2025 AFL season

2025 AFL premiership season
Date	6 March—27 September 2025
Teams	18
←  2024

The 2025 AFL season is the upcoming 129th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season will feature 18 clubs and run from 6 March to 27 September. ^[1]

Background

In September 2022, the AFL announced a seven-year, $4.5 billion broadcast rights deal with the Seven Network, Foxtel and Telstra, the biggest sports broadcast rights deal in Australian history, effective from the 2025 season. ^[2] Key points of the deal included:

• Seven and its streaming service 7plus would broadcast Thursday night, Friday night, Sunday afternoon and all marquee matches, with the first 16 ^[a] rounds of the home-and-away season featuring Thursday night matches. ^[3]
• Foxtel and its streaming service Kayo would broadcast every match of the season outside of the grand final, ^[3] and would utilise its own commentary teams and graphics for all matches for the first time; ^[5] another Foxtel streaming service, Binge, would also simulcast some matches and include other Foxtel football programs. ^[6]
• All Saturday matches outside of marquee matches would be exclusive to Foxtel and Kayo for the first eight rounds of the season, while all Saturday night matches in the last eight rounds of the season would be exclusive to Seven. ^[3]
• Seven would broadcast matches involving non-Victorian clubs live into their local markets, outside of select matches on delay. ^[3]

A match between the Indigenous All-Stars and Fremantle will take place at Optus Stadium in February 2025, marking the first Indigenous All-Stars match since 2015. ^[7] Ahead of the season's fixture release in November, the AFL further elaborated that the home-and-away season would feature Thursday night matches in 23 of the 25 rounds, with each of the first 16 rounds plus seven other rounds, as part of a floating fixture to be determined later in the season, having matches on Thursday nights. ^[4] The following day, the AFL announced the addition on Sunday night matches as a semi-regular fixture in 2025, with nine of the first 16 rounds featuring a Sunday night match. ^[8] In the same month, Adelaide ^[9] and St Kilda unveiled new club logos, ^[10] while Gold Coast unveiled a new logo and playing guernseys as part of a rebrand of the club. ^[11]

The season will begin on 6 March with a match between reigning premiers the Brisbane Lions and Geelong, during which the Lions will unfurl their 2024 premiership flag. ^[12] The match will be one of four played in Opening Round, an initiative introduced in 2024, where the New South Wales and Queensland clubs (Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney and Sydney) would contest matches against four Victorian clubs (Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood and Hawthorn, respectively in 2025) to open the season; all eight clubs would then have a bye before round 5 so that all clubs would have played the same number of matches leading into Gather Round. ^[13] The Western Bulldogs will host a match against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round 2, its first home match at the venue since 2009, to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of its entry into the VFL/AFL. ^[14] In round 5, Gather Round, which will be played in South Australia for the third consecutive year, will feature matches in the Barossa Valley region for the first time, with two matches to be played at Barossa Park, a new $40 million recreational facility in Lyndoch, along with two matches at Norwood Oval and the other five at Adelaide Oval, including two separately ticketed matches on the Saturday. ^[15] Hawthorn will also host a match to celebrate its 100-year anniversary in the VFL/AFL, against Richmond in round 8. ^[16]

In round 11, during Sir Doug Nicholls Round, the Dreamtime at the 'G match between Essendon and Richmond was moved to the Friday night primetime slot for the first time, having traditionally been held on a Saturday night during the round; ^[17] a double-header will be held the following day at Marvel Stadium, featuring several Sir Doug Nicholls Round activations in the Docklands precinct throughout the day. ^[8] Prior to the fixture release, North Melbourne announced that it would play two of its home matches each season in Western Australia from 2025 to 2027, ^[b] as part of a deal with the AFL, Tourism Western Australia and the Western Australian government to provide financial security to the club, as well as its strategy to exit its existing deal to play home matches in Tasmania, where it had played at least two per season since 2012; in 2025, the club will play its Western Australia home matches consecutively, in rounds 13 and 14, and two matches in Tasmania as part of the final year of the club's deal with the state. ^[18]

Coach appointments

New coach	Club	Date of appointment	Previous coach	Ref.
Andrew McQualter	West Coast	30 September 2024	Adam Simpson	[19]
Dean Cox	Sydney	26 November 2024	John Longmire	[20]

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Leadership group
		Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s)	Other leader(s)
Adelaide	Matthew Nicks [21]	Jordan Dawson	Darcy Fogarty, Ben Keays, Alex Neal-Bullen, Reilly O'Brien [22]
Brisbane Lions	Chris Fagan [23]	Harris Andrews, Lachie Neale	Josh Dunkley, Hugh McCluggage	Jarrod Berry, Charlie Cameron, Oscar McInerney, Cameron Rayner, Brandon Starcevich [24]
Carlton		Patrick Cripps [25]
Collingwood		Darcy Moore	Nick Daicos, Brayden Maynard	Darcy Cameron, Jamie Elliott, Daniel McStay, Isaac Quaynor [26]
Essendon	Brad Scott [27]	Zach Merrett	Andrew McGrath	Kyle Langford, Nic Martin, Mason Redman [28]
Fremantle	Justin Longmuir [29]	Alex Pearce	Andrew Brayshaw, Caleb Serong	Jaeger O'Meara, Sam Switkowski, Josh Treacy, Hayden Young [30]
Geelong	Chris Scott [31]	Patrick Dangerfield	Tom Stewart [32]
Gold Coast		Noah Anderson	Sam Collins, Touk Miller	Ben King, Wil Powell, Matt Rowell [33]
Greater Western Sydney		Toby Greene	Stephen Coniglio, Josh Kelly	Jack Buckley, Brent Daniels, Tom Green, Connor Idun, Sam Taylor [34]
Hawthorn	Sam Mitchell [35]	James Sicily [25]
Melbourne	Simon Goodwin [36]	Max Gawn	Jack Viney [37]
North Melbourne		Jy Simpkin	Nick Larkey, Harry Sheezel [38]
Port Adelaide	Ken Hinkley [39]	Connor Rozee	Zak Butters	Willem Drew, Sam Powell-Pepper [40]
Richmond	Adam Yze [21]	Toby Nankervis		Nathan Broad, Tom Lynch, Jayden Short, Tim Taranto [41]
St Kilda	Ross Lyon [42]	Jack Steele	Jack Sinclair, Callum Wilkie	Dan Butler, Mason Wood [43]
Sydney	Dean Cox [44]
West Coast	Andrew McQualter [45]	Oscar Allen, Liam Duggan	Jeremy McGovern	Liam Baker, Jack Graham, Jake Waterman [46]
Western Bulldogs	Luke Beveridge [21]	Marcus Bontempelli	Tom Liberatore (vc), Aaron Naughton (dvc)	Bailey Dale, Taylor Duryea, Liam Jones, Ed Richards, Cody Weightman [47]

Pre-season

Indigenous All-Stars match

Starting time is local time. Source: afl.com.au

	Indigenous All-Stars match
Saturday, 15 February (4:30 pm)	Indigenous All-Stars 16.12 (108)	def.	Fremantle 9.11 (65)	Optus Stadium (crowd: 37,865)	Report
	5.2 (32) 7.5 (47) 12.8 (80) 16.12 (108)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4	2.3 (15) 5.5 (35) 7.8 (50) 9.11 (65)	Polly Farmer Medal: Jy Simpkin
Bobby Hill 4, Horne-Francis 3, Cameron, Kelly, Motlop, Pickett, W. Rioli, Ryan, Simpkin, Stengle, Walters		Goals	Frederick 3, Amiss 2, Jackson 2, Sharp 2
Bobby Hill, Horne-Francis, Simpkin, Humphries, Ah Chee, Burgoyne		Best	Frederick, Serong, Sharp, O'Driscoll, Draper

Practice matches

All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

	Official practice matches
Tuesday, 25 February (7:10 pm)	Geelong 12.11 (83)	def. by	Essendon 17.2 (104)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 11,626)	Report
Wednesday, 26 February (7:10 pm)	Richmond 6.13 (49)	def. by	Collingwood 21.6 (132)	Ikon Park (crowd: 7,911)	Report
Thursday, 27 February (5:20 pm)	Hawthorn	v	Western Bulldogs	University of Tasmania Stadium
Thursday, 27 February (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	v	Adelaide	Brighton Homes Arena
Friday, 28 February (5:20 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	v	Carlton	Manuka Oval
Friday, 28 February (7:10 pm)	Gold Coast	v	Sydney	People First Stadium
Saturday, 1 March (3:10 pm)	St Kilda	v	Port Adelaide	RSEA Park
Saturday, 1 March (3:10 pm)	West Coast	v	North Melbourne	Hands Oval
Sunday, 2 March (3:10 pm)	Fremantle	v	Melbourne	Lane Group Stadium

Home-and-away season

All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Opening Round

	Opening Round
Thursday, 6 March (6:50 pm)	Brisbane Lions	v	Geelong	The Gabba
Friday, 7 March (7:40 pm)	Sydney	v	Hawthorn	Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 8 March (4:15 pm)	Gold Coast	v	Essendon	People First Stadium
Sunday, 9 March (3:20 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	v	Collingwood	Engie Stadium
	Bye Adelaide Carlton Fremantle Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda West Coast Western Bulldogs

Round 1

	Round 1
Thursday, 13 March (7:30 pm)	Richmond	v	Carlton	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 14 March (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn	v	Essendon	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 15 March (1:20 pm)	Geelong	v	Fremantle	GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 15 March (4:15 pm)	Sydney	v	Brisbane Lions	Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 15 March (7:35 pm)	Western Bulldogs	v	North Melbourne	Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 15 March (7:35 pm)	Collingwood	v	Port Adelaide	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 16 March (12:05 pm)	Adelaide	v	St Kilda	Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 16 March (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	v	Greater Western Sydney	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 16 March (3:10 pm)	West Coast	v	Gold Coast	Optus Stadium

Round 2

	Round 2
Thursday, 20 March (7:30 pm)	Carlton	v	Hawthorn	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 21 March (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	v	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 22 March (1:20 pm)	Essendon	v	Adelaide	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 22 March (3:45 pm)	Port Adelaide	v	Richmond	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 22 March (7:35 pm)	St Kilda	v	Geelong	Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 23 March (12:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	v	West Coast	The Gabba
Sunday, 23 March (3:20 pm)	North Melbourne	v	Melbourne	Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 23 March (3:10 pm)	Fremantle	v	Sydney	Optus Stadium
	Bye Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney

Round 3

	Round 3
Thursday, 27 March (7:30 pm)	Essendon	v	Port Adelaide	Marvel Stadium
Friday, 28 March (7:40 pm)	Carlton	v	Western Bulldogs	Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 29 March (1:20 pm)	Melbourne	v	Gold Coast	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 29 March (4:15 pm)	St Kilda	v	Richmond	Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 29 March (7:35 pm)	Hawthorn	v	Greater Western Sydney	University of Tasmania Stadium
Sunday, 30 March (2:50 pm)	Adelaide	v	North Melbourne	Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 30 March (3:10 pm)	West Coast	v	Fremantle	Optus Stadium
	Bye Brisbane Lions Collingwood Geelong Sydney

Round 4

	Round 4
Thursday, 3 April (7:30 pm)	Collingwood	v	Carlton	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 4 April (7:40 pm)	Geelong	v	Melbourne	GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 5 April (12:20 pm)	Gold Coast	v	Adelaide	People First Stadium
Saturday, 5 April (4:15 pm)	Richmond	v	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 5 April (7:35 pm)	North Melbourne	v	Sydney	Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 6 April (1:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	v	West Coast	Engie Stadium
Sunday, 6 April (2:50 pm)	Port Adelaide	v	St Kilda	Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 6 April (3:10 pm)	Fremantle	v	Western Bulldogs	Optus Stadium
	Bye Essendon Hawthorn

Round 5

	Round 5 (Gather Round)
Thursday, 10 April (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	v	Geelong	Adelaide Oval
Friday, 11 April (7:10 pm)	Collingwood	v	Sydney	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 12 April (12:05 pm)	North Melbourne	v	Gold Coast	Barossa Park
Saturday, 12 April (12:50 pm)	Carlton	v	West Coast	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 12 April (3:45 pm)	Western Bulldogs	v	Brisbane Lions	Norwood Oval
Saturday, 12 April (7:05 pm)	Melbourne	v	Essendon	Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 13 April (12:05 pm)	Richmond	v	Fremantle	Barossa Park
Sunday, 13 April (2:50 pm)	St Kilda	v	Greater Western Sydney	Norwood Oval
Sunday, 13 April (6:50 pm)	Port Adelaide	v	Hawthorn	Adelaide Oval

Round 6

	Round 6
Thursday, 17 April (7:30 pm)	Brisbane Lions	v	Collingwood	The Gabba
Friday, 18 April (3:20 pm)	North Melbourne	v	Carlton	Marvel Stadium
Friday, 18 April (4:10 pm)	West Coast	v	Essendon	Optus Stadium
Saturday, 19 April (1:20 pm)	Melbourne	v	Fremantle	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 19 April (3:45 pm)	Adelaide	v	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 19 April (7:35 pm)	Richmond	v	Gold Coast	Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 20 April (3:20 pm)	Sydney	v	Port Adelaide	Sydney Cricket Ground
Sunday, 20 April (7:20 pm)	Western Bulldogs	v	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium
Monday, 21 April (3:20 pm)	Geelong	v	Hawthorn	Melbourne Cricket Ground

Round 7

	Round 7 (Anzac Appeal Round)
Thursday, 24 April (7:30 pm)	Melbourne	v	Richmond	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 25 April (3:20 pm)	Collingwood	v	Essendon	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 25 April (6:10 pm)	Fremantle	v	Adelaide	Optus Stadium
Saturday, 26 April (1:20 pm)	St Kilda	v	Brisbane Lions	Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 26 April (3:45 pm)	Port Adelaide	v	North Melbourne	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 26 April (7:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	v	Western Bulldogs	Manuka Oval
Sunday, 27 April (1:10 pm)	Gold Coast	v	Sydney	People First Stadium
Sunday, 27 April (3:20 pm)	Carlton	v	Geelong	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 27 April (4:40 pm)	Hawthorn	v	West Coast	Marvel Stadium

Round 8

	Round 8
Thursday, 1 May (7:30 pm)	Essendon	v	North Melbourne	Marvel Stadium
Friday, 2 May (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	v	Fremantle	Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 3 May (1:20 pm)	Western Bulldogs	v	Port Adelaide	Mars Stadium
Saturday, 3 May (3:45 pm)	Adelaide	v	Carlton	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 3 May (7:35 pm)	Collingwood	v	Geelong	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 3 May (5:35 pm)	West Coast	v	Melbourne	Optus Stadium
Sunday, 4 May (1:10 pm)	Sydney	v	Greater Western Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground
Sunday, 4 May (3:20 pm)	Hawthorn	v	Richmond	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 4 May (7:20 pm)	Brisbane Lions	v	Gold Coast	The Gabba

Round 9

	Round 9
Thursday, 8 May (6:10 pm)	Fremantle	v	Collingwood	Optus Stadium
Friday, 9 May (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	v	Carlton	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 10 May (1:20 pm)	Melbourne	v	Hawthorn	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 10 May (4:15 pm)	Essendon	v	Sydney	Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 10 May (7:35 pm)	Gold Coast	v	Western Bulldogs	TIO Stadium
Saturday, 10 May (7:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	v	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 11 May (1:10 pm)	Richmond	v	West Coast	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 11 May (3:20 pm)	Geelong	v	Greater Western Sydney	GMHBA Stadium
Sunday, 11 May (4:40 pm)	North Melbourne	v	Brisbane Lions	Ninja Stadium

Round 10

	Round 10 (Sir Doug Nicholls Round week 1)
Thursday, 15 May (7:30 pm)	Gold Coast	v	Hawthorn	TIO Stadium
Friday, 16 May (7:40 pm)	Sydney	v	Carlton	Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 17 May (1:20 pm)	Collingwood	v	Adelaide	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 17 May (3:45 pm)	Port Adelaide	v	Geelong	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 17 May (4:15 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	v	Fremantle	Engie Stadium
Saturday, 17 May (7:35 pm)	Western Bulldogs	v	Essendon	Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 18 May (1:10 pm)	Richmond	v	North Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 18 May (3:20 pm)	Brisbane Lions	v	Melbourne	The Gabba
Sunday, 18 May (2:40 pm)	West Coast	v	St Kilda	Optus Stadium

Round 11

	Round 11 (Sir Doug Nicholls Round week 2)
Thursday, 22 May (7:30 pm)	Geelong	v	Western Bulldogs	GMHBA Stadium
Friday, 23 May (7:40 pm)	Essendon	v	Richmond	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 24 May (12:35 pm)	Carlton	v	Greater Western Sydney	Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 24 May (4:15 pm)	Hawthorn	v	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 24 May (7:35 pm)	North Melbourne	v	Collingwood	Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 24 May (6:10 pm)	Fremantle	v	Port Adelaide	Optus Stadium
Sunday, 25 May (1:10 pm)	Adelaide	v	West Coast	Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 25 May (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	v	Sydney	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 25 May (4:40 pm)	St Kilda	v	Gold Coast	Marvel Stadium

Round 12

	Round 12
Thursday, 29 May (7:30 pm)	Brisbane Lions	v	Essendon	The Gabba
Friday, 30 May (7:40 pm)	Collingwood	v	Hawthorn	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 31 May (1:20 pm)	Gold Coast	v	Fremantle	People First Stadium
Saturday, 31 May (4:15 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	v	Richmond	Engie Stadium
Saturday, 31 May (7:35 pm)	Sydney	v	Adelaide	Sydney Cricket Ground
Sunday, 1 June (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	v	St Kilda	TIO Traeger Park
Sunday, 1 June (5:20 pm)	West Coast	v	Geelong	Optus Stadium
	Bye Carlton North Melbourne Port Adelaide Western Bulldogs

Round 13

	Round 13
Thursday, 5 June (7:30 pm)	Western Bulldogs	v	Hawthorn	Marvel Stadium
Friday, 6 June (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	v	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 7 June (1:20 pm)	Richmond	v	Sydney	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 7 June (4:15 pm)	Geelong	v	Gold Coast	GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 7 June (7:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	v	Port Adelaide	Manuka Oval
Sunday, 8 June (1:20 pm)	North Melbourne	v	West Coast	Hands Oval
Sunday, 8 June (7:20 pm)	Carlton	v	Essendon	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Monday, 9 June (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	v	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Bye Fremantle St Kilda

Round 14

	Round 14
Thursday, 12 June (7:30 pm)	St Kilda	v	Western Bulldogs	Marvel Stadium
Friday, 13 June (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn	v	Adelaide	University of Tasmania Stadium
Saturday, 14 June (1:20 pm)	Brisbane Lions	v	Greater Western Sydney	The Gabba
Saturday, 14 June (4:15 pm)	Essendon	v	Geelong	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 14 June (5:35 pm)	North Melbourne	v	Fremantle	Optus Stadium
Sunday, 15 June (2:50 pm)	Port Adelaide	v	Melbourne	Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 15 June (4:10 pm)	West Coast	v	Carlton	Optus Stadium
	Bye Collingwood Gold Coast Richmond Sydney

Round 15

	Round 15
Thursday, 19 June (6:10 pm)	Fremantle	v	Essendon	Optus Stadium
Friday, 20 June (7:40 pm)	Geelong	v	Brisbane Lions	GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 21 June (1:20 pm)	Carlton	v	North Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 21 June (3:45 pm)	Port Adelaide	v	Sydney	Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 21 June (7:35 pm)	Collingwood	v	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 22 June (1:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	v	Gold Coast	Engie Stadium
Sunday, 22 June (3:20 pm)	Western Bulldogs	v	Richmond	Marvel Stadium
	Bye Adelaide Hawthorn Melbourne West Coast

Round 16

	Round 16
Dates and times TBC	Collingwood	v	West Coast	Marvel Stadium
	Fremantle	v	St Kilda	Optus Stadium
	Gold Coast	v	Melbourne	People First Stadium
	Hawthorn	v	North Melbourne	University of Tasmania Stadium
	Port Adelaide	v	Carlton	Adelaide Oval
	Richmond	v	Adelaide	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Sydney	v	Western Bulldogs	Sydney Cricket Ground
	Bye Brisbane Lions Essendon Geelong Greater Western Sydney

Round 17

	Round 17
Dates and times TBC	Adelaide	v	Melbourne	Adelaide Oval
	Brisbane Lions	v	Port Adelaide	The Gabba
	Carlton	v	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Essendon	v	Gold Coast	Marvel Stadium
	Geelong	v	Richmond	GMHBA Stadium
	North Melbourne	v	Western Bulldogs	Marvel Stadium
	St Kilda	v	Hawthorn	Marvel Stadium
	Sydney	v	Fremantle	Sydney Cricket Ground
	West Coast	v	Greater Western Sydney	Optus Stadium

Round 18

	Round 18
Dates and times TBC	Carlton	v	Brisbane Lions	Marvel Stadium
	Fremantle	v	Hawthorn	Optus Stadium
	Gold Coast	v	Collingwood	People First Stadium
	Greater Western Sydney	v	Geelong	Engie Stadium
	Melbourne	v	North Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Port Adelaide	v	West Coast	Adelaide Oval
	Richmond	v	Essendon	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	St Kilda	v	Sydney	Marvel Stadium
	Western Bulldogs	v	Adelaide	Mars Stadium

Round 19

	Round 19
Dates and times TBC	Adelaide	v	Gold Coast	Adelaide Oval
	Brisbane Lions	v	Western Bulldogs	The Gabba
	Carlton	v	Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Collingwood	v	Fremantle	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Essendon	v	Greater Western Sydney	Marvel Stadium
	Geelong	v	St Kilda	GMHBA Stadium
	Hawthorn	v	Port Adelaide	University of Tasmania Stadium
	Sydney	v	North Melbourne	Sydney Cricket Ground
	West Coast	v	Richmond	Optus Stadium

Round 20

	Round 20
Dates and times TBC	Adelaide	v	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
	Essendon	v	Western Bulldogs	Marvel Stadium
	Fremantle	v	West Coast	Optus Stadium
	Gold Coast	v	Brisbane Lions	People First Stadium
	Greater Western Sydney	v	Sydney	Engie Stadium
	Hawthorn	v	Carlton	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	North Melbourne	v	Geelong	Marvel Stadium
	Richmond	v	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	St Kilda	v	Melbourne	Marvel Stadium

Round 21

	Round 21
Dates and times TBC	Adelaide	v	Hawthorn	Adelaide Oval
	Collingwood	v	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Fremantle	v	Carlton	Optus Stadium
	Geelong	v	Port Adelaide	GMHBA Stadium
	Gold Coast	v	Richmond	People First Stadium
	Melbourne	v	West Coast	Marvel Stadium
	St Kilda	v	North Melbourne	Marvel Stadium
	Sydney	v	Essendon	Sydney Cricket Ground
	Western Bulldogs	v	Greater Western Sydney	Marvel Stadium

Round 22

	Round 22
Dates and times TBC	Brisbane Lions	v	Sydney	The Gabba
	Carlton	v	Gold Coast	Marvel Stadium
	Geelong	v	Essendon	GMHBA Stadium
	Greater Western Sydney	v	North Melbourne	Manuka Oval
	Hawthorn	v	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Melbourne	v	Western Bulldogs	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Port Adelaide	v	Fremantle	Adelaide Oval
	Richmond	v	St Kilda	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	West Coast	v	Adelaide	Optus Stadium

Round 23

	Round 23
Dates and times TBC	Adelaide	v	Collingwood	Adelaide Oval
	Carlton	v	Port Adelaide	Marvel Stadium
	Essendon	v	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium
	Fremantle	v	Brisbane Lions	Optus Stadium
	Gold Coast	v	Greater Western Sydney	People First Stadium
	Hawthorn	v	Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	North Melbourne	v	Richmond	Ninja Stadium
	Sydney	v	Geelong	Sydney Cricket Ground
	Western Bulldogs	v	West Coast	Marvel Stadium

Round 24

	Round 24
Dates and times TBC	Brisbane Lions	v	Hawthorn	The Gabba
	Collingwood	v	Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Essendon	v	Carlton	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Greater Western Sydney	v	St Kilda	Engie Stadium
	North Melbourne	v	Adelaide	Marvel Stadium
	Port Adelaide	v	Gold Coast	Adelaide Oval
	Richmond	v	Geelong	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	West Coast	v	Sydney	Optus Stadium
	Western Bulldogs	v	Fremantle	Marvel Stadium

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	Finals series
2	Brisbane Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
3	Carlton	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
4	Collingwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
5	Essendon	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
6	Fremantle	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
7	Geelong	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
8	Gold Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
9	Greater Western Sydney	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
10	Hawthorn	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
11	Melbourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
12	North Melbourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
13	Port Adelaide	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
14	Richmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
15	St Kilda	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
16	Sydney	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
17	West Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
18	Western Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0

Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Progression by round

4	Finished the round in first place	0	Finished the round in last place
4	Finished the round inside the top eight
41	Subscript indicates the ladder position at the end of the round

Team	O	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
Carlton
Collingwood
Essendon
Fremantle
Geelong
Gold Coast
Greater Western Sydney
Hawthorn
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
St Kilda
Sydney
West Coast
Western Bulldogs

Home matches and membership

The following table includes all home match attendance figures from the home-and-away season, excluding neutral matches (Gather Round).

Team	Home match attendance							Membership
	Hosted	Total	Highest	Lowest	Average			2024 [48]	2025	Change
					2024 [49]	2025	Change
Adelaide	0				40,821			75,477
Brisbane Lions	0				30,864			63,268
Carlton	0				58,311			106,345
Collingwood	0				66,880			110,628
Essendon	0				50,478			83,664
Fremantle	0				46,891			62,237
Geelong	0				36,291			90,798
Gold Coast	0				15,584			26,157
Greater Western Sydney	0				12,275			36,629
Hawthorn	0				36,037			83,823
Melbourne	0				34,929			65,479
North Melbourne	0				21,954			50,628
Port Adelaide	0				36,922			66,015
Richmond	0				47,582			98,489
St Kilda	0				29,257			60,467
Sydney	0				38,202			73,757
West Coast	0				46,234			103,498
Western Bulldogs	0				28,523			62,328
Total/overall	0				37,815			1,319,687

Win–loss table

The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If multiple matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by percentage (i.e. the lowest-scoring winning team is ranked highest and the lowest-scoring losing team is ranked lowest). Home matches are in bold, neutral matches (Gather Round) are underlined and opponents are listed above the margins.

+	Win		Qualified for finals
-	Loss	X	Bye
	Draw		Eliminated

Team	Home-and-away season																									Ladder	Finals series
	O	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24		F1	F2	F3	GF
Adelaide	X	STK	ESS	NM	GC	GEE	GWS	FRE	CAR	PA	COL	WC	SYD	BL	HAW	X	RIC	MEL	WB	GC	PA	HAW	WC	COL	NM	1 (0–0–0)
Brisbane Lions	GEE	SYD	WC	X	RIC	WB	COL	STK	GC	NM	MEL	HAW	ESS	ADE	GWS	GEE	X	PA	CAR	WB	GC	COL	SYD	FRE	HAW	2 (0–0–0)
Carlton	X	RIC	HAW	WB	COL	WC	NM	GEE	ADE	STK	SYD	GWS	X	ESS	WC	NM	PA	COL	BL	MEL	HAW	FRE	GC	PA	ESS	3 (0–0–0)
Collingwood	GWS	PA	WB	X	CAR	SYD	BL	ESS	GEE	FRE	ADE	NM	HAW	MEL	X	STK	WC	CAR	GC	FRE	RIC	BL	HAW	ADE	MEL	4 (0–0–0)
Essendon	GC	HAW	ADE	PA	X	MEL	WC	COL	NM	SYD	WB	RIC	BL	CAR	GEE	FRE	X	GC	RIC	GWS	WB	SYD	GEE	STK	CAR	5 (0–0–0)
Fremantle	X	GEE	SYD	WC	WB	RIC	MEL	ADE	STK	COL	GWS	PA	GC	X	NM	ESS	STK	SYD	HAW	COL	WC	CAR	PA	BL	WB	6 (0–0–0)
Geelong	BL	FRE	STK	X	MEL	ADE	HAW	CAR	COL	GWS	PA	WB	WC	GC	ESS	BL	X	RIC	GWS	STK	NM	PA	ESS	SYD	RIC	7 (0–0–0)
Gold Coast	ESS	WC	V	MEL	ADE	NM	RIC	SYD	BL	WB	HAW	STK	FRE	GEE	X	GWS	MEL	ESS	COL	ADE	BL	RIC	CAR	GWS	PA	8 (0–0–0)
Greater Western Sydney	COL	MEL	X	HAW	WC	STK	ADE	WB	SYD	GEE	FRE	CAR	RIC	PA	BL	GC	X	WC	GEE	ESS	SYD	WB	NM	GC	STK	9 (0–0–0)
Hawthorn	SYD	ESS	CAR	GWS	X	PA	GEE	WC	RIC	MEL	GC	BL	COL	WB	ADE	X	NM	STK	FRE	PA	CAR	ADE	COL	MEL	BL	10 (0–0–0)
Melbourne	X	GWS	NM	GC	GEE	ESS	FRE	RIC	WC	HAW	BL	SYD	STK	COL	PA	X	GC	ADE	NM	CAR	STK	WC	WB	HAW	COL	11 (0–0–0)
North Melbourne	X	WB	MEL	ADE	SYD	GC	CAR	PA	ESS	BL	RIC	COL	X	WC	FRE	CAR	HAW	WB	MEL	SYD	GEE	STK	GWS	RIC	ADE	12 (0–0–0)
Port Adelaide	X	COL	RIC	ESS	STK	HAW	SYD	NM	WB	ADE	GEE	FRE	X	GWS	MEL	SYD	CAR	BL	WC	HAW	ADE	GEE	FRE	CAR	GC	13 (0–0–0)
Richmond	X	CAR	PA	STK	BL	FRE	GC	MEL	HAW	WC	NM	ESS	GWS	SYD	X	WB	ADE	GEE	ESS	WC	COL	GC	STK	NM	GEE	14 (0–0–0)
St Kilda	X	ADE	GEE	RIC	PA	GWS	WB	BL	FRE	CAR	WC	GC	MEL	X	WB	COL	FRE	HAW	SYD	GEE	MEL	NM	RIC	ESS	GWS	15 (0–0–0)
Sydney	HAW	BL	FRE	X	NM	COL	PA	GC	GWS	ESS	CAR	MEL	ADE	RIC	X	PA	WB	FRE	STK	NM	GWS	ESS	BL	GEE	WC	16 (0–0–0)
West Coast	X	GC	BL	FRE	GWS	CAR	ESS	HAW	MEL	RIC	STK	ADE	GEE	NM	CAR	X	COL	GWS	PA	RIC	FRE	MEL	ADE	WB	SYD	17 (0–0–0)
Western Bulldogs	X	NM	COL	CAR	FRE	BL	STK	GWS	PA	GC	ESS	GEE	X	HAW	STK	RIC	SYD	NM	ADE	BL	ESS	GWS	MEL	WC	FRE	18 (0–0–0)

Coach departures

Outgoing coach	Club	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Caretaker coach	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Ken Hinkley	Port Adelaide	Stepping down at end of season as part of succession plan [50]		—	Josh Carr [51]

Notes

1. The deal originally covered the first 15 rounds, ^[3] however with the addition of Opening Round, this was extended to 16 rounds ahead of the 2025 season. ^[4]
2. As part of the deal, North Melbourne will play home matches against the two Western Australian clubs, Fremantle and West Coast, with one match played at Hands Oval and the other at Optus Stadium. ^[18]

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External links

• 2025 AFL season at afl.com.au
• 2025 AFL season at Australian Football
• 2025 AFL season at Austadiums