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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

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

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

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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2023 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2023 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 3.18.514.819.10 124 WON Hawthorn 4.55.75.99.11 65 59 MCG Mar 19 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
2 H Essendon 3.47.611.616.12 108 WON Gold Coast 3.26.610.1211.14 80 28 DOC Mar 26 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
3 A Essendon 1.14.56.611.8 74 LOST St. Kilda 5.47.59.714.8 92 -18 MCG Apr 1 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
4 H Essendon 2.83.138.1911.22 88 WON Greater Western Sydney 4.06.59.711.9 75 13 DOC Apr 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 5.49.1012.1315.14 104 WON Melbourne 4.27.57.711.11 77 27 ADO Apr 15 (Sat, 3:40) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.25.511.811.11 77 LOST Collingwood 1.45.76.1013.12 90 -13 MCG Apr 25 (Tue, 3:20) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.07.211.616.8 104 LOST Geelong 6.314.417.620.12 132 -28 MCG Apr 30 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
8 A Essendon 6.19.111.313.9 87 LOST Port Adelaide 3.45.119.1612.20 92 -5 ADO May 7 (Sun, 12:40) Scores
9 A Essendon 1.34.55.66.9 45 LOST Brisbane 2.22.77.1112.15 87 -42 GAB May 13 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
10 H Essendon 4.15.76.1010.11 71 WON Richmond 3.56.68.1010.10 70 1 MCG May 20 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
11 A Essendon 4.18.511.614.12 96 WON West Coast 2.34.55.96.10 46 50 PER May 27 (Sat, 5:40) Scores
12 H Essendon 6.26.612.716.9 105 WON North Melbourne 3.06.410.815.9 99 6 DOC Jun 4 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
13 A Essendon 2.44.611.713.8 86 WON Carlton 1.53.105.106.16 52 34 MCG Jun 11 (Sun, 7:15) Scores
14 Essendon       Bye        
15 A Essendon 2.35.36.59.7 61 LOST Fremantle 3.38.712.814.9 93 -32 PER Jun 24 (Sat, 5:30) Scores
16 H Essendon 2.24.87.1210.14 74 LOST Port Adelaide 2.75.86.911.12 78 -4 MCG Jul 1 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
17 H Essendon 7.612.914.1317.13 115 WON Adelaide 5.17.29.515.7 97 18 DOC Jul 9 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
18 A Essendon 0.13.24.27.3 45 LOST Geelong 7.59.1014.1118.14 122 -77 KAR Jul 15 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
19 H Essendon 3.25.36.57.7 49 LOST Western Bulldogs 1.37.59.713.12 90 -41 DOC Jul 21 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
20 H Essendon 5.27.410.615.9 99 LOST Sydney 5.110.514.715.11 101 -2 DOC Jul 29 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
21 H Essendon 1.67.88.1010.13 73 WON West Coast 2.24.36.511.6 72 1 DOC Aug 5 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
22 A Essendon 2.15.210.413.8 86 WON North Melbourne 3.06.19.312.5 77 9 DOC Aug 12 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
23 A Essendon 1.02.14.45.6 36 LOST Greater Western Sydney 7.313.520.625.12 162 -126 SSH Aug 19 (Sat, 4:35) Scores
24 H Essendon 0.22.42.103.13 31 LOST Collingwood 8.112.214.316.5 101 -70 MCG Aug 25 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
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2023 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Baldwin, Kaine 4 26 6.5 9 2.3 35 8.8 19 4.8 0 0.0 4 1.0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0
Bryan, Nick 8 43 5.4 29 3.6 72 9.0 20 2.5 141 17.6 11 1.4 5 2 1 0.1 2 8
Caldwell, Jye 21 183 8.7 208 9.9 391 18.6 71 3.4 0 0.0 89 4.2 20 18 11 0.5 12 78
Cox, Nik 6 32 5.3 39 6.5 71 11.8 18 3.0 0 0.0 13 2.2 3 7 0 0.0 3 3
D'Ambrosio, Massimo 8 56 7.0 31 3.9 87 10.9 24 3.0 0 0.0 10 1.3 0 5 1 0.1 1 7
Davey Jnr, Alwyn 10 41 4.1 34 3.4 75 7.5 20 2.0 0 0.0 20 2.0 4 1 4 0.4 2 26
Draper, Sam 14 101 7.2 53 3.8 154 11.0 37 2.6 282 20.1 28 2.0 15 23 10 0.7 12 72
Durham, Sam 22 178 8.1 185 8.4 363 16.5 107 4.9 0 0.0 47 2.1 13 24 5 0.2 2 32
Guelfi, Matt 13 68 5.2 70 5.4 138 10.6 30 2.3 0 0.0 37 2.8 13 9 14 1.1 4 88
Heppell, Dyson 22 253 11.5 190 8.6 443 20.1 156 7.1 0 0.0 50 2.3 15 11 1 0.0 0 6
Hind, Nick 16 220 13.8 71 4.4 291 18.2 68 4.3 0 0.0 24 1.5 3 6 3 0.2 1 19
Hobbs, Ben 18 195 10.8 159 8.8 354 19.7 72 4.0 0 0.0 73 4.1 25 33 6 0.3 4 40
Jones, Harrison 5 29 5.8 16 3.2 45 9.0 21 4.2 0 0.0 4 0.8 3 1 2 0.4 4 16
Kelly, Jake 17 136 8.0 108 6.4 244 14.4 91 5.4 0 0.0 28 1.6 10 8 1 0.1 0 6
Langford, Kyle 23 218 9.5 96 4.2 314 13.7 130 5.7 0 0.0 36 1.6 12 14 51 2.2 23 329
Laverde, Jayden 19 186 9.8 115 6.1 301 15.8 124 6.5 0 0.0 37 1.9 21 18 1 0.1 0 6
Martin, Nic 23 290 12.6 216 9.4 506 22.0 124 5.4 0 0.0 50 2.2 18 13 17 0.7 4 106
McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony 7 27 3.9 23 3.3 50 7.1 15 2.1 0 0.0 15 2.1 1 7 4 0.6 5 29
McGrath, Andrew 23 289 12.6 235 10.2 524 22.8 120 5.2 0 0.0 47 2.0 11 5 0 0.0 1 1
Menzie, Jye 21 100 4.8 82 3.9 182 8.7 47 2.2 0 0.0 48 2.3 7 11 23 1.1 11 149
Merrett, Zach 22 336 15.3 298 13.5 634 28.8 112 5.1 0 0.0 121 5.5 43 14 8 0.4 10 58
Parish, Darcy 18 271 15.1 284 15.8 555 30.8 78 4.3 0 0.0 77 4.3 19 14 3 0.2 6 24
Perkins, Archie 23 219 9.5 132 5.7 351 15.3 95 4.1 0 0.0 65 2.8 18 19 18 0.8 13 121
Phillips, Andrew 20 90 4.5 62 3.1 152 7.6 46 2.3 414 20.7 48 2.4 21 19 5 0.3 7 37
Redman, Mason 23 380 16.5 124 5.4 504 21.9 138 6.0 0 0.0 43 1.9 17 20 7 0.3 5 47
Ridley, Jordan 17 259 15.2 86 5.1 345 20.3 126 7.4 0 0.0 15 0.9 10 10 1 0.1 1 7
Setterfield, Will 10 112 11.2 96 9.6 208 20.8 47 4.7 0 0.0 60 6.0 8 4 2 0.2 3 15
Shiel, Dylan 12 105 8.8 119 9.9 224 18.7 32 2.7 0 0.0 38 3.2 5 5 6 0.5 1 37
Snelling, Will 15 89 5.9 82 5.5 171 11.4 44 2.9 0 0.0 47 3.1 9 2 6 0.4 3 39
Stringer, Jake 17 145 8.5 83 4.9 228 13.4 45 2.6 0 0.0 51 3.0 10 15 21 1.2 23 149
Tsatas, Elijah 4 35 8.8 30 7.5 65 16.3 15 3.8 0 0.0 11 2.8 1 2 1 0.3 2 8
Weideman, Sam 16 86 5.4 59 3.7 145 9.1 65 4.1 13 0.8 18 1.1 12 5 15 0.9 15 105
Wright, Peter 10 64 6.4 32 3.2 96 9.6 44 4.4 25 2.5 13 1.3 6 5 19 1.9 10 124
Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon 22 164 7.5 103 4.7 267 12.1 120 5.5 0 0.0 33 1.5 13 18 0 0.0 0 0
 

Footnotes

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