Gold Coast Suns

Gold Coast Suns
Names
Full nameGCFC Limited, trading as Gold Coast Suns[1]
Nickname(s)Suns, Sunnies, Coasters
2024 season
Home-and-away seasonAFL: 13th
Leading goalkickerAFL: Ben King (55 goals)
Gold Coast Suns Club ChampionAFL: Sam Collins
Club details
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Colours  Deep Red
  Sunburnt Gold
  Oceanic Blue [2]
CompetitionAFL: Senior men
AFLW: Senior women
VFL: Reserves men
ChairmanBob East
CEOMark Evans
CoachAFL: Damien Hardwick
AFLW: Cameron Joyce
VFL: Tate Kaesler
Captain(s)AFL: Touk Miller & Jarrod Witts
AFLW: Tara Bohanna
VFL: TBD
PremiershipsAFL (0)
AFLW (0)
VFL (1)
Ground(s)People First Stadium (capacity: 22,500)
Training ground(s)People First Stadium & Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre
Uniforms
Home
Away
Other information
Official websitegoldcoastfc.com.au

The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara.

The club has been playing in the AFL since the 2011 season. It plays home matches at Carrara Stadium (known for commercial purposes as People First Stadium) and has its training and administrative facilities located at the adjacent Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre. The club is one of two AFL clubs based in Queensland, the other being its main rival, the Brisbane Lions which it competes against in the QClash.

In addition to the men's team, the Suns field other teams including an AFL Women's side, a reserves side in the Victorian Football League, and a Gold Coast Suns Academy side consisting of the club's best junior development signings contests Division 2 of the men's and women's underage championships and the Talent League.

  1. ^ "Current details for ABN 47 144 555 822". ABN Lookup. Australian Business Register. November 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Introducing FEARLESS".