2021 Geelong Football Club season

Geelong Football Club
2021 season
President	Craig Drummond
Coach	Chris Scott; (11th season)
Captain(s)	Joel Selwood; (10th season)
AFL season	16 wins, 6 losses (3rd)
Finals series	Preliminary Final
Leading goalkicker	Tom Hawkins (62)
Average home attendance	22,600
Club membership	70,293
← 2020	2022 →

The 2021 season is the Geelong Football Club's 122nd season in the Australian Football League (AFL), the eleventh with Chris Scott as senior coach and tenth with Joel Selwood as captain.

Geelong participated in the 2021 Marsh Community Series as part of its pre-season schedule, and the club's home-and-away season began 20 March against Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval where they lost by 12 points. Geelong rallied during the season, winning 12 of their last 16 games to finish 3rd on the ladder.

Season Summary

Results

Key
H	Home game
A	Away game
QF	Qualifying final
SF	Semi-final
PF	Preliminary final

Table of season results^[2]
Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground		Attendance	Ladder
Round	Date	Result	G	B	T	Opponent	G	B	T	Ground		Attendance	Ladder
1	20 March	Lost	13	13	91	Adelaide	15	13	103	Adelaide Oval	A	26985	12th
2	26 March	Won	12	9	81	Brisbane Lions	11	14	80	GMHBA Stadium	H	20070	11th
3	5 April	Won	10	9	69	Hawthorn	9	10	64	Melbourne Cricket Ground	H	50030	7th
4	11 April	Lost	9	6	60	Melbourne	12	13	85	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	33728	10th
5	18 April	Won	10	17	77	North Melbourne	7	5	47	GMHBA Stadium	H	21282	8th
6	24 April	Won	21	10	136	West Coast	5	9	39	GMHBA Stadium	H	21282	4th
7	1 May	Lost	12	16	88	Sydney	14	6	90	Sydney Cricket Ground	A	29123	5th
8	7 May	Won	19	12	126	Richmond	9	9	63	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	54857	4th
9	14 May	Won	10	8	68	St Kilda	5	17	47	Marvel Stadium	A	26712	3rd
10	22 May	Won	14	7	91	Gold Coast	8	9	57	GMHBA Stadium	H	22055	3rd
11	29 May	Won	8	13	61	Collingwood	6	15	51	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	0	4th
12	Bye												3rd
13	10 June	Won	17	10	112	Port Adelaide	14	7	91	Adelaide Oval	A	28718	3rd
14	18 June	Won	12	11	83	Western Bulldogs	11	12	78	GMHBA Stadium	H	6583	3rd
15	24 June	Lost	7	8	50	Brisbane Lions	13	16	94	Gabba	A	29024	5th
16	2 July	Won	15	8	98	Essendon	8	9	57	GMHBA Stadium	H	15579	5th
17	10 July	Won	10	10	70	Carlton	5	14	44	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	31834	3rd
18	15 July	Won	14	16	100	Fremantle	3	13	31	Optus Stadium	A	35271	3rd
19	25 July	Won	15	5	95	Richmond	8	9	57	Melbourne Cricket Ground	H	0	2nd
20	31 July	Won	8	14	62	North Melbourne	6	6	42	Blundstone Arena	A	8033	2nd
21	6 August	Lost	8	17	65	Greater Western Sydney	13	6	84	GMHBA Stadium	H	0	3rd
22	14 August	Won	13	7	85	St Kilda	11	5	71	GMHBA Stadium	H	0	2nd
23	21 August	Lost	12	5	77	Melbourne	12	9	81	GMHBA Stadium	H	0	3rd
QF	27 August	Lost	5	13	43	Port Adelaide	12	14	86	Adelaide Oval	A	19712	—
SF	3 September	Won	15	13	103	Greater Western Sydney	10	8	68	Optus Stadium	N	44091
PF	10 September	Lost^{[nb 2]}	6	6	42	Melbourne	19	11	125	Optus Stadium	N	58599

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne (P)	22	17	4	1	1888	1443	130.8	70	Finals series
2	Port Adelaide	22	17	5	0	1884	1492	126.3	68
3	Geelong	22	16	6	0	1845	1456	126.7	64
4	Brisbane Lions	22	15	7	0	2131	1599	133.3	60
5	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	1994	1501	132.8	60
6	Sydney	22	15	7	0	1986	1656	119.9	60
7	Greater Western Sydney	22	11	10	1	1768	1773	99.7	46
8	Essendon	22	11	11	0	1953	1790	109.1	44
9	West Coast	22	10	12	0	1752	1880	93.2	40
10	St Kilda	22	10	12	0	1644	1796	91.5	40
11	Fremantle	22	10	12	0	1578	1825	86.5	40
12	Richmond	22	9	12	1	1743	1780	97.9	38
13	Carlton	22	8	14	0	1746	1972	88.5	32
14	Hawthorn	22	7	13	2	1629	1912	85.2	32
15	Adelaide	22	7	15	0	1616	1971	82.0	28
16	Gold Coast	22	7	15	0	1430	1863	76.8	28
17	Collingwood	22	6	16	0	1557	1818	85.6	24
18	North Melbourne	22	4	17	1	1458	2075	70.3	18

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2021. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Reserves team

The club's reserves team, participating in the VFL, was coached by Shane O'Bree for a sixth season. Aaron Black was named captain, with Darcy Lang vice captain.^[3]

The reserves team finished the 2021 VFL season with a 7-2 win–loss record and placed fourth on the league's ladder and would have qualified for the finals series, had the season not been curtailed due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.^[4]

Notes

^ Excluding matches played behind closed doors, restricted attendances affected by COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.
^ Geelong were eliminated from the finals series as a result of their preliminary final loss to Melbourne.

References

^ "Statement: AFL club membership breaks all-time record". afl.com.au. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ "2021 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables.
^ van Dam, Jake. "Cats Name VFL Leadership Group". Geelong Football Club. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ Rhodes, Brendan. "VFL season called off, VFLW Grand Final a League priority". afl.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

External links

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

[1] Excluding matches played behind closed doors, restricted attendances affected by COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.

[4] Geelong were eliminated from the finals series as a result of their preliminary final loss to Melbourne.

[2] "Statement: AFL club membership breaks all-time record". afl.com.au. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[2021_Season_Scores_and_Results-3] "2021 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables.

[5] van Dam, Jake. "Cats Name VFL Leadership Group". Geelong Football Club. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[6] Rhodes, Brendan. "VFL season called off, VFLW Grand Final a League priority". afl.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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