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{{Short description|Australian rules football club}}
{{About|the Australian Football League team}}
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| nicknames = ''Dockers, Freo''<br />'''Indigenous rounds:''' ''Walyalup''
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| afterfinals = '''AFL:''' 8th <br />'''AFLW:''' 11th
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| topgoalkicker = '''AFL:''' [[Josh Treacy]] (44 goals) <br />'''AFLW:''' [[Hayley Miller]] (11 goals)     
| bestandfairest = '''AFL:''' [[Caleb Serong]]   <br />'''AFLW:''' [[Aisling McCarthy]]
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| league = '''[[Australian Football League|AFL]]:''' Men<br/>'''[[AFL Women's|AFLW]]:''' Women
| chairman = Chris Sutherland
| coach = '''AFL:''' [[Justin Longmuir]] <br />'''AFLW:''' [[Lisa Webb]]
| captain = '''AFL:''' [[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]] <br />'''AFLW:''' [[Ange Stannett]]
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The '''Fremantle Football Club''', nicknamed the '''Dockers''' or colloquially '''Freo''', is a professional [[Australian rules football]] club competing in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of [[Fremantle]], a stronghold of [[Australian rules football in Western Australia]]. The Dockers were the second team from the state to be admitted to the competition, following the [[West Coast Eagles]] in 1987. Both Fremantle and the West Coast Eagles are owned by [[WA Football]], with a board of directors operating Fremantle on WA Football's behalf.

Despite having participated in and won several [[AFL finals|finals matches]], Fremantle is one of only three active AFL clubs not to have won a [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|premiership]] (the others being {{AFL GC}} and {{AFL GWS}}), though it did claim a [[McClelland Trophy|minor premiership]] in [[2015 AFL season|2015]] and reached, but didn't win the [[2013 AFL Grand Final|2013 Grand Final]].<ref name="minor">{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-30/dockers-seal-top-spot-with-easy-win-over-dees|title=Dockers seal top spot with easy win over Dees|publisher=Australian Football League|first=Alex|last=Malcolm|date=30 August 2015|access-date=30 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="2013-grand-final">{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2013/27/haw-v-fre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925021317/http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2013/27/haw-v-fre|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 September 2013|title=Grand revenge: Hawthorn makes up for 2012 loss|publisher=Australian Football League|first=Adam|last=McNicol|date=28 September 2013|access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref> High-profile players who forged careers at Fremantle include [[Australian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] inductees [[Matthew Pavlich]] and [[Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)|Peter Bell]], and dual [[Brownlow Medal]] winner [[Nat Fyfe]]. [[Justin Longmuir]] is the current head coach of Fremantle, with [[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]] serving as captain. Originally based at [[Fremantle Oval]], the club's training and administrative facilities are now located nearby at [[Cockburn ARC]] in [[Cockburn Central]], whilst its home ground is the 60,000-capacity [[Perth Stadium]] in [[Burswood, Western Australia|Burswood]].  
 
Fremantle has also fielded a women's team in the [[AFL Women's]] league since the competition's inception in 2017. They are currently coached by [[Lisa Webb]] and captained by [[Ange Stannett]]. Their most successful season was the [[2020 AFL Women's season|2020 season]], in which the team was undefeated, but was ultimately cancelled without a premiership awarded due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cherny |first1=Daniel |title=Fremantle AFLW coach philosophical about finals heartbreak |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/fremantle-aflw-coach-philosophical-about-finals-heartbreak-20200323-p54d53.html |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=The Age |date=23 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
===Background===
{{See also|Australian rules football in Western Australia}}
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| width=200 | ''[[1979 WANFL Grand Final]]'' || ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''[[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]]''' || '''21''' || '''19''' || '''145'''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] || 16 || 16 || 112
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| Venue: [[Subiaco Oval]]
| colspan=3 | crowd: 52,781
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The port city of [[Fremantle]], [[Western Australia]] has a rich footballing history, hosting the state's first organised game of [[Australian rules football|Australian rules]] in 1881.<ref name="fullpointsfooty">{{cite web|url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/fremantle_(1).htm |title=History of Fremantle Football|publisher=Full Points Footy|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607074748/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/fremantle_(1).htm|archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> Fremantle's first teams, the [[Fremantle Football Club (1882–1886)|Fremantle Football Club]], the [[Fremantle Football Club (1882–1899)|Union/Fremantle Football Club]] and [[East Fremantle Football Club]], dominated the early years of the [[West Australian Football League]] (WAFL), winning 24 of the first 34 premierships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/resources/history/afl-premiers-league/download.html|title=List of AFL league premiers}}{{dead link|date=September 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Since 1897, [[Fremantle Oval]] has been the city's main Australian rules football venue. The Fremantle Derby between East Fremantle and [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] is traditionally one of the biggest games on the WAFL calendar, and routinely attracts strong crowds. Until the opening of [[Perth Stadium]] in 2018, the record attendance for an Australian rules football game in Western Australia stood at 52,781 for the [[1979 WANFL Grand Final]] between East Fremantle and South Fremantle at [[Subiaco Oval]].

Champion footballers who forged careers playing for Fremantle-based clubs include, among other [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] inductees, [[Steve Marsh (footballer)|Steve Marsh]], [[Jack Sheedy (Australian rules footballer)|Jack Sheedy]], [[John Todd (footballer)|John Todd]], [[George Doig]], [[William "Nipper" Truscott|William Truscott]] and [[Bernie Naylor]].

<gallery mode="packed">
File:Football match Fremantle Oval 1910.jpg|Marking contest from a Fremantle Derby between South Fremantle and East Fremantle, c. 1910
File:Fremantle_Oval_1910.jpg|A view over [[Fremantle Oval]] and the surrounding buildings, c. 1895
File:George_Doig.png|[[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]] legend [[George Doig]], namesake of Fremantle's [[Doig Medal]]
File:Bernie_Naylor.png|[[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] legend [[Bernie Naylor]]
File:Fremantle Oval Statue.jpg|Statue of [[John Gerovich]]'s mark over Ray French
</gallery>

===Early years (1993–2006)===
[[File:Fremantle Dockers anchor.jpg|thumb|The anchor ceremony, a feature of Fremantle home games during the club's early years]]
Despite Fremantle's long history of Australian rules football, the expansion of the then-[[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) into Western Australia took the form of a single, state-wide team with the creation of the [[West Coast Eagles]] in 1987. Soon afterwards, discussions emerged between the [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]] and [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] clubs regarding the formation of a second WA-based VFL club as a joint venture. However, exclusive rights clauses in contracts between the Eagles and the VFL made a second Western Australian club legally unfeasible until 1993. Additionally, the proposed joint venture model was opposed by the [[West Australian Football Commission]] (WAFC).<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Phoenix Rises|last = Oakley|first = Ross|publisher = Slattery Media Group|year = 2014|isbn = 978-0-9874205-9-6|location = Richmond, Victoria|pages = 246–247}}</ref>

On 14 December 1993, the AFL announced that a new team, to be based in Fremantle, would enter the league in 1995, with the provisional name "Fremantle Sharks." The licence had cost the WAFC $4 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/flashback-1993-fremantle-announced-as-the-16th-afl-team-20181213-p50m2a.html|title=Second WA team takes AFL to 16|date=15 December 1993|publisher=The Age|first=Ashley|last=Browne}}</ref> On 21 July 1994, the names "Fremantle Football Club", "Fremantle Dockers" and the club colours of purple, red, green and white were announced.

A first training session for the inaugural squad was held on 31 October 1994 at [[Fremantle Oval]].

The team endured some tough years near the bottom of the premiership ladder, until they finished fifth after the home and away rounds in 2003 and made the finals for the first time. The elimination final against eighth-placed [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] at [[Subiaco Oval]] was then the club's biggest ever game, but ended in disappointment for the home team, with the finals experience of Essendon proving too strong for the young team. They then missed making the finals in the following two seasons, finishing both years with 11 wins, 11 losses and only 1 game outside the top eight.

After an average first half to the [[2006 AFL season]], Fremantle finished the year with a club-record nine straight wins to earn themselves third position at the end of the home and away season with a club-best 15 wins. In the qualifying final against [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] at [[Football Park|AAMI Stadium]], the Dockers led for the first three-quarters before being overrun by the Crows. The following week saw the club win its first finals game in the semi-final against [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] at Subiaco Oval. The club subsequently earned a trip to Sydney to play in its first ever preliminary final, where they lost by 35 points at [[Stadium Australia|ANZ Stadium]] to the [[Sydney Swans]].

===Grand Final Appearance and Lyon Era (2007–2019)===
[[File:Fremantle players warming up prior to a game.jpg|thumb|Fremantle players warming up prior to a game in the club's original guernsey, 2009]]
In 2007, following Chris Connolly's resignation midway through the season, [[Mark Harvey]], a three-time premiership player with [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]], was appointed caretaker coach for the club. During his seven matches for 2007, Harvey coached the Dockers to four wins and three losses.<ref name="Lovett p.123">{{harvp|Lovett|2010|p=123}}</ref> The club came 11th that year, and Harvey was appointed full-time coach at the end of the season. The following year saw the club slump to 14th.<ref name="Lovett p.123"/>

In Round 15, 2009, Fremantle recorded the lowest score in its history and of the 2000s, scoring only 1.7 (13) to the Adelaide Crows' 19.16 (130).<ref name="Lovett p.123"/> It scored just one point in the first half and the only goal scored came in the third quarter.

After finishing sixth in 2010, the club played in the finals for the first time since 2006. The team played [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] at Subiaco Oval, and despite being considered underdogs, went on to win by 30 points. The win came from strong performances from Luke McPharlin and Adam McPhee who limited the impact of Lance Franklin and Luke Hodge, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/fremantle-dockers-jump-cautious-hawks/story-e6frg12c-1225914193766 |title=Fremantle Dockers dump Hawthorn to earn finals clash with Geelong|first=Braden|last=Quartermaine|date=4 September 2010|website=Perth Now}}</ref> The team's second ever win in a finals match qualified them for a semi-final to be played against the Geelong Cats at the MCG the following week. In a one-sided contest, the Dockers lost by 69 points.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-finals-2010-cats-v-dockers/story-e6frf9jf-1225917562730|title=Geelong gives Fremantle the heave-ho|first=Bruce|last=Matthews|date=10 September 2010|work=Herald Sun}}</ref>

The 2011 season saw Fremantle lose just once in the first six rounds before ending the year in 11th position after losing their final seven games. Fremantle's collapse was considered a result of a heavy injury count that began in the pre-season.<ref name=harvey-lyon>{{cite web|last1=Rucci|first1=Michelangelo|last2=Clark|first2=Jay|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/mark-harvey-sacked-from-fremantle/news-story/b820892aa7cc3e84c7d7d0bbd31ee9fc|title=Mark Harvey sacked by Fremantle, Ross Lyon ready to step in|work=AdelaideNow.com.au|date=16 September 2011|access-date=20 August 2018|quote=Fremantle's collapse this season was considered a result of a heavy injury count that began in the pre-season.}}</ref>

In September 2011, Mark Harvey was sensationally sacked by the club in favour of still-contracted St Kilda coach [[Ross Lyon]].<ref name="harvey-lyon" />

Fremantle qualified for the finals in 2012 after finishing in seventh position. In their elimination final against [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]], the Dockers won their first ever finals game away from home with a 16-point victory at the [[MCG]] behind [[Matthew Pavlich]]'s six goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2012/24/geel-v-fre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806143807/http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2012/24/geel-v-fre|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2014|title=Geelong Cats vs Fremantle|work=AFL.com.au|date=8 September 2012|access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref> Fremantle subsequently lost to the Crows in Adelaide the following week, ending their finals campaign.

In 2013, Fremantle finished the home-and-away season in third position with a club-best 16 wins. In their qualifying final against the Cats in Geelong, the Dockers produced a first-round upset with a 15-point victory to advance through to a home preliminary final.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-07/fremantle-geelong-afl-finals/4942802|title=Fremantle shocks Geelong with 15-point win at Kardinia Park to seal place in preliminary final|work=ABC.net.au|date=7 September 2013|access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref> In the preliminary final, the Dockers defeated the reigning premiers, the [[Sydney Swans]], by 25 points to advance to their maiden [[AFL Grand Final]]. In the [[2013 AFL Grand Final|2013 grand final]], the Dockers were defeated by [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] by a margin of 15 points.

[[File:MCG Grand Final panorama.jpg|center|thumb|Panorama of the 2013 AFL Grand Final, Fremantle's only grand final appearance]]

In 2014, the club reached the finals for the third successive year with a top-four finish and 16 wins, but despite earning a double chance, they were knocked out after losses to Sydney away and [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] at home. [[Nat Fyfe]] was awarded the [[Leigh Matthews Trophy]] for winning the AFL Players' Association MVP award.<ref name="MVP">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-09/fremantle27s-nathan-fyfe-wins-afl-players27-association-mvp-a/5732088|title=Fremantle's Nat Fyfe wins AFL Players' Association MVP award|date=9 September 2014|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

In 2015, the club were crowned minor premiers for the first time in their history, earning their first piece of silverware with the [[McClelland Trophy]].<ref name="minor"/> However, the club failed to convert this into a grand final appearance, losing to Hawthorn by 27 points in its home preliminary final. Fremantle ended their season with Nat Fyfe becoming the club's first [[2015 Brownlow Medal|Brownlow Medalist]].<ref name="Brownlow Medal">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/brownlow-medal-2015-nat-fyfe-wins-afl-highest-honour/story-e6frf3e3-1227547660292|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> Writers|website=Fox Sports|title=Brownlow Medal 2015: Nat Fyfe wins AFL highest honour|date=28 September 2015}}</ref>

Season 2016 marked Matthew Pavlich's final season in the AFL, as Fremantle missed the finals following a 10-game losing streak to start the year, finishing in 16th position with just four wins.<ref>{{cite web|last=McArdle|first=Jordan|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/fremantle-dockers/fremantle-2016-report-card-long-way-back-for-dockers-ng-8f3cc15aa016186ef5ca84f41320f017|title=Fremantle 2016 report card: Long way back for Dockers|work=PerthNow.com.au|date=7 September 2016|access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref>

Ross Lyon was sacked as coach on 20 August 2019 after the club failed to qualify for the finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/20/afl-fremantle-head-coach-ross-lyon|title=AFL coach Ross Lyon sacked by Fremantle|website=The Guardian|author=Guardian Sport|date=20 August 2019|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Justin Longmuir]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-30/fremantle-dockers-appoint-justin-longmuir-as-new-afl-head-coach/11552242|title=Justin Longmuir appointed by Fremantle Dockers as new head coach in AFL after Ross Lyon sacked|newspaper=ABC News|last1=Wilde|first1=Tom|date=30 September 2019|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>

===Recent History (2020–present)===
Longmuir's first season was during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]]-affected [[2020 AFL season]], which was shortened from 22 matches to 17.<ref>{{cite news|title=A coronavirus-disrupted AFL season unveiled some innovations that should stay but others that should go|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/coronavirus-forced-afl-to-make-innovations-in-2020-season/12811688|access-date=18 August 2022|work=abc.net.au|language=en}}</ref>  Fremantle would lose their first four games before finding form and finishing 12th on the ladder with 7 wins and 10 losses.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fremantle Dockers' strong second half of season brings hope for Purple Army after tough 2020|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-22/tough-start-to-2020-for-dockers-but-solid-finish-hope-for-future/12689266|access-date=18 August 2022|work=abc.net.au|language=en}}</ref>

The [[2022 AFL season]] would prove to be a breakout year for the Dockers, who qualified for finals for the first time since the [[2015 AFL season]]<ref>{{cite news|title=AFL Finals 2022: Ticket sale date and prices revealed for first Fremantle Dockers final in seven years|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/fremantle-dockers/afl-finals-2022-ticket-sale-date-and-prices-revealed-for-first-fremantle-dockers-final-in-seven-years-c-7964935|access-date=24 August 2022|work=perthnow.com.au|language=en}}</ref> and were in contention for a top-4 finish throughout the season before finishing fifth with fifteen wins, six losses, and one draw.<ref>{{cite news|title='Incredible' Freo BACK in top four after overcoming big deficit, 'awesome' All-Australian bolter: 3-2-1|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/live-afl-scores-2022-gws-giants-vs-fremantle-dockers-updates-round-23-live-ladder-stream-stats-video-result-news-blog/news-story/8114dda95ce62ef43f6c0ecbbf44f7fc|access-date=24 August 2022|work=foxsports.com.au|language=en}}</ref> Fremantle's return to finals saw them play the [[Western Bulldogs]] in an elimination final at [[Optus Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Freo's week one finals fixture!|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1205883/freo-s-week-one-finals-fixture|access-date=4 September 2022|work=fremantlefc.com.au|language=en}}</ref> Fremantle were dominated in the early stages of the game, with the Bulldogs holding a 42–1 lead at the nine-minute mark of the second term. Fremantle would go on to kick 11 of the last 13 goals to win the game by 13 points.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fremantle comes from 41 points down against Western Bulldogs to claim incredible elimination final win|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-03/afl-finals-fremantle-vs-western-bulldogs-live-updates-blog/101383894|access-date=4 September 2022|work=abc.net.au|language=en}}</ref> Fremantle next faced [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] in a semi-final at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]] in front of a crowd of over 90,000, losing the game by 20 points.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-10 |title=Pies prelim bound: AFL's most unlikely surge continues as Freo's woes laid bare |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/live-afl-finals-2022-collingwood-magpies-vs-fremantle-dockers-live-scores-updates-stats-video-stream-result-news-blog/news-story/44938556cc7518d7c15477c618b332de |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}</ref>

After losing their opening 2 games of the [[2023 AFL season]], Fremantle recorded their first win in the 56th [[Western Derby]], beating the Eagles by 41 points. Despite a mid-season resurgence, beating both [[2022 AFL Grand Final|2022 Grand Finalists]] in consecutive weeks, the Dockers would fade out to finish 14th on the ladder.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wakefield |first=Bryn |date=1 September 2023 |title=Fremantle Dockers 2023 season review: Slow start sets pace for underperforming year |work=The Sporting News |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/news/fremantle-dockers-2023-season-review/4922e7cff31b2934c57def47 |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref>

Fremantle had a promising start to the [[2024 AFL season]], winning their first three games, before two close losses in [[Adelaide]] and a shock loss in [[Western Derby]] 58 surrounded their season with uncertainty. The Dockers rebounded, losing just one of their next six games before the mid-season bye to sit inside the top eight. They were entrenched inside the top eight for much of the year and were in the top four as late as round 20, before losing their final four matches. This was catalysed by injuries to key position players, including captain [[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]], leading goalkicker [[Josh Treacy]], and starting ruckman [[Sean Darcy]]. The Dockers finished 10th with a record of 12 wins, 10 losses and one draw, just half a win behind Carlton in eighth place.

Fremantle opened [[2025 AFL season|2025]] with 4–4, before winning 12 of their next 14 games, including a do-or-die victory over the Bulldogs to finish 6th on the ladder. The club's season ended with a one-point loss to the [[Gold Coast Suns]] in an elimination final at Optus Stadium, which was also the final game of [[Nat Fyfe]]'s career.<ref>{{cite news |last=Waterworth |first=Ben |date=7 September 2025 |title=SUNS MIRACLE! Game winner in last 10 secs stuns in all-time AFL finals fairytale |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/gold-coast-suns/live-afl-finals-2025-fremantle-dockers-vs-gold-coast-suns-elimination-final-live-scores-and-updates-blog-stats-start-time-aest-and-how-to-stream/news-story/74f9fa212f3c997c36fbe2f731c692a6?recommendedCount=0 |location= |work=Fox Sports |access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref>

==Performance==
[[File:Performance Chart AFL FRE.svg|thumb|Fremantle's yearly ladder positions]]
As of July 2024, Fremantle holds an overall win percentage of 45.52%, ranking 16th out of the 21 clubs to have competed in the VFL/AFL.<ref>[http://www.afltables.com/afl/teams/allteams/overall_wl.html Team Win–loss records]</ref> Fremantle is also the oldest of the three active clubs yet to win a premiership. The Dockers' most successful period thus far came between 2013 and 2015, during which they secured three consecutive top-four finishes, made their only grand final appearance ([[2013 AFL Grand Final|2013]]) and claimed their only minor premiership ([[2015 AFL season|2015]]).

===Year-by-year performance===
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| colspan="6"|'''Home and away'''
| colspan="4"|'''Finals'''
| rowspan=2|'''Coach'''
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||'''P'''
||'''W'''
||'''D'''
||'''L'''
||'''%'''
||'''Rank'''
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||'''W'''
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| [[2025 AFL season|2025]]||23||16||0||7||109.0||6/18|||1||0||1||8/18|| [[Justin Longmuir|Longmuir]]
|-
| [[2024 AFL season|2024]]||23||12||1||10||111.9||10/18|| ||||||10/18|| [[Justin Longmuir|Longmuir]]
|-
| [[2023 AFL season|2023]]||23||10||0||13||96.68||14/18||||||||14/18|| [[Justin Longmuir|Longmuir]]
|-
| [[2022 AFL season|2022]]||22||15||1||6||117.00||5/18||2||1||1||6/18|| [[Justin Longmuir|Longmuir]]
|-
| [[2021 AFL season|2021]]||22||10||0||12||86.50||11/18|||| || ||11/18|| [[Justin Longmuir|Longmuir]]
|-
| [[2020 AFL season|2020]]||17||7||0||10||93.72||12/18|||| || ||12/18|| [[Justin Longmuir|Longmuir]]
|-
| [[2019 AFL season|2019]]||22||9||0||13||91.90||13/18|||| || ||13/18|| [[Ross Lyon|Lyon]]/[[David Hale (footballer)|Hale]]
|-
| [[2018 AFL season|2018]]||22||8||0||14||76.24||14/18|||| || ||14/18|| [[Ross Lyon|Lyon]]
|-
| [[2017 AFL season|2017]]||22||8||0||14||74.40||14/18|||| || ||14/18|| [[Ross Lyon|Lyon]]
|-
| [[2016 AFL season|2016]]||22||4||0||18||74.28||16/18|||| || ||16/18|| [[Ross Lyon|Lyon]]
|-
| [[2015 AFL season|2015]]||22||17||0||5||118.73||1/18||2||1||1||3/18|| [[Ross Lyon|Lyon]]
|-
| [[2014 AFL season|2014]]||22||16||0||6||130.40||4/18||2||0||2||6/18|| [[Ross Lyon|Lyon]]
|-
| [[2013 AFL season|2013]]||22||16||1||5||134.10||3/18||3||2||1||2/18|| [[Ross Lyon|Lyon]]
|-
| [[2012 AFL season|2012]]||22||14||0||8||115.67||7/18||2||1||1||6/18|| [[Ross Lyon|Lyon]]
|-
| [[2011 AFL season|2011]]||22||9||0||13||83.11||11/17|||| || ||11/17|| [[Mark Harvey|Harvey]]
|-
| [[2010 AFL season|2010]]||22||13||0||9||103.88||6/16||2||1||1||6/16|| [[Mark Harvey|Harvey]]
|-
| [[2009 AFL season|2009]]||22||6||0||16||77.34||14/16||||||||14/16|| [[Mark Harvey|Harvey]]
|-
| [[2008 AFL season|2008]]||22||6||0||16||93.73||14/16||||||||14/16|| [[Mark Harvey|Harvey]]
|-
| [[2007 AFL season|2007]]||22||10||0||12||102.55||11/16||||||||11/16|| [[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Connolly]]/[[Mark Harvey|Harvey]]
|-
| [[2006 AFL season|2006]]||22||15||0||7||109.83||3/16||3||1||2||3/16|| [[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Connolly]]
|-
| [[2005 AFL season|2005]]||22||11||0||11||100.15|| 10/16||||||||10/16|| [[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Connolly]]
|-
| [[2004 AFL season|2004]]||22||11||0||11||100.64||9/16||||||||9/16|| [[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Connolly]]
|-
| [[2003 AFL season|2003]]||22||14||0||8||103.13||5/16||1||0||1||7/16|| [[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Connolly]]
|-
| [[2002 AFL season|2002]]||22||9||0||13||88.33||13/16|| || ||||13/16|| [[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Connolly]]
|-
| [[2001 AFL season|2001]]||22||2||0||20||72.02||16/16||||||||16/16|| [[Damian Drum|Drum]]/[[Ben Allan|Allan]]
|-
| [[2000 AFL season|2000]]||22||8||0||14||72.04||12/16||||||||12/16|| [[Damian Drum|Drum]]
|-
| [[1999 AFL season|1999]]||22||5||0||17||82.44||15/16|| || ||||15/16|| [[Damian Drum|Drum]]
|-
| [[1998 AFL season|1998]]||22||7||0||15||76.37||15/16|| || ||||15/16|| [[Gerard Neesham|Neesham]]
|-
| [[1997 AFL season|1997]]||22||10||0||12||91.90||12/16||||||||12/16|| [[Gerard Neesham|Neesham]]
|-
| [[1996 AFL season|1996]]||22||7||0||15||92.28||13/16|| || ||||13/16|| [[Gerard Neesham|Neesham]]
|-
| [[1995 AFL season|1995]]||22||8||0||14||92.85||13/16|| || ||||13/16|| [[Gerard Neesham|Neesham]]
|-
| '''Total/Avg'''||'''680'''||'''313'''||'''3'''||'''364'''||'''94.03'''|| || '''18'''||'''7'''||'''11'''|| ||
|-
| '''Overall'''||'''698'''||'''320'''||'''3'''||'''375'''||'''93.92'''|| || |||||| ||
|-
|colspan=12|<small>P = Played, W = Win, D = Draw, L = Loss, % = Score for/Score against.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Source: [http://www.afltables.com/afl/teams/fremantle/season.html AFL Tables]</small>
|}

==Club identity==
=== Nicknames and Indigenous name ===
[[File:2006 AFL Fremantle.jpg|thumb|Fremantle Football Club logo (1999–2010)]]
The club is nicknamed the "Dockers" in reference to Fremantle's maritime and dockworker heritage.<ref name=ffc/> Shortly after the club was launched in 1994, [[Levi Strauss & Co.]], which produces the [[Dockers (brand)|Dockers]] brand of clothing, challenged the club's right to use the name "Fremantle Dockers", specifically on clothing.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=news940724_0190_0792 | title =Prior claim on 'Dockers'|date=1994-07-24|work= The Age |page=33}}</ref> As a result, the club and the AFL discontinued the official use of the "Dockers" nickname in 1997. However, it remained in common usage both inside and outside the club, and continued to appear in the official team song "Freo Way to Go" and as the title of the official club magazine ''Docker''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/club/fun-and-games/club-song-lyrics|title= Way to Go Lyrics}}</ref> In 2010, the club secured rights from Levi Strauss & Co to officially use the nickname "Dockers" across all branding and merchandise.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/fremantle-dockers-launch-new-look/story-e6frfkp9-1225932854683|title=Fremantle Dockers launch new look|date=1 October 2010|first=Ben|last=Papalia}}</ref> This name change was made in conjunction with changes to the club logo and playing strip.<ref name="Smaller">{{cite news | url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/8051685/| title = Smaller anchor for Dockers | last1 =Duffield|first1= Mark|last2= Lewis|first2=Ross |last3=Rickard|first3=Jayne| work =The West Australian | date =1 October 2010}}</ref>

When board members raised concerns in 1993 about perceived links to the [[Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union]], which was then embroiled in criminal investigations, inaugural chairman Ross Kelly and CEO David Hatt came up with a fictional origin to reassure them: that the name came from the [[Fremantle Doctor]], a sea breeze supposedly once called the "Fremantle Docker". This "white lie" helped the name gain acceptance and has since become part of club folklore.<ref name=ffc>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=How a white lie helped the Dockers get their name |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/237509/how-a-white-lie-helped-the-dockers-get-their-name |work= |location= |publisher=fremantlefc.com.au |access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref>

During the 2022 finals, the tongue-in-cheek nickname "Flagmantle" came to symbolise fans' hope or belief that the club is destined for a premiership.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Flagmantle' at last? Here's why 2023 will be the year of the Docker |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/03/03/flagmantle-at-last-heres-why-2023-will-be-the-year-of-the-docker/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=The Roar |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-01 |title=Shrewd trades, draft brilliance and an in-form footy 'unicorn' reignite Freo's Flagmantle dream |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/shrewd-trades-draft-brilliance-and-an-inform-footy-unicorn-reignite-freos-flagmantle-dream/news-story/07c6d2fd8ae0a469299e71e755726b71 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-01 |title=FLAGMANTLE: Dockers fans dreaming as finals hiatus ends |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/flagmantle-part-iv-fremantle-dockers-push-for-a-premiership-gathers-steam-and-give-fans-a-reason-to-believe-c-8067137 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=The West Australian |language=en}}</ref> Since 2023, during the [[Sir Doug Nicholls Round|Sir Doug Nicholls]] and AFLW Indigenous Rounds, Fremantle plays as Walyalup ("place of the [[woylie]]"), the traditional [[Noongar]] name for the Fremantle area.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=21 February 2023 |title=Presenting the Walyalup Football Club |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1273390/presenting-the-walyalup-football-club |work= |location= |publisher=fremantlefc.com.au |access-date=29 August 2025}}</ref>

=== Motto ===
The official club motto is "Forever Freo". During Indigenous Rounds, the club also uses the Noongar translation, "Kalyakoorl Walyalup".<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=20 May 2019 |title=Introducing #KalyakoorlWalyalup |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/253891/introducing-kalyakoorlwalyalup |website=fremantlefc.com.au |location= |publisher= |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>

Another popular phrase is "Wharfie Time", which originated during a 2009 match when a TV broadcast picked up captain [[Matthew Pavlich]] rallying his teammates with the line: "Put on your Superman capes, boys. It's wharfie time."<ref>{{cite news |last=Green |first=Warwick |date=16 May 2014 |title=Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich plays AFL game 300 against Geelong and to the Dockers he is part superhero, part wharfie |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/fremantle/fremantle-captain-matthew-pavlich-plays-afl-game-300-against-geelong-and-to-the-dockers-he-is-part-superhero-part-wharfie/news-story/39b55e9e5c7990782cd3ec9533a4d4a9 |work=Herald Sun |location= |publisher= |access-date=29 August 2025}}</ref> Initially met with bemused reactions from commentators, the phrase was embraced by fans and has become an informal club motto. During close games at Perth Stadium, "Wharfie Time" is shown on the big screens, accompanied by the bell from [[AC/DC]]'s "[[Hells Bells (song)|Hells Bells]]".<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 March 2025 |title=Fremantle Dockers captain Alex Pearce embracing every aspect of club history in quest for success |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/fremantle-dockers/fremantle-dockers-captain-alex-pearce-embracing-every-aspect-of-club-history-in-quest-for-success-c-17959044 |work=The West |location= |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref>

=== Guernsey ===
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Until 2011 the Dockers used the anchor symbol as the basis for all of their [[Guernsey (clothing)|guernseys]]. The home guernsey was purple, with a white anchor on the front separating the chest area into red and green panels, representing the maritime [[port and starboard]] colours. The colours also acknowledged Fremantle's large [[Italian Australian|Italian community]], which historically has been associated with the city's fishing industry.<ref>Jones, Ron (2017). ''Geographies of Australian Heritages: Loving a Sunburnt Country?''. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351157506.</ref> The away or clash guernsey was all white with a purple anchor. In 2008, CEO Steve Rosich confirmed that Fremantle's guernsey would be reviewed as part of wider branding changes, though the club would retain purple as its primary colour.<ref>[[Kim Hagdorn|Hagdorn, Kim]]; [http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/freo-anchor-may-get-heave-ho/story-e6frg21l-1111117412506 Fremantle Dockers' anchor logo, song, colours under review]; PerthNow; 6 September 2008</ref><ref>Clarke, Tim; [http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/freo-wont-heave-ho/2008/09/10/1220857592015.html Freo won't heave ho] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013143554/http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/freo-wont-heave-ho/2008/09/10/1220857592015.html |date=13 October 2008 }}; Realfooty; 10 September 2008</ref> Since 2011, the home guernsey is purple with three white chevrons, and the away jumper is white with purple chevrons.<ref>For all past guernsey designs, see [http://www.footyjumpers.com/ Mero's Footy Jumpers] website.</ref> The design was inspired by the club's [[AFL Heritage Round|Heritage Round]] guernsey, which in turn emulates the jumper worn by the original Fremantle Football Club in 1885.<ref name="fullpointsfooty" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Liam |date=1 October 2010 |title=Fremantle Dockers unveil new logo, guernsey |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/fremantle-dockers-unveil-new-logo-guernsey-20101001-160fd.html |work=The Age |location= |publisher= |access-date=30 August 2010}}</ref>

One game each year is designated as the ''Purple Haze'' game, where an all-purple jumper with a white anchor is worn. This game is used to raise money for the [[Starlight Children's Foundation]]. After the guernsey re-design to a predominately purple home jumper, Fremantle wore the Starlight Foundation logo, a yellow star, above the highest chevron for their Purple Haze game.

=== Home ground and headquarters ===
[[File:Perth Stadium at sunset, Western Australia, November 2023 01.jpg|thumb|[[Perth Stadium]], Fremantle's home ground]]
Fremantle Football Club had its original training and administration facilities at [[Fremantle Oval]] from 1995 until 2017. On 21 February 2017 the club moved its training and administration facilities to [[Cockburn ARC]], a professional sports training facility and community recreation centre that was constructed in 2015–17 at a price of $109 million, located in the suburb of [[Cockburn Central, Western Australia|Cockburn Central]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/new-cockburn-home-for-fremantle-dockers-bolsters-spirits-for-2017-20170222-guikn0.html|title=New Cockburn home for Fremantle Dockers bolsters spirits for 2017|date=21 February 2017|work=The Age}}</ref>

The team's home games are played at [[Perth Stadium]] (commercially known as Optus Stadium), a 61,000 seat multi-purpose stadium located in the suburb of [[Burswood, Western Australia|Burswood]]. The club began playing home matches at the venue in 2018, having previously played home matches at [[Subiaco Oval]] from 2001 onward and before that the [[WACA Ground]] from 1995 to 2000.

=== Songs ===
The official song of Fremantle is "Freo Way to Go", a truncated version of the club's original song, "Freo Heave Ho", written by [[Ken Walther]]. "Freo Way to Go" was adopted in 2011 following a poll on the Dockers' official website, beating out the original and two newly composed songs: "The Mighty Roar of Freo" by Rosco Elliott, and "Freo Freo", written by Fremantle [[indie rock]] group and the Dockers' then-[[number-one ticket holder]], [[Eskimo Joe]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/10366348/eskimo-joe-join-dockers-song-battle/ |title=Eskimo Joe join Dockers song battle |access-date=29 September 2011 |archive-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710012452/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/10366348/eskimo-joe-join-dockers-song-battle/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The poll coincided with updates to the club's [[Guernsey (Australian rules football)|guernsey]] and logo.<ref name="Smaller" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/dockers-guernseys-club-song-set-for-makeover-20100930-15yl8.html|title=Dockers guernseys, club song set for makeover|date=30 September 2010|first=Joseph |last=Sapienza}}</ref>

Unlike other [[List of Australian Football League team songs|AFL team songs]], "Freo Way to Go" is played to a contemporary rock tune. "Freo Heave Ho" also had a section based on [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s arrangement of the traditional Russian folk song, "[[The Volga Boatmen's Song|Song of the Volga Boatmen]]",<ref>[http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/its-not-a-bad-song-says-man-who-penned-freo-heave-ho/story-e6frg13u-1225933187029 'It's not a bad song' says man who penned Freo Heave Ho]</ref> which was dropped in 2011, leaving only the original composition of Walther. Due to its unconventional style, the song is derided by many opposition supporters and defended with equally fierce loyalty by many fans.<ref>Katz, Danny;[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/05/1083635187989.html No rhyme or reason to what you fancy]; The Age; 6 May 2004;Retrieved on 14 June 2007</ref><ref>Burrows, Toby [http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?apply=reviews&webpage=api_reviews&flexedit=&flex_password=&menu_label=&menuID=&menubox=&Review=5382 Review: Way to Go: Sadness, Euphoria and the Fremantle Dockers, by Matt Price]; July 2004; Retrieved on 14 June 2007</ref> Author and Fremantle fan [[Tim Winton]] boasted: "Every other team song sounds like a '[[Knees Up Mother Brown]]' from previous eras. We've got a backbeat".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Xvat5SkV4 "Tim Winton in conversation with Martin Flanagan (pt 2)"] ([[Schwartz Publishing|Schwartz Media]]), [[YouTube]]. Time: 21:13. Retrieved 21 June 2021.</ref>

Fremantle [[psychedelic rock|psychedelic]] groups [[Pond (Australian band)|Pond]] and [[Tame Impala]], linked by shared members, have both released tributes to the club. Pond covered "Freo Heave Ho" in 2013,<ref>{{cite news |last=Egging |first=Kiel |date=8 April 2013 |title=Listen: Pond Cover Fremantle Dockers Theme Song |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/listen-pond-cover-fremantle-dockers-theme-song/ |work=Music Feeds |location= |publisher= |access-date=4 September 2025}}</ref> while Tame Impala's [[Kevin Parker (musician)|Kevin Parker]], after being named the club's number-one ticket holder in 2021, released "Go Freo", a hype track now played at three-quarter time at Fremantle's home games. Adding to the Fremantle connection, the song draws inspiration from [[Bon Scott]]-era [[AC/DC]].<ref>[https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/942093/our-new-no1-ticket-holderkevin-parker-of-tame-impala "Our new no.1 ticket holder…Kevin Parker of Tame Impala!"], Fremantle FC. Retrieved 16 June 2021.</ref>

=== Mascots ===
[[File:Johnny "The Doc" Docker.jpg|thumb|Johnny "The Doc" Docker, Fremantle's official mascot since 2003]]
*1995–1999: ''Grinder'' – a cartoon-like [[Stevedore|docker]] man, in a similar style to [[Popeye]], with a permanent snarl, oversized jaw and muscular arms.
*2000–2003: ''The Doc'' – a straggly blonde-haired mascot, similar in appearance to Fremantle players [[Clive Waterhouse]] or [[Shaun McManus]].
*2003–present: ''Johnny "The Doc" Docker'' – a blonde haired surfer with a surfboard under one arm is the Dockers' official mascot in the [[Mascot Manor]] promotion for kids.
*2012–present: ''Jenny Docker'' – Johnny's younger sister.
*2022–present: ''Dokka the Quokka'' – a [[quokka]], which is a marsupial native to [[Rottnest Island]], off the coast of Fremantle.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kirby |first=Aaron |date=16 July 2022 |title=Fremantle unveil furry new mascot Dokka the Quokka before crunch clash with Sydney Swans |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/fremantle-dockers/fremantle-unveil-furry-new-mascot-dokka-the-quokka-before-crunch-clash-with-sydney-swans--c-7543412 |work=Perth Now |location= |publisher= |access-date=10 April 2025}}</ref>

===Ownership and management===
The club is owned by the [[West Australian Football Commission]] (WAFC). Since 2003, a board of directors controls the operation of the club, on behalf of the WAFC.  Prior to this, a two-tier arrangement was in place, with a Board of Management between the board of directors and the commission.  The initial club CEO was [[David Hatt]], who had come from a hockey background, and the inaugural club [[chairman]] was [[Ross Kelly (footballer)|Ross Kelly]], who had played for [[West Perth Football Club|West Perth]].  It was a deliberate act by the commission to avoid having administrators from either [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]] or [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] in key roles, as they wanted the club to be bigger than just representing Fremantle.<ref name="Everett p.22-23">{{harvp|Everett|2014|pp=22–23}}</ref>
 
Kelly resigned at the end of 1998, replaced by [[Ross McLean (politician)|Ross McLean]].  Whilst he presided over some key financial decisions, including the building of the club's administrative and training centre at [[Fremantle Oval]] and the deferment of the licence fee to the AFL, it was Fremantle's lowest point onfield, culminating in a two-win season in 2001 which saw the coach [[Damian Drum]] be sacked mid-year.  McLean resigned following an inadvertent breach of the [[salary cap]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141111152456/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Archive/D-02-Dec-03.html Docker chairman resigns]</ref>

In early 2001 Hatt accepted a government job and [[Cameron Schwab]] was appointed.  After weathering the fallout from the disastrous 2001 season, Schwab and the new chairman, local West Australian retailing businessman [[Rick Hart (Australian businessman)|Rick Hart]], set about rebuilding the club.  A former recruiting manager, Schwab focused on building up the on-field performance by recruiting high-profile players in [[Trent Croad]], [[Peter Bell (Australian footballer born 1976)|Peter Bell]] and [[Jeff Farmer (footballer)|Jeff Farmer]], as well as coach [[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Chris Connolly]] and with Hart then focused on enhancing the corporate and financial standing of the club.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/25/1046064036888.html|title=Freo's $7m debt not an anchor: CEO|first1=John |last1=McGrath |first2=Mark |last2=Duffield|date=26 February 2003}}</ref> The club membership grew every year from 2002 until 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Membership.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111151816/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Membership.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-11-11|title=Club Memberships}}</ref> and the final licence payment was made to the AFL in 2005.

Schwab chose to return to Melbourne in 2008 and was replaced as CEO by [[Steve Rosich]], who had previously worked for the [[West Coast Eagles]].  A year later Hart resigned as president and [[Steve Harris (Australian businessman)|Steve Harris]], who runs [[The Brand Agency]] and had produced advertising for Fremantle since 2002, took over at the end of 2009.  Harris had been on the board since November 2008, the first club chairman or president to have previously served on the board.<ref>{{harvp|Everett|2014|p=198}}</ref> The club has developed into one of the wealthiest clubs in the league and their surprise recruitment of [[Ross Lyon]] to replace [[Mark Harvey]] as coach at the end of the 2011 is seen as an example of their ruthless drive for sustained success.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsbusinessinsider.com.au/news/category/financial-and-governance/the-bold-boardroom-strategies-that-have-powered-fremantle-dockers-afl-resurgence/|title=The bold boardroom strategies that have powered Fremantle Dockers' AFL resurgence|first=Abid|last= Imam|date=17 September 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Harris resigned as president and was replaced by the then vice president, Perth property developer [[Dale Alcock]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dale Alcock named as new Fremantle Dockers president |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/dale-alcock-named-as-new-fremantle-dockers-president-ng-ya-276045 |access-date=2 April 2019 |work=The West Australian |date=14 August 2016|first=Mark|last=Duffield |language=en}}</ref>

===Sponsorship===

====AFL====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Kit Manufacturer !! Major Sponsor !! Shorts Sponsor !! Bottom Back Sponsor !! Top Back Sponsor !! Neckline sponsor 
|-
|1995 || — || rowspan="3" |[[Hard Yakka]]||[[Alinta|Alinta Gas]]||rowspan=3|[[Hard Yakka]]||rowspan=16| —
|-
|1996–97|| — ||[[HBF Health Fund|HBF Home and Car Insurance]]
|-
|1998–99|| rowspan="2" |[[Adidas]]|| —
|-
|2000||rowspan=4|[[Alinta|Choose Alinta Gas]]||[[Land Rover|Southern Land Rover]]||rowspan=4|[[Alinta|Alinta Gas]]
|-
|2001||rowspan=3|[[Russell Athletic (brand)|Russell Athletic]]||[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|-
|2002|| —
|-
|2003||[[Bankwest]]
|-
|2004|| — || rowspan="2" |[[Bankwest]]||rowspan=2|[[Allphones]]||rowspan=2|[[Bankwest]]
|-
|2005||rowspan=4|[[Reebok]]
|-
|2006–08||[[LG Electronics|LG]]||rowspan=4|[[ME Bank]]||[[LG Electronics|LG]]
|-
|2009||[[LG Electronics|LG]] (Home) Integrated (Away)||Integrated (Home) [[LG Electronics|LG]] (Away)
|-
|2010||rowspan=2|[[Woodside Petroleum]] (Home) Integrated (Away)||rowspan=2|Integrated (Home) [[Woodside Petroleum]] (Away)
|-
|2011||rowspan=5|[[ISC (sportswear)|ISC]]
|-
|2012–13|| rowspan="5" |[[Woodside Petroleum]] (Home) [https://programmed.com.au/ Programmed] (Away)||[https://programmed.com.au/ Programmed]|| rowspan="5" |[https://programmed.com.au/ Programmed] (Home) [[Woodside Petroleum]] (Away)
|-
|2014–15||[[Vocus Group|Amcom]]
|-
|2016–2019|| rowspan="3" |[https://www.choicesflooring.com.au/ Choices Flooring]
|-
|2020||rowspan=2| Programmed (Home) [[Woodside Petroleum]] (Away)
|-
|2021–2022 || rowspan=2 |[[Burley-Sekem]]
|-
|2023–present || Woodside Energy (Home) Bankwest (Away) || DP World|| Bankwest (Home) Woodside Energy (Away) || Programmed || HostPlus (From Round 21 2023)
|-
|}

====AFL Women's====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Kit Manufacturer !! Major Sponsor !! Shorts Sponsor !! Bottom Back Sponsor !! Top Back Sponsor
|-
| 2017-20 || rowspan="4"| [[Cotton On Group|Cotton On]] || rowspan="3"| [[Woodside Energy]] (Home) <br/> [[Programmed Maintenance|Programmed]] (Away) || rowspan="3"| Choices Flooring || rowspan="3"| [[Programmed Maintenance|Programmed]] (Home) <br/> [[Woodside Energy]] (Away) || -
|-
| 2021-22 S6 || [[Programmed Maintenance|Programmed]] (Home) <br/> [[Woodside Energy]] (Away)
|-
| 2022 S7 || [[Programmed Maintenance|Programmed]]
|-
| 2023 || [[Woodside Energy]] (Home) <br/> [[Bankwest]] (Away) || [[DP World]] || [[Bankwest]] (Home) <br/> [[Woodside Energy]] (Away) ||[[Programmed Maintenance|Persol]]
|}

===Rivalries===
====West Coast Eagles====
{{Main|Western Derby}}

[[File:Western Derby crop.jpg|thumb|upright|Action from a 2008 Western Derby]]
Fremantle's biggest rivalry is with the other Western Australian team, the [[West Coast Eagles]], who they play twice each year in the [[home and away season]], in the fiercely contested "[[Western Derby]]" matches (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɝː|b|i}} in Western Australia). West Coast won the first nine encounters, but Fremantle broke the streak with a win in Round 16, 1999. When they met again a year later, Fremantle came back from 42 points down in the third quarter to win by a single point. Dubbed the "[[Western Derby#Derby XII: Round_21, 2000 (aka The Demolition Derby)|Demolition Derby]]", the match is infamous for its on-field brawls and resulting suspensions and fines, and is now remembered as a turning point in Fremantle's identity and competitiveness.<ref>{{cite news |last=Winton |first=Tim |date=2 September 2025 |title=Freo, Way to Go! |url=https://thebigissue.org.au/article/freo-way-to-go-by-tim-winton/ |work=The Big Issue |location= |publisher= |access-date=4 September 2025}}</ref> Since then, the rivalry has been relatively even, with Fremantle holding 28 Derby wins overall to West Coast's 33.

====St Kilda====
The Dockers and the [[St Kilda Football Club]] have had several controversial encounters, most notably in 2006, when a match at [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]'s [[York Park]] ended in a dispute dubbed "[[AFL siren controversy|Sirengate]]". While the match initially ended in a draw, the AFL overturned the draw result the following Wednesday after the match; the controversy was due to an off-field error made by the timekeepers not sounding the siren for long enough to confirm that the umpires heard it, as well as the siren not being loud enough for the field umpires to hear over the roar of the crowd in the first place, and Fremantle were eventually declared as one-point winners with no protest from St Kilda.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/05/03/1146335809340.html?page=fullpage|title=Fairness - and Fremantle - turn out the winners in AFL's points decision |first1=Jake |last1=Niall|first2=Michael |last2=Gleeson |first3=Stephen |last3=Rielly|date=4 May 2006 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> It marked the first time a game result had later been overturned since 1900.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/04/30/1146335612707.html?page=fullpage|title=Siren signals chaos as Saints steal draw|first=Richard |last=Hinds|agency=AAP|date=1 May 2006|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

During the 2011 off-season, Fremantle sacked coach [[Mark Harvey]] and replaced him with then-St Kilda coach [[Ross Lyon]] in controversial circumstances. The move was met with much criticism towards Fremantle's president, Steve Harris, and CEO, Steve Rosich, claiming that they had "backstabbed" Harvey. Lyon was also met with widespread criticism and was accused of backstabbing St Kilda by many Saints supporters as the club was made aware that Fremantle had approached Lyon during St Kilda's lead-up to its finals campaign. The two clubs contested a highly anticipated Friday night match in Round 4 of the [[2012 AFL season]] at [[Docklands Stadium|Etihad Stadium]], with Fremantle winning by 13 points and Lyon being booed throughout the match.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-20/dockers-down-saints-in-lyon27s-return/3964006|title=Dockers down Saints in Lyon's return|newspaper=ABC News|publisher=ABC News ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]])|date=20 April 2012|access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref> Lyon became Fremantle's longest serving and most successful coach before being sacked in 2019. He later returned for a second coaching stint at St Kilda in 2023, and his first game back was against Fremantle.

==Players==

===Current squad===
:''See also [[Fremantle Football Club drafting and trading history]] for the complete list of Fremantle's draft selections, delistings and trades''
{{Fremantle Football Club AFL personnel}}

===Leadership (Captain/Coach)===
[[File:Alex Pearce 190425.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]] has captained the club since 2023.]]
[[File:Justin Longmuir 2018.2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Justin Longmuir]], former Fremantle player and current coach]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Seasons!![[Captain (Australian rules football)|Captain]]<ref name="Honour Roll">{{cite web|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/club/history/honour-roll|title=Honour Roll|publisher=Fremantle Football Club|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-date=5 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905030421/http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/club/history/honour-roll|url-status=dead}}</ref>!![[Coach (sports)|Coach]]<ref name="Honour Roll"/>
|-
|1995–1996||[[Ben Allan]] ||[[Gerard Neesham]]
|-
|1997–1998 ||[[Peter Mann (footballer)|Peter Mann]] ||[[Gerard Neesham]]
|-
|1999 ||[[Chris Bond (footballer)|Chris Bond]]||[[Damian Drum]]
|-
|2000–2001 ||[[Shaun McManus]] and [[Adrian Fletcher]] (co-captains) ||[[Damian Drum]]/[[Ben Allan]] from Rd 10, 2001
|-
|2002–2006 ||[[Peter Bell (Australian footballer born 1976)|Peter Bell]]  ||[[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Chris Connolly]]
|-
|2007 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] ||[[Chris Connolly (footballer)|Chris Connolly]]/[[Mark Harvey]] from Rd 16
|-
|2008–2011 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] ||[[Mark Harvey]]
|-
|2012–2015 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] ||[[Ross Lyon]]
|-
|2016 ||[[David Mundy]] ||[[Ross Lyon]]
|-
|2017–2019 ||[[Nathan Fyfe]] ||[[Ross Lyon]]/[[David Hale (footballer)|David Hale]] from Rd 23
|-
|2020–2022 ||[[Nathan Fyfe]] ||[[Justin Longmuir]]
|-
|2023– ||[[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]]||[[Justin Longmuir]]
|-
|}

=== Reserves team ===
For most of Fremantle's history, players have played for various [[West Australian Football League]] (WAFL) teams when not selected to play for the Fremantle AFL team.  Players recruited from the WAFL have remained with their original club, and players recruited from interstate have been allocated to teams via a draft system.  Since the 2014 season, the [[Peel Thunder Football Club]] has served as the [[Australian Football League reserves affiliations#Western Australian clubs|host club]] for the Fremantle Dockers, an arrangement which will see Fremantle's reserves players playing in the WAFL for [[Peel Thunder Football Club]]. An attempt in 2013 to field a standalone Fremantle reserves side in the WAFL was rejected by the other WAFL clubs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/west-coast-and-fremantle-will-enter-wafl-alignments-from-2013/story-e6frg1xu-1226507394291|first=Braden|last=Quartermaine|title=West Coast and Fremantle will enter WAFL alignments from 2013|newspaper =Perthnow|date=31 October 2012|access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref> A similar host club system was used in 1999 when [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] was the aligned club but was cancelled after a single season.

Despite West Coast being granted a reserves team in the competition in 2020, Fremantle's partnership with Peel has continued successfully, with the two clubs committing to retain the relationship until 2029.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1723304/fremantle-and-peel-strengthen-partnership|title=Fremantle and Peel strengthen partnership|work=fremantlefc.com.au|date=1 March 2025}}</ref> 

Throughout the partnership between both Fremantle & Peel Thunder, it has produced 3 WAFL Premierships  ([[2016 WAFL season|2016]], [[2017 WAFL season|2017]] & [[2024 WAFL season|2024]]).

==AFL Women's team==
===History===
[[File:Fremantle AFLW team.jpg|thumb|Fremantle AFL Women's team huddle prior to a practice match in January 2017]]
In May 2016, the club launched a bid to enter a team in the inaugural [[AFL Women's]] season in 2017.<ref name="SBIbid">{{cite news|title=Fremantle Dockers to utilise Curtin partnership to women's team bid|url=http://sportsbusinessinsider.com.au/news/fremantle-dockers-to-utilise-curtin-partnership-for-womens-team-bid/|access-date=3 December 2016|work=Sports Business Insider|date=20 May 2016}}</ref> As part of the bid, the team would guarantee all players education and job opportunities with the club and the partnering [[Curtin University]].<ref name="SBIbid"/>

Fremantle beat out a bid from rivals {{AFL WC}} when they were granted a licence on 15 June 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fremantle win licence for inaugural WA women's team|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2016-06-15/fremantle-win-licence-for-inaugural-wa-womens-team|access-date=3 December 2016|work=Fremantle FC|publisher=Bigpond|date=15 June 2016}}</ref>

[[Kiara Bowers]] and [[Kara Antonio]] were the club's first signings, unveiled along with the league's other 14 marquee players on 27 July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Matthews|first1=Bruce|title=Sixteen of the best: women's marquees named|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-07-27/sixteen-of-the-best-womens-league-marquee-players-named|access-date=25 October 2016|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|date=27 July 2016}}</ref> A further 24 senior players and two rookie players were added to the club's inaugural list in the league's [[2016 AFL Women's draft|drafting and signing period]].

Former [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] assistant coach, [[Michelle Cowan]] was appointed the team's inaugural head coach in July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Edwards|first1=Jon|title=Cowan confirmed as coach of Fremantle's national women's league team|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2016-07-11/story|access-date=3 December 2016|work=Fremantle FC|publisher=Bigpond|date=11 July 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Fremantle Oval gnangarra-1.jpg|thumb|left|The AFLW squad plays its home matches at [[Fremantle Oval]], the club's spiritual home.]]
The club's initial bid outlined plans for a game each at [[Domain Stadium]] and at Curtin University's Bentley campus as well as up to two remaining matches held at the club training base in the city of [[Cockburn, Western Australia|Cockburn]].<ref name="SBIbid"/> The club eventually played two home games at [[Fremantle Oval]], one at [[Domain Stadium]] and one in [[Mandurah]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171024000450/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/2017-aflw-results afl.com.au]</ref> In 2018, the Dockers hosted the first football game at [[Perth Stadium]] but played the remainder of their home games at [[Fremantle Oval]].

The Dockers struggled in their inaugural season, only winning one of seven games and finishing seventh out of eight teams on the ladder. They fared slightly better in 2018, winning three matches, but again finished seventh on the ladder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-03-17/aflw-match-report-dockers-dodge-spoon|title=AFLW match report: Dockers dodge spoon|publisher=Australian Football League|work=AAP|first=Chris|last=Pike|date=17 March 2018|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>

In [[2019 AFL Women's season|2019]], Fremantle had one of their most successful seasons, losing only one game during the home-and-away matches (to eventual premiers [[Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)|Adelaide]]) and making the finals for the first time. The team, now coached by [[Trent Cooper]] and with Kiara Bowers making her long-awaited debut after two injury-affected years, started the year with a high-scoring victory over Melbourne in the opening round and kicked their then highest ever score, 10.7 (67), in round 2 against Brisbane. Despite having won two more games than [[Carlton Football Club (AFL Women's)|Carlton]], the controversial conference system saw Carlton host the knock out preliminary final<ref>{{cite news |title=Blues coach shrugs off AFLW criticism |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/blues-coach-shrugs-off-aflw-criticism |access-date=2 April 2019 |work=SBS News |language=en}}</ref> and inflict Fremantle's second defeat of the year. In the post-season awards, Bowers<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cherny |first1=Daniel |title=Another gong for Erin Phillips |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/another-gong-for-erin-phillips-20190401-p519ig.html |access-date=2 April 2019 |work=The Age |date=1 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Dana Hooker]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Phillips crowned AFLW's best for a second time |url=https://womens.afl/news/17701/phillips-crowned-aflw-s-best-for-a-second-time |access-date=2 April 2019 |work=AFLW |language=en}}</ref> came second behind [[Erin Phillips]] in the AFLW [[Most valuable player|MVP]] award and AFL Women's best and fairest award, respectively. Bowers, Hooker and [[Gemma Houghton]] were all named in the [[AFL Women's All-Australian team]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cherny |first1=Daniel |title=Phillips named AFLW's best but future up in the air |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-all-australian-skipper-is-of-course-erin-phillips-20190402-p51a46.html |access-date=2 April 2019 |work=The Age |date=2 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> [[Ashley Sharp]] was awarded goal of the year for a long-run, multiple-bounce goal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freo stars shine at W Awards |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2019-04-02/freo-stars-shine-at-w-awards |website=fremantlefc.com.au |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>

The [[2020 AFL Women's season]] saw Fremantle go undefeated to sit atop the AFLW ladder for Conference B with a 6–0 record.<ref>{{cite news|title=The season that was: A look back at 2020|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/998009/the-season-that-was-a-look-back-at-2020|website=afl.com.au/aflw|accessdate=3 October 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251003110545/https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/998009/the-season-that-was-a-look-back-at-2020|archive-date=3 October 2025|date=11 November 2020|first=Sarah|last=Black}}</ref> The Dockers had seven debutants throughout the season, which included ruck [[Mim Strom]] and Rising Star nominee [[Roxy Roux]].<ref name=" ab ">{{cite news|title=Season review:Fremantle|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/583323/season-review-fremantle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251003111152/https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/583323/season-review-fremantle|archive-date=3 October 2025|website=fremantlefc.com.au|accessdate=3 October 2025|date=6 April 2020}}</ref> Notable wins included a victory over a then-undefeated Brisbane Lions in Round 5, courtesy of a four-goal effort from [[Sabreena McKinnon|Sabreena Duffy]];<ref name=" ab " /> and a clutch one-point win over St Kilda in Round 4, courtesy of a late goal, again from Duffy. The Dockers hosted a home semi-final at [[Fremantle Oval]] against the [[Gold Coast Suns (AFL Women's)|Gold Coast Suns]], winning by a club record 70 points to qualify for a preliminary final against Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|title=Determined Dockers demolish Suns to book preliminary final berth|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/matches/2007#match-report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251003112601/https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/matches/2007#match-report|archive-date=3 October 2025|work=afl.com.au/aflw|accessdate=3 October 2025|date=21 March 2020| first=Riley|last=Beveridge}}</ref> The season was cancelled shortly afterwards without a winner due to the outbreak of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]] pandemic. Kiara Bowers won Fremantle's fairest and best award and led the competition in tackles with 99.<ref name=" KB ">{{cite news|title=AFLW: Bowers crowned Freo’s Fairest and Best|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/733714/aflw-bowers-crowned-freos-second-consecutive-fairest-and-bes|work=fremantlefc.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251003113543/https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/733714/aflw-bowers-crowned-freos-second-consecutive-fairest-and-bes|archive-date=3 October 2025|accessdate=3 October 2025|date=26 June 2020}}</ref> Duffy won the Fremantle goal-kicker award and led the league for goals kicked with 12,<ref>{{cite news|title=‘I’m pretty lucky’ – The amazing resolve of Sabreena Duffy|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/585282/im-pretty-lucky-the-amazing-resolve-of-sabreena-duffy|work=fremantlefc.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251003113923/https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/585282/im-pretty-lucky-the-amazing-resolve-of-sabreena-duffy|archive-date=3 October 2025|accessdate=3 October 2025|date=15 April 2020}}</ref> and both Bowers and Gemma Houghton were named in the 2020 All-Australian team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Statement: 2020 Toyota AFL Women’s All-Australian Team announced|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1003049/statement-2020-toyota-afl-womens-all-australian-team-announced|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251003114058/https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1003049/statement-2020-toyota-afl-womens-all-australian-team-announced|archive-date=3 October 2025|work=afl.com.au/aflw|accessdate=3 October 2025|date=27 April 2020}}</ref>

===Current squad===
{{Fremantle Football Club AFL Women's personnel}}

===Season summaries===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
||'''&nbsp;'''
| colspan="6"|'''Home and away'''
| colspan="4"|'''Finals'''
| rowspan=2|'''Coach''' 
| rowspan=2|'''Captain'''
| rowspan=2|'''Best and fairest'''
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
||'''Year'''
||'''P'''
||'''W'''
||'''D'''
||'''L'''
||'''%'''
||'''Rank'''
||'''P'''
||'''W'''
||'''L'''
||'''Rank'''
|-
| [[2025 AFL Women's season|2025]]|| 12|| 6|| 0|| 6||  80.9|| 11/18||  -||  -||   -||  11/18|| [[Lisa Webb]] || [[Angelique Stannett|Ange Stannett]] ||
|-
| [[2024 AFL Women's season|2024]]|| 11|| 8|| 0|| 3||  136.0|| 5/18||  2||  1||   1||  6/18|| [[Lisa Webb]] || [[Angelique Stannett|Ange Stannett]] ||[[Mim Strom]]
|-
| [[2023 AFL Women's season|2023]]|| 10|| 4|| 0|| 6||  71.9|| 13/18||  -||  -||   -||  13/18|| [[Lisa Webb]] || [[Hayley Miller]] ||[[Angelique Stannett|Ange Stannett]]
|-
| [[2022 AFL Women's season 7|2022 (S7)]]||10||3||1||6||66.8||12/18|| -|| -||- ||12/18|| [[Trent Cooper]] || [[Hayley Miller]] || [[Kiara Bowers]]
|-
| [[2022 AFL Women's season 6|2022 (S6)]]||10||7||0||3||134.9 ||5/14|| 2||1 || 1 ||4/14|| [[Trent Cooper]] || [[Hayley Miller]] || [[Hayley Miller]]
|-
| [[2021 AFL Women's season|2021]]||9||6||0||3||185.1 ||5/14|| 1||0 || 1 ||5/14|| [[Trent Cooper]] || [[Kara Antonio]] || [[Kiara Bowers]]
|-
| [[2020 AFL Women's season|2020]]||6||6||0||0||154.7 ||1/14|| 1||1 || 0 ||1/14{{dagger}}|| [[Trent Cooper]] || [[Kara Antonio]] || [[Kiara Bowers]]
|-
| [[2019 AFL Women's season|2019]]||7||6||0||1||141.2 ||2/10|| 1||0 || 1 ||3/10|| [[Trent Cooper]] || [[Kara Donnellan]] || [[Kiara Bowers]]
|-
| [[2018 AFL Women's season|2018]]||7||3||0||4||89.8 ||7/8||-|| -||- ||7/8|| [[Michelle Cowan]] || [[Kara Donnellan]] || [[Ebony Antonio]]
|-
| [[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]]||7||1||1||5||64.1||7/8||-||- ||- ||7/8|| [[Michelle Cowan]] || [[Kara Donnellan]] || [[Dana Hooker]] 
|-
| '''Total/Avg'''||'''89'''||'''50'''||'''2'''||'''37'''||'''-'''|| || '''7'''||'''3'''||'''4'''|| || || || 
|-
| '''Overall'''||'''96'''||'''53'''||'''2'''||'''41'''||'''-'''|| || |||||| || || || 
|-
|colspan=14|<small>P = Played, W = Win, D = Draw, L = Loss, % = Score for/Score against.</small><br>
{{dagger}} <small>Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia#Sport|COVID-19 pandemic]], the finals series was cancelled after the first week, with no premiership awarded.</small><ref>{{cite web |title=Heartbreak for Fremantle as title hopes dashed |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/aflw/heartbreak-for-fremantle-as-aflw-title-hopes-dashed-due-to-coronavirus-crisis-ng-b881496392z |date=22 March 2020 |website=The West Australian|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>
|}
<small>Source: [https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/afl-womens/aflw-history AFLW History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402133155/https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/afl-womens/aflw-history |date=2 April 2019 }}</small>

==Awards==
The [[Doig Medal]] is the Fremantle Football Club's annual [[Best and fairest|fairest and best]] award. Currently, the Fremantle coaching staff give every player votes on a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis after every match, including Finals Series matches. Top votes are awarded for what is regarded as an elite performance. At the end of the year the votes are tallied and the Doig Medal Night is held to announce the winner. Variations on the voting system have been used in past years. The awards ceremony has been held at the [[Fremantle Passenger Terminal]] (1995), [[Challenge Stadium]] (1998–1999), [[Fremantle Oval]] (2000–2001), the Grand Ballroom at [[Burswood Entertainment Complex]] (2002–2005, 2008–current) and the [[Perth Convention Exhibition Centre]] (2006–2007).

The Beacon Award is presented to the club's best first year player. Mature aged recruits [[Michael Barlow]], [[Tendai Mzungu]] and [[Lee Spurr]] have won in recent years, despite being significantly older than most first year players.

{| class="wikitable sortable" width=70% 
|-
!width=5% |Season
!width=15% |Doig Medal winner
!width=15% |Beacon Award winner
!width=15% |Best clubman
!width=15% |Players' award
!width=20% |Leading goalkicker
|-
|align=center|1995||[[Peter Mann (footballer)|Peter Mann]] ||[[Scott Chisholm (footballer)|Scott Chisholm]] || || ||[[Peter Mann (footballer)|Peter Mann]] (33)
|-
|align=center|1996 ||[[Stephen O'Reilly (footballer)|Stephen O'Reilly]] ||[[Gavin Mitchell (footballer)|Gavin Mitchell]] || ||  ||[[Kingsley Hunter]] (33)
|-
|align=center|1997 ||[[Dale Kickett]] ||[[Mark Gale]] || ||  ||[[Kingsley Hunter]] (32)
|-
|align=center|1998 ||[[Jason Norrish]] ||[[Brad Dodd]] ||[[Chris Bond (footballer)|Chris Bond]] / [[Jason Norrish]]||  ||[[Clive Waterhouse]] (30)
|-
|align=center|1999 ||[[Adrian Fletcher]] ||[[Clem Michael]] ||[[Ashley Prescott]]||  ||[[Tony Modra]] (71)
|-
|align=center|2000 ||[[Troy Cook]] ||[[Paul Hasleby]] ||[[Dale Kickett]] / John Rankin||  ||[[Clive Waterhouse]] (53)
|-
|align=center|2001 ||[[Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)|Peter Bell]] ||[[Dion Woods]] ||[[Leigh Brown]]||  ||[[Justin Longmuir]] and [[Matthew Pavlich]] (28)
|-
|align=center|2002 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] ||[[Paul Medhurst]] ||[[Shaun McManus]]|| ||[[Trent Croad]] (42)
|-
|align=center|2003 ||[[Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)|Peter Bell]] ||[[Graham Polak]] ||[[Troy Longmuir]]||  ||[[Paul Medhurst]] (50)
|-
|align=center|2004 ||[[Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)|Peter Bell]] ||[[Andrew Browne (footballer, born 1984)|Andrew Browne]] ||[[Matthew Carr]]||  ||[[Paul Medhurst]] (41)
|-
|align=center|2005 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] ||[[David Mundy]] ||[[Troy Cook]]||  ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] (61)
|-
|align=center|2006 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] ||[[Marcus Drum]] ||[[Luke Webster]]|| ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] (71)
|-
|align=center|2007 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] ||[[Robert Warnock]] ||[[Heath Black]]|| ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] (72)
|-
|align=center|2008 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] ||[[Rhys Palmer]] ||[[Luke Webster]]|| ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] (67)
|-
|align=center|2009 ||[[Aaron Sandilands]] ||[[Stephen Hill (Australian footballer)|Stephen Hill]] ||[[Michael Johnson (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Johnson]]|| ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] (28)
|-
|align=center|2010 ||[[David Mundy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/103639/default.aspx|title=It's David's Doig|first=Costa |last=Kastanis |date= 3 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214214001/http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/103639/default.aspx|archive-date=14 February 2011}}</ref>|| [[Michael Barlow]] ||[[Matt de Boer|Matthew de Boer]]|| ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] (61)
|-
|align=center|2011 ||[[Matthew Pavlich]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/fremantle-captain-matthew-pavlich-wins-sixth-doig-medal/story-e6frg1xu-1226162137775 |title=Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich wins sixth Doig Medal |first=Braden |last=Quartermaine |work=The Sunday Times |date=9 October 2011}}</ref> ||[[Tendai Mzungu]] ||[[Matt de Boer|Matthew de Boer]]||  ||[[Chris Mayne]] / [[Kepler Bradley]] (25)
|-
|align=center|2012 ||[[Ryan Crowley]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15052592/crowley-hails-coach-lyon-after-winning-doig-medal/|title=Crowley hails coach Lyon after winning Doig Medal|first=Craig|last=O'Donoghue|work=The West Australian|date=7 October 2012|access-date=18 February 2013|archive-date=8 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008053929/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15052592/crowley-hails-coach-lyon-after-winning-doig-medal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ||[[Lee Spurr]] ||[[Tendai Mzungu]]|| [[Chris Mayne]] ||[[Matthew Pavlich]] (69)
|-
|align=center|2013 ||[[Nat Fyfe]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2013-11-17/doig-medal-winner|title=Fyfe wins the Doig Medal|first=Costa |last=Kastanis  |date=17 November 2013}}</ref>||[[Cam Sutcliffe]] ||[[Lee Spurr]]|| [[Ryan Crowley]]||[[Michael Walters]] (46)
|-
|align=center|2014 ||[[Nat Fyfe]]<ref name="2014DM">{{cite news|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/afl/a/25527923/fyfe-named-freo-best-and-fairest/|title=Fyfe named Freo best and fairest|first=Dale |last=Miller|date=16 November 2014}}</ref>||[[Matt Taberner]] || [[Alex Silvagni]]|| [[Nat Fyfe]] ||[[Hayden Ballantyne]] (49)
|-
|align=center|2015 ||[[Aaron Sandilands]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/fremantle/ruckman-aaron-sandilands-wins-fremantle-dockers-club-champion-award-doig-medal/news-story/cba0918ced33f9bbb428f03712b1c02a|title=Ruckman Aaron Sandilands wins Fremantle Dockers club champion award Doig Medal|date=10 October 2015|first=Braden|last=Quartmaine}}</ref>||[[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]]||[[Jonathon Griffin]]|| [[Nat Fyfe]]||[[Michael Walters]] (44)
|-
|align=center|2016 ||[[Lachie Neale]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Freo star Lachie Neale rewarded with maiden Doig Medal - AFL.com.au |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-09/freo-star-lachie-neale-rewarded-with-maiden-doig-medal |access-date=6 October 2018 |work=afl.com.au}}</ref>||[[Lachie Weller]]||[[Aaron Sandilands]]|| [[Lachie Neale]]||[[Michael Walters]] (36)
|-
|align=center|2017 ||[[Bradley Hill (footballer)|Bradley Hill]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Phil |title=Bradley Hill claims Dockers Doig Medal for 2017 |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/bradley-hill-claims-dockers-doig-medal-for-2017-20171008-gywfsf.html |access-date=6 October 2018 |work=WAtoday |date=8 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref>||[[Luke Ryan]]||[[Zac Dawson]]|| [[Nat Fyfe]]||[[Cam McCarthy]] (25)
|-
|align=center|2018 ||[[Lachie Neale]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lions target Neale wins another Doig Medal - AFL.com.au |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-07/lions-target-neale-wins-another-doig-medal |website=afl.com.au |date=6 October 2018 |access-date=6 October 2018}}</ref> ||[[Brennan Cox]]|| [[Aaron Sandilands]]||[[Ed Langdon]] ||[[Michael Walters]] (22)
|-
|align=center|2019 ||[[Nat Fyfe]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Third Doig Medal for Pav's heir apparent at Fremantle - AFL.com.au |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-10-06/third-doig-medal-for-pavs-heir-apparent-at-fremantle |website=afl.com.au |date=5 October 2019 |access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>
|[[Sam Switkowski]]
|[[Aaron Sandilands]]|| [[Nat Fyfe]]||[[Michael Walters]] (40)
|-
|align=center|2020 ||[[Luke Ryan]]  ||[[Caleb Serong]]|| [[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]] ||[[Ethan Hughes]] ||[[Matt Taberner]] (29)
|-
|align=center|2021 ||[[Sean Darcy]]  ||[[Hayden Young]]|| [[Caleb Serong]] / [[David Mundy]]||[[Lachie Schultz]] ||[[Matt Taberner]] (37)
|-
|align=center|2022 ||[[Andrew Brayshaw]]  ||[[Brandon Walker]]|| [[Sam Switkowski]]|| ||[[Rory Lobb]] (36)
|-
|align=center|2023 || [[Caleb Serong]]|| [[Jye Amiss]]|| [[Josh Corbett]]|| ||[[Jye Amiss]] (41)
|-
|align=center|2024 ||[[Caleb Serong]] ||[[Josh Draper]] ||[[Josh Corbett]]||[[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]]||[[Josh Treacy]] (45)
|-
|align=center|2025 || [[Caleb Serong]] ||[[Murphy Reid]] ||[[Patrick Voss]]||[[Alex Pearce (Australian footballer)|Alex Pearce]]||[[Josh Treacy]] (44)
|}

===AFL Women's Awards===

{|class="wikitable sortable" width=70% 
!width=5%|Season
!width=15%|Fairest and best
!width=15%|Best first year player
!width=15%|Best clubwoman
!width=15%|Players' award
!width=20%|Leading goalkicker
|-
| align=center|[[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]]
| [[Dana Hooker]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/aflw/dana-hooker-who-gave-birth-less-than-a-year-ago-named-top-docker-in-first-aflw-season-ng-b88452293z|title=Dana Hooker, who gave birth less than a year ago, named top Docker in first AFLW season|date=21 April 2017|work=The West Australian|publisher=Seven West Media|access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref>
| {{N/A}}
| [[Amy Lavell]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Fairest and Best a {{sic|glam|ourous|nolink=y}} occasion|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2017-04-20/fairest-and-best-event|website=fremantlefc.com.au|date=20 April 2017 |access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref>
| [[Kara Antonio]]
| [[Kara Antonio]]/[[Ashley Sharp]] (4)
|-
| align=center|[[2018 AFL Women's season|2018]]
| [[Ebony Antonio]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Antonio wins Freo's Fairest and Best - fremantlefc.com.au|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2018-04-06/antonio-wins-freos-fairest-and-best|website=fremantlefc.com.au|date=6 April 2018 |access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
| {{N/A}}
| [[Lisa Webb]] 
| [[Ebony Antonio]]
| [[Amy Lavell]] (6)
|-
| align=center|[[2019 AFL Women's season|2019]]
| [[Kiara Bowers]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fee |first1=Tom |title=AFLW: Bowers triumphs at Fairest and Best |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2019-04-06/aflw-bowers-triumphs-at-fairest-and-best |access-date=5 April 2019 |work=fremantlefc.com.au}}</ref>
| [[Philipa Seth]]
| [[Evie Gooch]]
| [[Kiara Bowers]]
| [[Gemma Houghton]] (9)
|-
| align=center|[[2020 AFL Women's season|2020]]
| [[Kiara Bowers]]<ref name=" KB " />
| [[Mim Strom]]
| [[Kara Antonio]]
| [[Kiara Bowers]]
| [[Sabreena McKinnon|Sabreena Duffy]] (12)
|-
| align=center|[[2021 AFL Women's season|2021]]
| [[Kiara Bowers]]<ref name=" kbb " /> 
| [[Sarah Verrier]]
| [[Ange Stannett]]
| [[Kiara Bowers]]
| [[Gemma Houghton]] (15)
|-
| align=center|[[2022 AFL Women's season 6|2022 (S6)]]
| [[Hayley Miller]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Marvellous Miller wins the Fairest and Best! |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1126149/marvellous-miller-wins-the-fairest-and-best |website=fremantlefc.com.au |access-date=5 October 2025 |language=en |date=14 May 2022}}</ref>
| [[Jessica Low]]
| [[Ange Stannett]]
| [[Ange Stannett]]
| [[Ebony Antonio]] & [[Hayley Miller]] (10)
|-
| align=center|[[2022 AFL Women's season 7|2022 (S7)]]
|[[Kiara Bowers]]<ref name=" kbb ">{{cite news|title=Four-some Turbo! Bowers wins fourth Fairest and Best|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1246621/four-some-turbo-bowers-wins-fourth-fairest-and-best|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251003121908/https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1246621/four-some-turbo-bowers-wins-fourth-fairest-and-best|archive-date=3 October 2025|work= fremantlefc.com.au|accessdate=3 October 2025|date=11 November 2022}}</ref>
|[[Orlagh Lally]]
|[[Ange Stannett]]
|[[Kiara Bowers]]
|[[Áine Tighe]] (11)
|-
| align=center|[[2023 AFL Women's season|2023]]
|[[Ange Stannett]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2023 |title=AFLW Fairest & Best: Stand-out Stannett takes home the trifecta! |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1468828/aflw-fairest-best-stand-out-stannett-takes-home-the-trifecta |access-date=27 November 2023 |website=fremantlefc.com.au}}</ref>
|[[Jae Flynn]]
|[[Ange Stannett]]
|[[Ange Stannett]]
|[[Áine Tighe]] (9)
|-
| align=center|[[2024 AFL Women's season|2024]]
|[[Mim Strom]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bassett |first1=Caitlin |author1-link=Caitlin Bassett (netball) |title=Strom warning for 2025 as Freo’s best looks to get better |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/fremantle-dockers/fremantle-dockers-club-champion-mim-strom-ready-to-take-another-step-forward-in-2025-c-16995384 |access-date=5 October 2025 |work=The West Australian |date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Tunisha Kikoak]]
|[[Ange Stannett]]
|[[Mim Strom]]
|[[Aisling McCarthy]] (8)
|-
| align=center|[[2025 AFL Women's season|2025]]
|[[Aisling McCarthy]]
|[[Indi Strom]]
|[[Philipa Seth]]
|[[Áine Tighe]]
|[[Hayley Miller]] (11)
|}

===Records===
*'''Premierships:''' Nil
*'''Grand Final appearances:''' 1 (2013)
*''' Minor Premierships:''' 1 (2015)
*'''Wooden spoons:''' 1 (2001)
*'''Finals series reached:''' Nine (2003, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2025)
*'''Biggest winning margin:''' 113 points - 24.13 (157) vs. Greater Western Sydney 6.8 (44), [[Subiaco Oval|Patersons Stadium]], 11 August 2013 
*'''Biggest losing margin:''' 133 points - 3.7 (25) vs. Geelong 24.14 (158), [[Kardinia Park|GMHBA Stadium]], 18 August 2018
*'''Longest winning streak:''' 9 games (Round 14, 2006 – Round 22, 2006) and (Round 1, 2015 - Round 9, 2015)
*'''Longest losing streak:''' 18 games (Round 22, 2000 – Round 17, 2001)
*'''Highest score:''' 28.12 (180) vs. [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] 10.8 (68), Subiaco Oval, 8 May 2005 
*'''Lowest score:''' 1.7 (13) vs. [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] 19.16 (130), AAMI Stadium, 11 July 2009

===Individual awards and records===
[[File:Fremantle dockers.JPG|thumb|A [[Banner (Australian rules football)|banner]] at [[Subiaco Oval]] celebrating the 200th game of Hall of Fame inductee [[Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)|Peter Bell]]]]
[[File:Nat Fyfe Fremantle Round 6 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Two-time Brownlow Medallist Nat Fyfe]]
*'''[[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] inductees:''' [[Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)|Peter Bell]] 2015, [[Matthew Pavlich]] 2022
*'''[[Brownlow Medal]]lists:''' [[Nat Fyfe]] 2015, 2019
*'''[[AFL Women's best and fairest]] winner:''' [[Kiara Bowers]] 2021
*'''[[Norm Smith Medal]]lists:''' None
*'''[[Coleman Medal]]lists:''' None
*'''[[AFL Rising Star award]]''': [[Paul Hasleby]] 2000; [[Rhys Palmer]] 2008; [[Caleb Serong]] 2020; [[Murphy Reid]] 2025
*'''[[All-Australian team|All Australians]]:''' [[Matthew Pavlich]] 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; [[Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)|Peter Bell]] 2003; [[Paul Hasleby]] 2003; [[Aaron Sandilands]] 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014; [[Luke McPharlin]] 2012; [[Michael Johnson (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Johnson]] 2013; [[Nat Fyfe]] 2014, 2015, 2019 (c); [[Hayden Ballantyne]] 2014; [[David Mundy]] 2015; [[Michael Walters]] 2019; [[Luke Ryan]] 2020, 2024; [[Andrew Brayshaw]] 2022; [[Caleb Serong]] 2023, 2024, 2025; [[Jordan Clark (Australian footballer)|Jordan Clark]] 2025
*'''[[AFL Women's All-Australian team|AFLW All-Australians]]:''' [[Kara Antonio]] 2017; [[Dana Hooker]] 2018, 2019; [[Ebony Antonio]] 2018; [[Gemma Houghton]] 2019, 2020; [[Kiara Bowers]] 2019, 2020, 2021; [[Janelle Cuthbertson]] 2021; [[Hayley Miller]] 2022 (S6) (vc); [[Emma O'Driscoll]] 2023, 2024; [[Aisling McCarthy]] 2024; [[Mim Strom]] 2024, 2025; [[Gabby Newton]] 2025
*''' [[22under22]]''': [[Nat Fyfe]] 2013; [[Michael Walters]] 2013; [[Lachie Neale]] 2015; [[Sean Darcy]] 2018, 2020; [[Ed Langdon]] 2018; [[Adam Cerra]] 2020, 2021; [[Andrew Brayshaw]] 2020, 2021 (vc), 2022 (c); [[Hayden Young]] 2022, 2023; [[Jordan Clark (Australian footballer)|Jordan Clark]] 2022; [[Caleb Serong]] 2022, 2023; [[Luke Jackson (footballer)|Luke Jackson]] 2023, 2024; [[Jye Amiss]] 2023, 2024; [[Josh Treacy]] 2024; [[Josh Draper]] 2024; [[Murphy Reid]] 2025
*''' [[22under22]]''' (AFLW): [[Roxanne Roux]] 2020; [[Sabreena Duffy]] 2020, 2021; [[Emma O'Driscoll (footballer)|Emma O'Driscoll]] 2021, 2022 (S6), 2022 (S7), [[Georgie Brisbane]] 2025
*'''[[Australia international rules football team|International rules representatives]]:''' [[Clive Waterhouse]] 1999; [[Matthew Pavlich]] 2002, 2003; [[Matthew Carr]] 2003; [[Paul Hasleby]] 2003; [[Robbie Haddrill]] 2004; [[Heath Black]] 2005; [[Ryan Crowley]] 2006; [[David Mundy]] 2006, 2015; [[Brett Peake]] 2006; [[Roger Hayden]] 2008; [[Garrick Ibbotson]] 2010;<ref name="afl.com.au" /> [[Paul Duffield]] 2010;<ref name="afl.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=104178 |title=Goodes named Australian captain |publisher=AFL.com.au|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018050029/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/104178/default.aspx|archive-date=18 October 2010}}</ref> [[Hayden Ballantyne]] 2015; [[Nat Fyfe]] 2017
*'''[[Leigh Matthews Trophy]] (AFLPA Most Valuable Player)''' winners: [[Nat Fyfe]] 2014,<ref name="MVP" /> 2015; [[Andrew Brayshaw]] 2022 
*'''[[AFL Players Association awards|AFLPA Best First Year Player Award]]''' winners: [[Paul Hasleby]] 2000; [[Rhys Palmer]] 2008; [[Michael Barlow]] 2010; [[Caleb Serong]] 2020; [[Murphy Reid]] 2025
*'''[[AFL Players Association awards|AFLCA Best Young Player Award]]''' winners: [[Stephen Hill (Australian footballer)|Stephen Hill]] 2010; [[Nat Fyfe]] 2011; [[Caleb Serong]] 2021
*'''[[VFL/AFL games records|300-game players]] ("the 300 club")''': David Mundy, 376 games; Matthew Pavlich, 353 games<ref>[http://www.afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/fremantle.html Fremantle - All Time Player List]</ref>
*'''Most consecutive games''': [[Matthew Pavlich]], 160 games (Rd 15 2001 – Rd 16 2008)<ref>[http://www.afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/misc_players.html#03 Consecutive games]</ref>
*'''Most goals''': [[Matthew Pavlich]], 700 goals (as of 2020 season)
*'''Most goals in a season''': 72 [[Matthew Pavlich]], 2007<ref>[http://www.afltables.com/afl/teams/fremantle/leadinggk.html Fremantle Goalkicking Records]</ref>
*'''Most goals in a game''': 10 [[Tony Modra]] vs [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]], Rd 10 1999, [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afltables.com/afl/teams/fremantle/leadinggk.html#01 |title=AFL Tables - Fremantle Goalkicking Records |publisher=afltables.com |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref>
*'''[[Mark of the Year]]''' winners: [[Tony Modra]] 2000; [[Luke McPharlin]] 2005
*'''[[Goal of the Year (AFL)|Goal of the Year]]''' winners: [[Winston Abraham]] 1996; [[Hayden Ballantyne]] 2011; [[Caleb Serong]] 2021
*'''Goal of the Year (AFLW) winners:''' [[Ashley Sharp]] 2019

===Attendance records===
*'''Record attendance (home and away game):''' 62,198, Round 19, 20 July 2025 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]] v [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]
*'''Record attendance (AFLW home and away game):''' 41,975, Round 2, 10 February 2018 at [[Perth Stadium]] v [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]  
*'''Record attendance (home game):''' 58,982, First Elimination Final, 03 September 2022 at [[Perth Stadium]] v [[Western Bulldogs]]
*'''Record attendance (finals match):''' 100,007, Grand Final, Sept 28, 2013 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]] v [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]].

===Fremantle Football Hall of Legends===
The [[Fremantle Football Hall of Legends]] was inaugurated by Fremantle Football Club in 1995, in recognition of the new AFL team's links with its home city's football heritage. The inductees are nominated by the two clubs from the Fremantle area in the WAFL: [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]] and [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]]. In time, players who represented Fremantle in the AFL will join their predecessors in this prestigious Hall.

===Fremantle's 25 Since '95===
In 2019, [[The West Australian]] named Fremantle's greatest team of the past twenty five years as part of the club's twenty fifth anniversary celebrations, as voted by Fans and club officials.:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2019-06-28/fremantles-greatest-team-presenting-the-25-since-95|title = Fremantle's greatest team – presenting the 25 since 95!| date=28 June 2019 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:left;"
| '''Backs:''' || [[Roger Hayden]] || [[Shane Parker (footballer)|Shane Parker]] || [[Antoni Grover]]
|-
| '''Half Backs:''' || [[Michael Johnson (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Johnson]] || [[Luke McPharlin]] || [[Dale Kickett]] 
|-
| '''Centres:''' || [[Stephen Hill (Australian footballer)|Stephen Hill]] || [[David Mundy]] || [[Shaun McManus]]
|-
| '''Half Forwards:''' || [[Michael Walters]] || [[Matthew Pavlich]] || [[Clive Waterhouse]]
|-
| '''Forwards:''' || [[Jeff Farmer (footballer)|Jeff Farmer]] || [[Tony Modra]] || [[Hayden Ballantyne]]
|-
| '''Ruck:''' || [[Aaron Sandilands]] || [[Nat Fyfe]] || [[Peter F. Bell|Peter Bell]]
|-
| '''Interchange:''' || [[Paul Hasleby]] || [[Lachie Neale]] || [[Troy Cook]]
|-
| ||[[Michael Barlow]] || [[Ryan Crowley]] || [[Justin Longmuir]]
|-
| ||[[Ben Allan]]
|-
|}

== Supporters ==

===Number-one ticket holders===
[[File:Tame Impala Surly Brewing in Minneapolis 2019 (48419382936) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kevin Parker (musician)|Kevin Parker]] of [[Tame Impala]], the club's current number-one ticket holder]]
It is traditional for each AFL club to recognise a prominent supporter as the [[number-one ticket holder]]. Fremantle originally awarded this to [[Carmen Lawrence]], the sitting member for the federal seat of Fremantle. This was roundly criticised as the member may or may not be a supporter of the club and unnecessarily linked politics with sport.<ref>Gervase A. Haimes (August 2006); [https://web.archive.org/web/20110301171553/http://wallaby.vu.edu.au/adt-VVUT/uploads/approved/adt-VVUT20060919.123019/public/03chapters5-7.pdf Culture and Identity at FFC] in PhD thesis "Organizational Culture and Identity: A Case Study from the Australian Football League", Victoria University; archived from the [http://wallaby.vu.edu.au/adt-VVUT/uploads/approved/adt-VVUT20060919.123019/public/03chapters5-7.pdf original] on 1 March 2011</ref> The policy was soon changed to select a well-known Fremantle identity for a two-year period. The current number-one ticket holder is [[Kevin Parker (musician)|Kevin Parker]], the frontman of [[Tame Impala]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Number-one ticket holder
|-
|1995–1996
|[[Carmen Lawrence]], WA premier
|-
|1997–2002
|[[Jack Sheedy (Australian rules footballer)|Jack Sheedy]], footballer; [[Steve Marsh (footballer)|Steve Marsh]], footballer
|-
|2003–2005
|[[Rove McManus]], comedian
|-
|2006–2007
|[[Luc Longley]], basketball player
|-
|2008
|Jesse Dart, number-one junior ticket holder<ref>Washbourne, Michael (17 March 2008); [https://archive.today/20120912182015/http://www.perthnow.com.au/freo-amped-for-tough-clash/story-fna7dq6e-1111115820120 Fremantle Dockers ready for first game of the season]; PerthNow; Retrieved on 22 March 2009</ref>
|-
|2009
|[[Nick O'Hern]], golfer<ref>Chadwick, Justin (20 March 2009); [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/ohern-comes-out-swinging-for-dockers-20090320-944n.html O'Hern comes out swinging for Dockers]; Sydney Morning Herald; Retrieved on 22 March 2009</ref>
|-
|2010–2011
|[[Eskimo Joe]], indie rock band<ref name="Eskimo2">{{cite news|url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/7102951/eskimo-joe-are-dockers-new-no-1-ticketholders/|title = Eskimo Joe No. 1 at Freo|work = [[The West Australian]]|publisher = West Australian Newspapers Limited|date = 24 April 2010|access-date = 25 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
|2012–2015
|[[Ben Roberts-Smith]], soldier<ref name="Ben Roberts-Smith2">{{Cite web |url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/13212677/vc-winner-is-dockers-new-no1-ticket-holder/ |title=VC Winner is Dockers New No 1 Ticket Holder |access-date=20 March 2012 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321151209/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/13212677/vc-winner-is-dockers-new-no1-ticket-holder/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2016–2021||[[Richard Walley]], Indigenous rights activist<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2016-03-23/richard-walley-is-new-number-one|title =Richard Walley is new number one|first =Ned|last =Balme|date =23 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2021–
|[[Kevin Parker (musician)|Kevin Parker]], musician<ref>{{cite web|title=Our new no.1 ticket holder…Kevin Parker of Tame Impala!|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/942093/our-new-no-1-ticket-holder-kevin-parker-of-tame-impala-|access-date=2021-05-22|website=fremantlefc.com.au|date=22 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Other notable supporters===
Other high-profile fans include former [[Premier of Western Australia|WA premiers]] [[Mark McGowan]]<ref>{{cite web|title=WA Premier shows his purple side|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/289349/wa-premier-shows-his-purple-side-|access-date=2021-02-01|website=FremantleFC.com.au|date=22 October 2017}}</ref> and [[Alan Carpenter]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Alan Carpenter – Premier-in-waiting|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=23 January 2006|url=http://www.abc.net.au/wa/stories/s1553493.htm|access-date=24 August 2010}}</ref> former federal Defence Minister [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Defence Minister kicks a goal for Freo|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/125396/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404141205/http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/125396/default.aspx|archive-date=4 April 2012|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> comedian and musician [[Tim Minchin]];<ref>{{cite web|title=For the Love of Freo with Tim Minchin|url=https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=781307|website=Whooshkaa|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> members of the psychedelic rock bands [[Tame Impala]] and [[Pond (Australian band)|Pond]];<ref>{{cite web|title=International stars, local legends|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/725816/international-stars-local-legends|website=FremantleFC.com.au|date=18 June 2013|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> hip hop group [[Koi Child]];<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=10 September 2015 |title=Freo on song |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/43586/freo-on-song |work= |location= |publisher=fremantlefc.com.au |access-date=}}</ref> author [[Tim Winton]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Western voices|url=http://www.theblurb.com.au/Issue49/Winton.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312054441/http://www.theblurb.com.au/Issue49/Winton.htm|archive-date=12 March 2009|access-date=22 March 2009|publisher=theblurb.com.au}}</ref> American tennis player [[John Isner]];<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Ross|date=4 January 2011|title=Big John reveals he's a Dockers fan|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/afl/a/8594668/big-john-reveals-hes-a-dockers-fan/|access-date=12 January 2015|work=The West Australia}}</ref> journalists and television presenters [[Dixie Marshall]] and [[Simon Reeve (Australian television presenter)|Simon Reeve]];<ref>{{cite web|url = http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/b/sunrise/9615/simon-reeve-bloga-long-suffering-dockers-supporter/|title = Simon Reeve blog – A long-suffering Dockers supporter|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080829182417/http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/b/sunrise/9615/simon-reeve-bloga-long-suffering-dockers-supporter/|archive-date = 29 August 2008}}</ref> professional golfer [[Min Woo Lee]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Min Woo Lee |url=https://www.pgachampionship.com/player/min-woo-lee |website=pgachampionship.com}}</ref> and the late political journalist [[Matt Price]], who wrote the 2003 book ''Way to Go: Sadness, Euphoria and the Fremantle Dockers''.

=== Membership base ===
[[File:Dockerssupporters.jpg|thumb|Supporters cheer on the Dockers]]
Despite a relative lack of on-field success, Fremantle has recorded membership figures above average for the league.
The club in 2004 had the fastest-growing membership in the AFL competition, at more than 27% from the previous year, with home crowds growing at a similar rate.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} The club's recent membership slogans have emphasised the passion of Fremantle fans for their team.{{how|date=August 2022}}{{Which|date=June 2023}}

Fremantle achieved a membership of over 60,000 in 2023, for the first time in the club's history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-08 |title=60,000 members and growing! |url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1353183/60-000-members-and-growing- |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=fremantlefc.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! data-sort-type=number |Season
! data-sort-type=number |Members
! data-sort-type=number | Change from previous season
! data-sort-type=number |Finishing position (after finals)
! data-sort-type=number |Average home match crowds<ref>{{cite web| title = Fremantle Attendances| publisher = AFL Tables| url = http://www.afltables.com/afl/crowds/fremantle.html| access-date = 13 October 2008 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[1995 AFL season|1995]]
| 18,456
| {{sort|0|–}}
| 13th
| 23,361
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[1996 AFL season|1996]]
| 19,622
| align=left| {{sort|1166|{{increase}} 1,166 (+6.32%)}}
| 13th
| 22,473
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
| 19,949
| align=left| {{sort|327|{{increase}} 327 (+1.67%)}}
| 12th
| 21,982
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[1998 AFL season|1998]]
| 22,186
| align=left| {{sort|2237|{{increase}} 2,237 (+11.21%)}}
| 15th
| 23,365
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[1999 AFL season|1999]]
| 24,896
| align=left| {{sort|2710|{{increase}} 2,710 (+12.21%)}}
| 15th
| 23,972
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2000 AFL season|2000]]
| 24,925
| align=left| {{sort|29|{{increase}} 29 (+0.12%)}}
| 12th
| 22,357
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2001 AFL season|2001]]
| 23,898
| align=left| {{sort|-1027|{{decrease}} 1,027 (−4.12%)}}
| 16th
| 21,258
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2002 AFL season|2002]]
| 23,775
| align=left| {{sort|-123|{{decrease}} 123 (−0.51%)}}
| 13th
| 26,359
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2003 AFL season|2003]]
| 25,347
| align=left| {{sort|1572|{{increase}} 1,572 (+6.61%)}}
| 7th
| 31,688
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2004 AFL season|2004]]
| 32,259
| align=left| {{sort|6912|{{increase}} 6,912 (+27.27%)}}
| 9th
| 35,693
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2005 AFL season|2005]]
| 34,124
| align=left| {{sort|1865|{{increase}} 1,865 (+5.78%)}}
| 10th
| 35,224
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2006 AFL season|2006]]
| 35,666
| align=left| {{sort|1542|{{increase}} 1,542 (+4.52%)}}
| 4th
| 37,063
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2007 AFL season|2007]]
| 43,343<ref>{{cite web| title = Freo to put the pedal to the metal| publisher = The West Australian| date = 27 April 2007| url = http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=12&ContentID=27197| access-date = 29 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023854/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx%3FMenuID%3D12%26ContentID%3D27197 |archive-date = 30 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Record Year for AFL memberships| publisher = Faixfax Digital| date = 12 July 2007| url = http://news.realfooty.com.au/record-year-for-afl-memberships/20071412-nem.html}}</ref>
| align=left| {{sort|7677|{{increase}} 7,677 (+21.52%)}}
| 11th
| 37,474
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2008 AFL season|2008]]
| 43,366<ref>{{cite web| title = Dockers set record membership| publisher = Sportal| date = 7 January 2008| url = http://sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/dockers-set-membership-record-51592| access-date = 24 September 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204193152/http://sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/dockers-set-membership-record-51592| archive-date = 4 December 2008| df = dmy-all}}</ref>
| align=left| {{sort|23|{{increase}} 23 (+0.05%)}}
| 14th
| 35,877
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2009 AFL season|2009]]
| 39,206<ref>{{cite web| title = Membership target surpassed| publisher = Fremantle Football Club| date = 22 July 2009| url = http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/81146/default.aspx| access-date = 15 July 2013| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121114082918/http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/81146/default.aspx| archive-date = 14 November 2012| df = dmy-all}}</ref>
| align=left| {{sort|-4160|{{decrease}} 4,160 (−9.6%)}}
| 14th
| 33,144
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2010 AFL season|2010]]
| 39,854
| align=left| {{sort|648|{{increase}} 648 (+1.63%)}}
| 6th
| 37,084
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2011 AFL season|2011]]
| 42,762
| align=left| {{sort|2908|{{increase}} 2,908 (+6.8%)}}
| 11th
| 34,394
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2012 AFL season|2012]]
| 41,705
| align=left| {{sort|-1057|{{decrease}} 1,057 (−2.4%)}}
| 6th
| 33,386
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2013 AFL season|2013]]
| 44,480<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web| title = Club memberships rise as Power, Swans reap benefits| publisher = AFL| date = 2 August 2014| url = http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-02/club-memberships-rise| access-date = 2 August 2014 }}</ref>
| align=left| {{sort|2775|{{increase}} 2,775 (+6.7%)}}
| '''2nd'''
| 35,015
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2014 AFL season|2014]]
| 48,776<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| align=left| {{sort|4296|{{increase}} 4,296 (+9.7%)}}
| 6th
| 36,215
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2015 AFL season|2015]]
| 51,433<ref name="2015Memb">{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-26/swans-surge-drives-new-afl-club-membership-record|title= Swans' surge drives new AFL club membership record|first=Nathan |last=Schmook  |date=26 August 2015}}</ref>
| align=left| {{sort|2657|{{increase}} 2,657 (+5.4%)}}
| 3rd
| 36,914
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2016 AFL season|2016]]
| 51,889
| align=left| {{sort|456|{{increase}} 456 (+0.89%)}}
| 16th
| 31,416
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2017 AFL season|2017]]
| 51,254
| align=left| {{sort|-635|{{decrease}} 635 (-1.22%)}}
| 14th
| 32,375
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2018 AFL season|2018]]
| 55,639
| align=left| {{sort|4385|{{increase}} 4,385 (+8.60%)}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waterworth |first1=Ben |title=Records smashed in AFL goldmine |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-club-membership-numbers-2018-over-1-million-members-richmond-surpasses-six-figures/news-story/151ae3a71dd14c48e264ac0331f57431 |access-date=16 September 2018 |work=News.Com.Au |date=2 August 2018}}</ref>
| 14th
|41,764
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2019 AFL season|2019]]
| 51,431
| align=left| {{sort|-4208|{{decrease}} 4,208 (-7.56%)}}<ref>{{cite news |title=AFL membership ladder 2019 numbers {{!}} AFL club membership tallies, Carlton, Richmond, Collingwood, Adelaide, Port Adelaide |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-membership-ladder-2019-carltons-shock-rise-richmond-top-the-chart-sa-clubs-drop-off/news-story/8a5227832e7966699d48c83695ffa9cc |access-date=23 September 2019 |work=Fox Sports |date=6 August 2019 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
| 13th
| 40,896
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2020 AFL season|2020]]
| 51,577
| align=left| {{sort|146|{{increase}} 146 (+0.28%)}}<ref>{{cite news |title=AFL membership ladder numbers 2020 {{!}} AFL club membership, West Coast Eagles record, Essendon decline |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-membership-ladder-numbers-2020-afl-club-membership-west-coast-eagles-record-essendon-decline/news-story/c0b4ad1847f1dfd511f80de5f9b0ed37 |access-date=24 September 2020 |work=Fox Sports |date=9 September 2020 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
| 12th
| 16,215
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2021 AFL season|2021]]
| 50,342
| align=left| {{sort|-1235|{{decrease}} 1,235 (-2.4%)}}<ref>{{cite news |title=AFL membership ladder numbers 2021 {{!}} Ten clubs set records as Eagles just pip Richmond again |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/west-coast-eagles/afl-membership-numbers-ladder-2021-afl-club-membership-by-team-club-records-west-coast-eagles-richmond/news-story/27b74f6e8e6225c5666c4a9e493891b0 |access-date=10 September 2022 |work=Fox Sports |date=5 August 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
| 11th
| 30,008
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
| [[2022 AFL season|2022]]
| 56,105
| align=left| {{sort|5763|{{increase}} 5,763 (11.4%)}}<ref>{{cite news |title=AFL membership ladder numbers 2022 {{!}} Battlers lead the league, three crack the ton amid 14 record hauls |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-membership-numbers-ladder-2022-afl-club-membership-by-team-club-records-most-members-west-coast-richmond/news-story/fb533d3e5f05e6f9f757dabf4b77b0a6 |access-date=10 September 2022 |work=Fox Sports |date=6 September 2022 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
| 6th
| 40,460
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
|[[2023 AFL season|2023]]
|62,064
| align=left| {{sort|5858|{{increase}} 5,959 (10.62%)}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2023 |title=AFL breaks all-time club membership record |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/1024903/afl-breaks-all-time-club-membership-record |access-date=27 November 2023 |website=afl.com.au}}</ref>
|14th
|41,199
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
|[[2024 AFL season|2024]]
|62,237<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFL Club membership sets all-time record|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/1217482/afl-club-membership-sets-all-time-record-in-2024|access-date=10 August 2025 |date=10 September 2024|website=afl.com.au}}</ref>
| align=left| {{sort|173|{{increase}} 173 (0.28%)}}
|10th
|'''46,580'''
|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"
|[[2025 AFL season|2025]]
|'''66,179'''<ref>{{cite news |last=Waterworth |first=Ben |date=10 September 2025 |title=AFL membership ladder 2025 revealed: Eagles power on full display amid Qld clubs' stunning growth |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-member-numbers-ladder-2025-afl-club-membership-by-team-club-records-most-members-collingwood-pips-west-coast-as-brisbane-and-gold-coast-surge/news-story/dd672eed088359c13bb2f1c98b139956 |location= |work=Fox Sports |access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref>
|align=left| {{sort|173|{{increase}} 3,942 (6.33%)}}
|6th
|45,758
|}

===Patrons===
From 2003 until 2021, the Fremantle Football Club had the current or past [[Governor of Western Australia]] as its [[patron]].
*2003–2005: [[John Sanderson]]
*2006–2021: [[Ken Michael]]
*2021–: [[Richard Walley]]<ref>{{cite web|title=A new honour for Dr Richard Walley|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/878049/a-new-honour-for-dr-richard-walley|access-date=2021-05-22|website=fremantlefc.com.au|date=11 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Vice-patrons
*[[David Malcolm]] – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (retired)
*[[Syd Corser]]
*[[Con Regan]] and [[Beryl Regan]]
*[[Steve Marsh (footballer)|Steve Marsh]]
*[[Jack Sheedy (Australian rules footballer)|Jack Sheedy]]

==Honours==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b;" align="center"| '''Premierships'''
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
!Competition
!Level
!Wins
!Years won
|-
|'''[[Australian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFL/AFL premiers|Seniors]]||0||Nil
|-
|'''[[AFL Women's]]'''||[[List of AFL Women's premiers|Seniors]]||0|||Nil
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b;" align="center"| '''Finishing positions'''
|-
|rowspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align: left"| '''[[Australian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFL/AFL minor premiers|Minor premiership]]<br /><small>([[McClelland Trophy]])</small>||1||[[2015 AFL season|2015]]
|-
||[[AFL Grand Final|Grand Finalist]]||1||[[2013 AFL Grand Final|2013]]
|-
||[[List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons|Wooden spoons]]||1||[[2001 AFL season|2001]]
|-
|rowspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align: left"| '''[[AFL Women's]]'''||[[List of AFL Women's minor premiers|Minor premiership]]||0||Nil
|-
||[[AFL Women's Grand Final|Grand Finalist]]||0||Nil
|-
||[[List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons#AFL Women's|Wooden spoons]]||0||Nil
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports|Australia}}
*[[:Category:Fremantle Football Club players|List of Fremantle players]] (alphabetical)
*[[List of Fremantle Dockers league players]] (ordered by debut)
*[[Australian rules football in Western Australia]]
*[[Fremantle Football Club drafting and trading history]]
*[[Sport in Australia]]
*[[Sport in Western Australia]]

== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Lovett |editor-first = Michael |title = AFL Record Season Guide | publisher=Geoff Slattery Media Group |year=2010 |isbn = 978-0-9806274-5-9 }}
* {{cite web |title = Optus Stadium Crowds (Perth Stadium) |website = Austadiums | url = https://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums_crowds.php?id=399 |ref = {{sfnref|Austadiums}} |access-date=2018-09-15 }}
* {{cite book |first=Les |last=Everett |title = Fremantle Dockers: An Illustrated History |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ORZTnwEACAAJ |year=2014 |publisher=Slattery Media Group |isbn = 978-0-9875263-4-2 }}
* {{cite book |first=Matt |last=Price |author-link = Matt Price |title = Way to Go: Sadness, Euphoria and the Fremantle Dockers |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=B0BnPQAACAAJ |year=2003 |publisher = Fremantle Arts Centre Press |isbn = 978-1-920731-96-0 }}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website}}
* [https://www.flashscore.com.au/team/fremantle-dockers/MqbGx3Rj/results/ Fremantle Dockers results] - Latest scores for Fremantle Football Club

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