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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sydney Swans Limited

Known as
Sydney

Nickname
Swans

Former name
South Melbourne

Former name date
1982-01-01

Formed
1874 (as South Melbourne); 1982 (as Swans); 1983 (as Sydney Swans)

Colours
White and red

Associated clubs
Sydney Reserves; Albert Park (Original); Sydney WFC; Sydney Academy; Sydney Academy WFC; Sydney U19s; Sydney WFC (VFLW)

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

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1879–1896

Home Ground
S.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2005, 2012 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1909, 1918, 1933 (3 total)

VFA Premierships
1881, 1885, 1888-9-90 (5 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia - 1909; VFL Night Series - 1956-7, 1960, 1982 (4 total); McClelland Trophy - 1996, 2014, 2016 (3 total)

Most Games
372 - Adam Goodes (1999-2015)

Most Goals
681 - Bob Pratt (1930-39; 1946)

League Top Goalkickers
R.Pratt (109) 1933, (150) 1934 & (103) 1935; L.White (80) 1942; A.Lockett (121) 1996 & (109) 1998; B.Hall (80) 2005; L.Franklin (79) 2014 & (73) 2017 (5 winners/9 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Herbie Matthews 1940; Ron Clegg 1949; Fred Goldsmith 1955; Bob Skilton 1959, 1963 & 1968; Peter Bedford 1970; Graham Teasdale 1977; Barry Round 1981; Greg Williams 1986; Gerard Healy 1988; Paul Kelly 1995; Adam Goodes 2003 & 2006 (11 medallists/14 medals)

Headquarters
Light Tower #4 Driver Ave, Moore Park, NSW 2021

Postal Address
PO Box 173 Paddington, NSW, 2021

Phone: 1300 663 819 

Website
sydneyswans.com.au

Sydney



"In retrospect, the 1986-7 period can be seen as something of a false dawn for the Sydney experiment, with the ensuing seven seasons proving as bleak as almost any in the club's long and often tortured past. The private ownership experiment was also a failure. In the end, the club owners overstretched themselves and the club ended up in a much worse position financially than it had been before the move to Sydney...."

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2024 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Sydney's 2024 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Sydney 3.34.37.1012.14 86 WON Melbourne 1.62.87.89.10 64 22 SCG Mar 7 (Thu, 7:30) Scores
1 A Sydney 2.67.812.1015.12 102 WON Collingwood 3.15.26.510.9 69 33 MCG Mar 15 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
2 H Sydney        vs Essendon          SCG Mar 23 (Sat, 7:30)  
3 A Sydney        vs Richmond          MCG Mar 30 (Sat, 4:00)  
4 A Sydney        vs West Coast          SSP Apr 6 (Sat, 1:00)  
5 Sydney       Bye        
6 H Sydney        vs Gold Coast          SCG Apr 21 (Sun, 1:00)  
7 A Sydney        vs Hawthorn          MCG Apr 28 (Sun, 4:00)  
8 H Sydney        vs Greater Western Sydney          SCG May 4 (Sat, 1:45)  
9 A Sydney        vs Fremantle          PER May 10 (Fri, 6:20)  
10 H Sydney        vs Carlton          SCG May 17 (Fri, 7:40)  
11 A Sydney        vs Western Bulldogs          DOC May 23 (Thu, 7:30)  
12 Sydney       Bye        
13 H Sydney        vs Geelong          SCG Jun 9 (Sun, 3:20)  
14 A Sydney        vs Adelaide          ADO Jun 15 (Sat, 7:00)  
15 A Sydney        vs Greater Western Sydney          SSH Jun 22 (Sat, 4:35)  
16 H Sydney        vs Fremantle          SCG Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10)  
17 A Sydney        vs St. Kilda          DOC Jul 6 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 H Sydney        vs North Melbourne          SCG Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10)  
19 A Sydney        vs Brisbane          GAB Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10)  
20 H Sydney        vs Western Bulldogs          SCG Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10)  
21 A Sydney        vs Port Adelaide          ADO Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10)  
22 H Sydney        vs Collingwood          SCG Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10)  
23 A Sydney        vs Essendon          DOC Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10)  
24 H Sydney        vs Adelaide          SCG Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10)  
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2024 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Amartey, Joel 2 9 4.5 1 0.5 10 5.0 7 3.5 2 1.0 4 2.0 0 0 1 0.5 3 9
Blakey, Nick 2 36 18.0 9 4.5 45 22.5 14 7.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 4 0 0 0.0 0 0
Campbell, Braeden 2 19 9.5 6 3.0 25 12.5 10 5.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
Cunningham, Harry 2 23 11.5 13 6.5 36 18.0 17 8.5 0 0.0 4 2.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Florent, Oliver 2 22 11.0 17 8.5 39 19.5 6 3.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 0 2 1 0.5 0 6
Fox, Robbie 2 13 6.5 8 4.0 21 10.5 4 2.0 0 0.0 9 4.5 4 3 1 0.5 1 7
Grundy, Brodie 2 17 8.5 14 7.0 31 15.5 5 2.5 55 27.5 12 6.0 7 11 0 0.0 0 0
Gulden, Errol 2 37 18.5 13 6.5 50 25.0 10 5.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 1 2 0 0.0 2 2
Hayward, Will 2 14 7.0 6 3.0 20 10.0 8 4.0 0 0.0 7 3.5 1 2 2 1.0 1 13
Heeney, Isaac 2 32 16.0 23 11.5 55 27.5 12 6.0 0 0.0 11 5.5 3 0 3 1.5 3 21
Jordon, James 2 16 8.0 21 10.5 37 18.5 8 4.0 0 0.0 11 5.5 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
Lloyd, Jake 2 17 8.5 12 6.0 29 14.5 11 5.5 0 0.0 5 2.5 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
McCartin, Tom 2 19 9.5 5 2.5 24 12.0 14 7.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
McDonald, Logan 2 16 8.0 7 3.5 23 11.5 11 5.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 1 1 5 2.5 2 32
McInerney, Justin 2 16 8.0 25 12.5 41 20.5 10 5.0 1 0.5 6 3.0 1 4 2 1.0 0 12
McLean, Hayden 2 10 5.0 7 3.5 17 8.5 4 2.0 14 7.0 4 2.0 3 6 3 1.5 2 20
Melican, Lewis 2 12 6.0 2 1.0 14 7.0 7 3.5 0 0.0 4 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Papley, Tom 2 27 13.5 10 5.0 37 18.5 8 4.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 2 0 2 1.0 2 14
Rampe, Dane 2 21 10.5 12 6.0 33 16.5 8 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Roberts, Matt 2 26 13.0 8 4.0 34 17.0 13 6.5 0 0.0 7 3.5 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rowbottom, James 2 19 9.5 18 9.0 37 18.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 20 10.0 5 3 1 0.5 3 9
Warner, Chad 2 32 16.0 21 10.5 53 26.5 8 4.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 2 3 4 2.0 1 25
Wicks, Sam 2 3 1.5 4 2.0 7 3.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 3 1.5 0 2 2 1.0 0 12
 

Footnotes

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