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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
Little, Paul

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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2015 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2015 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 4.35.59.69.6 60 LOST Sydney 0.11.73.810.12 72 -12 STA Apr 4 (Sat, 4:35) Scores
2 H Essendon 2.27.39.412.6 78 WON Hawthorn 1.33.57.811.10 76 2 MCG Apr 12 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
3 A Essendon 3.410.414.616.9 105 WON Carlton 2.45.77.1211.18 84 21 MCG Apr 18 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
4 H Essendon 2.04.85.106.13 49 LOST Collingwood 3.24.97.129.15 69 -20 MCG Apr 25 (Sat, 2:40) Scores
5 A Essendon 3.26.69.1111.16 82 WON St. Kilda 2.66.710.1011.14 80 2 DOC May 3 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
6 A Essendon 2.13.33.67.10 52 LOST Fremantle 4.39.412.612.8 80 -28 SUB May 9 (Sat, 6:10) Scores
7 H Essendon 5.06.38.1012.10 82 LOST North Melbourne 2.67.99.1313.15 93 -11 DOC May 15 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
8 H Essendon 5.29.516.921.10 136 WON Brisbane 5.38.610.612.6 78 58 DOC May 24 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
9 A Essendon 1.43.76.88.11 59 LOST Richmond 3.25.67.1010.12 72 -13 MCG May 30 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
10 H Essendon 0.50.63.97.11 53 LOST Geelong 3.19.515.619.8 122 -69 DOC Jun 6 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
11 A Essendon 2.03.25.76.10 46 LOST West Coast 2.57.79.814.12 96 -50 SUB Jun 13 (Sat, 2:35) Scores
12 Essendon       Bye        
13 A Essendon 2.55.77.811.10 76 LOST Hawthorn 2.45.811.1416.18 114 -38 MCG Jun 27 (Sat, 1:40) Scores
14 H Essendon 1.05.17.38.4 52 LOST St. Kilda 5.310.817.925.12 162 -110 DOC Jul 5 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
15 H Essendon 1.33.49.710.9 69 WON Melbourne 1.33.94.137.18 60 9 MCG Jul 11 (Sat, 1:40) Scores
16 A Essendon 1.56.77.109.14 68 LOST North Melbourne 2.45.510.714.9 93 -25 DOC Jul 17 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
17 H Essendon 6.18.912.1217.14 116 LOST Port Adelaide 4.310.513.620.9 129 -13 DOC Jul 25 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
18 H Essendon 0.42.54.75.10 40 LOST Western Bulldogs 1.28.815.1119.13 127 -87 DOC Aug 2 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
19 A Essendon 3.54.75.98.13 61 LOST Greater Western Sydney 2.43.58.714.9 93 -32 SSH Aug 9 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
20 H Essendon 4.34.66.108.11 59 LOST Adelaide 3.39.616.827.9 171 -112 DOC Aug 15 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
21 A Essendon 4.17.711.714.11 95 LOST Gold Coast 5.39.512.714.13 97 -2 CRR Aug 22 (Sat, 4:35) Scores
22 H Essendon 2.05.06.27.5 47 LOST Richmond 1.44.107.1210.14 74 -27 MCG Aug 29 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
23 A Essendon 3.29.511.714.11 95 WON Collingwood 4.28.312.514.8 92 3 MCG Sep 6 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
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2015 Player Stats

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