2026 Geelong Football Club season

The 2026 Geelong Football Club season is the club's 162nd season playing Australian rules football, with the club competing in their 127th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong continues to field a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, and men's and women's reserves teams in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW) respectively.

2026 AFL season
President	Grant McCabe
Coach	Chris Scott (16th season)
Captains	Patrick Dangerfield (4th season)
Home ground	GMHBA Stadium
← 2025 2027 →

Role	Name
Senior coach	Chris Scott
Assistant coach	Nathan Buckley
Assistant coach	James Kelly
Assistant coach	James Rahilly
Head of player development	Nigel Lappin
Ruck coach	Brad Ottens
Development coach	Aaron Black
Development coach	Shaun Higgins

Player	No.	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Tackles	Marks	Hitouts	Milestone(s)
Tom Atkins	30	6	0	0	49	73	149	45	11	0
Harley Barker	26	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Jed Bews	24	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Mark Blicavs	46	5	1	2	36	47	83	21	15	66	300th match (round 6)
Jack Bowes	12	3	3	3	33	22	55	9	14	0
Tanner Bruhn	4	6	0	5	82	58	140	20	29	0
Cillian Burke#	41	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Jeremy Cameron	5	5	17	10	66	15	81	12	39	1
Jhye Clark	13	3	2	1	18	17	35	7	5	0
Brad Close	45	4	2	3	15	16	31	7	7	0
Toby Conway	6	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Patrick Dangerfield	35	2	3	3	13	10	23	1	8	0
Sam De Koning	16	6	1	0	40	38	78	12	36	13
Oliver Dempsey	28	6	8	4	52	60	112	10	29	0
Nick Driscoll^	27	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Mitchell Edwards	11	5	0	1	15	25	40	11	3	98	AFL debut (round 1)
Zach Guthrie	39	6	0	0	57	40	97	19	32	0
Jack Henry	38	4	1	0	33	12	45	2	20	0
Oliver Henry	36	5	9	2	33	14	47	6	11	0
Lennox Hofmann	23	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Hunter Holmes	22	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Max Holmes	9	6	1	2	111	66	177	25	37	0
Lawson Humphries	17	6	1	0	80	32	112	16	38	0
Mitch Knevitt	10	1	1	1	6	5	11	0	3	0
Jake Kolodjashnij	8	2	1	0	15	11	26	1	7	0	200th match (round 6)
Shaun Mannagh	7	6	5	4	67	18	85	16	15	0
Jack Martin	19	5	6	6	43	24	67	11	25	0
Keighton Matofai-Forbes^	31	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Jesse Mellor#	25	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Gryan Miers	32	5	0	3	71	48	119	17	31	0
Jacob Molier	20	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Oisín Mullin	34	6	0	2	39	30	69	17	22	0	50th match (round 7)
Shannon Neale	33	6	13	7	34	19	53	16	20	35	50th match (round 5)
Mark O'Connor	42	4	3	1	29	27	56	11	16	0
Connor O'Sullivan	14	6	0	1	61	34	95	10	40	0
Joe Pike^	37	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Jay Polkinghorne	2	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Bailey Smith	3	6	3	1	134	60	194	33	29	0
Rhys Stanley	1	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Tyson Stengle	18	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
George Stevens^	15	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Tom Stewart	44	6	1	0	98	28	126	12	31	0
Oliver Wiltshire	21	4	2	3	24	15	39	4	7	0
James Worpel	29	3	1	2	27	26	53	23	6	0	Club debut (Opening round) 150th AFL match (round 5)

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground		Attendance	Ladder
Round	Date	Result	G	B	T	Opponent	G	B	T	Ground		Attendance	Ladder
OR	6 March	Lost	10	9	69	Gold Coast	19	11	125	People First Stadium	A	19,859^[17]	9th
1	14 March	Won	16	14	110	Fremantle	14	16	100	GMHBA Stadium	H	27,815^[18]	9th
2	Bye												14th
3	26 March	Won	9	14	68	Adelaide	9	6	60	GMHBA Stadium	H	20,403^[19]	10th
4	6 April	Lost	14	7	91	Hawthorn	13	14	92	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	84,712^[20]	11th
5	12 April	Won	17	20	122	West Coast	11	10	76	Norwood Oval	N	9,434^[21]	8th
6	17 April	Won	19	17	131	Western Bulldogs	8	8	56	GMHBA Stadium	H	33,200	6th
7	25 April	Lost	10	5	65	Port Adelaide	13	17	95	Adelaide Oval	A	41,164	9th
8	2 May					North Melbourne				GMHBA Stadium	H
9	9 May					Collingwood				Melbourne Cricket Ground	H
10	14 May					Brisbane Lions				The Gabba	A
11	23 May					Sydney				GMHBA Stadium	H
12	29 May					Carlton				Melbourne Cricket Ground	A
13	4 June					Adelaide				Adelaide Oval	A
14	12 June					Gold Coast				GMHBA Stadium	H
15	18 June					Fremantle				Optus Stadium	A
16	Bye
17						Brisbane Lions				GMHBA Stadium	H
18						Greater Western Sydney				Engie Stadium	A
19						St Kilda				GMHBA Stadium	H
20						Melbourne				Melbourne Cricket Ground	A
21						Collingwood				Melbourne Cricket Ground	A
22						Essendon				GMHBA Stadium	H
23						North Melbourne				Marvel Stadium	A
24						Richmond				GMHBA Stadium	H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney	7	6	1	814	457	178.1	24	Finals series
2	Fremantle	6	5	1	541	379	142.7	20
3	Hawthorn	6	5	1	624	528	118.2	20
4	Gold Coast	6	4	2	660	520	126.9	16
5	North Melbourne	6	4	2	580	480	120.8	16
6	Geelong	6	4	2	591	509	116.1	16
7	Melbourne	6	4	2	571	606	94.2	16
8	Western Bulldogs	7	4	3	618	673	91.8	16
9	Brisbane Lions	6	3	3	592	530	111.7	12
10	Adelaide	6	3	3	534	507	105.3	12
11	Collingwood	6	3	3	436	460	94.8	12
12	Port Adelaide	6	2	4	533	493	108.1	8
13	St Kilda	6	2	4	514	555	92.6	8
14	Greater Western Sydney	6	2	4	500	576	86.8	8
15	West Coast	6	2	4	427	697	61.3	8
16	Carlton	6	1	5	476	601	79.2	4
17	Essendon	6	1	5	510	645	79.1	4
18	Richmond	6	0	6	352	657	53.6	0

2026 Geelong Football Club season

AFL team

Season summary

Pre-season

Coaching staff

Playing list

Changes

Statistics

Results

Ladder

VFL team

Season summary

Results

Ladder

AFL Women's team

Season summary

Coaching staff

Playing list

Statistics

VFLW team

Season summary

Results

Ladder

Notes

References

External links

Related Articles

^	Denotes player who was on the club's standard rookie list, and therefore eligible for senior selection.
#	Denotes Category B rookie where player needed to be elevated to club's senior list during this season to be eligible for senior selection.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Footscray (R)	3	3	0	337	214	157.5	12	Finals series
2	Geelong (R)	4	3	1	427	284	150.4	12
3	Tasmania	3	3	0	342	239	143.1	12
4	Williamstown	3	3	0	308	248	124.2	12
5	North Melbourne (R)	3	2	1	338	266	127.1	8

Role	Name
Senior coach	Mick Stinear
Assistant coach	Sam Simpson
Assistant coach	Ryan Pendlebury
Assistant coach	Elise Coventry

#	Denotes player who was on the club's rookie list.
^	Denotes player who was on the club's inactive list.

Player	No.	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Marks	Tackles	Hitouts	Milestone(s)
Mikayla Bowen	1	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Bella Smith	2	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Amy McDonald	3	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Caitlin Tipping	4	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Jacqueline Parry	5	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Julia Crockett-Grills	6	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Kate Surman	7	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Nina Morrison	9	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Georgie Rankin	10	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Kate Kenny#	12	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Sienna Tallariti	13	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Chloe Scheer	14	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Shelley Scott	15	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Chantel Emonson^	16	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Erica Fowler	17	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Zali Friswell	20	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Rebecca Webster	21	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Rachel Kearns	22	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Bryde O'Rourke	23	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Chantal Mason	24	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Claudia Gunjaca	26	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Emma Kilpatrick	27	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Lexi Gregor	30	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Piper Dunlop	38	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Georgie Prespakis	41	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Aishling Moloney#	45	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

Pos	Team v t e	PP
9	Western Bulldogs	—
10	Carlton	—
11	Geelong Cats	—
12	Casey	—
13	Tasmania	—

v t e Geelong Football Club
Nickname: Cats History Draft and trade history Records Players (V/AFL) Players (AFLW) Captains Coaches Awards Carji Greeves Medal AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Chris Scott AFL captain: Patrick Dangerfield AFLW coach: Mick Stinear AFLW captain: Vacant
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
VFL/AFL premierships (10)	1925 1931 1937 1951 1952 1963 2007 2009 2011 2022
Runner-up (10)	1930 1953 1967 1989 1992 1994 1995 2008 2020 2025
Seasons (154) (club articles in bold)	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 *2026*
Women's seasons (10) (club articles in bold)	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (S6) 2022 (S7) 2023 2024 2025
Related articles	Ablett family Rivalry with Hawthorn Match of the Century (1886) VFL team Seasons Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct
Geelong did not participate in the 1916, 1942 and 1943 VFL seasons due to the World Wars (indicated in grey)

v t e 2026 AFL season
Events	AFL Origin Pre-season matches Home-and-away season Finals series Grand final
Awards	All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Rising Star Other awards
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 West Coast Western Bulldogs
Players	Debuts Retirements and delistings Mid-season draft Player movement period National draft Rookie draft
See also	2026 AFL Women's season
← 2025

v t e 2026 AFL Women's season
Events	Home-and-away season Finals series Grand final
Awards	All-Australian team Best and fairest Rising Star Other awards
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Players	Debuts Player movement period National draft
See also	2026 AFL season
← 2025

Key
H	Home game
A	Away game
N	Neutral venue game

Key
H	Home game
A	Away game

Key
H	Home game
A	Away game