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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

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

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

CEO
Campbell, Xavier

President
Tanner, Lindsay

Essendon



"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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2017 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2017 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 4.45.812.1217.14 116 WON Hawthorn 2.36.1010.1412.19 91 25 MCG Mar 25 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
2 A Essendon 4.210.512.817.9 111 WON Brisbane 3.25.611.912.12 84 27 GAB Apr 1 (Sat, 6:25) Scores
3 A Essendon 3.14.36.46.6 42 LOST Carlton 1.53.105.147.15 57 -15 MCG Apr 9 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
4 A Essendon 3.27.210.913.10 88 LOST Adelaide 9.215.617.724.9 153 -65 ADO Apr 15 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 4.36.611.915.10 100 WON Collingwood 1.25.99.1211.16 82 18 MCG Apr 25 (Tue, 3:20) Scores
6 H Essendon 2.24.86.1210.14 74 LOST Melbourne 2.44.612.917.10 112 -38 DOC Apr 30 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 4.37.711.1211.13 79 LOST Fremantle 2.25.611.1017.14 116 -37 SUB May 7 (Sun, 2:40) Scores
8 H Essendon 6.29.414.717.8 110 WON Geelong 1.53.87.913.15 93 17 MCG May 13 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
9 H Essendon 5.212.816.1019.11 125 WON West Coast 2.43.75.138.16 64 61 DOC May 21 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 6.08.110.310.6 66 LOST Richmond 4.46.99.1211.15 81 -15 MCG May 27 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
11 A Essendon 5.37.710.1015.11 101 LOST Greater Western Sydney 3.310.515.518.9 117 -16 SSH Jun 3 (Sat, 4:35) Scores
12 H Essendon 7.612.914.1319.17 131 WON Port Adelaide 1.34.57.78.13 61 70 DOC Jun 10 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
13 Essendon       Bye        
14 A Essendon 2.44.97.1112.13 85 LOST Sydney 2.55.118.1711.20 86 -1 SCG Jun 23 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
15 H Essendon 3.54.109.1311.16 82 LOST Brisbane 1.34.57.613.12 90 -8 DOC Jul 2 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 5.09.313.618.9 117 WON Collingwood 2.34.69.712.8 80 37 MCG Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 2.56.1013.1217.16 118 WON St. Kilda 0.22.64.117.15 57 61 DOC Jul 14 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
18 H Essendon 4.28.313.820.12 132 WON North Melbourne 4.48.512.716.9 105 27 DOC Jul 22 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
19 A Essendon 4.57.1011.1513.19 97 LOST Western Bulldogs 5.48.915.1019.13 127 -30 DOC Jul 30 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 5.55.87.1411.18 84 WON Carlton 2.14.49.511.10 76 8 MCG Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Essendon 2.25.49.712.8 80 LOST Adelaide 5.310.614.918.15 123 -43 DOC Aug 12 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
22 A Essendon 4.26.88.1112.18 90 WON Gold Coast 3.16.18.19.3 57 33 CRR Aug 19 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
23 H Essendon 4.38.514.816.11 107 WON Fremantle 3.15.39.614.8 92 15 DOC Aug 27 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
2EF A Essendon 1.33.45.88.8 56 LOST Sydney 3.213.517.519.7 121 -65 SCG Sep 9 (Sat, 4:20) Scores
Player stats will return soon.
 

Footnotes

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