2011 Collingwood Football Club season
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The 2011 AFL season
is the Collingwood Magpies
' 115th season in the Australian Football League
. Collingwood currently defends the Premiership Flag
, the McClelland Trophy
and the pre-season cup having won the Grand Final
and finished top of the ladder at the end of 2010
as well as having won the 2011 NAB Cup
. This makes Collingwood the first team to defend all three awards simultaneously since in 1993
/1994
.
Collingwood will play 22 home and away matches across 24 rounds, with byes in Rounds 7 and 13. The club will play , , , , and twice and all other teams once throughout the home and away season. The Magpies travel only four times during the season; one each to Western Australia (to play ), South Australia (to play again), New South Wales (to play ) and Queensland (to play ). Their matches against inter-state teams , and the are to be played at the MCG.
^ Home match.
2011 AFL season
The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...
is the Collingwood Magpies
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
' 115th season in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. Collingwood currently defends the Premiership Flag
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
, the McClelland Trophy
McClelland Trophy
The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year...
and the pre-season cup having won the Grand Final
2010 AFL Grand Final
The 2010 AFL Grand Final is either of two Australian rules football contests between the Collingwood Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Together they are considered the 114th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, and were staged to determine the...
and finished top of the ladder at the end of 2010
2010 AFL season
-Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22...
as well as having won the 2011 NAB Cup
2011 NAB Cup
-Quarter-finals:-Semi-finals:-Grand Final:-NAB Challenge:Teams that are eliminated from the NAB Cup are scheduled to play against each other, mostly at regional venues, to provide all teams warm-up games for the main season and expose regional audiences to AFL level football.On 16 December 2010,...
. This makes Collingwood the first team to defend all three awards simultaneously since in 1993
1993 AFL season
-Ladder:All teams played 20 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. Each team also had two byes. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.-Awards:*The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Gavin Wanganeen of ....
/1994
1994 AFL season
-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series. It was the first season that the AFL implemented a top 8 team finals series...
.
Collingwood will play 22 home and away matches across 24 rounds, with byes in Rounds 7 and 13. The club will play , , , , and twice and all other teams once throughout the home and away season. The Magpies travel only four times during the season; one each to Western Australia (to play ), South Australia (to play again), New South Wales (to play ) and Queensland (to play ). Their matches against inter-state teams , and the are to be played at the MCG.
Senior list
- Players are listed in alphabetical order by surname, and 2011 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2011 AFL season only. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which, as a result, means that a player's debut and part or whole of their career statistics may be for another club. Statistics are correct to Round 4 of the 2011 season (17 April 2011).
| Name | No. | AFL debut | Games (2011) | Games (AFL career) | Games (Collingwood) | Goals (2011) | Goals (AFL career) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2003 | 4 | 170 | 28 | 2 | 67 | |
| 17 | 2009 | 4 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 47 | |
| 11 | 2010 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 18 | |
| 15 | 2000 | 4 | 227 | 46 | 2 | 117 | |
| 16 | 2008 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 6 | |
| 27 | 2007 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 29 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | 2005 | 4 | 128 | 128 | 12 | 167 | |
| 1 | 2000 | 2 | 206 | 206 | 0 | 263 | |
| 31 | 2008 | 4 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 51 | |
| 33 | 2007 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 31 | |
| 4 | 2001 | 4 | 186 | 186 | 5 | 261 | |
| 41 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2007 | 0 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 6 | |
| 26 | 2000 | 4 | 212 | 212 | 3 | 65 | |
| 18 | 2001 | 3 | 195 | 29 | 3 | 97 | |
| 23 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 2001 | 4 | 106 | 4 | 4 | 106 | |
| 30 | 2009 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 21 | |
| 5 | 2004 | 2 | 142 | 142 | 0 | 26 | |
| 3 | 2008 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | 2005 | 4 | 115 | 115 | 1 | 15 | |
| 10 | 2006 | 4 | 106 | 106 | 2 | 62 | |
| 20 | 2007 | 4 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 3 | |
| 14 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | 2005 | 4 | 119 | 119 | 0 | 25 | |
| 22 | 2009 | 4 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 32 | |
| 28 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | 2003 | 4 | 155 | 155 | 8 | 109 | |
| 2 | 1998 | 4 | 237 | 165 | 0 | 359 | |
| 13 | 2006 | 4 | 115 | 115 | 3 | 89 | |
| 24 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 2007 | 4 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 8 | |
| 37 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 2008 | 4 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 26 | |
| 19 | 2005 | 1 | 47 | 31 | 1 | 14 | |
| 25 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pre-Season
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Collingwood's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||
| Home | Away | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool matches | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 12 February | 0.1.1 (7) | 0.7.8 (50) | Won by 43 points | Etihad Stadium | 40,300 (approx.) | |
| Saturday, 12 February | 0.3.8 (26) | 0.5.3 (33) | Won by 11 points | ||||
| Finals | |||||||
| QF | Friday, 25 February | 1.12.12 (93) | 1.10.10 (79) | Won by 14 points | Etihad Stadium | 10,773 | |
| SF | Saturday, 5 March | 0.8.8 (56) | 1.9.17 (80) | Won by 24 points | Patersons Stadium Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia... |
15,360 | |
| GF | Friday, 11 March | 0.13.8 (86) | 1.15.9 (108) | Won by 22 points | Etihad Stadium | 45,304 | |
| NAB Cup Premiers | |||||||
Regular season
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Collingwood's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position |
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| Home | Away | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday, 26 March | 24.11 (155) | 12.8 (80) | Won by 75 points Report | Etihad Stadium [H] | 35,773 | 2nd | |
| 2 | Saturday, 2 April | 7.14 (56) | 21.17 (143) | Won by 87 points Report | Etihad Stadium [A] | 40,578 | 1st | |
| 3 | Friday, 8 April | 15.12 (102) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 28 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
88,181 | 1st | |
| 4 | Friday, 15 April | 13.12 (90) | 24.17 (161) | Won by 71 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [A] |
58,050 | 1st | |
| 5 | Monday, 25 April | 11.11 (77) | 16.11 (107) | Won by 30 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [A] |
89,626 | 1st | |
| 6 | Sunday, 1 May | 15.15 (105) | 8.9 (57) | Won by 48 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
53,776 | 1st | |
| 7 | Bye | 1st | ||||||
| 8 | Friday, 13 May | 8.17 (65) | 9.8 (62) | Lost by 3 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [A] |
81,691 | 2nd | |
| 9 | Sunday, 22 May | 20.15 (135) | 14.8 (92) | Won by 43 points Report | Etihad Stadium [H] | 38,489 | 2nd | |
| 10 | Sunday, 29 May | 16.9 (105) | 7.11 (53) | Won by 52 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
52,560 | 2nd | |
| 11 | Saturday, 4 June | 16.12 (108) | 7.9 (51) | Won by 57 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
62,991 | 2nd | |
| 12 | Monday, 13 June | 6.5 (41) | 19.15 (129) | Won by 88 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [A] |
75,998 | 2nd | |
| 13 | Bye | 2nd | ||||||
| 14 | Saturday, 25 June | 14.9 (93) | 13.21 (99) | Won by 6 points Report | ANZ Stadium [A] | 38,053 | 2nd | |
| 15 | Sunday, 3 July | 15.16 (106) | 9.11 (65) | Won by 41 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
83,985 | 2nd | |
| 16 | Sunday, 10 July | 22.15 (147) | 3.12 (30) | Won by 117 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
53,601 | 1st | |
| 17 | Saturday, 16 July | 11.13 (79) | 13.20 (98) | Won by 19 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [A] |
85,936 | 1st | |
| 18 | Saturday, 23 July | 11.9 (75) | 19.15 (129) | Won by 54 points Report | Metricon Stadium [A] | 23,302 | 1st | |
| 19 | Sunday, 31 July | 25.16 (166) | 14.8 (92) | Won by 74 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
73,163 | 1st | |
| 20 | Saturday, 6 August | 3.3 (21) | 23.21 (159) | Won by 138 points Report | AAMI Stadium AAMI Stadium Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia... [A] |
21,863 | 1st | |
| 21 | Saturday, 12 August | 10.10 (70) | 14.5 (89) | Won by 19 points Report | Etihad Stadium [A] | 46,505 | 1st | |
| 22 | Saturday, 20 August | 14.18 (102) | 13.6 (84) | Won by 18 points Report | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
47,788 | 1st | |
| 23 | Friday, 26 August | 8.4 (52) | 20.12 (132) | Won by 80 points Report | Patersons Stadium [A] | 31,985 | 1st | |
| 24 | Friday, 2 September | M.C.G. Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... [H] |
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^ Home match.
- A ^ Away match.