2005 Geelong Football Club season

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 suffered a heartbreaking loss to Sydney in the Semi-Final at the SCG.

Captains

Captain: Steven King

Vice-Captain: Cameron Ling

Games

Premiership season^[1]

Round	Date and Local Time	Opponent	Home or Away	Venue	Scores			Posn on Ladder
Round	Date and Local Time	Opponent	Home or Away	Venue	Result	Home	Away	Posn on Ladder
1	Sunday, 27 March – 2:15 pm	Richmond	Away	MCG	Won by 62	15.8 (98)	25.10 (160)	4
2	Saturday, 2 April – 5:40 pm	West Coast	Away	Subiaco Oval	Lost by 22	12.12 (84)	8.14 (62)	6
3	Friday, 8 April – 7:40 pm	Melbourne	Away	MCG	Lost by 48	18.6 (114)	8.18 (66)	10
4	Saturday, 16 April – 7:10 pm	Essendon	Home	Telstra Dome	Won by 56	19.17 (131)	11.9 (75)	6
5	Friday, 22 April – 8:10 pm	Port Adelaide	Away	Football Park	Won by 4	15.5 (95)	15.9 (99)	6
6	Sunday, 1 May – 1:10 pm	Western Bulldogs	Home	Skilled Stadium	Won by 35	16.12 (108)	11.7 (73)	5
7	Saturday, 7 May – 2:10 pm	St Kilda	Home	Telstra Dome	Won by 18	18.11 (119)	15.11 (101)	3
8	Friday, 13 May	Carlton – 7:40 pm	Away	Telstra Dome	Won by 70	10.13 (73)	22.11 (143)	2
9	Sunday, 22 May – 2:10 pm	Kangaroos	Home	Skilled Stadium	Won by 85	22.14 (146)	8.13 (61)	2
10	Saturday, 28 May – 2:10 pm	Fremantle	Home	Skilled Stadium	Lost by 9	11.16 (82)	14.7 (91)	2
11	Friday, 3 June – 7:40 pm	Collingwood	Away	Telstra Dome	Lost by 25	18.13 (121)	14.12 (96)	4
12	Sunday, 12 June – 2:10 pm	Adelaide	Home	Skilled Stadium	Won by 4	9.7 (61)	8.9 (57)	3
13	Sunday, 19 June – 1:10 pm	Brisbane Lions	Away	The Gabba	Lost by 69	17.14 (116)	6.11 (47)	4
14	Sunday, 3 July – 2:10 pm	Hawthorn	Home	Telstra Dome	Won by 55	16.17 (113)	8.10 (58)	3
15	Saturday, 9 July – 7:10 pm	Sydney	Away	SCG	Lost by 54	16.9 (105)	7.9 (51)	3
16	Saturday, 16 July – 2:10 pm	Port Adelaide	Home	Skilled Stadium	Won by 79	18.18 (126)	7.5 (47)	3
17	Saturday, 23 July – 2:10 pm	Western Bulldogs	Away	Telstra Dome	Lost by 35	20.13 (133)	14.14 (98)	5
18	Friday, 29 July – 7:40 pm	Essendon	Away	Telstra Dome	Lost by 13	16.11 (107)	13.16 (94)	6
19	Friday, 5 August – 7:40 pm	St Kilda	Away	Telstra Dome	Lost by 41	13.18 (96)	8.7 (55)	7
20	Saturday, 13 August – 2:10 pm	Melbourne	Home	Skilled Stadium	Lost by 1	15.9 (99)	14.16 (100)	6
21	Saturday, 20 August – 2:10 pm	West Coast	Home	Skilled Stadium	Won by 76	16.13 (109)	5.3 (33)	6
22	Sunday, 28 August – 2:10 pm	Richmond	Home	Skilled Stadium	Won by 1	10.9 (69)	10.8 (68)	6

Finals

Date and Local Time	Opponent	Home or Away	Venue	Scores
Date and Local Time	Opponent	Home or Away	Venue	Result	Home	Away
Qualifying and Elimination Finals
Saturday, 3 September – 2:30 pm	Melbourne	Home	MCG	Won by 55	18.8 (116)	9.7 (61)
Semi Finals
Friday, 9 September, 8:00 pm	Sydney	Away	SCG	Lost by 3	7.14 (56)	7.11 (53)

References

↑ "AFL Tables - 2006 Season Scores". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

External links

2005 AFL season

Events	Wizard Home Loans Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series

Awards	AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal Rising Star

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

Player changes	Debuts Retirements Trades

Geelong Football Club

History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Carji Greeves Medal Leading goalkickers Coach: Chris Scott Captain: Joel Selwood Founded in 1859 Based in Geelong, Victoria Nickname: Cats

Stadiums	Corio Oval (1897–1915; 1917–1940) Simonds Stadium (1941; 1944–present) Etihad Stadium (2000–present)

Premierships (9)	1925 1931 1937 1951 1952 1963 2007 2009 2011

Seasons (117)	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Related articles	VFL team Rivalry with Hawthorn

Geelong did not participate in the 1916, 1942 and 1943 VFL seasons due to the World Wars (indicated in grey)

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