The Adelaide Comets are a football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club from Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, South Australia

South Australia

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. Comets play in the FFSA

Football Federation of South Australia

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 South Australian Premier League

South Australian Premier League

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. They play home games at Santos Stadium

Santos Stadium

Santos Stadium is a sporting venue located in the Adelaide Parklands immediately to the north of ETSA Park, Adelaide's largest netball complex....

in Adelaide's west. They are new to State competition and used to play in the Amateur League.

History

The Adelaide Comets was formed in 1994 and were known as the Adelaide Raiders Soccer Club. 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. Adelaide Comets now is one of the largest junior based clubs, with 18 teams. In 2007 Comets gained promotion to the FFSA Premier League, the second tier of South Australian football. In 2008 The Comets were heading for promotion to the Super League but by only winning 1 out of their last 7 games made them finish 3rd. In 2009 Comets had a slow start to they year but ended up coming 4th by winning their last 7 out of 8 games and qualified into the top 5 finals. They then beat Croydon 2–1 in the elimination final, only to lose against Cumberland.

Club honours

2007 South Australian State League Champions,Reserves Champions

2003 South Australian Amateur League Division 1, Champions

2002 South Australian Amateur League Division 1 Champions & South Australian Amateur League Division 1 Reserves Champions

2001 South Australian Amateur League Division 1 Champions & South Australian Women's Soccer Association Division 4 Champions

1998 Veterans, Division 2 Champions

1997 South Australian Amateur League Division 1 Champions

1994 South Australian Amateur League Division 2 Champions

Current squad