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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

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"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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2004 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Sydney's 2004 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sydney 4.38.78.1111.12 78 LOST Brisbane 1.35.68.1211.14 80 -2 GAB Mar 27 (Sat, 8:10) Scores
2 H Sydney 5.17.612.915.12 102 WON Fremantle 3.25.68.910.11 71 31 SCG Apr 4 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
3 H Sydney 3.27.37.510.13 73 WON Geelong 2.27.59.710.7 67 6 SCG Apr 10 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
4 A Sydney 6.310.816.1218.13 121 WON North Melbourne 6.46.67.710.10 70 51 MAN Apr 18 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
5 H Sydney 6.19.113.615.9 99 LOST Melbourne 2.210.411.817.9 111 -12 STA Apr 24 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
6 A Sydney 4.34.68.715.8 98 LOST Essendon 5.67.812.1016.12 108 -10 MCG May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Sydney 5.46.57.68.6 54 LOST Richmond 4.15.38.310.7 67 -13 SCG May 9 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
8 A Sydney 5.38.511.715.7 97 LOST West Coast 5.311.414.918.16 124 -27 SUB May 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sydney 4.45.810.1311.14 80 WON Hawthorn 0.15.38.412.7 79 1 SCG May 23 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
10 A Sydney 5.57.1011.1612.21 93 WON Western Bulldogs 3.36.46.610.7 67 26 SCG May 29 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
11 H Sydney 4.47.714.917.10 112 WON St. Kilda 1.14.58.711.10 76 36 SCG Jun 6 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
12 A Sydney 1.23.35.48.12 60 LOST Port Adelaide 3.410.617.1020.12 132 -72 FBP Jun 13 (Sun, 12:40) Scores
13 H Sydney 5.26.310.513.7 85 WON Collingwood 4.17.29.711.13 79 6 STA Jun 26 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
14 A Sydney 3.28.410.515.5 95 WON Carlton 3.14.79.1012.12 84 11 PRI Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Sydney 2.17.58.88.10 58 WON Adelaide 2.23.53.66.9 45 13 SCG Jul 10 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
16 A Sydney 1.63.76.89.8 62 LOST Geelong 3.13.87.911.11 77 -15 KAR Jul 18 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
17 A Sydney 3.15.210.314.7 91 LOST Fremantle 6.511.716.818.10 118 -27 SUB Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Sydney 3.66.811.1012.11 83 WON Brisbane 1.23.55.87.9 51 32 SCG Jul 31 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
19 H Sydney 5.29.316.418.4 112 LOST North Melbourne 2.43.108.1217.16 118 -6 SCG Aug 7 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
20 A Sydney 3.37.710.710.7 67 WON Melbourne 0.13.26.47.4 46 21 DOC Aug 14 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
21 H Sydney 2.210.215.617.8 110 WON Essendon 3.96.1111.1512.18 90 20 STA Aug 21 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
22 A Sydney 3.26.710.1016.12 108 WON Richmond 4.44.75.86.8 44 64 MCG Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2EF H Sydney 2.27.59.811.9 75 WON West Coast 2.52.54.84.10 34 41 STA Sep 4 (Sat, 7:30) Scores
2SF A Sydney 2.34.47.48.8 56 LOST St. Kilda 1.45.610.916.11 107 -51 MCG Sep 10 (Fri, 7:30) Scores
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2004 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Ablett, Luke 21 123 5.9 76 3.6 199 9.5 42 2.0 1 0.0 31 1.5 8 14 2 0.1 4 16
Ball, Jason 23 136 5.9 119 5.2 255 11.1 66 2.9 389 16.9 43 1.9 34 26 3 0.1 4 22
Barry, Leo 23 139 6.0 148 6.4 287 12.5 107 4.7 4 0.2 34 1.5 14 18 0 0.0 0 0
Bevan, Paul 24 132 5.5 102 4.3 234 9.8 75 3.1 1 0.0 46 1.9 16 25 7 0.3 2 44
Bolton, Jude 24 280 11.7 211 8.8 491 20.5 83 3.5 40 1.7 102 4.3 35 20 12 0.5 7 79
Bolton, Craig 24 164 6.8 106 4.4 270 11.3 81 3.4 5 0.2 57 2.4 18 14 6 0.3 0 36
Buchanan, Amon 16 78 4.9 98 6.1 176 11.0 29 1.8 0 0.0 49 3.1 19 10 6 0.4 6 42
Crouch, Jared 24 177 7.4 142 5.9 319 13.3 38 1.6 0 0.0 86 3.6 24 14 8 0.3 9 57
Davis, Nick 12 67 5.6 37 3.1 104 8.7 34 2.8 0 0.0 9 0.8 6 7 21 1.8 7 133
Doyle, Stephen 19 54 2.8 33 1.7 87 4.6 26 1.4 263 13.8 17 0.9 10 18 5 0.3 3 33
Fixter, Ben 3 7 2.3 9 3.0 16 5.3 3 1.0 0 0.0 4 1.3 2 1 1 0.3 0 6
Fosdike, Nic 13 126 9.7 85 6.5 211 16.2 33 2.5 0 0.0 39 3.0 7 7 3 0.2 4 22
Goodes, Adam 24 205 8.5 131 5.5 336 14.0 116 4.8 103 4.3 31 1.3 12 14 9 0.4 10 64
Hall, Barry 24 244 10.2 101 4.2 345 14.4 191 8.0 34 1.4 30 1.3 20 33 74 3.1 39 483
James, Heath 11 72 6.5 42 3.8 114 10.4 41 3.7 0 0.0 11 1.0 8 3 1 0.1 0 6
Kennelly, Tadhg 23 192 8.3 152 6.6 344 15.0 83 3.6 1 0.0 37 1.6 8 15 7 0.3 2 44
Kirk, Brett 24 236 9.8 237 9.9 473 19.7 54 2.3 4 0.2 127 5.3 26 27 10 0.4 11 71
Mathews, Ben 24 239 10.0 205 8.5 444 18.5 109 4.5 0 0.0 94 3.9 12 15 6 0.3 8 44
Maxfield, Stuart 24 253 10.5 88 3.7 341 14.2 74 3.1 0 0.0 78 3.3 16 18 8 0.3 6 54
McVeigh, Jarrad 20 85 4.3 60 3.0 145 7.3 32 1.6 0 0.0 26 1.3 10 3 6 0.3 7 43
Meiklejohn, James 1 1 1.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 9 9.0 2 2.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Nicks, Matthew 17 128 7.5 56 3.3 184 10.8 65 3.8 16 0.9 36 2.1 13 10 14 0.8 5 89
O'Keefe, Ryan 24 244 10.2 103 4.3 347 14.5 124 5.2 2 0.1 56 2.3 11 12 33 1.4 17 215
O'Loughlin, Michael 18 144 8.0 40 2.2 184 10.2 99 5.5 0 0.0 19 1.1 14 8 38 2.1 18 246
Powell, Mark 3 5 1.7 9 3.0 14 4.7 4 1.3 1 0.3 2 0.7 1 1 0 0.0 1 1
Roberts-Thomson, Lewis 7 12 1.7 22 3.1 34 4.9 7 1.0 3 0.4 4 0.6 1 4 0 0.0 1 1
Rogers, Aaron 2 2 1.0 2 1.0 4 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Saddington, Jason 10 71 7.1 53 5.3 124 12.4 46 4.6 11 1.1 13 1.3 8 2 7 0.7 5 47
Schauble, Andrew 10 50 5.0 39 3.9 89 8.9 37 3.7 1 0.1 9 0.9 7 3 1 0.1 0 6
Schneider, Adam 12 71 5.9 30 2.5 101 8.4 28 2.3 0 0.0 24 2.0 4 11 9 0.8 10 64
Thewlis, Josh 2 3 1.5 3 1.5 6 3.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Warfe, Rowan 1 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Williams, Paul 21 229 10.9 156 7.4 385 18.3 59 2.8 0 0.0 44 2.1 17 9 9 0.4 8 62
 

Footnotes

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