2013 Fremantle Football Club season

The 2013 Fremantle Football Club season was the club's 19th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). It was the club's most successful season to date, recording their second most wins in a season, highest percentage and second highest final ladder position of 3rd. The club won its first ever Qualifying Final, and defeated in the Preliminary Final at Patersons Stadium and played in its first AFL Grand Final against, losing by 15 points.

Squad

 * Players are listed by jumper number. 2013 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2013 AFL season only. Age is as the end of the season, 28 September 2013. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which include games played for other AFL clubs. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2013 season. Sources: Career and season

Squad changes
The 2012 AFL Draft contained a free agency trade provision for the first time. Fremantle was the first club to lodge a bid for a free agent when the put in a four-year offer to recruit Danyle Pearce from Port Adelaide. As a restricted free agent, Port could have matched Fremantle's offer, but chose not to.

During the trading and drafting period, the futures of Adam McPhee and Jack Anthony at the club were in doubt, however McPhee signed a one-year contract extension in October. On 20 November, two days before the National Draft, McPhee announced that he was retiring to return to Victoria and Anthony was delisted, despite having a year to go on his contract.

Club awards
The Doig Medal was awarded at a function at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre on 16 November. Between 1 and 5 votes are awarded to each player by five coaches after each game. Nathan Fyfe won his first Doig Medal, after previously finishing second in 2011.
 * Doig Medal: Nathan Fyfe, 263 votes
 * 2nd: David Mundy, 246 votes
 * 3rd: Michael Johnson, 239 votes
 * 4th: Ryan Crowley, 238 votes
 * 5th: Lee Spurr, 226 votes
 * 6th: Chris Mayne, 219 votes
 * 7th: Michael Barlow, 216 votes
 * 8th: Hayden Ballantyne, 192 votes
 * 9th: Michael Walters, 186 votes
 * 10th: Tendai Mzungu, 180 votes
 * Best Clubman: Lee Spurr
 * Beacon Award: Cameron Sutcliffe

Milestones

 * Round 1 - Michael Johnson (150 AFL games)
 * Round 3 - Luke McPharlin (200 Fremantle games)
 * Round 4 - Michael Barlow (50 AFL games)
 * Round 4 - Ryan Crowley (100 AFL goals)
 * Round 4 - Hayden Ballantyne (100 AFL goals)
 * Round 12 - Ryan Crowley (150 AFL games)
 * Round 13 - Tendai Mzungu (50 AFL games)
 * Round 16 - Stephen Hill (100 AFL games)
 * Round 20 - Chris Mayne (100 AFL games)
 * Round 22 - Zac Clarke (50 AFL games)
 * 2nd Preliminary Final - Matt de Boer (100 AFL games)

Debuts

 * Round 1 - Danyle Pearce
 * Round 4 - Tanner Smith
 * Round 5 - Jack Hannath
 * Round 13 - Matt Taberner
 * Round 14 - Viv Michie
 * Round 23 - Josh Simpson
 * Round 23 - Alex Forster
 * Round 23 - Craig Moller

AFL Awards

 * Herald Sun Player of the Year - Nathan Fyfe (tied with Gary Ablett, Jr.)
 * 2013 All-Australian team - Michael Johnson
 * 2013 All-Australian squad - Nathan Fyfe, Chris Mayne, David Mundy and Michael Walters
 * 2013 22under22 team - Nathan Fyfe and Michael Walters
 * ABC Footballer of the Year - Nathan Fyfe (tied with Dane Swan)
 * 720 ABC Perth Geoff Christian Medal - Nathan Fyfe
 * Ross Glendinning Medal:
 * Round 1 - David Mundy and Michael Barlow (tie)
 * Round 16 - Michael Barlow

AFL Award Nominations

 * Round 13 - 2013 AFL Mark of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Nathan Fyfe
 * Round 16 - 2013 AFL Mark of the Year nomination - Tendai Mzungu
 * Round 16 - 2013 AFL Mark of the Year nomination - Chris Mayne
 * Round 20 - 2013 AFL Goal of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Hayden Ballantyne
 * Round 21 - 2013 AFL Mark of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Zac Clarke