2025 AFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of Melbourne for the 2025 AFL season. The team finished the regular season in fourteenth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
2025 AFL Season
Team:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
14th (W-D-L: 7-0-16, P%: 93.3)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Team Leaders
Captain:
Max Gawn
Vice-Captain:
Jack Viney
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Jed | #26 | 1 | 0 | R23 |
| Billings, Jack | #14 | 1 | 0 | R04 |
| Bowey, Jake | #17 | 23 | 2 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Chandler, Kade | #37 | 23 | 18 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Culley, Jai | #46 | 4 | 3 | R22-25 |
| Fritsch, Bayley | #31 | 22 | 36 | R02-06, R08-15, R17-25 |
| Fullarton, Tom | #33 | 2 | 0 | R07-08 |
| Gawn, Max | #11 | 23 | 6 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Henderson, Jack | #43 | 5 | 2 | R02-06 |
| Howes, Blake | #22 | 12 | 1 | R02-04, R07, R14-15, R17, R21-25 |
| Jefferson, Matthew | #21 | 7 | 4 | R02-03, R10, R17-20 |
| Johnson, Aidan | #42 | 5 | 3 | R02, R04, R11-13 |
| Langdon, Ed | #15 | 23 | 8 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Langford, Harvey | #19 | 22 | 14 | R02, R04-15, R17-25 |
| Laurie, Bailey | #16 | 1 | 0 | R13 |
| Lever, Jake | #8 | 8 | 0 | R02-03, R12-15, R18-19 |
| Lindsay, Xavier | #20 | 18 | 2 | R02-04, R06-15, R17-21 |
| May, Steven | #1 | 16 | 0 | R04-06, R08-15, R17-18, R20, R24-25 |
| McDonald, Tom | #25 | 17 | 1 | R02-11, R19-25 |
| McVee, Judd | #4 | 17 | 0 | R08-15, R17-25 |
| Melksham, Jake | #18 | 19 | 33 | R04-07, R09, R11-15, R17-25 |
| Oliver, Clayton | #13 | 22 | 4 | R02-08, R10-15, R17-25 |
| Petracca, Christian | #5 | 23 | 18 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Petty, Harry | #35 | 19 | 20 | R02-09, R11-15, R17, R21-25 |
| Pickett, Kysaiah | #36 | 20 | 40 | R05-15, R17-25 |
| Rivers, Trent | #24 | 23 | 4 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Salem, Christian | #3 | 23 | 1 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Sharp, Harry | #30 | 18 | 8 | R02-13, R17-18, R20, R22, R24-25 |
| Spargo, Charlie | #9 | 10 | 1 | R03, R05-12, R21 |
| Sparrow, Tom | #32 | 22 | 10 | R02-15, R17-19, R21-25 |
| Tholstrup, Koltyn | #12 | 9 | 3 | R07-10, R14, R17-20 |
| Turner, Daniel | #10 | 19 | 7 | R03, R05, R07, R09-15, R17-25 |
| van Rooyen, Jacob | #2 | 16 | 16 | R02-06, R10, R14-15, R18-25 |
| Viney, Jack | #7 | 18 | 4 | R02-09, R15, R17-25 |
| Windsor, Caleb | #6 | 17 | 2 | R02, R05-15, R19-23 |
| Woewodin, Taj | #40 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin, Simon | 20 | 7 | -0- | 13 | R02-15, R17-22 |
| Chaplin, Troy | 3 | 0 | -0- | 3 | R23-25 |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Jake Bowey | Steven May | Christian Salem |
| Half-Back: | Judd McVee | Tom McDonald | Daniel Turner |
| Centre: | Xavier Lindsay | Christian Petracca | Ed Langdon |
| Half-Forward: | Bayley Fritsch | Harry Petty | Kade Chandler |
| Forward: | Jake Melksham | Jacob van Rooyen | Kysaiah Pickett |
| Follower: | Max Gawn | Clayton Oliver | Jack Viney |
| Interchange: | Harvey Langford | Trent Rivers | Harry Sharp |
| Tom Sparrow |
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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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | BYE | ||||||
| 16/03/2025 | Round 2 | Greater Western Sydney | HOME | LOSS | GWSY by 3 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 23/03/2025 | Round 3 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 59 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 29/03/2025 | Round 4 | Gold Coast | HOME | LOSS | GCST by 58 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 04/04/2025 | Round 5 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 39 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 12/04/2025 | Round 6 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 39 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 19/04/2025 | Round 7 | Fremantle | HOME | WIN | MELB by 10 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 24/04/2025 | Round 8 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | MELB by 20 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 03/05/2025 | Round 9 | West Coast | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 32 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 10/05/2025 | Round 10 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 35 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 18/05/2025 | Round 11 | Brisbane Lions | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 11 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 25/05/2025 | Round 12 | Sydney | HOME | WIN | MELB by 53 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 01/06/2025 | Round 13 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 28 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 09/06/2025 | Round 14 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 1 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 15/06/2025 | Round 15 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 25 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| Round 16 | BYE | ||||||
| 28/06/2025 | Round 17 | Gold Coast | AWAY | LOSS | GCST by 19 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 06/07/2025 | Round 18 | Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | ADEL by 13 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 13/07/2025 | Round 19 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | MELB by 36 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 19/07/2025 | Round 20 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 8 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 27/07/2025 | Round 21 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 6 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 02/08/2025 | Round 22 | West Coast | HOME | WIN | MELB by 83 | Simon Goodwin | Max Gawn |
| 10/08/2025 | Round 23 | Western Bulldogs | HOME | LOSS | WBUL by 6 | Troy Chaplin | Max Gawn |
| 16/08/2025 | Round 24 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 36 | Troy Chaplin | Max Gawn |
| 22/08/2025 | Round 25 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 6 | Troy Chaplin | Max Gawn |
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.