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===AFL Women's team===
[[File:Adelaide AFLW.3.jpg|thumb|300px|Adelaide's AFLW team prior to the  2017 match against {{AFLW|Mel}}.]]
The [[Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)|Adelaide AFLW team]] is the club's women's team in the [[AFL Women's]] league. A founding member of the AFLW, the football club launched a bid to enter a team in the [[2017 AFL Women's season]] in April 2016.<ref name="AFLWbid">{{cite news|last1=Burtenshaw|first1=David|title=Women's bid lodged with AFL|url=http://www.afc.com.au/news/2016-04-29/womens-bid-lodged-with-afl|access-date=19 November 2016|work=Adelaide FC|publisher=Bigpond|date=29 April 2016|archive-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119182235/http://www.afc.com.au/news/2016-04-29/womens-bid-lodged-with-afl|url-status=live}}</ref> The bid was constructed in partnership with [[AFL Northern Territory]], with the club to share resources and facilities between its Adelaide base and AFLNT's [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] location.<ref name="AFLWbid"/> The bid became a success in June of that year when the league announced they had been awarded one of eight inaugural licences.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Matthews|first1=Bruce|title=Eight teams named for inaugural women's league|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-15/eight-teams-named-for-inaugural-womens-league|access-date=19 November 2016|work=AFL Media|publisher=Bigpond|date=15 June 2016|archive-date=16 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616181119/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-15/eight-teams-named-for-inaugural-womens-league|url-status=live}}</ref>

Under inaugural coach [[Bec Goddard]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Goddard to coach women's team|url=http://www.afc.com.au/news/2016-08-24/goddard-to-coach-womens-team|access-date=19 November 2016|work=Adelaide FC|publisher=Bigpond|date=25 August 2016|archive-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119182316/http://www.afc.com.au/news/2016-08-24/goddard-to-coach-womens-team|url-status=live}}</ref> the team won the first ever AFLW premiership in [[2017 AFL Women's Grand Final|2017]].<ref name=2017gf>{{cite web|last1=Matthews|first1=Bruce|title=Match report: Crows soar to flag in thriller - AFL.com.au|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-03-25/match-report-aflw-grand-final|website=AFL.com.au|publisher=BigPond|access-date=25 March 2017|date=25 March 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325074502/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-03-25/match-report-aflw-grand-final|url-status=live}}</ref> The season was also a highlight for individual success, with co-captain [[Erin Phillips]] winning the league most valuable player<ref>{{cite web|title=Phillips claims inaugural AFLW Players' MVP Award|url=http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/phillips-crowned-inaugural-aflw-players-mvp-award-2/|website=AFL Players Association|access-date=27 March 2017|date=27 March 2017|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327171634/http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/phillips-crowned-inaugural-aflw-players-mvp-award-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> and best on ground in the [[2017 AFL Women's Grand Final|grand final]].<ref name=2017gf/> Missing the finals in [[2018 AFLW season|2018]], Goddard quit as coach<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/aflw-crows-coach-bec-goddard-quits-but-adelaide-is-hopeful-it-can-still-work-with-her/news-story/2a3860b297774762a6abf50b6cf26b6f|title=AFLW Crows coach Bec Goddard quits, but Adelaide is hopeful it can still work with her|last=Fjeldstad|first=Jesper|date=13 April 2018|work=The Advertiser|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=7 September 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404162401/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/aflw-crows-coach-bec-goddard-quits-but-adelaide-is-hopeful-it-can-still-work-with-her/news-story/2a3860b297774762a6abf50b6cf26b6f|url-status=live}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Matthew Clarke (Australian footballer)|Matthew Clarke]] for the [[2019 AFLW season|2019 season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/womens-afl/adelaide-appoint-matthew-clarke-as-new-aflw-coach/news-story/59f11c3e9d3425e4c89d75c3366a13bd|title=Adelaide appoint Matthew Clarke as new AFLW coach|last=Balmer|first=Matt|date=23 May 2018|work=Fox Sports Australia|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629124105/https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/womens-afl/adelaide-appoint-matthew-clarke-as-new-aflw-coach/news-story/59f11c3e9d3425e4c89d75c3366a13bd|url-status=live}}</ref> Winning six out of the seven home-and-away games, the club returned to finals and won its [[2018 AFL Women's Grand Final|second premiership]] with a 45-point win against {{AFLW|Car}}.<ref name=gf2019/> Erin Phillips repeated her individual success by winning the league MVP for the second time<ref>{{cite web|last1=Navaratnam|first1=Dinny|title=Erin Phillips caps super season with AFLW best and fairest - AFL.com.au|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-03-28/erin-phillips-caps-super-season-with-aflw-best-and-fairest|website=AFL.com.au|publisher=BigPond|access-date=28 March 2017|date=28 March 2017|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330220555/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-03-28/erin-phillips-caps-super-season-with-aflw-best-and-fairest|url-status=live}}</ref> and the grand final best on ground despite leaving the ground injured in the third quarter.<ref name=gf2019>{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/aflw/erin-phillips-suffers-heartbreaking-acl-injury-during-adelaides-dominant-aflw-grand-final-win-ng-b881153174z|title=Erin Phillips suffers heartbreaking ACL injury during Adelaide's dominant AFLW grand final win|date=31 March 2018|work=The West Australian|publisher=Seven West Media|access-date=7 September 2019|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401121940/https://thewest.com.au/sport/aflw/erin-phillips-suffers-heartbreaking-acl-injury-during-adelaides-dominant-aflw-grand-final-win-ng-b881153174z|url-status=live}}</ref> It was announced in August 2019 that the partnership between Adelaide and AFLNT would not continue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/after-three-seasons-and-two-premierships-the-crows-afl-team-and-aflnt-have-mutually-decided-to-part-ways/news-story/7b3bfcc880a715a82e604d130be72002|title=After three seasons and two premierships, the Crows AFL team and AFLNT have mutually decided to part ways|last=Walsh|first=Liz|date=9 August 2019|work=The Advertiser|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=7 September 2019|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901033823/https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up?adv=vrges6n&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DAAWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%252Fsport%252Fafl%252Faflw%252Fafter-three-seasons-and-two-premierships-the-crows-afl-team-and-aflnt-have-mutually-decided-to-part-ways%252Fnews-story%252F7b3bfcc880a715a82e604d130be72002%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium&upid=ppd0qwm&upv=1.1.0|url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]]-interrupted [[2020 AFL Women's season|2020 season]], the Crows slumped to only two wins and failed to reach the finals. The club quickly rose back up the following year and won seven of nine home-and-away matches, and they claimed the [[List of AFL Women's minor premiers|minor premiership]] for the [[2021 AFL Women's season|2021 season]] before going down to Brisbane by 18 points in the [[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|2021 grand final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/2021032813301288|title=Crows are the minor premiers in 2021, after a classy win|date=28 March 2021|work=World Footy News|author=Tash Gunawardana|access-date=28 March 2021|archive-date=29 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329030030/http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/2021032813301288|url-status=live}}</ref> Adelaide bounced back the next year to win the [[2022 AFL Women's season 6 Grand Final]] by 13 points, earning their third premiership, the most of any club in the league.

In 2022, AFL rivals {{AFLW|PA}} were introduced into the women's competition. The two teams met in the first-ever [[Showdown (AFL)#Women's|AFLW Showdown]] on the 30th of September.<ref>{{cite news|title=Adelaide hammers Port in first AFLW Showdown, Hawthorn earns three-point win over West Coast Eagles|newspaper=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-30/aflw-hawthorn-west-coast-port-adelaide-adelaide/101493268|date=30 September 2022}}</ref> The occasion drew in a crowd of 20,652 at [[Adelaide Oval]], which was the highest attendance for any game in [[2022 AFL Women's season 7|2022 season 7]]. Following their historic back-to-back premierships, Adelaide had consecutive preliminary final exits in season 7 and [[2023 AFLW season|2023]], with loses to eventual runners-up {{AFLW|Bri}} and {{AFLW|NM}} respectively. Despite this, Adelaide [[List of AFL Women's minor premiers|finished 1st]] in the 2023 home-and-away season, becoming the first team to achieve this on four occasions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1060114/adelaide-crows-too-classy-for-west-coast-eagles-keep-minor-premiership-hopes-alive|title=Crows too classy for Eagles, crowned minor premiers|website=AFL|date=4 November 2023}}</ref> [[Ebony Marinoff]] and [[Sarah Allen]] became the club's new co-captains in [[2024 Adelaide Football Club season|2024]]. Another top-four finish ended in a bittersweet manner, as the Crows lost to both eventual grand finalists {{AFLW|Bri}} and {{AFL|NM}}, but Marinoff was crowned the [[List of AFL Women's best and fairest winners|league's best and fairest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1259013/best-of-the-best-adelaide-crows-star-ebony-marinoff-caps-off-brilliant-year-with-best-and-fairest-win|title=Best of the best: Crows star caps off brilliant year with B&F win|website=afl.com.au|date=25 November 2024}}</ref>

====Current squad====
{{Adelaide AFL Women's current squad}}

====Season summaries====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;font-size: 87%"
! colspan="9" | Adelaide AFLW Honour Roll
|- style="background:#bdb76b;font-size: 87%;"
! Season !! Ladder !! W–L–D !! Finals !! Coach !! Captain(s) !! [[Adelaide Club Champion (AFL Women's)|Club Champion]] !! [[List of Adelaide Football Club leading goalkickers#AFL Women's leading goalkickers|Leading goalkicker]]
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]]
|2nd
|5–2–0
|bgcolor="#F8EB87" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|black|'''[[2017 AFL Women's Grand Final|Premiers]]'''}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Bec Goddard]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Erin Phillips]] & [[Chelsea Randall]]
|[[Erin Phillips]] [[AFL Women's best and fairest|★]]
|[[Sarah Perkins]] (11)
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2018 AFL Women's season|2018]]
|5th
|3–3–1
|DNQ
|[[Chelsea Randall]] 
|[[Erin Phillips]] & [[Ruth Wallace]] (7)
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2019 AFL Women's season|2019]]
|bgcolor="#F8EB87" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|black| 1st ^}}
|6–1–0
|bgcolor="#F8EB87" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|black|'''[[2019 AFL Women's Grand Final|Premiers]]'''}}
|rowspan="8"|[[Matthew Clarke (Australian footballer)|Matthew Clarke]]
|[[Erin Phillips]] <sup>(2)</sup> [[AFL Women's best and fairest|★]] 
|[[Stevie-Lee Thompson]] (14) [[AFL Women's leading goalkicker|✪]]
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2020 AFL Women's season|2020]]
|11th ^
|2–4–0
|DNQ
|[[Anne Hatchard]]
|[[Danielle Ponter]] (5)
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2021 AFL Women's season|2021]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F8EB87" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|black|1st}}
|7–2–0
|[[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|Runners-up]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Chelsea Randall]]
|[[Ebony Marinoff]]
|[[Erin Phillips]] <sup>(2)</sup> (14)
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2022 AFL Women's season 6|2022 (S6)]]

|9–1–0
|bgcolor="#F8EB87" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|black|'''[[2022 AFL Women's season 6 Grand Final|Premiers]]'''}}
|[[Anne Hatchard]] <sup>(2)</sup>
|[[Ashleigh Woodland]] (21) [[AFL Women's leading goalkicker|✪]]
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2022 AFL Women's season 7|2022 (S7)]]
|3rd
|8–2–0
|rowspan="3"|Preliminary Finals
|[[Anne Hatchard]] <sup>(3)</sup>
|[[Ashleigh Woodland]] <sup>(2)</sup> (14)
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2023 AFL Women's season|2023]]
|bgcolor="#F8EB87" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|black|1st}}
|9–1–0
|[[Ebony Marinoff]] <sup>(2)</sup>
|[[Danielle Ponter]] <sup>(2)</sup> (20)
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2024 AFL Women's season|2024]]
| 4th
| 8–3–0
|rowspan="2"|[[Sarah Allan (footballer)|Sarah Allan]] & [[Ebony Marinoff]]
|[[Ebony Marinoff]] <sup>(3)</sup> [[AFL Women's best and fairest|★]]
|[[Caitlin Gould]] (20)
|-
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2025 AFL Women's season|2025]]
| colspan="3"|''TBA''
| colspan="2"|''TBA''
|-
| colspan="9" |[[List of AFL Women's best and fairest winners|★]] = AFLW Best & Fairest award  /  [[AFL Women's leading goalkicker|✪]] = AFLW Leading Goalkicker award  /  <sup>(x)</sup> = Multiple Club Champion or Leading Goal Kicker
|}
<small>^ Denotes the ladder was split into two conferences. Figure refers to the club's overall finishing position in the home-and-away season.</small>