List of Geelong Football Club women's seasons

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The Geelong Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria. Formed in 1859, and a founding member of the Australian Football League (then known as the Victorian Football League) in 1897, the club introduced a women's team first entering the VFL Women's competition in 2017 ahead of their entry into the AFL Women's competition in 2019. [1]

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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. [2]

Seasons

Table key
‡Club finished regular season in first position (minor premiers)
†Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
DNQClub did not qualify for finals
—Field not applicable for that season

AFL Women's

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season ClubHome and away results Finals results Coach Captain(s) Best and fairest Leading goal kicker
(goals)		Ref
FinishWinsLossesDraws
2019 2019 6th [a] 340Lost Preliminary Final Paul Hood Melissa Hickey Meg McDonald Mia-Rae Clifford (6) [3] [4]
2020 2020 10th [a] 240DNQ Olivia Purcell Richelle Cranston (5)
2021 2021 13th180DNQ Meg McDonald Amy McDonald Richelle Cranston (5) [5]
2022 (S6) 2022 (S6) 12th280DNQ Daniel Lowther Amy McDonald Phoebe McWilliams (10) [6]
2022 (S7) 2022 (S7) 5th730Lost Elimination Final Amy McDonald Chloe Scheer (13) [7]
2023 2023 6th640Lost Preliminary Final Georgie Prespakis Chloe Scheer (20) [8]
2024 2024 10th461DNQ Nina Morrison Aishling Moloney (21) [9] [10] [11] [12]

VFL Women's

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season ClubHome and away results Finals resultsCoachCaptain(s)Best and fairestLeading goal kicker
(goals)		Ref
FinishWinsLossesDraws
2017 2017 5th860DNQ Paul Hood Rebecca Goring Lily Mithen Kate Darby (19) [13] [14]
2018 2018 4th1031 Runners-up Richelle Cranston Kate Darby (17) [15]
2019 2019 6th860 Lost Elimination Final Natalie Wood Rotating [b] Rebecca Webster Madisen Maguire (11) [17]
2020Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 2021 2nd1040Grand Finalist [c] Andrew Bruce Michelle Fedele Claudia Gunjaca Olivia Barber (10) [18]
2022 2022 4th1040 Lost Elimination Final Breanna BeckleyPaige Sheppard Mia Skinner (21) [19]
2023 2023 8th761DNQ Elise Coventry Chloe Leonard Charlotte Simpson Olivia Cicolini (11) [20]
2024 2024 14th†3110DNQGroup [d] Lily JordanChantal Mason (7) [22]

Additional references:Club historical data Archived 4 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine and VFLW stats

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The ladder was split into two conferences. Figure refers to the club's overall finishing position in the home-and-away season.
  2. ↑ Captaincy rotated through the following five players: Kate Darby, Danielle Higgins, Jordan Ivey, Maddy Keryk, Amy McDonald. [16]
  3. ↑ After qualifying for the 2021 VFLW Grand Final, the match was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.
  4. ↑ the team nominated Abby Favell, Liv Stewart and Poppy Schaap as a three-person leadership group with no formal captain or vice-captain roles. [21]

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