West Adelaide Football Club
| West Adelaide Football Club | |||
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| Names | |||
| Full name | West Adelaide Football Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | Westies The Bloods Blood and Tars The Wolves Red and Blacks The Bottle Tops | ||
| 2024 season | |||
| Leading goalkicker | Ned Stevens | ||
| Best and fairest | Sam Frost & Kobe Ryan | ||
| Club details | |||
| Founded | 1892 | ||
| Colours | Black and Red | ||
| Competition | Adelaide and Suburban Football Association 1892-1896 South Australian National Football League since 1897 | ||
| President | Alison Surjan | ||
| CEO | Adam May | ||
| Coach | Adam Hartlett | ||
| Captain(s) | Sam Frost & Isaac Johnson (men's) Madi Russell (women's) | ||
| Premierships | SANFL (9): 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983, 2015 | ||
| Ground(s) | Richmond Oval (currently Hisense Arena) (capacity: 16,500) | ||
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| Other information | |||
| Official website | westadelaidefc.com.au | ||
West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Nicknamed the Bloods and commonly known as the Westies, the club's home base is Richmond Oval (currently known as Hisense Stadium under a sponsorship agreement). The Oval is located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide.
The club has won nine SANFL premierships, the most recent coming in 2015 – breaking a thirty-two-year premiership drought dating back to 1983; the second longest in the SANFL.