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2020 Geelong Football Club season

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Geelong Football Club
2020 season
PresidentColin Carter
CoachChris Scott
(10th season)
Captain(s)Joel Selwood
(9th season)
AFL season12 wins, 5 losses (4th)

The 2020 season was the Geelong Football Club's 121st season in the Australian Football League (AFL), the tenth with Chris Scott as senior coach and ninth with Joel Selwood as captain.

Geelong participated in the 2020 Marsh Community Series as part of its pre-season schedule, and the club's regular season began 21 March against Greater Western Sydney at GIANTS Stadium where they lost by 32 points.

Overview

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Chris Scott continued as the club's senior coach for a tenth season, and Joel Selwood continued as the club's captain for a ninth year. Harry Taylor stepped down from his position as co-vice-captain and was replaced by Mark Blicavs. In addition, Patrick Dangerfield retained his position as co-vice-captain. Furthermore, Mitch Duncan, Tom Stewart and Zach Tuohy kept their positions in the leadership group, with Mark O'Connor joining the group.[1]

Car manufacturer Ford Australia was the major sponsor for the 2020 season, making it the 96th year of the partnership. GMHBA the naming rights sponsor for Geelong's home ground Kardinia Park, continuing a ten-year deal signed in October 2017 for the venue to be known as GMHBA Stadium.

Season Summary

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Key
H Home game
A Away game
QF Qualifying final
SF Semi-final
PF Preliminary final
GF Grand Final
Table of season results[2]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder
G B T G B T
1 21 March Lost 11 7 73 Greater Western Sydney 17 3 105 Giants Stadium A 0 14th
2 12 June Won 17 6 108 Hawthorn 7 5 47 GMHBA Stadium H 0 7th
3 20 June Lost 11 11 77 Carlton 12 7 79 GMHBA Stadium H 0 10th
4 28 June Won 7 5 47 Melbourne 6 8 44 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 0 6th
5 4 July Won 13 11 89 Gold Coast 8 4 52 GMHBA Stadium H 0 3rd
6 9 July Won 11 7 73 Brisbane Lions 6 10 46 Sydney Cricket Ground H 1,311 2nd
7 16 July Lost 5 5 35 Collingwood 8 9 57 Optus Stadium H 22,077 5th
8 27 July Won 6 12 48 Fremantle 2 4 16 Optus Stadium A 20,251 3rd
9 1 August Lost 10 4 64 West Coast 11 7 73 Optus Stadium A 26,211 6th
10 5 August Won 13 12 90 North Melbourne 9 3 57 Gabba H 2,282 5th
11 10 August Won 14 9 93 St Kilda 4 10 34 Gabba H 3,903 3rd
12 14 August Won 14 7 91 Port Adelaide 4 7 31 Metricon Stadium H 3,378 3rd
13 23 August Won 9 11 65 Adelaide 5 7 37 Adelaide Oval A 10,431 3rd
14 28 August Won 10 12 72 Western Bulldogs 9 7 61 Metricon Stadium A 2,156 2nd
15 Bye 4th
16 6 September Won 17 6 108 Essendon 5 12 42 Gabba H 5,011 3rd
17 11 September Lost 4 7 31 Richmond 7 15 57 Metricon Stadium H 7,061 4th
18 20 September Won 10 9 69 Sydney 9 9 63 Metricon Stadium A 2,798 4th
QF 1 October Lost 5 12 42 Port Adelaide 9 4 58 Adelaide Oval A 22,755
SF 10 October Won 15 10 100 Collingwood 5 2 32 Gabba H 21,396
PF 17 October Won 11 16 82 Brisbane Lions 6 6 42 Gabba A 29,121
GF 24 October Lost 7 8 50 Richmond 12 9 81 Gabba A 29,707

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Port Adelaide 17 14 3 0 1185 869 136.4 56 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 17 14 3 0 1184 948 124.9 56
3 Richmond (P) 17 12 4 1 1135 874 129.9 50
4 Geelong 17 12 5 0 1233 901 136.8 48
5 West Coast 17 12 5 0 1095 936 117.0 48
6 St Kilda 17 10 7 0 1159 997 116.2 40
7 Western Bulldogs 17 10 7 0 1103 1034 106.7 40
8 Collingwood 17 9 7 1 965 881 109.5 38
9 Melbourne 17 9 8 0 1063 986 107.8 36
10 Greater Western Sydney 17 8 9 0 1007 1053 95.6 32
11 Carlton 17 7 10 0 1017 1078 94.3 28
12 Fremantle 17 7 10 0 866 924 93.7 28
13 Essendon 17 6 10 1 938 1185 79.2 26
14 Gold Coast 17 5 11 1 996 1099 90.6 22
15 Hawthorn 17 5 12 0 1004 1194 84.1 20
16 Sydney 17 5 12 0 890 1077 82.6 20
17 North Melbourne 17 3 14 0 858 1205 71.2 12
18 Adelaide 17 3 14 0 826 1283 64.4 12
Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2020. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
  1. ^ Oates, Stacey (13 March 2020). "2020 leadership group named". geelongcats.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables.