Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, are a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong, Australia and playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club have been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with three in the AFL era (since 1990). They have also won nine McClelland Trophies, a record shared with Essendon.The club was formed in 1859, making it the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world. Geelong participated in the first football competition in Australia and was a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897.The club established itself in the VFL by winning six premierships up to 1963. However, despite playing in a further five Grand Finals—including four between 1989 and 1995—the club had to wait 44 years until it won another premiership—an AFL-record 119-point victory in the 2007 AFL Grand Final. The club won a further two premierships in 2009 and 2011. With three premierships since the commencement of the AFL in 1990, Geelong are the joint second most successful side with West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Lions behind Hawthorn, who have won four premierships."@en }
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- History_of_the_Geelong_Football_Club abstract "Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, are a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong, Australia and playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club have been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with three in the AFL era (since 1990). They have also won nine McClelland Trophies, a record shared with Essendon.The club was formed in 1859, making it the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world. Geelong participated in the first football competition in Australia and was a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897.The club established itself in the VFL by winning six premierships up to 1963. However, despite playing in a further five Grand Finals—including four between 1989 and 1995—the club had to wait 44 years until it won another premiership—an AFL-record 119-point victory in the 2007 AFL Grand Final. The club won a further two premierships in 2009 and 2011. With three premierships since the commencement of the AFL in 1990, Geelong are the joint second most successful side with West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Lions behind Hawthorn, who have won four premierships.".