# 2024 Port Adelaide Football Club season

The 2024 Port Adelaide Football Club season was the club's 28th season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the 154th 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), in which they qualified for their first finals series and reached the preliminary final.

## 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. |
| Friday, 23 February (5:00 pm) | Adelaide | 21.12 (138) | 17.14 (116) | Won by 22 points | Alberton Oval | |
| Friday, 1 March (7:30 pm) | Fremantle | 13.14 (92) | 8.5 (53) | Won by 39 points | Alberton 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 | Sunday, 17 March (3:30 pm) | West Coast | 16.24 (120) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 50 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 33,230 | 5th | |
| 2 | Sunday, 24 March (4:00 pm) | Richmond | 13.14 (92) | 18.14 (122) | Won by 30 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 30,254 | 3rd | |
| 3 | Saturday, 30 March (7:00 pm) | Melbourne | 13.11 (89) | 15.6 (96) | Lost by 7 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 38,105 | 8th | |
| 4 | Friday, 5 April (7:40 pm) | Essendon | 17.9 (111) | 6.6 (42) | Won by 69 points | Adelaide Oval (N) | 47,641 | 6th | |
| 5 | Saturday, 13 April (8:00 pm) | Fremantle | 9.12 (66) | 9.9 (63) | Won by 3 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 35,658 | 3rd | |
| 6 | Saturday, 20 April (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 17.21 (123) | 12.9 (81) | Lost by 42 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 65,834 | 5th | |
| 7 | Friday, 26 April (8:10 pm) | St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | 11.6 (72) | Won by 10 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 40,306 | 5th | |
| 8 | Thursday, 2 May (8:00 pm) | Adelaide | 12.6 (78) | 5.18 (48) | Lost by 30 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | 52,106 | 7th | |
| 9 | Friday, 10 May (8:10 pm) | Geelong | 14.11 (95) | 15.11 (101) | Won by 6 points | GMHBA Stadium (A) | 29,942 | 6th | |
| 10 | Sunday, 19 May (3:40 pm) | Hawthorn | 11.14 (80) | 12.7 (79) | Won by 1 point | Adelaide Oval (H) | 36,190 | 4th | |
| 11 | Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 7.6 (48) | 16.11 (107) | Won by 59 points | Blundstone Arena (A) | 4,705 | 3rd | |
| 12 | Thursday, 30 May (8:00 pm) | Carlton | 10.11 (71) | 16.11 (107) | Lost by 36 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 40,532 | 4th | |
| 13 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 14 | Sunday, 16 June (4:00 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 9.19 (73) | 6.15 (51) | Lost by 22 points | Engie Stadium (A) | 8,914 | 7th | |
| 15 | Saturday, 22 June (1:15 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 10.13 (73) | 23.14 (152) | Lost by 79 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 32,862 | 8th | |
| 16 | Sunday, 30 June (1:10 pm) | St Kilda | 8.12 (60) | 8.14 (62) | Won by 2 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 18,052 | 7th | |
| 17 | Saturday, 6 July (1:15 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 15.12 (102) | 8.6 (54) | Won by 48 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 31,590 | 6th | |
| 18 | Sunday, 14 July (1:10 pm) | Gold Coast | 14.12 (96) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 14 points | People First Stadium (A) | 14,526 | 9th | |
| 19 | Saturday, 20 July (7:00 pm) | Richmond | 16.20 (116) | 11.9 (75) | Won by 41 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 27,704 | 7th | |
| 20 | Friday, 26 July (7:40 pm) | Carlton | 9.11 (65) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 14 points | Marvel Stadium (A) | 40,500 | 7th | |
| 21 | Saturday, 3 August (7:00 pm) | Sydney | 22.16 (148) | 5.6 (36) | Won by 112 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 37,501 | 3rd | |
| 22 | Saturday, 10 August (7:30 pm) | Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | 7.11 (53) | Won by 2 points | MCG (A) | 17,867 | 2nd | |
| 23 | Saturday, 17 August (7:00 pm) | Adelaide | 11.14 (80) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 22 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 52,459 | 2nd | |
| 24 | Sunday, 25 August (4:10 pm) | Fremantle | 9.13 (67) | 13.9 (87) | Won by 20 points | Optus Stadium (A) | 45,322 | 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. |
| Second Qualifying Final | Thursday, 5 September (7:10 pm) | Geelong | 7.12 (54) | 20.18 (138) | Lost by 84 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 50,342 | |
| Second Semi Final | Friday, 13 September (7:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 11.9 (75) | 11.6 (72) | Won by 3 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 51,012 | |
| First Preliminary Final | Friday, 20 September (7:40 pm) | Sydney | 14.11 (95) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 36 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | 44,053 | |
| Port Adelaide was eliminated from the 2024 AFL finals series |||||||||

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2242 | 1769 | 126.7 | 68 | Finals series |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2011 | 1752 | 114.8 | 64 | Finals series |
| 3 | Geelong | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2164 | 1928 | 112.2 | 60 | Finals series |
| 4 | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2034 | 1864 | 109.1 | 60 | Finals series |
| 5 | Brisbane Lions (P) | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2130 | 1747 | 121.9 | 58 | Finals series |
| 6 | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2171 | 1736 | 125.1 | 56 | Finals series |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2090 | 1763 | 118.5 | 56 | Finals series |
| 8 | Carlton | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2151 | 1952 | 110.2 | 52 | Finals series |
| 9 | Collingwood | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1991 | 1943 | 102.5 | 52 | |
| 10 | Fremantle | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1964 | 1755 | 111.9 | 50 | |
| 11 | Essendon | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1892 | 2024 | 93.5 | 46 | |
| 12 | St Kilda | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1748 | 1758 | 99.4 | 44 | |
| 13 | Gold Coast | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1925 | 1943 | 99.1 | 44 | |
| 14 | Melbourne | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1785 | 1812 | 98.5 | 44 | |
| 15 | Adelaide | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1906 | 1923 | 99.1 | 34 | |
| 16 | West Coast | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1594 | 2339 | 68.1 | 20 | |
| 17 | North Melbourne | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1619 | 2550 | 63.5 | 12 | |
| 18 | Richmond | 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1505 | 2364 | 63.7 | 8 | |

## 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, 16 March (3:20 pm) | North Adelaide | 13.9 (87) | 13.8 (86) | Lost by 1 point | Thebarton Oval (A) | |
| Friday, 22 March (6:15 pm) | South Adelaide | 13.20 (98) | 7.7 (49) | Won by 49 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, 29 March (4:40 pm) | Glenelg | 23.12 (150) | 13.6 (84) | Lost by 66 points | Glenelg Oval (A) | 5,007 | 8th | |
| 2 | Sunday, 14 April (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide | 12.11 (83) | 11.13 (79) | Lost by 4 points | Waikerie Oval (A) | 1,736 | 7th | |
| 3 | Sunday, 21 April (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens | 12.11 (83) | 8.9 (57) | Lost by 26 points | Woodville Oval (A) | ? | 8th | |
| 4 | Saturday, 27 April (7:10 pm) | Norwood | 6.7 (43) | 8.13 (61) | Lost by 18 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,894 | 8th | |
| 5 | Thursday, 2 May (3:20 pm) | Adelaide | 16.7 (103) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 41 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | N/A | 8th | |
| 6 | Saturday, 11 May (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide | 5.5 (35) | 18.11 (119) | Lost by 84 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,535 | 9th | |
| 7 | Saturday, 25 May (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide | 17.15 (117) | 7.2 (44) | Lost by 73 points | Noarlunga Oval (A) | 1,009 | 9th | |
| 8 | Friday, 31 May (7:10 pm) | Sturt | 4.3 (27) | 6.15 (51) | Lost by 24 points | Alberton Oval (H) | ? | 9th | |
| 9 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 10 | Saturday, 15 June (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide | 15.7 (97) | 10.17 (77) | Won by 20 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,290 | 9th | |
| 11 | Sunday, 23 June (2:10 pm) | Norwood | 18.14 (122) | 5.9 (39) | Lost by 83 points | Norwood Oval (A) | 2,652 | 9th | |
| 12 | Saturday, 29 June (2:10 pm) | Central Districts | 7.11 (53) | 12.6 (78) | Lost by 25 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 966 | 9th | |
| 13 | Sunday, 7 July (2:30 pm) | North Adelaide | 8.9 (57) | 13.8 (86) | Won by 29 points | Prospect Oval (A) | 2,381 | 9th | |
| 14 | Saturday, 13 July (2:10 pm) | Glenelg | 9.7 (61) | 6.11 (47) | Won by 14 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,178 | 9th | |
| 15 | Sunday, 21 July (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide | 12.8 (80) | 14.11 (95) | Lost by 15 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 970 | 10th | |
| 16 | Saturday, 27 July (2:10 pm) | Sturt | 9.14 (68) | 6.9 (45) | Lost by 23 points | Thomas Farms Oval (A) | 2,244 | 10th | |
| 17 | Sunday, 11 August (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens | 15.13 (103) | 8.11 (59) | Won by 44 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,480 | 10th | |
| 18 | Saturday, 17 Aug (3:20 pm) | Adelaide | 6.11 (47) | 19.10 (124) | Lost by 77 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | N/A | 10th | |
| 19 | Saturday, 24 August (2:10 pm) | Central Districts | 15.14 (104) | 5.6 (36) | Lost by 68 points | X Convenience Oval (A) | 2,508 | 10th | |

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Norwood | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1491 | 948 | 61.13 | 30 | Finals series |
| 2 | Sturt | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1340 | 896 | 59.93 | 30 | Finals series |
| 3 | Central District | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1267 | 1146 | 52.51 | 24 | Finals series |
| 4 | Glenelg (P) | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1426 | 1186 | 54.59 | 22 | Finals series |
| 5 | Woodville-West Torrens | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1383 | 1288 | 51.78 | 16 | Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide (R) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1290 | 1315 | 49.52 | 16 | |
| 7 | North Adelaide | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1306 | 1402 | 48.23 | 16 | |
| 8 | West Adelaide | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1109 | 1433 | 43.63 | 10 | |
| 9 | South Adelaide | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1080 | 1558 | 40.94 | 8 | |
| 10 | Port Adelaide (R) | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1078 | 1598 | 40.28 | 8 | |

## 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. |
| Sunday, 11 August (12:00 pm) | Adelaide | 5.4 (34) | 8.10 (58) | Lost by 24 points | Central Oval (H) | |
| Sunday, 18 August (11:00 am) | Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | 8.4 (52) | Won by 10 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, 31 August (7:15 pm) | Adelaide | 5.5 (35) | 7.7 (49) | Lost by 14 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 5,194 | 12th | |
| 2 | Friday, 6 September (5:05 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 0.6 (6) | 7.4 (46) | Won by 40 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 23,085 | 6th | |
| 3 | Saturday, 14 September (4:05 pm) | Fremantle | 4.5 (29) | 5.7 (37) | Lost by 8 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 2,016 | 11th | |
| 4 | Friday, 20 September (5:05 pm) | North Melbourne | 6.6 (42) | 1.0 (6) | Lost by 36 points | Whitten Oval (A) | 943 | 13th | |
| 5 | Tuesday, 24 September (7:15 pm) | Richmond | 6.12 (48) | 3.9 (27) | Lost by 21 points | Ikon Park (A) | 1,493 | 15th | |
| 6 | Sunday, 29 September (4:35 pm) | Carlton | 8.10 (58) | 3.5 (23) | Won by 25 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 1,706 | 10th | |
| 7 | Saturday, 5 October (3:05 pm) | West Coast | 5.6 (36) | 7.7 (49) | Won by 13 points | Mineral Resources Park (A) | 2,470 | 9th | |
| 8 | Thursday, 10 October (7:15 pm) | Collingwood | 4.9 (33) | 3.7 (25) | Won by 8 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 2,526 | 9th | |
| 9 | Friday, 18 October (7:15 pm) | St Kilda | 7.5 (47) | 5.2 (32) | Won by 15 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 2,486 | 7th | |
| 10 | Saturday, 26 October (4:05 pm) | Gold Coast | 3.6 (24) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 34 points | People First Stadium (A) | 2,160 | 7th | |
| 11 | Sunday, 3 November (4:35 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 7.1 (43) | 6.6 (42) | Won by 1 point | Alberton Oval (H) | 4,148 | 6th | |

### 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 Elimination Final | Sunday, 10 November (2:35 pm) | Richmond | 11.6 (72) | 7.6 (48) | Won by 24 points | Alberton Oval (H) | 5,172 | |
| Second Semi Final | Saturday, 16 November (7:30 pm) | Hawthorn | 6.13 (49) | 7.8 (50) | Won by 1 point | Ikon Park (A) | 3,680 | |
| First Preliminary Final | Saturday, 23 November (3:05 pm) | North Melbourne | 12.6 (78) | 2.9 (21) | Lost by 57 points | Ikon Park (A) | 4,387 | |
| Port Adelaide was eliminated from the 2024 AFLW finals series |||||||||

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Melbourne (P) | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 656 | 208 | 315.4 | 42 | Finals series |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 597 | 309 | 193.2 | 40 | Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 611 | 335 | 182.4 | 36 | Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 494 | 285 | 173.3 | 32 | Finals series |
| 5 | Fremantle | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 404 | 297 | 136.0 | 32 | Finals series |
| 6 | Port Adelaide | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 431 | 364 | 118.4 | 28 | Finals series |
| 7 | Richmond | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 442 | 337 | 131.2 | 26 | Finals series |
| 8 | Essendon | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 376 | 359 | 104.7 | 26 | Finals series |
| 9 | Melbourne | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 369 | 420 | 87.9 | 24 | |
| 10 | Geelong | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 479 | 437 | 109.6 | 18 | |
| 11 | St Kilda | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 379 | 396 | 95.7 | 16 | |
| 12 | Western Bulldogs | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 291 | 461 | 63.1 | 16 | |
| 13 | West Coast | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 320 | 509 | 62.9 | 16 | |
| 14 | Carlton | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 266 | 532 | 50.0 | 16 | |
| 15 | Sydney | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 395 | 538 | 73.4 | 12 | |
| 16 | Greater Western Sydney | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 374 | 531 | 70.4 | 6 | |
| 17 | Gold Coast | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 311 | 569 | 54.7 | 6 | |
| 18 | Collingwood | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 245 | 553 | 44.3 | 4 | |