| Established | 1871 |
| Home Ground | Etihad Stadium |
| Captain | Dyson Heppell |
| Coach | John Worsfold |
| 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 |
2020 Gains
Tom Cutler (Brisbane Lions, 2020), Andrew Phillips (Carlton Blues, 2020) |
2020 Losses
Mark Baguley (retired), Mitch Brown (Melbourne Demons), Zac Clarke (delisted), Matt Dea (retired), Michael Hartley (delisted), Jordan Houlahan (delisted), Thomas Jok (delisted), Luke Lavender (retired), Jake Long (delisted), Ben McNiece (delisted), David Myers (retired), Trent Mynott (delisted) |
Re-Signed
Patrick Ambrose (2021), Dylan Clarke (2021), Sam Draper (2023), Aaron Francis (2022), Matt Guelfi (2021), Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (2022), Darcy Parish (2021), Mason Redman (2021), Will Snelling (2020), Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (2021) |
Off Contract 2020
Joshua Begley, Tom Bellchambers (unrestricted free agent), Joe Daniher (restricted free agent), Martin Gleeson (restricted free agent), Noah Gown, Brayden Ham, Dyson Heppell (restricted free agent), Kyle Langford, Jayden Laverde, Andrew McGrath, Shaun McKernan, Irving Mosquito, Kobe Mutch, Andrew Phillips, Jordan Ridley, Adam Saad, Will Snelling, James Stewart |
