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| Full name | Adelaide City Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | the Zebras, the Black and Whites, Juventus | ||
| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Adelaide City Park | ||
| Capacity | 5,500 | ||
| Chairman | Angelo Carrozza | ||
| Head coach | Vas Parhas | ||
| League | NPL South Australia | ||
| 2024 | 4th of 12 | ||
| Website | http://adelaidecityfc.com.au/ | ||
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Adelaide City Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Oakden, a north-eastern suburb of Adelaide. The club was a founding member of the now defunct National Soccer League and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues South Australia
The club was founded in 1946 by Adelaide's Italian community, who named the club Juventus. Adelaide City were one of 14 founding members of the National Soccer League in 1977 and competed concurrently in every edition of the competition before withdrawing a few weeks prior to the beginning of the league's final season. The club is one of Australia's most successful, their first major silverware coming in 1979 when they defeated St George in the NSL Cup final. Under legendary manager Zoran Matić, they won three National Soccer League titles in 1986, 1992 and 1994, alongside two further cup wins in 1989 and 1992. The club also became the first Australian representative to win a continental title, when they defeated Mount Wellington on penalties in the 1987 Oceania Club Championship final. City are also the most successful club in South Australian competitions, winning 19 first division titles and 18 Federation Cups, including five in a row from 1969 until 1973. The club reached the quarter-finals of the inaugural FFA Cup, which included a 1–0 over A-League side and reigning AFC Champions League champions, Western Sydney Wanderers, in the round of 32, becoming the first member federation club to defeat an A-League club in the competition.
Adelaide City has historically been one of the most prolific producers of players selected for the Australian national team, with the club providing the third most Socceroos of any NSL club behind Marconi and South Melbourne;[1] notable Adelaide City players who have gone on to represent Australia include John and Ross Aloisi, Aurelio and Tony Vidmar, Sergio Melta, John Perin, Milan Ivanović, Bugsy Nyskohus and Alex Tobin. Former City NSL striker and current coach Damian Mori holds the record for the most goals scored in the national domestic league with 240 – 131 of which were scored in City colours. Tobin holds the record for playing the most senior games in Australian domestic competition with 522, including 436 for City.
- ^ Greenwood, Rob. "SA statistician Andrew Howe launches Encyclopedia of Socceroos ahead of Russia 2018 World Cup". The Advertiser. News Corp. Retrieved 9 June 2018.