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2006 Geelong Football Club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Geelong Football Club |
| season | 2006 |
| imagesize | 150px |
| caption | Geelong's 2006 guernsey |
| president | Frank Costa |
| coach | Mark Thompson |
| (7th season) | |
| captain | Steven King |
| (4th season) | |
| home ground | Skilled Stadium |
| preseason comp | Pre-season competition |
| preseason result | Premiers |
| regularseason comp | AFL season |
| regularseason result | 10th |
| finals series | Finals series |
| finals result | Did not qualify |
| club b&f | Best and Fairest |
| best and fairest | Paul Chapman |
| leading goalscorer | Gary Ablett, Jr. (35) |
| prevseason | 2005 |
| nextseason | 2007 |
(7th season) (4th season) | club b&f = Best and Fairest The 2006 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 107th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong finished the regular season in tenth position on the ladder, resulting in the club not qualifying for the finals.
Captains
- Captain: Steven King
- Vice-Captains: Cameron Ling, Tom Harley, Matthew Scarlett
Club list
Player list
: Players are listed in alphabetical order by surname, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2006 AFL season only.
| Player | # | AFL debut | Games | Goals | Behinds | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 2002 | 212 | 142 | 354 | ||||||
| 23 | 2005 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2002 | 297 | 187 | 484 | 139 | |||||
| 24 | 2005 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 17 | 2004 | 100 | 147 | |||||||
| 7 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 35 | 2000 | 331 | 153 | 484 | 134 | |||||
| 11 | 2000 | 298 | 231 | 529 | 107 | |||||
| 2005 | 22 | 0 | 102 | 130 | 232 | |||||
| 44 | 2001 | 327 | 164 | 491 | 139 | |||||
| 34 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 16 | 2002 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 159 | ||||||
| 8 | 2001 | 239 | 152 | 391 | ||||||
| 28 | 2002 | 152 | 221 | |||||||
| 20 | 2002 | 139 | 199 | |||||||
| 9 | 2002 | 134 | 119 | 253 | ||||||
| 1 | 1996 | 116 | 213 | |||||||
| 18 | 1999 | |||||||||
| 14 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 45 | 2000 | 248 | 255 | 503 | 131 | |||||
| 13 | 2005 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2004 | 150 | 220 | |||||||
| 26 | 2003 | |||||||||
| 39 | 1997 | 242 | 209 | 451 | 167 | |||||
| 21 | 1999 | 177 | 259 | 124 | ||||||
| 6 | 1998 | 139 | 104 | 243 | 104 | |||||
| 31 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 2003 | |||||||||
| 32 | 2006 | 106 | ||||||||
| 15 | 1992 | |||||||||
| 33 | 2002 | 114 | 121 | 235 | ||||||
| 30 | 1998 | 237 | 324 | 109 | ||||||
| 25 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 27 | 2006 | 117 | ||||||||
| 10 | 2004 | 150 | 201 | |||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| 12 | ||||||||||
| 40 | 1999 | 116 | 196 |
Rookie list
: Players are listed in alphabetical order by surname, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2006 AFL season only.
| Player | # | AFL debut | Games | Goals | Behinds | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | 42 | |||||||||
| 36 | ||||||||||
| 38 | 2002 | |||||||||
| 41 | ||||||||||
| * | 37 | 2002 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 21 | 7 |
-
- Nominated rookie (Elevated to senior list during season, eligible for senior selection)
Changes from 2005 list
Additions
Deletions
Games
NAB Cup
| Home | Away | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday, 25 February (7:40 pm) | |
| QF | Saturday, 3 March (7:40 pm) | |
| SF | Saturday, 11 March (7:40 pm) | |
| GF | Saturday, 18 March (7:20 pm) | |
| Geelong were the 2006 NAB Cup premiers. |
Regular season
| Home | Away | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm) | |
| 2 | Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) | |
| 3 | Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm) | |
| 4 | Saturday, 22 April (2:15 pm) | |
| 5 | Saturday, 29 April (7:10 pm) | |
| 6 | Friday, 5 May (7:40 pm) | |
| 7 | Friday, 12 May (7:40 pm) | |
| 8 | Saturday, 20 May (7:10 pm) | |
| 9 | Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) | |
| 10 | Saturday, 3 June (2:10 pm) | |
| 11 | Friday, 9 June (7:40 pm) | |
| 12 | Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) | |
| 13 | Sunday, 2 July (12:40 pm) | |
| 14 | Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) | |
| 15 | Sunday, 16 July (1:10 pm) | |
| 16 | Sunday, 23 July (2:10 pm) | |
| 17 | Sunday, 30 July (1:10 pm) | |
| 18 | Sunday, 6 August (1:10 pm) | |
| 19 | Sunday, 13 August (2:10 pm) | |
| 20 | Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) | |
| 21 | Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) | |
| 22 | Sunday, 3 September (2:10 pm) |
Exhibition match
Following the end of the 2006 AFL season, Geelong travelled to London for an exhibition match against . In a chaotic match at the The Oval, an inexperienced Geelong squad defeated Port Adelaide 13.10 (88) to 10.7 (67) in front of 12,129 fans to win the AFL Challenge Trophy. The match was the club's first international exhibition match since they travelled to Auckland in 1991.
Ladder
Notes
; Key
- Home match.
- Away match.
; General notes
- Travis Varcoe made his AFL debut for in 2007.
- Trent West made his AFL debut for in 2008.
References
References
- "2006 Stats – Player Lists – Geelong". AFL Tables.
- "AFL Statistics: Match Results; Pre Season; Geelong; 2006". [[Australian Football League]].
- "AFL Statistics: Match Results; Home & Away; Geelong; 2006". [[Australian Football League]].
- "2006 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables.
- (22 October 2006). "Cats beat Port in chaotic London clash".
- (22 October 2006). "Gamble pays off for Cats". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- "Travis Varcoe statistics". AFL Tables.
- "Trent West statistics". AFL Tables.
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