| Club: | Adelaide Football Club |
| Season: | 2011 |
| President: | Rob Chapman |
| Coach: | Neil Craig (rounds 1–18) Mark Bickley (rounds 19–22 as caretaker) |
| Captain: | Nathan van Berlo |
| Home Ground: | AAMI Stadium |
| Preseason Comp: | Pre-season competition |
| Preseason Result: | Round 1 |
| Regularseason Comp: | AFL season |
| Regularseason Result: | 14th |
| Finals Series: | Finals series |
| Finals Result: | N/A |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Scott Thompson |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Kurt Tippett (24) |
| Highest Attendance: | 42,536 vs. (26 March 2011) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 23,063 vs. (2 July 2011) |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 AFL season was the Adelaide Football Club's 21st season in the AFL. Neil Craig coached from round 1 to round 18, but was replaced by Mark Bickley who coached from round 19.[1] Nathan van Berlo was appointed captain and the leadership group consisted of Scott Stevens, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty and Scott Thompson.[2]
Statistics are correct as of start of 2010 season.Flags represent place of birth.
| Senior List[3] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Born | Player | Hgt (cm) | Wgt (kg) | Date of Birth | Age | Debut | Recruited from | Games | Goals | |
| 1 | 181 | 84 | 12 September 1986 | 24 | Southern Districts/ | 108 | 61 | ||||
| 2 | 201 | 100 | 29 September 1986 | 24 | Southport/ | 17 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 185 | 85 | 12 November 1983 | 27 | 135 | 43 | |||||
| 4 | 203 | 107 | 8 May 1987 | 23 | 65 | 118 | |||||
| 5 | 187 | 86 | 14 March 1983 | 28 | Port Adelaide Magpies/ | 176 | 121 | ||||
| 6 | 193 | 81 | 16 May 1991 | 19 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | 187 | 84 | 6 June 1986 | 24 | 116 | 31 | |||||
| 8 | 184 | 83 | 9 October 1989 | 21 | 12 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | 183 | 79 | 17 March 1990 | 21 | Eastern Ranges U18 | 15 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | 182 | 83 | 18 September 1989 | 21 | 11 | 7 | |||||
| 11 | 179 | 81 | 5 August 1979 | 31 | 188 | 43 | |||||
| 12 | 196 | 95 | 2 October 1991 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | 194 | 98 | 25 April 1990 | 20 | 32 | 58 | |||||
| 14 | 183 | 75 | 25 July 1988 | 22 | 55 | 12 | |||||
| 15 | 187 | 82 | 7 March 1985 | 26 | Central District/ | 67 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | 197 | 94 | 30 August 1990 | 20 | 15 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | 188 | 89 | 2 October 1985 | 25 | 71 | 38 | |||||
| 18 | 180 | 87 | 21 October 1982 | 28 | 184 | 94 | |||||
| 20 | 200 | 102 | 4 January 1986 | 25 | 71 | 25 | |||||
| 21 | 187 | 88 | 25 September 1986 | 24 | 75 | 55 | |||||
| 22 | 194 | 92 | 15 May 1989 | 21 | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 23 | 179 | 82 | 22 December 1989 | 22 | 21 | 10 | |||||
| 24 | 203 | 102 | 10 April 1988 | 23 | Woodville-West Torrens/ | 17 | 3 | ||||
| 25 | 192 | 101 | 28 May 1983 | 27 | 148 | 6 | |||||
| 26 | 182 | 80 | 6 February 1987 | 24 | 78 | 55 | |||||
| 27 | 195 | 87 | 15 January 1982 | 29 | Perth/ | 142 | 87 | ||||
| 28 | 196 | 89 | 8 February 1991 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | 196 | 98 | 24 March 1989 | 22 | 16 | 3 | |||||
| 30 | James Craig | 196 | 95 | 18 April 1991 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | 196 | 95 | 22 July 1992 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 32 | 189 | 92 | 5 April 1990 | 20 | 42 | 48 | |||||
| 33 | 189 | 78 | 14 January 1992 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 34 | 194 | 86 | 5 April 1990 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 35 | 198 | 98 | 1 September 1990 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 36 | 182 | 79 | 6 November 1988 | 22 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 38 | 185 | 80 | 29 September 1989 | 21 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 39 | 194 | 88 | 3 August 1990 | 20 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 40 | 179 | 82 | 27 November 1984 | 25 | 87 | 136 | |||||
| 45 | 190 | 78 | 11 September 1988 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rookie List[4] | |||||||||||
| No. | Born | Player | Hgt | Wgt | Date of Birth | Age | Debut | Recruited from | Games | Goals | |
| 37 | 172 | 74 | 20 December 1982 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 41 | Sam Martyn | 186 | 73 | 7 April 1992 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | Lachlan Roach | 178 | 69 | 25 April 1992 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 43 | 181 | 76 | 13 December 1991 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 44 | Jake von Bertouch | 192 | 80 | 4 May 1992 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 46 | 190 | 89 | 20 March 1989 | 22 | West Adelaide/ | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 47 | 179 | 81 | 14 December 1989 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 48 | Timothy Milera | 171 | 77 | 3 September 1992 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Player | Previous Club | League | via | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Tambling[5] | AFL Trade Week | |||
| AFL Trade Week | ||||
| Brodie Smith[6] | 2010 AFL Draft- Pick No. 14 | |||
| 2010 AFL Draft- Pick No. 61 | ||||
| Timothy Milera[7] | 2011 Rookie Draft- Pick No. 15 | |||
| Jake von Bertouch | 2011 Rookie Draft- Pick No. 32 | |||
| Lachlan Roach | 2011 Rookie Draft- Pick No. 49 | |||
| 2011 Rookie Draft- Pick No. 64 | ||||
| Sam Martyn | 2011 Rookie Draft- Pick No. 84 (NSW Scholarship) |
| Player | New Club | League | via | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathon Griffin[8] | Trade | |||
| Tyson Edwards | – | Retired | ||
| Andrew McLeod | – | Retired | ||
| Brett Burton | – | Retired | ||
| Simon Goodwin | – | Retired | ||
| Brian Donnely | – | Retired | ||
| Jarrhan Jacky | – | Delisted | ||
| Nathan Bock | Gold Coast uncontracted signing |
The 2011 NAB Cup was competed in a new format for the first time since 2003. Adelaide played two games on 11 February 2011, against Melbourne and Port Adelaide. Melbourne defeated Adelaide in the first game 0.5.4 (34) – 0.3.6 (24), but the team defeated cross town rivals Port Adelaide 0.6.4 (40) – 0.1.2 (8).
Adelaide didn't make it into the second round of the NAB Cup, but were to play NAB Challenge/practice matches for the rest of the competition. Adelaide played Fremantle at Thebarton Oval on 26 February. They won by 74 points 22.8 (140) – 10.6 (66). They then played Carlton at Visy Park on 4 March, losing by 34 points 15.10 (100) – 11.10 (76). In the final preseason match of 2011, Adelaide played Richmond, again at Visy Park on the 11th, this time coming up the winners by 68 points 18.14 (122) – 8.6 (54).
See main article: 2011 AFL season.