| Established | 1859 |
| Home Ground | Simonds Stadium |
| Captain | Joel Selwood |
| Coach | Chris Scott |
| Premierships | 9 (1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011) |
| Wooden Spoons | 5 (1908, 1915, 1944, 1957, 1958) |
| Brownlow Medals | Edward "Carji"Greeves (1924), Bernie Smith (1951), Alistair Lord (1962), Paul Couch (1989), Jimmy Bartel (2007), Gary Ablett Jnr (2009), Patrick Dangerfield (2016) |
| Norm Smith Medals | Gary Ablett Snr (1989), Steve Johnson (2007), Paul Chapman (2009), Jimmy Bartel (2011) |
| Coleman Medals | Noel Rayson (1955), Doug Wade (1962, 1967, 1969), Larry Donohue (1976), Gary Ablett Snr (1993-1995) |
| Twitter | GeelongCats |
| Instagram | GeelongCats |
| 2017 Gains: Ryan Abbott (2018), Aaron Black (North Melbourne Kangaroos, 2017), Zach Guthrie (2018), Jack Henry (2018), Timm House (2018), Jamaine Jones (2018), Quinton Narkle (2018), Mark O'Connor (2017), Brandan Parfitt (2018), Esava Ratugolea (2018), Sam Simpson (2018), Tom Stewart (2018), Zach Tuohy (Carlton Blues, 2020) | | 2017 Losses: Jimmy Bartel (retired), Zac Bates (delisted), Josh Caddy (Richmond Tigers), Mitch Clark (delisted), Jock Cornell (delisted), Cameron Delaney (delisted), Corey Enright (retired), Shane Kersten (Fremantle Dockers), Padraig Lucey (delisted), Michael Luxford (delisted), Tom Read (delisted), Billie Smedts (Carlton Blues), Nathan Vardy (West Coast Eagles) |
| Re-Signed: Josh Cowan (2017), Mitch Duncan (2020), Tom Lonergan (2017), Lincoln McCarthy (2017), Daniel Menzel (2017) |
| Off Contract 2017: Jed Bews, Aaron Black, Wylie Buzza, Nakia Cockatoo, Josh Cowan, Jordan Cunico, Ryan Gardner, Matthew Hayball, Jake Kolodjashnij, Darcy Lang, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie, Lincoln McCarthy, Sam Menegola, Daniel Menzel, Steven Motlop, Mark O'Connor, James Parsons, Tom Ruggles, Scott Selwood, Rhys Stanley |
