GMHBA Stadium, the current home stadium of the Geelong Football Club.

The Geelong Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria. Since becoming a foundation club of the Victorian Football League (VFL)—which is now known as the Australian Football League (AFL)—in 1897, the club has participated in every season of the competition except the 1916, 1942 and 1943 seasons, where the club did not field teams due to World War I (1916) and World War II (1942 and 1943). In 123 completed seasons, Geelong has contested nineteen VFL/AFL Grand Finals, winning ten premierships the last in 2022. List of Australian Football League premiers.

Seasons

Table key
^ Denotes captain-coach
‡ Club finished regular season in first position (minor premiers)
† Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
DNQ Club did not qualify for finals
— Field not applicable for that season

Senior

VFA (1877–1896)

Table of yearly win–loss records, with season results, and key personnel
Season Wins Losses Draws Result Captain Ref
1877 Did not place G. Down
1878 16 0 1 Premiers (1) T. Austin
G. Down
1879 15 0 1 Premiers (2) James Wilson
1880 14 2 2 Premiers (3)
1881 15 1 2 Runners-up
1882 20 2 2 Premiers (4)
1883 15 3 3 Premiers (5) Charles Brownlow
1884 22 2 21 Premiers (6) Charles Brownlow
Harry Steedman
1885 12 4 5 3rd Hugh McLean
1886 23 0 2 Premiers (7) David Hickinbotham
1887 16 2 3 Runners-up R. Talbot
1888 12 3 4 Runners-up David Hickinbotham
1889 10 6 4 5th
1890 9 8 2 7th J. Baker
1891 12 7 0 5th T. Parkin
1892 12 4 2 3rd R. Houston
1893 14 4 2 3rd
1894 9 7 2 7th
1895 13 5 0 Runners-up (equal) Jim McShane
1896 4 11 3 11th Peter Burns

VFL/AFL (1897–present)

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club Home and away results Finals results Coach Captain(s) Ref
Finish Wins Losses Draws
1897 1897 1st‡ 11 3 0 Runners-up (1) — Jack Conway [1]
1898 1898 4th 9 5 0 Lost Sectional Stage — [2]
1899 1899 2nd 10 4 0 Lost Sectional Stage — [3]
1900 1900 2nd 9 5 0 Lost Sectional Stage — Peter Burns [4]
1901 1901 1st‡ 14 3 0 Lost Semi-Final — Henry Young [5]
1902 1902 7th 7 10 0 DNQ — [6]
1903 1903 4th 9 8 0 Lost Semi-Final — [7]
1904 1904 7th 4 12 1 DNQ — [8]
1905 1905 6th 6 11 0 DNQ — [9]
1906 1906 7th 5 12 0 DNQ — [10]
1907 1907 6th 7 10 0 DNQ — [11]
1908 1908 10th† 2 16 0 DNQ — [12]
1909 1909 9th 3 15 0 DNQ — [13]
1910 1910 5th 10 7 1 DNQ David Hickinbotham Bill Eason [14]
1911 1911 6th 8 9 1 DNQ [15]
1912 1912 4th 11 7 0 Lost Semi-Final Bill Eason^ [16]
1913 1913 5th 10 8 0 DNQ [17]
1914 1914 4th 11 6 1 Lost Semi-Final Billy Orchard^ Billy Orchard [18]
1915 1915 9th† 3 13 0 DNQ — [19]
1916 Did not participate[a] [20]
1917 1917 5th 6 9 0 DNQ — Harry Marsham [21]
1918 1918 7th 3 11 0 DNQ — Jim Kearney [22]
1919 1919 8th 3 12 1 DNQ — Alec Eason
Jim Kearney 		[23]
1920 1920 7th 5 11 0 DNQ Alec Eason^ Alec Eason [24]
1921 1921 4th 9 7 0 Lost Semi-Final Bert Taylor Harold Craven [25]
1922 1922 8th 5 11 0 DNQ — [26]
1923 1923 4th 9 7 0 Lost Semi-Final Bert Taylor Bert Rankin [27]
1924 1924 5th 8 8 0 DNQ Lloyd Hagger^ Lloyd Hagger [28]
1925 1925 1st‡ 15 2 0 Premiers (1) Cliff Rankin^ Cliff Rankin [29]
1926 1926 2nd 15 3 0 Lost Semi-Final [30]
1927 1927 3rd 14 4 0 Lost Semi-Final [31]
1928 1928 9th 6 12 0 DNQ Tom Fitzmaurice^ Tom Fitzmaurice [32]
1929 1929 7th 8 10 0 DNQ Arthur Coghlan^ Arthur Coghlan [33]
1930 1930 4th 11 7 0 Runners-up (2) [34]
1931 1931 1st‡ 15 3 0 Premiers (2) Charlie Clymo Ted Baker [35]
1932 1932 5th 11 6 1 DNQ Reg Hickey^ Reg Hickey [36]
1933 1933 4th 12 6 0 Lost Preliminary Final Arthur Coghlan [37]
1934 1934 2nd 14 3 1 Lost Preliminary Final [38]
1935 1935 9th 6 11 1 DNQ Percy Parratt [39]
1936 1936 5th 11 7 0 DNQ Charlie Dibbs^
Reg Hickey^ 		Charlie Dibbs
Reg Hickey 		[40]
1937 1937 1st‡ 15 3 0 Premiers (3) Reg Hickey^ Reg Hickey [41]
1938 1938 2nd 13 5 0 Lost Preliminary Final [42]
1939 1939 7th 7 11 0 DNQ [43]
1940 1940 4th 11 7 0 Lost Semi-Final [44]
1941 1941 10th 3 15 0 DNQ Len Metherell Tom Arklay [45]
1942 Did not participate[b] [46]
1943 [47]
1944 1944 12th† 1 17 0 DNQ Tom Arklay Jack Butcher [48]
1945 1945 11th 2 18 0 DNQ Jack Williams Jack Butcher
Lindsay White 		[49]
1946 1946 10th 4 15 0 DNQ Tommy Quinn Jack Grant [50]
1947 1947 7th 11 8 0 DNQ George Gniel [51]
1948 1948 9th 7 12 0 DNQ Lindsay White [52]
1949 1949 8th 9 10 0 DNQ Reg Hickey Jim Fitzgerald
Tom Morrow 		[53]
1950 1950 4th 10 8 0 Lost Preliminary Final Bernie Smith
Lindsay White 		[54]
1951 1951 1st‡ 14 4 0 Premiers (4) Fred Flanagan [55]
1952 1952 1st‡ 16 2 1 Premiers (5) [56]
1953 1953 1st‡ 15 3 0 Runners-up (3) [57]
1954 1954 1st‡ 13 5 0 Lost Preliminary Final Bernie Smith [58]
1955 1955 3rd 14 4 0 Lost Preliminary Final Bob Davis [59]
1956 1956 3rd 13 5 0 Lost Semi-Final [60]
1957 1957 12th† 5 12 1 DNQ [61]
1958 1958 12th† 4 14 0 DNQ [62]
1959 1959 10th 5 13 0 DNQ Neil Trezise [63]
1960 1960 9th 6 11 1 DNQ Bob Davis Ron Hovey
Colin Rice 		[64]
1961 1961 9th 10 7 1 DNQ John Yeates [65]
1962 1962 2nd 14 4 0 Lost Preliminary Final replay [66]
1963 1963 2nd 13 4 1 Premiers (6) Fred Wooller [67]
1964 1964 4th 13 4 1 Lost Preliminary Final [68]
1965 1965 3rd 13 5 0 Lost Semi-Final Graham Farmer [69]
1966 1966 3rd 14 4 0 Lost Semi-Final Peter Pianto [70]
1967 1967 3rd 13 5 0 Runners-up (4) [71]
1968 1968 3rd 15 5 0 Lost Preliminary Final Bill Goggin [72]
1969 1969 3rd 13 6 1 Lost Semi-Final [73]
1970 1970 5th 12 10 0 DNQ [74]
1971 1971 10th 5 17 0 DNQ Bill McMaster [75]
1972 1972 10th 7 15 0 DNQ Doug Wade [76]
1973 1973 11th 6 16 0 DNQ Graham Farmer Geoff Ainsworth [77]
1974 1974 6th 11 11 0 DNQ John Newman [78]
1975 1975 11th 7 15 0 DNQ [79]
1976 1976 4th 12 10 0 Lost Semi Final Rodney Olsson Bruce Nankervis [80]
1977 1977 8th 8 14 0 DNQ [81]
1978 1978 5th 12 10 0 Lost Elimination final Ian Nankervis [82]
1979 1979 6th 12 10 0 DNQ [83]
1980 1980 1st‡ 17 5 0 Lost Preliminary Final Bill Goggin [84]
1981 1981 3rd 16 6 0 Lost Preliminary Final [85]
1982 1982 9th 7 15 0 DNQ Brian Peake [86]
1983 1983 9th 8 14 0 DNQ Tom Hafey Ian Nankervis [87]
1984 1984 6th 11 11 0 DNQ Michael Turner [88]
1985 1985 6th 12 10 0 DNQ [89]
1986 1986 9th 7 15 0 DNQ John Devine [90]
1987 1987 6th 11 10 1 DNQ Damian Bourke [91]
1988 1988 9th 10 12 0 DNQ [92]
1989 1989 3rd 16 6 0 Runners-up (5) Malcolm Blight [93]
1990 1990 10th 8 14 0 DNQ Andrew Bews [94]
1991 1991 3rd 16 6 0 Lost Preliminary Final [95]
1992 1992 1st‡ 16 6 0 Runners-up (6) Mark Bairstow [96]
1993 1993 7th 12 8 0 DNQ [97]
1994 1994 4th 13 9 0 Runners-up (7) [98]
1995 1995 2nd 16 6 0 Runners-up (8) Gary Ayres Gary Ablett Sr.
Ken Hinkley
Garry Hocking
Barry Stoneham 		[99]
1996 1996 7th 13 8 1 Lost Qualifying Final Gary Ablett, Sr.
Barry Stoneham 		[100]
1997 1997 2nd 15 7 0 Lost Semi-Final Barry Stoneham [101]
1998 1998 12th 9 13 0 DNQ [102]
1999 1999 11th 10 12 0 DNQ Leigh Colbert
Garry Hocking 		[103]
2000 2000 5th 12 9 1 Lost Elimination Final Mark Thompson Ben Graham [104]
2001 2001 12th 9 13 0 DNQ [105]
2002 2002 9th 11 11 0 DNQ [106]
2003 2003 12th 7 14 1 DNQ Steven King [107]
2004 2004 4th 15 7 0 Lost Preliminary Final [108]
2005 2005 6th 12 10 0 Lost Semi-Final [109]
2006 2006 10th 10 11 1 DNQ [110]
2007 2007 1st‡ 18 4 0 Premiers (7) Tom Harley [111]
2008 2008 1st‡ 21 1 0 Runners-up (9) [112]
2009 2009 2nd 18 4 0 Premiers (8) [113]
2010 2010 2nd 17 5 0 Lost Preliminary Final Cameron Ling [114]
2011 2011 2nd 19 3 0 Premiers (9) Chris Scott [115]
2012 2012 6th 15 7 0 Lost Elimination Final Joel Selwood [116]
2013 2013 2nd 18 4 0 Lost Preliminary Final [117]
2014 2014 3rd 17 5 0 Lost Semi-Final [118]
2015 2015 10th 11 9 1 DNQ [119]
2016 2016 2nd 17 5 0 Lost Preliminary Final [120]
2017 2017 2nd 15 6 1 Lost Preliminary Final [121]
2018 2018 8th 13 9 0 Lost Elimination Final [122]
2019 2019 1st‡ 16 6 0 Lost Preliminary Final [123]
2020 2020 4th 12 5 0 Runners-up (10) [124]
2021 2021 3rd 16 6 0 Lost Preliminary Final [125]
2022 2022 1st‡ 18 4 0 Premiers (10) [126]
2023 2023 12th 10 12 1 DNQ Patrick Dangerfield [127]

Notes

  1. ^ The club did not participate in the 1916 VFL season due to World War I.
  2. ^ The club did not participate in the 1942 and 1943 VFL seasons due to World War II.

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