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Quick facts for kids West Coast Eagles
Names
Full name	West Coast Eagles Football Club
Nickname(s)	Eagles
2023 season
Home-and-away season	18th (AFL) 16th (AFLW) 10th (WAFL)
Leading goalkicker	AFL: Oscar Allen (53 goals) AFLW: Grace Kelly (7 goals)
Club details
Founded	20 October 1986
Colours	Royal blue, gold
Competition	'AFL: Senior men AFLW: Senior women WAFL: Reserves men
Owners	West Australian Football Commission (WAFC)
Chairman	Paul Fitzpatrick
CEO	Don Pyke
Coach	AFL: Adam Simpson AFLW:Daisy Pearce WAFL: Robert Wiley
Captain(s)	AFL: Oscar Allen and Liam Duggan AFLW: Emma Swanson WAFL: Jackson Nelson
Premierships	AFL (4) 1992 1994 2006 2018
Ground(s)	AFL: Optus Stadium (61,266) AFLW/WAFL: Mineral Resources Park (6,500)
Former ground(s)	WACA Ground (1987–2000) Subiaco Oval (1987–2017)
Training ground(s)	Mineral Resources Park
Uniforms
Home Away Clash
Other information
Official website	WestCoastEagles.com.au

The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football League. The club plays its home games at Optus Stadium and has its headquarters at Lathlain Park. The West Australian Football Commission wholly owns the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club, the AFL's other Western Australian team.

The West Coast Eagles are one of the most successful clubs in the AFL era (1990 onwards). They have won the equal second most premierships (four, along with Geelong and second to Hawthorn) of any club in that time and were the first non-Victorian team to compete in and win an AFL Grand Final, achieving the latter feat in 1992. The Eagles have since won premierships in 1994, 2006 and 2018. They are one of the most profitable and influential clubs in the league, and as of 2021 have more members than any other club with over 106,000.

West Coast also fields a women's team in the AFLW competition and a reserves team in the WAFL.

History

West Coast Eagles seasons
Year	No.	P	W	D	L	%
1987	08 8th	22	11	0	11	97.87
1988	04 4th	23	13	0	10	111.85
1989	11 11th	22	7	0	15	86.69
1990	03 3rd	26	17	1	8	118.44
1991	01 1st	26	21	0	5	162.21
1992	04 4th	25	18	1	6	125.91
1993	06 6th	22	13	0	9	115.81
1994	01 1st	25	19	0	6	132.19
1995	05 5th	24	14	0	10	122.87
1996	04 4th	24	16	0	8	125.20
1997	05 5th	24	13	0	11	111.24
1998	07 7th	23	12	0	11	109.42
1999	05 5th	24	13	0	11	106.76
2000	13 13th	22	7	1	14	92.37
2001	14 14th	22	5	0	17	65.95
2002	08 8th	23	11	0	12	97.96
2003	07 7th	23	12	2	9	117.36
2004	07 7th	23	13	0	10	103.76
2005	02 2nd	25	19	0	6	123.96
2006	01 1st	26	20	0	6	120.44
2007	03 3rd	24	15	0	9	111.73
2008	15 15th	22	4	0	18	65.88
2009	11 11th	22	8	0	14	93.30
2010	16 16th	22	4	0	18	77.09
2011	04 4th	25	18	0	7	130.32
2012	05 5th	24	16	0	8	124.18
2013	13 13th	22	9	0	13	95.28
2014	09 9th	22	11	0	11	116.86
2015	02 2nd	25	18	1	6	148.20
2016	06 6th	23	16	0	7	130.00
2017	08 8th	24	13	0	11	105.71
2018	02 2nd	25	19	0	6	121.40
2019	05 5th	24	16	0	8	112.5
2020	5th	18	12	0	6	117.04
2021	9th	22	10	0	12	93.2
2022	17th	22	2	0	20	59.8
2023	18th	23	3	0	20	53.0

1986–1989: Formation and first years

The West Coast Eagles were selected in 1986 as one of two expansion teams to enter the Victorian Football League (VFL) the following season, along with the Brisbane Bears. Ron Alexander was appointed as the team's inaugural coach in September 1986, with the inaugural squad, comprising a majority of players from the West Australian Football League (WAFL), unveiled in late October. The Eagles benefitted from a strong WAFL competition and very loose transfer restrictions relative to later expansion teams, with early success seen as a key factor to promoting the new national competition. Ross Glendinning, recruited from North Melbourne, was made the club's first captain as one of the few players with previous VFL experience. The team's first senior match in the VFL was played against Richmond at Subiaco Oval in late March 1987, with West Coast defeating Richmond by 14 points. Having won eleven games and lost eleven games for the season, the club finished eighth out of fourteen teams. At the end of the season, John Todd, the coach of Swan Districts in the WAFL, replaced Alexander as West Coast's coach. The club made the finals for the first time in 1988, but lost form the following season, winning only seven games to finish 11th on the ladder.

1990–1999: Malthouse era and dual premierships

Todd was sacked at the end of the 1989 season, and was replaced by Mick Malthouse, who had previously coached Footscray. With the competition having rebranded itself as the Australian Football League (AFL) at the start of the 1990 season, West Coast finished third on the ladder at the conclusion of the home-and-away season, and progressed to the preliminary final before losing to Essendon, having been forced to play four consecutive finals in Melbourne.

John Worsfold replaced Steve Malaxos as captain for the 1991 season, and the club finished the season as minor premiers for the first time, losing only three games. In the finals series, West Coast progressed to the grand final, but were defeated by Hawthorn by 53 points. Peter Sumich kicked 111 goals during the season, becoming the first West Coast player to reach a century of goals, as well as the first-ever left-footer. In 1992, West Coast finished fourth on the ladder, but again progressed to the grand final, defeating Geelong by 28 points to become the first team based outside Victoria to win a premiership. Having slipped to third in 1993, the club finished as minor premiers the following season, and went on to again defeat Geelong in the grand final to win its second premiership in three years. In 1995, a second AFL team based in Western Australia, the Fremantle Football Club, with the two clubs' subsequent rivalry branded as the "Western Derby". West Coast made the finals in every year that remained in the 1990s, but failed to reach another grand final, with a fourth-place finish in 1996 their best result. Worsfold retired at the end of the 1998 season, and was replaced by his vice-captain, Guy McKenna, who served as captain until his retirement two seasons later.

2000–2005: Struggles, rebuild and Worsfold era

Malthouse left West Coast at the end of the 1999 season to take up the senior coaching position with Collingwood, and was replaced by Ken Judge, who had been coach of Hawthorn. The 2000 and 2001 seasons were marked by a rapid decrease in form after the loss of several key senior players, culminating in a 14th-place in 2001, at the time the worst in the club's history. Round eighteen of the 2000 season marked the club's final match at the WACA Ground, which had been used concurrently with Subiaco Oval since the club's inception. Judge was sacked on 5 September 2001, just days after a 112-point loss to Port Adelaide, their 10th loss in 2001 by over 60 points. He was replaced by the club's former captain John Worsfold, who had been serving as assistant coach at Carlton.

The club made the finals in 2002, 2003, and 2004, but each time failed to progress past the elimination final. Ben Cousins was made sole captain of the club in 2002, having shared the role with Dean Kemp the previous season. During this time, the team was boosted by a number of high picks in the AFL draft gained as a result of the previous poor finishes. Chris Judd, who had been taken with pick three in the 2001 National draft, won the Brownlow Medal as the best player in the competition in 2004, becoming the first West Coast player to win the award. In 2005, the Eagles won 15 of their first 16 games, and were 20 points clear on top of the ladder at stages, but they eventually slipped to second behind Adelaide. They progressed to the grand final against Sydney, where they were defeated by four points. Chris Judd received the Norm Smith Medal.

For the second consecutive year, the Brownlow Medal was won by an Eagles player, with Ben Cousins and Daniel Kerr finishing first and second, respectively.

2006–2010: Third premiership, controversies and final misses

West Coast finished as minor premiers for a third time in 2006, with seventeen wins from 22 games. In the 2006 finals series, the club lost the qualifying final to Sydney by one point, but after defeating the Western Bulldogs and the Adelaide Crows in the semi- and preliminary final, respectively, again progressed to the grand final, where the Eagles defeated Sydney by a point in an exact reversal of the score in the qualifying final. The two grand finals in 2005 and 2006 were part of a series of close games between the two clubs that resulted in a total difference of thirteen points across six games, an AFL record.

The club finished third during the regular 2007 season, but after a series of late-season injuries lost both its games during the final series. During the past few seasons, the club had been impacted by a series of highly publicised off-field controversies. Michael Gardiner was traded, and Ben Cousins resigned the captaincy of the club prior to the 2006 season after being charged with evading a police breath test, with Chris Judd taking over as captain. Cousins was sacked at the end of the 2007 season, while Judd requested to be traded back to Victoria, and was traded to Carlton in exchange for a key forward, Josh Kennedy, and several draft picks. Darren Glass, the club's full-back since the retirement of Ashley McIntosh in 2003, was then appointed captain. These controversies were followed by a series of poor seasons on-field, culminating in the club's first wooden spoon, after winning only four games in 2010. The three-year period between 2008 and 2010 was the longest time in the club's history without a finals appearance.

2011–2013: Breakthrough years

Despite predictions of another bottom-four finish in 2011, West Coast won 16 games to finish in the top four, becoming the first team since the Brisbane Lions in 1998 and 1999 to reach a preliminary final after finishing last the previous season.

West Coast's strong form continued into 2012, losing the 2012 NAB Cup grand final to Adelaide and spending the early part of the season on top of the table. They eventually finished fifth and bowed out in the semi-finals to Collingwood. The Eagles went into 2013 as premiership favourites, although injuries and poor form saw the club finish in thirteenth position on the ladder, with the club losing its final three games by an average of 71 points. Coach John Worsfold resigned on 5 September 2013.

2014–present: Simpson era, fourth premiership and downfall

Former North Melbourne player Adam Simpson was announced as the team's new coach for the 2014 season. Darren Glass was initially renamed as captain, but retired from football after round 12. He was replaced by five acting co-captains for the remainder of the season – Shannon Hurn, Josh Kennedy, Eric Mackenzie, Matt Priddis, and Scott Selwood. West Coast had a strong preseason and won their opening three matches, although they eventually finished in ninth position. During the season the club were labelled as "flat track bullies" due to beating lower placed teams by large margins, yet failing to defeat teams above them on the ladder. Midfielder Matt Priddis became the third Eagles player to win a Brownlow medal, winning the 2014 medal at the end of the season.

On 7 December 2014, Shannon Hurn was appointed as sole captain for 2015 and beyond. At the start of the 2015 season, West Coast lost two of their opening three games and suffered injuries to key players. Despite this, they went on to lose only three more games for the rest of the home and away season, finishing behind local rivals Fremantle in second position. The Eagles went on to defeat Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the qualifying and preliminary finals by 32 and 25 points respectively to qualify for the 2015 Grand Final, their first since 2006, only to lose to Hawthorn by 46 points. The following season ended up being a disappointment, with the team failing to produce another top 4 finish in spite of a late form reversal. In their elimination final, the heavily favoured Eagles were defeated at home by the Western Bulldogs, who went on to claim the 2016 premiership.

In 2017, West Coast finished in eighth position on the table. A thrilling finish against Adelaide in the last game at Subiaco was enough to put them into their third consecutive finals series under Simpson. Their percentage of 105.7% edged out Melbourne, who finished with the same number of wins and an almost identical percentage of 105.2%. Remarkably, their elimination final away against Port Adelaide ended up a tie after regulation time and was sent to extra time. The Eagles controversially won after the siren courtesy of a Luke Shuey goal. The following week they were soundly defeated away by Greater Western Sydney, in front of the lowest finals crowd in over 100 years.

Few predicted West Coast would contend in season 2018, with most having them outside the 8. After losing the inaugural game at the new Optus Stadium against the Sydney Swans, West Coast went on to win 10 in a row to surge to top of the ladder, including defeating Hawthorn at Etihad and Richmond, the eventual minor premiers. However, injuries to star forwards Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling saw them struggle, losing 3 games in a row including to Sydney for a second this time at the SCG. Despite injuries, they managed to rebound and stabilise. The Eagles' form at the MCG had long been criticised, and round 17 against an in-form Collingwood who had won 7 of the previous matches was seen as a stern test. The match was fairly close throughout, until the Eagles got on top in the last ten minutes of the third quarter to win by a commanding 35 points. The victory was bittersweet, however, as the All-Australian ruckman Nic Naitanui went down with an ACL for the second time after his 2016 injury, putting him out for the rest of the season. In round 20 star midfielder Andrew Gaff was suspended for 8 weeks for a hit on Fremantle player Andrew Brayshaw. Following this many dismissed the Eagles, believing they were unable to win the flag. The following week there was a bright spot in a dark period, as Jeremy McGovern kicked a goal after the siren at Adelaide Oval to pinch the game from Port Adelaide, in similar circumstances to West Coast's win over Port in the 2017 elimination final.

The Eagles finished the 2018 home and away season second on the ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses – their best result since 2006 – earning the right to host the second qualifying final against third-placed Collingwood at Optus Stadium. Collingwood led for most of the close, hard-fought match, before the Eagles again pulled away in the last quarter to win by 16 points.

In the 2018 second preliminary final, the Eagles faced the fifth-placed Melbourne Demons, a team whose impressive end-of-season form had begun with a victory over the Eagles at Optus Stadium in round 22. What was touted as a close-fought match instead became a blowout. West Coast led 10.9.69 to 0.6.6 at half time, Melbourne becoming the first team since 1927 to fail to score a goal in a half of finals football. West Coast eventually won by 66 points, 121 to 55.

In the 2018 grand final, West Coast again played Collingwood, who had upset Richmond in the first preliminary final the week prior. In a match dubbed an all-time classic, Collingwood led by as much as 29 points in the first quarter, but the resilient Eagles managed to claw their way back into the contest, and with just over 2 minutes left, a brilliant play set up by a Jeremy McGovern intercept mark and a further sensational mark by first year player Liam Ryan saw Dom Sheed score a goal from a tight angle to put the Eagles 4 points in front. The Eagles went on to win 79 to 74, claiming their fourth premiership in front of 100,022 at the MCG. Luke Shuey won the Norm Smith Medal.

The Eagles started their 2019 premiership defence in indifferent fashion, suffering three heavy defeats in the first six weeks of the 2019 season. The reigning premiers recovered magnificently, winning 12 of their next fourteen matches, but missed out on a spot in the top four after an upset 38-point loss to Hawthorn in round 23. The Eagles finished fifth on the AFL ladder with a 15–7 win-loss record. They thrashed Essendon by 55 points in the first elimination final but their premiership defence was brought to a premature end the following week, losing to minor premiers Geelong by 20 points in the first semi-final.

The 2020 season began with a lacklustre win over Melbourne in Round 1 in March, after which followed a hiatus due to the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 virus. Games resumed in June, with West Coast playing their games in a Queensland hub environment, going 0–3 in June to begin Round 5 in 16th place. From there, West Coast recovered to sit in 5th place with a record of 12–5 at the end of Round 18. Despite being undefeated at their Perth home ground during the regular season, the Eagles bowed out in the first week of the finals after an upset one-point defeat to Collingwood in the first elimination final at Optus Stadium.

The 2021 season would prove to be the end of a successful era for the Eagles. West Coast struggled to find their best form throughout the year and would ultimately miss the finals for the first time since 2014, finishing ninth on the ladder with 10 wins and 12 losses. With crosstown rival Fremantle finishing 11th, it was the first season since 2009 that neither Western Australian team would feature in the finals series.

COVID and an extensive injury list saw many key players sidelined and West Coast's performance decline rapidly over the next two years. The 2022 season saw the Eagles finish 17th on the ladder with 2 wins and 20 losses, avoiding the wooden spoon by percentage. The 2023 season would be West Coast's worst season in history, losing five games by more than 100 points on the way to an 18th-placed finish with 3 wins and 20 losses, thus claiming the second wooden spoon in the club's history.

Finance and ownership

The West Coast Eagles have been owned in full by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) since 1989. The club was originally owned and operated by Indian Pacific Limited, a publicly listed company that was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange in 1990 after 75% of the shares were bought out by the WAFC. The last minority shareholders were bought out in 2000. During the 2010s West Coast paid approximately $3 million in rent to the WAFC for the use of Subiaco Oval, and 50–70% of overall profits. In 2001, a South African investment company, Southern African Investments Ltd. (SAIL), had proposed a AUD$25-million deal for a 49-percent stake in the club, with the bid being rejected in 2003. In 2011, it was reported that the AFL had lobbied to take over the ownership of both the Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club from the WAFC.

West Coast is currently one of the most financially successful clubs in the AFL, both in terms of revenue and profit. In May 2011, the club's total revenue for the previous season was reported as $45.6 million, equal first with Collingwood in the AFL. The club's football department spending over the 2011 season was reported as $18.6 million, second to Collingwood.

In the AFL annual report of 2017 the West Coast Eagles were fifth in terms of revenue across the Australian Football League ($64,013,222), however, all other clubs with higher revenue receive monies from poker machines.

In 2018, the West Coast Eagles were the highest earning club in terms of revenue, reporting an income of $82,265,015. They also had total assets of $106,229,217 and reported a profit of $7,621,284. These figures were all league records and further established West Coast's status as the biggest club in the AFL. They do not earn any poker machine income, which is attributable for significant portions of their rivals' income. They signed a new sponsorship deal with online mortgage broker Lendi, as well as naming agreements to its training facility with Mineral Resources. The major sponsors for the 2021 season are Hungry Jack's, Lendi and Audi.

Membership and attendance

Number-one ticket-holders
Years	Name	Occupation
1993–1994	Denis McInerney	Car dealer
1995–1996	Ernie Dingo	Television personality
1997–1998	Geoff Christian	Sports journalist
1999–2000	Ray Turner	Businessman
2001–2002	Tony Evans	Former footballer
2003–2004	Dennis Lillee	Former cricketer
2005–2006	Jeff Newman	Television personality
2007–2008	Nigel Satterley	Businessman
2009–2010	Ross Glendinning	Former footballer
2011–2012	Michael Brennan	Former footballer
2013–2014	Rod Moore	Club Doctor
2015–2016	Daniel Ricciardo	F1 Driver
2017–2018	Julie Bishop	Politician
2019–2020	Sam Kerr	Soccer player
2021–2022	Robert Wiley	Former footballer

Membership

In 2011, the West Coast Eagles had 54,745 members, which was a club record at the time, and the fourth-highest overall in the AFL. Membership numbers were limited by the capacity of Subiaco Oval, which held 43,500 seats, with 39,000 reserved exclusively for club members. In 2012, the cost of an adult club membership was $283, the most of any club in the AFL. At that time, the waiting list was in excess of 20,000 people, or around four years. In July 2015, the club reached a record high of more than 60,000 members, which was the highest for a club in Western Australia, as well as being the sixth highest in the league.

Membership expanded rapidly after the club moved its home games to Optus Stadium and won the 2018 premiership. In 2019, the club reached 90,445 members, becoming the second club in history to pass the 90,000 mark and having the second highest membership in the competition. The club recorded more members than any other AFL team in 2020 (100,776) and 2021 (106,422).

Attendance

The highest individual crowd to watch a West Coast game at Optus Stadium is 59,608 which was between West Coast and Melbourne in the preliminary final of 2018. The highest-attended home game at Subiaco Oval was against North Melbourne in the 2012 elimination final, which was attended by 41,790 people.

In 2011, 455,899 people attended West Coast home games, equating to an average of 37,992 people per game. In 2018, West Coast had the second highest home ground attendance of any AFL club, averaging 53,250 for its 11 home games (the highest was Richmond, which averaged 61,175).

The highest attendance for any game featuring West Coast was against Collingwood in the 2018 grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, attended by 100,022 people. In terms of television audience, on average 519,000 people viewed West Coast Eagles games in 2011, with a high of 1,074,000 viewers for the round 16 game against Geelong.

Number one ticket holder

The number-one ticket holder is a position in most AFL clubs give to a well-known supporter of the club. West Coast's website lists "longevity of service", "passion for the club", "contribution to the community of Western Australia" and "the level at which they are recognised in their chosen profession by the community" as criteria for the position. Number-one ticket holders generally serve for two years.

Club identity

Symbols and uniform

West Coast's official colours are royal blue and gold. The club had previously used navy blue in place of royal blue between 1995 and 2017, but returned to the club's original colours prior to the 2018 season.

The club's current logo features the head of a wedge-tailed eagle in the royal blue and gold colours of the club with the words "West Coast Eagles" written underneath. It was introduced prior to the 2018 season and aimed to present a more realistic portrayal of an eagle than the previous logo. The previous logo, in use between 2000 and 2017, featured a more heavily stylised wedge-tailed eagle. The club's current and former logos have all incorporated a stylised eagle's head, always facing east (i.e. towards the right, where east appears on most maps) to represent the eagle eyeing off its prey in the eastern states.

As part of the AFL's Mascot Manor program, a bald eagle club mascot, Rick "The Rock", was created in 2003 to promote the club to junior players. The mascot is in part named after the song. A real wedge-tailed eagle, Auzzie, has flown around the field before matches at West Coast home games since 2007.

In 2018, the Eagles' home guernsey saw a return of the club's former 'royal blue' design used prior to 1999, updated to feature the club's new logo. The club's away strip, which already used a variation of the design with the royal blue and gold colours swapped around, as updated to feature the new logo but otherwise remained relatively unchanged. Between 2000 and 2015, the club's home jumper design featured a stylised eagle on a tricolour of navy blue, white and gold. This jumper was introduced during the 2000 season along with a much-criticised ochre away jumper as part of a rebrand of the club to coincide with the new millennium. The ochre jumper was later dropped at the end of 2002 in favour of an updated version of the club's former royal blue jumper, which was worn during their 1992 and 1994 premierships. Starting in 2010, the Eagles also wore a third, predominantly white guernsey in order to avoid visual clashes with teams who used similar colours. It was dropped as the club's designated clash jumper at the end of 2016, in favour of an updated version of their original 1987 guernsey. During October 2015, the club announced a navy version of the royal blue jumper would replace the tricolour guernsey as the club's home uniform from 2016, and was used until the introduction of the current design. The Eagles rebranded to its current brand on 1 November 2017, ahead of the club's move to Perth Stadium from 2018.

Uniform evolution

West Coast's uniform changes throughout their history:

1987–1988

1988–1994

1995–99

2000–15

2016–17

2018–present

Sponsorship

Year	Kit Manufacturer	Major Sponsor	Shorts Sponsor	Bottom Back Sponsor	Top Back Sponsor	Neckline Sponsor
1987	Puma	Burswood	-	-	-
1988–90		SGIO
1991—93		SGIO (Home) Hungry Jack's (Away)
1994–99			Hungry Jack's (Home) SGIO (Away)	Hungry Jack's (Home) SGIO (Away)
2000		SGIO	SGIO	SGIO
2001			NRMA
2002			SGIO
2003		SGIO (Home) Hungry Jack's (Away)		Hungry Jack's (Home) SGIO (Away)
2004–08			Hungry Jack's (Home) SGIO (Away)
2009–11			Perth Precast
2012–13		SGIO (Home) Bankwest (Away)		Bankwest (Home) SGIO (Away)
2014			-
2015			Raw Hire
2016			Masters Milk
2017			AGL Energy
2018	ISC Sport	SGIO (Home) Hungry Jack's (Away)		Hungry Jack's (Home) SGIO (Away)
2019		Hungry Jack's		Lendi
2020					BHP
2021–22	Castore				Audi Centre Perth
2023–	New Balance					Caltex

As part of West Coast's (and the AFL's in general) efforts to develop the game outside of Australia, the club partners with a number of internationally based football clubs, providing them with guernseys and other equipment. There are currently Eagles-affiliated clubs (also referred to as "sister clubs") in Cambodia (the Cambodian Eagles), Canada (the Toronto Eagles), China (the Shanghai Eagles), Italy (the Milano Eagles), and Sweden (the Karlstad Eagles). West Coast is also responsible for sponsoring FootyWILD, a program similar to Auskick held in KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa.

Song

The club's official team song is "We're the Eagles", composed by Kevin Peek, a former member of the progressive rock band Sky, and initially recorded at Peek's studio in Roleystone. The current version of the song goes as follows:

Born is pride, from isolation

Our fortress built, we cross the nation

Our colours share, the West Coast sky

Our will to win will never die,

We're the Eagles, the West Coast Eagles

And we’re here to show you why

We’re the big birds, kings of the big game

We're the Eagles, we’re flying high

We stick together, through thick and thin

We grow as champions from within

Our club knows, it's more than winning

It's West Coast magic, and it's just beginning

We're the Eagles, the West Coast Eagles

And we’re here to show you why

We’re the big birds, kings of the big game

We're the Eagles, we’re flying high

We're the Eagles, we’re flying high

The original 1987 version, which was played after the 1992 and 1994 grand final victories, featured anti-Victorian verses ("For years, they took the best of us and claimed them for their own... So watch out, all you know-alls, all you wise men from the East") and a different musical structure. It was eventually altered in the late-1990s. The re-recorded version had new verses added by Ken Walther, who also composed Fremantle's 1995 team song. A modified version of the late-1990s song has been used from 2018 to 2019. Ahead of the Eagles' appearance in the 2015 Grand Final, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra created an orchestral version of the song. In 2020, the club announced an updated version of the song, composed by Ian Berney and with vocals from Ian Kenny, both of Perth band Birds of Tokyo. "Eagle Rock", a 1971 song recorded by Daddy Cool, is also traditionally played at home games after wins.

Headquarters, training and administration base

The West Coast Eagles had its original primary training and administration base at Subiaco Oval from 1987 until 2019, the club then moved its primary training and administration base to Mineral Resources Park in 2019.

List of seasons

Year	No.	Coach	Captain	John Worsfold Medal	Leading goalkicker	Chris Mainwaring Medal(Best Clubman)	Emerging Talent Award
1987	08 8th	Alexander, RonRon Alexander	Glendinning, RossRoss Glendinning	Malaxos, SteveSteve Malaxos	Glendinning38, Ross Ross Glendinning (38)	Bartlett, GlenGlen Bartlett	Mainwaring, ChrisChris Mainwaring
1988	04 4th	Todd, JohnJohn Todd	Glendinning, RossRoss Glendinning	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Glendinning73, Ross Ross Glendinning (73)	Scott, PhilPhil Scott	McKenna, GuyGuy McKenna
1989	11 11th	Todd, JohnJohn Todd	Rance, MurrayMurray Rance	McKenna, GuyGuy McKenna	Sumich045, Peter Peter Sumich (45)	Miles, GeoffGeoff Miles	Sumich, PeterPeter Sumich
1990	03 3rd	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Malaxos, SteveSteve Malaxos	Lewis, ChrisChris Lewis	Sumich090, Peter Peter Sumich (90)	Scott, PhilPhil Scott	Kemp, DeanDean Kemp
1991	02 2nd	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Turley, CraigCraig Turley	Sumich111, Peter Peter Sumich (111)	Waterman, ChrisChris Waterman	Jakovich, GlenGlen Jakovich
1992	01 1st	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Kemp, DeanDean Kemp	Sumich082, Peter Peter Sumich (82)	Hynes, DavidDavid Hynes	Clape, MattMatt Clape
1993	06 6th	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Jakovich, Glen Glen Jakovich Don Pyke	Sumich076, Peter Peter Sumich (76)	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Banfield, DrewDrew Banfield
1994	01 1st	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Jakovich, GlenGlen Jakovich	Sumich049, Peter Peter Sumich (49)	McKenna, GuyGuy McKenna	Bond, ShaneShane Bond
1995	05 5th	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Jakovich, GlenGlen Jakovich	Ball043, Jason Jason Ball (43)	Brennan, MichaelMichael Brennan	Gehrig, FraserFraser Gehrig
1996	04 4th	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Banfield, DrewDrew Banfield	White037, Mitchell Mitchell White (37)	Evans, TonyTony Evans	Donnelly, AndrewAndrew Donnelly
1997	05 5th	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Matera, PeterPeter Matera	Sumich033, Peter Peter Sumich (33)	Mainwaring, ChrisChris Mainwaring	Wooden, JoshJosh Wooden
1998	07 7th	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	McIntosh, AshleyAshley McIntosh	Gehrig042, Fraser Fraser Gehrig (42)	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Read, PhillipPhillip Read
1999	05 5th	Malthouse, MickMick Malthouse	McKenna, GuyGuy McKenna	McKenna, GuyGuy McKenna	Cummings095, Scott Scott Cummings (95)	Kemp, DeanDean Kemp	Bellotti, LaurieLaurie Bellotti
2000	13 13th	Judge, KenKen Judge	McKenna, GuyGuy McKenna	Jakovich, GlenGlen Jakovich	Matera049, Phil Phil Matera (49)	Matera, PhilPhil Matera	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass
2001	14 14th	Judge, KenKen Judge	Cousins, Ben Ben Cousins and Dean Kemp	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	Wilson040, Troy Troy Wilson (40)	Jones, RowanRowan Jones	Kerr, DanielDaniel Kerr
2002	08 8th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	Matera046, Phil Phil Matera (46)	Banfield, DrewDrew Banfield	Judd, ChrisChris Judd
2003	07 7th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	Matera062, Phil Phil Matera (62)	Braun, MichaelMichael Braun	Sampi, AshleyAshley Sampi
2004	07 7th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	Judd, ChrisChris Judd	Matera061, Phil Phil Matera (61)	Wooden, JoshJosh Wooden	Seaby, MarkMark Seaby
2005	02 2nd	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	Matera038, Phil Phil Matera (38)	Embley, AndrewAndrew Embley	Hansen, AshleyAshley Hansen
2006	01 1st	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Judd, ChrisChris Judd	Judd, ChrisChris Judd	Lynch065, Quinten Quinten Lynch (65)	Cox, DeanDean Cox	Graham, JaymieJaymie Graham
2007	03 3rd	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Judd, ChrisChris Judd	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	Lynch052, Quinten Quinten Lynch (52)	Hansen, AshleyAshley Hansen	Priddis, MattMatt Priddis
2008	15 15th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	Cox, DeanDean Cox	McKinley042, Ben Ben McKinley (42)	Graham, JaymieJaymie Graham	McKinley, BenBen McKinley
2009	11 11th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	LeCras058, Mark Mark LeCras (58)	Waters, BeauBeau Waters	Masten, ChrisChris Masten
2010	16 16th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	LeCras, MarkMark LeCras	LeCras063, Mark Mark LeCras (63)	Nicoski, MarkMark Nicoski	Naitanui, NicNic Naitanui
2011	04 4th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	Kennedy, Josh Josh Kennedy (59)	Jones, BrettBrett Jones	Shuey, LukeLuke Shuey
2012	05 5th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	Selwood, ScottScott Selwood	Darling, Jack Jack Darling (53)	Brown, MitchMitch Brown	Brennan, JacobJacob Brennan
2013	13 13th	Worsfold, JohnJohn Worsfold	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	Matt Priddis	Kennedy, Josh Josh Kennedy (60)	Adam Selwood	Scott Lycett
2014	09 9th	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Glass, DarrenDarren Glass	Eric Mackenzie	Kennedy, Josh Josh Kennedy (61)	Sam Butler	Jeremy McGovern
2015	02 2nd	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Hurn, ShannonShannon Hurn	Andrew Gaff	Josh Kennedy (80)	Josh Kennedy	Dom Sheed
2016	06 6th	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Hurn, ShannonShannon Hurn	Luke Shuey	Josh Kennedy (82)	Luke Shuey	Tom Barrass
2017	08 8th	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Hurn, ShannonShannon Hurn	Elliot Yeo	Josh Kennedy (69)	Mark Hutchings	Liam Duggan
2018	01 1st	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Hurn, ShannonShannon Hurn	Elliot Yeo	Jack Darling (48)	Lewis Jetta	Willie Rioli
2019	05 5th	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Hurn, ShannonShannon Hurn	Luke Shuey	Jack Darling (59)	Fraser McInnes	Oscar Allen
2020	05 5th	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Luke Shuey	Nic Naitanui	Josh Kennedy (34)	Brad Sheppard	Josh Rotham
2021	09 9th	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Luke Shuey	Nic Naitanui	Jack Darling (42)	Liam Duggan	Harry Edwards
2022	17 17th	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Luke Shuey	Tom Barrass	Josh Kennedy (37)	Oscar Allen	Brady Hough
2023	18 18th	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	Luke Shuey	Tim Kelly	Oscar Allen (53)	Shannon Hurn	Reuben Ginbey

		Denotes team finished runner-up
	Denotes team won premiership

Club honours

Club achievements

Premierships
Competition	Level	Wins	Years won
Australian Football League	Seniors	4	1992, 1994, 2006, 2018
Finishing positions
Australian Football League	Minor premiership (McClelland Trophy)	3	1991, 1994, 2006
	Grand Finalist	3	1991, 2005, 2015
	Wooden spoons	2	2010, 2023
AFL Women's	Wooden spoons	1	2022 (S6)
West Australian Football League	Wooden spoons	3	2021, 2022, 2023

Life members

Players who have played 150 games for the club are automatically inducted as life members of the club. Other players, administrators and coaches that have made an outstanding contribution to the club have also been inducted. No life members were inducted in 2001 or 2021. The following players, coaches and administrators are life members of the club:

Year of induction	Inductees
1994	Michael Brennan, Dwayne Lamb, Chris Lewis, Chris Mainwaring, John Worsfold (all players)
1995	David Hart, Guy McKenna (both players)
1996	Hank Gloede (property manager), Dean Kemp (player), Bill Sutherland (head trainer)
1997	Mick Malthouse (coach), Peter Matera, Peter Sumich, Chris Waterman (all players)
1998	Brett Heady, Glen Jakovich, Ashley McIntosh
1999	Murray McHenry (chairman)
2000	Drew Banfield, Mitchell White (both players)
2002	Ross Nicholas (marketing manager), Brian Edwards (manager), Ken Fitch, Rod Moore (both team doctors)
2003	Ben Cousins, Don Pyke (both players), Robert Wiley (player and coach)
2004	Karl Langdon, Phil Matera (both players), Trevor Nisbett (CEO)
2005	Michael Braun, Tony Evans, Peter Wilson (all players)
2006	Craig Turley, Ryan Turnbull, David Wirrpanda (all players), David Jones (board member)
2007	Chad Fletcher, Rowan Jones (both players), Brian Dawson (coach), Anna Durante (secretary), Tim Gepp (match committee chairman)
2008	Dean Cox, Andrew Embley, Darren Glass, Daniel Kerr, Phil Scott (all players)
2009	Dalton Gooding (chairman), Nigel Satterley (board member), Adam Hunter, Quinten Lynch (both players)
2010	Jeff Newman
2011	Adam Selwood (player), Richard Godfrey (Chief Operating Officer), Glenn Stewart (High Performance Manager)
2012	Ian Miller, Trevor Woodhouse, John Adams
2013	Matt Priddis, Peter Souris, Chris Summers, Ken Godwin
2014	Shannon Hurn, Matt Rosa, Gary Greer
2015	Mark LeCras
2016	Chris Masten, Josh Kennedy, Sam Butler, Will Schofield, Neil Hamilton, Denis McInerney, Mick Moylan.
2017	Luke Shuey, Andrew Gaff, Jack Darling
2018	Nic Naitanui, Brad Sheppard, Chris Judd, David Hynes, Ross Glendinning.
2019	Chad Morrison, Mark Nicoski, Mark Hohnen, Richard Colless, Robert Armstrong
2020	Eric Mackenzie, Beau Waters, Jamie Cripps, Alan Cransberg
2022	Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo, Michael Smith, Deane Pieters, Gary Stocks, David Grace QC

Team of the Decade

In 1996 as part of the AFL's centenary celebrations, and the club's 10-year celebrations, the Eagles named a team of the decade.

Backs:	David Hart	Michael Brennan	Ashley McIntosh
Half backs:	Guy McKenna	Glen Jakovich	John Worsfold
Centres:	Peter Matera	Dean Kemp	Chris Mainwaring
Half forwards:	Brett Heady	Mitchell White	Craig Turley
Forwards:	Chris Lewis	Peter Sumich	Tony Evans
Ruck:	Ryan Turnbull	Don Pyke	Dwayne Lamb
Interchange:	Chris Waterman	Steve Malaxos	Peter Wilson

Team 20

In 2006 the West Coast Eagles named a greatest team of the past twenty years as part of the club's twentieth anniversary celebrations:

Backs:	David Wirrpanda	Ashley McIntosh	Michael Brennan
Half Backs:	Guy McKenna	Glen Jakovich	John Worsfold (Captain)
Centres:	Peter Matera	Dean Kemp	Chris Mainwaring
Half Forwards:	Brett Heady	Mitchell White	Chris Lewis
Forwards:	Phillip Matera	Peter Sumich	Tony Evans
Ruck:	Dean Cox	Chris Judd	Ben Cousins
Interchange:	Chris Waterman	Drew Banfield	Don Pyke
	Dwayne Lamb
Coach:	Michael Malthouse

Team 25

In 2011 the West Coast Eagles named a greatest team of the past twenty five years as part of the club's twenty fifth anniversary celebrations:

Backs:	David Hart	Darren Glass	Michael Brennan
Half Backs:	Guy McKenna	Glen Jakovich	John Worsfold (Captain)
Centres:	Peter Matera	Ben Cousins	Chris Mainwaring
Half Forwards:	Brett Heady	Mitchell White	Chris Lewis
Forwards:	Phillip Matera	Peter Sumich	Tony Evans
Ruck:	Dean Cox	Dean Kemp	Chris Judd
Interchange:	Daniel Kerr	Ashley McIntosh	Don Pyke
	Andrew Embley
Emergency	David Wirrpanda	Dwayne Lamb	Matt Priddis
Coach:	Michael Malthouse

Individual awards

Hall of Fame inductees

The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996:

• Ross Glendinning – 2000
• John Todd – 2003
• Peter Matera – 2006
• Dean Kemp – 2007
• Glen Jakovich – 2008
• Guy McKenna – 2009
• Dean Cox – 2020
• Chris Judd- 2021
• Robert Wiley- 2021
• Sam Mitchell- 2023

West Coast Eagles Hall of Fame inductees

• Bill Sutherland (trainer) 2011
• Chris Lewis (player) – 2011
• Peter Matera (player) – 2011
• Dean Kemp (player) – 2011
• Glen Jakovich (player) – 2011
• Guy McKenna (player) – 2011
• John Worsfold (player/coach) – 2011
• Mick Malthouse (coach) – 2011
• Michael Brennan (player) – 2014
• Brett Heady (player) – 2014
• Chris Mainwaring (player) – 2014
• Ashley McIntosh (player) – 2014
• Peter Sumich (player) – 2014
• Trevor Nisbett (administrator) – 2014
• Chris Judd (player) – 2021
• Darren Glass (player) – 2021
• Dean Cox (player) – 2021
• Mark LeCras (player) - 2023
• Matt Priddis (player) - 2023
• Phillip Matera (player) - 2023
• Don Pyke (player) - 2023

Brownlow Medal winners

The Brownlow Medal is awarded to the best player in the competition during the home-and-away season as voted by the umpires:

Winners

• Chris Judd (2004)
• Ben Cousins (2005)
• Matt Priddis (2014)

Runners-up

• Craig Turley (1991)
• Peter Matera (1994, 1997)
• Ben Cousins (2003 (equal))
• Daniel Kerr (2005, 2007)
• Matt Priddis (2015)

AFLPA Awards

The Leigh Matthews Trophy is awarded to the best player in the competition as voted by the AFL Players Association:

• Ben Cousins – 2005
• Chris Judd – 2006

The Best Captain Award is awarded to the best captain as voted by the AFL Players Association:

• Ross Glendinning – 1988

The Best First-Year Player Award is awarded to the best first-year player as voted by the AFL Players Association:

• Daniel Kerr – 2001
• Chris Judd – 2002

Norm Smith Medal winners

The Norm Smith Medal is awarded to the player judged best-on-ground in the AFL Grand Final:

• Peter Matera – 1992
• Dean Kemp – 1994
• Chris Judd – 2005 (losing side)
• Andrew Embley – 2006
• Luke Shuey – 2018

Coleman Medal winners

The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player who kicks the most goals in the AFL competition during the home-and-away season:

• Scott Cummings (88 goals) – 1999
• Josh Kennedy (75 goals) – 2015
• Josh Kennedy (80 goals) – 2016

AFL Rising Star winners

The AFL Rising Star is awarded to the best rookie player in the competition during a particular season:

• Ben Cousins – 1996

Goal of the Year winners

The Goal of the Year is awarded to the player judged to have kicked the best goal during a particular season:

• Ben Cousins – 1999
• Mark Merenda – 2001
• Daniel Kerr – 2003
• Chris Judd – 2005

Mark of the Year winners

The Mark of the Year is awarded to the player judged to have taken the best mark during a particular season:

• Ashley Sampi – 2004
• Nic Naitanui – 2015
• Liam Ryan – 2019

All-Australian selection

The All-Australian team is a representative team consisting of the best players during a particular season. Prior to 1991 it was awarded to the best players in each interstate football carnival.

Year	Eagles Players & Coaches Selected
1987	Phil Narkle
1988	Steve Malaxos
1991	Guy McKenna, Chris Mainwaring, Peter Matera, Craig Turley, Mick Malthouse (coach)
1992	Dean Kemp
1993	Peter Matera, Guy McKenna
1994	Peter Matera, Guy McKenna, David Hart, Glen Jakovich
1995	Glen Jakovich
1996	Peter Matera, Chris Mainwaring, Mitchell White
1997	Peter Matera, Fraser Gehrig
1998	Ben Cousins, Ashley McIntosh
1999	Ben Cousins
2001	Ben Cousins
2002	Ben Cousins
2003	Michael Gardiner, Phil Matera
2004	Chad Fletcher, Chris Judd
2005	Ben Cousins (vice-captain), Dean Cox, David Wirrpanda
2006	Ben Cousins, Chris Judd, Dean Cox, Darren Glass, John Worsfold (coach)
2007	Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Daniel Kerr
2008	Dean Cox
2010	Mark LeCras
2011	Dean Cox, Darren Glass
2012	Dean Cox, Darren Glass (captain), Nic Naitanui, Beau Waters
2015	Matt Priddis, Josh Kennedy (vice-captain), Andrew Gaff
2016	Josh Kennedy, Jeremy McGovern
2017	Josh Kennedy (vice-captain), Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo
2018	Shannon Hurn, Jeremy McGovern, Andrew Gaff, Adam Simpson (coach)
2019	Shannon Hurn (vice-captain), Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo, Jack Darling
2020	Brad Sheppard, Nic Naitanui, Liam Ryan
2021	Nic Naitanui

VFL Team of the Year

Prior to 1991 the VFL Team of the Year was announced each year, consisting of the best players during that season in the Victorian Football League.

Year	Eagles players selected
1987	Ross Glendinning
1988	John Worsfold
1989	Guy McKenna
1990	John Worsfold, Chris Lewis

Players and staff

Squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Liam Ryan  2 Jake Waterman  3 Andrew Gaff  4 Dom Sheed  5 Jayden Hunt  6 Elliot Yeo  7 Reuben Ginbey  8 Elijah Hewett  9 Nic Naitanui (vc) 10 Sam Petrevski-Seton 11 Tim Kelly 12 Oscar Allen 13 Luke Shuey (c) 14 Liam Duggan 15 Jamie Cripps 16 Luke Edwards 18 Campbell Chesser 19 Brady Hough 20 Jeremy McGovern (vc)		21 Jack Petruccelle 23 Alex Witherden 24 Xavier O'Neill 25 Shannon Hurn 27 Jack Darling 28 Tom Cole 29 Luke Foley 30 Harry Barnett 31 Jamaine Jones 32 Bailey Williams 33 Rhett Bazzo 34 Jack Williams 35 Josh Rotham 37 Tom Barrass 39 Greg Clark 40 Callum Jamieson 42 Harry Edwards 44 Noah Long 45 Coby Burgiel				22 Isiah Winder 26 Zane Trew 36 Connor West 49 Jai Culley 38 Jordyn Baker (B) 43 Tyrell Dewar (B)		Head coach Adam Simpson Assistant coaches Jarrad Schofield (Stoppage and strategy) Matthew Knights (Assistant - Midfield) Luke Webster (Assistant -Forwards) Daniel Pratt (Assistant - Backs) Mark Nicoski (Development) Kyal Horsley (Development) Jacob Brennan (Development) Rob Wiley (WAFL coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 21 April 2024 Source(s): Senior list, Rookie list, Coaching staff

Covid top-up list

For the 2022 season, in the event an AFL club has less than 28 players available due to Covid related reasons, each club can select from a list of 20 state league players who can be called up to AFL level. West Coast has selected 20 players from the WAFL. In Round 2 of the AFL season, West Coast became the first AFL team to need to call on this top-up list, when 12 players who played in Round 1 were unable to play due to Covid-19 health and safety protocols.

2022 West Coast Eagles Covid Top-up list
Player	State League club
Ryan Ambrose	West Coast WAFL
Joey Deegan	West Coast WAFL
Zane Sumich	West Coast WAFL
Logan Young	West Coast WAFL
Damon Greaves	East Perth
Angus Schumacher	East Perth
Brayden Ainsworth	Perth
Corey Byrne	Perth
Angus Dewar	Subiaco
Stefan Giro	Subiaco
Sam Fisher	Swan Districts
Tobe Watson	Swan Districts
Steven Miller	Claremont
Aaron Black	West Perth
Tom Blechynden	South Fremantle
Jackson Ramsay	East Perth
Declan Mountford	Claremont
Luke Meadows	West Perth
Jake Florenca	South Fremantle
Chad Pearson	South Fremantle

Coaching staff

Coaching staff
Senior coach	Assistant coaches				Football Manager
Adam Simpson appointed 2013	Matthew Knights appointed 2021	Daniel Pratt appointed 2015	Luke Webster appointed 2016	Jarrad Schofield appointed 2021	Gavin Bell appointed 2021
Development coaches				Strength and conditioning coach	WAFL coach
Kyal Horsley appointed 2019	Mark Nicoski appointed 2012	Jacob Brennan appointed 2020	Drew Petrie appointed 2018	Warren Kofoed appointed 2008	Robert Wiley appointed 2021

Club officials

Club officials
Chairman	Deputy Chairman	Chief Executive Officer	Chief Operating Officer	Chief Financial Officer
Paul Fitzpatrick appointed 2022	Elizabeth Gaines elected 2021	Don Pyke appointed 2024	Richard Godfrey appointed 2009	Peter Widdicombe appointed 2024
Directors
Justin Langer elected 2017	Ben Wyatt elected 2021	Terry Bowen elected 2017	Rowan Jones elected 2021	Nicole Moody elected 2021

Rivalries

The club's strongest rivalry is with the Fremantle Football Club, the only other AFL club based in Western Australia. The two teams play off in the Western Derby twice each home-and-away season. Overall, 56 derbies have been played, with the Eagles winning 32 and Fremantle winning 24. West Coast currently hold the record for the most consecutive derby wins after winning their 11th in a row in round 7 of the 2021 AFL season. Derbies usually incorporate a near sold-out crowd. From 1995 to 2017, when the club played at Subiaco Oval, the average crowd was 39,910 people per game, out of a total capacity of 43,600 people. From 2018 to 2021, the average crowd at Optus Stadium was 56,033 (excluding two games in 2020 and 2021 played with reduced or no crowd due to COVID-19 restrictions), out of a total capacity of 60,000 people.

The club's earliest rivalry was with VFL powerhouse the Hawthorn Hawks. This rivalry stemmed from a series of memorable matches in the early 1990s, most notably the 1991 Grand Final. It was considered the first ever interstate rivalry in the competition, although it had fallen into irrelevance in later years. 24 years later in 2015, the two clubs met again in another grand Final, which Hawthorn won in convincing fashion.

Other rivalries include with Essendon, and a rivalry with the Sydney Swans, which stems from a series of six matches between 2005 and 2007, including both the 2005 and 2006 Grand Finals, in which the total points difference was 13, the lowest of all-time. This sequence included three one-point matches between the 2006 qualifying final and round one of the 2007 season.

Game and ladder records

• Biggest winning margin: 135 points – 26.21 (177) vs. Adelaide 5.12 (42), Subiaco Oval, 13 August 1995
• Biggest losing margin: 171 points – 5.4 (34) vs. Sydney 31.19 (205), SCG, 24 June 2023
• Highest score: 29.18 (192) vs. Brisbane Bears, W.A.C.A., 17 April 1988
• Lowest score: 1.12 (18) vs. Essendon, Windy Hill, 15 July 1989
• Highest score conceded: 31.19 (205) vs. Sydney, S.C.G., 24 June 2023
• Lowest score conceded: 2.8 (20) vs. Melbourne, Subiaco Oval, 24 March 1991
• Highest aggregate score: 295 points – Carlton 29.17 (191) vs. West Coast Eagles 15.14 (104), Princes Park, 18 April 1987
• Lowest aggregate score: 76 points – Footscray 7.11 (53) vs. West Coast Eagles 3.5 (23), Whitten Oval, 23 August 1992
• Most goals in a match: Scott Cummings, 14 goals vs. Adelaide, W.A.C.A., 1 April 2000
• Highest crowd: 100,022 vs. Collingwood, MCG, 29 September 2018
• Lowest crowd: 210 vs. Adelaide, The Gabba, 11 July 2020
• Highest WA crowd: 59,608 vs. Melbourne, Optus Stadium, 22 September 2018
• Lowest WA crowd: 12,803 vs. St. Kilda, W.A.C.A., 12 May 1988
• Highest home-and-away season crowd: 62,957 vs. Collingwood, MCG, 23 June 2012

VFL/AFL finishing positions (1987–present)

Finishing Position	Year (Finals in Bold)	Tally
1st (Premiers)	1992, 1994, 2006, 2018	4
2nd (Runner up )	1991, 2005, 2015	3
3rd	1990	1
4th	1993, 2011	2
5th	1988, 1996, 2007, 2012	4
6th	1995, 1997, 1999, 2017, 2019	5
7th	1998, 2016, 2020	3
8th	1987, 2002, 2003, 2004	4
9th	2014, 2021	2
10th	nil	0
11th	1989, 2009	2
12th	nil	0
13th	2000, 2013	2
14th	2001	1
15th	2008	1
16th	2010	1
17th	2022	1
18th	2023	1

Head-to-head record

Played:796 Won: 453 Drawn: 6 Lost:337 (Last updated – End of 2020 AFL season)

		GP	W	D	L	GF-BF	For	GA-BA	Agn	%	Win%	100+F	100+A
1	Adelaide	49	28		21	663.584	4562	599.577	4171	109.37	57.14	16	15
2	Brisbane Bears	16	13	1	2	275.243	1893	188.170	1298	145.84	84.38	10	3
3	Brisbane Lions	34	22		12	503.389	3407	422.399	2931	116.24	64.71	15	8
4	Carlton	46	25		21	616.641	4337	589.545	4079	106.33	54.35	20	15
5	Collingwood	56	29	1	26	734.673	5077	704.616	4840	104.9	52.68	20	15
6	Essendon	55	26		29	743.678	5136	771.601	5227	98.26	47.27	21	25
7	Fitzroy	15	9		6	202.230	1442	154.166	1090	132.29	60.00	7	2
8	Fremantle	51	31		20	678.615	4683	589.538	4072	115.00	60.78	16	13
9	Geelong	54	27	1	26	666.623	4619	767.688	5290	87.32	50.93	16	23
10	Gold Coast	12	9	1	2	197.145	1327	129.112	886	149.77	79.17	7	2
11	Greater Western Sydney	12	9		3	190.115	1255	125.121	871	144.09	75.00	5	1
12	Hawthorn	53	29		24	659.615	4569	703.598	4816	94.87	54.72	15	19
13	Melbourne	54	37		17	823.690	5628	654.569	4493	125.26	68.52	30	13
14	North Melbourne	51	29		22	721.657	4983	661.589	4555	109.40	56.86	25	17
15	Port Adelaide	35	15		20	421.401	2927	463.425	3203	91.38	42.86	9	12
16	Richmond	45	26		19	631.591	4377	569.513	3927	111.46	57.78	22	12
17	St Kilda	50	31	1	18	713.580	4858	628.522	4290	113.24	63.00	24	12
18	Sydney	52	22		30	605.626	4256	665.608	4598	92.56	42.31	13	17
19	Western Bulldogs	56	36	1	19	827.662	5624	672.635	4667	120.51	65.18	31	15

West Coast Eagles Football Club finals series match record
Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Most recent final
Adelaide	4	2	2	0	2006 Preliminary Final Win
Carlton	3	2	1	0	2011 Semi-Final Win
Collingwood	9	3	5	1	2020 Elimination Final Loss
Essendon	6	1	5	0	2019 Elimination Final Win
Geelong	6	4	2	0	2019 Semi Final Loss
GWS	1	0	1	0	2017 Semi-Final Loss
Hawthorn	5	2	3	0	2015 Grand Final Loss
Melbourne	5	4	1	0	2018 Preliminary Final Win
North Melbourne	5	3	2	0	2015 Preliminary Final Win
Port Adelaide	2	1	1	0	2017 Elimination Final Win
Sydney	5	2	3	0	2006 Grand Final Win
Western Bulldogs	4	2	2	0	2016 Elimination Final Loss
Overall	55	26 (48%)	28 (51%)	1 (2%)

Reserves team

West Coast Eagles
Names
Full name	West Coast Eagles Football Club
2022 season
Home-and-away season	10th
Club details
Founded	2019 (as a reserves side)
Competition	WAFL
Coach	Robert Wiley
Captain(s)	Jackson Nelson
Ground(s)	Mineral Resources Park (6,500)
Training ground(s)	Mineral Resources Park
Uniforms
Home

The West Coast reserves are the reserves team of the club, playing in the West Australian Football League.

History

West Coast never competed in the VFL/AFL reserves. In 1999, the entered into a host-club arrangement with the Claremont Football Club. The affiliation only lasted a year, and from 2000 until 2001 the Eagles were aligned with the Perth Football Club.

From 2012 until 2013, the WAFL clubs voted to end host-club arrangements, and the Eagles (as well as Fremantle) returned to an affiliation with the entire WAFL.

A host-club arrangement returned in 2014 with the Eagles in an alignment with the East Perth Football Club, but it ended at the end of the 2018 season when the Eagles chose to field a stand-alone reserves team.

The reserves side initially had success, finishing fourth at the end of the 2019 season. They did not compete in 2020 because of the AFL's COVID-19 protocols, but returned in 2021, fishing last.

West Coast only managed a single win in 2022. In 2023, the side suffered five losses of 100 points or more in the first 12 rounds of the season, with informal talks held about a possible forfeit of their game against Subiaco, although this did not happen. Their 19-game losing streak ended in round 13 after a draw against Perth.

AFL Women's team

In September 2017, West Coast Eagles were granted a license by the AFL to compete in the AFL Women's league from the start of the 2020 season. The club shares home games between Lathlain Park, Perth Stadium and Leederville Oval.

See also

In Spanish: West Coast Eagles para niños

• Australian rules football in Western Australia
• List of West Coast Eagles coaches
• List of West Coast Eagles players
• List of West Coast Eagles records