Victorian Football League
state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia
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
change| 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