List of SANFL minor premiers


The South Australian National Football League (SANFL) minor premiership is awarded to the team that finishes on top of the minor round ladder at the end of the Home and Away season.
There were no Grand Finals contested between 1877 and 1897, hence the Minor Premier was also the Premiership winner.
There were 3 exceptions -
For 1877 the inaugural season - the two top teams were declared joint Champions. Each team had played a different total of games against slightly different opponents but had only both lost one game each. The 3rd-place team finished with more points but had lost 3 games.
In 1889 there was a play off as the two teams finished the season on the same points.
In 1894 the season was divided into two halves - 1st and 2nd Round. The winner of each round then competed in a Premiership playoff.
SeasonMinor premierPremiership pointsPercentageRunner-upMarginFinish
1877South Adelaide *
Victorians *
22
23
* Joint Premiers
Adelaide I
(1877-1880)
25 pts
No GF
Playoff
1878Norwood2094.11%Port Adelaide4-
1879Norwood1990.90%Port Adelaide7-
1880Norwood1586.21%Victorians2-
1881Norwood2381.63%South Adelaide10-
1882Norwood2677.59%South Adelaide5-
1883Norwood2570.24%Port Adelaide9-
1884Port Adelaide2471.57%Norwood
South Adelaide
5-
1885South Adelaide2466.66%Norwood9-
1886Adelaide II
(1885-1893)
1953.47%South Adelaide1-
1887Norwood2874.84%Port Adelaide2-
1888Norwood3076.97%Port Adelaide1-
1889Norwood * Tied29Port Adelaide * Tied0Premiers
1890Port Adelaide3279.49%Norwood2-
1891Norwood2671.84%Port Adelaide2-
1892South Adelaide2979.14%Port Adelaide6-
1893South Adelaide2969.37%Norwood2-
1894Norwood * 2nd RoundSouth Adelaide * 1st RoundN/APremiers
1895South Adelaide3074.69%Norwood7-
1896South Adelaide34Norwood12-
1897Port Adelaide2972.68%South Adelaide3-
1898South Adelaide 2470.33%Port Adelaide 2Premiers
1899South Adelaide 1859.98%Norwood 1Premiers
1900North Adelaide 1962.19%West Torrens 2Premiers
1901Norwood 2064.29%North Adelaide 4Premiers
1902Port Adelaide 2066.40%North Adelaide 23rd
1903Port Adelaide 2171.26%North Adelaide 1Premiers
1904Port Adelaide 2169.36%Norwood 22nd
1905North Adelaide 2166.23%Port Adelaide 3Premiers
1906Port Adelaide 2268.02%Norwood 0 Premiers
1907Port Adelaide 2065.70%Norwood 22nd
1908Norwood 2161.40%West Adelaide 12nd
1909Port Adelaide 1857.26%West Adelaide 22nd
1910Sturt 2260.01%Port Adelaide 0 2nd
1911Port Adelaide 2263.10%West Adelaide 22nd
1912Port Adelaide 2467.23%West Adelaide 102nd
1913Port Adelaide 2061.58%West Adelaide 2Premiers
1914Port Adelaide 2467.68%North Adelaide 12Premiers
1915Port Adelaide 1963.61%South Adelaide 22nd
1919Sturt 2057.80%West Torrens 2Premiers
1920North Adelaide 1859.70%Port Adelaide 2Premiers
1921Port Adelaide 2464.53%South Adelaide 6Premiers
1922Norwood 2463.62%West Torrens 3Premiers
1923Norwood 2355.52%Sturt 3Premiers
1924West Torrens 2357.38%Sturt 3Premiers
1925Norwood 2259.70%Port Adelaide 2Premiers
1926Sturt 2056.05%Port Adelaide 0 Premiers
1927West Adelaide 2857.18%North Adelaide 6Premiers
1928Port Adelaide 2854.31%West Adelaide 2Premiers
1929Norwood 2756.73%Port Adelaide 1Premiers
1930North Adelaide 2856.48%Norwood 5Premiers
1931Port Adelaide 2855.96%Sturt 0 3rd
1932North Adelaide 2454.82%Norwood 22nd
1933Sturt 2655.95%West Torrens 23rd
1934Port Adelaide 2154.79%Glenelg 0 2nd
1935Port Adelaide 2455.57%South Adelaide 22nd
1936Port Adelaide 2855.94%Sturt 4Premiers
1937Norwood 2658.12%Port Adelaide 0 3rd
1938South Adelaide 3059.10%Norwood 4Premiers
1939Port Adelaide 2655.80%South Adelaide 2Premiers
1940Port Adelaide 2854.07%Sturt 23rd
1941Norwood 2658.07%Sturt 2Premiers
1945Port Adelaide 3057.03%Norwood 82nd
1946Norwood 2857.97%Port Adelaide 4Premiers
1947Norwood 3057.75%Port Adelaide 22nd
1948Norwood 2856.75%West Torrens 2Premiers
1949North Adelaide 2455.40%Norwood 0 Premiers
1950Norwood 2660.75%Glenelg 2Premiers
1951Port Adelaide 3460.92%North Adelaide 8Premiers
1952North Adelaide 2856.40%Port Adelaide 2Premiers
1953Port Adelaide 3058.98%West Torrens 0 2nd
1954Port Adelaide 3059.52%West Adelaide 4Premiers
1955Port Adelaide 2656.86%Norwood 3Premiers
1956Port Adelaide 3465.11%West Adelaide 9Premiers
1957Port Adelaide 3162.94%West Adelaide 7Premiers
1958North Adelaide 3057.43%West Adelaide 0 3rd
1959Port Adelaide 3461.47%West Adelaide 10Premiers
1960Port Adelaide 2859.66%North Adelaide 23rd
1961Port Adelaide 3058.52%West Adelaide 23rd
1962Port Adelaide 3460.88%West Adelaide 8Premiers
1963West Torrens 2756.50%Port Adelaide 13rd
1964Port Adelaide 3464.63%Sturt 0 2nd
1965Port Adelaide 3456.41%South Adelaide 4Premiers
1966Sturt 3660.89%Port Adelaide 8Premiers
1967North Adelaide 3258.60%Sturt 13rd
1968Sturt 3659.66%Port Adelaide 6Premiers
1969Glenelg 3463.73%Sturt 42nd
1970Port Adelaide 3560.07%Sturt 13rd
1971North Adelaide 3455.79%Port Adelaide 2Premiers
1972North Adelaide 3257.02%Port Adelaide 2Premiers
1973Glenelg 4060.52%Sturt 6Premiers
1974Sturt 3862.10%Port Adelaide 1Premiers
1975Norwood 3257.70%Glenelg 2Premiers
1976Port Adelaide 3457.45%Sturt 52nd
1977Port Adelaide 3559.41%Glenelg 7Premiers
1978Sturt 4261.81%Norwood 62nd
1979Central District 3152.13%Port Adelaide 33rd
1980Port Adelaide 3965.31%Glenelg 1Premiers
1981Glenelg 3857.71%Port Adelaide 82nd
1982Port Adelaide 3355.88%Norwood 33rd
1983West Adelaide 3657.94%Sturt 4Premiers
1984Port Adelaide 3455.97%Glenelg 0 2nd
1985North Adelaide 3052.67%Norwood 12nd
1986North Adelaide 3256.67%Glenelg 62nd
1987North Adelaide 3857.67%Port Adelaide 8Premiers
1988Port Adelaide 3256.04%Central District 1Premiers
1989North Adelaide 3861.32%Port Adelaide 22nd
1990Port Adelaide 3460.04%Glenelg 1Premiers
1991South Adelaide 3256.43%Woodville-West Torrens 0 3rd
1992Port Adelaide 3657.87%Woodville-West Torrens 6Premiers
1993Woodville-West Torrens 3157.26%Port Adelaide 1Premiers
1994Woodville-West Torrens 3658.15%Port Adelaide 62nd
1995Central District 3358.06%Norwood 12nd
1996Central District 3059.97%Norwood 0 2nd
1997Norwood 3464.82%Port Adelaide 9Premiers
1998Sturt 3255.96%West Adelaide 62nd
1999Port Adelaide 3054.91%Woodville-West Torrens 2Premiers
2000Woodville-West Torrens 3461.79%Central District 62nd
2001Central District 3257.23%Port Adelaide 3Premiers
2002Central District 3664.25%Norwood 22nd
2003Central District 3262.90%West Adelaide 2Premiers
2004Central District 3462.90%Woodville-West Torrens 2Premiers
2005Central District 3058.41%Woodville-West Torrens 0 Premiers
2006Woodville-West Torrens 3257.14%North Adelaide 0 Premiers
2007Central District 3662.04%North Adelaide 11Premiers
2008Glenelg 3257.48%Sturt 22nd
2009Glenelg 3555.81%Central District 43rd
2010Central District 3056.69%Glenelg 0 Premiers
2011Central District 3456.83%Norwood 62nd
2012Norwood 3662.54%Central District 10Premiers
2013Norwood 3462.51%Woodville-West Torrens 8Premiers
2014Port Adelaide 2457.57%Norwood 22nd
2015Woodville-West Torrens 3258.17%Port Adelaide 62nd
2016Woodville-West Torrens 2858.64%South Adelaide 0 2nd
2017Woodville-West Torrens 2854.92%Port Adelaide 23rd
2018Norwood 2857.42%Woodville-West Torrens 32nd
2019Glenelg 2858.44%Port Adelaide 2Premiers
2020Woodville-West Torrens 2861.03%North Adelaide 2Premiers
2021Glenelg 3457.47%Woodville-West Torrens 82nd
2022North Adelaide 2657.18%Adelaide
(AFL Crows Reserves)
22nd
2023Glenelg 3059.24%Sturt 2Premiers
2024Norwood 3061.13%Sturt 0
2nd
2025Sturt 3463.86%Glenelg 4Premiers

Minor Premiership Rankings

  • Defunct Clubs
Victorian Club renamed to North Adelaide in 1883 and resigned and folded before the 1885 season commenced. No connection with the current North Adelaide.
Adelaide II was formed from merger of North Adelaide Junior and North Parks from Adelaide Suburban Association. No connection with the former Old Adelaide.
West Torrens and Woodville merged at the end of 1990 season to form Woodville-West Torrens.