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
10 Jul	Carlton F	9:30am	Brisbane
11 Jul	Gold Coas	9:40am	Collingwo
12 Jul	Western B	3:20am	Adelaide
12 Jul	Greater W	6:15am	Geelong F
12 Jul	Richmond	9:35am	Essendon
12 Jul	Fremantle	10:10am	Hawthorn
13 Jul	Melbourne	3:10am	North Mel
13 Jul	St Kilda	5:20am	Sydney Sw
13 Jul	Port Adel	6:40am	West Coas
17 Jul	Essendon	9:30am	Greater W
Results
06 Jul	Adelaide	90 - 77	Melbourne
06 Jul	Sydney Sw	94 - 83	Fremantle
05 Jul	Essendon	74 - 115	Gold Coas
05 Jul	Brisbane	120 - 92	Port Adel
05 Jul	Geelong F	124 - 52	Richmond
05 Jul	St Kilda	74 - 94	Hawthorn
04 Jul	Carlton F	58 - 115	Collingwo
04 Jul	West Coas	52 - 111	Greater W
03 Jul	North Mel	85 - 134	Western B
29 Jun	Richmond	54 - 122	Adelaide

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

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