This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. For information about the rules and history of the game, see Australian rules football. The Australian Football League (AFL) is both the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest governing body. High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of...
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Andrew Demetriou (born April 14, 1961) is the chief executive officer of the Australian Football League and a former Australian rules footballer of Greek-Cypriot heritage. ...
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The AFL is the most attended professional sporting league in Australia: it is the most popular sport competition in terms of attendances and TV ratings of the nation.[1] The previous three AFL Premiership Seasons have had a total home and away season attendance of over six million (currently the 10th most attended professional sports league in the world) with an average attendance of over 36,000. This is a list of crowd figures for 2007 Australian football codes. ...
The 16 teams play against each other in 22 rounds between late March and late August/early September. This is followed by a four week finals series which culminates in the two teams playing off for the Premiership in the AFL Grand Final, the best attended domestic club championship event in the world.
The league which became the Australian Football League began when teams from the Victorian Football Association (VFA Established 1877) broke away from the VFA and with new teams formed the Victorian Football League (VFL) which began in 1897. Since 1982 when the first team based outside of the state of Victoria, Australia began playing in the VFL, it has grown into a national competition in Australia.
The league was officially named the Australian Football League in 1990 to respect and honour the sport itself and its importance in Australian society, and today has teams based in five of the six Australian states - with matches played in all states and territories of Australia.
The AFL has gained considerable media and financial strength, as well as control over the game at most levels.
The AFL Commission, which runs the league, assumed the role of governing body for the sport of Australian Rules Football in Australia in 1993 when the Australian National Football Council was dissolved.
It is now responsible for the rules of Australian Football through the AFL Rules Committee (consisting of members from the AFL Players Association). The AFL also became the defacto world governing body in 2002 when it negotiated the disbanding of the International Australian Football Council. Since 2000, through the commission, the AFL has pushed for all affiliated leagues and bodies to co-brand with the league as well as refer to the sport as "AFL" in preference to its official name of "Australian Football". Part of the pre-match entertainment at the 2006 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ...
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The AFL Commission is the official governing body of the Australian Football League, the elite national Australian rules football competition in Australia. ...
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The AFL Players Association is a body that consists of players and former players in the Australian Football League. ...
The International Australian Football Council (IAFC) was a body established in 1995 to govern the sport of Australian rules football internationally. ...
Since 1997 the AFL has consisted of nine clubs based in Melbourne, Victoria, one in Geelong, Victoria, two teams based in Adelaide, South Australia, two Western Australian teams and one each in Sydney, New South Wales and Brisbane, Queensland.
The addition of new teams in the AFL in Gold Coast, Queensland - Launceston, Tasmania - Perth, Western Australia and Sydney, New South Wales in the coming years is likely[2][3] The AFL operates on a one group league system, with no relegation or promotion. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ...
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The Victorian Football League, commonly known as the VFL, started in 1897 with eight teams - St. Kilda, Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Geelong, Melbourne, South Melbourne, and Fitzroy - some of those teams entering the VFL from the VFA (the Victorian Football Association). Richmond and University entered in 1908, but University disbanded in 1915. In 1925, Footscray (later known as the Western Bulldogs), Hawthorn and North Melbourne (later known as the Kangaroos) entered the competition, making 12 teams as a solely Victorian based league until 1982 when the Sydney Swans became the first team based outside of the state of Victoria Australia in the league in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The St. ...
Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ...
Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club involved, and playing in the Australian Football League. ...
Essendons Home and Clash Jumpers Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ...
Geelong Football Club (also known as Geelong, or The Cats) are an Australian professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong, Victoria at Kardinia Park, known by its sponsored name Skilled Stadium. Playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), they are one of the most successful clubs...
Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ...
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Fitzroy Football Club, most recently nicknamed The Lions, was an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) on its inception in 1897. ...
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Melbourne University Football Club – often known simply as University – is an Australian rules football club. ...
The Western Bulldogs, formerly referred to as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ...
Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ...
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A further national expansion occurred in 1987, with the introduction of the West Coast Eagles from Western Australia and the Brisbane Bears from Queensland.
The league officially became named the Australian Football League in 1990 to reflect the expanded nature of the competition.
South Australia was first represented in 1991 when the Adelaide Crows joined the league.
Fremantle joined as the second WA team in 1995.
Brisbane Bears merged with the Fitzroy Lions the next year creating the Brisbane Lions in 1996.
Port Adelaide Power took their place in 1997.
The Victorian Football Association has since changed its name to the Victorian Football League to respect it's status as the state competition in the state of Victoria, Australia. Other state leagues that exist and have made immeasurably valuable contributions to the sport in Australia are the WAFL - the West Australian Football League (established), the SANFL - the South Australian Football League (established), the QFL, the tasmanian state leagues and the nothern territory, tiwi and torres straight islands leagues. West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ...
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Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. ...
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Geelong Football Club (also known as Geelong, or The Cats) are an Australian professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong, Victoria at Kardinia Park, known by its sponsored name Skilled Stadium. Playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), they are one of the most successful clubs...
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Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ...
Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club involved, and playing in the Australian Football League. ...
Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ...
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[edit] Former teams | Club | Colours | Nickname | Location | Home Ground | 2008 Membership | | Adelaide Football Club | | Crows | Adelaide, South Australia | AAMI Stadium | 47,995 | | Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club | | Lions | Brisbane, Queensland | The Gabba | 22,066 | | Carlton Football Club |
 | Blues | Melbourne, Victoria | Telstra Dome
Melbourne Cricket Ground | 40,001 | | Collingwood Football Club |
 | Magpies | Melbourne, Victoria | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 42,067 | | Essendon Football Club |
 | Bombers | Melbourne, Victoria | Telstra Dome | 40,030 | | Fremantle Football Club |
 | Dockers | Perth, Western Australia | Subiaco Oval | 43,094 | | Geelong Football Club |
 | Cats | Geelong, Victoria | Skilled Stadium
Telstra Dome | 35,215 | | Hawthorn Football Club |
 | Hawks | Melbourne, Victoria | Melbourne Cricket Ground
Aurora Stadium | 40,147 | | Melbourne Football Club |
 | Demons | Melbourne, Victoria | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 28,077 | | North Melbourne Football Club |
 | Kangaroos | Melbourne, Victoria | Telstra Dome
Gold Coast Stadium | 33,825 | | Port Adelaide Football Club |
 | Power | Adelaide, South Australia | AAMI Stadium | 33,364 | | Richmond Football Club |
 | Tigers | Melbourne, Victoria | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 29,224 | | St Kilda Football Club |
 | Saints | Melbourne, Victoria | Telstra Dome | 30,436 | | Sydney Swans Australian Football Club |
 | Swans | Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Cricket Ground
ANZ Stadium | 26,164 | | West Coast Eagles Football Club |
 | Eagles | Perth, Western Australia | Subiaco Oval | 44,746 | | Western Bulldogs Football Club |
 | Bulldogs | Melbourne, Victoria | Telstra Dome | 33,388[4] | | | Club | Colours | Location | Last Home Ground | Years In Competition | Reason | | Fitzroy Lions | Red, Blue and Gold. | Fitzroy, Victoria | Whitten Oval | 1897-1996 | Merged with the Brisbane Bears to become the Brisbane Lions in 1997. | | Brisbane Bears | Maroon and Gold | Gold Coast, Queensland | The Gabba | 1987-1996 | Merged with the Fitzroy Lions to become the Brisbane Lions in 1997. | | South Melbourne | Red and White | Melbourne, Victoria | Lakeside Oval | 1897-1981 | Became the Sydney Swans in 1982. | | University | Black and Blue | Parkville, Victoria | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1908-1914 | The club was disbanded prior to the 1915 season, due to the outbreak of World War I, and players' enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force. After the club was revived in 1919, it did not apply to rejoin the competition. | This page is for the Australian Rules Football Club in Adelaide. ...
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AAMI Stadium, formerly known as Football Park, is an Australian Rules Football stadium located in West Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia. ...
Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. ...
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Geelong Football Club (also known as Geelong, or The Cats) are an Australian professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong, Victoria at Kardinia Park, known by its sponsored name Skilled Stadium. Playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), they are one of the most successful clubs...
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Kardinia Park is an Australian Rules football (AFL) stadium located in Geelong, Victoria and is the home ground of the Geelong Football Club, an AFL team. ...
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York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in Inveresk, an inner city suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ...
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Subiaco Oval, known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. ...
The Western Bulldogs, formerly referred to as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ...
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Fitzroy Football Club, most recently nicknamed The Lions, was an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) on its inception in 1897. ...
Fitzroy (sometimes referred to as South Fitzroy) is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
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Whitten Oval is a stadium in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Brisbane Bears were an Australian rules football Club and was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ...
Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. ...
Brisbane Bears were an Australian rules football Club and was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ...
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The Brisbane Cricket Ground is a major sports stadium in the Queensland capital of Brisbane. ...
Fitzroy Football Club, most recently nicknamed The Lions, was an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) on its inception in 1897. ...
Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. ...
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- Launceston New team in Tasmania [6]
- Perth New team in Western Australia
- Darwin (Northern Territory) New.
Early in 2008, a meeting held by the AFL discussed the issue of two new teams entering the AFL competition[citation needed]. AFL officials confirmed that a new team on the Gold Coast and possibly a new team in West Sydney would enter the competition around 2010. Also in April, Tasmanian premier Paul Lennon, had a meeting with the AFL to discuss the posibillity of a new team based in the State of Tasmania.
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 An AFL match at Subiaco Oval in Perth  Close up of ruckwork from an AFL match at the Telstra Dome with the roof open in Melbourne The AFL is the dominant league in television, print, and radio news in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania.[citation needed] In addition, Australian rules football is the most participated football code in these states and territories.[citation needed] York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in Inveresk, an inner city suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ...
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For similar terms, see Northern Territories (disambiguation) Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Motto(s): none Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 2 - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2004...
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Despite the traditional popularity of rugby league in the states of New South Wales and Queensland, the popularity of the AFL is increasing.[citation needed] This has been greatly assisted by recent premierships being won by the Brisbane Lions (2001, 2002, and 2003) and Sydney Swans (2005) and to a lesser extent also unsuccessful Grand Final appearances for both Brisbane (2004) and Sydney (1996, 2006). With the success of these sides, participation in Australian rules football has grown in these states in recent years.[citation needed] Rugby league football is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ...
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Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. ...
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In recent years, teams based in the state of Victoria, Australia have played games in other states to pave the way for new teams entering the competition. Recently, this has included Hawthorn which plays home games in Launceston, Tasmania - St. Kilda which has played home games at Aurora Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania in the recent past - North Melbourne which has played games at Manuka Oval in Canberra, and Carrara Oval on the Gold Coast - the Western Bulldogs which has played games at Manuka and at Marrara Oval in Darwin, Northern Territory and at the Sydney Cricket Ground - and Melbourne which has played games at Carrara Oval and The Gabba in Queensland. Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ...
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 90,000 (Greater urban and 99,100 statistical division), located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ...
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York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in Inveresk, an inner city suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ...
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 90,000 (Greater urban and 99,100 statistical division), located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ...
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Carrara Oval is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. ...
The Western Bulldogs, formerly referred to as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ...
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The major AFL Stadiums, and their capacity and home teams:
- The MCG (Melbourne) - 100,000 - Melbourne Demons, Richmond Tigers, Collingwood Magpies, Hawthorn Hawks.
- Telstra Dome (Melbourne) - 53,355 - St. Kilda Saints, Carlton Blues, Essendon Bombers, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Western Bulldogs.
- The SCG (Sydney) - 43,649 - Sydney Swans
- ANZ Stadium (Sydney) - 83,500 - Sydney Swans
- AAMI Stadium (Adelaide) - 51,515 - Adelaide Crows, Port Adelaide Power
- Subiaco Oval (Perth) - 42,922 - West Coast Eagles, Fremantle Dockers
- The Gabba (Brisbane) - 42,000 - Brisbane Lions
- Skilled Stadium (Geelong) - 28,500 - Geelong Cats (also play games in Melbourne at Telstra Dome.)
- Aurora Stadium (Launceston) - 23,000 - Hawthorn Hawks (play 4 home games a season here, and the rest at the MCG)
[edit] Historic clubs - See also: List of Australian rules football clubs by date of establishment
The modern day Australian Football League (AFL) has many teams dating back to the beginnings of the sport of Australian rules football, including the very first club, Melbourne Football Club (1858), a foundation VFL/AFL club whose founders also first codified the sport in 1859. This is a chronological list of Australian rules football clubs since their formation. ...
Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ...
Other early clubs still in existence include: Geelong (1859), Carlton (1864), North Melbourne (formerly Hotham) (1869), Essendon (1871), St. Kilda (1873), South Melbourne (now Sydney Swans) (1874), Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs) (1883), Richmond (1885), and Collingwood (1892). Geelong Football Club (also known as Geelong, or The Cats) are an Australian professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong, Victoria at Kardinia Park, known by its sponsored name Skilled Stadium. Playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), they are one of the most successful clubs...
Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ...
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Essendons Home and Clash Jumpers Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ...
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Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...
The Western Bulldogs, formerly referred to as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ...
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Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club involved, and playing in the Australian Football League. ...
[edit] Playing lists The AFL has tight controls over the player lists of each club. Each club can have a senior list of 38 players plus up to six rookie or veteran players. From 2006, up to two international rookieswww.realfooty.theage.com.au are also permitted. Clubs can only trade players during a "trade week" at the end of each season and can only recruit new players through the AFL Draft. The rules for the draft have changed every few years since it was introduced in 1986, but the basic philosophy remains in that players are selected by clubs in the reverse of the order of their positions on the ladder at the end of the preceding season. That is, the club that finished last has first draft selection, then the club that finished second last. However, this philosophy has been compromised by giving priority picks to clubs which win fewer than four matches during the season and by allowing clubs to select sons of former players under a "father - son rule" which itself has been varied over the years. This article is about the annual Australian rules football draft. ...
A salary cap (known as the Total Player Payments or TPP) is also in place as part of the league's equalisation policy.
In 2007, this is AUD$7 million per club. Salaries of draft selections are fixed for two years. Salaries for senior players are not normally released to the public, although the average is estimated at A$200,000www.realfooty.theage.com.au and the top few players can expect to earn up to AUD$1,000,000 a year.www.realfooty.theage.com.au Au. ...
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Infringements by clubs in relation to exceeding the TPP, not informing the AFL of payments or draft tampering are severe and can include large fines, loss of premiership points and exclusion from the AFL draft. However, the AFL has not yet penalised clubs premiership points for a breach of the salary cap.
[edit] AFL players by state/territory/nation The following is the origin of 2007 AFL listed player based on player's nominated junior clubs.www.theage.com.au afl.com.au Note 1: Note that players from Ireland were all converts from other sports. VIC redirects here. ...
Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 15 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06) - Product ($m) $107,910 (4th) - Product per capita $53,134/person...
For the song, see South Australia (song). ...
For other uses, see Queensland (disambiguation). ...
NSW redirects here. ...
For similar terms, see Northern Territories (disambiguation) Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Motto(s): none Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 2 - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2004...
Slogan or Nickname: Island of Inspiration; The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 5 - Senate seats 12 Gross S |
