# 2023 St Kilda Football Club season

The 2023 St Kilda Football Club season is the 125th competing in the VFL/AFL and 139th in the club's history. Coached by Ross Lyon and captained by Jack Steele, they are competing in the AFL's 2023 Premiership Season. The season also celebrated the club's 150th anniversary since their establishment in 1873.

## Squad information
### Playing and coaching staff list

The playing squad and coaching staff of the St Kilda Football Club for the 2023 AFL season.

## Squad changes
### Retirements and delistings

| Player | Method | Career games | Career goals |
| Jarryn Geary | Retired | 207 | 34 |
| Dan Hannebery | Retired | 208 (Sydney), 18 (St Kilda) | 100 |
| Darragh Joyce | Delisted | 13 | 0 |
| Dean Kent | Retired | 100 (37 St Kilda, 63 Melbourne) | 91 |
| Josiah Kyle | Retired | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrod Lienert | Delisted | 34 (St Kilda 11, Port Adelaide 23) | 1 |

### Trade period

| Clubs involved | Trade | Trade | Ref |
| Gold Coast St Kilda | to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) Ben Long 2023 fourth round pick (St Kilda) | to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) pick #32 | |

### Free agency

2022 AFL free agency period signings :
| Player | Free agent type | Recruited from | Compensation | Ref |
| Zaine Cordy | Unrestricted | Western Bulldogs | None | |

### National Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Recruited from | Notes |
| Round | Pick | Player | Club | League | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | Mattaes Phillipou | Woodville-West Torrens | SANFL | |
| 2 | 31 | James Van Es | Greater Western Victoria Rebels | NAB League | |
| 2 | 35 | Olli Hotton | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | ←Gold Coast←Fremantle (2021) |
| 3 | 44 | Isaac Keeler | North Adelaide | SANFL | |

### Category B rookie selections

| Player | Recruited from | Recruited from | Notes |
| Player | Club | League | Notes |
| Angus McLennan | Sandringham Dragons | NAB League | Next Generation Academy selection (Born in Egypt) |

### Pre-season supplemental selection period

| Player | Recruited from | Recruited from | Notes |
| Player | Club | League | Notes |
| Liam Stocker | Carlton | AFL | |
| Anthony Caminiti | Northern Knights | NAB League | |

### Coaching staff changes

| Position | New | Replaced |
| Coach | Ross Lyon | Brett Ratten |
| Assistant Coach (Forwards) | Robert Harvey | Brendon Lade |
| Assistant Coach (Midfield) | Lenny Hayes | Ben McGlynn |
| Development Coach | Brendon Goddard | Nil |
| Executive General Manager of Football | Geoff Walsh | Nil |
| Executive General Manager of Football | David Misson | Geoff Walsh |

## Premiership season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Collingwood (P) | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2142 | 1687 | 127.0 | 72 | Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2180 | 1771 | 123.1 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2149 | 1906 | 112.7 | 68 | Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2079 | 1660 | 125.2 | 64 | Finals series |
| 5 | Carlton | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1922 | 1697 | 113.3 | 54 | Finals series |
| 6 | St Kilda | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1775 | 1647 | 107.8 | 52 | Finals series |
| 7 | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2018 | 1885 | 107.1 | 52 | Finals series |
| 8 | Sydney | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2050 | 1863 | 110.0 | 50 | Finals series |
| 9 | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1919 | 1766 | 108.7 | 48 | |
| 10 | Adelaide | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2193 | 1877 | 116.8 | 44 | |
| 11 | Essendon | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1838 | 2050 | 89.7 | 44 | |
| 12 | Geelong | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2088 | 1855 | 112.6 | 42 | |
| 13 | Richmond | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1856 | 1983 | 93.6 | 42 | |
| 14 | Fremantle | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1835 | 1898 | 96.7 | 40 | |
| 15 | Gold Coast | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1839 | 2006 | 91.7 | 36 | |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1686 | 2101 | 80.2 | 28 | |
| 17 | North Melbourne | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1657 | 2318 | 71.5 | 12 | |
| 18 | West Coast | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1418 | 2674 | 53.0 | 12 | |

### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | N | A | H | A | A | A | H | – | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | B | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### Matches
## Finals series
### Bracket

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 7 September – Melbourne | 7 September – Melbourne | 7 September – Melbourne | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Collingwood | 9.6 (60) | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Melbourne | 7.11 (53) | 15 September – Melbourne | 15 September – Melbourne | 15 September – Melbourne | | | | |
| | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 9.17 (71) | | | | |
| 8 September – Melbourne | 8 September – Melbourne | 8 September – Melbourne | Carlton | Carlton | 11.7 (73) | 22 September – Melbourne | 22 September – Melbourne | 22 September – Melbourne | | | |
| 5 | Carlton | 11.8 (74) | | | | Collingwood | Collingwood | 8.10 (58) | |
| 8 | Sydney | 9.14 (68) | | | | Greater Western Sydney | Greater Western Sydney | 8.9 (57) | 30 September – Melbourne | 30 September – Melbourne | 30 September – Melbourne |
| | | | | | | | | | Collingwood | Collingwood | 12.18 (90) |
| 9 September – Melbourne | 9 September – Melbourne | 9 September – Melbourne | | | | 23 September – Brisbane | 23 September – Brisbane | 23 September – Brisbane | Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | 13.8 (86) |
| 6 | St Kilda | 11.11 (77) | | | | Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | 11.13 (79) | | |
| 7 | Greater Western Sydney | 15.11 (101) | 16 September – Adelaide | 16 September – Adelaide | 16 September – Adelaide | Carlton | Carlton | 9.9 (63) | | |
| | | | Port Adelaide | Port Adelaide | 9.16 (70) | | | | | | |
| 9 September – Brisbane | 9 September – Brisbane | 9 September – Brisbane | Greater Western Sydney | Greater Western Sydney | 13.15 (93) | | | | | |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions | 19.9 (123) | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 11.9 (75) | | | | | | | | |