The 1996 season was the Collingwood Football Club's 100th season in the Australian Football League.
Fixture[]
Premiership season[]
Ladder[]
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| Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2152 | 1737 | 123.9 | 66 | ||
| 2 | North Melbourne (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2526 | 1982 | 127.4 | 64 | ||
| 3 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2174 | 1731 | 125.6 | 62 | ||
| 4 | West Coast | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2201 | 1758 | 125.2 | 60 | ||
| 5 | Carlton | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2116 | 1909 | 110.8 | 60 | ||
| 6 | Essendon | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2209 | 2023 | 109.2 | 58 | ||
| 7 | Geelong | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2353 | 2047 | 114.9 | 54 | ||
| 8 | Hawthorn | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1893 | 1921 | 98.5 | 46 | ||
| 9 | Richmond | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2282 | 1944 | 117.4 | 44 | ||
| 10 | St Kilda | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2053 | 2033 | 101.0 | 40 | ||
| 11 | Collingwood | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2203 | 2142 | 102.8 | 36 | ||
| 12 | Adelaide | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2233 | 2327 | 96.0 | 32 | ||
| 13 | Fremantle | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1830 | 1983 | 92.3 | 28 | ||
| 14 | Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1743 | 2463 | 70.8 | 28 | ||
| 15 | Footscray | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1654 | 2139 | 77.3 | 22 | ||
| 16 | Fitzroy | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1452 | 2935 | 49.5 | 4 | ||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against | |||||||||||
Playing squad[]
| Senior list | |||||||
| 25 | Robert AhMat | 2 | Tony Francis | 1 | Damian Monkhorst | 29 | Scott Russell |
| 40 | Jason Bevan | 43 | Luke Godden | 32 | Mark Orchard | 12 | Andrew Schauble |
| 45 | Mark Bradley | 15 | Jon Hassall | 6 | Stephen Patterson | 30 | Paul Sharkey |
| 26 | Gavin Brown | 31 | Trent Hotton | 16 | Steven Pitt | 37 | Andrew Tranquilli |
| 5 | Nathan Buckley | 21 | Aaron James | 41 | Mark Pitura | 18 | Lee Walker |
| 17 | Scott Burns | 8 | Brett James | 35 | Simon Prestigiacomo | 14 | Shane Watson |
| 38 | Matthew Carr | 23 | Craig Kelly | 8 | Robert Pyman | 22 | Jason Wild |
| 28 | Gavin Crosisca | 44 | Ben Kemp | 13 | Alan Richardson | 10 | Paul Williams |
| 39 | Scott Crow | 33 | Chad Liddell | 3 | Mark Richardson | 20 | Ben Wilson |
| 24 | Chris Curran | 27 | Alex McDonald | 36 | Saverio Rocca | 19 | Graham Wright |
| 9 | Matthew Francis | 34 | Mick McGuane |
Player movements[]
| Arrivals | Player | From | Departures | Player | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traded | Scott Crow | Hawthorn | Retired | Dermott Brereton | ||
| Matthew Francis | Richmond | Michael Christian | ||||
| Adrian McAdam | North Melbourne | Shane Kerrison | ||||
| Alex McDonald | Hawthorn | Gary Pert | ||||
| Robert Pyman | North Melbourne | Traded | Bradley Plain | North Melbourne | ||
| National draft | Jason Bevan | South Adelaide | Robert Powell | Richmond | ||
| Mark Bradley | Gippsland Power | Delisted | Ryan Aitken | |||
| Matthew Carr | East Fremantle | Jon Ballantyne | ||||
| Luke Godden | Northern Knights | Kent Butcher | ||||
| Ben Kemp | Norwood | Nick Hider | ||||
| Steven Pitt | Norwood | Damian Houlihan | ||||
| Simon Prestigiacomo | Northern Knights | Brad Rowe | ||||
| Pre-season draft | Mark Pitura | Richmond | Delisted (pre-March draft) |
Adrian McAdam |