Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian second-tier Australian rules football competition. There are 21 clubs with teams in the league, which are all based in the eastern states of Australia (Victoria has 15, Queensland has four and New South Wales has two).
List of clubs
| Club | Colours | Moniker | State | Home venue | Est. | Former league |
VFA/VFL seasons | VFA/VFL premierships | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Total | Total | Recent | |||||||
| Box Hill (A) |  |
Hawks | VIC | Box Hill City Oval | 1936 | ESFL | 1951 | 71 | 5 | 2018 |
| Brisbane (R) |  |
Lions | QLD | Springfield Central Stadium | 1998 | NEAFL | 2021 | 2 | — | — |
| Carlton (R) |  |
Blues | VIC | Princes Park | 1919 | AFL (R) | 2000 | 5 | — | — |
| Casey (A) |  |
Demons | VIC | Casey Fields | 1903 | FFL | 1982 | 40 | 7 | 2022 |
| Coburg |  |
Lions | VIC | Coburg City Oval | 1891 | VJFL | 1925 | 94 | 8 | 1989 |
| Collingwood (R) |  |
Magpies | VIC | Olympic Park Oval | 1919 | AFL (R) | 2000 | 15 | — | — |
| Essendon (R) |  |
Bombers | VIC | Essendon Recreation Reserve | 1919 | AFL (R) | 2000 | 12 | — | — |
| Footscray (R) |  |
Bulldogs | VIC | Whitten Oval | 1925 | AFL (R) | 2014 | 8 | 2 | 2016 |
| Frankston |  |
Dolphins | VIC | Frankston Park | 1887 | MPFL | 1966 | 55 | 1 | 1978(^) |
| Geelong (R) |  |
Cats | VIC | Kardinia Park | 1919 | AFL (R) | 2000 | 22 | 3 | 2012 |
| Gold Coast (R) |  |
Suns | QLD | Carrara Stadium | 2011 | NEAFL | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Western Sydney (R) |  |
Giants | NSW | Blacktown ISP Oval | 2012 | NEAFL | 2021 | 2 | — | — |
| North Melbourne (R) |  |
Kangaroos | VIC | Arden Street Oval | 1925 | AFL (R) | 2018 | 4 | — | — |
| Northern Bullants |  |
Bullants | VIC | Preston City Oval | 1882 | VJFA | 1903 | 105 | 6 | 1984 |
| Port Melbourne |  |
Borough | VIC | North Port Oval | 1874 | — | 1886 | 131 | 17 | 2017 |
| Richmond (R) |  |
Tigers | VIC | Punt Road Oval | 1919 | AFL (R) | 2000 | 9 | 1 | 2019 |
| Sandringham (A) |  |
Zebras | VIC | Trevor Barker Beach Oval | 1929 | — | 1929 | 93 | 10 | 2006 |
| Southport |  |
Sharks | QLD | Fankhauser Reserve | 1961 | NEAFL | 2021 | 2 | — | — |
| Sydney (R) |  |
Swans | NSW | Tramway Oval | 1919 | NEAFL | 2021 | 2 | — | — |
| Werribee |  |
Tigers | VIC | Chirnside Park | 1964 | — | 1965 | 58 | 1 | 1993 |
| Williamstown |  |
Seagulls | VIC | Williamstown Cricket Ground | 1864 | — | 1884 | 133 | 16 | 2015 |
| (R) denotes that the club is the reserves team of a senior AFL club (A) denotes that the club is the affiliate team of an AFL club ^ denotes that the club's most recent senior premiership was in the second division | ||||||||||
- AFL (R) - Australian Football League Reserves
- ESFL - Eastern Suburbs Football League
- FFL - Federal Football League
- MDA - Melbourne District Association
- MPFL - Mornington Peninsula Football League
- NEAFL - North East Australian Football League
- VJFA - Victorian Junior Football Association
Victorian Football League Media
Early photo of a Melbourne FC team.
Action from the 1896 VFA Grand Final won by Collingwood over South Melbourne at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground. This was the first Victorian Grand Final and a significant moment in the breakaway movement
Brunswick during the early 1900s. The highlighted section in the bottom right-hand corner shows the future Australian Prime Minister John Curtin.
Northcote's 1929 premiership side. Second from right, front row, is Doug Nicholls.
