President Steve Harris Home ground Patersons Stadium Regular season 3rd | Pre-season competition 10th | |
Captain(s) Matthew Pavlich(7th season) | ||
The 2013 Fremantle Football Club season was the club's 19th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). It was the club's most successful season to date, recording the most wins in a season, highest percentage and equal highest final ladder position of 3rd. The club won its first ever Qualifying Final, and defeated Sydney in the Preliminary Final at Patersons Stadium and played in its first AFL Grand Final against Hawthorn, losing by 15 points.
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Squad
Players are listed by jumper number. 2013 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2013 AFL season only. Age is as the end of the season, 28 September 2013. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which include games played for other AFL clubs. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2013 season. Sources: Career and seasonSquad changes
The 2012 AFL Draft contained a free agency trade provision for the first time. Fremantle was the first club to lodge a bid for a free agent when the put in a four-year offer to recruit Danyle Pearce from Port Adelaide. As a restricted free agent, Port could have matched Fremantle's offer, but chose not to.
During the trading and drafting period, the futures of Adam McPhee and Jack Anthony at the club were in doubt, however McPhee signed a one-year contract extension in October. On 20 November, two days before the National Draft, McPhee announced that he was retiring to return to Victoria and Anthony was delisted, despite having a year to go on his contract.
Club awards
The Doig Medal was awarded at a function at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre on 16 November. Between 1 and 5 votes are awarded to each player by five coaches after each game. Nathan Fyfe won his first Doig Medal, after previously finishing second in 2011.