2009 Adelaide Football Club season explained

Club:	Adelaide Football Club
Season:	2009
President:	Rob Chapman^[1]
Coach:	Neil Craig
Captain:	Simon Goodwin
Home Ground:	AAMI Stadium
Preseason Comp:	Pre-season competition
Preseason Result:	First round
Regularseason Comp:	AFL season
Regularseason Result:	5th
Finals Series:	Finals series
Finals Result:	Semi finals
Club B&Amp;F:	Best and Fairest
Best And Fairest:	Bernie Vince
Leading Goalscorer:	Jason Porplyzia (57)
Highest Attendance:	46,859 vs. (26 July 2009)
Lowest Attendance:	30,173 vs. (14 June 2009)
Average Attendance:	38,801
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010

The 2009 AFL season was the Adelaide Football Club's 19th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

The captain for this season was Simon Goodwin, and the leadership group was Tyson Edwards, Brett Burton, Ben Rutten, Nathan van Berlo, Michael Doughty and Scott Stevens.^[2]

Playing list

Statistics are correct as of start of 2009 season.Flags represent place of birth.

Senior List
No.	Born	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of Birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
1			192	90	25 August 1982	26			16	20
2			200	98	29 September 1986	22		Southport/	10	6
3			184	85	12 November 1983	25			93	39
4			201	100	8 May 1987	21			19	17
5			185	85	14 March 1983	26		Port Adelaide Magpies/	132	198
6			201	97	14 January 1986	23			28	5
7			185	83	6 June 1986	22			76	21
8			184	76	9 October 1989	19			0	0
9			178	81	6 August 1976	32			289	182
10			179	76	5 April 1989	19			3	1
11			178	80	5 August 1979	29			142	36
12			185	85	9 June 1980	28			140	27
13			192	87	25 April 1990	18			0	0
14			182	72	25 July 1988	20			19	4
15			187	82	7 March 1985	24		Central District/	36	4
16			195	85	30 August 1990	18			0	0
17			188	86	2 October 1985	24			31	17
18			180	84	21 October 1982	26			147	89
20			198	102	4 January 1986	23			30	16
21			185	84	25 September 1986	22			50	10
22			192	87	15 May 1989	19			2	0
23			181	82	4 August 1976	32			304	256
24			185	83	4 May 1978	30			164	242
25			191	102	28 May 1983	25			102	5
26			192	86	6 February 1987	22			38	27
27			195	87	15 January 1982	27		Perth/	102	69
28			190	86	13 January 1990	18			0	0
29			196	95	24 March 1989	20			1	0
30			191	86	2 January 1991	17			0	0
31			182	78	17 March 1990	19		Eastern Ranges U18	0	0
32			188	84	5 April 1990	18			2	1
33			176	74	22 December 1989	19			0	0
34			188	87	6 December 1988	20			0	0
35			196	94	1 September 1990	19			0	0
36			184	86	26 December 1976	32			238	156
37			193	89	25 December 1982	26			61	83
38			183	72	29 September 1989	19			0	0
39			192	83	3 August 1990	18			0	0
40			178	82	27 November 1984	24			44	57
44			194	92	20 March 1983	27			86	53
48			182	80	18 September 1989	19			0	0
Rookie List
No.	Born	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
41			180	72	6 November 1988	20			0	0
42			191	84	21 June 1988	20			0	0
43			186	80	19 November 1989	20			0	0
45			190	78	11 September 1988	21			0	0
46			189	82	20 March 1989	21		West Adelaide/	2	0

Player changes for 2009

In

Player	Previous Club	League	via
			2008 AFL Draft- Pick #10
			2008 AFL Draft- Pick #28
			2008 AFL Draft- Pick #44
			2008 AFL Draft- Pick #60
		TAC Cup	2008 AFL Draft- Pick #72
			2009 Rookie Draft- Pick #10
			2009 Rookie Draft- Pick #26
		-	2009 Rookie Draft- Pick #55

Out

Player	via^[3]
	Retired
		Retired
	Retired
	Delisted
	Delisted
	Delisted
	Delisted

NAB Cup

The despite an opening round loss to Geelong, the 2009 NAB Cup was not a total loss; Trent Hentschel made his return after 2 years off with a knee injury.^[4] The Crows lost to the Geelong Cats by 35 points, 1.17.8 (119) - 2.9.12 (84).

Home and away season

See main article: 2009 AFL season.

(In the table below, green rows are wins, red rows are losses. In the Score column Adelaide scores are always shown first.)

2009 Season Results
Round	Date	Opponent	Venue (H/A)	Score	Ladder Position	Percentage	W/L
1		28 March				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)		13.12 (90) – 13.8 (86)	8	104.65	1–0
2		3 April				AAMI Stadium (H)		10.9 (69) – 15.11 (101)	12	85.03	1–1
3		12 April				Subiaco Oval (A)		15.14 (104) – 11.14 (80)	8	98.50	2–1
4		18 April				AAMI Stadium (H)		13.8 (86) – 21.8 (134)	12	87.00	2–2
5		26 April				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)		7.9 (51) – 4.10 (34)	7	91.95	3–2
6		2 May				AAMI Stadium (A)		12.7 (79) – 15.15 (105)	11	88.70	3–3
7		10 May				AAMI Stadium (H)		12.14 (86) – 17.16 (118)	12	85.87	3–4
8		16 May				The Gabba (A)		12.11 (83) – 18.11 (119)	12	83.40	3–5
9		23 May				AAMI Stadium (H)		15.14 (104) – 8.12 (60)	11	89.84	4–5
10		31 May				AAMI Stadium (H)		16.10 (106) – 12.7 (79)	11	93.67	5–5
11		7 June				Etihad Stadium (A)		21.4 (130) – 19.6 (114)	9	95.92	6–5
12		14 June				AAMI Stadium (H)		9.14 (68) – 3.6 (24)	6	100.19	7–5
13		27 June				AAMI Stadium (H)		12.13 (85) – 10.9 (69)	6	101.60	8–5
14		4 July				Gold Coast Stadium (A)		15.12 (102) – 13.7 (85)	5	102.90	9–5
15		11 July				AAMI Stadium (H)		19.16 (130) – 1.7 (13)	5	112.45	10–5
16		19 July				Etihad Stadium (A)		7.6 (48) – 15.15 (105)	6	107.16	10–6
17		26 July				AAMI Stadium (H)		19.18 (132) – 9.8 (62)	5	111.89	11–6
18		1 August				Skilled Stadium (A)		13.13 (91) – 14.9 (93)	5	111.01	11–7
19		8 August				AAMI Stadium (H)		9.14 (68) – 13.11 (89)	7	109.04	11–8
20		16 August				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)		13.16 (94) – 9.13 (67)	6	110.32	12–8
21		22 August				AAMI Stadium (H)		18.14 (122) – 7.6 (48)	6	114.42	13–8
22		29 August				Etihad Stadium (A)		27.14 (176) – 16.8 (104)	5	117.61	14–8
EF1		4 September				AAMI Stadium (H)		26.10 (166) – 10.10 (70)	Not applicable
SF1		12 September				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)		11.12 (78) – 12.11 (83)	Not applicable

All times are adjusted to Australian Central Standard Time.

Round 22

Finals

See main article: 2009 AFL finals series.

Week two

Statistics

Team

Highest score		27.14 (176) vs in round 22
Lowest score		7.6 (48) vs in round 16

Highest ladder position		5 after rounds 14 - 15, 17 and 22
Lowest ladder position		12 after rounds 2, 4 and 7 - 8
Highest percentage		117.61 after round 22
Lowest percentage		83.4 after round 8

Home W/L record		7-4
Away W/L record		6-4

Final Score for		344.231 (2295) - rank 5
Final Score against		284.199 (1903) - rank 15

Individual

Most games^[5]		24 - Bernie Vince, Andrew McLeod, Michael Doughty, Andy Otten, Ben Rutten, Jason Porplyzia and Kurt Tippett
Most kicks		336 - Bernie Vince; 310 - Andrew McLeod
Most handballs		352 - Scott Thompson; 328 - Simon Goodwin
Most disposals		659 - Bernie Vince; 605 - Scott Thompson
Most hit-outs		358 - Ivan Maric; 243 - Kurt Tippett
Most tackles		99 - Scott Thompson; 89 - Michael Doughty
Most marks		142 - Bernie Vince, Ben Rutten
Most goals		57 - Jason Porplyzia; 55 - Kurt Tippett

Notes and References

News: Rob Chapman appointed Crows chairman . WA today . 12 December 2008 . 9 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706113503/http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/rob-chapman-appointed-crows-chairman-20091124-j37f.html . 6 July 2011.
Web site: Gill. Katrina. Goodwin to lead Crows again. AFL.com.au. 5 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081205235057/http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=70649. dead. 5 December 2008. 20 April 2010.
News: Heinrich. Scott. AFL preview: Adelaide Crows. Foxsports. Premier Media Group Pty Ltd. 16 March 2009. 9 April 2010.
News: McFarlane. Glenn. Lethal Gary Ablett show. Herald Sun. Sydney. Herald and Weekly Times Ltd. 22 February 2009. 12 April 2010.
Web site: AFL Tables - 2009 Stats. 23 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20140409031226/http://afltables.com/afl/stats/2009.html. 9 April 2014. live.