North Melbourne Football Club

North Melbourne Football Club
Names
Full name	North Melbourne Football Club[1]
Former name(s)	Hotham Football Club (1877–1887) Kangaroos Football Club (1999–2007)
Nickname(s)	Kangaroos, Kangas, Roos, North, Shinboners
Motto	Victoria Amat Curam (Victory Demands Dedication)
2023 season
Home-and-away season	17th
Leading goalkicker	Nick Larkey (71 goals)
Syd Barker Medal	Harry Sheezel
Club details
Founded	1869; 155 years ago (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: Leigh Adams VFLW: Cheyne Webster
Captain(s)	AFL: Luke McDonald and Jy Simpkin AFLW: Emma Kearney VFL: Flynn Appleby VFLW: Nikki Wallace
Premierships	VFL/AFL (4) 1975 1977 1996 1999 Reserves/VFL (7) 1947 1957 1967 1978 1979 1995 1996 VFA (6) 1903 1904 1910 1914 1915 1918
Ground(s)	AFL: Marvel Stadium (56,347) & Blundstone Arena (19,500) AFLW/VFL/VFLW: Arden Street Oval (4,000)
Former ground(s)	MCG (1984–2005) Arden Street Oval (1968–1983) Coburg City Oval (1967) Arden Street Oval (1925–1966)
Training ground(s)	Arden Street
Uniforms
Home Away Clash
Other information
Official website	nmfc.com.au

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, 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 in the suburb of North Melbourne in 1869 and based at the Arden Street Oval, it is the 4th oldest club in the competition and one of the oldest surviving clubs in the world. Its original 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, Victoria, as well as Blundstone Arena 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 abattoir-worker origins. 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 club has won four VFL/AFL premierships: 1975, 1977 (replay), 1996 and the most recent in 1999.