This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL/AFL premiers. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1989, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football.[1]
The inaugural premiership was awarded as a result of a round-robin finals system;[2] this format was replaced after the first season, and a grand final has been held every season since 1898 to determine the premiers,[3] with the exception of 1924 when a modified round-robin system was used.[4][5] The formation of a national competition, beginning in 1987,[6] has resulted in the league attempting to develop "an even and stable competition"[7] through a range of equalisation policies, such as a salary cap and draft (introduced in 1985 and 1986, respectively).[7][8] This has had a significant impact on the spread of premierships: since 1990, thirteen clubs have won a premiership,[9] compared with only five clubs between 1967 and 1989.[10]
Three clubs, Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon, have won the most VFL/AFL premierships, with 16 each.[11] All teams currently competing in the AFL except Gold Coast, Fremantle and Greater Western Sydney (three of the four newest clubs) have won a premiership, and all except Gold Coast have played in a grand final.[12]
The reserve grade premiership was held in various formats between 1919 and 1999. It was known as the Victorian Junior Football League from 1919 until 1923, the Seconds from 1924 until 1959, the VFL Reserves from 1960 until 1989, and as the AFL reserves from 1990 until 1999.[13] Until 1991, the competition was run by the VFL/AFL, and from 1992 until 1999 it was administered by the Victorian State Football League.
VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premiershipsedit
The VFL/AFL under-19s competition was held between 1946 and 1991. It was known as the VFL thirds from 1946 until 1959, and as the under-19s from 1960 until 1991.[13]
The pre-season and night premiership covers three competitions which are considered historically equivalent in status:
VFL Night Series, a consolation competition played amongst non-finalists between 1956 and 1971.
Australian Football Championships Night Series, a mid-season knock-out competition played concurrently with the premiership and involving teams from interstate, played between 1977 and 1987.
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^McGarry, Andrew (29 September 2017). "Adelaide, Richmond to make AFL grand final history, with no players having previous experience". ABC News (Australia). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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^"1924 Premiership". essendonfc.com.au. Telstra Media. 12 October 2017. from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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^ ab. AFL.com.au. Australian Football League & BigPond. 10 February 2002. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^Warner, Michael; Ralph, Jon (11 July 2012). "Stars say salary cap is old hat, urge AFL to look to US". news.com.au. News Limited. from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^Rise, Brayden (8 May 2018). "The best two clubs of the AFL era (and no, neither is Hawthorn)". The Roar. Conversant Media. from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^. The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. 2 October 2003. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^Lerner, Ronny (22 October 2017). "The race for AFL premiership No.17 between Essendon and Carlton has resumed". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^Lerner, Ronny (8 January 2019). "Record premiership droughts spurring AFL clubs in 2019". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^ ab"New name likely for thirds". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. 2 April 1960. p. 66.
^Stephen Rodgers (1992), Every Game Ever Played – VFL/AFL results 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Viking O'Neil
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This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL AFL premiers The Australian Football League AFL known as the Victorian Football League VFL until 1989 is the elite national competition in men s Australian rules football 1 A premiership medal awarded to Norm Clark in 1907 The inaugural premiership was awarded as a result of a round robin finals system 2 this format was replaced after the first season and a grand final has been held every season since 1898 to determine the premiers 3 with the exception of 1924 when a modified round robin system was used 4 5 The formation of a national competition beginning in 1987 6 has resulted in the league attempting to develop an even and stable competition 7 through a range of equalisation policies such as a salary cap and draft introduced in 1985 and 1986 respectively 7 8 This has had a significant impact on the spread of premierships since 1990 thirteen clubs have won a premiership 9 compared with only five clubs between 1967 and 1989 10 Three clubs Carlton Collingwood and Essendon have won the most VFL AFL premierships with 16 each 11 All teams currently competing in the AFL except Gold Coast Fremantle and Greater Western Sydney three of the four newest clubs have won a premiership and all except Gold Coast have played in a grand final 12 Contents 1 List of premiers 2 Premierships by club 3 Minor grade premierships 3 1 VFL AFL Seconds Reserves premierships 3 2 VFL AFL Thirds Under 19s premierships 3 3 VFL AFL Night premierships 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 SourcesList of premiers edit nbsp Essendon won the inaugural VFL premiership in 1897 nbsp Fitzroy won the inaugural grand final in 1898 nbsp Carlton has won the equal most premierships with 16 with their first coming in the 1906 season nbsp Collingwood s premiership win in 1930 was the club s fourth successive premiership a record for the league nbsp Geelong players doing a lap of honour with the premiership cup after their grand final win in 2009 NF Premiership decided without a grand final being required CF Premiership decided by a challenge final under the Argus finals system or similar F Premiership decided without a challenge final being required under the Argus finals system or similar a GF Premiership decided by a conventional grand final in which neither team had any right to challenge GF Premiership decided by a grand final replay after the scheduled grand final was drawn R Season Premiers Runners up Type Venue Crowd Date Club Score Club Score 1897 Essendon Geelong NF 1898 Fitzroy 5 8 38 Essendon 3 5 23 CF Junction Oval 16 538 24 September 1898 1899 Fitzroy 2 3 9 27 South Melbourne 3 8 26 F Junction Oval 4 823 16 September 1899 1900 Melbourne 4 10 34 Fitzroy 3 12 30 CF East Melbourne Cricket Ground 20 181 22 September 1900 1901 Essendon 2 6 7 43 Collingwood 2 4 16 GF Lake Oval 30 031 7 September 1901 1902 Collingwood 9 6 60 Essendon 3 9 27 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 35 202 20 September 1902 1903 Collingwood 2 4 7 31 Fitzroy 3 11 29 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 32 263 12 September 1903 1904 Fitzroy 3 9 7 61 Carlton 5 7 37 F Melbourne Cricket Ground 32 688 17 September 1904 1905 Fitzroy 4 4 6 30 Collingwood 2 5 17 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 30 000 30 September 1905 1906 Carlton 15 4 94 Fitzroy 6 9 45 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 44 437 22 September 1906 1907 Carlton 2 6 14 50 South Melbourne 6 9 45 F Melbourne Cricket Ground 45 477 21 September 1907 1908 Carlton 3 5 5 35 Essendon 3 8 26 F Melbourne Cricket Ground 50 261 26 September 1908 1909 South Melbourne 4 14 38 Carlton 4 12 36 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 37 759 2 October 1909 1910 Collingwood 3 9 7 61 Carlton 6 11 47 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 42 790 1 October 1910 1911 Essendon 3 5 11 41 Collingwood 4 11 35 F Melbourne Cricket Ground 43 905 23 September 1911 1912 Essendon 4 5 17 47 South Melbourne 4 9 33 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 54 434 28 September 1912 1913 Fitzroy 5 7 14 56 St Kilda 5 13 43 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 59 556 27 September 1913 1914 Carlton 4 6 9 45 South Melbourne 4 15 39 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 30 495 26 September 1914 1915 Carlton 5 11 12 78 Collingwood 6 9 45 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 39 343 18 September 1915 1916 Fitzroy 6 12 13 85 Carlton 8 8 56 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 21 130 2 September 1916 1917 Collingwood 4 9 20 74 Fitzroy 5 9 39 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 25 512 22 September 1917 1918 South Melbourne 2 9 8 62 Collingwood 7 15 57 F Melbourne Cricket Ground 39 262 7 September 1918 1919 Collingwood 5 11 12 78 Richmond 7 11 53 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 45 413 11 October 1919 1920 Richmond 7 10 52 Collingwood 5 5 35 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 53 908 2 October 1920 1921 Richmond 2 5 6 36 Carlton 4 8 32 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 43 122 15 October 1921 1922 Fitzroy 7 11 13 79 Collingwood 9 14 68 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 50 054 14 October 1922 1923 Essendon 5 8 15 63 Fitzroy 6 10 46 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 46 566 20 October 1923 1924 Essendon 6 Richmond NF 1925 Geelong 10 19 79 Collingwood 9 15 69 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 64 288 10 October 1925 1926 Melbourne 2 17 17 119 Collingwood 9 8 62 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 59 632 9 October 1926 1927 Collingwood 6 2 13 25 Richmond 1 7 13 F Melbourne Cricket Ground 34 551 1 October 1927 1928 Collingwood 7 13 18 96 Richmond 9 9 63 F Melbourne Cricket Ground 50 026 29 September 1928 1929 Collingwood 8 11 13 79 Richmond 7 8 50 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 63 336 28 September 1929 1930 Collingwood 9 14 16 100 Geelong 9 16 70 CF Melbourne Cricket Ground 45 022 11 October 1930 1931 Geelong 2 9 14 68 Richmond 7 6 48 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 60 712 10 October 1931 1932 Richmond 3 13 14 92 Carlton 12 11 83 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 69 724 1 October 1932 1933 South Melbourne 3 9 17 71 Richmond 4 5 29 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 75 754 30 September 1933 1934 Richmond 4 19 14 128 South Melbourne 12 17 89 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 65 335 13 October 1934 1935 Collingwood 10 11 12 78 South Melbourne 7 16 58 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 54 154 5 October 1935 1936 Collingwood 11 11 23 89 South Melbourne 10 18 78 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 74 091 3 October 1936 1937 Geelong 3 18 14 122 Collingwood 12 18 90 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 88 540 25 September 1937 1938 Carlton 6 15 10 100 Collingwood 13 7 85 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 96 486 24 September 1938 1939 Melbourne 3 21 22 148 Collingwood 14 11 95 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 78 110 30 September 1939 1940 Melbourne 4 15 17 107 Richmond 10 8 68 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 70 330 28 September 1940 1941 Melbourne 5 19 13 127 Essendon 13 20 98 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 79 687 27 September 1941 1942 Essendon 7 19 18 132 Richmond 11 13 79 GF Princes Park 49 000 19 September 1942 1943 Richmond 5 12 14 86 Essendon 11 15 81 GF Princes Park 42 100 25 September 1943 1944 Fitzroy 8 9 12 66 Richmond 7 9 51 GF Junction Oval 43 000 30 September 1944 1945 Carlton 7 15 13 103 South Melbourne 10 15 75 GF Princes Park 62 986 29 September 1945 1946 Essendon 8 22 18 150 Melbourne 13 9 87 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 73 743 5 October 1946 1947 Carlton 8 13 8 86 Essendon 11 19 85 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 85 815 27 September 1947 1948 Melbourne 6 10 9 69 Essendon 7 27 69 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 85 658 2 October 1948 13 11 89 7 8 50 R Melbourne Cricket Ground 52 226 9 October 1948 1949 Essendon 9 18 17 125 Carlton 6 16 52 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 90 453 24 September 1949 1950 Essendon 10 13 14 92 North Melbourne 7 12 54 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 87 601 23 September 1950 1951 Geelong 4 11 15 81 Essendon 10 10 70 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 84 109 29 September 1951 1952 Geelong 5 13 8 86 Collingwood 5 10 40 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 81 304 27 September 1952 1953 Collingwood 12 11 11 77 Geelong 8 17 65 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 89 060 26 September 1953 1954 Footscray 15 12 102 Melbourne 7 9 51 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 80 897 25 September 1954 1955 Melbourne 7 8 16 64 Collingwood 5 6 36 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 88 053 17 September 1955 1956 Melbourne 8 17 19 121 Collingwood 6 12 48 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 115 803 15 September 1956 1957 Melbourne 9 17 14 116 Essendon 7 13 55 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 324 21 September 1957 1958 Collingwood 13 12 10 82 Melbourne 9 10 64 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 97 956 20 September 1958 1959 Melbourne 10 17 13 115 Essendon 11 12 78 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 103 506 26 September 1959 1960 Melbourne 11 8 14 62 Collingwood 2 2 14 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 97 457 24 September 1960 1961 Hawthorn 13 16 94 Footscray 7 9 51 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 107 935 23 September 1961 1962 Essendon 11 13 12 90 Carlton 8 10 58 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 98 385 29 September 1962 1963 Geelong 6 15 19 109 Hawthorn 8 12 60 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 101 452 5 October 1963 1964 Melbourne 12 8 16 64 Collingwood 8 12 60 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 102 469 19 September 1964 1965 Essendon 12 14 21 105 St Kilda 9 16 70 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 104 846 25 September 1965 1966 St Kilda 10 14 74 Collingwood 10 13 73 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 101 655 24 September 1966 1967 Richmond 6 16 18 114 Geelong 15 15 105 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 109 396 23 September 1967 1968 Carlton 9 7 14 56 Essendon 8 5 53 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 116 828 28 September 1968 1969 Richmond 7 12 13 85 Carlton 8 12 60 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 119 165 27 September 1969 1970 Carlton 10 17 9 111 Collingwood 14 17 101 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 121 696 26 September 1970 1971 Hawthorn 2 12 10 82 St Kilda 11 9 75 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 118 192 25 September 1971 1972 Carlton 11 28 9 177 Richmond 22 18 150 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 112 393 7 October 1972 1973 Richmond 8 16 20 116 Carlton 12 14 86 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 116 956 29 September 1973 1974 Richmond 9 18 20 128 North Melbourne 13 9 87 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 113 839 28 September 1974 1975 North Melbourne 19 8 122 Hawthorn 9 13 67 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 110 551 27 September 1975 1976 Hawthorn 3 13 22 100 North Melbourne 10 10 70 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 110 143 25 September 1976 1977 North Melbourne 2 9 22 76 Collingwood 10 16 76 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 108 224 24 September 1977 21 25 151 19 10 124 R Melbourne Cricket Ground 98 366 1 October 1977 1978 Hawthorn 4 18 13 121 North Melbourne 15 13 103 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 101 704 30 September 1978 1979 Carlton 12 11 16 82 Collingwood 11 11 77 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 113 545 29 September 1979 1980 Richmond 10 23 21 159 Collingwood 9 24 78 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 113 461 27 September 1980 1981 Carlton 13 12 20 92 Collingwood 10 12 72 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 112 964 26 September 1981 1982 Carlton 14 14 19 103 Richmond 12 13 85 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 107 537 25 September 1982 1983 Hawthorn 5 20 20 140 Essendon 8 9 57 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 110 332 24 September 1983 1984 Essendon 13 14 21 105 Hawthorn 12 9 81 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 92 685 29 September 1984 1985 Essendon 14 26 14 170 Hawthorn 14 8 92 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 042 28 September 1985 1986 Hawthorn 6 16 14 110 Carlton 9 14 68 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 101 861 27 September 1986 1987 Carlton 15 15 14 104 Hawthorn 9 17 71 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 92 754 26 September 1987 1988 Hawthorn 7 22 20 152 Melbourne 6 20 56 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 93 754 24 September 1988 1989 Hawthorn 8 21 18 144 Geelong 21 12 138 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 94 796 30 September 1989 Australian Football League name adopted 1990 Collingwood 14 13 11 89 Essendon 5 11 41 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 98 944 6 October 1990 1991 Hawthorn 9 20 19 139 West Coast 13 8 86 GF VFL Park 75 230 28 September 1991 1992 West Coast 16 17 113 Geelong 12 13 85 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 95 007 26 September 1992 1993 Essendon 15 20 13 133 Carlton 13 11 89 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 96 862 25 September 1993 1994 West Coast 2 20 23 143 Geelong 8 15 63 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 93 860 1 October 1994 1995 Carlton 16 21 15 141 Geelong 11 14 80 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 93 670 30 September 1995 1996 North Melbourne 3 19 17 131 Sydney 13 10 88 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 93 102 28 September 1996 1997 Adelaide 19 11 125 St Kilda 13 16 94 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 99 645 27 September 1997 1998 Adelaide 2 15 15 105 North Melbourne 8 22 70 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 94 431 26 September 1998 1999 Kangaroos 4 19 10 124 Carlton 12 17 89 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 94 228 25 September 1999 2000 Essendon 16 19 21 135 Melbourne 11 9 75 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 96 249 2 September 2000 2001 Brisbane Lions 15 18 108 Essendon 12 10 82 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 91 482 29 September 2001 2002 Brisbane Lions 2 10 15 75 Collingwood 9 12 66 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 91 817 28 September 2002 2003 Brisbane Lions 3 20 14 134 Collingwood 12 12 84 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 79 451 27 September 2003 2004 Port Adelaide 17 11 113 Brisbane Lions 10 13 73 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 77 671 25 September 2004 2005 Sydney 4 8 10 58 West Coast 7 12 54 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 91 828 24 September 2005 2006 West Coast 3 12 13 85 Sydney 12 12 84 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 97 431 30 September 2006 2007 Geelong 7 24 19 163 Port Adelaide 6 8 44 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 97 302 29 September 2007 2008 Hawthorn 10 18 7 115 Geelong 11 23 89 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 012 27 September 2008 2009 Geelong 8 12 8 80 St Kilda 9 14 68 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 99 251 26 September 2009 2010 Collingwood 15 9 14 68 St Kilda 10 8 68 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 016 25 September 2010 16 12 108 7 10 52 R Melbourne Cricket Ground 93 853 2 October 2010 2011 Geelong 9 18 11 119 Collingwood 12 9 81 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 99 537 1 October 2011 2012 Sydney 5 14 7 91 Hawthorn 11 15 81 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 99 683 29 September 2012 2013 Hawthorn 11 11 11 77 Fremantle 8 14 62 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 007 28 September 2013 2014 Hawthorn 12 21 11 137 Sydney 11 8 74 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 99 454 27 September 2014 2015 Hawthorn 13 16 11 107 West Coast 8 13 61 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 98 633 3 October 2015 2016 Western Bulldogs 2 13 11 89 Sydney 10 7 67 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 99 981 1 October 2016 2017 Richmond 11 16 12 108 Adelaide 8 12 60 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 021 30 September 2017 2018 West Coast 4 11 13 79 Collingwood 11 8 74 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 022 29 September 2018 2019 Richmond 12 17 12 114 Greater Western Sydney 3 7 25 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 014 28 September 2019 2020 Richmond 13 12 9 81 Geelong 7 8 50 GF The Gabba 29 707 24 October 2020 2021 Melbourne 13 21 14 140 Western Bulldogs 10 6 66 GF Optus Stadium 61 118 25 September 2021 2022 Geelong 10 20 13 133 Sydney 8 4 52 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 024 24 September 2022 2023 Collingwood 16 12 18 90 Brisbane Lions 13 8 86 GF Melbourne Cricket Ground 100 024 30 September 2023Premierships by club editSee also VFL AFL premiership and grand final statistics Club Years Premierships Runners up Total Season s Total Season s Collingwood 1897 present 16 1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010 2023 27 1901 1905 1911 1915 1918 1920 1922 1925 1926 1937 1938 1939 1952 1955 1956 1960 1964 1966 1970 1977 1979 1980 1981 2002 2003 2011 2018 Essendon 1897 present 16 1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000 14 1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001 Carlton 1897 present 16 1906 1907 1908 1914 1915 1938 1945 1947 1968 1970 1972 1979 1981 1982 1987 1995 13 1904 1909 1910 1916 1921 1932 1949 1962 1969 1973 1986 1993 1999 Richmond 1908 present 13 1920 1921 1932 1934 1943 1967 1969 1973 1974 1980 2017 2019 2020 12 1919 1924 1927 1928 1929 1931 1933 1940 1942 1944 1972 1982 Hawthorn 1925 present 13 1961 1971 1976 1978 1983 1986 1988 1989 1991 2008 2013 2014 2015 6 1963 1975 1984 1985 1987 2012 Melbourne 1897 present 13 1900 1926 1939 1940 1941 1948 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1964 2021 5 1946 1954 1958 1988 2000 Geelong 1897 present 10 1925 1931 1937 1951 1952 1963 2007 2009 2011 2022 10 1897 1930 1953 1967 1989 1992 1994 1995 2008 2020 Fitzroy 1897 1996 8 1898 1899 1904 1905 1913 1916 1922 1944 5 1900 1903 1906 1917 1923 South Melbourne Sydney b 1897 present 5 1909 1918 1933 2005 2012 13 1899 1907 1912 1914 1934 1935 1936 1945 1996 2006 2014 2016 2022 North Melbourne Kangaroos c 1925 present 4 1975 1977 1996 1999 5 1950 1974 1976 1978 1998 West Coast 1987 present 4 1992 1994 2006 2018 3 1991 2005 2015 Brisbane Lions 1997 present 3 2001 2002 2003 2 2004 2023 Footscray Western Bulldogs d 1925 present 2 1954 2016 2 1961 2021 Adelaide 1991 present 2 1997 1998 1 2017 St Kilda 1897 present 1 1966 6 1913 1965 1971 1997 2009 2010 Port Adelaide 1997 present 1 2004 1 2007 Fremantle 1995 present 0 1 2013 Greater Western Sydney 2012 present 0 1 2019 Gold Coast 2011 present 0 0 University 1908 1914 0 0 Brisbane Bears 1987 1996 0 0 Minor grade premierships editIn addition to the seniors VFL AFL clubs have competed in premierships in three minor grades VFL AFL Seconds Reserves premierships 1919 1999 VFL AFL Thirds Under 19s premierships 1946 1991 VFL AFL Night premierships 1956 1971 1977 2013 VFL AFL Seconds Reserves premierships edit Main article List of VFL AFL reserves premiers The reserve grade premiership was held in various formats between 1919 and 1999 It was known as the Victorian Junior Football League from 1919 until 1923 the Seconds from 1924 until 1959 the VFL Reserves from 1960 until 1989 and as the AFL reserves from 1990 until 1999 13 Until 1991 the competition was run by the VFL AFL and from 1992 until 1999 it was administered by the Victorian State Football League VFL AFL Thirds Under 19s premierships edit The VFL AFL under 19s competition was held between 1946 and 1991 It was known as the VFL thirds from 1946 until 1959 and as the under 19s from 1960 until 1991 13 1946 North Melbourne 1947 Melbourne 1948 Carlton 1949 Carlton 2 1950 Essendon 1951 Carlton 3 1952 Essendon 2 1953 Melbourne 2 1954 Footscray 1955 Fitzroy 1956 South Melbourne 1957 St Kilda 1958 Richmond 1959 Essendon 3 1960 Collingwood 1961 Essendon 4 1962 Geelong 1963 Carlton 4 1964 Melbourne 3 1965 Collingwood 2 1966 Essendon 5 1967 Richmond 2 1968 Richmond 3 1969 Richmond 4 1970 Richmond 5 1971 Melbourne 4 1972 Hawthorn 1973 Richmond 6 1974 Collingwood 3 1975 Richmond 7 1976 North Melbourne 2 1977 Richmond 8 1978 Carlton 5 1979 Carlton 6 1980 Richmond 9 1981 Melbourne 5 1982 Fitzroy 2 1983 Melbourne 6 1984 North Melbourne 3 1985 Richmond 10 1986 Collingwood 4 1987 North Melbourne 4 1988 North Melbourne 5 1989 Richmond 11 1990 North Melbourne 6 1991 North Melbourne 7 Source 14 VFL AFL Night premierships edit The pre season and night premiership covers three competitions which are considered historically equivalent in status VFL Night Series a consolation competition played amongst non finalists between 1956 and 1971 Australian Football Championships Night Series a mid season knock out competition played concurrently with the premiership and involving teams from interstate played between 1977 and 1987 Australian Football League pre season competition played before each season from 1988 until 2013 For a list of premiers in these competitions see list of VFL AFL pre season and night series premiers See also editAFL Grand Final List of AFL Women s premiers List of VFL AFL pre season and night series premiers List of VFL AFL premiership captains and coaches List of VFL AFL wooden spoonsNotes edita In these cases had the other team won the match a rematch would have been played the following weekend b Sydney was known as South Melbourne prior to relocation in 1982 c North Melbourne was known simply as the Kangaroos from 1999 to 2007 d Western Bulldogs was known as Footscray prior to 1997 References edit McFarlane Glenn 9 June 2016 AFL allows clubs to include VFA flags in their own VFL AFL premiership records news com au News Corp Australia Archived from the original on 22 August 2016 Retrieved 22 July 2018 1897 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say salary cap is old hat urge AFL to look to US news com au News Limited Archived from the original on 15 February 2019 Retrieved 15 February 2019 Rise Brayden 8 May 2018 The best two clubs of the AFL era and no neither is Hawthorn The Roar Conversant Media Archived from the original on 16 November 2018 Retrieved 15 February 2019 An object lesson in the perils of hindsight The Age Melbourne Fairfax Media 2 October 2003 Archived from the original on 15 February 2019 Retrieved 15 February 2019 Lerner Ronny 22 October 2017 The race for AFL premiership No 17 between Essendon and Carlton has resumed The Age Melbourne Fairfax Media Archived from the original on 20 February 2018 Retrieved 15 February 2019 Lerner Ronny 8 January 2019 Record premiership droughts spurring AFL clubs in 2019 The Age Melbourne Fairfax Media Archived from the original on 8 January 2019 Retrieved 15 February 2019 a b New name likely for thirds The Sun News Pictorial Melbourne VIC 2 April 1960 p 66 Stephen Rodgers 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