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KEY FACTS

Official name
Gold Coast Football Club

Known as
Gold Coast

Nickname
Suns

Formed
2008

Colours
Red, gold and blue

Associated clubs
Gold Coast Reserves; Gold Coast WFC; Gold Coast Academy WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 2011–2023

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football League (VFL) 2010

Home Ground
Carrara Stadium

Most Games
197 - David Swallow (2011-2022)

Most Goals
254 - Tom Lynch (2011-2018)

Brownlow Medalists
Gary Ablett Jnr 2013 (1 total)

Headquarters
The Austworld Centre Level 1, Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre 296 Nerang Broadbeach Rd, Carrara, QLD 4211

Postal Address
PO Box 4952 Gold Coast MC QLD 9726

Phone: (07) 5510 6000 

Email
info@goldcoastfc.com.au

Website
goldcoastfc.com.au

CEO
Auld, Travis

President
Witheriff, John

Gold Coast



"The league wanted to get a toehold on the Gold Coast because the region south of Brisbane was experiencing a population explosion and already boasted teams from rival codes, the NRL, A-League and NBL. And they would make sure the fledgling club had none of the teething problems that the Carrara-based Brisbane Bears experienced in the late 1980s: it would have virtually everything money could buy in order to become a successful flagbearer for the code..."

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2011 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Gold Coast's 2011 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 Gold Coast       Bye        
2 H Gold Coast 1.13.56.87.10 52 LOST Carlton 9.515.721.1026.15 171 -119 GAB Apr 2 (Sat, 6:50) Scores
3 A Gold Coast 1.24.46.67.9 51 LOST Western Bulldogs 5.511.715.918.14 122 -71 DOC Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Gold Coast 3.24.58.119.15 69 LOST Melbourne 6.211.915.1423.21 159 -90 GAB Apr 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 A Gold Coast 2.25.69.915.14 104 WON Port Adelaide 5.39.514.715.11 101 3 FBP Apr 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Gold Coast 0.15.37.58.10 58 LOST Essendon 15.418.425.831.11 197 -139 DOC May 1 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
7 H Gold Coast 6.310.813.1318.16 124 WON Brisbane 3.26.511.717.14 116 8 GAB May 7 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
8 A Gold Coast 4.44.66.139.19 73 LOST Adelaide 2.29.714.1020.10 130 -57 FBP May 14 (Sat, 2:40) Scores
9 Gold Coast       Bye        
10 H Gold Coast 6.49.810.1110.13 73 LOST Geelong 3.28.316.921.13 139 -66 CRR May 28 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
11 A Gold Coast 3.35.49.610.7 67 LOST West Coast 7.310.611.713.7 85 -18 SUB Jun 4 (Sat, 1:10) Scores
12 H Gold Coast 0.22.44.89.9 63 LOST North Melbourne 7.39.714.1118.14 122 -59 CRR Jun 11 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
13 A Gold Coast 3.24.34.88.10 58 LOST Hawthorn 4.36.812.1019.15 129 -71 YOR Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Gold Coast 2.75.108.1013.10 88 LOST Western Bulldogs 6.212.216.717.8 110 -22 CRR Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Gold Coast 4.17.58.89.8 62 LOST Fremantle 3.27.213.517.10 112 -50 SUB Jul 2 (Sat, 1:10) Scores
16 H Gold Coast 1.63.63.94.12 36 LOST Sydney 5.49.710.1215.16 106 -70 CRR Jul 9 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
17 A Gold Coast 1.27.67.912.13 85 WON Richmond 6.86.98.169.16 70 15 CAZ Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Gold Coast 3.15.28.411.9 75 LOST Collingwood 6.413.816.1219.15 129 -54 CRR Jul 23 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
19 H Gold Coast 1.33.104.146.18 54 LOST St. Kilda 3.56.78.1110.14 74 -20 CRR Jul 30 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
20 A Gold Coast 3.03.06.16.2 38 LOST Geelong 8.118.421.829.14 188 -150 KAR Aug 6 (Sat, 1:40) Scores
21 A Gold Coast 1.43.64.98.13 61 LOST Brisbane 5.27.510.1118.15 123 -62 GAB Aug 13 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
22 H Gold Coast 2.25.78.89.10 64 LOST Adelaide 9.410.711.1118.17 125 -61 CRR Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 A Gold Coast 1.26.57.812.10 82 LOST Melbourne 4.37.513.717.10 112 -30 MCG Aug 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
24 H Gold Coast 5.18.510.914.13 97 LOST Hawthorn 3.46.612.716.10 106 -9 CRR Sep 3 (Sat, 1:10) Scores
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2011 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
9 Ablett Jnr, Gary 20 304 15.2 301 15.1 605 30.3 45 2.3 0 0.0 118 5.9 38 15 18 0.9 17 125
55 Ablett, Nathan 2 9 4.5 13 6.5 22 11.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 3 1.5 1 1 1 0.5 1 7
37 Bennell, Harley 14 111 7.9 135 9.6 246 17.6 41 2.9 4 0.3 33 2.4 9 10 14 1.0 16 100
44 Bock, Nathan 21 303 14.4 122 5.8 425 20.2 139 6.6 3 0.1 38 1.8 7 20 2 0.1 1 13
3 Brennan, Jared 22 253 11.5 156 7.1 409 18.6 99 4.5 12 0.5 110 5.0 28 24 11 0.5 14 80
30 Brown, Campbell 14 122 8.7 72 5.1 194 13.9 55 3.9 0 0.0 29 2.1 13 15 0 0.0 1 1
42 Caddy, Josh 2 20 10.0 6 3.0 26 13.0 9 4.5 0 0.0 8 4.0 1 0 2 1.0 0 12
27 Coad, Michael 2 27 13.5 7 3.5 34 17.0 12 6.0 0 0.0 6 3.0 1 5 0 0.0 0 0
39 Day, Sam 7 20 2.9 32 4.6 52 7.4 18 2.6 2 0.3 5 0.7 5 1 2 0.3 5 17
19 Daye, Joseph 4 21 5.3 18 4.5 39 9.8 9 2.3 0 0.0 13 3.3 1 3 1 0.3 2 8
23 Dixon, Charlie 10 39 3.9 38 3.8 77 7.7 14 1.4 9 0.9 18 1.8 11 11 6 0.6 4 40
17 Fraser, Josh 16 129 8.1 108 6.8 237 14.8 59 3.7 213 13.3 30 1.9 23 23 12 0.8 12 84
49 Gillbee, Jacob 1 6 6.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 1 1 1 1.0 1 7
47 Gorringe, Daniel 7 25 3.6 34 4.9 59 8.4 9 1.3 26 3.7 6 0.9 4 2 2 0.3 1 13
5 Harbrow, Jarrod 22 275 12.5 175 8.0 450 20.5 80 3.6 0 0.0 64 2.9 16 28 2 0.1 0 12
21 Harris, Daniel 11 77 7.0 116 10.5 193 17.5 33 3.0 0 0.0 33 3.0 8 4 2 0.2 3 15
40 Hickey, Tom 2 5 2.5 14 7.0 19 9.5 2 1.0 8 4.0 6 3.0 2 0 1 0.5 1 7
29 Hine, Taylor 1 1 1.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 1 1
7 Hunt, Karmichael 16 51 3.2 81 5.1 132 8.3 29 1.8 0 0.0 27 1.7 8 18 1 0.1 1 7
34 Hutchins, Jack 6 27 4.5 35 5.8 62 10.3 14 2.3 3 0.5 17 2.8 2 7 0 0.0 0 0
36 Iles, Sam 16 151 9.4 156 9.8 307 19.2 54 3.4 0 0.0 46 2.9 11 7 8 0.5 4 52
13 Jolly, Hayden 6 44 7.3 54 9.0 98 16.3 20 3.3 0 0.0 9 1.5 2 1 0 0.0 2 2
14 Krakouer, Nathan 13 79 6.1 59 4.5 138 10.6 29 2.2 1 0.1 24 1.8 9 10 8 0.6 5 53
33 Liddy, Rex 4 10 2.5 14 3.5 24 6.0 7 1.8 0 0.0 4 1.0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
1 Lock, Marc 1 6 6.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
46 Lynch, Tom 13 79 6.1 69 5.3 148 11.4 53 4.1 7 0.5 21 1.6 13 20 15 1.2 8 98
6 Magin, Alik 3 17 5.7 9 3.0 26 8.7 5 1.7 0 0.0 5 1.7 1 2 1 0.3 3 9
32 Matera, Brandon 12 112 9.3 44 3.7 156 13.0 32 2.7 0 0.0 25 2.1 13 7 15 1.3 8 98
45 May, Steven 9 76 8.4 34 3.8 110 12.2 34 3.8 2 0.2 17 1.9 8 5 0 0.0 1 1
18 McKenzie, Trent 21 244 11.6 115 5.5 359 17.1 87 4.1 4 0.2 62 3.0 11 13 13 0.6 19 97
22 Nicholls, Tom 1 2 2.0 9 9.0 11 11.0 2 2.0 10 10.0 2 2.0 2 2 0 0.0 1 1
43 Patrick, Liam 3 12 4.0 7 2.3 19 6.3 9 3.0 0 0.0 6 2.0 0 3 2 0.7 1 13
41 Prestia, Dion 17 138 8.1 142 8.4 280 16.5 49 2.9 0 0.0 60 3.5 13 11 1 0.1 7 13
35 Rischitelli, Michael 21 241 11.5 257 12.2 498 23.7 97 4.6 1 0.0 115 5.5 21 22 10 0.5 9 69
8 Russell, Luke 11 69 6.3 49 4.5 118 10.7 30 2.7 3 0.3 27 2.5 7 5 5 0.5 9 39
26 Shaw, Matt 15 93 6.2 85 5.7 178 11.9 52 3.5 0 0.0 14 0.9 7 6 7 0.5 3 45
2 Smith, Zac 20 135 6.8 133 6.7 268 13.4 61 3.1 327 16.4 39 2.0 37 11 14 0.7 12 96
25 Stanley, Danny 22 197 9.0 248 11.3 445 20.2 99 4.5 0 0.0 75 3.4 17 32 20 0.9 18 138
24 Swallow, David 21 208 9.9 205 9.8 413 19.7 62 3.0 1 0.0 83 4.0 13 17 11 0.5 14 80
48 Tape, Seb 13 58 4.5 85 6.5 143 11.0 41 3.2 0 0.0 39 3.0 2 11 0 0.0 0 0
50 Taylor, Jeremy 2 16 8.0 19 9.5 35 17.5 6 3.0 0 0.0 6 3.0 3 0 0 0.0 1 1
16 Thompson, Rory 8 48 6.0 40 5.0 88 11.0 39 4.9 5 0.6 23 2.9 2 6 2 0.3 2 14
52 Tippett, Joel 2 5 2.5 6 3.0 11 5.5 4 2.0 1 0.5 4 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
20 Toy, Joshua 8 61 7.6 32 4.0 93 11.6 21 2.6 0 0.0 16 2.0 18 9 1 0.1 0 6
4 Weller, Maverick 15 88 5.9 115 7.7 203 13.5 36 2.4 0 0.0 37 2.5 7 7 2 0.1 2 14
38 Wilkinson, Joel 7 38 5.4 46 6.6 84 12.0 21 3.0 0 0.0 26 3.7 7 9 1 0.1 0 6
Totals 484 4052 8.4 3501 7.2 7553 15.6 1625 3.4 642 1.3 1351 2.8 406 407 214 0.4 210 1494
 

Footnotes

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