THE SYDNEY Swans are hoping their fixture involving home clashes with big name sides will help to boost support within the harbour city.

The Swans are "very happy" with their 2009 playing calendar, with news they'll host sides like Hawthorn, Carlton, Richmond, Collingwood, North Melbourne, Essendon, St Kilda, Geelong, the Brisbane Lions, and fierce rivals West Coast in their home state.

"From a Sydney-sider's perspective, it's fantastic in that we're going to see a lot of fantastic games in Sydney, both at ANZ Stadium and the SCG," club CEO Myles Baron-Hay told sydneyswans.com.au.

"At the SCG we've got Richmond, Carlton, St Kilda and the Lions, so it's choc-full of good games.

"At ANZ Stadium, we'll open the season there in Sydney in round two against the premiers, which will be a huge event, and then the Collingwood tradition in the split round, as well as Geelong and our arch-rivals in the West Coast Eagles.

"Overall, we're happy and delighted for Sydney supporters that they're going to get some really good games played up here. Hopefully that is reflected in crowd numbers."

The club will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1909 grand final against Carlton next year, with both matches against the Blues to come with additional sentiment and celebration.

Baron-Hay said it was also pleasing to see the League fulfil the Swans' wish of playing six games in Victoria, where the club still has a strong supporter base.

"It was really important that we landed six games in Victoria for our Melbourne-based supporters," he said.

"We've got 10,000 members down there and a large supporter base, so to play down there was a real priority for us.

"In Sydney, at the SCG we've got five day games and that will satisfy the general interest from families, and in fact, two Saturday afternoon games, which is a timeslot that hasn't been used in Sydney for some time.

"We think it's a real opportunity for the people who can't get there at 1pm on Sundays, and it will be interesting to see how that goes."

The Swans are also looking forward to returning to Canberra for clashes with the Western Bulldogs (round 10) and Melbourne (round 17).

"Our home away from home, we're delighted to be a part of the Canberra sporting landscape," Baron-Hay said.

"We enjoy a lot of support from down there and our reserves play in the Canberra league, so that was important to us."