| Club: | Collingwood Football Club |
| Season: | 2011 |
| President: | Eddie Maguire |
| Coach: | Mick Malthouse (12th season) |
| Captain: | Nick Maxwell (3rd season) |
| Home Ground: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Preseason Comp: | Pre-season competition |
| Preseason Result: | Premiers |
| Regularseason Comp: | Regular season |
| Regularseason Result: | 1st |
| Finals Series: | Finals series |
| Finals Result: | Runners Up |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Scott Pendlebury |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Travis Cloke (69 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 88,181 (Round 3, vs) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 35,773 (Round 1, vs) |
| Average Attendance: | 61,488[1] |
| Club Membership: | ≈70,000 |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 AFL season was the Collingwood Magpies' 115th season in the Australian Football League.
Despite winning the McClelland Trophy and the 2011 pre-season cup, Collingwood lost the Grand Final to premiers Geelong. Additionally, all three games Collingwood lost during the 2011 season were against Geelong.
Collingwood played 22 home and away matches across 24 rounds, with byes in Rounds 7 and 13. The club played,,,, and twice and all other teams once throughout the home and away season. The Magpies travelled only four times during the season; one each to Western Australia (to play), South Australia (to play again), New South Wales (to play) and Queensland (to play). Their matches against inter-state teams, and the were played at the MCG.
Players are listed by guernsey number, and 2011 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2011 AFL season only. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which, as a result, means that a player's debut and part or whole of their career statistics may be for another club. Statistics are correct as of the 2011 Grand Final (1 October 2011) and are taken from AFL Tables.
| width=2% | No. | width=6% | Name | width=2% | AFL debut | width=2% | Games (2012) | width=2% | Goals (2012) | width=2% | Games (CFC) | width=2% | Goals (CFC) | width=2% | Games (AFL career) | width=2% | Goals (AFL career) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000 | 21 | 7 | 225 | 270 | 225 | 270 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1998 | 23 | 2 | 184 | 301 | 256 | 361 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2008 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2001 | 20 | 9 | 202 | 260 | 202 | 260 | ||||||||||
| 5 | (c) | 2004 | 19 | 0 | 159 | 26 | 159 | 26 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2007 | 13 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 69 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 2001 | 23 | 35 | 23 | 35 | 125 | 137 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 2005 | 24 | 1 | 135 | 15 | 135 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 10 | (vc) | 2006 | 25 | 24 | 127 | 87 | 127 | 87 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2010 | 24 | 26 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 33 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2003 | 24 | 18 | 48 | 25 | 190 | 83 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 2006 | 21 | 13 | 132 | 99 | 132 | 99 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 2011 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 15 | 2000 | 23 | 23 | 65 | 54 | 246 | 138 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 50 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 17 | 2009 | 16 | 21 | 59 | 61 | 59 | 61 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 2001 | 16 | 12 | 42 | 36 | 208 | 106 | ||||||||||
| 19 | 2005 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 18 | 58 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 2007 | 24 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 53 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 2008 | 20 | 17 | 72 | 42 | 72 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 2009 | 25 | 25 | 61 | 52 | 61 | 52 | ||||||||||
| 23 | 2011 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 25 | 2011 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 26 | 2000 | 16 | 7 | 224 | 69 | 224 | 69 | ||||||||||
| 27 | 2007 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 28 | 2011 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 30 | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 30 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 31 | 2008 | 18 | 27 | 48 | 67 | 48 | 67 | ||||||||||
| 32 | 2005 | 25 | 69 | 149 | 224 | 149 | 224 | ||||||||||
| 33 | 2007 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 34 | 2007 | 20 | 0 | 87 | 8 | 87 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 35 | 2011 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 36 | 2003 | 24 | 32 | 175 | 133 | 175 | 133 | ||||||||||
| 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 39 | 2005 | 17 | 2 | 132 | 27 | 132 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Collingwood's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool matches | |||||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 12 February | 0.1.1 (7) | 0.7.8 (50) | Won by 43 points | Etihad Stadium | 40,300 (approx.) | |||
| align=left | Saturday, 12 February | align=left | 0.3.8 (26) | 0.5.3 (33) | Won by 11 points | ||||
| Finals | |||||||||
| QF | align=left | Friday, 25 February | align=left | 1.12.12 (93) | 1.10.10 (79) | Won by 14 points | Etihad Stadium | 10,773 | |
| SF | align=left | Saturday, 5 March | align=left | 0.8.8 (56) | 1.9.17 (80) | Won by 24 points | Patersons Stadium | 15,360 | |
| GF | align=left | Friday, 11 March | align=left | 0.13.8 (86) | 1.15.9 (108) | Won by 22 points | Etihad Stadium | 45,304 | |
| NAB Cup Premiers | |||||||||
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Collingwood's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position | |||||
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Saturday, 26 March | align=left | 24.11 (155) | 12.8 (80) | Won by 75 points Report | Etihad Stadium [H] | 35,773 | 2nd | ||
| 2 | align=left | Saturday, 2 April | align=left | 7.14 (56) | 21.17 (143) | Won by 87 points Report | Etihad Stadium [A] | 40,578 | 1st | ||
| 3 | align=left | Friday, 8 April | align=left | 15.12 (102) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 28 points Report | MCG [H] | 88,181 | 1st | ||
| 4 | align=left | Friday, 15 April | align=left | 13.12 (90) | 24.17 (161) | Won by 71 points Report | MCG [A] | 58,050 | 1st | ||
| 5 | align=left | Monday, 25 April | align=left | 11.11 (77) | 16.11 (107) | Won by 30 points Report | MCG [A] | 89,626 | 1st | ||
| 6 | align=left | Sunday, 1 May | align=left | 15.15 (105) | 8.9 (57) | Won by 48 points Report | MCG [H] | 53,776 | 1st | ||
| 7 | Bye | 1st | |||||||||
| 8 | align=left | Friday, 13 May | align=left | 8.17 (65) | 9.8 (62) | Lost by 3 points Report | MCG [A] | 81,691 | 2nd | ||
| 9 | align=left | Sunday, 22 May | align=left | 20.15 (135) | 14.8 (92) | Won by 43 points Report | Etihad Stadium [H] | 38,489 | 2nd | ||
| 10 | align=left | Sunday, 29 May | align=left | 16.9 (105) | 7.11 (53) | Won by 52 points Report | MCG [H] | 52,560 | 2nd | ||
| 11 | align=left | Saturday, 4 June | align=left | 16.12 (108) | 7.9 (51) | Won by 57 points Report | MCG [H] | 62,991 | 2nd | ||
| 12 | align=left | Monday, 13 June | align=left | 6.5 (41) | 19.15 (129) | Won by 88 points Report | MCG [A] | 75,998 | 2nd | ||
| 13 | Bye | 2nd | |||||||||
| 14 | align=left | Saturday, 25 June | align=left | 14.9 (93) | 13.21 (99) | Won by 6 points Report | ANZ Stadium [A] | 38,053 | 2nd | ||
| 15 | align=left | Sunday, 3 July | align=left | 15.16 (106) | 9.11 (65) | Won by 41 points Report | MCG [H] | 83,985 | 2nd | ||
| 16 | align=left | Sunday, 10 July | align=left | 22.15 (147) | 3.12 (30) | Won by 117 points Report | MCG [H] | 53,601 | 1st | ||
| 17 | align=left | Saturday, 16 July | align=left | 11.13 (79) | 13.20 (98) | Won by 19 points Report | MCG [A] | 85,936 | 1st | ||
| 18 | align=left | Saturday, 23 July | align=left | 11.9 (75) | 19.15 (129) | Won by 54 points Report | Metricon Stadium [A] | 23,302 | 1st | ||
| 19 | align=left | Sunday, 31 July | align=left | 25.16 (166) | 14.8 (92) | Won by 74 points Report | MCG [H] | 73,163 | 1st | ||
| 20 | align=left | Saturday, 6 August | align=left | 3.3 (21) | 23.21 (159) | Won by 138 points Report | AAMI Stadium [A] | 21,863 | 1st | ||
| 21 | align=left | Friday, 12 August | align=left | 10.10 (70) | 14.5 (89) | Won by 19 points Report | Etihad Stadium [A] | 46,505 | 1st | ||
| 22 | align=left | Saturday, 20 August | align=left | 14.18 (102) | 13.6 (84) | Won by 18 points Report | MCG [H] | 47,788 | 1st | ||
| 23 | align=left | Friday, 26 August | align=left | 8.4 (52) | 20.12 (132) | Won by 80 points Report | Patersons Stadium [A] | 31,985 | 1st | ||
| 24 | align=left | Friday, 2 September | align=left | 8.5 (53) | 22.17 (149) | Lost by 96 points | MCG [H] | 85,705 | 1st | ||
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Collingwood's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | |||||
| Home | Away | Result | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1QF | align=left | Saturday, 10 September | align=left | 12.10 (82) | 9.8 (62) | Won by 20 points | MCG [H] | 67,679 | ||
| Progressed directly to preliminary final week | ||||||||||
| 1PF | align=left | Friday, 23 September | align=left | 10.8 (68) | 9.11 (65) | Won by 3 points | MCG [H] | 87,112 | ||
| GF | align=left | Saturday, 1 October | align=left | 12.9 (81) | 18.11 (119) | Lost by 38 points | MCG [H] | 99,537 | ||