The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales.
The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans. Sydney is the only AFL club based in New South Wales, and was also the first club in the competition to be based outside of Victoria.
The Swans play most home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground, while larger games a...
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The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales.
The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans. Sydney is the only AFL club based in New South Wales, and was also the first club in the competition to be based outside of Victoria.
The Swans play most home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground, while larger games are played at ANZ Stadium (the former Olympic Stadium at Homebush Bay).
In 2005 the Swans narrowly defeated the West Coast Eagles in the 2005 Grand Final by 4 points in an epic low scoring encounter. This victory ended a 72 year premiership drought; the longest for a club in VFL/AFL history. The following year Sydney again played West Coast in the 2006 Grand Final, but was defeated by the Eagles for the premiership title, losing by one point - the closest Grand Final result since a draw in 1977.
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