2020 Geelong Football Club season

The 2020 season is 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 Football Club
2020 season
PresidentColin Carter
CoachChris Scott
(10th season)
Captain(s)Joel Selwood
(9th season)
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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

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
Key
H Home game
A Away game
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 N/A 3rd
12 14 August Port Adelaide Metricon Stadium H
13 23 August Adelaide Adelaide Oval A

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Port Adelaide 12 9 3 0 826 648 127.5 36 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 12 9 3 0 853 721 118.3 36
3 Geelong 12 8 4 0 888 641 138.5 32
4 West Coast 11 8 3 0 752 621 121.1 32
5 St Kilda 12 8 4 0 850 734 115.8 32
6 Richmond 11 6 4 1 731 627 116.6 26
7 Collingwood 12 6 5 1 681 649 104.9 26
8 Melbourne 11 6 5 0 733 620 118.2 24
9 Greater Western Sydney 11 6 5 0 668 680 98.2 24
10 Western Bulldogs 12 6 6 0 763 779 97.9 24
11 Essendon 11 5 5 1 625 726 86.1 22
12 Carlton 11 5 6 0 696 729 95.5 20
13 Gold Coast 11 4 6 1 700 694 100.9 18
14 Fremantle 11 4 7 0 544 616 88.3 16
15 Sydney 11 4 7 0 601 709 84.8 16
16 Hawthorn 11 4 7 0 613 743 82.5 16
17 North Melbourne 12 3 9 0 684 823 83.1 12
18 Adelaide (E) 12 0 12 0 542 990 54.7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(E) Eliminated.
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References
  1. Oates, Stacey. "2020 leadership group named". geelongcats.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "2020 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables.
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