St Kilda Football Club
| St Kilda Football Club | ||||
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| Names | ||||
| Full name | St Kilda Football Club Ltd | |||
| Nickname(s) | Saints, Sainters | |||
| Motto | Fortius Quo Fidelius | |||
| Club song: "Oh When The Saints" | ||||
| 2016 season | ||||
| Home-and-away season | 9th | |||
| Leading goalkicker | Tim Membrey (44) | |||
| Best and fairest | Jack Steven | |||
| Club details | ||||
| Founded | 1873 | |||
| Colours | Red White Black | |||
| Competition | Australian Football League | |||
| President | Peter Summers | |||
| CEO | Matt Finnis | |||
| Coach | Alan Richardson | |||
| Captain(s) | TBD | |||
| Premierships | VFL/AFL (1): 1966 | |||
| Ground(s) | Docklands Stadium (capacity: 56,347) | |||
| Former ground(s) | Junction Oval (1897–1915, 1918–1941, 1944–1964) | |||
| Toorak Park (1942-1943) | ||||
| Moorabbin Oval (1942-1943) | ||||
| Waverley Park 1993–1999) | ||||
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| Other information | ||||
| Official website | saints.com.au | |||
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league.
The club's name originates from the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873.
St Kilda were a foundation team of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and later, in 1897, became a foundation team in the Victorian Football League (VFL), which was renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) prior to the start of the 1990 season.
St Kilda have only won a single premiership to date, a famous one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final. St Kilda most recently won the minor premiership in the 2009 AFL season and were grand finalists in 2009 and 2010.
St Kilda developed a reputation as perennial underachievers, much of this attributed to their record of finishing last more often than any other club in the league (27 times), as well as having the third lowest all-time win percentage of any team still playing in the league.
The St Kilda Football Club was formed on 2 April 1873, containing many elements of the previous South Yarra Football Club which had disbanded a year earlier. Soon after a decision was made to amalgamate St Kilda FC with nearby Prahran Football Club. St Kilda retained their colours, name and ground, as well as picking up a number of Prahran players. St Kilda competed as a senior club in the VFA from 1877 to 1879, 1881–1882 and 1886–1896 before moving into the breakaway competition – The Victorian Football League – from 1897 onwards.
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