2025 AFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results of Essendon for the 2025 AFL season. The team finished the regular season in fifteenth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
2025 AFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Marvel Stadium
Team Results
Ladder Position:
15th (W-D-L: 6-0-17, P%: 69.5)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Team Leaders
Captain:
Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain:
Andrew McGrath
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakiston, Lachlan | #46 | 11 | 1 | R01, R15-16, R18-25 |
| Bryan, Nick | #24 | 4 | 0 | R02-04, R06 |
| Caddy, Nate | #30 | 17 | 20 | R02-04, R06-16, R18-19, R21 |
| Caldwell, Jye | #6 | 11 | 5 | R02-04, R10-16, R18 |
| Clarke, Angus | #36 | 14 | 5 | R01, R12-16, R18-25 |
| Day-Wicks, Archer | #44 | 5 | 1 | R10-11, R13-15 |
| Draper, Sam | #2 | 5 | 7 | R02-04, R06-07 |
| Durham, Sam | #22 | 20 | 8 | R01-04, R06-14, R18-24 |
| Duursma, Xavier | #28 | 22 | 10 | R01-04, R06-16, R18-20, R22-25 |
| Edwards, Thomas | #45 | 2 | 3 | R03-04 |
| El-Hawli, Saad | #41 | 9 | 1 | R01, R04, R06-07, R10-11, R21, R24-25 |
| Goldstein, Todd | #17 | 16 | 1 | R01, R08-15, R18-19, R21-25 |
| Gresham, Jade | #11 | 19 | 10 | R02-04, R06-09, R12-16, R18, R20-25 |
| Guelfi, Matt | #35 | 12 | 9 | R01, R12-16, R20-25 |
| Hayes, Lewis | #18 | 1 | 0 | R10 |
| Hobbs, Ben | #8 | 18 | 5 | R02-04, R06-14, R16, R18-19, R22-24 |
| Johnson, Zak | #40 | 9 | 0 | R13-16, R18-21, R25 |
| Jones, Harry | #23 | 7 | 2 | R02-04, R06-09 |
| Kako, Isaac | #10 | 23 | 15 | R01-04, R06-16, R18-25 |
| Langford, Kyle | #4 | 9 | 8 | R01-02, R08-12, R24-25 |
| Laverde, Jayden | #15 | 14 | 0 | R01, R11-16, R18-24 |
| Lual, Luamon | #34 | 12 | 4 | R01, R14-16, R18-25 |
| Martin, Nic | #37 | 16 | 11 | R02-04, R06-16, R18-19 |
| May, Archie | #26 | 7 | 7 | R15-16, R18-20, R22-23 |
| McGrath, Andrew | #1 | 23 | 1 | R01-04, R06-16, R18-25 |
| McKay, Ben | #32 | 10 | 0 | R02-04, R06-12 |
| McMahon, Liam | #48 | 7 | 12 | R01, R20-25 |
| Menzie, Jye | #29 | 10 | 9 | R01, R03-04, R06-09, R23-25 |
| Merrett, Zach | #7 | 22 | 9 | R01-04, R06-16, R18-23, R25 |
| Nguyen, Jayden | #42 | 5 | 0 | R01, R22-25 |
| Parish, Darcy | #3 | 3 | 0 | R14-16 |
| Perkins, Archie | #16 | 21 | 17 | R01-03, R06-16, R18, R20-25 |
| Prior, Jaxon | #25 | 23 | 0 | R01-04, R06-16, R18-25 |
| Redman, Mason | #27 | 19 | 4 | R01-04, R06-13, R19-25 |
| Reid, Zach | #31 | 10 | 0 | R02-04, R06-12 |
| Ridley, Jordan | #14 | 10 | 0 | R02, R04, R06-09, R18-21 |
| Roberts, Archie | #21 | 23 | 2 | R01-04, R06-16, R18-25 |
| Setterfield, Will | #12 | 13 | 1 | R06-16, R18-19 |
| Shiel, Dylan | #9 | 14 | 2 | R01-04, R06-08, R10-11, R20-23, R25 |
| Smartt, Oskar | #47 | 4 | 0 | R19-22 |
| Tsatas, Elijah | #5 | 5 | 1 | R02-03, R09, R13, R19 |
| Unwin, Rhys | #38 | 3 | 1 | R01, R24-25 |
| Visentini, Vigo | #39 | 2 | 0 | R16, R20 |
| Wright, Peter | #20 | 19 | 28 | R01, R07-16, R18-25 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott, Brad | 23 | 6 | -0- | 17 | R01-04, R06-16, R18-25 |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Andrew McGrath | Jayden Laverde | Archie Roberts |
| Half-Back: | Mason Redman | Zach Reid | Jaxon Prior |
| Centre: | Xavier Duursma | Zach Merrett | Angus Clarke |
| Half-Forward: | Archie Perkins | Nate Caddy | Nic Martin |
| Forward: | Kyle Langford | Peter Wright | Isaac Kako |
| Follower: | Todd Goldstein | Jye Caldwell | Sam Durham |
| Interchange: | Jade Gresham | Ben Hobbs | Will Setterfield |
| Dylan Shiel |
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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 23 out of 23 matches was used.
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/08/2025 | Round 1 | Gold Coast | AWAY | LOSS | GCST by 95 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 14/03/2025 | Round 2 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 26 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 22/03/2025 | Round 3 | Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | ADEL by 61 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 27/03/2025 | Round 4 | Port Adelaide | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 12 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| Round 5 | BYE | ||||||
| 12/04/2025 | Round 6 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 39 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 18/04/2025 | Round 7 | West Coast | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 2 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 25/04/2025 | Round 8 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 41 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 01/05/2025 | Round 9 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 3 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 10/05/2025 | Round 10 | Sydney | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 8 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 17/05/2025 | Round 11 | Western Bulldogs | AWAY | LOSS | WBUL by 91 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 23/05/2025 | Round 12 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 23 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 29/05/2025 | Round 13 | Brisbane Lions | AWAY | LOSS | BRIL by 18 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 08/06/2025 | Round 14 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 8 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 14/06/2025 | Round 15 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 95 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 19/06/2025 | Round 16 | Fremantle | AWAY | LOSS | FREM by 41 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| Round 17 | BYE | ||||||
| 05/07/2025 | Round 18 | Gold Coast | HOME | LOSS | GCST by 41 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 12/07/2025 | Round 19 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 9 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 17/07/2025 | Round 20 | Greater Western Sydney | HOME | LOSS | GWSY by 48 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 25/07/2025 | Round 21 | Western Bulldogs | HOME | LOSS | WBUL by 93 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 02/08/2025 | Round 22 | Sydney | AWAY | LOSS | SYDN by 14 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 08/08/2025 | Round 23 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 44 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
| 15/08/2025 | Round 24 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 2 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 21/08/2025 | Round 25 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 34 | Brad Scott | Zach Merrett |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.