2012 Carlton Football Club season
| 2012 season | |||
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| President | Stephen Kernahan | ||
| Coach | Brett Ratten | ||
| Captain(s) | Chris Judd | ||
| Home ground |
Etihad Stadium (Training and administrative: Visy Park) |
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| AFL season | 10th | ||
| Club membership | 45,800 | ||
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The 2012 AFL season was the 116th season in the AFL to be contested by the Carlton Football Club. The club finished tenth out of eighteen teams, missing the finals for the first time since 2008.
The 2012 AFL season was the 116th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 116th season contested by the Carlton Football Club.
As in previous years, the club's primary home ground was Etihad Stadium, with home games expecting to draw larger crowds played at the M.C.G., and with traditional home ground Visy Park serving as the training and administrative base. The club's two joint major sponsors, car manufacturer Hyundai and confectionery company Mars, were unchanged from 2011. Carlton had a full alignment with the Northern Blues in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Northern Blues when not selected in AFL matches; the VFL club, known as the Northern Bullants until 2011, changed its name and colours to match Carlton's this season.
The club's membership campaign slogan for 2012 was "I am Carlton"; the slogan was launched in Round 24, 2011. The club set a new membership record of 45,800, passing the 2011 record of 44,136 in May; the club had expected to reach 50,000 members after the strength of early season sales, but fell short of this target.
Brett Ratten continued in his role as senior coach of the club, entering his fifth and final season appointed to the job. Ratten's contract was to have expired after the 2011 season, but after that season he was awarded a two-year extension which was to have seen him coach the club until 2013; this contract was ultimately terminated early at the end of the 2012 season, because the club failed to meet onfield expectations during the year.
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