2017 season | |||
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President | Colin Carter | ||
Coach | Chris Scott (7th season) | ||
Captain(s) | Joel Selwood (6th season) | ||
Home ground | Simonds Stadium | ||
AFL season | 2nd | ||
Finals series | Preliminary final | ||
Best and Fairest | Patrick Dangerfield (2nd) | ||
Leading goalkicker | Tom Hawkins (51) | ||
Highest home attendance | 70,345 vs.Hawthorn (15 July, Round 17) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 24,909 vs. Port Adelaide (25 May, Round 10) | ||
Average home attendance | 36,819 | ||
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The 2017 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 118th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the 18th season. It was also the first time the club fielded a women's team, with the club joining the VFL Women's competition.
After retiring as a player at the end of the 2016 season, Corey Enright joined the coaching panel as an assistant coach, replacing Blake Caracella who moved to a senior assistant coaching role with Richmond. [1] Former Western Bulldogs player Brad Johnson also had a short-term specialist coaching role working with the club's forwards during the preseason. [1]
Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position |
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Scores [a] | ||||||||
Sunday, 26 March (4:40 pm) | Fremantle | 10.13 (73) | 18.7 (115) | Won by 42 points | Domain Stadium [A] | 34,638 | 2nd | |
Sunday, 2 April (1:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 17.10 (112) | 17.9 (111) | Won by 1 point | Etihad Stadium [H] | 30,917 | 7th | |
Saturday, 8 April (4:35 pm) | Melbourne | 20.6 (126) | 13.19 (97) | Won by 29 points | Etihad Stadium [H] | 29,733 | 3rd | |
Monday, 17 April (3:20 pm) | Hawthorn | 6.12 (48) | 20.14 (134) | Won by 86 points | MCG [A] | 62,360 | 1st | |
Sunday, 23 April (3:20 pm) | St Kilda | 13.10 (88) | 19.12 (126) | Won by 38 points | Etihad Stadium [A] | 33,884 | 2nd | |
Sunday, 30 April (3:20 pm) | Collingwood | 11.12 (72) | 15.17 (107) | Lost by 29 points | MCG [H] | 46,457 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 6 May (7:25 pm) | Gold Coast | 18.16 (124) | 15.9 (99) | Lost by 25 points | Metricon Stadium [A] | 13,648 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 13 May (7:25 pm) | Essendon | 17.8 (110) | 13.15 (93) | Lost by 17 points | MCG [A] | 57,172 | 5th | |
Friday, 19 May (7:50 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 16.8 (104) | 12.9 (81) | Won by 23 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 30,275 | 3rd | |
Thursday, 25 May (7:20 pm) | Port Adelaide | 11.15 (81) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 2 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 24,909 | 3rd | |
Friday, 2 June (7:50 pm) | Adelaide | 13.18 (96) | 10.14 (74) | Won by 22 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 30,468 | 3rd | |
Bye | 3rd | |||||||
Thursday, 15 June (6:10 pm) | West Coast | 11.17 (83) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 13 points | Domain Stadium [A] | 35,719 | 3rd | |
Sunday, 25 June (1:10 pm) | Fremantle | 10.14 (74) | 11.6 (72) | Won by 2 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 29,928 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 1 July (7:25 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 10.8 (68) | 10.8 (68) | Match drawn | Spotless Stadium [A] | 15,007 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 8 July (7:25 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 11.12 (78) | 25.13 (163) | Won by 85 points | The Gabba [A] | 18,769 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 15 July (1:45 pm) | Hawthorn | 13.10 (88) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 3 points | MCG [H] | 70,345 | 2nd | |
Friday, 21 July (7:20 pm) | Adelaide | 13.13 (91) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 21 points | Adelaide Oval [A] | 50,464 | 2nd | |
Saturday, 29 July (7:25 pm) | Carlton | 8.10 (58) | 18.15 (123) | Won by 65 points | Etihad Stadium [A] | 35,460 | 2nd | |
Friday, 4 August (7:50 pm) | Sydney | 8.13 (61) | 16.11 (107) | Lost by 46 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 30,833 | 4th | |
Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 11.14 (80) | 9.12 (66) | Won by 14 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 32,266 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 9.5 (59) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 11 points | MCG [A] | 47,889 | 3rd | |
Sunday, 27 August (TBC) | Greater Western Sydney | 15.13 (103) | 8.11 (59) | Won by 44 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 30,087 | 2nd |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Adelaide | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2415 | 1776 | 136.0 | 62 | 2017 finals |
2 | Geelong | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2134 | 1818 | 117.4 | 62 | |
3 | Richmond (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1992 | 1684 | 118.3 | 60 | |
4 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2081 | 1812 | 114.8 | 60 | |
5 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2168 | 1671 | 129.7 | 56 | |
6 | Sydney | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2093 | 1651 | 126.8 | 56 | |
7 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2135 | 2004 | 106.5 | 48 | |
8 | West Coast | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1964 | 1858 | 105.7 | 48 | |
9 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2035 | 1934 | 105.2 | 48 | |
10 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1857 | 1913 | 97.1 | 44 | |
11 | St Kilda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1925 | 1986 | 96.9 | 44 | |
12 | Hawthorn | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1864 | 2055 | 90.7 | 42 | |
13 | Collingwood | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1944 | 1963 | 99.0 | 38 | |
14 | Fremantle | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1607 | 2160 | 74.4 | 32 | |
15 | North Melbourne | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1983 | 2264 | 87.6 | 24 | |
16 | Carlton | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1594 | 2038 | 78.2 | 24 | |
17 | Gold Coast | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1756 | 2311 | 76.0 | 24 | |
18 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1877 | 2526 | 74.3 | 20 |
2017 VFLW season | |
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President | Colin Carter |
Coach | Paul Hood (1st season) |
Captain(s) | Rebecca Goring (1st season) |
Home ground | Simonds Stadium Anthony Costa Oval Deakin University, Waurn Ponds |
VFLW | 5th |
VFLW Best & Fairest | Lily Mithen |
Leading goalkicker | Kate Darby (19) |
2017 was the first season of women's Australian rules football contested by the Geelong Football Club, with the club competing in the second season of the VFL Women's competition, after failing to secure a licence to compete in the inaugural AFL Women's competition that began in 2017.
The first season of the VFL Women's (VFLW) league was held in 2016, and consisted of ten teams from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League.
In October 2016, Geelong announced that they would be taking over the licence to operate a VFL Women's team, replacing the Geelong Magpies who had competed in the 2016 season. [3]
Paul Hood was appointed the club's inaugural VFLW coach, having previously coached Geelong's VFL team in 2015. Rebecca Goring was appointed captain, with Madeleine Boyd and Lily Mithen named as co-vice captains. [4] Mithen won the club's VFLW best and fairest award for the season. [5] The club would finish the season fifth on the ladder, not qualifying for the finals.
H | Home game |
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A | Away game |
Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | |||||
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G | B | T | G | B | T | ||||||
1 | 6 May | Won | 9 | 4 | 58 | Box Hill Hawks | 0 | 2 | 2 | Simonds Stadium | H |
2 | 13 May | Won | 11 | 7 | 73 | Seaford | 4 | 2 | 26 | Shell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove | H |
3 | 28 May | Won | 3 | 5 | 23 | Cranbourne | 2 | 4 | 16 | Frenken Homes Oval (Casey Fields No 2) | A |
4 | 4 June | Lost | 2 | 3 | 15 | Darebin | 11 | 11 | 77 | Plenty War Memorial Park | A |
5 | 18 June | Lost | 3 | 2 | 20 | VU Western Spurs | 7 | 5 | 47 | Henry Turner Memorial Reserve, Footscray | A |
6 | 25 June | Lost | 3 | 2 | 20 | Melbourne University | 8 | 8 | 56 | Anthony Costa Oval, Geelong | H |
7 | 2 July | Lost | 4 | 0 | 24 | St Kilda Sharks | 4 | 8 | 32 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |
8 | 29 June | Won | 9 | 8 | 62 | Seaford | 2 | 3 | 15 | R F Miles Recreation Reserve, Seaford | A |
9 | 16 July | Won | 11 | 6 | 72 | Cranbourne | 4 | 2 | 26 | Osborne Park, North Geelong | H |
10 | 29 July | Lost | 1 | 1 | 7 | Darebin | 2 | 8 | 20 | IKON Park | A |
11 | 5 August | Won | 4 | 5 | 29 | Box Hill Hawks | 2 | 3 | 15 | Box Hill City Oval | A |
12 | 12 August | Won | 6 | 5 | 41 | VU Western Spurs | 1 | 3 | 9 | Anthony Costa Oval, Geelong | H |
13 | 20 August | Won | 11 | 8 | 74 | Eastern Devils | 5 | 5 | 35 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |
14 | 27 August | Lost | 4 | 3 | 27 | Eastern Devils | 8 | 7 | 55 | Mulgrave Reserve | A |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Darebin (P) | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 873 | 319 | 273.7 | 48 | Finals series |
2 | Diamond Creek | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 803 | 421 | 190.7 | 48 | |
3 | Melbourne University | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 755 | 414 | 182.4 | 40 | |
4 | St Kilda Sharks | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 749 | 493 | 151.9 | 40 | |
5 | Geelong Cats | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 545 | 431 | 126.5 | 32 | |
6 | Western Spurs | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 563 | 584 | 96.4 | 28 | |
7 | Eastern Devils | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 684 | 708 | 96.6 | 20 | |
8 | Box Hill | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 382 | 718 | 53.2 | 12 | |
9 | Cranbourne | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 298 | 889 | 33.5 | 12 | |
10 | Seaford | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 260 | 935 | 27.8 | 0 |
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