Adelaide Comets Football Club was formed in 1994 and were known as Adelaide Raiders Soccer Club who competed in the SAASL (South Australian Amateur Soccer League). To avoid confusion with another local soccer club which plays under the name of "Raiders", the playing name was changed to Adelaide Comets in 2001 when the club first fielded junior teams.
As Adelaide Raiders, the club won the South Australia Amateur Soccer League SAASL Saturday Division 2 Championship in its inaugural year and gained promotion to the SAASL Saturday Division 1 competition. In 1997, they established themselves as the states premier Amateur League side becoming Champions in Saturday's Division 1 Competition. In 2001, the club registered 5 teams in the South Australian Soccer Federation's (SASF) Junior Premier League.
Achieving this goal was the catalyst for the club changing its name to Adelaide Comets, to avoid confusion with Adelaide Raiders (Formerly Adelaide Croatia Raiders). During this time, the club's senior team continued to enjoy success in the SAASL winning consecutive Championships in 2001, 2002 and 2003. This ongoing success at the highest level of amateur competition generated the push for a move to a higher league for the Adelaide Comets. The club made several attempts over a number of years to find a place for itself within the SASF competition with no success.
Finally, with the implementation of a new governing body for the sport in South Australia, Adelaide Comets entered the newly formed State League in 2006 under the banner of the Football Federation South Australia (FFSA).
The club now boasts one of the largest junior based clubs in South Australia with 370 junior players, along with three SAASL Amateur men's teams, FFSA Open Age Women's and a respected seniors squad who after gaining promotion through the FFSA State and Premier League competitions now competes in the states top division of football, The FFSA Super League. Thus totalling an impressive number of nearly 500 registered players across the club.
In 2005 the club had been introduced into the newly formed FFSA State League moving on from the SAASL into the FFSA. Year 2007 saw The Comets gain promotion to the FFSA Premier League the second tier of South Australian football, after winning the State League Title within two seasons. Remarkably in 2008 The Comets were heading for promotion to the Super League but by only winning 1 out of their last 7 games they finished the season 3rd. In just their first season in the Premier League after coming to close to making the states first division, The Comets set their sights on becoming a Super League side. The Comets had a slow start to the year in 2009 but ended up finishing 4th by winning their last 7 out of 8 games and qualified into the top 5 finals competition. They then beat Croydon Kings 2–1 in the elimination final, only to lose against Cumberland United. The following year in 2010 would see the side yet again narrowly miss promotion after a defeat to Croydon in a winner gets promoted thriller.
In 2011 after years of coming agonizingly close The Comets had secured promotion after a stunning come from behind 2–1 victory over contenders Enfield City Falcons on the last day of regular season at Rushworth Reserve, clinching the Premier League Title. Lifting the club for its first time into the highest state-level association football competition, The FFSA Super League.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Adelaide Comets FC news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message Adelaide Comets FC are a soccer club based in Adelaide South Australia The club competes in the National Premier Leagues South Australia They are based in Adelaide s western suburb of Mile End and play home games at Santos Stadium Adelaide CometsFull nameAdelaide Comets Football ClubNickname s CometsFounded1994 30 years ago 1994 GroundSA Athletics StadiumCapacity7 000PresidentJim Tsouvalas 1 Head coachGeorge Tsonis 1 LeagueNPL South Australia20236th of 12WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 2 Promotion 3 Players 3 1 Current squad 4 Honours 4 1 State 5 References 6 External linksHistory editAdelaide Comets Football Club was formed in 1994 and were known as Adelaide Raiders Soccer Club who competed in the SAASL South Australian Amateur Soccer League To avoid confusion with another local soccer club which plays under the name of Raiders the playing name was changed to Adelaide Comets in 2001 when the club first fielded junior teams As Adelaide Raiders the club won the South Australia Amateur Soccer League SAASL Saturday Division 2 Championship in its inaugural year and gained promotion to the SAASL Saturday Division 1 competition In 1997 they established themselves as the states premier Amateur League side becoming Champions in Saturday s Division 1 Competition In 2001 the club registered 5 teams in the South Australian Soccer Federation s SASF Junior Premier League Achieving this goal was the catalyst for the club changing its name to Adelaide Comets to avoid confusion with Adelaide Raiders Formerly Adelaide Croatia Raiders During this time the club s senior team continued to enjoy success in the SAASL winning consecutive Championships in 2001 2002 and 2003 This ongoing success at the highest level of amateur competition generated the push for a move to a higher league for the Adelaide Comets The club made several attempts over a number of years to find a place for itself within the SASF competition with no success Finally with the implementation of a new governing body for the sport in South Australia Adelaide Comets entered the newly formed State League in 2006 under the banner of the Football Federation South Australia FFSA The club now boasts one of the largest junior based clubs in South Australia with 370 junior players along with three SAASL Amateur men s teams FFSA Open Age Women s and a respected seniors squad who after gaining promotion through the FFSA State and Premier League competitions now competes in the states top division of football The FFSA Super League Thus totalling an impressive number of nearly 500 registered players across the club Comets advanced to the final of the 2018 FFSA Federation Cup by defeating Cumberland United 3 2 in the Semi Final 2 They defeated Croydon Kings in the 2018 FFSA Federation Cup final awarding them a spot in the Round of 32 of the 2018 FFA Cup 3 On 25 July 2018 they defeated Football West State League 1 side Gwelup Croatia advancing to the round of 16 of the 2018 FFA Cup 4 Promotion editIn 2005 the club had been introduced into the newly formed FFSA State League moving on from the SAASL into the FFSA Year 2007 saw The Comets gain promotion to the FFSA Premier League the second tier of South Australian football after winning the State League Title within two seasons Remarkably in 2008 The Comets were heading for promotion to the Super League but by only winning 1 out of their last 7 games they finished the season 3rd In just their first season in the Premier League after coming to close to making the states first division The Comets set their sights on becoming a Super League side The Comets had a slow start to the year in 2009 but ended up finishing 4th by winning their last 7 out of 8 games and qualified into the top 5 finals competition They then beat Croydon Kings 2 1 in the elimination final only to lose against Cumberland United The following year in 2010 would see the side yet again narrowly miss promotion after a defeat to Croydon in a winner gets promoted thriller In 2011 after years of coming agonizingly close The Comets had secured promotion after a stunning come from behind 2 1 victory over contenders Enfield City Falcons on the last day of regular season at Rushworth Reserve clinching the Premier League Title Lifting the club for its first time into the highest state level association football competition The FFSA Super League Players editCurrent squad edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player 1 GK nbsp AUS Julian Torresan 2 DF nbsp AUS Harry Keramidas 4 DF nbsp AUS Tom Dittmar 5 DF nbsp AUS Adam Le Cornu 6 MF nbsp AUS Jack Bladen 8 MF nbsp AUS Ryan Yates 9 FW nbsp AUS Andreas Wiens 10 MF nbsp AUS Anthony Mavrolambados 11 MF nbsp AUS Jayden Lobasso 14 MF nbsp IDN Nathan Andijanto No Pos Nation Player 16 FW nbsp AUS Ninko Beric 21 DF nbsp AUS Rastko Ljujic 22 MF nbsp AUS Allan Welsh c 23 DF nbsp AUS Scott Nagel 31 GK nbsp AUS Daniel VaughanHonours editState edit South Australian Division One Championship 5 Runners up 4 2019 2020 2021 2022 South Australian Division One Premiership 5 Winners 2 2020 2021 Runners up 2 2017 2019 South Australian Second Division Championship 6 Runners up 1 2011 South Australian Second Division Premiership 6 Winners 1 2011 South Australian Third Division Championship 7 Winners 1 2007 South Australian Third Division Premiership 7 Winners 1 2007 Federation Cup 8 Winners 1 2018 Runners up 1 2016 Night Series 9 Winners 1 2012References edit a b 2023 MEDIA GUIDE PDF Retrieved 18 February 2023 Twitter twitter com Retrieved 23 May 2018 FFA Cup play off in SA goes to Comets Adelaide Now The Advertiser Retrieved 29 July 2018 Twitter twitter com Retrieved 23 May 2018 a b National Premier Leagues South Australia Champions socceraust Archived from the original on 29 September 2022 a b State League 1 South Australia Champions socceraust Archived from the original on 21 October 2021 a b State League 2 South Australia Champions socceraust Archived from the original on 21 October 2021 Federation Cup Finals socceraust Archived from the original on 29 September 2022 Night Series Winners socceraust Archived from the original on 21 October 2021 External links editOfficial Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adelaide Comets FC amp oldid 1206604501, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
