# 2021 Port Adelaide Football Club season

The 2021 Port Adelaide Football Club season was the club's 25th season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the 151st year since its inception in 1870. The club also fielded its reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), having rejoined the competition after missing the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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 | Attendance | Ref. |
| Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Saturday, 27 February (11:00 am) | Adelaide | 18.17 (125) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 52 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 0 | |
| Sunday, 7 March (3:40 pm) | Adelaide | 6.9 (45) | 17.14 (116) | Won by 71 points | Flinders University Stadium (A) | 3,028 | |

### 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 | Sunday, 21 March (1:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | 17.15 (117) | Won by 52 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 13,050 | 1st | |
| 2 | Saturday, 27 March (4:35 pm) | Essendon | 18.11 (119) | 9.11 (65) | Won by 54 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 29,978 | 1st | |
| 3 | Saturday, 3 April (5:10 pm) | West Coast | 16.12 (108) | 11.5 (71) | Lost by 37 points | Optus Stadium (A) | 42,090 | 4th | |
| 4 | Friday, 9 April (7:10 pm) | Richmond | 11.13 (79) | 11.11 (77) | Won by 2 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 33,742 | 4th | |
| 5 | Saturday, 17 April (7:25 pm) | Carlton | 9.14 (68) | 15.6 (96) | Won by 28 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 32,893 | 4th | |
| 6 | Sunday, 25 April (6:10 pm) | St Kilda | 14.9 (93) | 5.9 (39) | Won by 54 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 33,125 | 3rd | |
| 7 | Saturday, 1 May (7:25 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 5.14 (44) | 13.15 (93) | Lost by 49 points | Gabba (A) | 20,007 | 3rd | |
| 8 | Saturday, 8 May (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 5.8 (38) | 12.15 (87) | Won by 49 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 43,069 | 3rd | |
| 9 | Saturday, 15 May (7:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 15.6 (96) | 12.5 (77) | Lost by 19 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 32,787 | 5th | |
| 10 | Sunday, 23 May (3:20 pm) | Collingwood | 8.10 (58) | 8.11 (59) | Won by 1 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 23,415 | 5th | |
| 11 | Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Fremantle | 18.7 (115) | 9.15 (69) | Won by 46 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 26,759 | 5th | |
| 12 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 5th | |
| 13 | Thursday, 10 June (7:10 pm) | Geelong | 14.7 (91) | 17.10 (112) | Lost by 21 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 28,718 | 5th | |
| 14 | Saturday, 19 June (1:45 pm) | Gold Coast | 4.7 (31) | 12.9 (81) | Won by 50 points | Metricon Stadium (A) | 7,117 | 5th | |
| 15 | Saturday, 26 June (7:10 pm) | Sydney | 12.9 (81) | 10.11 (71) | Won by 10 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 29,631 | 4th | |
| 16 | Saturday, 3 July (7:40 pm) | Hawthorn | 7.11 (53) | 13.9 (87) | Won by 34 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 18,251 | 4th | |
| 17 | Thursday, 8 July (7:10 pm) | Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 31 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 30,908 | 5th | |
| 18 | Saturday, 17 July (1:45 pm) | St Kilda | 8.13 (61) | 10.14 (74) | Won by 13 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 0 (BCD) | 5th | |
| 19 | Friday, 23 July (7:10 pm) | Collingwood | 14.13 (97) | 10.9 (69) | Won by 28 points | Marvel Stadium (H) | 0 (BCD) | 4th | |
| 20 | Sunday, 1 August (6:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 11.7 (73) | 15.10 (100) | Won by 27 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 0 (BCD) | 4th | |
| 21 | Saturday, 7 August (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 7.9 (51) | 7.13 (55) | Won by 4 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | 14,376 | 4th | |
| 22 | Saturday, 14 August (4:05 pm) | Carlton | 21.14 (140) | 5.15 (45) | Won by 95 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 13,943 | 3rd | |
| 23 | Friday, 20 August (7:50 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 10.4 (64) | 9.12 (66) | Won by 2 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 0 (BCD) | 2nd | |

### 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. |
| Qualifying Final | Friday, 27 August (7:20 pm) | Geelong | 12.14 (86) | 5.13 (43) | Won by 43 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 19,712 | |
| Preliminary Final | Saturday, 11 September (7:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 6.9 (45) | 17.14 (116) | Lost by 71 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 26,400 | |

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne (P) | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1888 | 1443 | 130.8 | 70 | Finals series |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1884 | 1492 | 126.3 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | Geelong | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1845 | 1456 | 126.7 | 64 | Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2131 | 1599 | 133.3 | 60 | Finals series |
| 5 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1994 | 1501 | 132.8 | 60 | Finals series |
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1986 | 1656 | 119.9 | 60 | Finals series |
| 7 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1768 | 1773 | 99.7 | 46 | Finals series |
| 8 | Essendon | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1953 | 1790 | 109.1 | 44 | Finals series |
| 9 | West Coast | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1752 | 1880 | 93.2 | 40 | |
| 10 | St Kilda | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1644 | 1796 | 91.5 | 40 | |
| 11 | Fremantle | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1578 | 1825 | 86.5 | 40 | |
| 12 | Richmond | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1743 | 1780 | 97.9 | 38 | |
| 13 | Carlton | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1746 | 1972 | 88.5 | 32 | |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1629 | 1912 | 85.2 | 32 | |
| 15 | Adelaide | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1616 | 1971 | 82.0 | 28 | |
| 16 | Gold Coast | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1430 | 1863 | 76.8 | 28 | |
| 17 | Collingwood | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1557 | 1818 | 85.6 | 24 | |
| 18 | North Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1458 | 2075 | 70.3 | 18 | |

## 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, 27 February (8:30 am) | Adelaide | 6.16 (52) | 9.12 (66) | Lost by 14 points | Alberton Oval (H) | |
| Thursday, 4 March (6:00 pm) | South Adelaide | 8.13 (61) | 7.7 (49) | Won by 12 points | Alberton Oval (H) | |
| Friday, 19 March (5:00 pm) | Sturt | 8.13 (61) | 14.18 (92) | Lost by 31 points | Alberton Oval (H) | |
| Friday, 26 March (5:00 pm) | Adelaide | 13.11 (89) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 15 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 | Friday, 1 April (7:40 pm) | Norwood | 14.13 (97) | 7.10 (52) | Lost by 45 points | Coopers Stadium (A) | 4,946 | 8th | |
| 2 | Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm) | Central District | 8.16 (64) | 7.5 (47) | Won by 17 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,568 | 6th | |
| 3 | Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide | 12.9 (81) | 10.12 (72) | Lost by 9 points | Flinders University Stadium (A) | 1,471 | 7th | |
| 4 | Saturday, 24 April (6:30 pm) | Glenelg | 12.11 (83) | 10.13 (73) | Lost by 10 points | ACH Group Stadium (A) | N/A | 7th | |
| 5 | Sunday, 2 May (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens | 16.11 (107) | 7.5 (47) | Won by 60 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,927 | 5th | |
| 6 | Saturday, 8 May (4:05 pm) | Adelaide | 13.9 (87) | 10.13 (73) | Won by 14 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 1,582 | 5th | |
| 7 | Saturday, 22 May (1:10 pm) | North Adelaide | 13.8 (86) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 8 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,885 | 5th | |
| 8 | Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide | 12.9 (81) | 8.4 (52) | Won by 29 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,410 | 4th | |
| 9 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 4th | |
| 10 | Saturday, 12 June (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens | 17.7 (109) | 6.5 (41) | Lost by 68 points | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (A) | 2,482 | 5th | |
| 11 | Sunday, 20 June (2:10 pm) | Sturt | 7.8 (50) | 14.7 (91) | Lost by 41 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 2,180 | 5th | |
| 12 | Saturday, 26 June (1:25 pm) | North Adelaide | 18.12 (120) | 6.8 (44) | Lost by 76 points | Prospect Oval (A) | 1,516 | 6th | |
| 13 | Saturday, 3 July (2:10 pm) | Central District | 6.12 (48) | 9.3 (57) | Won by 9 points | X Convenience Oval (A) | 1,687 | 6th | |
| 14 | Saturday, 10 July (2:35 pm)) | Norwood | 9.6 (60) | 14.12 (96) | Lost by 36 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 2,096 | 6th | |
| 15 | Sunday, 18 July (1:10 pm) | West Adelaide | 11.5 (71) | 13.6 (84) | Won by 13 points | Hisense Stadium (A) | 1,346 | 6th | |
| 16 | Saturday, 7 August (3:30 pm) | Adelaide | 13.4 (82) | 10.9 (69) | Lost by 13 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | N/A | 7th | |
| 17 | Saturday, 14 August (2:30 pm) | Sturt | 14.12 (96) | 10.12 (72) | Lost by 24 points | Peter Motley Oval (A) | 2,151 | 7th | |
| 18 | Saturday, 21 August (2:05 pm) | South Adelaide | 15.7 (97) | 13.6 (84) | Won by 13 points | Alberton Oval (H) | N/A | 7th | |
| 19 | Saturday, 4 September (2:10 pm) | Glenelg | 11.8 (74) | 5.8 (38) | Won by 36 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 2,370 | 7th | |

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Glenelg | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1607 | 1189 | 57.47 | 34 | Finals series |
| 2 | Woodville-West Torrens (P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1568 | 1056 | 59.76 | 26 | Finals series |
| 3 | Norwood | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1188 | 1101 | 51.90 | 22 | Finals series |
| 4 | North Adelaide | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1543 | 1209 | 56.07 | 20 | Finals series |
| 5 | South Adelaide | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1359 | 1283 | 51.44 | 20 | Finals series |
| 6 | Sturt | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1231 | 1095 | 52.92 | 18 | |
| 7 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1270 | 1393 | 47.69 | 18 | |
| 8 | Adelaide | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1204 | 1679 | 41.76 | 10 | |
| 9 | Central District | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1070 | 1496 | 41.70 | 8 | |
| 10 | West Adelaide | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1001 | 1540 | 39.39 | 4 | |

## Awards
### Power (AFL)

* John Cahill Medal – Ollie Wines
* Runner Up – Travis Boak
* Bruce Weber Medal – Aliir Aliir
* Fos Williams Medal – Travis Boak
* Gavin Wanganeen Award – Mitch Georgiades
* Coaches’ Award – Karl Amon
* John McCarthy Award – Travis Boak
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### Magpies (SANFL)

* A.R. McLean Medal – Sam Hayes
* A.R McLean Medal Runner-Up – Joel Garner
* Anthony Williams Memorial Trophy – Campbell Wildman
* Leading goalkicker – Dylan Williams (31 goals)
* Bob Clayton Award – Bob O’Malley
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