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KEY FACTS

Official name
Essendon Football Club

Known as
Essendon

Nickname
Bombers

Formed
1873

Colours
Black and red

Associated clubs
Essendon Reserves; Essendon WFC (VFLW); Essendon WFC; Essendon U19s; Essendon Wheelchair

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1878–1896

AFL Premierships
1993, 2000 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1897, 1901, 1911-12, 1923-4, 1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1962, 1965, 1984-5 (14 total)

VFA Premierships
1891-2-3-4 (4 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1893 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993-4, 2000 (6 total); McClelland Trophy: 1951, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000-1 (9 total)

Most Games
400 - Dustin Fletcher (1993-2015)

Most Goals
926 - Matthew Lloyd (1995-2009)

League Top Goalkickers
A.Thurgood (25) 1900; F.Hiskins (34) 1901; G.Stockdale (68) 1923; W.Brittingham (66) 1946; J.Coleman (100) 1949, (120) 1950, (103) 1951 & (97) 1952; R.Evans (78) 1959 & (67) 1960; E.Fordham (76) 1966; M.Lloyd (109) 2000, (105) 2001 & (93) 2003 (8 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Dick Reynolds 1934, 1937 & 1938; Bill Hutchison 1952 & 1953; Graham Moss 1976; Gavin Wanganeen 1993; James Hird 1996 (5 medallists/8 medals)

Headquarters
275 Melrose Drive, Melbourne Airport, VIC 3045

Postal Address
PO Box 17, Essendon, VIC, 3040

Phone: (03) 8340 2000 

Email
generalenquiries@essendonfc.com.au

Website
essendonfc.com.au

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Game records

"Essendon's performances in season 2000 were among the most noteworthy in football history. After waltzing unbeaten to the Ansett Cup, the Bombers won all bar one of 25 home-and-away and finals matches culminating in an apparently effortless 10-goal grand final demolition of Melbourne. Such bare statistics cannot convey the full extent of Essendon's supremacy, however. At times the Bombers seemed to be performing on a different plane than every other team ... "

In looking at their grand history, John Devaney sees the Bombers fly up, up to a record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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2025 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2025 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Essendon 1.44.57.1112.13 85 LOST Hawthorn 6.110.413.717.9 111 -26 MCG Mar 14 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
2 H Essendon 3.25.49.715.10 100 LOST Adelaide 5.511.818.1025.11 161 -61 MCG Mar 22 (Sat, 1:20) Scores
3 H Essendon 2.53.95.149.18 72 WON Port Adelaide 3.54.67.88.12 60 12 DOC Mar 27 (Thu, 7:30) Scores
4 Essendon       Bye        
5 A Essendon 3.47.410.515.6 96 WON Melbourne 1.42.57.78.9 57 39 ADO Apr 12 (Sat, 7:05) Scores
6 A Essendon 1.24.39.711.11 77 WON West Coast 5.07.39.711.9 75 2 PER Apr 18 (Fri, 4:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 1.15.38.310.6 66 LOST Collingwood 3.46.511.916.11 107 -41 MCG Apr 25 (Fri, 3:20) Scores
8 H Essendon        vs North Melbourne          DOC May 1 (Thu, 7:30)  
9 H Essendon        vs Sydney          DOC May 10 (Sat, 4:15)  
10 A Essendon        vs Western Bulldogs          DOC May 17 (Sat, 7:35)  
11 H Essendon        vs Richmond          MCG May 23 (Fri, 7:40)  
12 A Essendon        vs Brisbane          GAB May 29 (Thu, 7:30)  
13 A Essendon        vs Carlton          MCG Jun 8 (Sun, 7:20)  
14 H Essendon        vs Geelong          MCG Jun 14 (Sat, 4:15)  
15 A Essendon        vs Fremantle          PER Jun 19 (Thu, 6:10)  
16 Essendon       Bye        
17 H Essendon        vs Gold Coast          DOC Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 A Essendon        vs Richmond          MCG Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10)  
19 H Essendon        vs Greater Western Sydney          DOC Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)  
20 H Essendon        vs Western Bulldogs          DOC Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10)  
21 A Essendon        vs Sydney          SCG Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10)  
22 A Essendon        vs Geelong          KAR Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10)  
23 H Essendon        vs St. Kilda          DOC Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10)  
24 H Essendon        vs Carlton          MCG Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10)  
24 A Essendon        vs Gold Coast          CRR Aug 23 (Sat, 4:15)  
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2025 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Bryan, Nick 4 30 7.5 9 2.3 39 9.8 7 1.8 76 19.0 7 1.8 3 2 0 0.0 1 1
Caddy, Nate 6 46 7.7 18 3.0 64 10.7 20 3.3 1 0.2 8 1.3 7 3 6 1.0 8 44
Caldwell, Jye 3 39 13.0 47 15.7 86 28.7 16 5.3 0 0.0 19 6.3 3 3 2 0.7 2 14
Draper, Sam 5 36 7.2 31 6.2 67 13.4 18 3.6 103 20.6 14 2.8 10 9 7 1.4 2 44
Durham, Sam 6 58 9.7 80 13.3 138 23.0 20 3.3 0 0.0 23 3.8 7 10 2 0.3 0 12
Duursma, Xavier 6 58 9.7 63 10.5 121 20.2 28 4.7 0 0.0 16 2.7 10 5 3 0.5 1 19
Edwards, Thomas 2 10 5.0 4 2.0 14 7.0 4 2.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 3 3 3 1.5 2 20
El-Hawli, Saad 3 11 3.7 15 5.0 26 8.7 5 1.7 0 0.0 4 1.3 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
Goldstein, Todd 1 5 5.0 8 8.0 13 13.0 3 3.0 38 38.0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Gresham, Jade 6 36 6.0 42 7.0 78 13.0 16 2.7 0 0.0 16 2.7 4 3 4 0.7 2 26
Hobbs, Ben 6 40 6.7 63 10.5 103 17.2 7 1.2 0 0.0 25 4.2 7 6 3 0.5 1 19
Jones, Harrison 6 41 6.8 23 3.8 64 10.7 25 4.2 5 0.8 18 3.0 2 5 2 0.3 2 14
Kako, Isaac 6 37 6.2 24 4.0 61 10.2 14 2.3 0 0.0 12 2.0 1 3 4 0.7 2 26
Langford, Kyle 2 10 5.0 11 5.5 21 10.5 2 1.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 1 2 3 1.5 0 18
Martin, Nic 6 79 13.2 56 9.3 135 22.5 49 8.2 0 0.0 12 2.0 4 3 4 0.7 3 27
McGrath, Andrew 6 64 10.7 60 10.0 124 20.7 26 4.3 0 0.0 10 1.7 4 8 0 0.0 1 1
McKay, Ben 6 31 5.2 19 3.2 50 8.3 23 3.8 0 0.0 6 1.0 5 4 0 0.0 0 0
Menzie, Jye 5 29 5.8 12 2.4 41 8.2 18 3.6 0 0.0 5 1.0 2 3 5 1.0 3 33
Merrett, Zach 6 94 15.7 90 15.0 184 30.7 26 4.3 0 0.0 20 3.3 8 2 6 1.0 5 41
Perkins, Archie 5 47 9.4 35 7.0 82 16.4 20 4.0 0 0.0 11 2.2 5 3 5 1.0 2 32
Prior, Jaxon 6 68 11.3 18 3.0 86 14.3 28 4.7 0 0.0 10 1.7 5 2 0 0.0 0 0
Redman, Mason 6 85 14.2 31 5.2 116 19.3 20 3.3 0 0.0 15 2.5 5 4 2 0.3 3 15
Reid, Zach 6 60 10.0 22 3.7 82 13.7 45 7.5 2 0.3 9 1.5 3 1 0 0.0 0 0
Ridley, Jordan 5 63 12.6 28 5.6 91 18.2 23 4.6 0 0.0 4 0.8 1 4 0 0.0 1 1
Roberts, Archie 6 75 12.5 54 9.0 129 21.5 30 5.0 0 0.0 18 3.0 5 6 1 0.2 0 6
Setterfield, Will 3 41 13.7 19 6.3 60 20.0 10 3.3 0 0.0 21 7.0 3 1 0 0.0 1 1
Shiel, Dylan 6 67 11.2 74 12.3 141 23.5 19 3.2 0 0.0 20 3.3 3 7 2 0.3 1 13
Tsatas, Elijah 2 21 10.5 22 11.0 43 21.5 2 1.0 0 0.0 3 1.5 1 0 0 0.0 1 1
Wright, Peter 2 17 8.5 11 5.5 28 14.0 9 4.5 17 8.5 6 3.0 4 2 8 4.0 1 49
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.