| Established | 1871 |
| Home Ground | Etihad Stadium |
| Captain | Dyson Heppell |
| Coach | John Worsfield |
| Premierships | 16 (1897, 1901, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000) |
| Wooden Spoons | 5 (1907, 1918, 1921, 1933, 2016) |
| Brownlow Medals | Dick Reynolds (1934, 1937, 1938), Bill Hutchison (tied 1952, 1953), Graham Moss (1976), Gavin Wanganeen (1993), James Hird (tied 1996) |
| Norm Smith Medals | Billy Duckworth (1984), Simon Madden (1985), Michael Long (1993), James Hird (2000) |
| Coleman Medals | Ron Evans (1959, 1960), Ted Fordham (1966), Matthew Lloyd (2000, 2001, 2003) |
| Twitter | essendon_fc |
| Instagram | essendonfc |
| 2017 Gains: Joshua Begley (2018), Dylan Clarke (2018), Sam Draper (2018), Josh Green (Brisbane Lions, 2017), Andrew McGrath (2018), Ben McNiece (2017), Kobe Mutch (2018), Jordan Ridley (2018), James Stewart (GWS Giants, 2018) | | 2017 Losses: Jason Ashby (delisted), Adam Cooney (retired), Yestin Eades (retired), Shaun Edwards (Sydney Swans), James Gwilt (delisted), Michael Hibberd (Melbourne Demons), Nick Kommer (delisted), Tayte Pears (retired), Tom Wallis (delisted) |
| Re-Signed: Patrick Ambrose (2017), Tom Bellchambers (2018), Travis Colyer (2019), Matt Dea (2018), Aaron Francis (2019), Martin Gleeson (2018), Brendon Goddard (2017), Michael Hartley (2018), Heath Hocking (2017), Cale Hooker (2021), Ben Howlett (2017), Michael Hurley (2022), James Kelly (2017), Kyle Langford (2018), Jayden Laverde (2018), Jake Long (2017), Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (2019), Conor McKenna (2017), Zach Merrett (2021), David Myers (2019), Brent Stanton (2017) |
| Off Contract 2017: Patrick Ambrose, Mark Baguley, Craig Bird, Mitch Brown, Brendon Goddard, Josh Green, Heath Hocking, Ben Howlett, James Kelly, Jake Long, Conor McKenna, Shaun McKernan, Ben McNiece, Jackson Merrett, Alex Morgan, Darcy Parish, Brent Stanton, Jobe Watson, David Zaharakis |
