The 2021 season was the Geelong Football Club's 122nd season in the Australian Football League (AFL), the eleventh with Chris Scott as senior coach and tenth with Joel Selwood as captain.
Geelong participated in the 2021 Marsh Community Series as part of its pre-season schedule, and the club's home-and-away season began 20 March against at the Adelaide Oval where they lost by 12 points. Geelong rallied during the season, winning 12 of their last 16 games to finish 3rd on the ladder.
Season summary
Results +KeyH Home gameA Away gameQF Qualifying finalSF Semi-finalPF Preliminary final
+ Table of season resultsRoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendance1 20 March 13 13 91 15 13 103 Adelaide Oval A 26985 2 26 March 12 9 81 11 14 80 GMHBA Stadium H 20070 3 5 April 10 9 69 9 10 64 Melbourne Cricket Ground H 50030 4 11 April 9 6 60 12 13 85 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 33728 5 18 April 10 17 77 7 5 47 GMHBA Stadium H 21282 6 24 April 21 10 136 5 9 39 GMHBA Stadium H 21282 7 1 May 12 16 88 14 6 90 Sydney Cricket Ground A 29123 8 7 May 19 12 126 9 9 63 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 54857 9 14 May 10 8 68 5 17 47 Marvel Stadium A 26712 10 22 May 14 7 91 8 9 57 GMHBA Stadium H 22055 11 29 May 8 13 61 6 15 51 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 0 12 Bye 13 10 June 17 10 112 14 7 91 Adelaide Oval A 28718 14 18 June 12 11 83 11 12 78 GMHBA Stadium H 6583 15 24 June 7 8 50 13 16 94 Gabba A 29024 16 2 July 15 8 98 8 9 57 GMHBA Stadium H 15579 17 10 July 10 10 70 5 14 44 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 31834 18 15 July 14 16 100 3 13 31 Optus Stadium A 35271 19 25 July 15 5 95 8 9 57 Melbourne Cricket Ground H 0 20 31 July 8 14 62 6 6 42 Blundstone Arena A 8033 21 6 August 8 17 65 13 6 84 GMHBA Stadium H 0 22 14 August 13 7 85 11 5 71 GMHBA Stadium H 0 23 21 August 12 5 77 12 9 81 GMHBA Stadium H 0 5 13 43 12 14 86 Adelaide Oval A 19712 rowspan="4" 15 13 103 10 8 68 Optus Stadium N 44091PF10 September66421911125 Optus Stadium N58599
Ladder
Reserves team The club's reserves team, participating in the VFL, was coached by Shane O'Bree for a sixth season. Aaron Black was named captain, with Darcy Lang vice captain.
The reserves team finished the 2021 VFL season with a 7-2 win–loss record and placed fourth on the league's ladder and would have qualified for the finals series, had the season not been curtailed due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.
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References
External links Official website of the Geelong Football Club Official website of the Australian Football League