2016 Geelong Football Club season

The 2016 Geelong Football Club season is currently the club's 117th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the 17th season.

Season summary

Regular season

Geelong's 2016 AFL season fixture^[1]
Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores^[a]			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
1	2016-03-28 !Monday, 28 March (3:20 pm)	Hawthorn	18.8 (116)	12.14 (86)	Won by 30 points	MCG [H]	74,218	5th
2	2016-04-03 !Sunday, 3 April (1:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	13.11 (89)	11.10 (76)	Lost by 13 points	Manuka Oval [A]	13,656	6th
3	2016-04-10 !Sunday, 10 April (4:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	18.17 (125)	7.14 (56)	Won by 69 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	23,320	5th
4	2016-04-16 !Saturday, 16 April (1:45 pm)	Essendon	6.6 (42)	9.18 (72)	Won by 30 points	MCG [A]	42,723	4th
5	2016-04-23 !Saturday, 23 April (7:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	8.11 (59)	16.11 (107)	Won by 48 points	Adelaide Oval [A]	44,937	4th
6	2016-04-30 !Saturday, 30 April (7:25 pm)	Gold Coast	25.18 (168)	7.6 (48)	Won by 120 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	23,007	2nd
7	2016-05-07 !Saturday, 7 May (2:10 pm)	West Coast	18.15 (123)	12.7 (79)	Won by 44 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	25,429	2nd
8	2016-05-13 !Friday, 13 May (7:20 pm)	Adelaide	11.6 (72)	13.20 (98)	Won by 26 points	Adelaide Oval [A]	53,141	2nd
9	2016-05-21 !Saturday, 21 May (1:45 pm)	Collingwood	16.8 (104)	11.14 (80)	Lost by 24 points	MCG [A]	59,864	2nd
10	2016-05-29 !Sunday, 29 May (1:10 pm)	Carlton	16.8 (104)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 19 points	Etihad Stadium [A]	33,535	3rd
11	2016-06-04 !Saturday, 4 June (4:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	14.14 (98)	14.4 (88)	Won by 10 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	22,007	3rd
12	2016-06-11 !Saturday, 11 June (7:25 pm)	North Melbourne	15.15 (105)	12.2 (74)	Won by 31 points	Etihad Stadium [H]	44,025	2nd
13	2016-06-18 !Saturday, 18 June (7:25 pm)	Western Bulldogs	5.13 (43)	16.4 (100)	Won by 57 points	Etihad Stadium [A]	41,725	1st
14	2016-06-25 !Saturday, 25 June (7:25 pm)	St Kilda	14.9 (93)	13.12 (90)	Lost by 3 points	Etihad Stadium [A]	28,745	3rd
15	Bye							2nd
16	2016-07-08 !Friday, 8 July (7:50 pm)	Sydney	9.6 (60)	15.8 (98)	Lost by 38 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	24,339	6th
17	2016-07-15 !Friday, 15 July (6:10 pm)	Fremantle	9.7 (61)	11.12 (78)	Won by 17 points	Domain Stadium [A]	31,042	7th
18	2016-07-23 !Saturday, 23 July (7:25 pm)	Adelaide	12.13 (85)	7.13 (55)	Won by 30 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	21,127	4th
19	2016-07-29 !Friday, 29 July (7:50 pm)	Western Bulldogs	16.7 (103)	11.12 (78)	Won by 25 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	24,331	4th
20	2016-08-07 !Sunday, 7 August (3:20 pm)	Essendon	15.10 (100)	4.10 (34)	Won by 66 points	Etihad Stadium [H]	29,254	5th
21	2016-08-14 !Sunday, 14 August (3:20 pm)	Richmond	12.6 (78)	10.22 (82)	Won by 4 points	MCG [A]	45,667	4th
22	2016-08-21 !Sunday, 21 August (3:20 pm)	Brisbane Lions	10.9 (69)	19.15 (129)	Won by 60 points	Gabba [A]	20,477	3rd
23	2016-08-27 !Saturday, 27 August (1:45 pm)	Melbourne	24.11 (155)	6.8 (44)	Won by 111 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	24,413	2nd

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney	22	17	5	2221	1469	151.2	68	2016 finals
2	Geelong	22	17	5	2235	1554	143.8	68
3	Hawthorn	22	17	5	2134	1800	118.6	68
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	16	6	2380	1663	143.1	64
5	Adelaide	22	16	6	2483	1795	138.3	64
6	West Coast	22	16	6	2181	1678	130.0	64
7	Western Bulldogs (P)	22	15	7	1857	1609	115.4	60
8	North Melbourne	22	12	10	1956	1859	105.2	48
9	St Kilda	22	12	10	1953	2041	95.7	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	10	12	2055	1939	106.0	40
11	Melbourne	22	10	12	1944	1991	97.6	40
12	Collingwood	22	9	13	1910	1998	95.6	36
13	Richmond	22	8	14	1713	2155	79.5	32
14	Carlton	22	7	15	1568	1978	79.3	28
15	Gold Coast	22	6	16	1778	2273	78.2	24
16	Fremantle	22	4	18	1574	2119	74.3	16
17	Brisbane Lions	22	3	19	1770	2872	61.6	12
18	Essendon	22	3	19	1437	2356	61.0	12

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals series

Geelong's 2016 AFL finals series fixture^[1]
Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance
Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores^[a]			Venue	Attendance
Qualifying Final	2016-09-09 !Friday, 9 September (7:50 pm)	Hawthorn	12.13 (85)	12.11 (83)	Won by 2 points	MCG [H]	87,533
Preliminary Final	2016-09-23 !Friday, 23 September (7:50 pm)	Sydney	8.12 (60)	15.7 (97)	Lost by 37 points	MCG [H]	71,772
As a result of Geelong's loss in their preliminary final, the club was eliminated from the 2016 AFL finals series

Key statistics

Summary of Geelong's key match statistics
Round	Result	Kicks		Handballs		Disposals		Free kicks		Clearances		Inside-50s		Contested possessions		Tackles		Hitouts
1	W	196	+10	153	−21	349	−11	24	−4	51	+11	61	+15	160	+19	81	0	56	−8
2	L	188	−23	157	−25	345	−48	10	−13	26	−13	48	−8	126	−22	50	−7	28	−13
3	W	221	+49	175	+15	396	+64	32	+2	40	+12	69	+34	137	+11	73	+21	38	+7
4	W	197	−10	162	−57	359	−67	16	−8	27	−11	50	+10	123	−9	71	+12	26	−6
5	W	212	+59	160	+4	372	+63	25	+2	46	+12	58	+13	165	+39	79	−2	60	+32
6	W	252	+102	193	+37	445	+139	16	−6	42	+18	62	+28	148	+22	76	+13	32	−7
7	W	220	+40	162	−15	382	+25	27	+6	44	+12	60	+17	135	−2	77	+22	39	−7
8	W	213	−7	169	+63	382	+56	14	−12	42	+2	61	+17	164	+8	81	+1	48	+5
9	L	192	−25	149	−4	341	−29	23	−3	32	+1	54	+8	138	−15	85	+15	38	+17
10	L	196	−15	203	+26	399	+11	10	−12	35	−7	51	−9	139	+3	69	−11	45	+14
11	W	222	−2	165	+31	387	+29	29	+13	49	+3	76	+28	174	+30	61	−18	45	−6
12	W	207	+18	173	+41	380	+59	18	−1	47	+14	57	+14	144	+37	46	+5	35	−9
13	W	218	+32	167	−22	385	+10	20	−1	36	+6	44	−2	125	−12	78	+19	39	+4
14	L	216	+12	170	+19	386	+31	15	−1	27	−8	52	−2	138	+8	52	−11	34	+4
15	Bye
16	L	193	−8	144	−28	337	−36	24	+1	34	−1	52	+9	153	−4	75	−11	33	−2
17	W	213	+23	190	+23	403	+46	20	0	35	−4	50	+10	150	+11	84	+6	36	−4
18	W	223	0	191	+67	414	+67	15	−3	39	−3	55	+9	168	+18	84	+13	39	−9
19	W	215	+28	181	+1	396	+29	22	0	38	+5	47	−6	177	+27	83	+2	55	+27
20	W	208	−24	196	+74	404	+50	16	+2	28	−7	58	+21	128	+27	37	−12	42	+13
21	W	224	−12	176	+34	400	+22	23	−8	32	+8	66	+27	139	+24	52	+2	26	−4
22	W	219	+30	183	+28	402	+58	18	−4	41	−2	61	+21	139	+23	64	+2	36	−7
23	W	219	+42	179	−2	398	+40	20	+5	41	+10	59	+16	162	+36	74	+9	42	−3
QF	W	197	−43	156	+5	353	−38	20	+2	39	+1	47	−9	170	+52	63	−2	38	−2
QF	L	173	−41	190	−28	363	−13	24	+2	34	−6	72	+32	173	+6	81	−21	48	+24

Honours

Milestones

Round 1 - Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong debut), Lachie Henderson (Geelong debut), Zac Smith (Geelong debut)
Round 3 - Tom Ruggles (AFL debut)
Round 12 - Steven Motlop (100 AFL games)
Round 17 - Andrew Mackie (250 AFL games), Cameron Guthrie (100 AFL games)
Round 18 - Sam Menegola (AFL debut)
Round 19 - Corey Enright (326 AFL games, a new Geelong record), Jimmy Bartel (300 AFL games)

Others

Round 1 - Patrick Dangerfield (2016 AFL Mark of the Year nomination)
Round 2 - Tom Hawkins (2016 AFL Goal of the Year round winner)
Round 4 - Zac Smith (2016 AFL Mark of the Year round winner)
Round 7 - Josh Caddy (2016 AFL Goal of the Year nomination)
Round 8 - Steven Motlop (2016 AFL Goal of the Year nomination)
Round 9 - Tom Hawkins (2016 AFL Mark of the Year nomination)
Round 12 - Steven Motlop (2016 AFL Goal of the Year nomination)
Round 17 - Patrick Dangerfield (2016 AFL Goal of the Year nomination)

Notes

Key

H ^ Home match.
A ^ Away match.

Notes

^a Geelong's scores are indicated in bold font.

References

1 2 "2016 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

External links

Official website of the Geelong Football Club
Official website of the Australian Football League

Geelong Football Club

History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Carji Greeves Medal Leading goalkickers Coach: Chris Scott Captain: Joel Selwood Founded in 1859 Based in Geelong, Victoria Nickname: Cats

Stadiums	Corio Oval (1897–1915; 1917–1940) Simonds Stadium (1941; 1944–present) Etihad Stadium (2000–present)

Premierships (9)	1925 1931 1937 1951 1952 1963 2007 2009 2011

Seasons (117)	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Related articles	VFL team Rivalry with Hawthorn

Geelong did not participate in the 1916, 1942 and 1943 VFL seasons due to the World Wars (indicated in grey)

2016 AFL season

Events	Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final

Awards	22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal Rising Star

Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs

Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings

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