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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sydney Swans Football Club

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

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2022

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

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2022 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Sydney's 2022 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sydney 3.09.413.917.10 112 WON Greater Western Sydney 5.310.712.1013.14 92 20 STA Mar 19 (Sat, 5:10) Scores
2 H Sydney 4.311.315.417.5 107 WON Geelong 2.46.78.1310.17 77 30 SCG Mar 25 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
3 A Sydney 1.31.35.39.6 60 LOST Western Bulldogs 3.34.106.159.17 71 -11 DOC Mar 31 (Thu, 7:20) Scores
4 H Sydney 3.26.49.613.8 86 WON North Melbourne 4.06.111.112.3 75 11 SCG Apr 9 (Sat, 2:40) Scores
5 A Sydney 5.410.1011.1218.13 121 WON West Coast 0.02.04.39.4 58 63 PER Apr 15 (Fri, 5:40) Scores
6 A Sydney 3.24.87.1116.13 109 WON Hawthorn 5.47.59.810.8 68 41 YOR Apr 25 (Mon, 12:30) Scores
7 H Sydney 1.32.48.613.11 89 LOST Brisbane 1.37.712.1117.11 113 -24 SCG May 1 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
8 H Sydney 1.44.78.118.13 61 LOST Gold Coast 3.67.68.1110.15 75 -14 SCG May 7 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
9 H Sydney 5.59.1212.1614.21 105 WON Essendon 2.34.45.76.11 47 58 SCG May 14 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
10 A Sydney 4.07.012.413.9 87 LOST Carlton 3.512.814.915.12 102 -15 DOC May 20 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
11 H Sydney 3.46.710.1016.10 106 WON Richmond 5.011.212.415.10 100 6 SCG May 27 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
12 A Sydney 1.56.96.1110.13 73 WON Melbourne 5.17.18.69.7 61 12 MCG Jun 4 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
13 Sydney       Bye        
14 A Sydney 3.15.86.108.11 59 LOST Port Adelaide 4.36.612.812.10 82 -23 ADO Jun 18 (Sat, 1:15) Scores
15 H Sydney 3.14.69.1012.11 83 WON St. Kilda 1.22.22.64.8 32 51 SCG Jun 25 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
16 A Sydney 5.27.69.1412.14 86 LOST Essendon 2.27.29.315.5 95 -9 MCG Jul 2 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
17 H Sydney 7.89.1115.1517.18 120 WON Western Bulldogs 2.15.68.89.13 67 53 SCG Jul 8 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
18 A Sydney 1.13.86.1211.16 82 WON Fremantle 3.36.56.99.11 65 17 PER Jul 16 (Sat, 5:30) Scores
19 H Sydney 9.311.713.1417.16 118 WON Adelaide 2.36.59.1012.13 85 33 SCG Jul 23 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
20 H Sydney 6.29.613.817.10 112 WON Greater Western Sydney 3.13.55.65.9 39 73 SCG Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Sydney 4.58.1014.1518.18 126 WON North Melbourne 2.05.18.513.10 88 38 DOC Aug 7 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
22 H Sydney 4.45.79.1011.11 77 WON Collingwood 2.33.46.57.8 50 27 SCG Aug 14 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
23 A Sydney        vs St. Kilda          DOC Aug 21 (Sun, 4:40)  
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2022 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
36 Amartey, Joel 6 29 4.8 14 2.3 43 7.2 12 2.0 18 3.0 14 2.3 2 6 5 0.8 3 33
32 Bell, James 6 33 5.5 12 2.0 45 7.5 15 2.5 0 0.0 9 1.5 3 0 4 0.7 3 27
22 Blakey, Nick 20 307 15.4 100 5.0 407 20.4 91 4.6 0 0.0 41 2.1 22 16 2 0.1 3 15
16 Campbell, Braeden 14 96 6.9 34 2.4 130 9.3 34 2.4 0 0.0 28 2.0 9 12 2 0.1 2 14
4 Clarke, Ryan 10 38 3.8 50 5.0 88 8.8 16 1.6 0 0.0 21 2.1 2 5 4 0.4 4 28
7 Cunningham, Harry 10 58 5.8 53 5.3 111 11.1 33 3.3 0 0.0 24 2.4 6 3 0 0.0 0 0
13 Florent, Oliver 21 224 10.7 117 5.6 341 16.2 110 5.2 0 0.0 46 2.2 10 8 5 0.2 5 35
42 Fox, Robbie 10 113 11.3 53 5.3 166 16.6 57 5.7 0 0.0 24 2.4 8 4 0 0.0 0 0
23 Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' 19 183 9.6 47 2.5 230 12.1 102 5.4 0 0.0 39 2.1 29 27 48 2.5 25 313
21 Gulden, Errol 21 285 13.6 125 6.0 410 19.5 93 4.4 0 0.0 68 3.2 28 20 17 0.8 6 108
9 Hayward, Will 21 171 8.1 86 4.1 257 12.2 96 4.6 0 0.0 65 3.1 10 19 28 1.3 20 188
5 Heeney, Isaac 21 214 10.2 138 6.6 352 16.8 100 4.8 0 0.0 94 4.5 31 19 44 2.1 23 287
31 Hickey, Tom 12 88 7.3 92 7.7 180 15.0 36 3.0 252 21.0 19 1.6 9 24 2 0.2 2 14
12 Kennedy, Josh 11 66 6.0 67 6.1 133 12.1 30 2.7 0 0.0 19 1.7 2 8 2 0.2 0 12
19 Ladhams, Peter 11 82 7.5 81 7.4 163 14.8 29 2.6 226 20.5 16 1.5 25 29 2 0.2 4 16
44 Lloyd, Jake 20 326 16.3 156 7.8 482 24.1 120 6.0 0 0.0 50 2.5 16 13 0 0.0 0 0
39 McCartin, Paddy 20 207 10.4 54 2.7 261 13.1 115 5.8 0 0.0 17 0.9 26 12 0 0.0 0 0
30 McCartin, Tom 21 119 5.7 96 4.6 215 10.2 87 4.1 0 0.0 31 1.5 11 22 0 0.0 0 0
6 McDonald, Logan 14 78 5.6 46 3.3 124 8.9 57 4.1 0 0.0 23 1.6 8 5 12 0.9 16 88
27 McInerney, Justin 18 217 12.1 121 6.7 338 18.8 91 5.1 0 0.0 18 1.0 12 8 5 0.3 3 33
2 McLean, Hayden 8 45 5.6 32 4.0 77 9.6 27 3.4 35 4.4 11 1.4 12 7 10 1.3 3 63
14 Mills, Callum 21 312 14.9 217 10.3 529 25.2 142 6.8 0 0.0 135 6.4 32 19 8 0.4 3 51
38 O'Riordan, Colin 5 21 4.2 15 3.0 36 7.2 9 1.8 0 0.0 1 0.2 4 2 0 0.0 0 0
11 Papley, Tom 15 160 10.7 71 4.7 231 15.4 65 4.3 0 0.0 32 2.1 15 13 25 1.7 22 172
26 Parker, Luke 21 273 13.0 247 11.8 520 24.8 93 4.4 0 0.0 116 5.5 22 23 12 0.6 10 82
24 Rampe, Dane 21 188 9.0 83 4.0 271 12.9 99 4.7 0 0.0 41 2.0 12 28 1 0.0 0 6
20 Reid, Sam 14 92 6.6 76 5.4 168 12.0 57 4.1 114 8.1 64 4.6 18 15 15 1.1 17 107
34 Roberts, Matt 1 1 1.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
25 Ronke, Ben 8 43 5.4 29 3.6 72 9.0 16 2.0 0 0.0 11 1.4 4 2 6 0.8 5 41
8 Rowbottom, James 20 222 11.1 139 7.0 361 18.1 53 2.7 0 0.0 132 6.6 23 24 5 0.3 5 35
29 Sheldrick, Angus 2 4 2.0 4 2.0 8 4.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
3 Stephens, Dylan 11 127 11.5 53 4.8 180 16.4 46 4.2 0 0.0 30 2.7 9 14 3 0.3 1 19
28 Taylor, Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
1 Warner, Chad 20 276 13.8 187 9.4 463 23.2 73 3.7 0 0.0 81 4.1 21 33 16 0.8 21 117
15 Wicks, Sam 9 40 4.4 41 4.6 81 9.0 20 2.2 0 0.0 21 2.3 3 18 4 0.4 4 28
Totals 483 4738 9.8 2737 5.7 7475 15.5 2025 4.2 645 1.3 1343 2.8 445 459 287 0.6 210 1932
 

Footnotes

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