Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Geelong Football Club

Known as
Geelong

Nickname
Cats

Formed
1859

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
Geelong Reserves; Geelong WFC; Geelong WFC (VFLW); Geelong U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
Kardinia Park

AFL Premierships
2007, 2009, 2011, 2022 (4 total)

VFL Premierships
1925, 1931, 1937, 1951-2, 1963 (6 total)

VFA Premierships
1878-9-80, 1882-3-4, 1886 (7 total)

Senior Premierships
V/AFL Night Series - 1961, 2006, 2009 (3 total); McClelland Trophy: 1952, 1954, 1962-63, 1980-81, 1992, 2007-8, 2019, 2022 (11 total)

Most Games
355 - Joel Selwood (2007-2022)

Most Goals
1021 - Gary Ablett Snr (1984-1996)

League Top Goalkickers
E.James (27) 1897 & (31) 1899; L.Hagger (78) 1925; G.Moloney (109) 1932; L.White (86) 1948; G.Goninon (86) 1951; N.Rayson (80) 1955; D.Wade (68) 1962, (96) 1967 & (127) 1969; L.Donohue (105) 1976; G.Ablett senior (129) 1994 & (122) 1995; T. Hawkins (42) 2020 (10 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Edward 'Carji' Greeves 1924; Bernie Smith 1951; Alistair Lord 1962; Paul Couch 1989; Jimmy Bartel 2007; Gary Ablett jnr 2009; Patrick Dangerfield 2016 (7 total)

Headquarters
Kardinia Park (GMHBA) La Trobe Terrace, Geelong, VIC 3220

Postal Address
PO Box 461, Geelong, VIC, 3220

Phone: 1300 462 287

Website
geelongcats.com.au

CEO
Brian Cook

President
Colin Carter

Head of Football Operations
Neil Balme

Recruiting Manager
Stephen Wells

List Manager
Stephen Wells

Coach
Chris Scott

Assistant Coaches
Nigel Lappin, Blake Caracella, Dale Amos, James Rahilly, Matthew Knights (VFL)

Fitness Staff
Chris Spinks, Kris Hinck

Club Doctors
Chris Bradshaw, Drew Slimmon, Jacqui Johnson, Geoff Allen

Geelong

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"Inspired by Dick Reynolds, Essendon got within five points late in the final term of the 1951 Grand Final, but Geelong was able to steady and pull away to secure an 11-point victory, 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70). Under Reg Hickey, Geelong has developed into a marvellous team. Indeed, with Bernie Smith having won the Brownlow, and George Goninon having been the league's top goal kicker, the Cats had secured a prestigious treble which only Collingwood had previously accomplished ... "

John Devaney assesses the Cats from Kardinia Park, forever football's great entertainers

2012 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 2012 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
2012-03-31 1	A	Geelong	4.0	9.2	12.7	15.11	101	LOST	Fremantle	6.0	8.3	12.8	16.9	105	-4	SUB	2012-03-31 Mar 31 (Sat, 4:45)	Scores
2012-04-09 2	H	Geelong	4.1	7.3	10.7	14.8	92	WON	Hawthorn	3.4	8.6	13.7	13.12	90	2	MCG	2012-04-09 Apr 9 (Mon, 3:10)	Scores
2012-04-15 3	A	Geelong	1.3	5.8	9.14	16.18	114	LOST	North Melbourne	4.5	9.5	16.8	20.11	131	-17	DOC	2012-04-15 Apr 15 (Sun, 4:40)	Scores
2012-04-22 4	H	Geelong	4.1	7.3	10.4	11.9	75	WON	Richmond	3.1	3.6	7.10	9.11	65	10	KAR	2012-04-22 Apr 22 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
2012-04-28 5	A	Geelong	4.1	7.5	10.6	12.7	79	WON	Brisbane	0.5	0.7	1.9	4.17	41	38	GAB	2012-04-28 Apr 28 (Sat, 7:45)	Scores
2012-05-05 6	H	Geelong	3.5	9.11	15.14	17.17	119	WON	Melbourne	3.0	6.1	10.5	11.10	76	43	KAR	2012-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 1:45)	Scores
2012-05-12 7	A	Geelong	3.2	4.2	6.8	10.12	72	LOST	Adelaide	6.3	14.5	17.7	19.8	122	-50	FBP	2012-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 12:45)	Scores
2012-05-18 8	A	Geelong	2.4	6.6	7.12	11.18	84	LOST	Collingwood	3.6	7.9	10.11	14.12	96	-12	MCG	2012-05-18 May 18 (Fri, 7:50)	Scores
2012-05-25 9	A	Geelong	3.5	6.9	9.9	14.11	95	WON	Western Bulldogs	1.1	6.2	8.5	11.9	75	20	DOC	2012-05-25 May 25 (Fri, 7:50)	Scores
2012-06-02 10	H	Geelong	4.2	7.3	13.8	19.12	126	WON	Greater Western Sydney	4.2	7.3	8.5	9.7	61	65	KAR	2012-06-02 Jun 2 (Sat, 1:45)	Scores
2012-06-08 11	A	Geelong	2.2	5.7	10.10	14.13	97	WON	Carlton	4.4	6.6	9.10	11.19	85	12	DOC	2012-06-08 Jun 8 (Fri, 7:50)	Scores
2012-06-18 12		Geelong							Bye								2012-06-18 Jun 18 (Mon, 12:00)
2012-06-22 13	A	Geelong	1.1	3.3	6.6	11.8	74	LOST	Sydney	7.0	8.2	10.6	12.8	80	-6	SCG	2012-06-22 Jun 22 (Fri, 7:50)	Scores
2012-07-01 14	H	Geelong	3.4	6.8	9.10	14.15	99	WON	Port Adelaide	2.3	2.7	6.9	8.13	61	38	KAR	2012-07-01 Jul 1 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
2012-07-08 15	A	Geelong	2.6	5.12	12.15	15.20	110	WON	Gold Coast	4.6	6.9	9.14	13.18	96	14	CRR	2012-07-08 Jul 8 (Sun, 3:15)	Scores
2012-07-14 16	H	Geelong	2.4	3.8	6.13	10.19	79	LOST	Collingwood	8.2	11.6	15.7	17.8	110	-31	MCG	2012-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
2012-07-20 17	H	Geelong	4.5	9.7	15.11	20.14	134	WON	Essendon	2.1	5.4	8.5	10.7	67	67	DOC	2012-07-20 Jul 20 (Fri, 7:50)	Scores
2012-07-28 18	H	Geelong	4.3	9.7	10.10	15.12	102	WON	Adelaide	3.2	4.4	9.8	11.9	75	27	KAR	2012-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 1:45)	Scores
2012-08-03 19	A	Geelong	9.3	10.5	14.9	18.10	118	WON	Hawthorn	2.0	7.6	11.8	17.14	116	2	MCG	2012-08-03 Aug 3 (Fri, 7:50)	Scores
2012-08-10 20	A	Geelong	5.5	9.5	11.6	15.7	97	LOST	West Coast	3.1	7.3	11.5	16.6	102	-5	SUB	2012-08-10 Aug 10 (Fri, 6:40)	Scores
2012-08-17 21	H	Geelong	5.3	11.9	11.13	18.15	123	WON	St. Kilda	3.2	6.5	9.12	11.15	81	42	DOC	2012-08-17 Aug 17 (Fri, 7:50)	Scores
2012-08-26 22	H	Geelong	3.2	8.4	10.8	16.11	107	WON	Western Bulldogs	1.0	3.3	7.5	11.7	73	34	KAR	2012-08-26 Aug 26 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
2012-09-01 23	H	Geelong	4.3	7.5	12.7	17.10	112	WON	Sydney	4.5	5.8	7.12	11.12	78	34	KAR	2012-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 1:45)	Scores
2012-09-08 2EF	H	Geelong	0.1	3.5	6.9	11.14	80	LOST	Fremantle	5.7	8.9	12.11	14.12	96	-16	MCG	2012-09-08 Sep 8 (Sat, 7:45)	Scores

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2012 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Bartel, Jimmy	20	230	11.5	190	9.5	420	21.0	101	5.1	23	1.2	121	6.1	32	22	12	0.6	10	82
Brown, Mitch	3	16	5.3	7	2.3	23	7.7	11	3.7	0	0.0	4	1.3	0	1	2	0.7	2	14
Byrnes, Shannon	4	18	4.5	22	5.5	40	10.0	10	2.5	0	0.0	12	3.0	3	3	1	0.3	2	8
Chapman, Paul	21	292	13.9	136	6.5	428	20.4	107	5.1	0	0.0	94	4.5	23	21	36	1.7	15	231
Christensen, Allen	17	166	9.8	163	9.6	329	19.4	47	2.8	0	0.0	63	3.7	23	14	9	0.5	9	63
Corey, Joel	20	189	9.5	239	12.0	428	21.4	54	2.7	15	0.8	103	5.2	18	35	3	0.2	5	23
Duncan, Mitch	22	262	11.9	138	6.3	400	18.2	122	5.5	7	0.3	68	3.1	15	20	20	0.9	12	132
Enright, Corey	22	283	12.9	179	8.1	462	21.0	126	5.7	1	0.0	53	2.4	13	16	2	0.1	3	15
Gillies, Tom	5	40	8.0	33	6.6	73	14.6	26	5.2	0	0.0	9	1.8	4	8	1	0.2	0	6
Guthrie, Cameron	18	100	5.6	97	5.4	197	10.9	42	2.3	0	0.0	44	2.4	9	10	1	0.1	0	6
Hawkins, Tom	22	198	9.0	80	3.6	278	12.6	144	6.5	27	1.2	25	1.1	25	15	62	2.8	38	410
Horlin-Smith, George	3	20	6.7	17	5.7	37	12.3	12	4.0	0	0.0	3	1.0	0	4	2	0.7	1	13
Hunt, Taylor	21	146	7.0	170	8.1	316	15.0	75	3.6	0	0.0	70	3.3	12	15	8	0.4	6	54
Hunt, Josh	18	185	10.3	97	5.4	282	15.7	106	5.9	0	0.0	43	2.4	9	11	5	0.3	5	35
Johnson, Steve	21	299	14.2	166	7.9	465	22.1	117	5.6	3	0.1	94	4.5	30	25	19	0.9	17	131
Kelly, James	19	257	13.5	213	11.2	470	24.7	59	3.1	0	0.0	128	6.7	15	31	2	0.1	5	17
Lonergan, Tom	22	144	6.5	107	4.9	251	11.4	98	4.5	1	0.0	40	1.8	18	25	3	0.1	2	20
Mackie, Andrew	23	311	13.5	120	5.2	431	18.7	123	5.3	0	0.0	60	2.6	19	18	12	0.5	7	79
McCarthy, Lincoln	1	3	3.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Motlop, Steven	22	192	8.7	104	4.7	296	13.5	52	2.4	0	0.0	52	2.4	7	14	26	1.2	14	170
Murdoch, Jordan	8	67	8.4	35	4.4	102	12.8	33	4.1	0	0.0	24	3.0	7	3	4	0.5	3	27
Podsiadly, James	18	153	8.5	62	3.4	215	11.9	90	5.0	20	1.1	50	2.8	16	22	35	1.9	13	223
Scarlett, Matthew	16	169	10.6	75	4.7	244	15.3	89	5.6	1	0.1	40	2.5	7	20	0	0.0	0	0
Schroder, Jordan	1	4	4.0	7	7.0	11	11.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Selwood, Joel	21	293	14.0	246	11.7	539	25.7	74	3.5	21	1.0	118	5.6	56	22	13	0.6	12	90
Sheringham, Jackson	5	28	5.6	28	5.6	56	11.2	13	2.6	0	0.0	14	2.8	0	2	1	0.2	1	7
Simpkin, Jonathan	4	22	5.5	13	3.3	35	8.8	8	2.0	0	0.0	7	1.8	3	1	1	0.3	0	6
Simpson, Dawson	2	4	2.0	4	2.0	8	4.0	3	1.5	33	16.5	4	2.0	1	4	0	0.0	1	1
Smedts, Billie	14	94	6.7	72	5.1	166	11.9	43	3.1	0	0.0	39	2.8	4	12	6	0.4	9	45
Stephenson, Orren	8	34	4.3	34	4.3	68	8.5	19	2.4	139	17.4	20	2.5	8	11	1	0.1	1	7
Stokes, Mathew	20	149	7.5	161	8.1	310	15.5	70	3.5	0	0.0	63	3.2	23	15	15	0.8	6	96
Stringer, Jesse	8	48	6.0	52	6.5	100	12.5	20	2.5	0	0.0	30	3.8	2	7	3	0.4	4	22
Taylor, Harry	22	205	9.3	152	6.9	357	16.2	135	6.1	7	0.3	48	2.2	13	12	15	0.7	5	95
Varcoe, Travis	1	1	1.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Vardy, Nathan	2	11	5.5	2	1.0	13	6.5	5	2.5	17	8.5	3	1.5	2	0	2	1.0	1	13
Walker, Josh	7	37	5.3	21	3.0	58	8.3	16	2.3	23	3.3	22	3.1	6	13	3	0.4	4	22
West, Trent	21	103	4.9	112	5.3	215	10.2	59	2.8	518	24.7	52	2.5	18	24	8	0.4	7	55
Wojcinski, David	4	33	8.3	22	5.5	55	13.8	13	3.3	0	0.0	14	3.5	2	1	0	0.0	1	1