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 (the inaugural season) 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 (from more games played) 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.
Season Minor premier Premiership points Percentage Runner-up Margin Finish1877 South Adelaide * Victorians * 22 (13 games) 23 (14 games)* Joint Premiers (one loss each) Adelaide I (1877-1880) 25 pts (17 games) No GF Playoff1878 Norwood 2094.11% Port Adelaide4-1879 Norwood 1990.90% Port Adelaide7-1880 Norwood 1586.21% Victorians2-1881 Norwood 2381.63% South Adelaide10-1882 Norwood 2677.59% South Adelaide5-1883 Norwood 2570.24% Port Adelaide9-1884 Port Adelaide 2471.57% Norwood South Adelaide5-1885 South Adelaide 2466.66% Norwood 9-1886 Adelaide II (1885-1893) 1953.47% South Adelaide1-1887 Norwood 2874.84% Port Adelaide2-1888 Norwood 3076.97% Port Adelaide1-1889 Norwood (1) * Tied29 Port Adelaide (1) * Tied0Premiers1890 Port Adelaide 3279.49% Norwood 2-1891 Norwood 2671.84% Port Adelaide2-1892 South Adelaide 2979.14% Port Adelaide6-1893 South Adelaide 2969.37% Norwood 2-1894 Norwood (2) * 2nd Round South Adelaide (1) * 1st RoundN/APremiers1895 South Adelaide 3074.69% Norwood 7-1896 South Adelaide 34 Norwood12- 1897 Port Adelaide 29 72.68% South Adelaide 3 - 1898 South Adelaide (1) 24 70.33% Port Adelaide (2) 2 Premiers 1899 South Adelaide (2) 18 59.98% Norwood (1) 1 Premiers 1900 North Adelaide (1) 19 62.19%West Torrens (1) 2 Premiers 1901 Norwood (3) 20 64.29% North Adelaide (1) 4 Premiers 1902 Port Adelaide (2) 20 66.40% North Adelaide (2) 2 3rd 1903 Port Adelaide (3) 21 71.26% North Adelaide (3) 1 Premiers 1904 Port Adelaide (4) 21 69.36% Norwood (2) 2 2nd 1905 North Adelaide (2) 21 66.23% Port Adelaide (3) 3 Premiers 1906 Port Adelaide (5) 22 68.02% Norwood (3) 0 (4.82%) Premiers 1907 Port Adelaide (6) 20 65.70% Norwood (4) 2 2nd 1908 Norwood (4) 21 61.40% West Adelaide (1) 1 2nd 1909 Port Adelaide (7) 18 57.26% West Adelaide (2) 2 2nd 1910 Sturt (1) 22 60.01% Port Adelaide (4) 0 (0.44%) 2nd 1911 Port Adelaide (8) 22 63.10% West Adelaide (3) 2 2nd 1912 Port Adelaide (9) 24 67.23% West Adelaide (4) 10 2nd 1913 Port Adelaide (10) 20 61.58% West Adelaide (5) 2 Premiers 1914 Port Adelaide (11) 24 67.68% North Adelaide (4) 12 Premiers 1915 Port Adelaide (12) 19 63.61% South Adelaide (2) 2 2nd 1919 Sturt (2) 20 57.80% West Torrens (2) 2 Premiers 1920 North Adelaide (3) 18 59.70% Port Adelaide (5) 2 Premiers 1921 Port Adelaide (13) 24 64.53% South Adelaide (3) 6 Premiers 1922 Norwood (5) 24 63.62% West Torrens (3) 3 Premiers 1923 Norwood (6) 23 55.52% Sturt (1) 3 Premiers 1924 West Torrens (1) 23 57.38% Sturt (2) 3 Premiers 1925 Norwood (7) 22 59.70% Port Adelaide (6) 2 Premiers 1926 Sturt (3) 20 56.05% Port Adelaide (7) 0 (0.91%) Premiers 1927 West Adelaide (1) 28 57.18% North Adelaide (5) 6 Premiers 1928 Port Adelaide (14) 28 54.31% West Adelaide (6) 2 Premiers 1929 Norwood (8) 27 56.73% Port Adelaide (8) 1 Premiers 1930 North Adelaide (4) 28 56.48% Norwood (5) 5 Premiers 1931 Port Adelaide (15) 28 55.96% Sturt (3) 0 (0.05%) 3rd 1932 North Adelaide (5) 24 54.82% Norwood (6) 2 2nd 1933 Sturt (4) 26 55.95%West Torrens (4) 2 3rd 1934 Port Adelaide (16) 21 54.79% Glenelg (1) 0 (3.17%) 2nd 1935 Port Adelaide (17) 24 55.57% South Adelaide (4) 2 2nd 1936 Port Adelaide (18) 28 55.94% Sturt (4) 4 Premiers 1937 Norwood (9) 26 58.12% Port Adelaide (9) 0 (1.50%) 3rd 1938 South Adelaide (3) 30 59.10% Norwood (7) 4 Premiers 1939 Port Adelaide (19) 26 55.80% South Adelaide (5) 2 Premiers 1940 Port Adelaide (20) 28 54.07% Sturt (5) 2 3rd 1941 Norwood (10) 26 58.07% Sturt (6) 2 Premiers 1945 Port Adelaide (21) 30 57.03% Norwood (8) 8 2nd 1946 Norwood (11) 28 57.97% Port Adelaide (10) 4 Premiers 1947 Norwood (12) 30 57.75% Port Adelaide (11) 2 2nd 1948 Norwood (13) 28 56.75% West Torrens (5) 2 Premiers 1949 North Adelaide (6) 24 55.40% Norwood (9) 0 (1.82%) Premiers 1950 Norwood (14) 26 60.75% Glenelg (2) 2 Premiers 1951 Port Adelaide (22) 34 60.92% North Adelaide (6) 8 Premiers 1952 North Adelaide (7) 28 56.40% Port Adelaide (12) 2 Premiers 1953 Port Adelaide (23) 30 58.98% West Torrens (6) 0 (0.71%) 2nd 1954 Port Adelaide (24) 30 59.52% West Adelaide (7) 4 Premiers 1955 Port Adelaide (25) 26 56.86% Norwood (10) 3 Premiers 1956 Port Adelaide (26) 34 65.11% West Adelaide (8) 9 Premiers 1957 Port Adelaide (27) 31 62.94% West Adelaide (9) 7 Premiers 1958 North Adelaide (8) 30 57.43% West Adelaide (10) 0 (0.64%) 3rd 1959 Port Adelaide (28) 34 61.47% West Adelaide (11) 10 Premiers 1960 Port Adelaide (29) 28 59.66% North Adelaide (7) 2 3rd 1961 Port Adelaide (30) 30 58.52% West Adelaide (12) 2 3rd 1962 Port Adelaide (31) 34 60.88% West Adelaide (13) 8 Premiers 1963 West Torrens (2) 27 56.50% Port Adelaide (13) 1 3rd 1964 Port Adelaide (32) 34 64.63% Sturt (7) 0 (3.18%) 2nd 1965 Port Adelaide (33) 34 56.41% South Adelaide (6) 4 Premiers 1966 Sturt (5) 36 60.89% Port Adelaide (14) 8 Premiers 1967 North Adelaide (9) 32 58.60% Sturt (8) 1 3rd 1968 Sturt (6) 36 59.66% Port Adelaide (15) 6 Premiers 1969 Glenelg (1) 34 63.73% Sturt (9) 4 2nd 1970 Port Adelaide (34) 35 60.07% Sturt (10) 1 3rd 1971 North Adelaide (10) 34 55.79% Port Adelaide (16) 2 Premiers 1972 North Adelaide (11) 32 57.02% Port Adelaide (17) 2 Premiers 1973 Glenelg (2) 40 60.52% Sturt (11) 6 Premiers 1974 Sturt (7) 38 62.10% Port Adelaide (18) 1 Premiers 1975 Norwood (15) 32 57.70% Glenelg (3) 2 Premiers 1976 Port Adelaide (35) 34 57.45% Sturt (12) 5 2nd 1977 Port Adelaide (36) 35 59.41% Glenelg (4) 7 Premiers 1978 Sturt (8) 42 61.81% Norwood (11) 6 2nd 1979 Central District (1) 31 52.13% Port Adelaide (19) 3 3rd 1980 Port Adelaide (37) 39 65.31% Glenelg (5) 1 Premiers 1981 Glenelg (3) 38 57.71% Port Adelaide (20) 8 2nd 1982 Port Adelaide (38) 33 55.88% Norwood (12) 3 3rd 1983 West Adelaide (2) 36 57.94% Sturt (13) 4 Premiers 1984 Port Adelaide (39) 34 55.97% Glenelg (6) 0 (1.23%) 2nd 1985 North Adelaide (12) 30 52.67% Norwood (13) 1 2nd 1986 North Adelaide (13) 32 56.67% Glenelg (7) 6 2nd 1987 North Adelaide (14) 38 57.67% Port Adelaide (21) 8 Premiers 1988 Port Adelaide (40) 32 56.04% Central District (1) 1 Premiers 1989 North Adelaide (15) 38 61.32% Port Adelaide (22) 2 2nd 1990 Port Adelaide (41) 34 60.04% Glenelg (8) 1 Premiers 1991 South Adelaide (4) 32 56.43% Woodville-West Torrens (1) 0 (2.45%) 3rd 1992 Port Adelaide (42) 36 57.87% Woodville-West Torrens (2) 6 Premiers 1993 Woodville-West Torrens (1) 31 57.26% Port Adelaide (23) 1 Premiers 1994 Woodville-West Torrens (2) 36 58.15% Port Adelaide (24) 6 2nd 1995 Central District (2) 33 58.06% Norwood (14) 1 2nd 1996 Central District (3) 30 59.97% Norwood (15) 0 (3.76%) 2nd 1997 Norwood (16) 34 64.82% Port Adelaide (25) 9 Premiers 1998 Sturt (9) 32 55.96% West Adelaide (14) 6 2nd 1999 Port Adelaide (43)30 54.91% Woodville-West Torrens (3) 2 Premiers 2000 Woodville-West Torrens (3) 34 61.79% Central District (2) 6 2nd 2001 Central District (4) 32 57.23% Port Adelaide (26) 3 Premiers 2002 Central District (5) 36 64.25% Norwood (16) 2 2nd 2003 Central District (6) 32 62.90% West Adelaide (15) 2 Premiers 2004 Central District (7) 34 62.90% Woodville-West Torrens (4) 2 Premiers 2005 Central District (8) 30 58.41% Woodville-West Torrens (5) 0 (1.26%) Premiers 2006 Woodville-West Torrens (4) 32 57.14% North Adelaide (8) 0 (1.94%) Premiers 2007 Central District (9) 36 62.04% North Adelaide (9) 11 Premiers 2008 Glenelg (4) 32 57.48% Sturt (14) 2 2nd 2009 Glenelg (5) 35 55.81% Central District (3) 4 3rd 2010 Central District (10) 30 56.69% Glenelg (9) 0 (1.21%) Premiers 2011 Central District (11) 34 56.83% Norwood (17) 6 2nd 2012 Norwood (17) 36 62.54% Central District (4) 10 Premiers 2013 Norwood (18) 34 62.51% Woodville-West Torrens (6) 8 Premiers 2014 Port Adelaide (44) 24 57.57% Norwood (18) 2 2nd 2015 Woodville-West Torrens (5) 32 58.17% Port Adelaide (27) 6 2nd 2016 Woodville-West Torrens (6) 28 58.64% South Adelaide (7) 0 (1.98%) 2nd 2017 Woodville-West Torrens (7) 28 54.92% Port Adelaide (28) 2 3rd 2018 Norwood (19) 28 57.42% Woodville-West Torrens (7) 3 2nd 2019 Glenelg (6) 28 58.44% Port Adelaide (29) 2 Premiers 2020 Woodville-West Torrens (8) 28 61.03% North Adelaide (10) 2 Premiers 2021 Glenelg (7) 34 57.47% Woodville-West Torrens (8) 8 2nd 2022 North Adelaide (16) 26 57.18% Adelaide (AFL Crows Reserves) (1) 2 2nd 2023 Glenelg (8) 30 59.24% Sturt (15) 2 Premiers 2024 Norwood (20) 30 61.13% Sturt (16) 0 (1.2%) 2nd 2025 Sturt (10) 34 63.86% Glenelg (10) 4 Premiers 2026 Norwood (21) 30 63.28% Glenelg (11) 0 (6.39%) Premiers
Minor Premiership Rankings ClubMinor PremiershipsRunner upTotal Top Two Port Adelaide442872Norwood211839North Adelaide161026Central District11415Sturt101626Glenelg81119Woodville-West Torrens8816South Adelaide 4711West Adelaide21517West Torrens (1897-1990) * 268Victorian (1877-1884) *112Adelaide II (1885-1893) *101Adelaide (AFL Crows Reserves)011 Defunct Clubs (1) Victorian Club renamed to North Adelaide in 1883 and resigned and folded before the 1885 season commenced. No connection with the current North Adelaide. (2) Adelaide II was formed from merger of North Adelaide Junior and North Parks from Adelaide Suburban Association. No connection with the former Old Adelaide. (3) West Torrens and Woodville merged at the end of 1990 season to form Woodville-West Torrens.
See also List of SANFL premiers
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