2025 Carlton Football Club season

Carlton Football Club

2025 season
President	Robert Priestley
Coach	Michael Voss
Captain(s)	Patrick Cripps
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Marvel Stadium (Training and administrative: Ikon Park)
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The 2025 Carlton Football Club season will be the Carlton Football Club's 162nd season of competition.

It will be the club's men's team's 129th season as a member of the Australian Football League, and the fourth under senior coach Michael Voss. The club's women's team will contest its tenth season in the AFL Women's. The club will also field its men's reserves team in the Victorian Football League and its state level women's team in the VFL Women's.

Club summary

The 2025 AFL season will be the 129th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it will also be the 129th season contested by the Carlton Football Club. The club will field its women's team in the tenth season of the AFL Women's competition, its men's reserves team in its eighth Victorian Football League season, and its VFL women's team in its seventh VFL Women's season.

Carlton's primary home ground will be the Melbourne Cricket Ground and secondary home ground will be Marvel Stadium, with the team playing six home games at the former and five at the latter. ^[1] This was a reversal of the distribution from prior years, coming after its six-games-per-year deal at Marvel Stadium expired at the end of 2024 ^[2] and as the result of successful lobbying to the AFL for an extra game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ^[3] Traditional home ground Ikon Park continued to serve as the training and administrative base, and as the home ground for AFL Women's and the men's reserves matches.

Car manufacturer Hyundai, which had been a major sponsor of the club continuously since 2008, ^[4] and Great Southern Bank, which became a major sponsor during the 2021 season, continued as the club's major sponsors through the 2024 season; ^[5] in March, Great Southern Bank signed an extension to its major sponsorship of the club through until the end of 2027. ^[6]

Senior personnel

Luke Sayers was initially set to continue in his fourth year as president, but he stepped down on 22 January. Sayers departure came two weeks after a lewd image was posted on Sayers' X account, tagging a female board member of one of the club's sponsors; Sayers claimed, and an AFL investigations subsequently confirmed, that his account had been hacked and that Sayers had not posted the image himself, but he nonetheless elected to step down after those investigations were complete. Robert Priestley and Patty Kinnersly stepped in as interim co-presidents, ^[7] before Priestley was appointed president on 7 February. At the time of appointment, Priestley was chairman of J. P. Morgan Australia and New Zealand. ^[8]

Brian Cook will serve his fourth and final year as CEO, and Collingwood general manager of football Graham Wright was appointed deputy CEO under a succession plan which will see him take over from Cook at the end of 2025. ^[9]

Michael Voss will continue in his fourth year as senior coach of the club.

Squad for 2025

The following is Carlton's squad for the 2025 season.

Statistics are correct as of end of 2024 season.

Senior List [10]
No.	Player	Hgt (cm)	Date of Birth	Age (end 2024)	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2024)	Goals (end 2024)
1	Jack Silvagni	194	17 December 1997	27	2016	Oakleigh (U18)	115	87
2	Lachie Cowan	187	1 December 2004	20	2023	Devonport, Tasmania (U18)	24	1
3	Jesse Motlop	180	23 November 2003	21	2022	South Fremantle	40	42
4	Oliver Hollands	183	16 January 2004	20	2023	Murray (U18)	42	7
5	Adam Cerra	187	7 October 1999	25	2018	Eastern (U18), Fremantle	129	34
6	Zac Williams	185	20 September 1994	30	2013	GWS Academy, GWS	155	47
7	Jagga Smith	182			–	Oakleigh (U18)	–	–
8	Lachie Fogarty	180	1 April 1999	25	2018	Western (U18), Geelong	70	25
9	Patrick Cripps (c)	195	18 March 1995	29	2014	East Fremantle	207	113
10	Harry McKay	204	24 December 1997	27	2017	Gippsland (U18)	128	252
11	Mitch McGovern	191	11 October 1994	30	2016	Claremont, Adelaide	128	109
12	Tom de Koning	203	16 July 1999	25	2018	Dandenong (U18)	78	30
13	Blake Acres	189	7 October 1995	29	2014	West Perth, St Kilda, Fremantle	168	60
14	Orazio Fantasia	180	14 September 1995	29	2014	Norwood, Essendon, Port Adelaide	114	150
15	Sam Docherty	187	18 October 1993	31	2013	Gippsland (U18), Brisbane Lions	169	26
16	Ben Camporeale	186			–	Glenelg	–	–
17	Brodie Kemp	192	1 May 2001	23	2021	Bendigo (U18)	44	7
18	Sam Walsh (vc)	184	2 July 2000	24	2019	Geelong (U18)	119	42
19	Corey Durdin	173	14 February 2002	22	2021	Central District	48	34
20	Elijah Hollands	189	25 April 2002	22	2022	Murray (U18), Gold Coast	36	25
21	Lucas Camporeale	184			–	Glenelg	–	–
22	Harry O'Farrell	197			–	Calder (U18)	–	–
23	Jacob Weitering (vc)	196	24 November 1997	27	2016	Dandenong (U18)	181	11
24	Nic Newman	187	15 January 1993	31	2017	Frankston, Sydney	134	18
25	Jaxon Binns	182	29 October 2004	20	2024	Dandenong (U18)	3	2
26	Nick Haynes	192	18 May 1992	32	2012	Dandenong (U18)	211	13
27	Marc Pittonet	202	3 June 1996	28	2016	Oakleigh (U18), Hawthorn	73	10
29	George Hewett	185	30 December 1995	29	2016	North Adelaide, Sydney	179	46
30	Charlie Curnow	192	3 February 1997	27	2016	Geelong (U18)	131	281
31	Harry Lemmey	200	30 January 2004	20	—	West Adelaide	–	–
33	Lewis Young	201	21 December 1998	26	2017	Sturt, Western Bulldogs	67	3
35	Billy Wilson	183	16 June 2005	19	—	Dandenong (U18)	–	–
42	Adam Saad	178	23 July 1994	30	2015	Calder (U18), Coburg, Gold Coast, Essendon	195	11
43	Ashton Moir	187	15 April 2005	19	2024	Glenelg	2	2
46	Matthew Cottrell	181	29 February 2000	24	2020	Dandenong (U18)	68	34
Rookie List [10]
No.	Player	Hgt	Date of Birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
28	Harry Charleson	182			–	GWV	–	–
32	Matt Carroll	188	25 November 2005	19	–	Sandringham (U18)	–	–
34	Rob Monahan	194	29 June 2024	20	—	Kerry	–	–
36	Cooper Lord	184	20 March 2005	19	2024	Sandringham (U18), North Melbourne reserves	2	0
37	Jordan Boyd	182	22 September 1998	26	2022	Western (U18), Footscray reserves	35	1
38	Will White	177	18 March 2004	20	–	GWV (U18), Carlton reserves	–	–
39	Alex Cincotta	187	17 December 1996	28	2023	Newtown & Chilwell, Carlton reserves	35	11
41	Matt Duffy	194			–	Longford GAA	–	–
44	Francis Evans		23 August 2001	23	2021	Calder (U18), Geelong, Port Adelaide	33	22
Senior coaching panel [11]
	Coach	Coaching position			Carlton Coaching debut	Former clubs as coach
	Michael Voss	Senior coach			2022	Brisbane Lions (s), Port Adelaide (a)
	Luke Power	Head of development, reserves coach			2020	GWS (a), AFL Academy Manager
	Tim Clarke	Assistant coach (Midfield)			2016	Richmond (a), Coburg (s), Richmond reserves (s), Gold Coast (a)
	Aaron Hamill	Assistant coach (backline)			2022	St Kilda (a), Sandringham (s)
	Ashley Hansen	Assistant coach (senior)			2022	Western Bulldogs (a), Footscray reserves (s)
	Matthew Kreuzer	Assistant coach (ruck)			2022
	Jordan Russell	Assistant coach (forward line)			2022	Western Bulldogs (d), North Melbourne (a)
	Tom Lonergan	Development and talent manager			2023	Calder Cannons (d), Geelong Falcons (d)
	Brad Ebert	Development coach			2023	Port Adelaide (m)
	Torin Baker	Carlton College of Sport and Academy and development coach			2021	Western Jets (s), Hawthorn (d)
	Aaron Greaves	Coaching and performance manager			2022	Melbourne (d, a), Port Adelaide (a, d), North Melbourne (d), AFL umpires (s)

• For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain.
• For coaches: (s) denotes senior coach, (cs) denotes caretaker senior coach, (a) denotes assistant coach, (d) denotes development coach, (m) denotes managerial or administrative role in a football or coaching department

Playing list changes

The following summarises all player changes which occurred after the 2024 season. Unless otherwise noted, draft picks refer to selections in the 2024 national draft.

Carlton took an active role in trading for draft picks during the trade period, trading up in the first round to secure midfielder Jagga Smith, and trading down to ensure it could meet father-son rule bids on Ben and Lucas Camporeale, twin sons of 1990s player Scott.

In

Player	Former Club	League	via
Nick Haynes	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	Signed as an unrestricted free agent [12]
Jagga Smith	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League	National draft, first round (No. 3 overall).
Harry O'Farrell	Calder Cannons	Talent League	National draft, second round (No. 40 overall).
Ben Camporeale	Glenelg	SANFL	National draft, father-son rule selection after matching the bid of Geelong in the third round (picked at No. 43 overall).
Lucas Camporeale	Glenelg	SANFL	National draft, father-son rule selection after matching the bid of Sydney in the third round (picked at No. 54 overall).
Harry Charleson	Greater Western Victoria	Talent League	Rookie draft, first round (No. 9 overall)
Matt Duffy	Longford	GAA	Category B rookie selection [13] [14]
Francis Evans	Port Adelaide	AFL	Joined the club as a reserves player, before being signed in the pre-season supplemental signing period [15]
Will White	Carlton reserves	VFL	Joined the squad as a train-on player, then was signed during the extension to the pre-season supplemental signing period to occupy the list space vacated by Jagga Smith's long-term injury [16]

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Jack Martin	Geelong	AFL	Delisted prior to the trade period, then signed by Geelong as a delisted free agent [17]
David Cuningham	Footscray reserves [18]	VFL	Delisted prior to the trade period. [19]
Caleb Marchbank			Delisted prior to the trade period. [19]
Alex Mirkov			Delisted from the rookie list prior to the trade period. [19]
Domanic Akuei			Delisted from the rookie list prior to the trade period. [19]
Matthew Owies	West Coast	AFL	AFL trade period, in a three-way trade which saw Carlton receive a first round draft pick and two fourth round draft picks (provisionally No. 3, 63 and 66) from West Coast, give a lower first round draft pick and a fifth round draft pick (provisionally No. 12 and 73) to West Coast, and give a lower first round draft pick (provisionally No. 14) to Richmond. [20]
Matt Kennedy	Western Bulldogs	AFL	AFL trade period, in a four-way trade, which saw Carlton trade Kennedy to Western Bulldogs and receive a second round draft pick (provisionally No. 38) from Geelong. [21]
Jack Carroll	St Kilda	AFL	Delisted after the trade period, then signed as a delisted free agent [22]
Sam Durdin			Delisted from the rookie list after the trade period [23]

List management

Player	Change
Draft picks	Received a fourth round draft pick (provisionally No. 73) and a second round draft pick in the 2025 national draft from Brisbane Lions, in exchange for a second round draft pick and a fourth round draft pick (provisionally No. 34 and 66). [24]
Draft picks	Received a first round draft pick (provisionally No. 14) from Hawthorn, in exchange for a first round draft pick and a second round draft pick in the 2025 national draft. [25]
Matt Carroll	Initially delisted from the rookie list after the trade period, [23] before joining the squad as a train-on player, then being re-signed as a rookie during the pre-season supplemental selection period. [26]
Liam McMahon Denver Grainger-Barras Ethan Phillips	Joined the squad as train-on players, but were ultimately not signed during the supplemental selection period [27]

Season summary

Pre-season

Carlton played two practice matches, the first deemed unofficial match simulation and the second deemed an official practice match, as part of its lead-up to the premiership season.

Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Carlton's scores indicated in bold)			Venue
		Home	Away	Result
Saturday, 22 February (11:00 am)	St Kilda	8.10 (58)	10.9 (69)	Lost by 11 points [28]	Ikon Park (H)
Friday, 28 February (5:20 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	9.12 (66)	18.16 (124)	Won by 58 points [29]	Manuka Oval (A)

Individual awards and records

Representative honours

The following Carlton players were selected for representative teams during the 2025 season.

• In the Indigenous All-Stars match for the All-Stars: Zac Williams and Jesse Motlop. ^[30]

AFL Women's

The club's AFL Women's 2024 squad is given below. Changes ahead of the 2025 season are yet to be reflected.

Carlton Football Club (2024)

Senior list								Coaching staff
1 Amelia Velardo  2 Jessica Dal Pos  3 Darcy Vescio (vc)  4 Keeley Skepper  5 Abbie McKay  6 Gab Pound  7 Tahlia Read  8 Celine Moody  9 Kerryn Peterson (c) 10 Mimi Hill 11 Yasmin Duursma 12 Jess Good 13 Lulu Beatty 14 Marianna Anthony 15 Meg Robertson 16 Breann Moody		17 Dayna Finn 18 Maddy Guerin 19 Erone Fitzpatrick 20 Lily Goss 21 Harriet Cordner 22 Mia Austin 23 Lila Keck 24 Brooke Vickers 25 Keeley Sherar 26 Tarni Brown 27 Genevieve Lawson-Tavan 28 Jade Halfpenny 34 Taylor Ortlepp 36 Ciara Fitzgerald 49 Madeline Hendrie						Head coach Mathew Buck Assistant coaches Tom Couch (midfield) Christina Polatajko (forwards) Glenn Strachan (backline) Lachlan Swaney (development) Ash Naulty (head of AFLW) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: Source(s): Senior list, Coaching staff

Reserves

Carlton will field reserves and state level teams in the men's and women's competitions during the 2024 season.

Men's

Carlton's men's reserves team will contest its eighth VFL season; and its 88th overall season of reserves and state level competition dating back to 1919.

Women's

The club will field a team in the VFL Women's competition for the seventh time.

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