| 2020 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Adam Simpson (7th season) | ||
| Captain(s) | Luke Shuey (1st season) | ||
| Home ground | Optus Stadium | ||
| AFL season | 5th | ||
| Best and Fairest | Nic Naitanui | ||
| Leading goalkicker | Josh Kennedy (34) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 32,865 vs. Collingwood (Elimination Final) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 0 vs. Melbourne (Round 1) | ||
| Club membership | 100,776 | ||
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The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia. Their 2020 season was their 34th season in the Australian Football League (AFL), their seventh season under premiership coach Adam Simpson, and the first season with Luke Shuey as captain. The West Coast Eagles finished the season with 12 wins and 5 losses, placing them fifth on the ladder, qualifying for the 2020 AFL finals series, in which they were eliminated in the first round by eighth-placed Collingwood. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on their season, with the team forced to hub in Queensland for much of the season due to restrictions on travelling to Western Australia from other states.
Nic Naitanui was West Coast's best and fairest player, winning the John Worsfold Medal. Previously his highest place for the medal was fifth, in 2010. Josh Kennedy, who kicked 34 goals was the club's leading goal-scorer for the seventh time in his career. Naitanui, Liam Ryan and Brad Sheppard were selected for the 2020 All-Australian team.
2020 was the first year for West Coast in the AFL Women's competition, in which they finished seventh. In addition, West Coast withdrew from the West Australian Football League competition in 2020 due to COVID-19 after fielding a team for the first time in 2019.[1]