North Melbourne Football Club
| North Melbourne Football Club | ||||
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| Names | ||||
| Full name | North Melbourne Football Club Limited | |||
| Former name(s) | Hotham Football Club (1877–1888) Kangaroos Football Club (1999–2007) | |||
| Nickname(s) | Kangaroos, Kangas, Roos, North, Shinboners | |||
| Motto | Victoria Amat Curam (Victory Demands Dedication) | |||
| 2024 season | ||||
| Home-and-away season | 17th | |||
| Leading goalkicker | Nick Larkey (46 goals) | |||
| Syd Barker Medal | Luke Davies-Uniacke | |||
| Club details | ||||
| Founded | 1869 | |||
| Colours | Royal Blue White | |||
| Competition | AFL: Senior men AFLW: Senior women VFL: Reserves men VFLW: Reserves women | |||
| Coach | AFL: Alastair Clarkson (Senior Coach) AFLW: Darren Crocker VFL: Tom Lynch VFLW: Brett Gourley | |||
| Captain(s) | AFL: Jy Simpkin AFLW: Emma Kearney VFL: Darcy Macpherson VFLW: Renee Tierney | |||
| Premierships | VFL/AFL (4)AFLW (1)Reserves/VFL (7) Under-19s (7)
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| Ground(s) | AFL: Marvel Stadium (56,347) Ninja Stadium (19,500) Hands Oval (15,000) & Optus Stadium (61,266) AFLW/VFL/VFLW: Arden Street Oval (4,000) | |||
| Former ground(s) | MCG (1984–2005)
Arden Street Oval (1966–1985) Coburg City Oval (1965) Arden Street Oval (1925–1964) | |||
| Training ground(s) | Arden Street | |||
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| Other information | ||||
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The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also field a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and women's team in the VFLW.
Founded informally in the suburb of North Melbourne by the North Melbourne Cricket Club in 1860 and based at the Arden Street Oval since the 29th April 1882, after playing its last game against Richmond at Royal Park on Saturday 22nd April, 1882, it is the 4th oldest club in the competition and one of the oldest surviving clubs in the world.
Playing football first at Royal Park historically its home at Arden Street continues to serve as its headquarters, training facilities and home ground for its women's side. The club's senior men's team plays its home matches at Marvel Stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne, as well as Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Tasmania which is also used by the women's team as a secondary home ground.
The club's mascot is a grey kangaroo wearing the club uniform, and its use dates from the mid-20th century. The club is also unofficially known as "The Shinboners", a term which dates to its 19th-century, which some historians say has abattoir-worker origins, others say the term has its roots in the Templemore Garrison/Citizen rules game, played pre-GAA in Tipperary Ireland and exported by Irish settlers to Hotham in the late 1850s who played with the embryonic Hothamites football playing club at Royal Park. The club's motto is victoria amat curam, Latin for "victory demands dedication". Aside from their representation in the AFL, the Kangaroos also field teams in the competitions AFL Women's, VFL Women's and Victorian Football League competitions.
The Kangaroos have won four VFL/AFL premierships; in 1975, 1977 (after a replay), 1996 and 1999. They have also claimed one AFL Women's premiership; in 2024.