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The 2009 AFL season was the Adelaide Crows's 19th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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After falling short of their expectations in 2008, failing to get past round one of the finals and finishing fifth, despite a promising start to the season more effort was needed.
The captain for this season was Simon Goodwin, and the leadership group was Tyson Edwards, Brett Burton, Ben Rutten, Nathan van Berlo, Michael Doughty and Scott Stevens.
Squad for 2009
Statistics are correct as of start of 2009 season. Flags represent place of birth.
NAB Cup
The despite an opening round loss to Geelong, the 2009 NAB Cup was not a total loss; Trent Hentschel made his return after 2 1⁄2 years off with a knee injury. The Crows lost to the Geelong Cats by 35 points, 1.17.8 (119) - 2.9.12 (84).
Home and Away season
(In the table below, green rows are wins, red rows are losses. In the Score column Adelaide scores are always shown first.)
All times are adjusted to Australian Central Standard Time.