What is the Collingwood Football Club?
Collingwood, known as the Magpies, is one of the most popular and well-supported clubs in the AFL. Founded in 1892 in the inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, it plays in black and white.
Collingwood joined the Victorian Football League as a founding club in 1897. It quickly became a powerful team, winning four premierships in a row from 1927 to 1930, a record that still stands.
The club has won 16 premierships, the equal most in VFL and AFL history alongside Carlton and Essendon. Its most recent premiership came in 2023, when it defeated the Brisbane Lions by four points.
Love them or hate them
Collingwood has a huge supporter base and is often described as the club that everyone either loves or hates. Its matches regularly draw the largest crowds in the competition, especially against Carlton and Essendon.
The club played its home games at Victoria Park for many years before moving to the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Its training base is at Olympic Park, near the MCG.
Famous Collingwood players include Gordon Coventry, Bob Rose, Peter Daicos and Nathan Buckley. Collingwood also has an AFL Women's team and netball teams.
Did You Know?
The Anzac Day match between Collingwood and Essendon at the MCG is one of the biggest games of the AFL season.