| St Kilda Football Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Names | |||
| Full name | St Kilda Football Club Limited[1] | ||
| Nickname(s) | Saints, Sainters Indigenous rounds: Euro-Yroke | ||
| Former nickname(s) | Seagulls, Panthers | ||
| Motto | Fortius Quo Fidelius ("Strength Through Loyalty") | ||
| Club song | "When The Saints Go Marching In" | ||
| 2023 season | |||
| After finals | 8th | ||
| Home-and-away season | 6th | ||
| Leading goalkicker | Jack Higgins (36 goals) | ||
| Club details | |||
| Founded | 2 April 1873[2] | ||
| Colours | Red White Black | ||
| Competition | AFL: Senior men AFLW: Senior women VBFL: Blind (mixed) VWFL: Wheelchair (mixed) | ||
| President | Andrew Bassat | ||
| CEO | Carl Dilena | ||
| Coach | AFL: Ross Lyon AFLW: Nick Dal Santo | ||
| Captain(s) | AFL: Jack Steele AFLW: Hannah Priest VWFL: Ryan Smith / Nathan Wilburn VBFL: Shannon Jones | ||
| Premierships | VFL/AFL (1) Reserves (3) | ||
| Ground(s) | AFL: Docklands Stadium (56,347) AFLW: Moorabbin Oval (8,000) VWFL: Boroondara Sports Complex VBFL: Action Indoor Sports Stadium | ||
| Former ground(s) | Junction Oval (1897–1964) | ||
| Moorabbin Oval (1965–1992) | |||
| Waverley Park (1993–1999) | |||
| Training ground(s) | Moorabbin Oval | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| Other information | |||
| Official website | saints.com.au | ||
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
The club's name originates from its original home base in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873. The club also has strong links to the south-eastern suburb of Moorabbin due to it being the long-standing location of their training ground.
St Kilda were one of five foundation teams of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), now known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), and later became one of eight foundation teams of the original Victorian Football League in 1897, now known as the AFL. Additionally, St Kilda are in an alignment with the Sandringham Football Club in the modern VFL.
St Kilda have won a single premiership to date, a one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final against Collingwood. They have also qualified for the grand final on six additional occasions. The club has won the minor premiership three times, in 1965, 1997 and 2009.
St Kilda have developed a reputation as perennial underachievers,[3] much of this attributed to their record of finishing last more often than any other club in the league (27 times),[4] having the longest current premiership drought and fourth-longest in history (58 years), as well as having the second-lowest all-time win percentage of any team still playing in the league (after the Gold Coast Suns).[5][6] Additionally, St Kilda have been the most significant beneficiary of AFL funding of the Victorian clubs in the decade up to 2022, and have gained the reputation of being a mendicant club as a result.[7][8]
- ^ "Current details for ABN 29 005 471 429". ABN Lookup. Australian Business Register. November 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Est. 1873". Saints150.com.au. St Kilda Football Club. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
Formed from the remnants of the disbanded South Yarra Football Club, St Kilda Football Club was officially established on April 2, 1873.
- ^ Hawthorne, Mark (6 October 2007). "Two Saints punting on a different path". The Age. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Devany, John. "Australian Football - St. Kilda Football Club - Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Team Win–loss records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ Niall, Jake (24 May 2024). "Grounds for complaint: Why Dons, Blues and Saints want fewer Marvel games". The Age. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Gleeson, Michael. "Saints' $20 million the biggest Victorian distribution". The Age. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Niall, Jake. "Grounds for complaint: Why Dons, Blues and Saints want fewer Marvel games". The Age. Retrieved 26 May 2024.