2025 Essendon Football Club season

151st season of the Essendon Football Club

The 2025 Essendon Football Club season is the 127th season of the Essendon Football Club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the club's 151st season overall.[1][2] The club is also fielding reserves teams in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and VFL Women's (VFLW), and will field a team in the AFL Women's (AFLW).[3][4]

## AFL

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Main article: 2025 AFL season

### Practice matches

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Date and local time  | Opponent  | Scores (Essendon's scores indicated in bold) | Venue  | Attendance  | Ref.

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Home  | Away  | Result
Saturday, 15 February (2:00pm)  | Western Bulldogs | 8.10 (58)  | 11.11 (77) | Won by 19 points  | Mission Whitten Oval | –  | [5][6]
Tuesday, 24 February (7.10pm)  | Geelong | 12.11 (83)  | 17.2 (104) | Won by 21 points  | GMHBA Stadium | 11,626  | [7][8]

### Home-and-away season

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Rd  | Date and local time  | Opponent  | Scores (Essendon's scores indicated in bold) | Venue  | Attendance  | Position  | Ref.

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Home  | Away  | Result
OR | Saturday, 8 March (4:15pm)  | Gold Coast | Match postponed | People First Stadium | –  | 8th  |
1 | Friday, 14 March (7:40pm)  | Hawthorn | 17.9 (111)  | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 26 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 80,735  | 14th  |
2 | Friday, 14 March (7:40pm)  | Adelaide | 15.10 (100) | 25.11 (161)  | Lost by 61 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 46,688  | 16th  |
3 | Thursday, 27 March (7:30pm)  | Port Adelaide | 9.18 (72) | 8.12 (60)  | Won by 12 points  | Marvel Stadium | 25,114  | 14th  |
4 | Bye | 14th  |
5 | Saturday, 12 April (7:05pm) | Melbourne | 8.9 (57)  | 15.6 (96) | Won by 39 points  | Adelaide Oval | 45,039  | 13th  |
6 | Friday, 18 April (4:10pm) | West Coast | 11.9 (75)  | 11.11 (77) | Won by 2 points  | Optus Stadium | 46,080  | 11th  |
7 | Friday, 25 April (3:20pm) | Collingwood | 16.11 (107)  | 10.6 (66) | Lost by 41 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 92,044  | 12th  |
8 | Thursday, 1 May (7:30pm)  | North Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | 9.8 (62)  | Won by 3 points  | Marvel Stadium | 35,439  |  | [9]
9 | Saturday, 10 May (4:15pm)  | Sydney |  |  |  | Marvel Stadium |  |  |

### Ladder

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Updated to Melbourne v Western Bulldogs (round 22).

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Adelaide | 20  | 15  | 5  | 0  | 2019  | 1401  | 144.1  | 60  | Finals series
2  | Geelong | 21  | 15  | 6  | 0  | 2211  | 1582  | 139.8  | 60
3  | Collingwood | 21  | 15  | 6  | 0  | 1853  | 1492  | 124.2  | 60
4  | Fremantle | 21  | 15  | 6  | 0  | 1822  | 1617  | 112.7  | 60
5  | Brisbane Lions | 21  | 14  | 6  | 1  | 1871  | 1681  | 111.3  | 58
6  | Gold Coast | 20  | 14  | 6  | 0  | 1877  | 1500  | 125.1  | 56
7  | Hawthorn | 21  | 14  | 7  | 0  | 1874  | 1546  | 121.2  | 56
8  | Greater Western Sydney | 21  | 14  | 7  | 0  | 1899  | 1665  | 114.1  | 56
9  | Western Bulldogs | 21  | 13  | 8  | 0  | 2270  | 1676  | 135.4  | 52  |
10  | Sydney (E) | 21  | 11  | 10  | 0  | 1659  | 1740  | 95.3  | 44
11  | St Kilda (E) | 21  | 8  | 13  | 0  | 1669  | 1898  | 87.9  | 32
12  | Port Adelaide (E) | 21  | 8  | 13  | 0  | 1570  | 1951  | 80.5  | 32
13  | Melbourne (E) | 21  | 7  | 14  | 0  | 1770  | 1864  | 95.0  | 28
14  | Carlton (E) | 21  | 7  | 14  | 0  | 1591  | 1741  | 91.4  | 28
15  | Essendon (E) | 20  | 6  | 14  | 0  | 1346  | 1889  | 71.3  | 24
16  | Richmond (E) | 21  | 5  | 16  | 0  | 1298  | 1959  | 66.3  | 20
17  | North Melbourne (E) | 21  | 4  | 16  | 1  | 1570  | 2165  | 72.5  | 18
18  | West Coast (E) | 20  | 1  | 19  | 0  | 1305  | 2107  | 61.9  | 4

Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(E) Eliminated from finals contention

## VFL

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Main article: 2025 VFL season

Australian rules football club season

2025 VFL season

Essendon playing Port Melbourne in round 4

Coach| Cameron Joyce
Captain(s)| Xavier O'Neill
Home ground|

* NEC Hangar
* Windy Hill

<- 2024

2026 ->

On 4 February 2025, Essendon VFL coach Dale Tapping died, two years after he was diagnosed with myeloma, an aggressive form of blood cancer.[10][11] Essendon had appointed Tapping as its VFL coach for the 2025 season only several months prior on 11 October 2024.[12] He had previously served as Collingwood's VFL coach from 2013 until the end of the 2016 season, and was named VFL Coach of the Year in 2016.[13][14]

Cameron Joyce, who coached Gold Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW) from 2022 season 6 until he was dismissed at the end of the 2024 season, was announced as Essendon's new VFL coach on 24 February 2025.[15][16]

Essendon's round 5 match against Collingwood was rescheduled from a 2:05pm start at Windy Hill to 7:10pm at ETU Stadium in order for it to be shown live on 7mate as part of a new broadcast rights deal with the Seven Network.[17][18]

### Playing squad

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No.  | Player  | VFL debut  | Community club  | 2025 playing statistics  | Total VFL statistics  | Ref

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Games  | G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T  | Games  | Goals
50  | Jackson Hately | 2024[19] | St Bernard's (VAFA)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
51  | Will Hoare  | 2022[20] | Pascoe Vale (EDFL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
52  | Ricky Monti (D) | 2022[21] | Golden Square (BFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
53  | Jack Peris | 2022[22] | Seymour (GVFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
54  | Hamish Sinnott (D) | 2022[23] | Camperdown (HFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
55  | Xavier O'Neill | 2024[19] | Blackburn (EFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
56  | Shane Clough (D) | 2025[24] | Gisborne (BFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
57  | Noah Scott (D) | –  | Pascoe Vale (EDFL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
58  | Jared Eckersley (D) | 2022 | Pascoe Vale (EDFL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
59  | Dayten Uerata (D) | –  | Sandhurst (BFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
60  | Ryan Brodie (D) | 2024[25] | Strathmore (EDFL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
61  | Riley Leedham (D) | –  | Greenvale (EDFL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
62  | Mahmoud Taha (D) | 2023[26] | Pascoe Vale (EDFL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
63  | Oskar Smartt (D) | 2024[19] | Colac (GFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
64  | Domanic Akuei  | 2022 | St Mary's (NFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
65  | Cam Nyko (D) | 2024[27] | Montmorency (NFNL)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Source: [28][29]
(D) Development list

### Playing squad changes

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#### Departures

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Player  | Date  | Reason  | New club  | Ref

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Amin Naim  | 18 October 2024  | Club change  | Northern Bullants | [30]
Charlie Bolmat  | 21 October 2024  | Club change  | Northern Bullants | [31]
James Barrat | 21 November 2024  | AFL drafted | St Kilda (AFL)  | [32]
Ryan Eyre  | 2 December 2024  | Club change  | Collingwood | [33]
Kane Loftus  | 6 February 2025  | VFL departure  | University Blacks (VAFA)  | [34]
Noah Caracella  | 3 March 2025  | VFL departure  | Newtown & Chilwell (GFNL)  | [35]
Luca Alessio  | 11 March 2025  | VFL departure  | St Bernard's (VAFA)  | [36]
Oscar Duncan  | 11 March 2025  | VFL departure  |  | [36]
Malik Gordon  | 11 March 2025  | VFL departure  | Strathfieldsaye (BFNL)  | [36]
Macca Hallows  | 11 March 2025  | VFL departure  | Pascoe Vale (EDFL)  | [36]
Jack Jedwab  | 11 March 2025  | VFL departure  | Romsey (RDFNL)  | [36]
Michael Kiraly  | 11 March 2025  | Club change  | Collingwood | [36]

### Practice matches

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Date and local time  | Opponent  | Scores (Essendon's scores indicated in bold) | Venue  | Attendance  | Ref

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Home  | Away  | Result
Saturday, 15 February (5:00pm)  | Footscray | 13.12 (90)  | 11.4 (70) | Lost by 20 points  | Mission Whitten Oval | –  | [37][38]
Tuesday, 24 February  | Geelong | 9.13 (67)  | 12.12 (84) | Won by 17 points  | GMHBA Stadium | –  | [39]
Saturday, 8 March  | Collingwood | 14.12 (96) | 8.13 (61)  | Won by 35 points  | NEC Hangar | –  | [40]
Friday, 14 March  | Box Hill | 11.8 (74) | 18.7 (115)  | Lost by 41 points  | NEC Hangar | –  | [41][42]
Saturday, 12 April  | Box Hill | 8.6 (54) | 8.7 (55)  | Lost by 1 point  | NEC Hangar | –  | [43][44]

### Home-and-away season

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Rd  | Date and local time  | Opponent  | Scores (Essendon's scores indicated in bold) | Venue  | Attendance  | Position  | Ref

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Home  | Away  | Result
1 | Saturday, 22 March (3:05pm)  | Williamstown | 14.10 (94) | 12.11 (83)  | Won by 11 points  | NEC Hangar | –  | 7th  | [45]
2 | Saturday, 29 March (11:05am)  | Werribee | 11.12 (78) | 7.13 (55)  | Lost by 23 points  | NEC Hangar | –  | 12th  | [46]
3 | Bye | 14th  | [47]
4 | Saturday, 19 April (7:10pm)  | Port Melbourne | 7.13 (55)  | 9.17 (71) | Won by 16 points  | ETU Stadium | –  | 10th  | [48]
5 | Saturday, 26 April (7:10pm)  | Collingwood | 12.16 (88) | 18.11 (119)  | Lost by 31 points  | ETU Stadium | –  | 14th  | [49]
6 | Friday, 2 May (2:05pm)  | North Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | 12.11 (83)  | Lost by 10 points  | Windy Hill | –  | 15th  | [50]
7 | Saturday, 10 May (11:05am)  | Sydney | 16.11 (107) | 5.12 (42)  | Won by 65 points  | Windy Hill | –  | 11th  | [51]
8 | Bye | 12th  |
9 | Saturday, 24 May (7:10pm)  | Richmond | 10.14 (74)  | 7.10 (52) | Lost by 22 points  | Kinetic Stadium | –  | 15th  |
10 | Friday, 30 May (12:05pm)  | Brisbane | 18.11 (119)  | 15.9 (99) | Lost by 20 points  | Brighton Homes Arena | –  | 15th  |
11 | Sunday, 8 June (2:05pm)  | Carlton | 8.6 (54) | 10.12 (72)  | Lost by 18 points  | Windy Hill | –  | 17th  |
12 | Saturday, 14 June (7:10pm)  | Casey | 17.10 (110)  | 12.11 (83) | Lost by 29 points  | ETU Stadium | –  |  |

### Ladder

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts

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17  | Port Melbourne | 16  | 5  | 10  | 1  | 1246  | 1239  | 100.6  | 22
18  | Sydney (R) | 17  | 5  | 12  | 0  | 1174  | 1546  | 75.9  | 20
19  | Sandringham | 16  | 3  | 12  | 1  | 1158  | 1542  | 75.1  | 14
20  | Essendon (R) | 16  | 3  | 13  | 0  | 1164  | 1433  | 81.2  | 12
21  | Northern Bullants | 17  | 2  | 15  | 0  | 983  | 2055  | 47.8  | 8

Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(R) = Club is the reserves team of a senior club of the Australian Football League

## VFLW

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Main article: 2025 VFL Women's season

### Home-and-away season

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Rd  | Date and local time  | Opponent  | Scores (Essendon's scores indicated in bold) | Venue  | Attendance  | Position  | Ref.

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Home  | Away  | Result
1 | Saturday, 19 April (4:05pm)  | Port Melbourne | 7.7 (49)  | 4.6 (30) | Lost by 19 points  | ETU Stadium | –  | 8th  |
2 | Saturday, 26 April (11:05am)  | Collingwood | 10.4 (64) | 3.6 (24)  | Won by 40 points  | Windy Hill | –  | 4th  |
3 | Saturday, 3 May (11:05am)  | North Melbourne Werribee | 5.5 (35)  | 4.8 (32) | Won by 3 points  | Windy Hill | –  | 7th  |
4 | Saturday, 10 May (2:35pm)  | Carlton |  |  |  | Windy Hill |  |  |

### Ladder

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification

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4  | Sandringham | 14  | 8  | 5  | 1  | 414  | 395  | 104.8  | 34  | Finals series
5  | Williamstown | 14  | 8  | 6  | 0  | 450  | 430  | 104.7  | 32
6  | Essendon | 14  | 8  | 6  | 0  | 507  | 485  | 104.5  | 32
7  | Port Melbourne | 14  | 7  | 6  | 1  | 559  | 446  | 125.3  | 30  |
8  | Darebin | 14  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 388  | 431  | 90.0  | 28

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

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* v
* t
* e

Essendon Football Club

* Nickname: Bombers

* History
* Premierships
* Records
* Players
* Captains
* Coaches
* Honours
* Crichton Medal
* AFLW best and fairest
* Leading goalkickers

* AFL coach: Brad Scott
* AFL captain: Zach Merrett

* AFLW coach: Natalie Wood
* AFLW co-captains: Steph Cain & Bonnie Toogood

VFL/AFL home grounds|

* East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921)
* Windy Hill (1922–1991)
* Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–)
* Docklands Stadium (2000–)

VFA premierships (4)|

* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894

VFL/AFL premierships (16)|

* 1897
* 1901
* 1911
* 1912
* 1923
* 1924
* 1942
* 1946
* 1949
* 1950
* 1962
* 1965
* 1984
* 1985
* 1993
* 2000

Runner-up (14)|

* 1898
* 1902
* 1908
* 1941
* 1943
* 1947
* 1948
* 1951
* 1957
* 1959
* 1968
* 1983
* 1990
* 2001

VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (146)
(club articles in bold)|

* 1878
* 1879
* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
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* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
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AFLW home grounds|

* North Port Oval (2022 (S7))
* Windy Hill (2023–)

AFLW seasons (3)|

* 2022 (S7)
* 2023
* 2024

Related articles|

* Anzac Day match
* Archer–Hird Medal
* Carlton rivalry
* Dreamtime at the 'G
* The Hangar
* Line in the Sand Match
* Round 16, 2001 comeback against North Melbourne
* Supplements saga
* West Melbourne Football Club

Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to World War I (indicated in grey)

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2025 AFL season

Events|

* Pre-season matches
* Home-and-away season
* Finals series
* Grand final

Awards|

* All-Australian team
* Brownlow Medal
* Rising Star
* Other awards

Club overviews|

* Adelaide
* Brisbane Lions
* Carlton
* Collingwood
* Essendon
* Fremantle
* Geelong
* Gold Coast
* Greater Western Sydney
* Hawthorn
* Melbourne
* North Melbourne
* Port Adelaide
* Richmond
* St Kilda
* Sydney
* West Coast
* Western Bulldogs

Players|

* Debuts
* Mid-season draft
* Player movement period
* National draft
* Rookie draft

See also|

* 2025 AFL Women's season

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