2009 season
President	Ray Horsburgh
Coach	Matthew Knights
Captain	Matthew Lloyd
Home ground	Etihad Stadium
Pre-season competition	Semi final
AFL season	8th
Finals series	Elimination final
Best and Fairest	Jobe Watson
Leading goalkicker	Matthew Lloyd (35)
Highest home attendance	84,829 vs.Collingwood (25 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance	27,461 vs.Fremantle (5 April 2009)
Average home attendance	50,707
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Round	Date	Kick off (Local)	Opponent	Venue	Result F – A	Goal kickers	Attendance
First Round	13 February 2009	20:40	Western Bulldogs	Telstra Dome (A)	1.8.13(70) – 1.8.12(69)	Atkinson (9pts),Jetta (2),Neagle (2),Skipworth (2),Houli,Gumbleton	35,123
Quarter-finals	27 February 2009	19:40	Brisbane Lions	Telstra Dome (H)	0.9.13(67) – 1.7.14(65)	Lovett (2),Neagle,Hocking,Monfries,Skipworth,Jetta,Myers,Hille	12,260
Semi-finals	6 March 2009	19:40	Collingwood	Etihad Stadium (A)	3.6.10(73) – 1.17.5(116)	Dyson (9pts, 6pts),Ryder (9pts),Lloyd (9pts),Williams,Hille,Lucas,Dempsey,Bellchambers	26,154

Round	Date	Kick off (Local)	Opponent	Venue	Result F – A	Goal kickers	Attendance
1	29 March 2009	14:40	Port Adelaide	AAMI Stadium (A)	9.12(66) – 15.17(107)	Stanton (2),Lovett,McPhee,Neagle,Monfries,Skipworth,Dempsey,Lucas	28,315
2	5 April 2009	13:10	Fremantle	Etihad Stadium (H)	16.13(109) – 10.11(71)	McPhee (3),Ryder (2),Winderlich (2),Lucas,Davey,Hocking,Lovett,Hille,Pears,Slattery,Dempsey,Skipworth	27,461
3	11 April 2009	19:10	Carlton	MCG (A)	17.14(116) – 16.16(112)	Lloyd (5),Dempsey (2),Lucas (2),Davey (2),Stanton (2),Watson,Skipworth,Ryder,Monfries	70,411
4	19 April 2009	13:10	North Melbourne	Etihad Stadium (A)	7.15(57) – 10.9(69)	Lloyd (3),Lovett,McPhee,Winderlich,Stanton	33,842
5	25 April 2009	14:20	Collingwood	MCG (H)	13.15(93) – 12.16(88)	Lovett (2),Dyson (2),Winderlich,Lonergan,McPhee,Monfries,Stanton,Davey,Ryder,Jetta,Zaharakis	84,829
6	2 May 2009	19:10	Brisbane Lions	The Gabba (A)	9.14(68) – 17.9(111)	Winderlich (2),Lloyd (2),Hocking,Lovett,Lovett-Murray,Zaharakis,Lonergan	29,252
7	8 May 2009	19:40	Hawthorn	Etihad Stadium (H)	17.14(116) – 10.12(72)	Lloyd (3),Lovett-Murray (3),Monfries (2),Neagle (2),Zaharakis,Lonergan,Hocking,Stanton,Bellchambers,Lovett	50,475
8	17 May 2009	16:40	St Kilda	Etihad Stadium (A)	10.11(71) – 13.12(90)	Lloyd (3),Neagle (3),Winderlich,Myers,Dempsey,Slattery	45,594
9	23 May 2009	19:10	Richmond	MCG (A)	19.11(125) – 12.13(85)	Lloyd (4),Davey (3),Zaharakis (3),Winderlich (2),Watson (2),Lovett (2),Hocking,Monfries,Lonergan	73,625
10	31 May 2009	14:10	Geelong	Etihad Stadium (H)	11.4(70) – 20.14(134)	Neagle (3),Hocking (2),Dyson,McVeigh,Hooker,Lloyd,Stanton,Lovett	48,852
11	7 June 2009	13:10	Adelaide	Etihad Stadium (H)	18.6(114) – 21.4(130)	Lucas (4),Watson (3),Monfries (2),Skipworth (2),Ryder,Dyson,McPhee,McVeigh,Lovett,Reimers,Davey	39,451
12	19 June 2009	19:40	Melbourne	Etihad Stadium (H)	19.17(131) – 13.5(83)	Lucas (3),Lloyd (3),Davey (2),Lonergan (2),Skipworth (2),Monfries (2),Watson,Hooker,Winderlich	45,740
13	26 June 2009	19:40	Carlton	MCG (H)	21.10(136) – 9.13(67)		83,407
14	3 July 2009	19:40	Collingwood	MCG (A)	9.13(67) – 15.12(102)		77,699
15	11 July 2009	14:10	Sydney	SCG (A)	15.17(107) – 10.12(72)		30,924
16	17 July 2009	19:40	Western Bulldogs	Etihad Stadium (H)	11.4(70) – 15.13(103)		47,120
17	26 July 2009	14:10	Richmond	MCG (H)	14.12(96) – 15.11(101)		47,412
18	2 August 2009	14:40	West Coast Eagles	Subiaco Oval (A)	10.8(68) – 14.11(95)		35,765
19	8 August 2009	19:10	Brisbane Lions	MCG (H)	13.9(87) – 12.15(87)		41,636
20	16 August 2009	16:40	St Kilda	Etihad Stadium (H)	16.14(110) – 16.12(108)		41,410
21	23 August 2009	14:40	Fremantle	Subiaco Oval (A)	13.9(87) – 21.15(141)		32,413
22	29 August 2009	14:10	Hawthorn	MCG (A)	16.20(116) – 14.15(99)		77,278

v t e Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours Crichton Medal AFLW best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach:Brad Scott AFL captain:Zach Merrett AFLW coach:Natalie Wood AFLW co-captains:Steph Cain &Bonnie Toogood
VFL/AFL home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–1991) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–) Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFA premierships (4)	1891 1892 1893 1894
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Runner-up (14)	1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001
VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (146) (club articles inbold)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 *2025*
AFLW home grounds	North Port Oval (2022 (S7)) Windy Hill (2023–)
AFLW seasons (3)	2022 (S7) 2023 2024
Related articles	Anzac Day match Archer–Hird Medal Carlton rivalry Dreamtime at the 'G The Hangar Line in the Sand Match Round 16, 2001 comeback against North Melbourne Supplements saga West Melbourne Football Club
Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due toWorld War I (indicated in grey)

v t e 2009 AFL season
Events	NAB Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final National Draft
Awards	AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Army Award Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Debuts Retirements and delistings Trades

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