On behalf of the Adelaide City Junior Football Club I wish to extend a warm welcome to this years players, parents, coaches and all our valued volunteers....Domenic Pipicella

I have pleasure in announcing that Derek Hall has taken on the role as Coach and Player Development Officer for our U14 to U17 teams. Derek comes to us with tremendous experience as a player and a coach. He has played over 500 League and Cup games in his professional career, and has coached at community, academy and professional level in England.
During his professional career he played for the following clubs: Coventry City, Torquay United, Swindon Town, Southend United, Halifax Town, Hereford United, Rochdale, Altrincham, Hyde United, Stalybridge Celtic, Curzon Ashton, Woodley Sports, and Buxton. His Coaching credentials include assistant-manager of Curzon Ashton, coaching academy at Manchester City Football Club, and community schemes at Hereford United and Rochdale. He has worked under and coached with many professional coaches and managers in England.
Derek is an FA qualified coach and holds a Senior Licence with Soccer Australia. His extensive knowledge and experience in the game will be an excellent resource for our players, and assist in further developing our coaches. We are privileged to have Derek on board, and I encourage you all to make him feel welcome and get to know him.

Regards, Domenic Pipicella Football Manager

The Football Federation SA is seeking donations of football (soccer) boots to help young refugees get involved in the sport. About 1500 refugees settle in South Australia each year, with half of those being young people. Many are keen to get involved in football - providing benefits to themselves, their clubs and the wider community.

However, the cost can be a barrier, as they struggle to meet cost of uniforms and boots, while trying to live on a limited income. The Football Federation SA provides programs to help new arrivals participate in football activities each year, but the demand far outweighs the resources available. The Football Federation is setting up a Boot Bank and is seeking deposits from anyone who has a spare pair of football boots and/or shin pads that they no longer need or use. All sizes are welcome (they just need to have another season of wear left in them).

Boot donations for the Boot Bank can be dropped off at the Santos Stadium Office, 145 Railway Tce, Mile End before the end of June.

click here to download the latest schedule

Introductory Level 5 Referee Workshop

Date: Monday 6th July 2009
Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: Santos Stadium, 145 Railway Tce, Mile End
Cost: $60 includes Laws of the Game, Workbook and Handouts

Referee Level 4 Training Course

“Development of Basic Skills”
Date: Thursday 9th and 13th July
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: Santos Stadium, 145 Railway Tce, Mile End
Cost: Free for Registered Members, $25 for non-members

Contact

Matthew Cream, Referee Development Officer, Football Federation SA
phone: 8354 1003   email: matthew.cream@ffsa.com.au

Congratulations to Thomas Hector (U13) one of 4 South Australians selected to join 30 players in a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra from 7-10 May 2009, for the Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys team. From this training camp, a final squad of 22 players, will be selected to represent Australia at the upcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under 13 Boys – Festival of Football which will be held in Sabah, Malaysia from 24 May to 6 June 2009. On behalf of the Adelaide City Football Club Juniors, we wish Thomas every success in making the U13 boys Australian team.

Football Federation SA to participate in “Call To Arms” Event

The Football Federation SA is pleased to announce that the Football Community will be participating in The Cancer Council “Call to Arms” event to raise awareness and funds for men's cancers.
The Football Federation SA will continue to support The Cancer Council and will ask that players don a yellow armband (supplied by The Cancer Council) in matches played on Saturday 11th July and Sunday 12th July, and make a donation to show honour and respect for all men who have fought or are fighting cancer

Cancer is the leading cause of death in Australia:

- Twenty three South Australia’s are diagnosed with cancer every day
- One in eight men in Australia will develop prostate cancer
- One in three Australians will develop cancer in their lifetime
- Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer diagnosed in Australian men after non-melanoma skin cancers.
- One in two Australians will develop skin cancer by the age of 85.

For more information, visit www.calltoarms.com.au

Fundraising ideas

Before the game Successful Call To Arms clubs take a planned approach to fundraising, and most get started well before match day. Some clubs set their members the challenge of raising a specific amount, or run competitions to see who can raise the most. Some ideas your players might like to try include:

* Using their Call To Arms Club Member Page to send emails to friends so they can donate online
* Placing a container at a local store or cafe to collect change
* Asking their boss to match them dollar for dollar
* Mowing a neighbour's lawn in exchange for a donation.
* Being sponsored to shave their hair or beard.

Match day fundraising As well as selling yellow armbands to players and supporters, there are many ways to boost your fundraising on match day:

* Hold a penalty shootout competition
* Auction off donated items like sports memorabilia
* Take donations at the car park gate
* Have a collection tin for spare change at the canteen
* Brainstorm your own unique fundraising ideas with club members so everyone's involved.

For any further queries please contact:
Sarah Thornton; Community Fundraising Coordinator
phone: (08) 8291 4166  email: sthornton@cancersa.org.au

Updated U8 schedule now available...click here

The Small Sided Games (SSG) program is designed to introduce children under the age of 8 years to football in a safe, fun and educational environment. In 2009 Small Sided Games for U6 & U7 age groups will be run in conjunction with the FFSA season, beginning in March. The program will take place at the club’s grounds, at Park 19, corner of Unley and Greenhill Roads, Adelaide. Places in this program are limited. Registration is on Thursday, March 26th. more info.
For further information please contact:
Rob Del Checcolo on 0414-360-519 or by email at rdelcheccolo@mmal.com.au

On behalf of the Adelaide City Football Club - Juniors, I would like to congratulate the U15 team and their coach Gus Lobuono for coming runners-up in the Manchester United Premiers Cup for 2009.
There were 44 teams competing in this inaugural event for SA, and making the Grand Final is an achievement on its own. Even though they didn't win the final, the boys fought hard and maintained their focus playing 8 games over two weekends. We are proud of their achievement and thank all those who committed their time and effort for making it a success.
Special thanks to Vince Garucio for coordinating the event at the club grounds. It is obvious it was a success both on and off the field. Adelaide City were proud to host the inaugural event, and even though we had to re-schedule things to accommodate, I'm sure everyone would agree it was worthwhile.

Once again, well done and congratulations to all!...Domenic Pipicella, Football Manager
more info.

The program runs for 5 weeks and the aim is to work on technical training (e.g. passing, receiving, shooting, coordination and 4v4) and not on tactical.
Dates are as follows;

U9 White & U9 Grey: 3rd – 31st March
U9 Black & U10 Grey: 7th April – 5th May
U10 Black & U10 White: 12th May- 9th June

The program starts at 6:30pm and finishes at 8:00pm and is held at the club grounds.

Please check with your team manager for further details.

To be eligible to play Round 19 and the Preliminary Cup Round players must be registered by Friday 13th March 5pm. From there onwards as per competition rules, players must be registered 48 hours prior to the scheduled match up until 30th June.

there are usually plenty of changes to this schedule; you MUST check details each week with the Team Manager (also updated on the Changes page and your Team's link above)
......download Fixtures as excel file or view as a web page.

Details of the 2009 Cup Knockout ......download as excel file or view as a web page.