William Mattinson|W.Mattinson]]||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]||[[John Woollard|J.Woollard]]||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|F.Hansen]]
|46
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1911 SAFL season|1911]]||[[1911 SAFL Grand Final|Second]]
|11–1–0
|171
| 1–2–0 
| R.Cruickshank ||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Mick Donaghy|M.Donaghy]]<br />[[John Woollard|J.Woollard]]||[[George Dempster (footballer)|G.Dempster]]||[[Harold Oliver (Australian footballer)|H.Oliver]]||[[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|F.Hansen<sup>2</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|41
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1912 SAFL season|1912]]||[[1912 SAFL Grand Final|Second]]
|12–0–0
|205
| 1–2–0 
| R.Cruickshank ||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Clifford Cocks (footballer)|C.Cocks]]<br />[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Harold Oliver (Australian footballer)|H.Oliver]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|F.Hansen<sup>3</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|37
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1913 SAFL season|1913 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1913 SAFL Grand Final|First]]<br /><small>''[[1913 Championship of Australia|Champions of Australia]]''</small>
|10–2–0
|160
| 2–0–0 
| A.Benson ||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Jack Londrigan|J.Londrigan]]||[[Jack Londrigan|J.Londrigan]]||[[Henry Eaton (Australian footballer)|H.Eaton]]||[[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|F.Hansen<sup>4</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|39
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1914 SAFL season|1914 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1914 SAFL Grand Final|First]]<br /><small>''[[1914 Championship of Australia|Champions of Australia]]''</small><br /><small>''[[Port Adelaide v South Australia (1914)|Defeated SA state team]]''</small>
|12–0–0
|209
| 2–0–0 
| A.Benson ||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Jack Londrigan|J.Londrigan]]||[[Jack Londrigan|J.Londrigan]]||[[Jack Ashley (footballer)|J.Ashley]]||[[John Dunn (Australian rules footballer)|J.Dunn]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|33
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1915 SAFL season|1915]]||[[1915 SAFL Grand Final|Second]]
|9–2–1
|175
| 0–2–0 
| A.Benson ||[[James Hodge (administrator)|J.Hodge]]
||[[Alex McFarlane|A.McFarlane]]||[[Alex McFarlane|A.McFarlane]]||[[Henry Eaton (Australian footballer)|H.Eaton]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Angelo Congear|A.Congear<sup>2</sup>]]
|21
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''South Australian Patriotic League (World War I)'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1916 SAPFL season|1916 <big>⚑</big>]]
|[[1916 SAPFL Grand Final|First]]
|9–1–0
|246
|2–0–0
|
|C.Tyler
|S.Gill<br />D.Shand
|[[Henry Eaton (Australian footballer)|H.Eaton]]
|[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]<sup>2</sup>
|J.Hayman
|40
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1917 SAPFL season|1917 <big>⚑</big>]]
|[[1917 SAPFL Grand Final|First]]
|8–1–0
|164
|1–0–0
|J.Adams
|C.Tyler
|
|[[Henry Eaton (Australian footballer)|H.Eaton]]
|
|J.Hayman<sup>2</sup>
|39
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1918 SAPFL season|1918]]
|Third
|11–3–1
|123
|1–1–0
|
|C.Tyler
|
|[[Henry Eaton (Australian footballer)|H.Eaton]]
|
| 
|
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
| colspan="12"  |'''Resumption of South Australian Football League'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1919 SAFL season|1919]]||Fourth
|6–5–1
|127
| 0–1–0 
| A.Benson || C.Tyler
||[[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|F.Hansen]]||[[Horrie Pope|H.Pope]]<br />[[Alex McFarlane|A.McFarlane]]||[[Jack Ashley (footballer)|J.Ashley]]<sup>2</sup>||L.Lackman<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|26
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1920 SAFL season|1920]]||Third
|8–4–0
|119
| 0–1–0 
| A.Benson || C.Tyler
||[[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|F.Hansen]]||[[John W. Robertson|J.Robertson]]<br />[[Bert Olds|A.Olds]]||[[Charlie Adams (Australian footballer)|C.Adams]]||E.Dewar
|24
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1921 SAFL season|1921 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1921 SAFL Grand Final|First]]
|12–2–0
|182
| 1–1–1 
| A.Benson || C.Tyler
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]
||[[Harold Oliver (Australian footballer)|H.Oliver]]||[[Charlie Adams (Australian footballer)|C.Adams]]<sup>2[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Maurice Allingham (Australian Footballer)|M.Allingham]]
|43
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1922 SAFL season|1922]]||Fifth
|7–7–0
|101
| – 
| H.Skipper || C.Tyler
||[[Sam Howie|S.Howie]]
||[[Sam Howie|S.Howie]]||[[Clem Dayman|C.Dayman]]||[[Maurice Allingham (Australian Footballer)|M.Allingham<sup>2</sup>]]
|47
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1923 SAFL season|1923]]||Seventh
|5–9–0
|99
| – || H.Skipper || A.McKelvie
||[[Clem Dayman|C.Dayman]]
||[[Clem Dayman|C.Dayman]]||[[Les Dayman|L.Dayman]]||[[Maurice Allingham (Australian Footballer)|M.Allingham<sup>3</sup>]]
|42
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1924 SAFL season|1924]]||Fourth
|9–5–0
|121
| 0–1–0 
| H.Skipper || A.McKelvie
||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]||[[Clifford Keal|C.Keal]]||[[Les Dayman|L.Dayman]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Maurice Allingham (Australian Footballer)|M.Allingham<sup>4</sup>]]
|28
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1925 SAFL season|1925]]||Third
|10–4–0
|127
| 0–1–0 
| H.Skipper || A.McKelvie
||[[Archibald Hosie|A.Hosie]]||[[Clifford Keal|C.Keal]]||[[Peter Bampton|P.Bampton]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Harold Logan (Australian footballer)|H.Logan]]
|56
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1926 SAFL season|1926]]||Third
|10–4–0
|123
| 0–1–0 
| P.Cherry || A.McKelvie
||[[Maurice Allingham (Australian Footballer)|M.Allingham]]
|[[Maurice Allingham (Australian Footballer)|M.Allingham]]
|[[Lawrence Hodge|L.Hodge]]||[[Harold Logan (Australian footballer)|H.Logan<sup>2</sup>]]
|36
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''South Australian National Football League era'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1927 SANFL season|1927]]||Third
|10–7–0
|118
| 0–1–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Peter Bampton|P.Bampton]]||[[Clifford Keal|C.Keal]]||[[Harold Logan (Australian footballer)|H.Logan<sup>3</sup>]]
|66
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1928 SANFL season|1928 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1928 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|14–3–0
|119
| 1–1–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Victor Johnson (footballer)|V.Johnson]]||[[Les Dayman|L.Dayman]]<sup>3</sup>||[[Les Dayman|L.Dayman]]
|41
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1929 SANFL season|1929]]||[[1929 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|13–4–0
|156
| 2–1–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Victor Johnson (footballer)|V.Johnson]]||[[Ernest Mucklow|E.Mucklow]]||[[Les Dayman|L.Dayman<sup>2</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|86
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1930 SANFL season|1930]]||[[1930 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|10–6–1
|116
| 2–1–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Victor Johnson (footballer)|V.Johnson]]||[[Victor Johnson (footballer)|V.Johnson]]||[[Les Dayman|L.Dayman<sup>3</sup>]]
|89
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1931 SANFL season|1931]]||Third
|14–3–0
|127
| 0–2–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]
||[[Victor Johnson (footballer)|V.Johnson]]||[[Maurice Allingham (Australian Footballer)|M.Allingham]]||[[Les Dayman|L.Dayman<sup>4</sup>]]
|70
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1932 SANFL season|1932]]||Fourth
|10–7–0
|99
| 0–1–0 
| C.Gun ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sydney Ween|S.Ween]]||[[Sydney Ween|S.Ween]]||[[Ernest Mucklow|E.Mucklow]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Ned Hender (Australian footballer)|N.Hender]]
|55
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1933 SANFL season|1933]]||Fifth
|9–7–1
|104
| – || C.Gun ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||H.Dewar||[[Sydney Ween|S.Ween]]||[[Jack Dermody|J.Dermody]]||[[Ned Hender (Australian footballer)|N.Hender<sup>2</sup>]]
|48
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1934 SANFL season|1934]]||[[1934 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|10–6–1
|121
| 1–1–0 
| C.Gun ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||L.Ashby||[[Victor Johnson (footballer)|V.Johnson]]||[[Albert Hollingworth|A.Hollingworth]]||[[James Prideaux (footballer)|J.Prideaux]]
|73
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1935 SANFL season|1935]]||[[1935 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|12–5–0
|125
| 1–1–0 
| C.Gun ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||L.Ashby||[[Bob Johnson (Australian footballer, born 1907)|R.Johnson]]||[[Jack Dermody|J.Dermody]]<sup>2</sup>||[[James Prideaux (footballer)|J.Prideaux<sup>2</sup>]]
|95
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1936 SANFL season|1936 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1936 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|14–3–0
|127
| 2–1–0 
| C.Gun ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Jack Dermody|J.Dermody]]||[[Albert Hollingworth|A.Hollingworth]]<sup>2</sup>||[[James Prideaux (footballer)|J.Prideaux<sup>3</sup>]]
|86
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1937 SANFL season|1937 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1937 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|13–4–0
|131
| 2–0–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Jack Dermody|J.Dermody]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]
|51
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1938 SANFL season|1938]]||[[1938 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|10–7–0
|118
| 2–1–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Ned Hender (Australian footballer)|N.Hender]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]<sup>2[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>
||[[Albert Hollingworth|A.Hollingworth]]
|45
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1939 SANFL season|1939 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1939 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|13–4–0
|126
| 2–0–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]
||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]
||[[Allan Reval|A.Reval]]||H.Abbott
|49
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1940 SANFL season|1940]]||Third
|14–3–0
|118
| 0–2–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]<br />[[Allan Reval|A.Reval]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]<br />[[Allan Reval|A.Reval]]||[[Reginald Schumann|R.Schumann]]||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
|47
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1941 SANFL season|1941]]||Fourth
|11–5–1
|106
| 0–1–0 
| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Allan Reval|A.Reval]]||[[Allan Reval|A.Reval]]
||[[John Skelley|J.Skelley]]||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean<sup>2</sup>]]
|62
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''Temporary geographical merger with West Torrens (World War II)'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1942 SANFL season|1942 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1942 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
| 7–5–0||103
| 2–0–0 || P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Lew Roberts (Australian footballer)|L.Roberts]]||N/A||[[Merv Shaw|M.Shaw]]
|42
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1943 SANFL season|1943]]||[[1943 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]|| 10–2–0||135
| 1–1–0 || P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Sampson Hosking|S.Hosking]]||[[Lew Roberts (Australian footballer)|L.Roberts]]||N/A||[[Merv Shaw|M.Shaw<sup>2</sup>]]
|55
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1944 SANFL season|1944]]||[[1944 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]|| 12–1–0||133
| 0–1–0 || P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Mal Drury|M.Drury]]||[[Lew Roberts (Australian footballer)|L.Roberts]]||N/A||[[Merv Shaw|M.Shaw<sup>3</sup>]]
|69
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''Competition returns to unaligned clubs'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1945 SANFL season|1945]]||[[1945 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|15–2–0
|133
|1–1–0
|| P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]<sup>3[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn<sup>2</sup>]]
|51
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1946 SANFL season|1946]]||[[1946 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|12–5–0
|121
| 1–2–0 || P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]||[[Lew Roberts (Australian footballer)|L.Roberts]]||K.Jolly
|46
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1947 SANFL season|1947]]||Third
|14–3–0
|131
| 0–2–0 || P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]
||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]||[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|R.Quinn]]<sup>4</sup>||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean<sup>3</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|80
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1948 SANFL season|1948]]||Seventh
|13–4–0
|86
| – || P.Cherry ||[[Charles Hayter (secretary)|C.Hayter]]<br />[[Les Dayman|L.Dayman]]
||[[Lew Roberts (Australian footballer)|L.Roberts]]||[[Lew Roberts (Australian footballer)|L.Roberts]]||[[Richard Russell (Australian Footballer)|R.Russell]]||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean<sup>4</sup>]]
|48
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1949 SANFL season|1949]]||Sixth
|7–10–0
|94
| – || P.Cherry ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Jack McCarthy (Australian footballer)|J.McCarthy]]||[[Reginald Schumann|R.Schumann]]||[[Richard Russell (Australian Footballer)|R.Russell]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Lloyd Zucker|L.Zucker]]
|51
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1950 SANFL season|1950]]||Third
|12–5–0
|113
| 1–1–0 || W.Baudinet ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]
|40
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1951 SANFL season|1951 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1951 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|17–1–0
|156
| 2–0–0 || W.Baudinet ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Richard Russell (Australian Footballer)|R.Russell]]<sup>3</sup>
||N.Clark
|37
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1952 SANFL season|1952]]||Third
|13–4–0
|149
| 0–2–0 ||B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Ray Whitaker|R.Whitaker]]||[[Roger Clift (Australian footballer)|R.Clift]]
|26
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1953 SANFL season|1953]]||[[1953 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|15–3–0
|144
|1–2–0
|| B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Harold McDonald (footballer, born 1925)|H.McDonald]]||[[Ray Whitaker|R.Whitaker]]
|35
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1954 SANFL season|1954 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1954 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|15–3–0
|147
| 2–0–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Roger Clift (Australian footballer)|R.Clift]]||[[Tom Garland (Port Adelaide footballer)|T.Garland]]
|44
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1955 SANFL season|1955 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1955 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|13–4–0
|132
| 2–1–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams<sup>2</sup>]]
|35
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1956 SANFL season|1956 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1956 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|17–1–0
|187
| 2–0–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Edward Whelan (Australian footballer)|E.Whelan]]||[[Rex Johns (Australian footballer)|R.Johns]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|70
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1957 SANFL season|1957 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1957 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|15–2–1
|170
| 2–0–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Neville Hayes (footballer)|N.Hayes]]||[[Rex Johns (Australian footballer)|R.Johns<sup>2</sup>]]
|77
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1958 SANFL season|1958 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1958 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|13–5–0
|146
| 3–0–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Rex Johns (Australian footballer)|R.Johns<sup>3</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|55
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1959 SANFL season|1959 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1959 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|17–1–0
|160
| 2–1–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Wally Dittmar|W.Dittmar]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|74
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1960 SANFL season|1960]]||Third
|14–4–0
|148
| 0–2–0 ||B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]
||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Neville Hayes (footballer)|N.Hayes]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Wally Dittmar|W.Dittmar<sup>2</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|69
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1961 SANFL season|1961]]||Third
|15–4–0
|141
| 0–2–0 ||B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]
||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Jeff Potter|J.Potter]]||[[Rex Johns (Australian footballer)|R.Johns<sup>4</sup>]]
|54
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1962 SANFL season|1962 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1962 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|17–2–0
|156
| 0–2–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Peter Obst|P.Obst]]||[[Rex Johns (Australian footballer)|R.Johns<sup>5</sup>]]
|76
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1963 SANFL season|1963 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1963 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|13–7–0
|152
| 2–0–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]<sup>3</sup>||[[Rex Johns (Australian footballer)|R.Johns<sup>6</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|54
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1964 SANFL season|1964]]||[[1964 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|17–3–0
|183
| 1–1–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Jeff Potter|J.Potter]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Jeff Potter|J.Potter]]
|30
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1965 SANFL season|1965 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1965 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|17–3–0
|129
| 2–0–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]<sup>4</sup>||[[Eric Freeman (cricketer)|E.Freeman]]
|74
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1966 SANFL season|1966]]||[[1966 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|14–6–0
|143
| 1–1–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[Geof Motley|G.Motley]]||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Eric Freeman (cricketer)|E.Freeman<sup>2</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|81
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1967 SANFL season|1967]]||[[1967 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|14–6–0
|134
| 2–1–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Jeff Potter|J.Potter]]<sup>3</sup>||[[Eric Freeman (cricketer)|E.Freeman<sup>3</sup>]]
|74
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1968 SANFL season|1968]]||[[1968 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|15–5–0
|139
| 1–2–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill<sup>2</sup>]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]
|44
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1969 SANFL season|1969]]||Sixth
|9–11–0
|92
| – ||B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Jeff Potter|J.Potter]]<sup>4</sup>||M.Dittmar
|28
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1970 SANFL season|1970]]||Third
|17–2–1
|150
|0–2–0
||B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]<sup>3</sup>||[[Eric Freeman (cricketer)|E.Freeman<sup>4</sup>]]
|75
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1971 SANFL season|1971]]||[[1971 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|16–5–0
|138
| 1–2–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Eric Freeman (cricketer)|E.Freeman<sup>5</sup>]]
|50
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1972 SANFL season|1972]]||[[1972 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|15–6–0
|122
| 1–2–0 || B.Harvey ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Max James|M.James]]
|62
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1973 SANFL season|1973]]||Fifth
|11–10–0
|105
| 0–1–0 ||K.Duthie ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[Fos Williams|F.Williams]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]<sup>4</sup>||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]
|59
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1974 SANFL season|1974]]||Third
|18–3–1
|123
| 1–2–0 || K.Duthie ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]<sup>3[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Darrell Cahill|D.Cahill]]
|54
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1975 SANFL season|1975]]||Third
|12–6–0
|123
| 2–1–0 || K.Duthie ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Peter Woite|P.Woite]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans]]
|64
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1976 SANFL season|1976]]||[[1976 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|17–4–0
|135
| 1–1–0 || K.Duthie ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert<sup>4</sup>]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Randall Gerlach|R.Gerlach]]
|90
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1977 SANFL season|1977 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1977 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|17–4–1
|146
| 2–0–0 || K.Duthie ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]<sup>5</sup>||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>2</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|88
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1978 SANFL season|1978]]||Third
|14–8–0
|111
| 2–1–0 || K.Duthie ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Stephen Clifford|S.Clifford]]||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>3</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|90
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1979 SANFL season|1979 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1979 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|14–8–0
|112
| 3–0–0 || K.Duthie ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]||[[Milan Faletic|M.Faletic]]||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>4</sup>]]
|82
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1980 SANFL season|1980 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1980 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|19–2–1
|188
| 2–0–0 || K.Duthie ||[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|A.McLean]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]||[[Stephen Clifford|S.Clifford]]<sup>2</sup>
||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>5</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|146
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1981 SANFL season|1981 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1981 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|15–7–0
|122
| 3–0–0 || K.Duthie || R.Taylor
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]<sup>6</sup>||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>6</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|98
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1982 SANFL season|1982]]||Third
|16–5–1
|127
| 0–2–0 || K.Duthie || R.Taylor
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]||[[Craig Bradley|C.Bradley]]||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>7</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|125
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1983 SANFL season|1983]]||Sixth
|9–12–0
|91
| – || K.Duthie || R.Taylor
||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Stephen Clifford|S.Clifford]]<sup>3</sup>||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>8</sup>]]
|63
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1984 SANFL season|1984]]||[[1984 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|17–5–0
|127
| 1–1–0 || K.Duthie || I.McKenzie
||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Craig Bradley|C.Bradley]]<sup>2</sup>||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>9</sup>]]
|137
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1985 SANFL season|1985]]||Seventh
|8–14–0
|88
| – || K.Duthie || I.McKenzie
||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Craig Bradley|C.Bradley]]<sup>3</sup>||[[Tim Evans (footballer)|T.Evans<sup>10</sup>]]
|96
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1986 SANFL season|1986]]||Fourth
|13–9–0
|103
| 0–2–0 ||[[Bruce Weber (administrator)|B.Weber]]|| I.McKenzie
||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Russell Johnston (footballer)|R.Johnston]]||[[Martin Leslie (Australian footballer)|M.Leslie]]||[[Darren Smith (Australian rules footballer)|D.Smith]]
|49
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1987 SANFL season|1987]]||Fourth
|15–7–0
|112
| 0–2–0 ||[[Bruce Weber (administrator)|B.Weber]]|| I.McKenzie
||[[Russell Ebert|R.Ebert]]||[[Russell Johnston (footballer)|R.Johnston]]||[[Bruce Abernethy|B.Abernethy]]||[[Darren Smith (Australian rules footballer)|D.Smith<sup>2</sup>]]
|71
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1988 SANFL season|1988 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1988 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|16–6–0
|127
| 3–0–0 ||[[Bruce Weber (administrator)|B.Weber]]|| I.McKenzie
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Johnston (footballer)|R.Johnston]]||[[Greg Phillips|G.Phillips]]||[[Scott Hodges|S.Hodges]]
|74
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1989 SANFL season|1989 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1989 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|18–4–0
|139
| 3–0–0 
|[[Bruce Weber (administrator)|B.Weber]]||[[Bob Clayton (footballer)|R.Clayton]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Johnston (footballer)|R.Johnston]]||[[Russell Johnston (footballer)|R.Johnston]]||[[Scott Hodges|S.Hodges<sup>2</sup>]]
|79
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1990 SANFL season|1990 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1990 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|17–3–0
|150
| 2–1–0 ||[[Bruce Weber (administrator)|B.Weber]]||[[Bob Clayton (footballer)|R.Clayton]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Russell Johnston (footballer)|R.Johnston]]||[[Scott Hodges|S.Hodges]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>
||[[Scott Hodges|S.Hodges<sup>3</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|153
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1991 SANFL season|1991]]||Fifth
|14–8–0
|109
| 0–1–0 ||[[Bruce Weber (administrator)|B.Weber]]||[[Bob Clayton (footballer)|R.Clayton]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Greg Phillips|G.Phillips]]||[[Paul Northeast (Australian footballer)|P.Northeast]]||[[Darryl Borlase (Australian footballer)|D.Borlase]]
|25
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1992 SANFL season|1992 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1992 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|18–4–0
|137
|2–0–0
||[[Bruce Weber (administrator)|B.Weber]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Greg Phillips|G.Phillips]]
||[[Nathan Buckley|N.Buckley]]<sup>[[Magarey Medal|★]]</sup>||[[Mark Tylor (Australian footballer)|M.Tylor]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|97
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1993 SANFL season|1993]]||Third
|15–5–0
|118
| 1–2–0 ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Greg Phillips|G.Phillips]]||[[Troy Bond|T.Bond]]||[[Mark Tylor (Australian footballer)|M.Tylor<sup>2</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|90
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1994 SANFL season|1994 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1994 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|15–7–0
|131
| 3–1–0 ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Tim Ginever|T.Ginever]]||[[Tim Ginever|T.Ginever]]||[[Scott Hodges|S.Hodges<sup>4</sup>]]<sup>[[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]</sup>
|130
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1995 SANFL season|1995 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1995 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|16–6–0
|131
| 3–0–0 ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Tim Ginever|T.Ginever]]||[[Robbie West|R.West]]||[[Mark Tylor (Australian footballer)|M.Tylor<sup>3</sup>]]
|53
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1996 SANFL season|1996 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[1996 SANFL Grand Final|First]]
|13–7–0
|129
| 3–1–0 
|[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]<br />[[Bob Clayton (footballer)|R.Clayton]]<br />[[David Hutton (Australian footballer)|D.Hutton]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]<br />[[Stephen Williams (footballer)|S.Williams]]||[[Tim Ginever|T.Ginever]]||[[Scott Hodges|S.Hodges]]<sup>2</sup>
||[[Scott Hodges|S.Hodges<sup>5</sup>]]
|117
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''Australian Football League era'''<br /><small>(see also [[#SANFL Honour Board (Post AFL Entry)|continued SANFL presence]])</small>
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1997 AFL season|1997]]|| Ninth
|10–11–1
|92
| – ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Gavin Wanganeen|G.Wanganeen]]||[[Darren Mead|D.Mead]]||[[Scott Cummings (footballer)|S.Cummings]]
|70
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1998 AFL season|1998]]|| Tenth
|9–12–1
|96
|–
||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[John Cahill (footballer)|J.Cahill]]||[[Gavin Wanganeen|G.Wanganeen]]||[[Adam Kingsley|A.Kingsley]]||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea]]
|33
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[1999 AFL season|1999]]|| Seventh
|12–10–0
|90
| 0–1–0 ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]||[[Gavin Wanganeen|G.Wanganeen]]||[[Stephen Paxman|S.Paxman]]||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>2</sup>]]
|40
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2000 AFL season|2000]]|| Fourteenth
|7–14–1
|84
| – ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Gavin Wanganeen|G.Wanganeen]]||[[Brett Montgomery|B.Montgomery]]||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>3</sup>]]
|32
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2001 AFL season|2001]]|| Fifth
|16–6–0
|129
| 0–2–0 ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]
|[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea]]
||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>4</sup>]]
|51
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2002 AFL season|2002]]|| Third
|18–4–0
|132
| 1–2–0 ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]
||[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]
||[[Stuart Dew|S.Dew]]
|51
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2003 AFL season|2003]]|| Fourth
|18–4–0
|127
|1–2–0
||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]
||[[Gavin Wanganeen|G.Wanganeen]]||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>5</sup>]]
|58
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2004 AFL season|2004 <big>⚑</big>]]||[[2004 AFL Grand Final|First]]<br /><small>''[[2004 AFL Grand Final|AFL Premiers]]''</small>
|17–5–0
|132
|3–0–0
||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|B.Cunningham]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]<br />[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea]]
||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea]]<sup>2</sup>
||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>6</sup>]]
|81
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2005 AFL season|2005]]|| Sixth
|11–10–1
|98
|1–1–0
||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[John James (administrator)|J.James]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]
||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>3</sup>]]
||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>7</sup>]]
|65
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2006 AFL Season|2006]]|| Twelfth
|8–14–0
|89
| – ||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[John James (administrator)|J.James]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea]]
|[[Brendon Lade|B.Lade]]||[[Josh Mahoney|J.Mahoney]]
|29
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2007 AFL Season|2007]]||[[2007 AFL Grand Final|Second]]
|15–7–0
|113
| 2–1–0||[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[John James (administrator)|J.James]]
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea]]
|[[Kane Cornes|K.Cornes]]||[[Brett Ebert|B.Ebert]]
|56
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2008 AFL Season|2008]]|| Thirteenth
|7–15–0
|96
| – 
|[[Greg Boulton|G.Boulton]]||[[John James (administrator)|J.James]]<br />M.Haysman
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea]]
|[[Kane Cornes|K.Cornes]]<sup>2</sup>
||[[Daniel Motlop|D.Motlop]]
|57
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2009 AFL season|2009]]|| Tenth
|9–13–0
|89
| – 
| B.Duncanson || M.Haysman
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]
||[[Domenic Cassisi|D.Cassisi]]||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>4</sup>]]||[[Warren Tredrea|W.Tredrea<sup>8</sup>]]
|51
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2010 AFL season|2010]]|| Tenth
|10–12–0
|82
| – 
| B.Duncanson || M.Haysman
||[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|M.Williams]]<br />[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]||[[Domenic Cassisi|D.Cassisi]]||[[Kane Cornes|K.Cornes]]<sup>3</sup>||[[Jay Schulz|J.Schulz]]
|33
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2011 AFL Season|2011]]|| Sixteenth
|3–19–0
|65
| – 
| B.Duncanson || M.Haysman<br />[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
||[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]
||[[Domenic Cassisi|D.Cassisi]]||[[Travis Boak|T.Boak]]<br />[[Jackson Trengove|J.Trengove]]||[[Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)|R.Gray]]
|32
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2012 AFL season|2012]]|| Fourteenth
|5–16–1
|79
| – 
| B.Duncanson<br />[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
||[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
||[[Matthew Primus|M.Primus]]<br />[[Garry Hocking|G.Hocking]]||[[Domenic Cassisi|D.Cassisi]]||[[Kane Cornes|K.Cornes]]<sup>4</sup>
||[[Jay Schulz|J.Schulz<sup>2</sup>]]
|42
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2013 AFL season|2013]]|| Fifth
|12–10–0
|102
| 1–1–0||[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
||[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]||[[Travis Boak|T.Boak]]
|[[Chad Wingard|C.Wingard]]||[[Jay Schulz|J.Schulz<sup>3</sup>]]
|49
|- style="font-size: 85%"
| colspan="12"  | '''Administrative independence from the SANFL'''
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2014 AFL season|2014]]|| Third
|14–8–0
|130
| 2–1–0||[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
||[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]||[[Travis Boak|T.Boak]]
|[[Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)|R.Gray]]
|[[Jay Schulz|J.Schulz<sup>4</sup>]]
|66
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2015 Port Adelaide Football Club season|2015]]|| Ninth
|12–10–0
|106
|–
||[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
||[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]||[[Travis Boak|T.Boak]]
|[[Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)|R.Gray]]<sup>2</sup>
|[[Chad Wingard|C.Wingard]]
|53
|- style="font-size: 85%;"
|[[2016 Port Adelaide Football Club season|2016]]
|Tenth
|10–12–0
|106
|–
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Travis Boak|T.Boak]]
|[[Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)|R.Gray]]<sup>3</sup>
|[[Chad Wingard|C.Wingard<sup>2</sup>]]
|38
|- style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2017 AFL season|2017]]
|Seventh
|14–8–0
|130
|0–1–0
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Travis Boak|T.Boak]]
|[[Paddy Ryder|P.Ryder]]
|[[Charlie Dixon (Australian footballer)|C.Dixon]]
|49
|- style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2018 AFL season|2018]]
|Tenth
|12–10–0
|108
|–
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Travis Boak|T.Boak]]
|[[Justin Westhoff|J.Westhoff]]
|[[Robert Gray (Australian rules footballer)|R.Gray<sup>2</sup>]]
|36
|- style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2019 AFL season|2019]]
|Tenth
|11–11–0
|105
|–
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Ollie Wines|O.Wines]]<br />[[Tom Jonas|T.Jonas]]
|[[Travis Boak|T.Boak]]<sup>2</sup>
|[[Connor Rozee|C.Rozee]]
|29
|- style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2020 AFL season|2020]]
|Third
|14–3–0
|136
|1–1–0
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)|K.Thomas]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Tom Jonas|T.Jonas]]
|[[Darcy Byrne-Jones|D.Byrne-Jones]]
|[[Charlie Dixon (Australian footballer)|C.Dixon]]<sup>2</sup>
|34
|-style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2021 AFL season|2021]]
|Third
|17–5–0
|126
|1–1–0
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Matthew Richardson (administrator)|M.Richardson]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Tom Jonas|T.Jonas]]
|[[Ollie Wines|O.Wines]]<sup>[[2021 Brownlow Medal|★]]</sup>
|[[Charlie Dixon (Australian footballer)|C.Dixon]]<sup>3</sup>
|48
|-style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2022 AFL season|2022]]
|Eleventh
|10–12–0
|110
|–
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Matthew Richardson (administrator)|M.Richardson]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Tom Jonas|T.Jonas]]
|[[Connor Rozee|C.Rozee]]
|[[Todd Marshall|T.Marshall]]
|45
|-style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2023 AFL season|2023]]
|Fifth
|17–6–0
|113
|0–2–0
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Matthew Richardson (administrator)|M.Richardson]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Tom Jonas|T.Jonas]]
|[[Zak Butters|Z.Butters]]
|[[Jeremy Finlayson|J.Finlayson]]
|38
|-style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2024 AFL season|2024]]
|Third
|16–7–0
|114
|1–2–0
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Matthew Richardson (administrator)|M.Richardson]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Connor Rozee|C.Rozee]]
|[[Zak Butters|Z.Butters]]<sup>2</sup>
|[[Mitch Georgiades|M.Georgiades]]
|44
|-
|-style="font-size: 85%"
|[[2025 AFL season|2025]]
|Thirteenth
|9–14–0
|80
|–
|[[David Koch (television presenter)|D.Koch]]
|[[Matthew Richardson (administrator)|M.Richardson]]
|[[Ken Hinkley|K.Hinkley]]
|[[Connor Rozee|C.Rozee]]
|[[Zak Butters|Z. Butters]]<sup>3</sup>
|[[Mitch Georgiades|M.Georgiades]]<sup>2</sup>
|58
|-
| colspan="12" |<small>⚑ = Premier  /  ★ = League Best and Fairest  /  ✪ = League Leading Goalkicker  /  <sup>2</sup> = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goalkicker</small>
|}

==== SANFL Honour Board (post AFL entry) ====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;font-size: 87%"
! colspan="9" | Port Adelaide Football Club honour roll (SANFL since 1997)<ref name=SANFLHonourBoard/>
|- style="background:#bdb76b;font-size: 87%;"
! Season !! Final position
!Coach
!Captain!! A.R McLean Medal !! Leading goal kicker
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2011 SANFL season|2011]]
|Sixth
|[[Tony Bamford]]
|[[James Meiklejohn]]
|Mark Dolling
|Brad Mercer (30)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2012 SANFL season|2012]]
|Seventh
|[[Tony Bamford]]
|[[James Meiklejohn]]
|[[Jeremy Clayton]]
|Luke Harder (29)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2013 SANFL season|2013]]
|Sixth
|[[Ken McGregor (footballer)|Ken McGregor]]
|[[James Meiklejohn]]
|[[Sam Gray (footballer, born 1992)|Sam Gray]]
|Josh Thurgood (38)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2014 SANFL season|2014]]
|[[2014 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|[[Garry Hocking]]
|Steven Summerton
|Steven Summerton
|[[John Butcher (Australian footballer)|John Butcher]] (32)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2015 SANFL season|2015]]
|Fourth
|[[Garry Hocking]]
|Steven Summerton
|Steven Summerton
|[[Mitch Harvey]] (21)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2016 SANFL season|2016]]
|Sixth
|[[Chad Cornes]]
|Steven Summerton
|[[Kane Mitchell]]
|Luke Reynolds (43)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2017 SANFL season|2017]]
|[[2017 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|[[Chad Cornes]]
|Steven Summerton
|[[Brendon Ah Chee]]
|[[Brett Eddy]] (59) [[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]]
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2018 SANFL season|2018]]
|Ninth
|[[Matthew Lokan|Matt Lokan]]
|Steven Summerton
|[[Will Snelling]]
|[[Lindsay Thomas (footballer, born 1988)|Lindsay Thomas]] (21)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2019 SANFL season|2019]]
|[[2019 SANFL Grand Final|Second]]
|[[Matthew Lokan|Matt Lokan]]
|[[Cameron Sutcliffe]]
|[[Jack Trengove]]
|[[Billy Frampton]] (32)
|-style="font-size: 87%; background:#C0C0C0"
|[[2020 SANFL season|2020]]
|colspan=7|''did not field a team due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2021 SANFL season|2021]]
|Seventh
|[[Matthew Lokan|Matt Lokan]]
|[[Cameron Sutcliffe]]
|Sam Hayes
|[[Dylan Williams (Australian rules footballer)|Dylan Williams]] (31)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2022 SANFL season|2022]]
|Eighth
|[[Matthew Lokan|Matt Lokan]]
|[[Cameron Sutcliffe]]
|[[Cameron Sutcliffe]]
|[[Dylan Williams (Australian rules footballer)|Dylan Williams]] (20)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2023 SANFL season|2023]]
|Fifth
|[[Tyson Goldsack]]
|[[Cameron Sutcliffe]]
|Nick Moore
|[[Cody Szust]] (22)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2024 SANFL season|2024]]
|Tenth
|[[Hamish Hartlett]]
|Nick Moore
|[[Tom Clurey]]
|[[Thomas Scully (Australian footballer, born 2004)|Thomas Scully]] (20)
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2025 SANFL season|2025]]
|Sixth
|[[Hamish Hartlett]]
|Nick Moore
|Jack Watkins
|[[Dylan Williams (Australian rules footballer)|Dylan Williams]] (21)<br>[[Jeremy Finlayson]] (21)
|-
| colspan="7" |<small>⚑ = Premier  /  [[Magarey Medal|★]] = Magarey Medallist  /  [[Ken Farmer Medal|✪]] = Ken Farmer Medallist  /  <sup>2</sup> = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goal Kicker</small>
|}

=== Hall of Fame ===
Port Adelaide launched the club Hall of Fame on 20 February 1998, when it inducted inaugural 18 members into the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729141418/https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame |archive-date= 29 July 2018}}</ref> It has since honoured 40 more players, coaches, administrators and club servants who have played a major part in the club, in addition to two eras of premiership teams.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Port Gazette: Hall of Fame |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/701760/port-gazette-hall-of-fame |website=www.portadelaidefc.com.au |date=3 June 2020 |access-date=3 March 2021 |quote=Port Adelaide's Hall of Fame was launched in 1998 and has honoured 40 players, coaches, administrators and club servants who have played a major part in meeting the club's goal to win premierships, 37 of them. It also pays tribute to the men from two grand premiership eras - those who made up the Six in a Row heroes from 1954-1959 and the men who won the 1962, 1963 and 1965 premierships...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=2 December 2019 |access-date=3 March 2021 }}</ref>
{{Australian football Hall of Fame
|Current team Name = Port Adelaide
|   All Team Names = Port Adelaide
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|      Team Name 1 = '''Individuals'''
|         List 1.1 = 
[[Bruce Abernethy]]<br/>
'''[[John Abley]]'''<br/>
[[Dave Boyd]]<br/>
'''[[Craig Bradley]]'''<br/>
'''[[John Cahill (footballer)|John Cahill]]'''<br/>
[[Bob Clayton (footballer)|Bob Clayton]]<br />
[[Angelo Congear]]<br />
[[Kane Cornes]]
|         List 1.2 = 
[[Brian Cunningham (Australian footballer)|Brian Cunningham]]<br />
[[Les Dayman|Leslie Dayman]]<br />
'''''[[Russell Ebert]]'''''<br/>
[[Tim Evans (footballer)|Tim Evans]]<br/>
Brian Fairclough<br />
[[George Fiacchi]]<br/>
[[Tim Ginever]]<br />
[[Neville Hayes (footballer)|Neville Hayes]]

|         List 1.3 =

[[Scott Hodges]]<br/>
Ron Hoffman<br />
[[Sampson Hosking]]<br />
Henry Kneebone <abbr title="Club Doctor">[[File:Injury icon 2.svg|10px]]</abbr><br />
'''[[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|Allan McLean]]'''<br />
Edward McMahon<br />
'''[[Geof Motley]]'''<br />
[[Paul Northeast]]

|         List 1.4 =

[[Harold Oliver (Australian footballer)|Harold Oliver]]<br />
'''[[Greg Phillips]]'''<br />
[[Harry Phillips (Australian Footballer)|Harold Phillips]]<br />
[[Jeff Potter|Jeffrey Potter]]<br />
'''[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]]'''<br />
[[Allan Reval]]<br />
[[Lew Roberts (Australian footballer)|Llewellyn Roberts]]<br />
[[Richard Russell (Australian Footballer)|Richard Russell]]

|         List 1.5 =

[[Darren Smith (Australian rules footballer)|Darren Smith]]<br />
'''[[Warren Tredrea]]'''<br />
'''[[Gavin Wanganeen]]''' <br />
[[Edward Whelan (Australian footballer)|Edward Whelan]]<br />
'''[[Fos Williams]]'''<br />
[[Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1958)|Mark Williams]]<br />
[[Stephen Williams (footballer)|Stephen Williams]]<br />
[[Lloyd Zucker]]
|      Team Name 2 = '''Eras'''
|         List 2.3 = [[1959 SANFL Grand Final|1954–1959]]<br />[[1965 SANFL Grand Final|1962–1965]]
}}

=== Greatest Team ===
In June 2001, the Port Adelaide Football Club announced its 'Greatest Team' from the prior two centuries, consisting of the most successful players from the club. Between the 22 players inducted, they shared 201 premiership medals, 532 state games, 16 Magarey Medals and numerous other football accolades. The club hailed the group the "Greatest Team of the Greatest Club".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Greatest Team |url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/Greatest-Team |access-date=2 March 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110161130/http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/Greatest-Team |archive-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>
{{Port Adelaide Football Club Greatest Team 1870–2000|state=expanded}}

=== Military service ===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
! colspan="4" | <br /><big>War Roll of Honour</big><ref name="WarRoll">{{Cite book|title=Port Adelaide Football Club - the Archives Collection: PAFC 150 Years|publisher=Iconic Treasures|year=2020|isbn=978-0648598428|pages=236}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Boer War]]
|-
|[[Ken McKenzie (footballer, born 1865)|Kenneth McKenzie]]
|William Schwann
|John Shearer
|
|-
!colspan="4" | [[World War I]]
|-
| [[Maurice Allingham]]||Frederick Badcock||Arthur Biscombe||[[William Boon (footballer)|William Boon]] †
|-
| David Bower||Howard Bungey||Hugh Challinder||Arnold Channon
|-
| Albert Chaplin †||Robert Coffen||Henry Davis||[[Clem Dayman|Clement Dayman]]
|-
| William Dempster||Henry Dewar||[[William Drummond (footballer)|William 'Roy' Drummond M.M.]]||Edward Foggo
|-
| Archibald Gosling †||Matthew Healy||Horace Hoare||Samuel Howie
|-
| Gordon Inkster||Clarence Latimer||Lawrence Levy||William Marshall
|-
| Tom McDonald D.C.M||Frederick Meadows||Edward Oatey||[[John Robertson (Australian footballer, born 1892)|John W. Robertson]]
|-
| Edwin Rose||Thomas Sard||Stedman Stidson||William Theodore
|-
| Harry Tobin||Arthur Tubel||Arthur Turner||Douglas Walsh M.C.†
|-
| [[Joseph Watson (footballer)|Joseph Watson]] †||Edward Weeden||||
|-
!colspan="4" | World War I – officials
|-
| Dr Alexander Benson||Charles Hayter||Dr Edward Morris||
|-
!colspan="4" | [[World War II]]
|-
| Howard Abbott||James Allingham||Charles A. Andersen||Charles H. Andersen
|-
| Basil Bampton||Harold Beer||[[George Brock (footballer)|Halcombe George Brock]] †||Maxwell Carmichael †
|-
| George W.F. Chapman||Clarence Christensen||Noel Clark||John Coppin
|-
| Ivor Dangerfield||Lindsay Darling||Ralph Dawe||Clarance L. Dayman
|-
| John Dermody||Edward Dorian||James Doyle||Drozena Eden
|-
| Bert Edwards||James Farr||Dennis Fitzgerald||Frederick Galliford
|-
| Laurence Gates||Geoffrey Germein||Francis Gibaut||Arthur Gower
|-
| Colin Grant||Claude Greening||Donald Gregg||Colin Grimm
|-
| John Heaton||Colin Herbert||John Johnson||Kenneth Johnson
|-
| Clyde Kellaway||Peter Keough||Lyall Kretschmer||Robert Lander
|-
| Peter Marrett||Richard Mayne||Harold McDonald||Norman McInnes
|-
| Malcolm McKiggan †||Allan R.C. 'Bob' McLean||Harold Mills||Brian Moore
|-
| George Neaylon||John Oehme||William Owens||Alexander Pender
|-
| Harry Perry||Frederick Peters||James Prideaux||George U. Quinn †
|-
| John M. Quinn||Robert B. Quinn M.M.||Lew Roberts||Herbert Robertson
|-
| Bertram Robinson||Lloyd Rudd †||Leonard Salvemini||Reginald Schumann
|-
| John Skelley||Kenneth Slade||Gordon Temby||William Trigg
|-
| Arthur Tunbridge||Arthur Utting||John Wade †||Hercules Waldron
|-
| John White||Geoffrey Wiese||Foster Williams||John Woollard
|-
!colspan="4" | World War II – officials/staff
|-
| Kenneth Aubert||Archibald Dowsett||Henry Naismith||William Adair
|-
| Raymond Haskard|| || ||
|-
!colspan="4" | [[Vietnam War]]
|-
| Peter Chant †||Lindsay McGie||John A. Quinn||Roger Nettle
|-
!colspan="4" |<small>† denotes killed in action or died while serving</small>
|}

== Club achievements ==
Port Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in senior level football, having won a record 37 senior premierships across the AFL and SANFL competitions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=AFL Commission accepts all clubs can acknowledge their success from outside the VFL-AFL competition |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/afl-commission-accepts-all-clubs-can-acknowledge-their-success-from-outside-the-vflafl-competition/news-story/d7ab969dff3bfe01e75933e899e8b87a |website=www.adelaidenow.com.au |access-date=20 May 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The club won its first premiership in 1884,<ref name=First/> while its most recent senior level premiership was in 2004.<ref name=Premiership/> The club has won a record 4 Championship of Australia titles,<ref name=COA/> and have won the Stanley H. Lewis trophy 12 times, second to only Norwood (14).<ref name=Stanley/> Port Adelaide has had two notable periods of success under the leadership of Fos Williams, who coached 9 premierships, and John Cahill, who coached 10.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b; style="text-align:center" | '''Premierships'''
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! scope="col" width="200" | Competition
! scope="col" width="175" | Level
!Wins
!Years won
|-
|'''[[Australian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFL/AFL premiers|Seniors]]<ref name=Premiership>{{cite web |title=Premiership Winners |url=https://www.afl.com.au/stats/premiership-winners |website=afl.com.au |access-date=3 January 2021 }}</ref>||1||[[2004 AFL Grand Final|2004]]
|-
|rowspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align: left"|'''[[South Australian National Football League]]'''||[[List of SANFL premiers|Seniors]] <small>(1877–2013)</small><br>[[List of SANFL premiers|Reserves]] <small>(2014–present)</small><ref name=2007AnnualReport>{{cite web|url=http://footyindustry.com/files/afl/club_docs/SANFL/SANFL%202007%20Annual%20Report.pdf#page=62|title=2007 SANFL Annual Report|work=South Australian National Football League|access-date=23 September 2020|quote=Refer to pages 62-64 for a list of premiers across all competitions from 1919 to 2007.}}</ref>||36||[[1884 SAFA season|1884]], [[1890 SAFA season|1890]], [[1897 SAFA season|1897]], [[1903 SAFA Grand Final|1903]], [[1906 SAFA Grand Final|1906]], [[1910 SAFL Grand Final|1910]], [[1913 SAFL Grand Final|1913]], [[1914 SAFL Grand Final|1914]], [[1921 SAFL Grand Final|1921]], [[1928 SANFL Grand Final|1928]], [[1936 SANFL Grand Final|1936]], [[1937 SANFL Grand Final|1937]], [[1939 SANFL Grand Final|1939]], [[1951 SANFL Grand Final|1951]], [[1954 SANFL Grand Final|1954]], [[1955 SANFL Grand Final|1955]], [[1956 SANFL Grand Final|1956]], [[1957 SANFL Grand Final|1957]], [[1958 SANFL Grand Final|1958]], [[1959 SANFL Grand Final|1959]], [[1962 SANFL Grand Final|1962]], [[1963 SANFL Grand Final|1963]], [[1965 SANFL Grand Final|1965]], [[1977 SANFL Grand Final|1977]], [[1979 SANFL Grand Final|1979]], [[1980 SANFL Grand Final|1980]], [[1981 SANFL Grand Final|1981]], [[1988 SANFL Grand Final|1988]], [[1989 SANFL Grand Final|1989]], [[1990 SANFL Grand Final|1990]], [[1992 SANFL Grand Final|1992]], [[1994 SANFL Grand Final|1994]], [[1995 SANFL Grand Final|1995]], [[1996 SANFL Grand Final|1996]], [[1998 SANFL Grand Final|1998]], [[1999 SANFL Grand Final|1999]]
|-
||[[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|Reserves]] <small>(1906–2018)</small><ref name=2007AnnualReport/>||19||[[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1911]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1923]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1933]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1936]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1947]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1948]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1952]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1955]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1956]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1957]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1958]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1959]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1963]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1980]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1983]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1988]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1996]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|1997]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Reserves premiership|2010]] 
|-
||[[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|Under 19s]] <small>(1937–2008)</small><ref name=2007AnnualReport/>||13||[[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1946]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1950]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1953]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1962]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1974]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1975]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1976]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1977]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1991]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|1999]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|2001]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|2006]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)|2007]]  
|-
||[[List of SANFL premiers#Under 17s premiership (1937–2008)|Under 17s]] <small>(1939–2008)</small><ref name=2007AnnualReport/>||6||[[List of SANFL premiers#Under 17s premiership (1937–2008)|1951]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 17s premiership (1937–2008)|1955]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 17s premiership (1937–2008)|1961]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 17s premiership (1937–2008)|1971]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 17s premiership (1937–2008)|1972]], [[List of SANFL premiers#Under 17s premiership (1937–2008)|1994]] 
|-
||[[List of SANFL premiers#Under 18s premiership (2009–present)|Under 18s]] <small>(2009–2014)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://footyindustry.com/files/afl/club_docs/SANFL/SANFL%202011%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=2011 SANFL Annual Report|work=South Australian National Football League|quote=Refer to pp. 57}}</ref>||1||[[List of SANFL premiers#Under 18s premiership (2009–present)|2011]]
|-
||[[South Australian National Football League#1916–1945: Inter war years|War League]] <small>(1942–1944)</small><ref name=Port-Torrens/>||1||[[1942 SANFL season|1942]]{{efn|text=Won the [[1942 SANFL season|1942 premiership]] as a merged team with [[West Torrens Football Club|West Torrens]]. The league merged all clubs during the [[Second World War]].<ref name=WW2_League/>}}
|-
|'''[[South Australian Patriotic Football League]]'''||Seniors <small>(1916–1918)</small><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |title=Rucci's Monday Review: To play or not to play |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/584780/ruccis-monday-review-to-play-or-not-to-play |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=13 April 2020 |access-date=28 April 2021 }}</ref>||2||[[South Australian Patriotic Football League#Patriotic League premiers|1916]], [[South Australian Patriotic Football League#Patriotic League premiers|1917]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b; style="text-align:center" | '''Other titles and honours'''
|-
|'''[[Championship of Australia]]'''||Seniors<ref name=COA>{{cite web |title=Club Championship of Australia |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/championship_of_australia.htm |website=Full Points Footy |access-date=18 February 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130092657/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/championship_of_australia.htm |archive-date=30 January 2009}}</ref>||4||[[1890 Championship of Australia|1890]], [[1910 Championship of Australia|1910]], [[1913 Championship of Australia|1913]], [[1914 Championship of Australia|1914]]
|-
|'''[[South Australian National Football League#Awards|Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy]]''' <small>(1962–2014)</small>||Multiple<ref name=Stanley>{{cite web |title=Stanley H Lewis Trophy |url=https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/awards/stanley-h-lewis-trophy/ |website=SANFL |access-date=28 April 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001011946/https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/awards/stanley-h-lewis-trophy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>||12||[[1962 SANFL season|1962]], [[1963 SANFL season|1963]], [[1964 SANFL season|1964]], [[1970 SANFL season|1970]], [[1977 SANFL season|1977]], [[1979 SANFL season|1979]], [[1980 SANFL season|1980]], [[1988 SANFL season|1988]], [[1989 SANFL season|1989]], [[1992 SANFL season|1992]], [[1994 SANFL season|1994]], [[1999 SANFL season|1999]]
|-
|'''[[VFL/AFL pre-season competition|AFL pre-season competition]]'''||Seniors<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Ben |title=How did pre-season footy lose its glamour? |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/134231/how-did-pre-season-footy-lose-its-glamour |website=afl.com.au |date=28 February 2019 |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>||2||[[2001 Ansett Australia Cup|2001]], [[2002 Wizard Home Loans Cup|2002]]
|-
|'''[[Lightning football#Top level lightning premiership winners|SANFL Lightning Premiership]]'''||Seniors<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Advertiser|publication-place=Adelaide, SA|first=Harry|last=Kneebone|title=Port Adelaide Win in Lightning Carnival|date=7 June 1948|page=4}}</ref>||1||[[Lightning football#Top level lightning premiership winners|1948]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b; style="text-align:center" | '''Finishing positions'''
|-
|rowspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align: left"| '''[[Australian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFL/AFL minor premiers|Minor premiership]]<br /><small>([[McClelland Trophy]])</small><ref>{{cite web |title=AFL Tables - Season Summary |url=https://afltables.com/afl/teams/allteams/seasons.html |website=afltables.com |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>||4||[[2002 AFL season|2002]], [[2003 AFL season|2003]], [[2004 AFL season|2004]], [[2020 AFL season|2020]] 
|-
||[[AFL Grand Final|Runners Up]]<ref name=Premiership/>||1||[[2007 AFL Grand Final|2007]]
|-
||[[List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons|Wooden spoons]]||0||Nil
|-
|rowspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align: left"| '''[[South Australian National Football League]]'''||[[List of SANFL minor premiers|Minor premiership]]<ref name=Ladder>{{cite web |title=Australian Football - SAFA Premiership season - Season 1897 |url=https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/sanfl/107/premiership%2Bseason/3/3/1897/advanced |website=australianfootball.com |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>||44||[[1889 SAFA season|1889]], [[1902 SAFA season|1902]], [[1903 SAFA season|1903]], [[1904 SAFA season|1904]], [[1906 SAFA season|1906]], [[1907 SAFL season|1907]], [[1909 SAFL season|1909]], [[1911 SAFL season|1911]], [[1912 SAFL season|1912]], [[1913 SAFL season|1913]], [[1914 SAFL season|1914]], [[1915 SAFL season|1915]], [[1921 SAFL season|1921]], [[1928 SANFL season|1928]], [[1931 SANFL season|1931]], [[1934 SANFL season|1934]], [[1935 SANFL season|1935]], [[1936 SANFL season|1936]], [[1939 SANFL season|1939]], [[1940 SANFL season|1940]], [[1945 SANFL season|1945]], [[1951 SANFL season|1951]], [[1953 SANFL season|1953]], [[1954 SANFL season|1954]], [[1955 SANFL season|1955]], [[1956 SANFL season|1956]], [[1957 SANFL season|1957]], [[1959 SANFL season|1959]], [[1960 SANFL season|1960]], [[1961 SANFL season|1961]], [[1962 SANFL season|1962]], [[1964 SANFL season|1964]], [[1965 SANFL season|1965]], [[1970 SANFL season|1970]], [[1976 SANFL season|1976]], [[1977 SANFL season|1977]], [[1980 SANFL season|1980]], [[1982 SANFL season|1982]], [[1984 SANFL season|1984]], [[1988 SANFL season|1988]], [[1990 SANFL season|1990]], [[1992 SANFL season|1992]], [[1999 SANFL season|1999]], [[2014 SANFL season|2014]]   
|-
||[[List of SANFL premiers|Runners Up]]<ref name=2007AnnualReport/>||37||[[1878 SAFA season|1878]], [[1879 SAFA season|1879]], [[1883 SAFA season|1883]], [[1887 SAFA season|1887]], [[1888 SAFA season|1888]], [[1889 SAFA Grand Final|1889]], [[1891 SAFA season|1891]], [[1892 SAFA season|1892]], [[1898 SAFA Grand Final|1898]], [[1901 SAFA Grand Final|1901]], [[1904 SAFA Grand Final|1904]], [[1905 SAFA Grand Final|1905]], [[1907 SAFL Grand Final|1907]], [[1909 SAFL Grand Final|1909]], [[1911 SAFL Grand Final|1911]], [[1912 SAFL Grand Final|1912]], [[1915 SAFL Grand Final|1915]], [[1929 SANFL Grand Final|1929]], [[1930 SANFL Grand Final|1930]], [[1934 SANFL Grand Final|1934]], [[1935 SANFL Grand Final|1935]], [[1938 SANFL Grand Final|1938]], [[1945 SANFL Grand Final|1945]], [[1946 SANFL Grand Final|1946]], [[1953 SANFL Grand Final|1953]], [[1964 SANFL Grand Final|1964]], [[1966 SANFL Grand Final|1966]], [[1967 SANFL Grand Final|1967]], [[1968 SANFL Grand Final|1968]], [[1971 SANFL Grand Final|1971]], [[1972 SANFL Grand Final|1972]], [[1976 SANFL Grand Final|1976]], [[1984 SANFL Grand Final|1984]], [[1997 SANFL Grand Final|1997]], [[2014 SANFL Grand Final|2014]], [[2017 SANFL Grand Final|2017]], [[2019 SANFL Grand Final|2019]]
|-
||[[List of SANFL wooden spoons|Wooden spoons]]<ref name=Ladder/>||4||[[1886 SAFA season|1886]], [[1896 SAFA season|1896]], [[1900 SAFA season|1900]], [[2024 SANFL season|2024]]
|}

== Player achievements ==

=== Competition awards ===
'''[[Brownlow Medal]]''' '''(AFL fairest and best)'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Brownlow History |url=https://www.afl.com.au/brownlow-medal/history |website=afl.com.au |access-date=14 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[2021 Brownlow Medal|2021]] – [[Ollie Wines]]

'''[[Magarey Medal]]''' '''(SANFL best and fairest)<ref>{{cite web |title=Magarey Medal |url=https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/awards/magarey-medal/ |website=SANFL |access-date=6 June 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904022029/http://sanfl.com.au/magarey-medal |url-status=dead }}</ref>'''
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* 1899 – [[Stan Malin]]
* 1907 – [[Jack Mack]]
* 1910 – [[Sampson Hosking]]
* 1914 – [[Jack Ashley (footballer)|Jack Ashley]]
* 1915 – Sampson Hosking
* 1921 – [[Charlie Adams (Australian footballer)|Charlie Adams]]
* 1925 – [[Peter Bampton]]
* 1938 – [[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]]
* 1945 – Bob Quinn
* 1956 – [[Dave Boyd]]
* 1964 – [[Geof Motley]]
* 1967 – [[Trevor Obst]]
* 1971 – [[Russell Ebert]]
* 1974 – Russell Ebert
* 1975 – [[Peter Woite]]
* 1976 – Russell Ebert
* 1980 – Russell Ebert
* 1986 – [[Greg Anderson (footballer)|Greg Anderson]]
* 1990 – [[Scott Hodges]]
* 1992 – [[Nathan Buckley]]
* 2001 – [[Tony Brown (Australian rules footballer)|Tony Brown]] and [[Ryan O'Connor]]
* 2003 – [[Brett Ebert]]
* 2005 – [[Jeremy Clayton]]
{{div col end}}

'''AFLCA Champion Player of the Year<ref>{{cite web |last1=Association |first1=AFL Coaches |title=AFLCA Champion Player of the Year - AFLCA Awards |url=https://aflcoaches.com.au/awards/the-aflca-champion-player-of-the-year-award |website=AFL Coaches Association |access-date=6 June 2021 }}</ref>'''
* 2004 – [[Warren Tredrea]]
* 2014 – [[Robbie Gray]]
* 2023 - [[Zak Butters]]
'''[[AFL Rising Star]] (Best player under 21)<ref>{{cite web |title=Rising Star History |url=https://www.afl.com.au/rising-star/history |website=afl.com.au |access-date=6 June 2021 }}</ref>'''
* 1997 – [[Michael Wilson (Australian footballer)|Michael Wilson]]
* 2006 – [[Danyle Pearce]]

=== Grand final best on ground awards ===
'''[[Norm Smith Medal]] (AFL Grand Final best on ground)<ref>{{cite web |title=Norm Smith Medal |url=https://www.afl.com.au/stats/leaders-awards/norm-smith-medal |website=afl.com.au |access-date=6 June 2021 }}</ref>'''
* 2004 – [[Byron Pickett]]
'''[[Jack Oatey Medal]] (SANFL Grand Final best on ground)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Oatey Medal |url=https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/awards/jack-oatey-medal/#:~:text=Since%201981%2C%20the%20Jack%20Oatey,Sturt%20(1962-1982). |website=SANFL |access-date=6 June 2021 |archive-date=6 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606174232/https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/awards/jack-oatey-medal/#:~:text=Since%201981%2C%20the%20Jack%20Oatey,Sturt%20(1962-1982). |url-status=dead }}</ref>'''
* 1981 – [[Russell Ebert]]
* 1988 – [[Bruce Abernethy]]
* 1989 – [[Russell Johnston (footballer)|Russell Johnston]]
* 1990 – [[George Fiacchi]]
* 1992 – [[Nathan Buckley]]
* 1994 – [[Darryl Wakelin]]
* 1995 – [[Anthony Darcy]]
* 1996 – [[David Brown (Australian footballer born 1969)|David Brown]]
* 1998 – [[Brett Chalmers]]
* 1999 – [[Darryl Poole]]

=== Club awards ===
'''John Cahill Medal (best and fairest)'''
{{main|John Cahill Medal}}

'''Allan Robert McLean Medal (SANFL best and fairest)'''
*[[#Season summaries|Allan Robert McLean Medal]]

'''Gavin Wanganeen Medal (Best player under 21)<ref name="B&F History">{{cite web |title=Best and fairest award winners history |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/832212/best-and-fairest-award-winners-history |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=6 June 2021 }}</ref>'''
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* 2006 – [[Danyle Pearce]]
* 2007 – [[Justin Westhoff]]
* 2008 – [[Alipate Carlile]]
* 2009 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2010 – [[Jackson Trengove]]
* 2011 – [[Hamish Hartlett]]
* 2012 – [[Chad Wingard]]
* 2013 – [[Ollie Wines]]
* 2014 – Ollie Wines
* 2015 – Ollie Wines
* 2016 – [[Jarman Impey]]
* 2017 – [[Sam Powell-Pepper]]
* 2018 – [[Dan Houston]]
* 2019 – [[Connor Rozee]]
* 2020 – [[Zak Butters]]<ref name="2020B&F">{{cite web |title=Byrne-Jones takes out the 2020 John Cahill Medal |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/832648/byrne-jones-takes-out-the-2020-john-cahill-medal |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |date=29 October 2020 |access-date=6 June 2021 }}</ref>
* 2021 – [[Mitch Georgiades]]
* 2022 – [[Lachie Jones]]
* 2023 - [[Jason Horne-Francis]]
* 2024 - [[Jason Horne-Francis]]
* 2025 - [[Christian Moraes]]
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'''Fos Williams Medal (Best Team Man)<ref name="B&F History"/>'''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=Butters takes home second John Cahill Medal |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/1671219/butters-takes-home-second-john-cahill-medal |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

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* 1997 – [[Brayden Lyle]]
* 1998 – [[Brayden Lyle]]
* 1999 – [[Josh Francou]]
* 2000 – [[Matthew Primus]]
* 2001 – [[Matthew Primus]]
* 2002 – [[Josh Carr]]
* 2003 – [[Josh Carr]]
* 2004 – [[Michael Wilson (Australian footballer)|Michael Wilson]]
* 2005 – [[Darryl Wakelin]]
* 2006 – [[Brendon Lade]]
* 2007 – [[Troy Chaplin]]
* 2008 – [[Domenic Cassisi]]
* 2009 – [[Domenic Cassisi]]
* 2010 – [[Domenic Cassisi]]
* 2011 – [[Domenic Cassisi]]
* 2012 – [[Brad Ebert]]
* 2013 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2014 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2015 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2016 – [[Jasper Pittard]]
* 2017 – [[Tom Jonas]]
* 2018 – [[Tom Jonas]]
* 2019 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2020 – [[Travis Boak]]<ref name="2020B&F"/>
* 2021 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2022 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2023 – [[Willem Drew]]
* 2024 – [[Willem Drew]]
* 2025 – [[Willem Drew]]{{div col end}}

'''Coaches' Award (Most Improved Player)<ref name="B&F History" />'''<ref name=":1" /> 

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* 1998 – [[Warren Tredrea]]
* 1999 – [[Warren Tredrea]]
* 2000 – [[Roger James (footballer)|Roger James]]
* 2001 – [[Josh Carr]]
* 2002 – [[Chad Cornes]]
* 2003 – [[Dean Brogan]]
* 2004 – [[Kane Cornes]]
* 2005 – [[Domenic Cassisi]]
* 2006 – [[Shaun Burgoyne]]
* 2007 – [[David Rodan]]
* 2008 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2009 – [[Robbie Gray]]
* 2010 – [[Paul Stewart (Australian footballer)|Paul Stewart]]
* 2011 – [[Tom Logan (footballer)|Tom Logan]]
* 2012 – [[Tom Jonas]]
* 2013 – [[Justin Westhoff]]
* 2014 – [[Matthew Lobbe]]
* 2015 – [[Brendon Ah Chee]]
* 2016 – [[Jasper Pittard]]
* 2017 – [[Sam Gray (footballer, born 1992)|Sam Gray]]
* 2018 – [[Dan Houston]]
* 2019 – [[Darcy Byrne-Jones]]
* 2020 – [[Trent McKenzie]]<ref name="2020B&F"/>
* 2021 – [[Karl Amon]]
* 2022 – [[Connor Rozee]]
* 2023 – [[Miles Bergman]]
* 2024 – [[Jase Burgoyne]]
* 2025 – [[Esava Ratugolea]]{{div col end}}

'''John McCarthy Medal (Community Award)<ref name="B&F History" />'''<ref name=":1" />

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* 2013 – [[Jack Hombsch]]
* 2014 – [[Brad Ebert]]
* 2015 – [[Nathan Krakouer]]
* 2016 – [[Jack Hombsch]]
* 2017 – [[Jack Hombsch]]
* 2018 – [[Justin Westhoff]]
* 2019 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2020 – [[Justin Westhoff]]<ref name="2020B&F"/>
* 2021 – [[Travis Boak]]
* 2022 – [[Sam Mayes]]
* 2023 – [[Trent Dumont]]
* 2024 – [[Dante Visentini]]
* 2025 – [[Willie Rioli]]{{div col end}}

=== All-Australian ===
An All-Australian team is considered a 'best-of' selection of players for each calendar year, with each player represented in their team position. Each team is selected by a panel of experts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The evolution of the All Australian team|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/150320/the-evolution-of-the-all-australian-team|access-date=2021-06-13|website=afl.com.au|date=19 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Sporting Life's All Australian ====
[[File:1947_Sporting_Life_(September)_pg_20_All_Australian_team.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]] was named as captain in ''Sporting Life's'' All-Australian.]] 
Sporting Life Magazine first pioneered the concept of an All-Australian 'team of the year' in 1947, and would run each year until 1955.<ref name="SLTeams">{{cite web |last1=Argent |first1=Peter |title=Sporting Life Teams of the Year 1947 to 1955 |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/%27sporting_life%27_teams_of_the_year.htm |website=www.fullpointsfooty.net |access-date=13 June 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607092139/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/%27sporting_life%27_teams_of_the_year.htm |archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> The AFL does not recognise the teams selected by Sporting Life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Port Adelaide's All Australian history|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/818106/port-adelaides-all-australian-history|access-date=2021-06-13|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|date=23 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]] – 1947 (captain)<ref name=Bob/>
* [[Dick Russell (footballer)|Dick Russell]] – 1950<ref name=SL1950>{{cite web |last1=Argent |first1=Peter |title=The Sporting Life 1950 'Team of the Year' |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_1950_team.htm |website=www.fullpointsfooty.net |access-date=13 June 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607132808/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_1950_team.htm |archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[Fos Williams]] – 1950,<ref name=SL1950/> 1951<ref name=SL1951>{{cite web |last1=Argent |first1=Peter |title=The Sporting Life 1951 'Team of the Year' |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_1951_team.htm |website=www.fullpointsfooty.net |access-date=13 June 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607132730/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_1951_team.htm |archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[Harold McDonald (footballer, born 1925)|Harold McDonald]] – 1951,<ref name=SL1951/> 1955<ref>{{cite web |last1=Argent |first1=Peter |title=The Sporting Life 1955 'Team of the Year' |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_1955_team.htm |website=www.fullpointsfooty.net |access-date=13 June 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607132451/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_1955_team.htm |archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>

==== Official ====
All Australian teams from the Interstate Carnivals and Australian Football League have been endorsed as official by governing bodies of the sport, such as the [[Australian National Football Council]] and the AFL.<ref name=SLTeams/>

'''Interstate carnivals<ref name="All Australian">{{cite web |title=All Australian History |url=https://www.afl.com.au/all-australian/history |website=afl.com.au |access-date=6 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>'''
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* [[John Abley]] – 1956, 1958, 1961
* [[John Cahill (footballer)|John Cahill]] – 1969
* [[Greg Phillips]] – 1980
* [[Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958)|Mark Williams]] – 1980
* [[Craig Bradley]] – 1983, 1985
* [[Tony Giles]] – 1983
* [[Stephen Curtis]] – 1983
* [[Greg Anderson (footballer)|Greg Anderson]] – 1987
* [[Martin Leslie (Australian rules footballer)|Martin Leslie]] – 1988
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'''Australian Football League<ref name="All Australian"/>'''

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* [[Adam Heuskes]] – 1997
* [[Gavin Wanganeen]] – 2001, 2003
* [[Matthew Primus]] – 2001, 2002
* [[Warren Tredrea]] – 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
* [[Brett Montgomery]] – 2002
* [[Josh Francou]] – 2002
* [[Chad Cornes]] – 2004, 2007
* Mark Williams – 2004 (coach)
* [[Kane Cornes]] – 2005, 2007
* [[Brendon Lade]] – 2006, 2007
* [[Shaun Burgoyne]] – 2006
* [[Chad Wingard]] – 2013, 2015
* [[Travis Boak]] – 2013, 2014, 2020 (VC)
* [[Robbie Gray]] – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
* [[Paddy Ryder]] – 2017
* [[Darcy Byrne-Jones]] – 2020
* [[Charlie Dixon (Australian footballer)|Charlie Dixon]] – 2020
* [[Aliir Aliir]] — 2021
* [[Ollie Wines]] – 2021
* [[Connor Rozee]] – 2022, 2023
* [[Zak Butters]] - 2023, 2024
* [[Dan Houston]] - 2023, 2024
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== Records ==
{{For|club and player records|List of Port Adelaide Football Club records}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.flashscore.com.au/team/port-adelaide-power/Mi2qa43G/results/ Port Adelaide results] - Latest scores for Port Adelaide Football Club

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