Global Information2020 Hawthorn Football Club season information
| 2020 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Jeff Kennett | ||
| Coach | Alastair Clarkson | ||
| Captain(s) | Ben Stratton | ||
| Home ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground (Round 1) Marvel Stadium (Round 4) Giants Stadium (Round 7) Adelaide Oval (Rounds 14, 15, 17 and 18) | ||
| Record | 5–12 (15th) | ||
| Best and Fairest | Jack Gunston | ||
| Leading goalkicker | Jack Gunston (31) | ||
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The 2020 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 96th season in the Australian Football League and 119th overall, the 21st season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 20th season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium, the 16th season under head coach Alastair Clarkson,[1] and the 2nd season with Ben Stratton as club captain.[2] With Jarryd Roughead and Grant Birchall departing this season will be the first to not have any player from Hawthorn's 2008 premiership team on the list.
On 16 March 2020, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan announced that the season would be shortened to 17 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] During Hawthorn's round 1 match with the Brisbane Lions, it was announced that the season would be suspended following the conclusion of the round, with the suspension to last until 31 May 2020. The season recommenced on 11 June 2020. Due to COVID-19, Hawthorn would only play two matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and no matches at the University of Tasmania Stadium. From round 13 until the end of the season, the Hawks would base themselves in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, playing home games at the Adelaide Oval.[4]
A 10–point loss to Port Adelaide in round 13 meant that Hawthorn would fail to win 10 games in a season since 2009.
Hawthorn finished in fifteenth–place with a 5–12 record. Meaning for the first time since 2006 the club would fail to qualify for finals in consecutive seasons. This was also the first time since 2005, Hawthorn would finish in the bottom four.
- ^ "Hawks appoint Clarkson as coach". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Hawthorn unveils popular defender Ben Stratton as 2019 skipper". Fox Sports. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "AFL cuts fixture back to 17 rounds but Round 1 may still be played this weekend". Fox Sports Australia. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Hudson, Jack (12 August 2020). "Tanunda embraces Hawthorn as the AFL prepares to set up a hub in the Barossa Valley". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 9 April 2021.