2011 Collingwood Football Club season

The 2011 AFL season was the Collingwood Magpies' 115th season in the Australian Football League.

Collingwood Football Club
2011 season
PresidentEddie Maguire
CoachMick Malthouse
(12th season)
Captain(s)Nick Maxwell
(3rd season)
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
Pre-season competitionPremiers
Regular season1st
Finals seriesRunners Up
Best and FairestScott Pendlebury
Leading goalkickerTravis Cloke (69 goals)
Highest home attendance88,181 (Round 3, vs Carlton)
Lowest home attendance35,773 (Round 1, vs Port Adelaide)
Average home attendance61,488[1]
Club membership≈70,000

Despite winning the McClelland Trophy and the 2011 pre-season cup, Collingwood lost the Grand Final to premiers Geelong. Additionally, all three games Collingwood lost during the 2011 season were against Geelong.

Collingwood played 22 home and away matches across 24 rounds, with byes in Rounds 7 and 13. The club played Carlton, Essendon, Geelong, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide and St Kilda twice and all other teams once throughout the home and away season. The Magpies travelled only four times during the season; one each to Western Australia (to play Fremantle), South Australia (to play Port Adelaide again), New South Wales (to play Sydney) and Queensland (to play Gold Coast). Their matches against inter-state teams West Coast, Adelaide and the Brisbane Lions were played at the MCG.

Squad

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Players are listed by guernsey number, and 2011 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2011 AFL season only. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which, as a result, means that a player's debut and part or whole of their career statistics may be for another club. Statistics are correct as of the 2011 Grand Final (1 October 2011) and are taken from AFL Tables.
No. Name AFL debut Games (2012) Goals (2012) Games (CFC) Goals (CFC) Games (AFL career) Goals (AFL career)
1 Leon Davis 2000 21 7 225 270 225 270
2 Chris Tarrant 1998 23 2 184 301 256 361
3 John McCarthy 2008 8 6 18 10 18 10
4 Alan Didak 2001 20 9 202 260 202 260
5 Nick Maxwell (c) 2004 19 0 159 26 159 26
6 Tyson Goldsack 2007 13 1 69 7 69 7
7 Andrew Krakouer 2001 (Richmond) 23 35 23 35 125 137
8 Harry O'Brien 2005 24 1 135 15 135 15
10 Scott Pendlebury (vc) 2006 25 24 127 87 127 87
11 Jarryd Blair 2010 24 26 36 33 36 33
12 Luke Ball 2003 (St Kilda) 24 18 48 25 190 83
13 Dale Thomas 2006 21 13 132 99 132 99
14 Luke Rounds 2011 5 1 5 1 5 1
15 Leigh Brown 2000 (Fremantle) 23 23 65 54 246 138
16 Nathan Brown 2008 0 0 50 6 50 6
17 Dayne Beams 2009 16 21 59 61 59 61
18 Darren Jolly 2001 (Melbourne) 16 12 42 36 208 106
19 Cameron Wood 2005 (Brisbane Lions) 12 5 42 18 58 18
20 Ben Reid 2007 24 1 53 4 53 4
21 Sharrod Wellingham 2008 20 17 72 42 72 42
22 Steele Sidebottom 2009 25 25 61 52 61 52
23 Lachlan Keeffe 2011 5 4 5 4 5 4
24 Josh Thomas **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Tom Young 2011 2 2 2 2 2 2
26 Ben Johnson 2000 16 7 224 69 224 69
27 Simon Buckley 2007 (Melbourne) 13 5 13 5 34 8
28 Ben Sinclair 2011 4 2 4 2 4 2
29 Jonathon Ceglar **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Brent Macaffer 2009 4 1 30 21 30 21
31 Chris Dawes 2008 18 27 48 67 48 67
32 Travis Cloke 2005 25 69 149 224 149 224
33 Brad Dick 2007 3 1 27 32 27 32
34 Alan Toovey 2007 20 0 87 8 87 8
35 Alex Fasolo 2011 13 16 13 16 13 16
36 Dane Swan 2003 24 32 175 133 175 133
37 Kirk Ugle **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Heath Shaw 2005 17 2 132 27 132 27
40 Paul Seedsman **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Daniel Farmer **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Trent Stubbs **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Tom Gordon **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Tom Hunter **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Declan Reilly **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Jack Perham **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 Jye Bolton **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 Paul Cribbin **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 Shae McNamara **** 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season Summary

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Pre-season

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Round Date and local time Opponent Scores (Collingwood's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
Pool matches
1 Saturday, 12 February (8:20 pm) Richmond 0.1.1 (7) 0.7.8 (50) Won by 43 points Etihad Stadium 40,300 (approx.)
Saturday, 12 February (9:25 pm) Carlton 0.3.8 (26) 0.5.3 (33) Won by 11 points
Finals
QF Friday, 25 February (7:40 pm) Sydney 1.12.12 (93) 1.10.10 (79) Won by 14 points Etihad Stadium 10,773
SF Saturday, 5 March (5:40 pm) West Coast 0.8.8 (56) 1.9.17 (80) Won by 24 points Patersons Stadium 15,360
GF Friday, 11 March (7:45 pm) Essendon 0.13.8 (86) 1.15.9 (108) Won by 22 points Etihad Stadium 45,304
NAB Cup Premiers

Regular season

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Round Date and local time Opponent Scores (Collingwood's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 26 March (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 24.11 (155) 12.8 (80) Won by 75 points Report Etihad Stadium [H] 35,773 2nd
2 Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 7.14 (56) 21.17 (143) Won by 87 points Report Etihad Stadium [A] 40,578 1st
3 Friday, 8 April (7:40 pm) Carlton 15.12 (102) 11.8 (74) Won by 28 points Report MCG [H] 88,181 1st
4 Friday, 15 April (7:40 pm) Richmond 13.12 (90) 24.17 (161) Won by 71 points Report MCG [A] 58,050 1st
5 Monday, 25 April (2:40 pm) Essendon 11.11 (77) 16.11 (107) Won by 30 points Report MCG [A] 89,626 1st
6 Sunday, 1 May (4:40 pm) Western Bulldogs 15.15 (105) 8.9 (57) Won by 48 points Report MCG [H] 53,776 1st
7 Bye 1st
8 Friday, 13 May (7:40 pm) Geelong 8.17 (65) 9.8 (62) Lost by 3 points Report MCG [A] 81,691 2nd
9 Sunday, 22 May (1:10 pm) Adelaide 20.15 (135) 14.8 (92) Won by 43 points Report Etihad Stadium [H] 38,489 2nd
10 Sunday, 29 May (2:10 pm) West Coast 16.9 (105) 7.11 (53) Won by 52 points Report MCG [H] 52,560 2nd
11 Saturday, 4 June (7:10 pm) St Kilda 16.12 (108) 7.9 (51) Won by 57 points Report MCG [H] 62,991 2nd
12 Monday, 13 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 6.5 (41) 19.15 (129) Won by 88 points Report MCG [A] 75,998 2nd
13 Bye 2nd
14 Saturday, 25 June (7:10 pm) Sydney 14.9 (93) 13.21 (99) Won by 6 points Report ANZ Stadium [A] 38,053 2nd
15 Sunday, 3 July (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 15.16 (106) 9.11 (65) Won by 41 points Report MCG [H] 83,985 2nd
16 Sunday, 10 July (1:10 pm) North Melbourne 22.15 (147) 3.12 (30) Won by 117 points Report MCG [H] 53,601 1st
17 Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 11.13 (79) 13.20 (98) Won by 19 points Report MCG [A] 85,936 1st
18 Saturday, 23 July (7:10 pm) Gold Coast 11.9 (75) 19.15 (129) Won by 54 points Report Metricon Stadium [A] 23,302 1st
19 Sunday, 31 July (7:40 pm) Essendon 25.16 (166) 14.8 (92) Won by 74 points Report MCG [H] 73,163 1st
20 Saturday, 6 August (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 3.3 (21) 23.21 (159) Won by 138 points Report AAMI Stadium [A] 21,863 1st
21 Friday, 12 August (7:40 pm) St Kilda 10.10 (70) 14.5 (89) Won by 19 points Report Etihad Stadium [A] 46,505 1st
22 Saturday, 20 August (7:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 14.18 (102) 13.6 (84) Won by 18 points Report MCG [H] 47,788 1st
23 Friday, 26 August (6:40 pm) Fremantle 8.4 (52) 20.12 (132) Won by 80 points Report Patersons Stadium [A] 31,985 1st
24 Friday, 2 September (7:40 pm) Geelong 8.5 (53) 22.17 (149) Lost by 96 points MCG [H] 85,705 1st

Finals

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Round Date and local time Opponent Scores (Collingwood's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1QF Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) West Coast 12.10 (82) 9.8 (62) Won by 20 points MCG [H] 67,679
Progressed directly to preliminary final week
1PF Friday, 23 September (7:45 pm) Hawthorn 10.8 (68) 9.11 (65) Won by 3 points MCG [H] 87,112
GF Saturday, 1 October (2:30 pm) Geelong 12.9 (81) 18.11 (119) Lost by 38 points MCG [H] 99,537
  • H ^ Home match.
  • A ^ Away match.

Ladder

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2011 AFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Collingwood 22 20 2 0 2592 1546 167.7 80 Finals series
2 Geelong (P) 22 19 3 0 2548 1619 157.4 76
3 Hawthorn 22 18 4 0 2355 1634 144.1 72
4 West Coast 22 17 5 0 2235 1715 130.3 68
5 Carlton 22 14 7 1 2225 1700 130.9 58
6 St Kilda 22 12 9 1 1891 1677 112.8 50
7 Sydney 22 12 9 1 1897 1735 109.3 50
8 Essendon 22 11 10 1 2217 2217 100.0 46
9 North Melbourne 22 10 12 0 2106 2082 101.2 40
10 Western Bulldogs 22 9 13 0 2060 2155 95.6 36
11 Fremantle 22 9 13 0 1791 2155 83.1 36
12 Richmond 22 8 13 1 2069 2396 86.4 34
13 Melbourne 22 8 13 1 1974 2315 85.3 34
14 Adelaide 22 7 15 0 1742 2193 79.4 28
15 Brisbane Lions 22 4 18 0 1814 2240 81.0 16
16 Port Adelaide 22 3 19 0 1718 2663 64.5 12
17 Gold Coast 22 3 19 0 1534 2726 56.3 12
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References

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  1. ^ "Attendances 2011". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 April 2017.