The senior men's season, held between March 16 and August 24, finished with only 8 wins from 23 matches, with the team failing to qualify for finals.
[1] The women's side played their ninth season in the AFLW in 2024, for the first time under co-captains Sarah Allan and Ebony Marinoff.
Adelaide lost their first game of the 2024 AFL season to Gold Coast by 6 points in wet weather conditions.
Gold Coast led for the entire match and Adelaide looked very poor, until a late fourth-quarter comeback spearheaded by Josh Rachele and former Sun Izak Rankine gave the Crows a glimpse of hope.
However, Adelaide lost by 19 points with another late comeback falling short due to wasted chances in front of goal.
[47] Adelaide won their first game of the season in round 5, largely credited to Matthew Nicks and the variety in his midfield, rotating players such as Jordan Dawson and Rory Laird out and Jake Soligo and Izak Rankine in.
Lachlan Gollant was substituted off for the fourth quarter and replaced by Sam Berry, who kicked the winning goal with just over a minute of regulation time remaining.
For the third time in less than a year, a late non-decision from the umpires cost Adelaide a chance at winning the game (the first against Collingwood, and the second most famously against Sydney).
Izak Rankine, who designed the Indigenous guernsey worn, starred with 30 disposals and a late goal of the year contender dribbled from the boundary, but a Jordan De Goey set shot was the winning score for Collingwood.
Controversy stirred as fans began to think it was the fourth game-costing decision in less than a year, but Fox Footy measured that Rankine did indeed run farther than his allocated 15 meters.
[55] Leigh Montagna agreed with coach Nicks' comments that the Crow's performance was "clearly lacking confident after a disappointing showing.
[40] Updated to preliminary final vs Brisbane, 2024 (24 November) Bold = 2024 games and goals leaders The following off-season changes were made to the squad prior to the 2024 season.