| Competition: | safa |
| Year: | 1883 |
| Teams: | 5 |
| Count: | 6 |
| Matches: | 38 |
| Highattend: | 1,000 (Round 2, vs.) |
| Top Goal Scorer: | James Litchfield (13 Goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1882 |
| Nextseason: | 1884 |
The 1883 South Australian Football Association season was the 7th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The Victorian Football Club renamed itself North Adelaide at the beginning of the season but has no connection to the modern day Roosters.
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts | Adj Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 59 | 192 | 25 | 89 | 25 | 25.00 | ||||
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 122 | 29 | 140 | 16 | 18.29 | ||||
| 3 | South Park | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 126 | 33 | 118 | 14 | 14.93 | ||||
| 4 | South Adelaide | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 113 | 38 | 102 | 15 | 15.00 | ||||
| 5 | North Adelaide | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 63 | 46 | 175 | 6 | 6.40 | ||||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | [1] | ||||||||||||||
Note: South Park were ranked above South Adelaide on head-to-head record (2-1).The Victorian Football Club renamed itself North Adelaide at the beginning of the season but has no connection to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.