List of SANFL premiers
This page is a chronological listing of the premiership winners in the South Australian National Football League – the premier Australian rules football competition in the state of South Australia.
Chronological list
Number of SANFL premierships by club
- Defunct
- The original Adelaide Football Club is not related to the current Adelaide Football Club
- West Torrens merged with Woodville to form Woodville-West Torrens
Most consecutive SANFL premierships
Club | Premierships | Sequence | Consecutive Top Two | Sequence |
Norwood Port Adelaide | 6 | 1878-83 1954-59 | 8 7 | 1878-85 1909-1915, 1953–59, 1962–68 |
Sturt | 5 | 1966–70 | 6 | 1965-70 |
Central District | 4 | 2007–10 | 12 | 2000-2011 |
Champions of Australia
The Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian, West Australian and Tasmania football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914 with the exception of 1912 and every year from 1968 to 1975.Club | Premierships | Runners-Up |
Port Adelaide | 4 | 0 |
Norwood | 2 | 1 |
West Adelaide | 2 | 1 |
North Adelaide | 1 | 1 |
Sturt | 0 | 4 |
South Adelaide | 0 | 1 |
SANFL Grand Final Records
Prior to 1974 all SANFL Grand Finals were held at the Adelaide Oval. From 1974 to 2013 they were held at Football Park. From 2014 onwards they are to return to Adelaide Oval.- Largest Attendance at Football Park: 66,897 - Sturt 17.14 d Port Adelaide 10.15, 1976
- Smallest Attendance at Football Park: 22,207 - Central District 23.15 d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4, 2004
- Largest Attendance at Adelaide Oval: 62,543 - Port Adelaide 12.8 d Sturt 12.5, 1965
- Highest Score: 24.15 Sturt d Glenelg 13.16, 1969
- Lowest Score: 1.6 Port Adelaide lost to North Adelaide 6.8, 1905
- Largest Winning Margin: 125 points - Central District 23.15 d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4, 2004
- Smallest Winning Margin: 1 point - Norwood 16.15 d Sturt 14.26, 1978 & Sturt 7.8 d Port Adelaide 7.7, 2017
- Highest Losing Score: 19.16 - North Adelaide lost to Glenelg 21.11, 1973
- Lowest Winning Score: 7.8 - Sturt d Port Adelaide 7.7, 2017
- Highest Match Aggregate: 267 points - Glenelg 21.11 d North Adelaide 19.16, 1973
- Lowest Match Aggregate: 95 points - Port Adelaide 9.9 d South Adelaide 3.14, 1979