Adelaide University Football Club

The Blacks
Names
Full nameAdelaide University Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blacks
AUFC
Uni
MottoThe World's Greatest Football Club
Club songGreen Ginger Wine
A Grade 2022 season
After finalsMen - 8th; Women - 7th
Home-and-away seasonMen - 8th; Women - 7th
Club details
Founded1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Colours  Black,   White,   Grey
CompetitionAdelaide Footy League
Intervarsity
SAWFL
PresidentMichael Dadds
ChairmanPeter Sharley
CoachGraeme Kellett
Captain(s)Charlie Parsons
PremiershipsA Grade (Men) (Division 1): 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1996, 1999 A Grade (Women) (Division 1): 2017
Ground(s)University Oval (capacity: 100,000)
 Park 10
Uniforms
Home
Away
Clash
Other information
Official websiteuniblacksfc.com.au

The Adelaide University Football Club Inc. (AUFC) is a South Australian based amateur Australian rules football club. It is an affiliate of the Adelaide University Sports Assoc. and plays in the Adelaide Footy League (former "South Australian Amateur Football League").[1] The club promotes itself as the largest amateur football club in Australia. The club trains on University Oval located across the river from the University which forms part of Park 12, and Park 10 in the portion of the Adelaide Parklands between the University and North Adelaide. It is one of the most decorated clubs in the university's history.[2] The club has played in every season of the SAAFL competition, won 23 Division 1 premierships, had 8 Division 1 medallists, 48 state players, 4 All-Australian captains (McLeod, Muir, Rofe, J.F. Sangster), and the first AAFC Carnival medallist to play for S.A. (Paul Rofe).[3]

  1. ^ The South Australian Amateur Football League Inc. | History Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Adelaidean -- full image". www.adelaide.edu.au. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Adelaide University | Channel 9 Adelaide Football League". www.adelaidefootball.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2016.