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KEY FACTS

Official name
Essendon Football Club

Known as
Essendon

Nickname
Bombers

Formed
1873

Colours
Black and red

Associated clubs
Essendon Reserves; Essendon WFC (VFLW); Essendon WFC; Essendon U19s; Essendon Wheelchair

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1878–1896

AFL Premierships
1993, 2000 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1897, 1901, 1911-12, 1923-4, 1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1962, 1965, 1984-5 (14 total)

VFA Premierships
1891-2-3-4 (4 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1893 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993-4, 2000 (6 total); McClelland Trophy: 1951, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000-1 (9 total)

Most Games
400 - Dustin Fletcher (1993-2015)

Most Goals
926 - Matthew Lloyd (1995-2009)

League Top Goalkickers
A.Thurgood (25) 1900; F.Hiskins (34) 1901; G.Stockdale (68) 1923; W.Brittingham (66) 1946; J.Coleman (100) 1949, (120) 1950, (103) 1951 & (97) 1952; R.Evans (78) 1959 & (67) 1960; E.Fordham (76) 1966; M.Lloyd (109) 2000, (105) 2001 & (93) 2003 (8 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Dick Reynolds 1934, 1937 & 1938; Bill Hutchison 1952 & 1953; Graham Moss 1976; Gavin Wanganeen 1993; James Hird 1996 (5 medallists/8 medals)

Headquarters
275 Melrose Drive, Melbourne Airport, VIC 3045

Postal Address
PO Box 17, Essendon, VIC, 3040

Phone: (03) 8340 2000 

Email
[email protected]

Website
essendonfc.com.au

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Game records

"Essendon's performances in season 2000 were among the most noteworthy in football history. After waltzing unbeaten to the Ansett Cup, the Bombers won all bar one of 25 home-and-away and finals matches culminating in an apparently effortless 10-goal grand final demolition of Melbourne. Such bare statistics cannot convey the full extent of Essendon's supremacy, however. At times the Bombers seemed to be performing on a different plane than every other team ... "

In looking at their grand history, John Devaney sees the Bombers fly up, up to a record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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2025 Season (AFL) Fixture

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Essendon's 2025 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon        vs Gold Coast          CRR Mar 8 (Sat, 4:15)  
1 A Essendon        vs Hawthorn          MCG Mar 14 (Fri, 7:40)  
2 H Essendon        vs Adelaide          MCG Mar 22 (Sat, 1:20)  
3 H Essendon        vs Port Adelaide          DOC Mar 27 (Thu, 7:30)  
4 Essendon       Bye        
5 A Essendon        vs Melbourne          ADO Apr 12 (Sat, 7:05)  
6 A Essendon        vs West Coast          PER Apr 18 (Fri, 4:10)  
7 A Essendon        vs Collingwood          MCG Apr 25 (Fri, 3:20)  
8 H Essendon        vs North Melbourne          DOC May 1 (Thu, 7:30)  
9 H Essendon        vs Sydney          DOC May 10 (Sat, 4:15)  
10 A Essendon        vs Western Bulldogs          DOC May 17 (Sat, 7:35)  
11 H Essendon        vs Richmond          MCG May 23 (Fri, 7:40)  
12 A Essendon        vs Brisbane          GAB May 29 (Thu, 7:30)  
13 A Essendon        vs Carlton          MCG Jun 8 (Sun, 7:20)  
14 H Essendon        vs Geelong          MCG Jun 14 (Sat, 4:15)  
15 A Essendon        vs Fremantle          PER Jun 19 (Thu, 6:10)  
16 Essendon       Bye        
17 H Essendon        vs Gold Coast          DOC Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 A Essendon        vs Richmond          MCG Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10)  
19 H Essendon        vs Greater Western Sydney          DOC Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)  
20 H Essendon        vs Western Bulldogs          DOC Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10)  
21 A Essendon        vs Sydney          SCG Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10)  
22 A Essendon        vs Geelong          KAR Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10)  
23 H Essendon        vs St. Kilda          DOC Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10)  
24 H Essendon        vs Carlton          MCG Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10)  
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.