Port Adelaide SC
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Port Adelaide Soccer Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Taperoo, a north-western suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. The club was founded in 1905 after Woodville (1903) split into two clubs, the other being Hindmarsh. The club currently plays in State League 2 South Australia after being relegated to the fourth tier of Australian soccer in 2023. Originally playing at Alberton Oval, and historically playing at John Hart Reserve from 1922 until 2018, the club has been based out of their current home ground, Ngarrpadla Josie Agius Reserve, since 2019.
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Full name | Port Adelaide Soccer (Football) Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Pirates | ||
Founded | 1903; 121 years ago (1903) as Woodville 1905; 119 years ago (1905) as Port Adelaide | ||
Ground | Ngarrpadla (Aunty) Josie Agius Reserve (formerly known as Taperoo Reserve) | ||
Coordinates | -34.8051755,138.5009125 | ||
Chairperson | Dan Drummond | ||
Manager | Steven Hughes | ||
League | SA State League 2 | ||
2023 | SA State League 1, 12th of 12 (relegated) | ||
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Port Adelaide is the oldest surviving soccer club in South Australia. The club have won five first division titles, their last coming in 1931, and the Federation Cup on four occasions, most recently in 1979. From 1993 until 2018, the club was known as Port Adelaide Lion following a merger with Ukrainian Sports Club Lion, which was one of the club's many mergers, including earlier ones with Cheltenham in 1914 and Port Thistle in 1956.