2013 Geelong Football Club season

Geelong Football Club
2013 season
President	Colin Carter
Coach	Chris Scott ; (3rd season)
Captains	Joel Selwood ; (2nd season)
Home ground	Simonds Stadium
Pre-season competition	3rd
AFL season	2nd
Finals series	Preliminary finals
Leading goalkicker	Tom Hawkins (49)
Highest home attendance	85,197 vs. Hawthorn (Round 15)
Lowest home attendance	23,172 vs. Melbourne (Round 16)
Average home attendance	36,650
Club membership	42,884
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PresidentColin Carter

CoachChris Scott
(3rd season)

CaptainsJoel Selwood
(2nd season)

Home groundSimonds Stadium

The 2013 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 114th 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 14th season.

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Player	#	AFL debut	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Marks	Tackles
Jimmy Bartel	3	2002	24	16	9	354	204	558	129	84
Ryan Bathie^	42	N/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jed Bews	24	N/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Blicavs#	46	2013	22	7	8	96	143	239	63	69
Mitch Brown	1	2011	5	0	2	37	21	58	22	4
George Burbury#	43	2013	2	2	2	10	12	22	3	9
Josh Caddy	23	2011	18	11	13	150	118	268	51	53
Paul Chapman	35	2000	8	12	7	91	71	162	27	34
Allen Christensen	28	2011	21	23	14	212	231	443	68	85
Joel Corey	11	2000	22	5	3	170	288	458	72	103
Josh Cowan	18	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Duncan	22	2010	25	14	16	310	216	526	161	72
Cameron Eardley^	37	N/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Enright	44	2001	22	1	4	324	166	490	152	41
Cameron Guthrie	29	2011	20	5	2	143	114	257	75	55
Joel Hamling	45	N/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Hartman	36	N/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hawkins	26	2007	22	49	20	141	74	215	93	22
George Horlin-Smith	33	2012	8	3	2	51	67	118	23	18
Josh Hunt	8	2001	12	3	1	105	67	172	54	18
Taylor Hunt	19	2010	15	6	3	98	96	194	37	43
Steve Johnson	20	2002	19	23	23	315	231	546	108	87
James Kelly	9	2002	20	10	12	234	202	436	50	153
Shane Kersten	39	N/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Lonergan	13	2005	25	4	3	104	106	210	85	47
Andrew Mackie	4	2004	25	5	6	357	162	519	156	43
Lincoln McCarthy	6	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hamish McIntosh	17	2005	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Menzel	10	2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Motlop	32	2010	24	44	25	282	146	428	78	45
Jordan Murdoch	21	2012	11	11	6	55	37	92	23	44
James Podsiadly	31	2010	23	33	18	218	102	320	135	52
Jared Rivers	25	2003	10	0	2	50	53	103	26	24
Jordan Schroder	15	2012	4	3	4	14	21	35	6	11
Joel Selwood	14	2007	25	30	16	307	308	615	102	140
Jackson Sheringham^	38	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dawson Simpson	16	2010	6	1	1	22	37	59	21	12
Billie Smedts	2	2012	13	12	8	75	65	140	40	40
Mathew Stokes	27	2006	24	12	6	285	348	633	123	65
Jesse Stringer	41	2012	7	3	2	36	31	67	13	31
Harry Taylor	7	2008	24	15	9	266	135	401	176	36
Jackson Thurlow	40	2013	4	1	1	31	29	60	15	9
Travis Varcoe	5	2007	14	8	6	74	95	169	25	59
Nathan Vardy	30	2011	10	11	2	45	43	88	29	19
Josh Walker#	34	2012	3	2	1	14	11	25	8	11
Trent West	12	2008	13	5	3	76	51	127	23	12

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores^[a]			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Ref
Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Ref
1	Saturday, 16 February (4:40 pm)	West Coast	1.6.2 (47)	1.6.4 (49)	Won by 2 points	Patersons Stadium [A]	20,485	12th^[4]	^[5]
1	Saturday, 16 February (5:45 pm)	Fremantle	0.7.6 (48)	0.4.6 (30)	Lost by 18 points	Patersons Stadium [A]	21,804	12th^[4]	^[6]

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores^[a]			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Ref
Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Ref
2	Saturday, 2 March (2:40 pm)	Adelaide	2.16.12 (126)	1.8.6 (63)	Won by 63 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	Unknown	5th^[7]	^[8]
3	Saturday, 9 March (3:40 pm)	North Melbourne	0.14.12 (96)	0.12.12 (84)	Won by 12 points	Simonds Stadium [H]		3rd^[9]	^[10]
4^[11]	Friday, 15 March (4:00 pm)	Collingwood	20.21 (141)	13.12 (90)	Won by 51 points	Simonds Stadium [H]		N/a	^[12]

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ladder position^[13]	Ref
Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores^[a]			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position^[13]	Ref
1	Monday, 1 April (3:15 pm)	Hawthorn	12.14 (86)	13.15 (93)	Won by 7 points	MCG [A]	76,300	8th	^[14]
2	Sunday, 7 April (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne	16.16 (112)	17.6 (108)	Won by 4 points	Etihad Stadium [H]	34,152	7th	^[15]
3	Saturday, 13 April (7:40 pm)	Carlton	18.11 (119)	15.13 (103)	Won by 16 points	Etihad Stadium [H]	43,241	5th	^[16]
4	Friday, 19 April (7:50 pm)	Sydney	16.7 (103)	19.10 (124)	Won by 21 points	SCG [A]	31,060	3rd	^[17]
5	Saturday, 27 April (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	13.8 (86)	15.17 (107)	Won by 21 points	Etihad Stadium [A]	26,153	3rd	^[18]
6	Saturday, 4 May (7:40 pm)	Richmond	13.9 (87)	20.11 (131)	Won by 44 points	MCG [A]	55,625	2nd	^[19]
7	Friday, 10 May (7:50 pm)	Essendon	17.11 (113)	11.19 (85)	Won by 28 points	Etihad Stadium [H]	53,014	1st	^[20]
8	Saturday, 18 May (7:40 pm)	Collingwood	15.12 (102)	14.12 (96)	Lost by 6 points	MCG [A]	66,768	2nd	^[21]
9	Saturday, 25 May (1:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	9.14 (68)	18.8 (116)	Won by 48 points	AAMI Stadium [A]	21,309	2nd	^[22]
10	Saturday, 1 June (7:40 pm)	Gold Coast	18.15 (123)	10.11 (71)	Won by 52 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	30,082	2nd	^[23]
11	Saturday, 8 June (1:40 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	15.8 (98)	24.13 (157)	Won by 59 points	Skoda Stadium [A]	7,809	1st	^[24]
12	Bye							2nd
13	Sunday, 23 June (4:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	15.13 (103)	14.14 (98)	Lost by 5 points	The Gabba [A]	24,164	2nd	^[25]
14	Saturday, 29 June (7:40 pm)	Fremantle	11.19 (85)	7.2 (44)	Won by 41 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	26,743	2nd	^[26]
15	Saturday, 6 July (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn	11.16 (82)	10.12 (72)	Won by 10 points	MCG [H]	85,197	2nd	^[27]
16	Saturday, 13 July (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	13.20 (98)	4.6 (30)	Won by 68 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	23,172	2nd	^[28]
17	Sunday, 21 July (2:45 pm)	Adelaide	14.10 (94)	14.8 (92)	Lost by 2 points	AAMI Stadium [A]	28,603	3rd	^[29]
18	Saturday, 27 July (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	21.11 (137)	5.6 (36)	Won by 101 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	27,200	2nd	^[30]
19	Friday, 2 August (7:50 pm)	North Melbourne	15.6 (96)	13.8 (86)	Lost by 10 points	Etihad Stadium [A]	33,584	3rd	^[31]
20	Saturday, 10 August (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	20.9 (129)	16.8 (104)	Won by 25 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	24,784	2nd	^[32]
21	Saturday, 17 August (5:40 pm)	West Coast	6.5 (41)	16.11 (107)	Won by 66 points	Patersons Stadium [A]	34,394	2nd	^[33]
22	Saturday, 24 August (4:40 pm)	Sydney	13.14 (92)	7.6 (48)	Won by 44 points	Simonds Stadium [H]	28,459	2nd	^[34]
23	Saturday, 31 August (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	15.22 (112)	17.9 (111)	Won by 1 point	Simonds Stadium [H]	27,467	2nd	^[35]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Hawthorn (P)	22	19	3	0	2523	1859	135.7	76	Finals series
2	Geelong	22	18	4	0	2409	1776	135.6	72
3	Fremantle	22	16	5	1	2035	1518	134.1	66
4	Sydney	22	15	6	1	2244	1694	132.5	62
5	Richmond	22	15	7	0	2154	1754	122.8	60
6	Collingwood	22	14	8	0	2148	1868	115.0	56
7	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	2051	2002	102.4	48
8	Carlton	22	11	11	0	2125	1992	106.7	44
9	Essendon	22	14	8	0	2145	2000	107.3	56^[a]
10	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	2307	1930	119.5	40
11	Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2064	1909	108.1	40
12	Brisbane Lions	22	10	12	0	1922	2144	89.6	40
13	West Coast	22	9	13	0	2038	2139	95.3	36
14	Gold Coast	22	8	14	0	1918	2091	91.7	32
15	Western Bulldogs	22	8	14	0	1926	2262	85.1	32
16	St Kilda	22	5	17	0	1751	2120	82.6	20
17	Melbourne	22	2	20	0	1455	2691	54.1	8
18	Greater Western Sydney	22	1	21	0	1524	2990	51.0	4

2013 Geelong Football Club season

Playing list

Season summary

Pre-season matches

Regular season

Ladder

Finals series

Awards, Records & Milestones

VFL season

Squad

Results

Notes

References

External links

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^	Denotes player who is on the club's rookie list.
#	Denotes nominated rookie where player has been elevated to club's senior list during season, and therefore eligible for senior selection.

Award	Recipient
Captain of the 2013 All-Australian team (Centre); AFLPA Award for Best Captain; AFLPA Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player	Joel Selwood
Member of the 2013 All-Australian team (Back pocket)	Corey Enright
Member of the 2013 All-Australian team (Centre half-back)	Harry Taylor
Member of the 2013 All-Australian team (Interchange)	Andrew Mackie

v t e Geelong Football Club
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VFL/AFL home grounds	Corio Oval (1897–1940) Kardinia Park (1941–)
AFLW home grounds	Kardinia Park (2019–)
VFA premierships (7)	1878 1879 1880 1882 1883 1884 1886
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Runner-up (10)	1930 1953 1967 1989 1992 1994 1995 2008 2020 2025
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Women's seasons (10) (club articles in bold)	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (S6) 2022 (S7) 2023 2024 2025
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v t e 2013 AFL season
Events	NAB Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series
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 Michael Tuck Medal 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 Western Bulldogs West Coast
Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings
Major events	Melbourne tanking scandal Essendon supplements saga Miracle on Grass