North Melbourne Football Club
| North Melbourne Football Club | ||||
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| Names | ||||
| Full name | North Melbourne Football Club Limited | |||
| Former name(s) | Hotham Football Club (1877–1888) Kangaroos Football Club (1999–2007) | |||
| Nickname(s) | Kangaroos, Kangas, Roos, North, Shinboners | |||
| Motto | Victoria Amat Curam (Victory Demands Dedication) | |||
| 2025 season | ||||
| Home-and-away season | 16th | |||
| Leading goalkicker | Nick Larkey (41 goals) | |||
| Syd Barker Medal | Tristan Xerri & Harry Sheezel | |||
| Club details | ||||
| Founded | 1869 | |||
| Colours | Royal Blue White | |||
| Competition | AFL: Senior men AFLW: Senior women VFL: Reserves men VFLW: Reserves women | |||
| Chairperson | Sonja Hood | |||
| CEO | Jennifer Watt | |||
| Coach | AFL: Alastair Clarkson AFLW: Darren Crocker VFL: Tom Lynch VFLW: Brett Gourley | |||
| Captain(s) | AFL: Nick Larkey AFLW: Jasmine Garner VFL: Darcy Macpherson VFLW: Renee Tierney | |||
| Membership (2025) | 56,283 | |||
| Premierships | VFL/AFL (4)AFLW (2)Reserves/VFL (7) Under-19s (7)
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| Ground | AFL: Marvel Stadium (56,347) Hands Oval (15,000) Optus Stadium (61,266) AFLW: Arden Street Oval (4,000) North Hobart Oval (10,000) University of Tasmania Stadium (21,000) VFL/VFLW: Arden Street Oval (4,000) | |||
| Former ground | MCG (1984–2005) Arden Street Oval (1966–1985) Coburg City Oval (1965) Arden Street Oval (1925–1964) | |||
| Training ground | Arden Street Oval | |||
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| Other information | ||||
| Official website | [1] | |||
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, 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.
Informally founded in the suburb of North Melbourne in 1858 during the scratch matches era, it is the fourth-oldest club in the competition. The club has been based at Arden Street Oval since 1882. Arden Street serves 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, as well as Bellerive Oval 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 the 19th century. The club's motto is victoria amat curam, Latin for "victory demands dedication".
The Kangaroos have won four VFL/AFL premierships; in 1975, 1977 (after a replay), 1996 and 1999. They have also won two AFL Women's premiership; in 2024 and 2025.