2014 Fremantle Football Club season
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| 2014 season | |
|---|---|
| President | Steve Harris |
| Coach | Ross Lyon |
| Captain | Matthew Pavlich |
| Home ground | Patersons Stadium |
| Regular season | 4th |
| Finals series | 6th |
| Doig Medal | Nat Fyfe (2nd win) |
| Leading goalkicker | Hayden Ballantyne (49 goals) |
| Highest home attendance | 42,338 (SF vs Port Adelaide 40,490 (Rd 15 vs West Coast) |
| Lowest home attendance | 25,152 (Rd 14 vs Brisbane Lions) |
| Average home attendance | 35,930 (home and away)[1] |
| Club membership | 48,776[2] |
The 2014 Fremantle Football Club season was the club's 20th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Fremantle reached the finals for the third consecutive year, finishing the home and away season in the fourth position. However, they lost both the qualifying final against Sydney and the semi-final against Port Adelaide to finish sixth overall.
Individually, Nat Fyfe won the Leigh Matthews Trophy, being voted the league's Most Valuable Player and his second consecutive Doig Medal, captain Matthew Pavlich became the first player from a Western Australian-based team to play 300 AFL games and three players, Fyfe, Aaron Sandilands and Hayden Ballantyne, were named in the 2014 All-Australian team.
Additions to list
- Players are listed by jumper number. 2014 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2014 AFL season only. Age is as the end of the season, 13 September 2014. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which include games played for other AFL clubs. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2014 season. Sources: Career and season
| Name | Previous club | Recruiting details |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Gumbleton | Essendon (AFL) | Traded for pick 55[3] |
| Colin Sylvia | Melbourne (AFL) | Free agency recruit[4] |
| Michael Apeness | Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup) | National draft selection 17[5] |
| Alex Pearce | Ulverstone/Devonport | National draft selection 37[5] |
| Brady Grey | Burnie Dockers | National draft selection 58,[5] obtained from Melbourne for Viv Michie[6] |
| Matt Taberner | Elevated from rookie list (nominally selection 73)[7] | |
| Michael Wood | Subiaco | Rookie draft selection 16[8] |
| Tom Vandeleur | South Fremantle | Rookie draft selection 32[8] |
| Jacob Ballard | Northern Blues | Rookie draft selection 47[8] |
Removal from list
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Jayden Pitt | Retired[7] |
| Jesse Crichton | Delisted[7] |
| Peter Faulks | Delisted[7] |
| Alex Forster | Delisted[7] |
| Alex Howson | Delisted[7] |
| Josh Mellington | Delisted[9] |
| Haiden Schloithe | Delisted[7] |
| Viv Michie | Traded to Melbourne for pick 58[6] |
Results
Win/Loss table
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | QF | SF | PF | GF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Col | GC | Haw | Ess | Syd | NM | WCE | Port | Gee | Bye | WB | Ade | Rich | Bris | WCE | Mel | GWS | StK | Carl | Gee | Haw | Bris | Port | Syd | Port | Eliminated | |
| Result | 70 | 48 | −58 | 53 | −17 | −13 | 19 | −18 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 83 | 7 | 63 | 76 | −58 | 5 | −2 | 19 | 58 | 8 | −24 | −22 | |||
| Ladder Pos | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Finals | |||
| + | Win | Qualified for finals | |
| − | Loss | Eliminated |
Bold – Home game
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2126 | 1488 | 142.9 | 68 | Finals series |
| 2 | Hawthorn (P) | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2458 | 1746 | 140.8 | 68 | |
| 3 | Geelong | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2033 | 1787 | 113.8 | 68 | |
| 4 | Fremantle | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2029 | 1556 | 130.4 | 64 | |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2180 | 1678 | 129.9 | 56 | |
| 6 | North Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2026 | 1731 | 117.0 | 56 | |
| 7 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1828 | 1719 | 106.3 | 50 | |
| 8 | Richmond | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1887 | 1784 | 105.8 | 48 | |
| 9 | West Coast | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2045 | 1750 | 116.9 | 44 | |
| 10 | Adelaide | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2175 | 1907 | 114.1 | 44 | |
| 11 | Collingwood | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1766 | 1876 | 94.1 | 44 | |
| 12 | Gold Coast | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1917 | 2045 | 93.7 | 40 | |
| 13 | Carlton | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1891 | 2107 | 89.7 | 30 | |
| 14 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1784 | 2177 | 81.9 | 28 | |
| 15 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1532 | 2212 | 69.3 | 28 | |
| 16 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1780 | 2320 | 76.7 | 24 | |
| 17 | Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1336 | 1954 | 68.4 | 16 | |
| 18 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1480 | 2436 | 60.8 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
