Editing St Kilda Football Club (section)

==Playing squad==
{{see also|List of St Kilda Football Club players}}

===Current AFL squad===
{{St Kilda Football Club current squad}}

===Reserves teams===
St Kilda operated its own reserves team from 1919 to 2000. From 1919 to 1991 the VFL/AFL operated a [[reserve team|reserves competition]] and, from 1992 to 1999, a ''de facto'' AFL reserves competition was run by the [[Victorian State Football League]]. St Kilda fielded a reserves team in both of these competitions, allowing players who were not selected for the senior team to play for St Kilda in the lower grade. During that time, the St Kilda reserves team won three premierships (1942, 1943 and 1961). Following the demise of the AFL reserves competition, the St Kilda reserves team competed in the new [[Victorian Football League]] in the 2000 season before the team was dissolved at the end of the year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cherny |first1=Daniel |title=St Kilda and Sandringham to discuss extending VFL alignment |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/st-kilda-and-sandringham-to-discuss-extending-vfl-alignment-20160421-goc554.html |access-date=22 October 2021 |work=The Age |date=22 April 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2001, St Kilda entered a [[Australian Football League reserves affiliations|reserves affiliation]] with existing VFL club [[Springvale Football Club|Springvale]] (which moved to Cranbourne and was renamed [[Casey Scorpions|Casey]] in 2006). Under the affiliation, reserves players for St Kilda played VFL football with Springvale/Casey. The affiliation ended after the 2008 season<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/saints-staying-in-seaford-despite-government-funding-at-moorabbin-20140503-zr3wi.html|title=Saints staying in Seaford despite government funding at Moorabbin|date=3 May 2014|access-date=14 June 2014|author=Daniel Cherny|publication-place=Melbourne}}</ref> and St Kilda then entered an equivalent affiliation with [[Sandringham Football Club|Sandringham]] which it still maintains as of 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Partnership Opportunities |url=https://www.sandringhamfc.com.au/partners/sponsorship-opportunities#:~:text=The%20Sandringham%20Football%20Club%2C%20nicknamed,Victorian%20Football%20League%20(VFL). |website=www.sandringhamfc.com.au |access-date=17 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

St Kilda had announced its intention to end its affiliation with Sandringham and re-establish its own reserves team in the VFL from the 2017 season after a redevelopment of [[Moorabbin Oval]] was completed;<ref name="stksandy">{{cite news |last1=Amy |first1=Paul |title=Sandy, St Kilda to go another year |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/sport/sandringham-and-st-kilda-to-stay-aligned-until-the-end-of-the-2016-vfl-season/news-story/f6f1647b9a86c31c17ae75acfe677ebb |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=Herald Sun |date=18 August 2014}}</ref> but the club ultimately extended and expanded its affiliation with Sandringham. From 2017, St Kilda has had a greater involvement in the operation of the VFL club and, from 2018, Sandringham plays three games per year at Moorabbin Oval in St Kilda colours.<ref name="stksan">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/st-kilda-saints/st-kilda-and-sandringham-to-join-forces-in-vfl-20160824-gr0gh6.html|title=St Kilda and Sandringham to join forces in VFL|author=Caroline Wilson|date=25 August 2016|access-date=3 September 2016|newspaper=The Age}}</ref> The two clubs once again strengthened the affiliation when in 2023, the Saints committed to providing integration opportunities for Sandringham players and coaches, as well as committing to rookie drafting a Sandringham player each year for the foreseeable future from 2024.<ref name="stksand">{{cite news|url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/1457123/st-kilda-and-sandringham-strengthen-affiliation-commit-to-rookie-selection|title=St Kilda and Sandringham strengthen affiliation, commit to rookie selectionL|author=saints.com.au|date=26 October 2023|access-date=22 January 2024|newspaper=saints.com.au}}</ref>