Port Melbourne Football Club
| Port Melbourne Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|
| Names | ||
| Full name | Port Melbourne Football Club | |
| Former name(s) | Sandridge Football Club (1874−1884) | |
| Nickname(s) | Borough, Port | |
| 2024 season | ||
| Home-and-away season | VFL 16th
VFLW 6th VBFL 2nd | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1874 | |
| Colours | Blue Red | |
| Competition | VFL: Senior men VFLW: Senior women VBFL: Blind (mixed) | |
| President | Michael Shulman | |
| CEO | Sophie Williams | |
| Coach | VFL: Brendan McCartney VFLW: Tom Chitsos | |
| Captain(s) | VFL: Harvey Hooper VFLW: Olivia Barton | |
| Membership (2024) | 1,285 | |
| Premierships | VFA/VFL (Div 1) (17) VFLW (1) | |
| Ground(s) | North Port Oval (capacity: 10,000) | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | portmelbournefc.com.au | |
The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne. The club was founded in 1874 and has been competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) – formerly known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA) – since 1886, and the VFL Women's (VFLW) since 2021.
Port Melbourne is the most successful club in the VFA/VFL, having won 17 senior men's division 1 premierships three more than its nearest rival Williamstown. It has also won one VFL Women's premiership.
Port Melbourne is also the only VFA/VFL club never to have been relegated to the second division when the VFA had both first and second divisions. The club has maintained an independent and stand-alone status, without being in a formal reserves affiliation with a club from the Australian Football League (AFL) for all but five years of its history.
Consequently, Port Melbourne is considered one of the strongest Victorian-based football clubs that does not compete in the AFL. The club has had a women's team in the VFL Women's (VFLW) competition since 2021, and in the past it has fielded premiership-winning teams in the now-defunct VFL reserves competition. In 2024, the club fielded its first team in the Victorian Blind Football League (VBFL).