The 2000 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and the Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 September 2000. It was the 104th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2000 AFL season. The match, attended by 96,249 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 60 points, marking that club's 16th premiership.
Teams[]
| Essendon | |||
| B: | 1.Mark Johnson | 31.Dustin Fletcher | 6.Sean Wellman |
| HB: | 11.Damien Hardwick | 21.Dean Wallis | 7.Dean Solomon |
| C: | 26.Chris Heffernan | 24.Joe Misiti | 33.Blake Caracella |
| HF: | 2.Mark Mercuri | 25.Scott Lucas | 5.James Hird (c) |
| F: | 9.Adam Ramanauskas | 18.Matthew Lloyd | 13.Michael Long |
| Foll: | 22.John Barnes | 32.Justin Blumfield | 14.Jason Johnson |
| Int: | 8.Darren Bewick | 16.Paul Barnard | 27.Steven Alessio |
| 29.Gary Moorcroft | |||
| Coach: | Kevin Sheedy | ||
| Melbourne | |||
| B: | 26.Daniel Ward | 27.Anthony Ingerson | 44.Alistair Nicholson |
| HB: | 42.Peter Walsh | 28.Matthew Collins | 21.Steven Febey |
| C: | 13.Adem Yze | 22.Shane Woewodin | 35.Anthony McDonald |
| HF: | 18.Brad Green | 5.David Schwarz | 7.Stephen Powell |
| F: | 24 Russell Robertson | 9.David Neitz (c) | 33.Jeff Farmer |
| Foll: | 34.Jeff White | 43.Guy Rigoni | 36.Andrew Leoncelli |
| Int: | 4.Brent Grgic | 16.Travis Johnstone | 47.Ben Beams |
| 46.Troy Simmonds | |||
| Coach: | Neale Daniher | ||