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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) 2011–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football League (VFL) 2010

Home Ground
Carrara Stadium

Most Games
220 - David Swallow (2011-2023)

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
Evans, Mark

President
Cochrane, Tony

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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2021 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Gold Coast's 2021 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Gold Coast 2.44.57.88.10 58 LOST West Coast 3.35.47.712.11 83 -25 PER Mar 21 (Sun, 3:10) Scores
2 H Gold Coast 3.49.611.1014.14 98 WON North Melbourne 1.22.45.55.9 39 59 CRR Mar 27 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
3 A Gold Coast 5.65.99.1112.13 85 LOST Adelaide 5.08.211.614.11 95 -10 ADO Apr 2 (Fri, 7:20) Scores
4 H Gold Coast 1.24.48.88.11 59 LOST Carlton 2.46.68.99.16 70 -11 CRR Apr 10 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
5 A Gold Coast 0.21.37.48.8 56 LOST Western Bulldogs 4.111.413.917.16 118 -62 DOC Apr 17 (Sat, 4:35) Scores
6 H Gold Coast 4.28.213.615.10 100 WON Sydney 3.14.45.59.6 60 40 CRR Apr 24 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
7 A Gold Coast 2.26.39.312.7 79 WON Collingwood 2.32.85.117.13 55 24 MCG May 1 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
8 H Gold Coast 1.43.77.97.12 54 LOST St. Kilda 0.33.74.128.15 63 -9 CRR May 8 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
9 H Gold Coast 2.33.63.77.9 51 LOST Brisbane 3.38.516.719.10 124 -73 CRR May 15 (Sat, 4:35) Scores
10 A Gold Coast 1.13.64.88.9 57 LOST Geelong 4.06.110.314.7 91 -34 KAR May 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Gold Coast 4.510.813.1017.11 113 WON Hawthorn 3.26.48.511.10 76 37 SCG May 29 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
12 Gold Coast       Bye        
13 A Gold Coast 1.31.85.96.13 49 LOST Fremantle 2.23.49.711.10 76 -27 PER Jun 12 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Gold Coast 1.02.12.44.7 31 LOST Port Adelaide 3.37.511.812.9 81 -50 CRR Jun 19 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
15 A Gold Coast 3.07.48.49.9 63 LOST North Melbourne 4.45.88.159.18 72 -9 BEL Jun 26 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
16 H Gold Coast 2.75.108.1410.17 77 WON Richmond 2.15.48.510.7 67 10 DOC Jul 1 (Thu, 7:20) Scores
17 A Gold Coast 1.15.37.310.5 65 WON Greater Western Sydney 2.43.48.109.10 64 1 EUR Jul 11 (Sun, 12:40) Scores
18 H Gold Coast 4.16.58.711.13 79 LOST Western Bulldogs 3.28.411.514.6 90 -11 CRR Jul 17 (Sat, 4:35) Scores
19 A Gold Coast 3.39.69.810.11 71 LOST Brisbane 2.44.99.1417.18 120 -49 GAB Jul 24 (Sat, 3:10) Scores
20 H Gold Coast 3.23.33.34.6 30 LOST Melbourne 6.412.817.1418.20 128 -98 DOC Aug 1 (Sun, 12:10) Scores
21 A Gold Coast 1.43.87.911.10 76 WON Carlton 3.25.56.88.9 57 19 DOC Aug 7 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
22 H Gold Coast 2.23.43.64.6 30 LOST Essendon 2.28.812.1214.14 98 -68 KAR Aug 15 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
23 A Gold Coast 0.43.85.96.13 49 LOST Sydney 6.49.713.721.10 136 -87 DOC Aug 21 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
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2021 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Ainsworth, Ben 17 187 11.0 74 4.4 261 15.4 90 5.3 0 0.0 35 2.1 14 14 12 0.7 18 90
Anderson, Noah 20 264 13.2 189 9.5 453 22.7 83 4.2 0 0.0 60 3.0 11 19 0 0.0 6 6
Atkins, Rory 8 47 5.9 41 5.1 88 11.0 16 2.0 0 0.0 9 1.1 0 3 2 0.3 2 14
Ballard, Charlie 21 227 10.8 61 2.9 288 13.7 140 6.7 0 0.0 25 1.2 20 16 0 0.0 0 0
Bowes, Jack 19 307 16.2 97 5.1 404 21.3 97 5.1 0 0.0 38 2.0 10 15 1 0.1 2 8
Brodie, Will 5 25 5.0 39 7.8 64 12.8 7 1.4 0 0.0 8 1.6 3 3 0 0.0 1 1
Budarick, Connor 2 19 9.5 9 4.5 28 14.0 11 5.5 0 0.0 4 2.0 1 3 0 0.0 0 0
Burgess, Chris 19 112 5.9 62 3.3 174 9.2 67 3.5 177 9.3 42 2.2 16 12 10 0.5 10 70
Collins, Sam 19 152 8.0 78 4.1 230 12.1 119 6.3 0 0.0 32 1.7 18 20 0 0.0 0 0
Corbett, Josh 16 101 6.3 41 2.6 142 8.9 78 4.9 4 0.3 12 0.8 13 12 23 1.4 11 149
Davies, Alex 1 5 5.0 11 11.0 16 16.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 6 6.0 0 2 0 0.0 2 2
Day, Sam 6 26 4.3 27 4.5 53 8.8 23 3.8 23 3.8 17 2.8 4 5 3 0.5 4 22
Ellis, Brandon 18 273 15.2 150 8.3 423 23.5 130 7.2 0 0.0 47 2.6 11 17 5 0.3 2 32
Farrar, Jy 10 90 9.0 55 5.5 145 14.5 56 5.6 0 0.0 14 1.4 1 5 0 0.0 0 0
Fiorini, Brayden 10 133 13.3 101 10.1 234 23.4 52 5.2 0 0.0 47 4.7 7 6 2 0.2 2 14
Flanders, Sam 16 96 6.0 93 5.8 189 11.8 46 2.9 0 0.0 62 3.9 22 8 4 0.3 5 29
Graham, Caleb 12 52 4.3 33 2.8 85 7.1 42 3.5 82 6.8 8 0.7 3 10 0 0.0 1 1
Greenwood, Hugh 15 153 10.2 110 7.3 263 17.5 25 1.7 8 0.5 130 8.7 16 7 6 0.4 6 42
Harbrow, Jarrod 4 50 12.5 10 2.5 60 15.0 27 6.8 0 0.0 7 1.8 2 3 0 0.0 1 1
Holman, Nick 16 111 6.9 94 5.9 205 12.8 67 4.2 0 0.0 72 4.5 15 15 10 0.6 5 65
Jeffrey, Joel 4 19 4.8 6 1.5 25 6.3 6 1.5 0 0.0 4 1.0 1 2 2 0.5 4 16
King, Ben 22 126 5.7 54 2.5 180 8.2 90 4.1 4 0.2 17 0.8 18 11 47 2.1 25 307
Lemmens, Sean 21 196 9.3 72 3.4 268 12.8 76 3.6 0 0.0 44 2.1 12 31 0 0.0 0 0
Lukosius, Jack 22 382 17.4 60 2.7 442 20.1 172 7.8 0 0.0 32 1.5 13 20 3 0.1 11 29
Macpherson, Darcy 11 98 8.9 60 5.5 158 14.4 48 4.4 0 0.0 43 3.9 9 10 1 0.1 6 12
Markov, Oleg 17 193 11.4 90 5.3 283 16.6 107 6.3 0 0.0 38 2.2 6 5 1 0.1 4 10
Miller, Touk 21 334 15.9 334 15.9 668 31.8 95 4.5 1 0.0 149 7.1 35 26 8 0.4 8 56
Powell, Wil 22 259 11.8 132 6.0 391 17.8 115 5.2 0 0.0 54 2.5 21 14 1 0.0 1 7
Rankine, Izak 18 120 6.7 92 5.1 212 11.8 51 2.8 0 0.0 46 2.6 16 28 16 0.9 11 107
Rosas Jnr, Malcolm 4 14 3.5 5 1.3 19 4.8 5 1.3 0 0.0 6 1.5 1 2 0 0.0 4 4
Rowell, Matt 12 66 5.5 103 8.6 169 14.1 22 1.8 0 0.0 49 4.1 24 13 2 0.2 0 12
Sexton, Alex 21 167 8.0 50 2.4 217 10.3 87 4.1 0 0.0 23 1.1 14 7 21 1.0 14 140
Sharp, Jeremy 9 113 12.6 52 5.8 165 18.3 53 5.9 0 0.0 7 0.8 6 4 2 0.2 3 15
Smith, Zac 9 27 3.0 54 6.0 81 9.0 10 1.1 191 21.2 23 2.6 14 15 3 0.3 0 18
Swallow, David 21 258 12.3 202 9.6 460 21.9 106 5.0 0 0.0 99 4.7 16 24 6 0.3 7 43
Townsend, Jacob 2 15 7.5 9 4.5 24 12.0 8 4.0 3 1.5 5 2.5 2 6 3 1.5 0 18
Weller, Lachie 13 137 10.5 104 8.0 241 18.5 71 5.5 0 0.0 44 3.4 5 8 7 0.5 3 45
Witts, Jarrod 3 24 8.0 17 5.7 41 13.7 9 3.0 87 29.0 8 2.7 6 1 0 0.0 1 1
 

Footnotes

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