Australian AFL

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Poster

Established
1897 (128 years old)

First Recorded Event
1961-09-23

Current Season
2025

Sport
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Australian Football

Location
Australia

Gender
Male

TV Rights
AUS - Seven Network [1957-1986,1988-2001,2007-]
AUS - Foxtel [2002-]
AUS - Nine Network [2002-2006]
AUS - Network 10 [2002-2011]
US - Fox Sports [2021]

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Upcoming

26 Apr	St Kilda Foo	-	Brisbane Lio	3:20am
26 Apr	Port Adelaid	-	North Melbou	6:15am
26 Apr	Greater West	-	Western Bull	9:35am
27 Apr	Gold Coast F	-	Sydney Swans	3:10am
27 Apr	Carlton Foot	-	Geelong Foot	5:20am
27 Apr	Hawthorn Foo	-	West Coast E	6:40am
01 May	Essendon Foo	-	North Melbou	9:30am
02 May	St Kilda Foo	-	Fremantle Fo	9:40am
03 May	Western Bull	-	Port Adelaid	3:20am
03 May	Adelaide Foo	-	Carlton Foot	6:15am
Results
25 Apr	Collingwood	107 - 66	Essendon Foo
25 Apr	Fremantle Fo	85 - 67	Adelaide Foo
24 Apr	Melbourne Fo	83 - 63	Richmond Foo
21 Apr	Geelong Foot	86 - 79	Hawthorn Foo
20 Apr	Western Bull	127 - 56	St Kilda Foo
20 Apr	Sydney Swans	77 - 85	Port Adelaid
19 Apr	Adelaide Foo	52 - 34	Greater West
19 Apr	Richmond Foo	80 - 69	Gold Coast F
19 Apr	Melbourne Fo	107 - 97	Fremantle Fo
18 Apr	West Coast E	75 - 77	Essendon Foo

Description

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia's six states (Tasmania being the exception). Matches have been played in all mainland states and territories of Australia, as well as in New Zealand. The AFL season currently consists of a pre-season competition (currently branded as the "NAB Challenge"), followed by a 23-round regular (or "home-and-away") season, which runs during the Australian winter (March to September). The top eight teams then play off in a four-round finals series, culminating in the AFL Grand Final, which is held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each year. The winning team in the Grand Final is termed the "premiers", and is awarded the premiership cup. The current premiers are Collingwood.

Seasons

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Teams

Adelaide Football	Brisbane Lions	Carlton Football	Collingwood Footb
Essendon Football	Fremantle Footbal	Geelong Football	Gold Coast Footba
Greater Western S	Hawthorn Football	Melbourne Footbal	North Melbourne F
Port Adelaide Foo	Richmond Football	St Kilda Football	Sydney Swans
West Coast Eagles	Western Bulldogs