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== Reserves team ==
{{See also|List of Geelong Football Club reserves team seasons}}
The '''Geelong reserves''' (also known as the '''Bendigo Bank Cats''' for sponsorship reasons) are the reserves side of the club, playing in the [[Victorian Football League]].

===History===
Geelong's reserves side began competing in the [[AFL reserves|Victorian Junior Football League]], later known as the [[AFL reserves|VFL/AFL reserves]], in [[1922 VJFL season|1922]]. The team won thirteen premierships during that time ([[1923 VJFL season|1923]], [[1924 VJFL season|1924]], 1930, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1980, 1981 and 1982), the most of any club.

Since the demise of the AFL reserves competition, the Geelong reserves have competed in the [[Victorian Football League]]. Unlike all other Victorian AFL clubs, Geelong has never operated in a [[Australian Football League reserves affiliations|reserves affiliation]] with an existing VFL club, having instead operated its stand-alone reserves team continuously. The team is composed of both reserves players from the club's primary and rookie AFL lists, and a separately maintained list of players eligible only for VFL matches. Home games are played at [[GMHBA Stadium]], with some played as curtain-raisers to senior AFL matches.

The side is also known as the Bendigo Bank Cats, referring to the club's commercial partnership with [[Bendigo Bank]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Geelong and Bendigo Bank Extend Partnership |date=16 March 2021 |url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/880246/geelong-and-bendigo-bank-extend-partnership |publisher=Geelong Cats}}</ref>

===Club honours===
* '''Premierships (3)''': [[2002 VFL season|2002]], [[2007 VFL season|2007]], [[2012 VFL season|2012]]
* '''Runners-ups (2)''': [[2006 VFL season|2006]], [[2013 VFL season|2013]]
* '''Minor premierships (2)''': [[2002 VFL season|2002]], [[2013 VFL season|2013]]
* '''Wooden spoons (1)''': [[2005 VFL season|2005]]