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Team Details
| 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) | ||||
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2018 Player Movements
| 2018 Gains Matt Guelfi (2019), Jordan Houlahan (2019), Luke Lavender (2018), Trent Mynott (2018), Adam Saad (Gold Coast Suns, 2020), Devon Smith (GWS Giants, 2021), Jake Stringer (Western Bulldogs, 2021), Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (2019) |
| 2018 Losses Craig Bird (delisted), Heath Hocking (delisted), Ben Howlett (delisted), James Kelly (retired), Alex Morgan (North Melbourne Kangaroos), Brent Stanton (retired), Jobe Watson (retired) |
| Re-Signed Patrick Ambrose (2019), Mitch Brown (2018), Joe Daniher (2020), Sam Draper (2019), Orazio Fantasia (2019), Josh Green (2018), Jake Long (2018), Conor McKenna (2021), Shaun McKernan (2018), Jackson Merrett (2018), Darcy Parish (2019), David Zaharakis (2021) |
| Off Contract 2018 Tom Bellchambers, Mitch Brown, Matt Dea, Josh Green, Michael Hartley, Kyle Langford, Jayden Laverde, Matthew Leuenberger, Jake Long, Shaun McKernan, Jackson Merrett, Trent Mynott, James Stewart |
2018 Playing Squad
Coach Contracts
| Coach | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| WORSFIELD, John | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
