# 2017 Port Adelaide Football Club season

The 2017 Port Adelaide Football Club season was the Port Adelaide Football Club's 21st season in the AFL. They also fielded a reserves team in the South Australian National Football League.

## AFL
### List changes
#### Retirements and delistings

| Player | Date | Reason | Career games | Career goals |
| Jay Schulz | 25 August 2016 | Delisted | 193 | 330 |
| John Butcher | 30 August 2016 | Delisted | 31 | 41 |
| Sam Colquhoun | 30 August 2016 | Delisted | 16 | 3 |
| Kane Mitchell | 30 August 2016 | Delisted | 35 | 19 |
| Alipate Carlile | 31 August 2016 | Retired | 167 | 5 |
| Paul Stewart | 24 October 2016 | Delisted | 101 | 33 |
| Cam O'Shea | 30 October 2016 | Delisted | 81 | 7 |

#### Trades

| Date | Gained | From | Lost |
| 18 October 2016 | Pick 19 | Brisbane Lions | 2017 first round pick (Port Adelaide) |
| 18 October 2016 | Pick 30 | Gold Coast | Pick 67 |
| 20 October 2016 | Pick 14 Pick 17 Pick 31 | Sydney | Pick 9 Pick 19 Pick 49 |

#### National draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | League |
| 1 | 16 | Todd Marshall | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup |
| 1 | 18 | Sam Powell-Pepper | East Perth | WAFL |
| 2 | 32 | Joe Atley | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup |
| 2 | 33 | Willem Drew | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup |
| Rookie elevation | Rookie elevation | Nathan Krakouer | Port Adelaide | AFL |

#### Rookie draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | League |
| 1 | 9 | Peter Ladhams | Norwood | SANFL |
| 2 | 26 | Brett Eddy | South Adelaide | SANFL |
| 3 | 42 | Jarrod Lienert | Sturt | SANFL |
| Category B | Category B | Emmanuel Irra | South Adelaide | SANFL |

### Season summary
#### Pre-season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| 1 | Thursday, 23 February (7:40 pm) | St Kilda | 0.8.9 (57) | 0.7.14 (56) | Lost by 1 point | Etihad Stadium (A) | 5,363 | |
| 2 | Sunday, 5 March (4:10 pm) | Richmond | 0.7.9 (51) | 0.11.13 (79) | Lost by 28 points | Malseed Park, Mount Gambier (H) | 4,649 | |
| 3 | Sunday, 12 March (12:40 pm) | Hawthorn | 0.14.12 (96) | 1.8.11 (68) | Won by 28 points | Hickinbotham Oval (H) | 5,628 | |

#### Home and Away season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| 1 | Saturday, 25 March (4:35 pm) | Sydney | 12.10 (82) | 17.8 (110) | Won by 28 points | SCG (A) | 33,129 | |
| 2 | Sunday, 2 April (4:10 pm) | Fremantle | 22.13 (145) | 8.8 (56) | Won by 89 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 38,388 | |
| 3 | Saturday, 8 April (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 12.11 (83) | 15.10 (100) | Lost by 17 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 53,698 | |
| 4 | Saturday, 15 April (4:35 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 16.16 (112) | 11.15 (81) | Lost by 31 points | UNSW Canberra Oval (A) | 9,185 | |
| 5 | Friday, 21 April (7:20 pm) | Carlton | 20.17 (137) | 6.11 (47) | Won by 90 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 43,120 | |
| 6 | Saturday, 29 April (4:35 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 10.7 (67) | 22.18 (150) | Won by 83 points | Gabba (A) | 13,638 | |
| 7 | Saturday, 6 May (4:05 pm) | West Coast | 12.15 (87) | 15.7 (97) | Lost by 10 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 38,333 | |
| 8 | Sunday, 14 May (1:15 pm) | Gold Coast | 4.14 (38) | 16.14 (110) | Won by 72 points | Jiangwan Stadium, Shanghai (A) | 10,118 | |
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| 10 | Thursday, 25 May (7:20 pm) | Geelong | 11.15 (81) | 11.13 (79) | Lost by 2 points | Simonds Stadium (A) | 24,909 | |
| 11 | Thursday, 1 June (7:20 pm) | Hawthorn | 13.20 (98) | 7.5 (47) | Won by 41 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 37,910 | |
| 12 | Saturday, 10 June (7:25 pm) | Essendon | 19.17 (131) | 8.13 (61) | Lost by 72 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | 34,022 | |
| 13 | Saturday, 17 June (4:05 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 18.13 (121) | 12.9 (81) | Won by 40 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 31,772 | |
| 14 | Saturday, 24 June (1:45 pm) | Collingwood | 9.8 (62) | 13.15 (93) | Won by 31 points | MCG (A) | 35,933 | |
| 15 | Saturday, 1 July (7:10 pm) | Richmond | 8.15 (63) | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 13 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 39,979 | |
| 16 | Sunday, 9 July (2:40 pm) | West Coast | 13.10 (88) | 18.12 (120) | Won by 32 points | Domain Stadium (A) | 36,766 | |
| 17 | Saturday, 15 July (1:40 pm) | North Melbourne | 19.13 (127) | 8.9 (57) | Won by 70 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 34,138 | |
| 18 | Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | 9.11 (65) | Lost by 23 points | MCG (A) | 27,068 | |
| 19 | Saturday, 29 July (4:05 pm) | St Kilda | 9.9 (63) | 8.13 (61) | Won by 2 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 30,335 | |
| 20 | Sunday, 6 August (4:10 pm) | Adelaide | 18.22 (130) | 7.4 (46) | Lost by 84 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | 45,028 | |
| 21 | Sunday, 13 August (4:10 pm) | Collingwood | 14.14 (98) | 10.11 (71) | Won by 27 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 37,533 | |
| 22 | Saturday, 19 August (1:45 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 11.13 (79) | 14.12 (96) | Won by 17 points | Mars Stadium (A) | 10,087 | |
| 23 | Saturday, 26 August (7:10 pm) | Gold Coast | 20.15 (135) | 3.2 (20) | Won by 115 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 34,288 | |

#### Finals

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| EF1 | Saturday, 9 September (7:20 pm) | West Coast | 10.16 (76) | 12.6 (78) | Lost by 2 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 41,172 | |

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Adelaide | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2415 | 1776 | 136.0 | 62 | 2017 finals |
| 2 | Geelong | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2134 | 1818 | 117.4 | 62 | 2017 finals |
| 3 | Richmond (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1992 | 1684 | 118.3 | 60 | 2017 finals |
| 4 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2081 | 1812 | 114.8 | 60 | 2017 finals |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2168 | 1671 | 129.7 | 56 | 2017 finals |
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2093 | 1651 | 126.8 | 56 | 2017 finals |
| 7 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2135 | 2004 | 106.5 | 48 | 2017 finals |
| 8 | West Coast | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1964 | 1858 | 105.7 | 48 | 2017 finals |
| 9 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2035 | 1934 | 105.2 | 48 | |
| 10 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1857 | 1913 | 97.1 | 44 | |
| 11 | St Kilda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1925 | 1986 | 96.9 | 44 | |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1864 | 2055 | 90.7 | 42 | |
| 13 | Collingwood | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1944 | 1963 | 99.0 | 38 | |
| 14 | Fremantle | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1607 | 2160 | 74.4 | 32 | |
| 15 | North Melbourne | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1983 | 2264 | 87.6 | 24 | |
| 16 | Carlton | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1594 | 2038 | 78.2 | 24 | |
| 17 | Gold Coast | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1756 | 2311 | 76.0 | 24 | |
| 18 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1877 | 2526 | 74.3 | 20 | |

## SANFL

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | Woodville-West Torrens | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1379 | 1132 | 54.92 | 28 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1834 | 1226 | 59.93 | 26 |
| 3 | Sturt (P) | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1535 | 1263 | 54.86 | 25 |
| 4 | Norwood | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1539 | 1482 | 50.94 | 21 |
| 5 | Central District | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1477 | 1433 | 50.76 | 16 |
| 6 | South Adelaide | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1314 | 1404 | 48.34 | 16 |
| 7 | Glenelg | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1372 | 1535 | 47.20 | 16 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1359 | 1527 | 47.09 | 14 |
| 9 | West Adelaide | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1210 | 1666 | 42.07 | 10 |
| 10 | North Adelaide | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1280 | 1631 | 43.97 | 8 |