Editing Essendon Football Club (section)

==Women's teams==

===AFL Women's team===
Essendon fielded a team in the [[AFL Women's]] (AFLW) competition from its seventh season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Sarah|title='Changing for the better': Final four clubs complete AFLW|url=https://www.womens.afl/news/73539/-changing-forever-and-for-the-better-final-four-clubs-complete-aflw|work=womens.afl|date=12 August 2021|access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref> In March 2022, former {{AFLW|NM}} AFLW player and Essendon VFLW captain [[Georgia Nanscawen]] was announced as the club's first AFLW player signing,<ref>{{cite news|title=History made: Former Roo to become Bombers' first AFLW player|url=https://www.womens.afl/news/89822/history-made-former-roo-to-become-bombers-first-aflw-player|work=womens.afl|date=11 March 2022|access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref> and {{AFLW|WB}} AFLW assistant coach [[Natalie Wood (coach)|Natalie Wood]] was announced as the club's first AFLW coach a week later.<ref>{{cite news|title='The standout candidate': Bombers reveal inaugural coach|url=https://www.womens.afl/news/90904/-the-standout-candidate-bombers-reveal-inaugural-coach|work=womens.afl|date=18 March 2022|access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref> The club's AFLW coaching panel was finalised in late June.<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Sarah|title=Bombers poach another Bulldog for AFLW coaching panel|url=https://www.womens.afl/news/95040/bombers-poach-another-bulldog-for-aflw-coaching-panel|work=womens.afl|date=23 June 2022|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>

====AFL Women's squad====
{{Essendon AFL Women's current squad}}

===VFL Women's team===
Essendon has fielded a team in the [[VFL Women's]] (VFLW) competition since the [[2018 VFL Women's season|2018 season]]. The league is the highest-grade competition for female footballers in Victoria and one of three second-tier female competitions underneath the national AFL Women's.

====VFL Women's season summaries====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style=background:#bdb76b
! colspan=9 | Essendon VFLW honour roll
|- style=background:#bdb76b
! Season !! Final position !! Coach !! Captain !! Best and fairest !! Leading goalkicker
|-
| [[2018 VFL Women's season|2018]] || 13th || Brendan Major || [[Lisa Williams (footballer)|Lisa Williams]] || [[Hayley Bullas]] || Alexandra Quigley (7)
|-
| [[2019 VFL Women's season|2019]] || 9th || Brendan Major || Courtney Ugle || [[Georgia Nanscawen]] || Alexandra Quigley (10)
|- style=background:#C0C0C0
| 2020 || colspan=6 | ''Season cancelled due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports#Australian rules football|impact of the COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
| [[2021 VFL Women's season|2021]] || 3rd || Brendan Major || [[Georgia Nanscawen]] || [[Eloise Ashley-Cooper]]|| [[Mia-Rae Clifford]] (16)
|-
| [[2022 VFL Women's season|2022]] || '''Premiers''' || Brendan Major || [[Georgia Nanscawen]]/[[Mia-Rae Clifford]]|| [[Georgia Nanscawen]] || [[Federica Frew]] (35)
|-
| [[2023 VFL Women's season|2023]] || 5th || [[Travis Cloke]] || [[Mia-Rae Clifford]]/Courtney Ugle|| [[Sophie Molan]] || [[Mia-Rae Clifford]] (11)
|-
| [[2024 VFL Women's season|2024]] || 5th || Cherie O'Neill || [[El Chaston]]||[[El Chaston]]|| Olivia Manfre (9)
|}

''<small>Sources: [https://vfl.com.au/essendon-womens-historical-data/ Club historical data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122221/https://vfl.com.au/essendon-womens-historical-data/ |date=8 March 2021 }} and [http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-118-0-437831-0&a=STATS VFLW stats]</small>''