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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) 1897–2024

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
Cook, Brian

President
Costa, Frank

Geelong



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

"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

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2006 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 2006 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Geelong 4.38.712.917.13 115 WON Brisbane 1.11.32.65.8 38 77 KAR Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Geelong 6.311.418.622.6 138 WON North Melbourne 3.27.47.810.9 69 69 KAR Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Geelong 2.54.105.116.13 49 LOST Hawthorn 4.16.59.815.11 101 -52 KAR Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Geelong 4.28.510.1014.13 97 LOST Western Bulldogs 3.58.910.1114.14 98 -1 DOC Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Geelong 4.35.39.413.7 85 LOST Sydney 3.37.1111.1615.17 107 -22 STA Apr 29 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
6 A Geelong 4.26.610.1011.15 81 LOST Melbourne 3.36.511.713.9 87 -6 MCG May 5 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
7 A Geelong 2.46.510.712.10 82 WON St. Kilda 1.43.86.89.10 64 18 DOC May 12 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
8 A Geelong 2.12.43.66.8 44 LOST Collingwood 6.012.318.1022.14 146 -102 MCG May 20 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
9 H Geelong 5.38.712.912.18 90 LOST Richmond 4.38.312.617.8 110 -20 KAR May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Geelong 7.210.414.815.8 98 LOST West Coast 2.14.19.216.5 101 -3 KAR Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Geelong 6.312.516.620.10 130 WON Essendon 2.35.49.713.10 88 42 DOC Jun 9 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
12 A Geelong 4.312.615.818.10 118 WON Fremantle 3.65.85.136.16 52 66 SUB Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Geelong 2.44.55.68.7 55 LOST Adelaide 3.610.1214.1721.21 147 -92 FBP Jul 2 (Sun, 12:40) Scores
14 A Geelong 5.011.117.223.4 142 WON Carlton 2.54.77.1011.11 77 65 DOC Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Geelong 1.14.55.99.14 68 WON Port Adelaide 2.43.56.78.10 58 10 KAR Jul 16 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
16 H Geelong 2.37.411.813.12 90 WON Western Bulldogs 4.28.311.813.11 89 1 DOC Jul 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 A Geelong 2.23.65.78.12 60 LOST North Melbourne 6.19.311.913.12 90 -30 MAN Jul 30 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
18 A Geelong 4.59.1112.1714.20 104 WON Brisbane 4.08.111.513.9 87 17 GAB Aug 6 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
19 H Geelong 2.56.78.1111.14 80 LOST St. Kilda 3.17.512.715.13 103 -23 DOC Aug 13 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
20 H Geelong 5.37.411.514.6 90 WON Sydney 3.16.27.49.9 63 27 KAR Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Geelong 2.15.411.514.10 94 DRAW Melbourne 5.210.512.814.10 94 0 KAR Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Geelong 2.26.47.810.12 72 LOST Hawthorn 7.111.215.421.7 133 -61 DOC Sep 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
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2006 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Ablett, Nathan 7 33 4.7 23 3.3 56 8.0 27 3.9 0 0.0 5 0.7 3 2 4 0.6 3 27
Ablett Jnr, Gary 21 212 10.1 142 6.8 354 16.9 74 3.5 0 0.0 65 3.1 22 15 35 1.7 28 238
Bartel, Jimmy 21 297 14.1 186 8.9 483 23.0 139 6.6 4 0.2 79 3.8 19 20 15 0.7 12 102
Blake, Mark 8 12 1.5 45 5.6 57 7.1 16 2.0 97 12.1 9 1.1 3 8 0 0.0 0 0
Byrnes, Shannon 10 100 10.0 47 4.7 147 14.7 58 5.8 0 0.0 26 2.6 4 2 3 0.3 11 29
Callan, Tim 6 32 5.3 32 5.3 64 10.7 19 3.2 0 0.0 12 2.0 3 2 0 0.0 0 0
Chapman, Paul 22 331 15.0 153 7.0 484 22.0 134 6.1 0 0.0 89 4.0 23 19 31 1.4 19 205
Corey, Joel 22 298 13.5 231 10.5 529 24.0 107 4.9 12 0.5 64 2.9 31 22 8 0.4 4 52
Egan, Matthew 22 102 4.6 130 5.9 232 10.5 82 3.7 0 0.0 31 1.4 11 11 1 0.0 0 6
Enright, Corey 22 327 14.9 164 7.5 491 22.3 139 6.3 5 0.2 64 2.9 9 24 11 0.5 2 68
Gamble, Ryan 1 5 5.0 3 3.0 8 8.0 4 4.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
Gardiner, Charlie 5 45 9.0 30 6.0 75 15.0 25 5.0 1 0.2 13 2.6 5 3 4 0.8 2 26
Harley, Tom 13 88 6.8 71 5.5 159 12.2 60 4.6 0 0.0 18 1.4 3 4 0 0.0 0 0
Hunt, Josh 22 239 10.9 152 6.9 391 17.8 96 4.4 0 0.0 49 2.2 15 15 4 0.2 4 28
Johnson, Steve 15 139 9.3 60 4.0 199 13.3 71 4.7 0 0.0 22 1.5 15 12 30 2.0 13 193
Johnson, David 17 152 8.9 69 4.1 221 13.0 80 4.7 2 0.1 34 2.0 10 13 5 0.3 1 31
Kelly, James 15 134 8.9 119 7.9 253 16.9 48 3.2 2 0.1 40 2.7 7 10 7 0.5 2 44
King, Steven 16 116 7.3 97 6.1 213 13.3 67 4.2 214 13.4 23 1.4 17 25 1 0.1 1 7
Kingsley, Kent 9 46 5.1 20 2.2 66 7.3 36 4.0 0 0.0 8 0.9 4 5 10 1.1 8 68
Koulouriotis, Paul 1 5 5.0 9 9.0 14 14.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ling, Cameron 22 248 11.3 255 11.6 503 22.9 131 6.0 0 0.0 61 2.8 13 14 10 0.5 3 63
Lonergan, Tom 3 17 5.7 7 2.3 24 8.0 12 4.0 0 0.0 5 1.7 0 3 1 0.3 2 8
Mackie, Andrew 14 150 10.7 70 5.0 220 15.7 75 5.4 0 0.0 26 1.9 13 9 10 0.7 10 70
McCarthy, Matthew 4 22 5.5 7 1.8 29 7.3 17 4.3 6 1.5 5 1.3 2 1 6 1.5 1 37
Milburn, Darren 22 242 11.0 209 9.5 451 20.5 167 7.6 19 0.9 49 2.2 20 19 8 0.4 4 52
Mooney, Cam 17 177 10.4 82 4.8 259 15.2 123 7.2 27 1.6 20 1.2 16 17 22 1.3 8 140
Ottens, Brad 22 139 6.3 104 4.7 243 11.0 103 4.7 319 14.5 45 2.0 30 15 26 1.2 20 176
Playfair, Henry 8 32 4.0 33 4.1 65 8.1 40 5.0 3 0.4 11 1.4 3 8 5 0.6 5 35
Prismall, Brent 8 72 9.0 34 4.3 106 13.3 30 3.8 0 0.0 11 1.4 8 1 4 0.5 2 26
Riccardi, Peter 6 50 8.3 21 3.5 71 11.8 20 3.3 0 0.0 10 1.7 2 1 3 0.5 2 20
Rooke, Max 17 114 6.7 121 7.1 235 13.8 61 3.6 1 0.1 55 3.2 22 24 8 0.5 1 49
Scarlett, Matthew 20 237 11.9 87 4.4 324 16.2 109 5.5 0 0.0 22 1.1 6 15 4 0.2 2 26
Slade, Will 6 32 5.3 31 5.2 63 10.5 21 3.5 0 0.0 7 1.2 6 14 1 0.2 1 7
Spencer, Matthew 2 3 1.5 6 3.0 9 4.5 2 1.0 0 0.0 3 1.5 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Stokes, Mathew 9 72 8.0 45 5.0 117 13.0 51 5.7 0 0.0 23 2.6 5 6 9 1.0 5 59
Tenace, Kane 14 150 10.7 51 3.6 201 14.4 47 3.4 0 0.0 23 1.6 12 4 3 0.2 1 19
Wojcinski, David 15 116 7.7 80 5.3 196 13.1 45 3.0 0 0.0 30 2.0 9 10 1 0.1 6 12
 

Footnotes

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