Essendon is scheduled to play seven home games at Windy Hill next season in the revamped Victorian Football League.
The VFL competition will involve 18 sides next season with each drawn to play each other once and two sides twice during the season.
Essendon is drawn to play Richmond and Carlton on two occasions next season. Its opening round will be against the Tigers on Thursday, March 16 at the MCG.
The full draw (still to be officially confirmed) is as follows:
Round one: v Richmond, Thursday, March 16 (MCG)
Round two: v St Kilda, Sunday, March 26 (Moorabbin)
Round three: v Werribee, Sunday, April 2 (Werribee)
Round four: v Carlton, Saturday, April 8 (MCG)
Round five: v Geelong, Saturday, April 15, (Windy Hill)
Round six: v Collingwood, Sunday, April 23, (Victoria Park)
Round seven: v Kangaroos, Saturday, April 29 (Windy Hill)
Round eight: v Williamstown, Saturday, May 6 (Whitten Oval)
Round nine: v North Ballarat, Saturday, May 13 (Windy Hill)
Round 10: v Port Melbourne, Saturday, May 20 (Port Melbourne)
STATE GAME
Round 11: v Sandringham, Sunday, June 4 (Sandringham)
Round 12: v Preston Knights, Saturday, June 10 (Windy Hill)
Round 13: v Bendigo, Sunday, June 18 (Windy Hill)
Round 14: v Box Hill, Sunday, June 25 (Windy Hill)
Round 15: v Richmond, Saturday, July 1 (MCG)
Round 16: v Springvale, Saturday, July 8 (TBA)
Round 17: v Coburg, Sunday, July 16 (Windy Hill)
Round 18: v Carlton, Friday, July 21 (MCG)
Round 19: v Frankston, Sunday, July 30 (TBA)
