Perth Football Club

Perth Football Club
Names
Former name(s)Victoria Park Football Club (1934–35)
Nickname(s)Demons, Redlegs
2022 season
Home-and-away season8th
Leading goalkickerSamuel Stubbs
Best and fairestCorey Byrne
Club details
Founded1899; 125 years ago (1899)
Colours  Black   Red
CompetitionWest Australian Football League
PresidentAdrian Barich
CoachPeter German
Captain(s)Michael Sinclair
Premierships7 (1907, 1955, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1977)
Ground(s)Mineral Resources Park (capacity: 6,000)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Other information
Official websiteperthfc.com.au

The Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is an Australian rules football club based in Lathlain, Western Australia, currently playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Representing the south-east area of the Perth metropolitan region, the club currently trains and plays its home games at Lathlain Park (currently known, for sponsorship reasons, as Mineral Resources Park), having previously played at the WACA Ground between 1899 and 1958 and later in 1987 and 1988.

The club was founded in 1899 and began play in the First Rate Junior Association, but was promoted to the WAFL after eight games to replace the Rovers Football Club after they dropped out of the league and folded, with Perth drawing much of its inaugural WAFL squad from Rovers. Perth won its first premiership in 1907, but did not win their second until 1955. Overall, the club has won seven premierships, including a hat-trick between 1966 and 1968, with the last coming in 1977. Perth is statistically one of the least successful teams in the competition, and has not played in a grand final since 1978. The club have also endured lengthy finals droughts from 1986 to 1997, and again between from 1997 to 2020.

The current coach of the club is Peter German, who took over from Garry Moss prior to the 2023 WAFL season.