This is a list of seasons competed by the Geelong Football Club reserves team in the Victorian Football League. Geelong's reserves team has competed in the VFL [lower-alpha 1] since 2000, winning the league's premiership three times.
‡ | Club finished regular season in first position (minor premiers) |
† | Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon) |
DNQ | Club did not qualify for finals |
— | Field not applicable for that season |
Season | Club | Home and away results | Finals results | Coach | Captain(s) | |||
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Finish | Wins | Losses | Draws | |||||
2000 | 2000 | 5th | 13 | 6 | 0 | Lost Preliminary Final | Ron Watt [1] | Rotation [2] |
2001 | 2001 | 13th | 7 | 13 | 0 | DNQ | ||
2002 | 2002 | 1st‡ | 17 | 3 | 0 | Premiers (1) | Tim McGrath | |
2003 | 2003 | 8th | 8 | 10 | 0 | Lost Elimination Final | ||
2004 | 2004 | 9th | 7 | 11 | 0 | DNQ | James Byrne [3] | |
2005 | 2005 | 13th† | 4 | 14 | 0 | DNQ | Leigh Tudor | |
2006 | 2006 | 3rd | 13 | 5 | 0 | Runners-up (1) | ||
2007 | 2007 | 2nd | 14 | 4 | 0 | Premiers (2) | ||
2008 | 2008 | 10th | 6 | 10 | 0 | DNQ | ||
2009 | 2009 | 8th | 9 | 9 | 0 | Lost Elimination Final | Dale Amos [4] | James Podsiadly |
2010 | 2010 | 12th | 5 | 13 | 0 | DNQ | Matthew Firman James Podsiadly | |
2011 | 2011 | 9th | 6 | 12 | 0 | DNQ | Matthew Firman Troy Selwood | |
2012 | 2012 | 3rd | 13 | 5 | 0 | Premiers (3) | Matthew Knights [5] | Troy Selwood |
2013 | 2013 | 1st‡ | 16 | 2 | 0 | Runners-up (2) | ||
2014 | 2014 | 9th | 9 | 9 | 0 | DNQ | Dominic Gleeson [6] | |
2015 | 2015 | 11th | 7 | 11 | 0 | DNQ | Paul Hood | Jack Hollmer Ben Raidme Jackson Sheringham Ryan Williams [7] |
2016 | 2016 | 5th | 11 | 7 | 0 | Lost Elimination Final | Shane O'Bree | Rotation [2] |
2017 | 2017 | 10th | 8 | 10 | 0 | DNQ | Tom Atkins Jake Edwards Ben Moloney | |
2018 | 2018 | 3rd | 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost Semi Final | Tom Atkins [8] | |
2019 | 2019 | 6th | 11 | 7 | 0 | Lost Elimination Final | Aaron Black James Tsitas [9] | |
2020 | Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. | Aaron Black [10] | ||||||
2021 | 2021 | 4th | 7 | 2 | 0 | Finals series not contested [11] | ||
2022 | 2022 | 14th | 8 | 10 | 0 | DNQ | Matt Ling Jackson McLachlan [12] | |
2023 | 2023 | 13th | 8 | 9 | 1 | Mark Corrigan [13] [14] | Angus Byrne [15] | |
2024 | 2024 | 4th | 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost Semi-final | Dan Capiron |
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