The 2018 Essendon Football Club season was the Essendon Football Club's 120th season in the Australian Football League. They also fielded a reserves team in the Victorian Football League.
AFL
List changes
Three veteran Essendon players decided to retire at the end of the 2017 season: two-time All-Australian Jobe Watson, former three-time premiership player James Kelly and 255-game player Brent Stanton. After the season Essendon also announced that they had delisted Heath Hocking.
During trade period three different players requested trades to Essendon. The first trade to be completed was that of player Devon Smith, who Essendon acquired with their first round pick for the 2017 draft. Later they also secured Adam Saad from with their 2018 second round pick, before getting forward Jake Stringer from the in exchange for two second-round draft picks on the last day of the trade period.
Retirements and delistings
Player Date Reason Games Goals Ref. Yestin Eades 15 February 2017 Delisted 0 0 Jobe Watson 9 August 2017 Retired, effective at end of season 220 113 James Kelly 16 August 2017 Retired, effective at end of season 313 90 Brent Stanton 24 August 2017 Retired, effective at end of season 255 158 Heath Hocking 15 September 2017 Delisted 126 45
Trades
Date Gained From Lost Ref. 12 October 2017 Devon SmithPick 242018 second round pick () Pick 112018 third round pick () 16 October 2017 Adam Saad 2018 second round pick () 19 October 2017 Jake Stringer Pick 25Pick 30
Squad
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