Footy · Adelaide’s east & the Hills

Footy clubs and training in City of Adelaide

The City of Adelaide has 3 footy clubs. Find yours below, then build the fitness that holds your place in it.

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Short answer

3 footy clubs have a home ground in the City of Adelaide (population 25,026 at the 2021 census), across 1 suburb. All of them play in the Adelaide Footy League.

Every community club in South Australia is associated with a SANFL League club, and that club’s zone is your pathway. The SANFL club finder shows which zone a club in the City of Adelaide belongs to.

3 clubs

Footy clubs in City of Adelaide

Every club with a home ground in the City of Adelaide, where it plays, and the league and grades it fields. Most senior clubs also run junior and girls’ teams — the club can tell you which age groups have spots.

Footy clubs with a home ground in the City of Adelaide, by suburb
ClubHome groundCompetition and grades
Adelaide UniversityUniversity Oval (Red Gum Park, Park 12), North AdelaideAdFL Division 4
Blackfriars OSSt Dominics Oval (Pardipardinyilla, Park 2), North AdelaideAdFL Division 5
Prince Alfred OCBundey's Paddock (Park 9), North AdelaideAdFL Division 1

From each league’s current club list, checked September 2026. Clubs change leagues and divisions between seasons; the league is right if this is not.

Your pathway

Which SANFL zone your club is in

Every community club in South Australia is associated with a SANFL League club, and that club’s zone is your pathway. The SANFL club finder shows which zone a club in the City of Adelaide belongs to.

Adelaide’s east & the Hills: the zones, the leagues and the SANFL clubs →

How the AFL pathway works, step by step →

Your first ten minutes

Set it up for your club in City of Adelaide

Four things, in the order the app asks them. The footy calendar and conditions are on the Adelaide guide.

Choose footy, then your team nights

Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Adelaide Footy League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.

Match the program to your league’s start

The app treats March as the start of the footy season. SANFL and community footy in South Australia starts in April, so you can hold the pre-season through March by setting the phase yourself. The phase lives in Program → Your year.

Know your numbers on day one

Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.

Put your town on the board

In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.

For coaches

Coaching a side in City of Adelaide?

A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.

FAQ

Footy in City of Adelaide: questions

What footy clubs are in the City of Adelaide?
3 clubs have a home ground in the City of Adelaide: Adelaide University, Blackfriars OS and Prince Alfred OC. The table on this page lists each one’s ground, league and grades.
Which SANFL zone are City of Adelaide clubs in?
Every community club in South Australia is associated with a SANFL League club, and that club’s zone is your pathway. The SANFL club finder shows which zone a club in the City of Adelaide belongs to.
Which league do City of Adelaide footy clubs play in?
Every City of Adelaide club listed plays in the Adelaide Footy League.
Sources

Where these facts come from

Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.

  1. Adelaide Footy League — current clubs and grounds
  2. City of Adelaide — suburbs and 2021 census population
  3. SANFL — Norwood club page (development zone)
  4. SANFL — Sturt club page (development zone)

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Turn up to round one already fit

Pick footy, tell it your Adelaide University training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.

One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.