# 2023 Port Adelaide Football Club season

The 2023 Port Adelaide Football Club season was the club's 27th season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the 153rd year since its inception in 1870. The club also fielded its reserves men's team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and its women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

## Squads
### SANFL

* ↑ Port Adelaide AFL-listed players (not selected to play AFL) are allowed to play for the SANFL squad.

### AFLW
## AFL season
### Pre-season

| Date and 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 | Ref. |
| Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Ref. |
| Saturday, 25 February (2:00 pm) | West Coast | 13.6 (84) | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 8 points | Mineral Resources Park | |
| Thursday, 2 March (4:10 pm) | Fremantle | 13.14 (92) | 8.13 (61) | Lost by 31 points | Fremantle Oval | |

### Regular season

| Rd | Date and 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 | Ladder | Ref. |
| Rd | Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder | Ref. |
| 1 | Saturday, 18 March (4:05 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 18.18 (126) | 11.6 (72) | Won by 54 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 34,255 | 4th | |
| 2 | Saturday, 25 March (1:45 pm) | Collingwood | 21.9 (135) | 9.10 (64) | Lost by 71 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 60,744 | 11th | |
| 3 | Saturday, 1 April (7:00 pm) | Adelaide | 13.8 (86) | 18.9 (117) | Lost by 31 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 48,962 | 13th | |
| 4 | Saturday, 8 April (7:30 pm) | Sydney | 9.10 (64) | 9.12 (66) | Won by 2 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | 31,686 | 10th | |
| 5 | Saturday, 15 April (7:20 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 10.10 (70) | 8.8 (56) | Won by 14 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 45,115 | 9th | |
| 6 | Saturday, 22 April (1:15 pm) | West Coast | 16.13 (109) | 10.9 (69) | Won by 40 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 31,638 | 7th | |
| 7 | Friday, 28 April (7:50 pm) | St Kilda | 11.10 (76) | 12.11 (83) | Won by 7 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 25,845 | 6th | |
| 8 | Sunday, 7 May (12:40 pm) | Essendon | 12.20 (92) | 13.9 (87) | Won by 5 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 36,247 | 5th | |
| 9 | Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 10.5 (65) | 20.15 (135) | Won by 70 points | Blundstone Arena (A) | 6,310 | 4th | |
| 10 | Friday, 19 May (7:20 pm) | Melbourne | 11.14 (80) | 11.10 (76) | Won by 4 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 37,565 | 3rd | |
| 11 | Sunday, 28 May (1:10 pm) | Richmond | 9.13 (67) | 10.17 (77) | Won by 10 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 30,357 | 2nd | |
| 12 | Saturday, 3 June (1:15 pm) | Hawthorn | 23.13 (151) | 14.12 (96) | Won by 55 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 34,234 | 2nd | |
| 13 | Friday, 9 June (7:50 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 13.7 (85) | 16.11 (107) | Won by 22 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 23,110 | 2nd | |
| 14 | Thursday, 15 June (7:10 pm) | Geelong | 16.14 (110) | 11.6 (72) | Won by 38 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 36,316 | 1st | |
| 15 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 2nd | |
| 16 | Saturday, 1 July (7:25 pm) | Essendon | 10.14 (74) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 4 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 38,957 | 2nd | |
| 17 | Saturday, 8 July (7:10 pm) | Gold Coast | 16.10 (106) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 33 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 31,053 | 2nd | |
| 18 | Saturday, 15 July (4:35 pm) | Carlton | 18.14 (122) | 10.12 (72) | Lost by 50 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 34,306 | 2nd | |
| 19 | Saturday, 22 July (7:10 pm) | Collingwood | 12.11 (83) | 13.7 (85) | Lost by 2 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 47,965 | 2nd | |
| 20 | Saturday, 29 July (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 16.16 (112) | 9.11 (65) | Lost by 47 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | 50,023 | 2nd | |
| 21 | Saturday, 5 August (7:25 pm) | Geelong | 14.13 (97) | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 12 points | GMHBA Stadium (A) | 21,279 | 4th | |
| 22 | Sunday, 13 August (4:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 21.10 (136) | 13.7 (85) | Won by 51 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 32,597 | 3rd | |
| 23 | Sunday, 20 August (2:40 pm) | Fremantle | 8.10 (58) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 16 points | Optus Stadium (A) | 38,360 | 3rd | |
| 24 | Sunday, 27 August (12:00 pm) | Richmond | 13.16 (94) | 8.15 (63) | Won by 31 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 39,860 | 3rd | |

### Finals series

| Round | Date and 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. |
| Round | Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Second Qualifying Final | Saturday, 9 September (7:25 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 19.9 (123) | 11.9 (75) | Lost by 48 points | Gabba (A) | 36,020 | |
| Second Semi Final | Saturday, 16 September (7:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 9.16 (70) | 13.15 (93) | Lost by 23 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 45,520 | |
| Port Adelaide was eliminated from the 2023 AFL finals series |||||||||

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Collingwood (P) | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2142 | 1687 | 127.0 | 72 | Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2180 | 1771 | 123.1 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2149 | 1906 | 112.7 | 68 | Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2079 | 1660 | 125.2 | 64 | Finals series |
| 5 | Carlton | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1922 | 1697 | 113.3 | 54 | Finals series |
| 6 | St Kilda | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1775 | 1647 | 107.8 | 52 | Finals series |
| 7 | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2018 | 1885 | 107.1 | 52 | Finals series |
| 8 | Sydney | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2050 | 1863 | 110.0 | 50 | Finals series |
| 9 | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1919 | 1766 | 108.7 | 48 | |
| 10 | Adelaide | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2193 | 1877 | 116.8 | 44 | |
| 11 | Essendon | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1838 | 2050 | 89.7 | 44 | |
| 12 | Geelong | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2088 | 1855 | 112.6 | 42 | |
| 13 | Richmond | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1856 | 1983 | 93.6 | 42 | |
| 14 | Fremantle | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1835 | 1898 | 96.7 | 40 | |
| 15 | Gold Coast | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1839 | 2006 | 91.7 | 36 | |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1686 | 2101 | 80.2 | 28 | |
| 17 | North Melbourne | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1657 | 2318 | 71.5 | 12 | |
| 18 | West Coast | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1418 | 2674 | 53.0 | 12 | |

## SANFL season
### Pre-season

| Date and 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 | Ref. |
| Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Ref. |
| Saturday, 18 March (11:00 am) | North Adelaide | 17.10 (112) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 53 points | Thebarton Oval (A) | |
| Sunday, 26 March (10:00 am) | Adelaide | 6.11 (47) | 16.11 (107) | Lost by 60 points | Alberton Oval (H) | |

### Regular season

| Rd | Date and 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 | Ladder | Ref. |
| Rd | Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder | Ref. |
| 1 | Saturday, 1 April (3:00 pm) | Adelaide | 6.10 (46) | 19.10 (124) | Lost by 78 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | N/A | 10th | |
| 2 | Friday, 7 April (4:40 pm) | Glenelg | 10.10 (70) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 17 points | Glenelg Oval (A) | 3,766 | 9th | |
| - | Saturday, 15 April (4:00 pm) | AFL National Academy | 8.9 (57) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 13 points | Summit Sports Park (A) | N/A | N/A | |
| 3 | Sunday, 23 April (2:10 pm) | Sturt | 16.12 (108) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 38 points | Unley Oval (A) | 3,212 | 9th | |
| 4 | Sunday, 30 April (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide | 10.8 (68) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 17 points | Loxton Oval (A) | 1,387 | 9th | |
| 5 | Saturday, 6 May (2:30 pm) | Norwood | 8.10 (58) | 7.9 (51) | Won by 7 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,544 | 6th | |
| 6 | Sunday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide | 15.12 (102) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 28 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,194 | 6th | |
| 7 | Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide | 15.10 (100) | 14.8 (92) | Lost by 8 points | Prospect Oval (A) | 1,639 | 7th | |
| 8 | Sunday, 4 June (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens | 8.11 (59) | 9.8 (62) | Lost by 3 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,690 | 7th | |
| 9 | Saturday, 10 June (2:10 pm) | Central District | 13.14 (92) | 10.9 (69) | Won by 23 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,738 | 6th | |
| 10 | Sunday, 18 June (2:10 pm) | Norwood | 8.12 (60) | 8.5 (53) | Lost by 7 points | Norwood Oval (A) | 2,382 | 6th | |
| 11 | Saturday, 1 July (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide | 13.14 (92) | 12.10 (82) | Won by 10 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,314 | 4th | |
| 12 | Saturday, 8 July (12:40 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens | 8.4 (52) | 13.10 (88) | Won by 36 points | Woodville Oval (A) | 1,411 | 4th | |
| 13 | Saturday, 15 July (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide | 14.7 (91) | 6.17 (53) | Won by 38 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,195 | 4th | |
| 14 | Sunday, 23 July (1:10 pm) | Sturt | 10.13 (73) | 7.12 (54) | Won by 19 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,717 | 4th | |
| 15 | Saturday, 29 July (3:30 pm) | Adelaide | 14.8 (92) | 2.15 (27) | Lost by 65 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | N/A | 4th | |
| 16 | Saturday, 12 August (4:40 pm) | Glenelg | 8.9 (57) | 9.12 (66) | Lost by 9 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,290 | 4th | |
| 17 | Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide | 15.7 (97) | 14.13 (97) | Draw | Noarlunga Oval (A) | 1,380 | 4th | |
| 18 | Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) | Central District | 14.7 (91) | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 15 points | Elizabeth Oval (A) | 2,253 | 5th | |

### Finals series

| Round | Date and 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. |
| Round | Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Elimination Final | Sunday, 3 September (12:15 pm) | Central District | 12.10 (82) | 11.9 (75) | Lost by 7 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | 8,021 | |
| Port Adelaide was eliminated from the 2023 SANFL finals series |||||||||

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Glenelg (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1523 | 1048 | 59.24 | 30 | Finals series |
| 2 | Sturt | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1289 | 1193 | 51.93 | 28 | Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1627 | 1069 | 60.35 | 26 | Finals series |
| 4 | Central District | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1084 | 1192 | 47.63 | 18 | Finals series |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1311 | 1373 | 48.85 | 17 | Finals series |
| 6 | North Adelaide | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1086 | 1245 | 46.59 | 16 | |
| 7 | Norwood | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1053 | 1248 | 45.76 | 13 | |
| 8 | Woodville-West Torrens | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1152 | 1286 | 47.25 | 12 | |
| 9 | South Adelaide | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1084 | 1353 | 44.48 | 11 | |
| 10 | West Adelaide | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1110 | 1312 | 45.83 | 9 | |

## AFLW season
### Pre-season

| Date and 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 | Ref. |
| Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Ref. |
| Saturday, 12 August (11:00 am) | Greater Western Sydney | 8.5 (53) | 3.4 (22) | Won by 21 points | Alberton Oval (H) | |
| Friday, 18 August (7:10 pm) | St Kilda | 9.4 (58) | 2.10 (22) | Won by 36 points | Alberton Oval (H) | |

### Regular season

| Rd | Date and 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 | Ladder | Ref. |
| Rd | Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder | Ref. |
| 1 | Saturday, 2 September (2:35 pm) | Adelaide | 8.10 (58) | 4.4 (28) | Lost by 30 points | Norwood Oval (A) | 8,772 | 15th | |
| 2 | Saturday, 9 September (12:35 pm) | Brisbane | 4.2 (26) | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 50 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,928 | 17th | |
| 3 | Sunday, 17 September (1:05 pm) | St Kilda | 7.6 (48) | 8.8 (56) | Won by 8 points | RSEA Park (A) | 2,016 | 14th | |
| 4 | Saturday, 23 September (12:35 pm) | Geelong | 5.12 (42) | 11.4 (70) | Lost by 28 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 2,132 | 14th | |
| 5 | Friday, 29 September (7:15 pm) | West Coast | 6.3 (39) | 4.9 (33) | Lost by 6 points | Mineral Resources Park (A) | 1,134 | 14th | |
| 6 | Saturday, 7 October (4:35 pm) | Sydney | 3.12 (30) | 6.9 (45) | Lost by 15 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 2,597 | 14th | |
| 7 | Sunday, 15 October (1:05 pm) | North Melbourne | 13.9 (87) | 2.6 (18) | Lost by 69 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 1,912 | 15th | |
| 8 | Saturday, 21 October (4:35 pm) | Gold Coast | 7.3 (45) | 7.3 (45) | Draw | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,853 | 17th | |
| 9 | Sunday, 29 October (5:05 pm) | Hawthorn | 6.4 (40) | 5.2 (32) | Lost by 8 points | Kinetic Stadium (A) | 1,771 | 17th | |
| 10 | Saturday, 4 November (2:35 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 13.10 (88) | 4.6 (30) | Won by 58 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 3,353 | 15th | |

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Adelaide | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 599 | 314 | 190.8 | 36 | Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 653 | 293 | 222.9 | 32 | Finals series |
| 3 | North Melbourne | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 478 | 213 | 224.4 | 28 | Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane (P) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 505 | 339 | 149.0 | 28 | Finals series |
| 5 | Gold Coast | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 416 | 351 | 118.5 | 26 | Finals series |
| 6 | Geelong | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 449 | 318 | 141.2 | 24 | Finals series |
| 7 | Essendon | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 379 | 354 | 107.1 | 24 | Finals series |
| 8 | Sydney | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 462 | 432 | 106.9 | 24 | Finals series |
| 9 | St Kilda | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 408 | 399 | 102.3 | 24 | |
| 10 | Richmond | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 382 | 379 | 100.8 | 20 | |
| 11 | Collingwood | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 331 | 399 | 83.0 | 20 | |
| 12 | Carlton | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 361 | 420 | 86.0 | 16 | |
| 13 | Fremantle | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 289 | 402 | 71.9 | 16 | |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 307 | 456 | 67.3 | 12 | |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 404 | 538 | 75.1 | 10 | |
| 16 | Greater Western Sydney | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 316 | 596 | 53.0 | 8 | |
| 17 | West Coast | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 269 | 530 | 50.8 | 8 | |
| 18 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 320 | 595 | 53.8 | 4 | |