List of Gold Coast captains
Players who have played in, and who were nominated as captain for, at least one match for
Gold Coast
in a VFL/AFL premiership. Click
here
for details on the elected leaders (e.g. captains-elect).
Season List
Season
|
Captain(s)
|
Match(es)
|
Final(s)
|
Round(s)
|
2011 AFL Season
|
Gary Ablett
|
20
|
0
|
R02-R03, R05-R08, R10-R19, R21-R24
|
2012 AFL Season
|
Gary Ablett
|
20
|
0
|
R01-R04, R07-R12, R14-R23
|
Nathan Bock
|
1
|
0
|
R06
|
2013 AFL Season
|
Gary Ablett
|
21
|
0
|
R01-R12, R14, R16-R23
|
2014 AFL Season
|
Gary Ablett
|
15
|
0
|
R01-R07, R09-R16
|
2015 AFL Season
|
Gary Ablett
|
6
|
0
|
R01-R02, R14-R17
|
2016 AFL Season
|
Gary Ablett
|
14
|
0
|
R01-R08, R10-R12, R14-R16
|
2017 AFL Season
|
Tom Lynch
|
4
|
0
|
R05-R06, R18-R19
|
Steven May
|
3
|
0
|
R21-R23
|
2018 AFL Season
|
Steven May
|
10
|
0
|
R08-R09, R15-R19, R21-R23
|
Tom Lynch
|
3
|
0
|
R12-R14
|
2020 AFL Season
|
Jarrod Witts
|
2
|
0
|
R02, R12
|
2021 AFL Season
|
David Swallow
|
18
|
0
|
R04-R11, R13-R14, R16-R23
|
Missing List
This is a list of matches for which the (sole) nominated captain for Gold Coast is unknown/undetermined.
Season
|
Round
|
Opponent
|
Date
|
H/A
|
Result
|
2011 AFL Season
|
Round 4
|
Melbourne
|
17/04/2011
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
MEL by 90
|
Round 20
|
Geelong
|
06/08/2011
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
GEE by 150
|
2012 AFL Season
|
Round 5
|
North Melbourne
|
28/04/2012
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
NOR by 34
|
2013 AFL Season
|
Round 15
|
Brisbane Lions
|
06/07/2013
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BRI by 33
|
2014 AFL Season
|
Round 17
|
Western Bulldogs
|
12/07/2014
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BUL by 28
|
Round 18
|
Brisbane Lions
|
26/07/2014
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BRI by 54
|
Round 19
|
St Kilda
|
02/08/2014
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 53
|
Round 20
|
Carlton
|
09/08/2014
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
CAR by 39
|
Round 21
|
Port Adelaide
|
16/08/2014
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
POR by 9
|
Round 22
|
Essendon
|
23/08/2014
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
ESS by 19
|
Round 23
|
West Coast
|
31/08/2014
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
WCE by 52
|
2015 AFL Season
|
Round 3
|
Geelong
|
19/04/2015
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
GEE by 9
|
Round 4
|
Greater Western Sydney
|
25/04/2015
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
GWS by 66
|
Round 5
|
Brisbane Lions
|
02/05/2015
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 64
|
Round 6
|
Adelaide
|
09/05/2015
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
ADE by 41
|
Round 7
|
West Coast
|
16/05/2015
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
WCE by 92
|
Round 8
|
Collingwood
|
23/05/2015
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
COL by 69
|
Round 9
|
Hawthorn
|
30/05/2015
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
HAW by 53
|
Round 10
|
Sydney
|
06/06/2015
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
SYD by 52
|
Round 11
|
Fremantle
|
13/06/2015
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
FRE by 7
|
Round 13
|
Carlton
|
28/06/2015
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
CAR by 34
|
Round 18
|
West Coast
|
01/08/2015
|
HOME
|
DRAW
|
drawn
|
Round 19
|
Brisbane Lions
|
08/08/2015
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 14
|
Round 20
|
Richmond
|
16/08/2015
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
RIC by 83
|
Round 21
|
Essendon
|
22/08/2015
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 2
|
Round 22
|
Port Adelaide
|
29/08/2015
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
POR by 37
|
Round 23
|
Sydney
|
05/09/2015
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
SYD by 63
|
2016 AFL Season
|
Round 9
|
Adelaide
|
21/05/2016
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
ADE by 75
|
Round 17
|
Western Bulldogs
|
16/07/2016
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BUL by 48
|
Round 18
|
Fremantle
|
23/07/2016
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 24
|
Round 19
|
Melbourne
|
31/07/2016
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
MEL by 2
|
Round 20
|
Greater Western Sydney
|
06/08/2016
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
GWS by 8
|
Round 21
|
Essendon
|
14/08/2016
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
ESS by 6
|
Round 22
|
Collingwood
|
20/08/2016
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
COL by 71
|
Round 23
|
Port Adelaide
|
27/08/2016
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
POR by 23
|
2017 AFL Season
|
Round 1
|
Brisbane Lions
|
25/03/2017
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
BRI by 2
|
Round 2
|
Greater Western Sydney
|
01/04/2017
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
GWS by 102
|
Round 3
|
Hawthorn
|
09/04/2017
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 86
|
Round 4
|
Carlton
|
15/04/2017
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 26
|
Round 7
|
Geelong
|
06/05/2017
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 25
|
Round 8
|
Port Adelaide
|
14/05/2017
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
POR by 72
|
Round 10
|
Melbourne
|
27/05/2017
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
MEL by 35
|
Round 11
|
West Coast
|
03/06/2017
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 3
|
Round 12
|
Hawthorn
|
10/06/2017
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 16
|
Round 13
|
Carlton
|
17/06/2017
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
CAR by 10
|
Round 14
|
St Kilda
|
25/06/2017
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
STK by 31
|
Round 15
|
North Melbourne
|
01/07/2017
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 19
|
Round 16
|
Sydney
|
08/07/2017
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
SYD by 67
|
Round 17
|
Collingwood
|
15/07/2017
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
COL by 15
|
Round 20
|
Fremantle
|
05/08/2017
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
FRE by 23
|
2018 AFL Season
|
Round 1
|
North Melbourne
|
24/03/2018
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 16
|
Round 2
|
Carlton
|
31/03/2018
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 34
|
Round 3
|
Fremantle
|
07/04/2018
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
FRE by 28
|
Round 4
|
West Coast
|
14/04/2018
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
WCE by 80
|
Round 5
|
Brisbane Lions
|
22/04/2018
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 5
|
Round 6
|
Adelaide
|
28/04/2018
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
ADE by 48
|
Round 7
|
Western Bulldogs
|
05/05/2018
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BUL by 9
|
Round 11
|
Geelong
|
02/06/2018
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
GEE by 85
|
Round 20
|
Melbourne
|
05/08/2018
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
MEL by 96
|
2019 AFL Season
|
Round 1
|
St Kilda
|
24/03/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
STK by 1
|
Round 2
|
Fremantle
|
31/03/2019
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 3
|
Round 3
|
Western Bulldogs
|
07/04/2019
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 5
|
Round 4
|
Carlton
|
14/04/2019
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 2
|
Round 5
|
Adelaide
|
21/04/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
ADE by 73
|
Round 6
|
Brisbane Lions
|
27/04/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
BRI by 49
|
Round 7
|
West Coast
|
04/05/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
WCE by 23
|
Round 8
|
Melbourne
|
11/05/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
MEL by 1
|
Round 9
|
Port Adelaide
|
19/05/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
POR by 38
|
Round 10
|
Geelong
|
25/05/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
GEE by 27
|
Round 11
|
Greater Western Sydney
|
01/06/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
GWS by 83
|
Round 12
|
North Melbourne
|
08/06/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
NOR by 27
|
Round 13
|
St Kilda
|
15/06/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
STK by 4
|
Round 15
|
Sydney
|
29/06/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
SYD by 42
|
Round 16
|
Richmond
|
06/07/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
RIC by 92
|
Round 17
|
Adelaide
|
13/07/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
ADE by 95
|
Round 18
|
Carlton
|
20/07/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
CAR by 24
|
Round 19
|
Essendon
|
28/07/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
ESS by 10
|
Round 20
|
Collingwood
|
04/08/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
COL by 69
|
Round 21
|
Brisbane Lions
|
10/08/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BRI by 91
|
Round 22
|
Hawthorn
|
18/08/2019
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
HAW by 70
|
Round 23
|
Greater Western Sydney
|
24/08/2019
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
GWS by 72
|
2020 AFL Season
|
Round 1
|
Port Adelaide
|
21/03/2020
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
POR by 47
|
Round 3
|
Adelaide
|
21/06/2020
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 53
|
Round 4
|
Fremantle
|
27/06/2020
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 13
|
Round 5
|
Geelong
|
04/07/2020
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
GEE by 37
|
Round 6
|
Melbourne
|
11/07/2020
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
MEL by 17
|
Round 7
|
Sydney
|
18/07/2020
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 32
|
Round 8
|
Western Bulldogs
|
23/07/2020
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
BUL by 5
|
Round 9
|
Greater Western Sydney
|
02/08/2020
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
GWS by 26
|
Round 10
|
St Kilda
|
06/08/2020
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
STK by 4
|
Round 11
|
Essendon
|
12/08/2020
|
HOME
|
DRAW
|
drawn
|
Round 13
|
Carlton
|
21/08/2020
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
CAR by 33
|
Round 14
|
North Melbourne
|
30/08/2020
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 63
|
Round 16
|
Brisbane Lions
|
09/09/2020
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BRI by 45
|
Round 17
|
Collingwood
|
14/09/2020
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
COL by 22
|
Round 18
|
Hawthorn
|
20/09/2020
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
HAW by 51
|
2021 AFL Season
|
Round 1
|
West Coast
|
21/03/2021
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
WCE by 25
|
Round 2
|
North Melbourne
|
27/03/2021
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 59
|
Round 3
|
Adelaide
|
02/04/2021
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
ADE by 10
|
Round 15
|
North Melbourne
|
26/06/2021
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
NOR by 9
|
2022 AFL Season
|
Round 1
|
West Coast
|
20/03/2022
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 27
|
Round 2
|
Melbourne
|
26/03/2022
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
MEL by 13
|
Round 3
|
Greater Western Sydney
|
02/04/2022
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
GWS by 26
|
Round 4
|
Carlton
|
10/04/2022
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 30
|
Round 5
|
St Kilda
|
16/04/2022
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
STK by 26
|
Round 6
|
Brisbane Lions
|
24/04/2022
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
BRI by 52
|
Round 7
|
Collingwood
|
01/05/2022
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
COL by 25
|
Round 8
|
Sydney
|
07/05/2022
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 14
|
Round 9
|
Fremantle
|
15/05/2022
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 36
|
Round 10
|
Western Bulldogs
|
21/05/2022
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BUL by 19
|
Round 11
|
Hawthorn
|
28/05/2022
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 67
|
Round 12
|
North Melbourne
|
04/06/2022
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 62
|
Round 14
|
Adelaide
|
19/06/2022
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 43
|
Round 15
|
Port Adelaide
|
26/06/2022
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
POR by 2
|
Round 16
|
Collingwood
|
02/07/2022
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
COL by 5
|
Round 17
|
Richmond
|
09/07/2022
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 2
|
Round 18
|
Essendon
|
17/07/2022
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
ESS by 48
|
Round 19
|
Brisbane Lions
|
23/07/2022
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
BRI by 17
|
Round 20
|
West Coast
|
31/07/2022
|
HOME
|
WIN
|
GCS by 3
|
Round 21
|
Hawthorn
|
06/08/2022
|
AWAY
|
LOSS
|
HAW by 7
|
Round 22
|
Geelong
|
13/08/2022
|
HOME
|
LOSS
|
GEE by 60
|
Round 23
|
North Melbourne
|
20/08/2022
|
AWAY
|
WIN
|
GCS by 67
|