Glenelg Football Club


Glenelg Football Club is an Australian rules football team, which plays in the South Australian National Football League. The club is known as the "Tigers", and their home ground is ACH Group Stadium, located in the southern coastal suburb of Glenelg East, South Australia.

Club history

The Glenelg Football Club was formed on 20 March 1920, and entered the South Australian League in 1921. It was not until 2 May 1925 that the club saw its first league victory, a 12.6 to 10.10 win over West Torrens at Glenelg Oval.
"The Bays", as they are sometimes known, won their first SANFL premiership in 1934 with an 18.15 to 16.18 victory against Port Adelaide. The 1935 season saw them slump from first to last.
Until 1948, the team jersey was gold with a black V, in 1949 the club adopted the now familiar black with gold sash design.
In total the club has won 5 premierships – in 1934, 1973, back to back flags in 1985 and 1986 and most recently in 2019 - breaking a 33 year premiership drought against traditional rivals Port Adelaide.
Glenelg amalgamated with West Adelaide Football Club during the war years 1942 to 1944.
Glenelg were a foundation member of the SANFL Women's competition in 2017.

SANFL achievements

Club records

Since the club first entered the SANFL they have used Glenelg Oval as their home ground. The only year this did not occur was in 1991 when Glenelg used Football Park under the SANFL's ground rationalisation scheme. This arrangement only lasted for the 1991 season as Glenelg moved back to The Bay while the Eagles moved to Woodville Oval.
In 2012 Glenelg Oval became one of five suburban SANFL grounds to have lights installed for night games.
The ground record crowd for Glenelg Oval was set on 20 July 1968 when 17,171 saw Sturt defeat Glenelg by just one point, 13.13 to 13.12. The record night attendance was set on 25 April 2014 when 9,245 saw Glenelg defeat the Adelaide Crows reserves 17.21 to 13.8 for the Tigers first win of the 2014 SANFL season.
Glenelg Oval also saw the highest score in SANFL history in 1975 when Glenelg defeated Central District 49.23 to 11.13 : the winning margin of 238 is the 2017 the SANFL record, and remains the club's record win. Glenelg's champion full-forward, the 1969 Magarey Medallist Fred Phillis, kicked 18 goals for the game, including his 100th for the season.

Club song

Current playing list

The Magarey Medal is awarded to the "fairest and most brilliant" player in the League during the Home and Away season. Glenelg has nine Magarey Medalists and two Reserves Magarey Medalists:
The Fos Williams Medal is awarded to the best player during State of Origin games for South Australia. Glenelg has six Fos Williams Medalists, including one dual medalist:
The Jack Oatey Medal is awarded to the best player during Grand Final. Glenelg has three Jack Oatey Medalists:
Notable players and officials from The Bay include:
As of 2013 the Glenelg Football Club has seven club ambassadors. They are: