NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Adelaide City

Adelaide City is a football (soccer) club in Adelaide. They were formerly also known as Adelaide Force and Adelaide City Force. They played in the National Soccer League for many years but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australia Super League. Image File history File links ACFC_Logo. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... kit_body. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links football jersey with Italian green and white right vertical stripes. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... The National Soccer League, or NSL, was the former national football (soccer) competition in Australia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. ... The South Australia Super League (which, for sponsorship reasons, is known as the Best Bricks and Pavers Super League) is the highest State level football (soccer) competition in South Australia. ...

The club was founded and primarily followed by people of Italian heritage and originally called Juventus from 1946 - 1966. In 1966 they became Adelaide Juventus and in 1977 Adelaide City, when Frank Lister captained the team in the inaugural National Soccer League competition. He later went on to win the Golden Boots Award for that year and was inducted into the South Australian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005. National Soccer League is the name given to several existing or historical Soccer (Association football) around the world, including: National Soccer League (Australia) National Soccer League of Chicago This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The black and white striped shirt also gave the team the nickname of the Zebras.

Adelaide City were crowned SA Premier League Champions after defeating Adelaide Raiders 2-1 in the Grand Final at Hindmarsh Stadium on Friday 16 September 2005. Adelaide City took the lead just 4 minutes into the match when Nick Budin slotted the ball past Raiders goalkeeper Robert Matosovic. Raiders hit back just before the break through striker Jason Trimboli. The match went into extra time and midway through the second period of extra time a pin point Paul Pezos cross was met by a powerful Adam Osman header to hand Adelaide City their first title since 1974. Adelaide City Midfielder David Paladino was given the award for man of the match.

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Milan Ivanovic (born 21 December 1960 in Sivac, Serbia) is a former captain of the Australian national football (soccer) team and after a long and storied career (71 caps, 59 A Internationals) became of one of its most capped players. ... Alex Tobin (born November 3, 1965) is an Australian football (soccer) player, the most capped player for its national team with 87 appearances. ... Damian Mori (born July 30, 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian footballer. ... Aurelio Vidmar (born February 3, 1967 in Adelaide) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Slovenian origin. ...

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