2005 Geelong Football Club season
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{{Infobox AFL club season
| club = Geelong Football Club
| season = 2005
| image =
| imagesize = 150px
| caption = Geelong's 2005 guernsey
| president = Frank Costa
| coach = Mark Thompson
(6th season)
| captain = Steven King
(3rd season)
| home ground = Skilled Stadium
| preseason comp = Pre-season competition
| preseason result = Quarter-final
| regularseason comp = AFL season
| regularseason result = 6th
| finals series = Finals series
| finals result = Semi-finalist
| club b&f = Best and Fairest
| best and fairest = Joel Corey
| leading goalscorer = Kent Kingsley (57)
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 2004
| nextseason = 2006
}}
The 2005 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 106th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong finished the regular season in sixth position on the ladder. After defeating Melbourne in the Elimination Final they were defeated by Sydney in the Semi-final at the SCG.
News
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Captains
Captain: Steven King
Vice-Captain: Cameron Ling
Club list
= Changes from 2005 =
Games
= Premiership season =
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! rowspan="2" style="width:3%;"|Round ! rowspan="2" style="width:17%;"|Date and Local Time ! rowspan="2" style="width:12%;"|Opponent ! rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|Home or Away ! rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|Venue !colspan=3|Scores ! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"|Posn on Ladder |
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|1 |Sunday, 27 March – 2:15 pm |align=left | Richmond |Away |MCG |Won by 62 |15.8 (98) |25.10 (160) |4 |
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|2 |Saturday, 2 April – 5:40 pm |align=left|West Coast |Away |Lost by 22 |12.12 (84) |8.14 (62) |6 |
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|3 |Friday, 8 April – 7:40 pm |align=left|Melbourne |Away |MCG |Lost by 48 |18.6 (114) |8.18 (66) |10 |
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|4 |Saturday, 16 April – 7:10 pm |align=left|Essendon |Home |Won by 56 |19.17 (131) |11.9 (75) |6 |
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|5 |Friday, 22 April – 8:10 pm |align=left|Port Adelaide |Away |Won by 4 |15.5 (95) |15.9 (99) |6 |
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|6 |Sunday, 1 May – 1:10 pm |align=left|Western Bulldogs |Home |Won by 35 |16.12 (108) |11.7 (73) |5 |
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|7 |Saturday, 7 May – 2:10 pm |align=left|St Kilda |Home |Won by 18 |18.11 (119) |15.11 (101) |3 |
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|8 |Friday, 13 May – 7:40 pm |align=left|Carlton |Away |Won by 70 |10.13 (73) |22.11 (143) |2 |
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|9 |Sunday, 22 May – 2:10 pm |align=left|Kangaroos |Home |Won by 85 |22.14 (146) |8.13 (61) |2 |
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|10 |Saturday, 28 May – 2:10 pm |align=left|Fremantle |Home |Lost by 9 |11.16 (82) |14.7 (91) |2 |
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|11 |Friday, 3 June – 7:40 pm |align=left|Collingwood |Away |Lost by 25 |18.13 (121) |14.12 (96) |4 |
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|12 |Sunday, 12 June – 2:10 pm |align=left|Adelaide |Home |Won by 4 |9.7 (61) |8.9 (57) |3 |
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|13 |Sunday, 19 June – 1:10 pm |align=left|Brisbane Lions |Away |Lost by 69 |17.14 (116) |6.11 (47) |4 |
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|14 |Sunday, 3 July – 2:10 pm |align=left|Hawthorn |Home |Won by 55 |16.17 (113) |8.10 (58) |3 |
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|15 |Saturday, 9 July – 7:10 pm |align=left|Sydney |Away |SCG |Lost by 54 |16.9 (105) |7.9 (51) |3 |
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|16 |Saturday, 16 July – 2:10 pm |align=left|Port Adelaide |Home |Won by 79 |18.18 (126) |7.5 (47) |3 |
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|17 |Saturday, 23 July – 2:10 pm |align=left|Western Bulldogs |Away |Lost by 35 |20.13 (133) |14.14 (98) |5 |
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|18 |Friday, 29 July – 7:40 pm |align=left|Essendon |Away |Lost by 13 |16.11 (107) |13.16 (94) |6 |
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|19 |Friday, 5 August – 7:40 pm |align=left|St Kilda |Away |Lost by 41 |13.18 (96) |8.7 (55) |7 |
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|20 |Saturday, 13 August – 2:10 pm |align=left|Melbourne |Home |Lost by 1 |15.9 (99) |14.16 (100) |6 |
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|21 |Saturday, 20 August – 2:10 pm |align=left|West Coast |Home |Won by 76 |16.13 (109) |5.3 (33) |6 |
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|22 |Sunday, 28 August – 2:10 pm |align=left|Richmond |Home |Won by 1 |10.9 (69) |10.8 (68) |6 |
= Finals =
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! rowspan="2" style="width:17%;"|Date and Local Time ! rowspan="2" style="width:12%;"|Opponent ! rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|Home or Away ! rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|Venue !colspan=3|Scores |
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!width=8%|Result !width=8%|Home !width=8%|Away |
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| colspan=7 | Qualifying and Elimination Finals |
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|Saturday, 3 September – 2:30 pm |align=left | {{AFL Mel}} |Home |MCG |Won by 55 |18.8 (116) |9.7 (61) |
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| colspan=7 | Semi-finals |
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|Friday, 9 September, 8:00 pm |align=left | Sydney |Away |SCG |Lost by 3 |7.14 (56) |7.11 (53) |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426211854/http://www.gfc.com.au/ Official Website of the Geelong Football Club]
- [http://afl.com.au/ Official Website of the Australian Football League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222232758/http://www.afl.com.au/ |date=22 February 2011 }}
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