2011 AFL season
Club Coach Captain ( s ) Vice-captain ( s ) and/or leadership group
Adelaide Neil Craig ( Rds 1-18 ) ; Mark Bickley ( Rds 19-24 ) Nathan van Berlo Scott Stevens , Ben Rutten , Michael Doughty and Scott Thompson
Brisbane Lions Michael Voss Jonathan Brown Daniel Merrett , Jed Adcock , Tom Rockliff
Carlton Brett Ratten Chris Judd Kade Simpson ( vc ) , Andrew Carrazzo , Bryce Gibbs , Michael Jamison , Marc Murphy , Jordan Russell
Collingwood Mick Malthouse Nick Maxwell Scott Pendlebury ( vc ) , Dane Swan ( deputy vc ) , Luke Ball , Darren Jolly , Harry O'Brien , Heath Shaw
Essendon James Hird Jobe Watson Dustin Fletcher , Heath Hocking , Mark McVeigh , Brent Stanton , Andrew Welsh ( vc )
Fremantle Mark Harvey Matthew Pavlich Aaron Sandilands , David Mundy , Paul Duffield , Luke McPharlin , Garrick Ibbotson , Chris Mayne and Matt de Boer
Gold Coast Guy McKenna Gary Ablett , Jr Nathan Bock ( vc ) , Campbell Brown ( deputy vc ) , Michael Rischitelli , Daniel Harris , Maverick Weller , Zac Smith and Marc Lock
Geelong Chris Scott Cameron Ling Joel Selwood ( vc ) , Jimmy Bartel , Joel Corey , Corey Enright , James Kelly , Harry Taylor
Hawthorn Alastair Clarkson Luke Hodge Jarryd Roughead , Jordan Lewis
Melbourne Dean Bailey ( Rds 1-19 ) ; Todd Viney ( Rds 20-24 ) Brad Green Aaron Davey , Jack Grimes , Nathan Jones , Brent Moloney and Jared Rivers
North Melbourne Brad Scott Brent Harvey Brady Rawlings ( vc ) and Drew Petrie ( vc )
Port Adelaide Matthew Primus Domenic Cassisi
Richmond Damien Hardwick Chris Newman
St Kilda Ross Lyon Nick Riewoldt Lenny Hayes
Sydney John Longmire Adam Goodes , Jarrad McVeigh
West Coast John Worsfold Darren Glass Beau Waters ( vc ) Scott Selwood , Andrew Embley , Mark Lecras , Dean Cox , Adam Selwood , Matt Priddis , Josh Kennedy and Shannon Hurn
Western Bulldogs Rodney Eade ( Rds 1-21 ) ; Paul Williams ( Rds 22-24 ) Matthew Boyd Daniel Giansiracusa ( vc ) and Adam Cooney ( vc )
Club leadership
The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition and the 22nd under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. It was the debut year for Gold Coast, and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams. Geelong beat Collingwood in the 2011 AFL Grand Final by 38 points. The season opened on 24 March 2011, with Carlton defeating Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This was the first season since 1994 to have byes, and only the fourth after the 1991, 1992 and 1994 seasons to feature a 24-round format. The full fixture was announced on 29 October 2010.