Club: | Geelong Football Club |
Season: | 2020 |
President: | Colin Carter |
Coach: | Chris Scott (10th season) |
Captain: | Joel Selwood (9th season) |
Homeground: | GMHBA Stadium |
Regularseason Comp: | AFL season |
Regularseason Result: | 12 wins, 5 losses (4th) |
Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
Prevseason: | 2019 |
Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2020 season was 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 participated in the 2020 Marsh Community Series as part of its pre-season schedule, and the club's regular season began 21 March against at GIANTS Stadium where they lost by 32 points.
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]
Name | Position | |
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Assistant coach (director of coaching) | ||
Assistant coach (forward line) | ||
Assistant coach (midfield) | ||
Assistant coach (back line) | ||
Assistant coach (ruck) | ||
Assistant coach (development) | ||
Assistant coach (development) | ||
Assistant coach (development) | ||
VFL coach |
Name | Position | |
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Captain | ||
Vice-captain | ||
Vice-captain | ||
Leadership group | ||
Leadership group | ||
Leadership group | ||
Leadership group |
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.
Home game | |||
scope=row | A | Away game | |
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scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | QF | Qualifying final | |
scope=row style="background:#FBCEB1; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | SF | Semi-final | |
scope=row style="background:#CCCCFF; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | PF | Preliminary final | |
scope=row style="background:gold; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | GF | Grand Final |
Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | |||||||
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1 | 21 March | 11 | 7 | 73 | 17 | 3 | 105 | Giants Stadium | A | 0 | ||||
2 | 12 June | 17 | 6 | 108 | 7 | 5 | 47 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 0 | ||||
3 | 20 June | 11 | 11 | 77 | 12 | 7 | 79 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 0 | ||||
4 | 28 June | 7 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 44 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | 0 | ||||
5 | 4 July | 13 | 11 | 89 | 8 | 4 | 52 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 0 | ||||
6 | 9 July | 11 | 7 | 73 | 6 | 10 | 46 | Sydney Cricket Ground | H | 1,311 | ||||
7 | 16 July | 5 | 5 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 57 | Optus Stadium | H | 22,077 | ||||
8 | 27 July | 6 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 16 | Optus Stadium | A | 20,251 | ||||
9 | 1 August | 10 | 4 | 64 | 11 | 7 | 73 | Optus Stadium | A | 26,211 | ||||
10 | 5 August | 13 | 12 | 90 | 9 | 3 | 57 | Gabba | H | 2,282 | ||||
11 | 10 August | 14 | 9 | 93 | 4 | 10 | 34 | Gabba | H | 3,903 | ||||
12 | 14 August | 14 | 7 | 91 | 4 | 7 | 31 | Metricon Stadium | H | 3,378 | ||||
13 | 23 August | 9 | 11 | 65 | 5 | 7 | 37 | Adelaide Oval | A | 10,431 | ||||
14 | 28 August | 10 | 12 | 72 | 9 | 7 | 61 | Metricon Stadium | A | 2,156 | ||||
15 | Bye | |||||||||||||
16 | 6 September | 17 | 6 | 108 | 5 | 12 | 42 | Gabba | H | 5,011 | ||||
17 | 11 September | 4 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 57 | Metricon Stadium | H | 7,061 | ||||
18 | 20 September | 10 | 9 | 69 | 9 | 9 | 63 | Metricon Stadium | A | 2,798 | ||||
QF | 1 October | 5 | 12 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 58 | Adelaide Oval | A | 22,755 | ||||
SF | 10 October | 15 | 10 | 100 | 5 | 2 | 32 | Gabba | H | 21,396 | ||||
PF | 17 October | 11 | 16 | 82 | 6 | 6 | 42 | Gabba | A | 29,121 | ||||
GF | 24 October | 7 | 8 | 50 | 12 | 9 | 81 | Gabba | A | 29,707 |