<P> Star midfielder for many years Patrick Dangerfield left the club at the end of the 2015 season (a season in which he won the club's best and fairest) and Don Pyke, a former premiership player and assistant coach with West Coast who had also been an assistant coach at Adelaide from 2005 to 2006, was appointed Adelaide's senior coach for at least three years . Adelaide was widely tipped to slide out of the finals in 2016 but the Crows proved to be one of the successes of the season, comfortably qualifying for a home elimination final and defeating North Melbourne by 62 points, before being eliminated the next week by eventual beaten grand finalists, Sydney in the semi-finals . The club had a dominant 2017 season, winning their opening six games and never falling below second place for the entire season . Adelaide claimed their second McClelland Trophy as minor premiers . The Adelaide Crows entered the 2017 finals series as favourites for the premiership; they defeated Greater Western Sydney and Geelong by 36 and 61 points respectively to qualify for the Grand Final, their first since 1998, where they faced Richmond . Despite starting as favourites, the Crows lost the match by 48 points . </P> <P> Adelaide currently has three guernsey designs which are used in different matches throughout the season . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Home guernsey </Dt> </Dl> <P> The home guernsey features navy blue, red and gold hoops . It is worn at all matches designated as home games for the club as well as in selected away games (currently only Geelong, Port Adelaide and Sydney). The jumper is worn with navy shorts at all home and away games, except for away Showdowns, where it is paired with white shorts . It has had minor variations through its history since debuting with the club in 1991, including adding a white outline to the numbers in 1996, and the removal of yellow cuffs and addition of navy blue panels down the sides (due to manufacturers template design) in 2006 . In 2009 the yellow cuffs and full hoops returned . In 2010 the hoops were cut off again at the sides . For 2016, the club removed the side panels, returning to the full hoops of the original design . The original base design / idea has never changed in the clubs 27 - year history . </P>

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