2016 Geelong Football Club season explained

Club:	Geelong Football Club
Season:	2016
President:	Colin Carter
Coach:	Chris Scott (6th season)
Captain:	Joel Selwood (5th season)
Home Ground:	Simonds Stadium
Regularseason Comp:	AFL season
Regularseason Result:	2nd
Finals Series:	Finals series
Finals Result:	Preliminary final
Club B&Amp;F:	Best and Fairest
Best And Fairest:	Patrick Dangerfield
Leading Goalscorer:	Tom Hawkins (55)
Highest Attendance:	74,218 vs. (Round 1)
Lowest Attendance:	21,127 vs. (Round 18)
Average Attendance:	30,497
Club Membership:	TBA
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 Geelong Football Club season is currently the club's 117th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the 17th season.

Overview

Prior to the 2016 season, Dale Amos, who had been a member of Geelong's coaching group since 2009, moved to an assistant coaching position at Carlton.^[1]

Season summary

Regular season

Geelong's 2016 AFL season fixture^[2]

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
			Scores
	align=left		align=left		18.8 (116)	12.14 (86)		MCG [H]	74,218	5th
	align=left		align=left		13.11 (89)	11.10 (76)		Manuka Oval [A]	13,656	6th
	align=left		align=left		18.17 (125)	7.14 (56)		Simonds Stadium [H]	23,320	5th
	align=left		align=left		6.6 (42)	9.18 (72)		MCG [A]	42,723	4th
	align=left		align=left		8.11 (59)	16.11 (107)		Adelaide Oval [A]	44,937	4th
	align=left		align=left		25.18 (168)	7.6 (48)		Simonds Stadium [H]	23,007	2nd
	align=left		align=left		18.15 (123)	12.7 (79)		Simonds Stadium [H]	25,429	2nd
	align=left		align=left		11.6 (72)	13.20 (98)		Adelaide Oval [A]	53,141	2nd
	align=left		align=left		16.8 (104)	11.14 (80)		MCG [A]	59,864	2nd
	align=left		align=left		16.8 (104)	12.13 (85)		Etihad Stadium [A]	33,535	3rd
	align=left		align=left		14.14 (98)	14.4 (88)		Simonds Stadium [H]	22,007	3rd
	align=left		align=left		15.15 (105)	12.2 (74)		Etihad Stadium [H]	44,025	2nd
	align=left		align=left		5.13 (43)	16.4 (100)		Etihad Stadium [A]	41,725	1st
	align=left		align=left		14.9 (93)	13.12 (90)		Etihad Stadium [A]	28,745	3rd
	Bye							2nd
	align=left		align=left		9.6 (60)	15.8 (98)		Simonds Stadium [H]	24,339	6th
	align=left		align=left		9.7 (61)	11.12 (78)		Domain Stadium [A]	31,042	7th
	align=left		align=left		12.13 (85)	7.13 (55)		Simonds Stadium [H]	21,127	4th
	align=left		align=left		16.7 (103)	11.12 (78)		Simonds Stadium [H]	24,331	4th
	align=left		align=left		15.10 (100)	4.10 (34)		Etihad Stadium [H]	29,254	5th
	align=left		align=left		12.6 (78)	10.22 (82)		MCG [A]	45,667	4th
	align=left		align=left		10.9 (69)	19.15 (129)		Gabba [A]	20,477	3rd
	align=left		align=left		24.11 (155)	6.8 (44)		Simonds Stadium [H]	24,413	2nd

Ladder

Finals series

Geelong's 2016 AFL finals series fixture

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance
			Scores
	align=left		align=left		12.13 (85)	12.11 (83)		MCG [H]	87,533
	align=left		align=left		8.12 (60)	15.7 (97)		MCG [H]	71,772

Key statistics

Summary of Geelong's key match statistics

Round	Result	Kicks		Handballs		Disposals		Free kicks		Clearances		Inside-50s		Contested possessions		Tackles		Hitouts
		196		153		349		24		51		61		160		81	0	56
		188		157		345		10		26		48		126		50		28
		221		175		396		32		40		69		137		73		38
		197		162		359		16		27		50		123		71		26
		212		160		372		25		46		58		165		79		60
		252		193		445		16		42		62		148		76		32
		220		162		382		27		44		60		135		77		39
		213		169		382		14		42		61		164		81		48
		192		149		341		23		32		54		138		85		38
		196		203		399		10		35		51		139		69		45
		222		165		387		29		49		76		174		61		45
		207		173		380		18		47		57		144		46		35
		218		167		385		20		36		44		125		78		39
		216		170		386		15		27		52		138		52		34
	Bye
		193		144		337		24		34		52		153		75		33
		213		190		403		20	0	35		50		150		84		36
		223	0	191		414		15		39		55		168		84		39
		215		181		396		22	0	38		47		177		83		55
		208		196		404		16		28		58		128		37		42
		224		176		400		23		32		66		139		52		26
		219		183		402		18		41		61		139		64		36
		219		179		398		20		41		59		162		74		42
		197		156		353		20		39		47		170		63		38
		173		190		363		24		34		72		173		81		48

Honours

Milestones

• Round 1 - Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong debut), Lachie Henderson (Geelong debut), Zac Smith (Geelong debut)
• Round 3 - Tom Ruggles (AFL debut)
• Round 12 - Steven Motlop (100 AFL games)
• Round 17 - Andrew Mackie (250 AFL games), Cameron Guthrie (100 AFL games)
• Round 18 - Sam Menegola (AFL debut)
• Round 19 - Corey Enright (326 AFL games, a new Geelong record), Jimmy Bartel (300 AFL games)

Others

• Round 1 - Patrick Dangerfield (2016 AFL Mark of the Year nomination)
• Round 2 - Tom Hawkins (2016 AFL Goal of the Year round winner)
• Round 4 - Zac Smith (2016 AFL Mark of the Year round winner)
• Round 7 - Josh Caddy (2016 AFL Goal of the Year nomination)
• Round 8 - Steven Motlop (2016 AFL Goal of the Year nomination)
• Round 9 - Tom Hawkins (2016 AFL Mark of the Year nomination)
• Round 12 - Steven Motlop (2016 AFL Goal of the Year nomination)
• Round 17 - Patrick Dangerfield (2016 AFL Goal of the Year nomination)

Notes

Key

• H ^ Home match.
• A ^ Away match.

Notes

• Geelong's scores are indicated in bold font.

External links

• Official website of the Geelong Football Club
• Official website of the Australian Football League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Balales . Danielle . Get to know: Dale Amos . carltonfc.com.au . . 22 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411125505/https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2015-10-06/get-to-know-dale-amos . 11 April 2019 . 6 October 2015 . live.
2. Web site: 2016 Season Scores and Results. AFL Tables. 29 August 2016.