Adelaide City FC
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| Full name | Adelaide City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Zebras |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Ground | Adelaide City Park |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Chairman | Dino D'Ottavi |
| Manager | Damian Mori |
| League | NPL South Australia |
| 2015 | NPL South Australia, 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
Adelaide City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football (soccer) club based in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. The club competed in the National Soccer League (NSL) for 27 seasons but withdrew just prior to the final season ending in 2004. Adelaide City now compete in the National Premier Leagues South Australia. City won the inaugural Super League (former name of the NPL) with games to spare after leading for most of the season. They also won the Federation Cup defeating West Adelaide 4–1 in the final at Hindmarsh Stadium.
On 12 August, 2014, Adelaide City defeated Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–0 in the inaugural 2014 FFA Cup match for both clubs. It was the first time a state-based National Premier Leagues club had faced off against an A-League side in a competitive fixture.
The club was founded and primarily followed by people of Italian heritage and originally called "Juventus" after the Italian club from 1946–1966. In 1966 they became Adelaide Juventus and in 1977 Adelaide City, when Frank Lister captained the team in the inaugural Phillips NSL competition. He later went on to win the 'Golden Boots' award for that year and was inducted into the South Australian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2004. On 31 August 2003, after 26 seasons in the NSL, Adelaide City had banished itself to the South Australian state league, due to the club struggling to stay financially afloat.
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