The 2011 AFL season was the Adelaide Football Club's 21st season in the AFL. Neil Craig coached from round 1 to round 18, but was replaced by Mark Bickley who coached from round 19.^[1] Nathan van Berlo was appointed captain and the leadership group consisted of Scott Stevens, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty and Scott Thompson.^[2]

Statistics are correct as of start of 2010 season. Flags represent place of birth.

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Senior List[3]
No.	Born	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of Birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
1		Richard Tambling	181	84	12 September 1986	24	2005	Southern Districts/Richmond	108	61
2		Brad Moran	201	100	29 September 1986	24	2006	Southport/North Melbourne	17	7
3		Brent Reilly	185	85	12 November 1983	27	2003	Calder U18	135	43
4		Kurt Tippett	203	107	8 May 1987	23	2008	Southport	65	118
5		Scott Thompson	187	86	14 March 1983	28	2001	Port Adelaide Magpies/Melbourne	176	121
6		Jack Gunston	193	81	16 May 1991	19	2010	Sandringham U18	2	1
7		Nathan van Berlo	187	84	6 June 1986	24	2005	West Perth	116	31
8		Myke Cook	184	83	9 October 1989	21	2009	Sandringham U18	12	2
9		Rory Sloane	183	79	17 March 1990	21	2009	Eastern Ranges U18	15	7
10		Matthew Jaensch	182	83	18 September 1989	21	2010	Sturt	11	7
11		Michael Doughty	179	81	5 August 1979	31	2000	South Adelaide	188	43
12		Daniel Talia	196	95	2 October 1991	19	****	Calder U18	0	0
13		Taylor Walker	194	98	25 April 1990	20	2009	NSW/ACT Rams	32	58
14		David Mackay	183	75	25 July 1988	22	2008	Oakleigh U18	55	12
15		Brad Symes	187	82	7 March 1985	26	2004	Central District/Port Adelaide	67	8
16		Phil Davis	197	94	30 August 1990	20	2010	North Adelaide	15	1
17		Bernie Vince	188	89	2 October 1985	25	2006	Woodville-West Torrens	71	38
18		Graham Johncock	180	87	21 October 1982	28	2001	Port Adelaide Magpies	184	94
20		Ivan Maric	200	102	4 January 1986	25	2006	Calder U18	71	25
21		Chris Knights	187	88	25 September 1986	24	2005	Vermont/Eastern Ranges U18	75	55
22		Andy Otten	194	92	15 May 1989	21	2008	Oakleigh U18	26	1
23		Jared Petrenko	179	82	22 December 1989	22	2009	Woodville-West Torrens	21	10
24		Sam Jacobs	203	102	10 April 1988	23	2009	Woodville-West Torrens/Carlton	17	3
25		Ben Rutten	192	101	28 May 1983	27	2005	West Adelaide	148	6
26		Richard Douglas	182	80	6 February 1987	24	2006	Calder U18	78	55
27		Scott Stevens	195	87	15 January 1982	29	2002	Perth/Sydney	142	87
28		Luke Thompson	196	89	8 February 1991	20	****	Geelong Falcons U18	0	0
29		James Sellar	196	98	24 March 1989	22	2008	Glenelg	16	3
30		James Craig	196	95	18 April 1991	19	****	North Adelaide	0	0
31		Jarryd Lyons	196	95	22 July 1992	18	****	Sandringham Dragons	0	0
32		Patrick Dangerfield	189	92	5 April 1990	20	2008	Geelong Falcons U18	42	48
33		Brodie Smith	189	78	14 January 1992	19	****	Woodville-West Torrens	0	0
34		Sam Shaw	194	86	5 April 1990	21	****	Oakleigh U18	0	0
35		Shaun McKernan	198	98	1 September 1990	21	2009	Calder U18	1	0
36		Brodie Martin	182	79	6 November 1988	22	2009	Sturt	4	1
38		Tony Armstrong	185	80	29 September 1989	21	2010	NSW/ACT Rams/Calder U18	9	0
39		Will Young	194	88	3 August 1990	20	2010	North Ballarat U18	2	1
40		Jason Porplyzia	179	82	27 November 1984	25	2006	West Adelaide	87	136
45		Ricky Henderson	190	78	11 September 1988	21	2010	Trentham	0	0
Rookie List[4]
No.	Born	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
37		Ian Callinan	172	74	20 December 1982	28	****	Central District	0	0
41		Sam Martyn	186	73	7 April 1992	18	****	NSW/ACT Rams	0	0
42		Lachlan Roach	178	69	25 April 1992	18	****	North Adelaide	0	0
43		Aiden Riley	181	76	13 December 1991	18	****	Wollongong Lions	0	0
44		Jake von Bertouch	192	80	4 May 1992	18	****	Woodville-West Torrens	0	0
46		Chris Schmidt	190	89	20 March 1989	22	2007	West Adelaide/Brisbane Lions	15	0
47		Matt Wright	179	81	14 December 1989	20	****	North Adelaide	0	0
48		Timothy Milera	171	77	3 September 1992	18	****	Port Adelaide Magpies	0	0

Close

The 2011 NAB Cup was competed in a new format for the first time since 2003. Adelaide played two games on 11 February 2011, against Melbourne and Port Adelaide. Melbourne defeated Adelaide in the first game 0.5.4 (34) – 0.3.6 (24), but the team defeated cross town rivals Port Adelaide 0.6.4 (40) – 0.1.2 (8).

Adelaide didn't make it into the second round of the NAB Cup, but were to play NAB Challenge/practice matches for the rest of the competition. Adelaide played Fremantle at Thebarton Oval on 26 February. They won by 74 points 22.8 (140) – 10.6 (66). They then played Carlton at Visy Park on 4 March, losing by 34 points 15.10 (100) – 11.10 (76). In the final preseason match of 2011, Adelaide played Richmond, again at Visy Park on the 11th, this time coming up the winners by 68 points 18.14 (122) – 8.6 (54).