The Sydney Swans is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.
Initially playing in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the Swans joined seven other clubs in founding the breakaway Victorian Football League (now known as the AFL) in 1896. It won premierships in 1909, 1918 and 1933 before experiencing a 72-year premiership drought—the longest in the competition's history. The club broke the drought in 2005 and won another premiership in 2012. The club has proven to be one of the most consistent teams in the nationalised AFL, failing to make the finals in only three seasons since 1995, playing the most number of finals matches and winning the second-most matches overall (only behind Geelong) since 2000 and boasting a finals winning record of over 50% in the same time period.
The Swans' headquarters and training facilities are located at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the club's playing home ground since 1982.
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Team Setup[]
2000-2004[]
Default Squad[]
| Position | Team Setup | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Backs | Ben Mathews (#4) | Andrew Dunkley (#6) | Jason Saddingon (#22) |
| Half-Backs | Rowan Warfe (#33) | Andrew Schauble (#25) | Leo Barry (#21) |
| Centres/Wingmans | Stuart Maxfield (#11) | Darryn Cresswell (#8) | Daniel McPherson (#13) |
| Half-Forwards | Adam Goodes (#37) | Barry Hall (#1) | Paul M. Williams (#10) |
| Forwards | Nic Fosdike (#12) | Michael O'Loughlin (#19) | Jude Bolton (#24) |
| Followers | Jason Ball (#27) | Wayne Schwass (#2) | Paul Kelly (#14) |
| Interchange | Jared Crouch (#28) | Ben Fixter (#9) | Tadhg Kennelly (#17) |
| Matthew Nicks (#23) | Adam Schneider (#36) | Brad Seymour (#7) | |
| Substitutes | Troy Luff (#34) | Ryan O'Connor (#16) | Ryan O'Keefe (#5) |
Reserves[]
2005-2009[]
| Position | Team Setup | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Backs | Craig Bolton (#6) | Leo Barry (#21) | Jared Crouch (#28) |
| Half-Backs | Ben Mathews (#4) | Lewis Roberts-Thomson (#30) | Tadhg Kennelly (#17) |
| Centres/Wingmans | Paul M. Williams (#10) | Jarrad McVeigh (#3) | Sean Dempster (#25) |
| Half-Forwards | Ryan O'Keefe (#5) | Barry Hall (#1) | Jude Bolton (#24) |
| Forwards | Nick Davis (#2) | Michael O'Loughlin (#19) | Amon Buchanan (#32) |
| Followers | Darren Jolly (#16) | Brett Kirk (#31) | Luke Ablett (#20) |
| Interchange | Jason Ball (#27) | Paul Bevan (#42) | Nic Fosdike (#12) |
| Adam Goodes (#37) | Stuart Maxfield (#11) | Adam Schneider (#13) | |
| Substitutes | Kieran Jack (#15) | Matthew Nicks (#23) | Andrew Schauble (#25) |
Default Squad[]
Club Song[]
- Cheer; cheer the red and the white,
- Honour the name by day and by night,
- Lift that noble banner high,
- Shake down the thunder from the sky
- Whether the odds be great or small,
- Swans will go in and win overall
- While her loyal sons are marching
- Onwards to victory!