Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.

Geelong Football Club
Names
Full name	Geelong Football Club Limited^[1]
Nickname(s)	Cats
Former nickname(s)	Pivotonians, Seagulls
2023 season
Home-and-away season	12th
Leading goalkicker	Jeremy Cameron (53 goals)
Carji Greeves Medal	Tom Stewart
Club details
Founded	1859; 165 years ago (1859)
Colours	White, navy blue
Competition	AFL: Senior men AFLW: Senior women (national level) VFL: Reserves men VFLW: Senior women (state level)
President	Craig Drummond
CEO	Steve Hocking
Coach	AFL: Chris Scott AFLW: Daniel Lowther VFL: Mark Corrigan VFLW: Elise Coventry
Captain(s)	AFL: Patrick Dangerfield AFLW: Meg McDonald VFL: TBC VFLW: Breanna Beckley
Premierships	VFL/AFL (10) 1925 1931 1937 1951 1952 1963 2007 2009 2011 2022 VFA (7) 1878 1879 1880 1882 1883 1884 1886 Reserves/VFL (16) 1923, 1924 1930, 1937 1938 1948 1960 1963 1964 1975 1980 1981 1982 2002 2007 2012
Ground(s)	GMHBA Stadium^[a] (capacity: 40,000)
	Melbourne Cricket Ground^[b] (capacity: 100,024)
Former ground(s)	Corio Oval (1878-1940)
Training ground(s)	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct GMHBA Stadium
Uniforms
Home Away
Other information
Official website	www.geelongcats.com.au
Current season

The club formed in 1859, making it the second-oldest club in the AFL, after Melbourne, and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.^[2]

In the 1860s, Geelong participated in a series of Challenge Cup competitions, and was a foundation member of both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897, now the national AFL.^[3] The club won the Western District Challenge Cup in 1875, a then-record seven VFA premierships between 1878 and 1886, and six VFL premierships by 1963, after which it experienced a 44-year waiting period until it won its next premiership, a Grand Final-record 119-point victory in 2007.^[4][5][6] Geelong won a further three premierships in 2009, 2011 and 2022.

Geelong play most of their home games at Kardinia Park (known for sponsorship reasons as GMHBA Stadium) and play the remainder at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Geelong's traditional guernsey colours are white with navy blue hoops. The club's nickname was first used in 1923 after a run of losses prompted a local cartoonist to suggest that the club needed a black cat to bring it good luck. Geelong also field teams in other competitions; a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League (VFL), a senior women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and a reserves women's team in the VFL Women's (VFLW) competitions. The club's official team song and anthem is "We Are Geelong".

History

Main article: History of the Geelong Football Club

The club was founded in 1859 in the city of Geelong, Australia, and is the second oldest AFL club. It is believed to be the fourth oldest football club in Australia and one of the oldest in the world and one of the most successful.^[2] Initially playing under its own rules, some of which, notably, were permanently introduced into Australian Football, it adopted the Laws of Australian Football in the early 1860s after a series of compromises with the Melbourne Football Club.

Geelong went on to play for most of its existence in the premier competitions, the first competition, the Caledonian Society Cup, a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897.,^[3] VFL and continues in the elite Australian Football League (AFL). The Cats have been the VFL/AFL premiers ten times, with four in the AFL era (since 1990) in 2007, 2009, 2011, and most recently, 2022, to be the second most successful club over that period one behind Hawthorn. They have also won ten McClelland Trophies, the most of any AFL/VFL club.^[2][7]

Many of the club's official records before 1920 have disappeared.^[8]

Club identity and culture

Guernseys

 

Club attire in 1895 (Jim McShane pictured)

Geelong's traditional navy blue and white hooped guernsey has been worn since the club's inception in the mid-1800s. The design is said to represent the white seagulls and blue water of Corio Bay.^[9]

The team has worn various away guernseys since 1998, all featuring the club's logo and traditional colours.^[10]

Nickname

Geelong has been nicknamed the 'Cats' since 1923, when the Herald sporting local cartoonist, "Wells" (Samuel Garnet Wells), suggested that adopting a black cat as a mascot might bring a football club good luck in his Herald cartoon of 6 July 1923.

Song: "We Are Geelong"

"We Are Geelong" is the song sung after a game won by the Geelong Football Club. It is sung to the tune of "Toreador" from Carmen. The lyrics were written by former premiership player John Watts. Only the first verse is used at matches and by the team after a victory. The song currently used by the club was recorded by the Fable Singers in April 1972.^[11]

We are Geelong, the greatest team of all

We are Geelong; we're always on the ball

We play the game as it should be played

At home or far away

Our banners fly high, from dawn to dark

Down at Kardinia Park.

So! Stand up and fight, remember our tradition

Stand up and fight, it's always our ambition

Throughout the game to fight with all our might

Because we're the mighty blue and white

And when the ball is bounced, to the final bell

Stand up and fight like hell!

Stadium and training facilities

Geelong's administrative headquarters is its home stadium, GMHBA Stadium or also known as Kardinia Park. The club trains here during the season, however it also trains at its alternate training venue, the Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct. The latter features an MCG-sized oval and is used often by the club in the pre-season, when Kardinia Park is being used for other events.^[12]

Rivalries

Hawthorn

Further information: Kennett curse

The rivalry between Hawthorn and Geelong is defined by two Grand Finals: those of 1989 and 2008. In the 1989 Grand Final, Geelong played the man, resulting in major injuries for several Hawks players, Mark Yeates knocking out Dermott Brereton at the opening bounce; Hawthorn controlled the game, leading by approximately 40 points for most of the match; in the last quarter, Geelong almost managed to come from behind to win, but fell short by six points. In the 2008 Grand Final, Geelong was the heavily backed favourite and had lost only one match for the season, but lost by 26 points; Geelong then won its next eleven matches against Hawthorn over the following five years, under a curse, which was dubbed the "Kennett curse" which was attributed to disrespectful comments made by Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett following the 2008 Grand Final. It was later revealed that after the 2008 grand final, Paul Chapman initiated a pact between other Geelong players to never lose to Hawthorn again. The curse was broken in a preliminary final in 2013, after Paul Chapman played his final match for Geelong the previous week. Hawthorn went on to win the next three premierships. In 2016 Geelong again defeated Hawthorn in the qualifying final. In twenty matches between the two sides between 2008 and 2017, twelve were decided by less than ten points, with Geelong victorious in eleven of those twelve matches.^[13]

Collingwood

In 1925, Geelong won their first flag over Collingwood. In 1930, Collingwood defeated Geelong in the grand final making it four flags in-a-row for the Pies. Geelong would later deny Collingwood three successive premierships in 1937, winning a famous grand final by 32 points.

The two sides played against each other in 6 finals between 1951 and 1955, including the 1952 Grand Final when Geelong easily beat Collingwood by 46 points. In 1953, Collingwood ended Geelong's record 23-game winning streak in the home and away season, and later defeated them by 12 points in the grand final, denying the Cats a third successive premiership.

Since 2007, the clubs have again both been at the top of the ladder and have met regularly in finals. Geelong won a memorable preliminary final by five points on their way to their first flag in 44 years. In 2008, Collingwood inflicted Geelong's only home-and-away loss, by a massive 86 points, but the teams did not meet in the finals. They would meet in preliminary finals in 2009 and 2010, each winning one en route to a premiership. They finally met again in a Grand Final in 2011, which Geelong won by 38 points; Geelong inflicted Collingwood's only three losses for the 2011 season.^[14]

Corporate

Sponsorship

At 98 years as of 2023, Geelong's sponsorship with the Ford Motor Company is the longest active sports sponsorship of any sports team in the world, with continuous sponsorship dating back to 1925, a record recognised by Guinness.^[15][16]

Year	Kit Manufacturer	Major Sponsor	Shorts Sponsor	Back Sponsor
1977–92	—	Ford	—	—
1993	—		Ford	—
1994–96	—			Ford
1997–98	Adidas
1999–2002	Fila
2003–06	Slazenger
2007			nib
2008–16	ISC
2017–	Cotton On		GMHBA

Supporter base

 

Geelong's supporters came out in force in the 2009 Grand Final against St Kilda

 

Well-known supporter Troy West, nicknamed "Catman"

 

Geelong players prepare to break a banner, which is created by its supporters, before a match against Greater Western Sydney in June 2013.

Table of club membership, with home attendance figures (since 1984)

Season	Members	Average home attendance^[17]	Ref
1984	7,709	20,577
1985	7,718	19,463
1986	6,985	15,319
1987	6,981	20,462
1988	9,667	20,790
1989	7,760	29,296
1990	15,087	24,711
1991	11,356	23,525
1992	13,535	27,698
1993	15,500	26,920
1994	14,312	26,461
1995	15,922	25,317
1996	17,346	25,161
1997	18,858	28,324
1998	19,971	28,371
1999	21,032	24,840
2000	25,595	27,729
2001	25,420	27,093
2002	23,756	27,040
2003	24,017	25,971
2004	25,021	25,747
2005	30,821	27,783
2006	32,290	27,428
2007	30,169	31,547	^[18]
2008	36,850	29,474	^[19]
2009	37,160	30,069	^[20]
2010	40,326	39,129	^[21]
2011	39,343	35,401	^[22]
2012	40,200	31,508
2013	42,884	36,650
2014	43,803	33,915	^[23]
2015	44,312	29,582	^[24]
2016	50,571	30,497	^[25]
2017	54,854	35,111	^[26]
2018	63,818	34,207	^[27]
2019	65,063	33,405	^[28]
2020	60,066	4,569	^[29]
2021	70,293	14,262	^[30]
2022	71,943	26,875	^[31]
2023	82,155	31,271	^[32]^[33]^[34]

Players and staff

Further information: List of Geelong Football Club players, Geelong Football Club draft and trade history, List of Geelong Football Club coaches, and List of Geelong Football Club captains

 

Chris Scott is the club's current head coach.

Current playing list and coaches

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Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Rhys Stanley  2 Zach Tuohy  3 Brandan Parfitt  4 Tanner Bruhn  5 Jeremy Cameron  6 Toby Conway  7 Shaun Mannagh  8 Jake Kolodjashnij  9 Max Holmes 10 Mitch Knevitt 11 Mitch Edwards 12 Jack Bowes 13 Jhye Clark 14 Connor O’Sullivan 15 George Stevens 16 Sam De Koning 17 Lawson Humphries 18 Tyson Stengle 19 Phoenix Foster		20 James Willis 21 Oliver Wiltshire 22 Mitch Duncan 23 Gary Rohan 24 Jed Bews 26 Tom Hawkins 28 Ollie Dempsey 29 Cameron Guthrie 30 Tom Atkins 32 Gryan Miers 33 Shannon Neale 35 Patrick Dangerfield (c) 36 Oliver Henry 38 Jack Henry 39 Zach Guthrie 42 Mark O'Connor 44 Tom Stewart (vc) 45 Brad Close 46 Mark Blicavs				31 Oscar Murdoch 34 Oisín Mullin (B) 37 Joe Furphy (B) 40 Ted Clohesy 41 Mitch Hardie 43 Emerson Jeka		Head coach Chris Scott Assistant coaches James Kelly (assistant) James Rahilly (assistant) Steven King (assistant) Nigel Lappin (development) Daisy Pearce (development) Shane O'Bree Brad Ottens (ruck) Mark Corrigan (VFL coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie Updated: 7 May 2024 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Officials

• President: Craig Drummond
• Vice President: Diana Taylor
• Chief Executive Officer: Steve Hocking
• General Manager – Football: Simon Lloyd

Club records

Further information: List of Geelong Football Club seasons

Premierships and awards

See also: List of Geelong Football Club individual awards and records

Premierships
Competition	Level	Wins	Years Won
Australian Football League	Seniors	10	1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2022
	Reserves (1919–1999)	13	1923, 1924, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982
	Under 19s (1946–1991)	1	1962
Victorian Football League	Seniors (1877–1896)	7	1878, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886
	Reserves (2000–present)	3	2002, 2007, 2012
Other titles and honours
McClelland Trophy	Seniors	11	1952, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1980, 1981, 1992, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2022
Challenge Cup	Seniors	1	1863–64
VFL Night Series	Seniors	1	1961
AFL pre-season competition	Seniors	2	2006, 2009
Finishing positions
Australian Football League	Minor premiership	15	1897, 1901, 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1980, 1992, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2022
	Grand Finalist	9	1930, 1953, 1967, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2020
	Wooden spoons	5	1908, 1915, 1944, 1957, 1958

Win–loss record

 

Awarded to the "best and fairest" player during the AFL's home-and-away season, the Brownlow Medal, football's most prestigious award, is named after Geelong player and administrator Charles "Chas" Brownlow.

 

Geelong footballer Edward "Carji" Greeves, winner of the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924, and namesake of the Carji Greeves Medal, awarded to Geelong's best and fairest player of the season

Statistics are correct to end of 2023 season^[35]

Geelong's win–loss record against other VFL/AFL clubs

Club	T	W	L	D	Win%
	Adelaide	49	28	21	0	57.1
Brisbane Bears	15	10	4	1	70.0
Brisbane Lions	41	24	17	0	58.5
Carlton	224	103	119	2	46.4
Collingwood	241	104	136	1	43.4
Essendon	223	103	115	5	47.3
Fitzroy	183	103	79	1	56.6
Fremantle	44	28	16	0	63.4
Gold Coast	15	12	3	0	80.0
Greater Western Sydney	15	9	5	1	63.3
Hawthorn	170	93	76	1	55.0
Melbourne	224	134	88	2	60.3
North Melbourne	170	106	63	1	62.7
Port Adelaide	41	27	13	1	67.1
Richmond	202	107	92	3	53.7
St Kilda	221	134	86	1	60.9
Sydney	231	127	103	1	55.2
University	14	8	6	0	57.1
West Coast	58	30	27	1	52.6
Western Bulldogs	167	107	58	2	64.7
Totals	2548	1397	1127	24	55.3

Key
W	Wins	L	Losses	D	Draws	T	Total
Win%	Winning percentage

Match records

Table of club VFL/AFL match records

Club record	Round	Venue	Opponent	Details	Ref
Highest score	Round 7, 1992	Carrara	Brisbane Bears	Geelong 37.17 (239) v Brisbane Bears 11.9 (75)	^[36]
Lowest score	Round 3, 1899	Corio Oval	Fitzroy	Geelong 0.8 (8) v Fitzroy 4.8 (32)	^[37]
Highest losing score	Round 6, 1989	Princes Park	Hawthorn	Geelong 25.13 (163) v Hawthorn 26.15 (171)	^[38]
Lowest winning score	Round 9, 1897	Corio Oval	Melbourne	Geelong 1.9 (15) v Melbourne 0.10 (10)	^[39]
Biggest winning margin	Round 19, 2011	Kardinia Park	Melbourne	186 points Geelong 37.11 (233) v Melbourne 7.5 (47)	^[40]
Biggest losing margin	Round 21, 1986	Princes Park	Hawthorn	135 points – Geelong 13.12 (90) v Hawthorn 35.15 (225)	^[41]
Record attendance (home and away game)	Round 9, 2010	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Collingwood	91,115
Record attendance (finals matches, excluding Grand Finals)	1968 VFL season preliminary final	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Essendon	103,649
Record attendance (finals match)	1967 VFL Grand Final	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Richmond	109,396

Team of the Century

Reserves team

See also: List of Geelong Football Club reserves team seasons

The Geelong reserves (also known as the Bendigo Bank Cats for sponsorship reasons) are the reserves side of the club, playing in the Victorian Football League.

History

Geelong's reserves side began competing in the Victorian Junior Football League, later known as the VFL/AFL reserves, in 1922. The team won thirteen premierships during that time (1923, 1924, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1980, 1981 and 1982), the most of any club.

Since the demise of the AFL reserves competition, the Geelong reserves have competed in the Victorian Football League. Unlike all other Victorian AFL clubs, Geelong has never operated in a reserves affiliation with an existing VFL club, having instead operated its stand-alone reserves team continuously. The team is composed of both reserves players from the club's primary and rookie AFL lists, and a separately maintained list of players eligible only for VFL matches. Home games are played at GMHBA Stadium, with some played as curtain-raisers to senior AFL matches.

The side is also known as the Bendigo Bank Cats, referring to the club's commercial partnership with Bendigo Bank.^[42]

Club honours

• Premierships (3): 2002, 2007, 2012
• Runners-ups (2): 2006, 2013
• Minor premierships (2): 2002, 2013
• Wooden spoons (1): 2005

Women's teams

In 2017, following the inaugural AFL Women's (AFLW) season, Geelong was among eight clubs that applied for licenses to enter the competition from 2019 onwards.^[43] In September 2017, the club was announced as one of two clubs, along with North Melbourne, to receive a license to join the competition in 2019.^[44] The club has also had a team in the second-tier VFL Women's league since 2017.

Geelong Football Club (AFL Women's)

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Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Mikayla Bowen  3 Amy McDonald  4 Darcy Moloney  5 Jacqueline Parry  6 Julia Crockett-Grills  7 Kate Surman  8 Kate Darby  9 Nina Morrison (vc) 10 Georgie Rankin 11 Meg McDonald (c) 13 Olivia Fuller 14 Chloe Scheer 15 Shelley Scott 16 Chantel Emonson		19 Brooke Plummer 20 Zali Friswell 21 Rebecca Webster 22 Rachel Kearns 26 Claudia Gunjaca 32 Gabbi Featherston 39 Abbey McDonald 41 Georgie Prespakis 44 Melissa Bragg 46 Erin Hoare    Chantal Mason    Bryde O'Rourke    Bella Smith				18 Anna-Rose Kennedy 45 Aishling Moloney    Kate Kenny		Head coach Daniel Lowther Assistant coaches Andrew Bruce (forwards) Josh Finch (midfield) Elise Coventry (defence) Paul Chambers (ruck) David Morgan (development) Will Sexton (development) Gary Rohan (development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (i) Inactive player(s) Updated: 7 May 2024 Source(s): Players; Coaches

AFLW season summaries

League Season	Club Season	Ladder	W–L–D	Finals	Coach	Captain(s)	Best and fairest	Leading goal kicker^[45]
2019	2019	6th^	3–4–0	Lost Preliminary Final	Paul Hood^[46]	Melissa Hickey^[47]	Meg McDonald	Mia-Rae Clifford (6)
2020	2020	10th^	2–4–0	—			Olivia Purcell	Richelle Cranston (5)
2021	2021	13th	1–8–0	—		Meg McDonald^[48]	Amy McDonald	Richelle Cranston (5)
2022 (S6)	2022 (S6)	12th	2–8–0	—	Daniel Lowther^[49]		Amy McDonald	Phoebe McWilliams (10)
2022 (S7)	2022 (S7)	5th	7–3–0	Lost Elimination Final			Amy McDonald^[50]	Chloe Scheer (13)
2023	2023	6th	6–4–0	Lost Preliminary Final			Georgie Prespakis^[51]	Chloe Scheer (20)

^ Denotes the ladder was split into two conferences. Figure refers to the club's overall finishing position in the home-and-away season.

VFLW season summaries

League Season	Club Season	Ladder	W–L–D	Finals	Coach	Captain	Best and fairest	Leading goal kicker	Ref
2017	2017	5 / 14	8–6–0	—	Paul Hood	Rebecca Goring^[52]	Lily Mithen	Kate Darby (19)	^[53]
2018	2018	4 / 13	10–3–1	Runners-up			Richelle Cranston	Kate Darby (17)	^[54]
2019	2019	6 / 13	8–6–0	Lost Elimination Final	Natalie Wood	Rotating^†	Rebecca Webster	Madisen Maguire (11)	^[55]
2020	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	2021	2 / 12	10–4–0	Grand Finalist^[c]	Andrew Bruce	Michelle Fedele	Claudia Gunjaca	Olivia Barber (10)	^[56]
2022	2022	4 / 12	10–4–0	Lost Elimination Final		Breanna Beckley	Paige Sheppard	Mia Skinner (21)	^[57]
2023	2023	8 / 12	7–6–1	—	Elise Coventry	Chloe Leonard	Charlotte Simpson	Olivia Cicolini (11)	^[58]

^† In 2019, the team captaincy rotated through the following 5 players: Kate Darby, Danielle Higgins, Jordan Ivey, Maddy Keryk, Amy McDonald.^[59]

Sources: Club historical data 4 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine and VFLW stats

See also

•  Sports portal
•  Australia portal

• Sport in Australia
• Sport in Victoria
• List of Geelong Football Club players, captains and coaches
• 1963 Miracle Match

Notes

1. Used for most of the club's home matches in the AFL all home matches in other competitions.
2. Used for remaining home matches in the AFL.
3. After qualifying for the 2021 VFLW Grand Final, the match was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.

Footnotes

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Bibliography

• Michael Lovett, ed. (2010). AFL Record Season Guide. Geoff Slattery Media Group. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.

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