| Port Melbourne | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Port Melbourne Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Borough, Port | |
| 2023 season | ||
| Home-and-away season | 15th | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1874 | |
| Colours | Blue Red | |
| Competition | VFL: Senior men VFLW: Senior women VBFL: Blind (mixed) | |
| President | Michael Shulman | |
| CEO | Paul Malcolm | |
| Coach | Adam Skrobalak | |
| Captain(s) | Harvey Hooper | |
| Premierships | VFA/VFL (Div 1) (17) VFLW (1) | |
| Ground(s) | North Port Oval (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 Association/League (VFL) since 1886 and the VFLW since 2021.
Port Melbourne is the most successful club in the VFA/VFL/VFLW, having won 18 senior premierships - 17 senior first division men's premierships - three more than its nearest rival Williamstown, and the club secured its inaugural VFLW premiership and 18th overall in 2023. Beyond these premierships, the club has been a men's first division grand finalist on a further 21 occasions bringing their total grand final appearances to a remarkable 38 in their 137 years in the competition. Port Melbourne is also the only VFA/VFL Club never to have been relegated to the second division. The club has maintained a fiercely 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 fielded 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 and Development leagues.
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