List of Australian rules football clubs by date of establishment
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This is a chronological list of Australian rules football
clubs since their formation.
Note that some of these football
clubs that formed before 1866 (see Laws of Australian football
) may not have originally played the game known today as Australian rules football. It is more than likely that most of these clubs were influenced the Melbourne Rules of 1859 which were the dominant rules of the day. However many played by their own rules and often compromised rules when playing against other clubs.
Australia
* = defunct, disputed, poorly documented or dormant for a period.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
clubs since their formation.
Note that some of these football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
clubs that formed before 1866 (see Laws of Australian football
Laws of Australian football
The laws of Australian football describe the rules of the game of Australian rules football as they have evolved and adapted, with the same underlying core rules, since 1859....
) may not have originally played the game known today as Australian rules football. It is more than likely that most of these clubs were influenced the Melbourne Rules of 1859 which were the dominant rules of the day. However many played by their own rules and often compromised rules when playing against other clubs.
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| 1859 | 14 May | Melbourne Football Club Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria.... |
Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
In 1859, members of the club agreed to the first code of rules for Australian football on 17 May, three days after club officially formed . Oldest club in the Australian Football League. |
| 1859 | <30 May | St Kilda Football Club | St Kilda St Kilda, Victoria St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip... |
Victoria | defunct | Not related to the current St Kilda Football Club (see South Yarra entry below). . |
| 1859 | 15 June | Castlemaine Football Club Castlemaine Football Club Castlemaine Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia and is currently a member of the Bendigo Football League.The club is notable for several reasons... * |
Castlemaine Castlemaine, Victoria Castlemaine is a city in Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region of Victoria about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. The... |
Victoria | Bendigo Football League Bendigo Football League The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine... |
possibly dormant for periods |
| 1859 | 18 July | Geelong Football Club Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also... |
Geelong | Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
One of the founding members of both the VFA and VFL. |
| 1859 | Melbourne University Football Club Melbourne University Football Club Melbourne University Football Club, often known simply as University is an Australian rules football club.The club achieved prominence by being a member of the game's most elite competition in the early 20th century, the Victorian Football League between 1908 and 1914.Although there are no records... * |
Melbourne | Victoria | VAFA | disbanded for some time after World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... , leaving the VFL, then reformed with multiple teams in the VAFA. |
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| 1860 | Adelaide Football Club Adelaide Football Club (SAFA) The Adelaide Football Club was an Australian rules football club, based in Adelaide, that played in the South Australian Football Association from 1877–81 and again from 1885–93. The team won the SAFA premiership in 1886... |
Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million... |
South Australia | defunct (South Australian Football Association) |
Disbanded in 1893. Not to be confused with the present Adelaide Football Club. | |
| 1860 | 20 May | Ballarat Football Club Ballarat Football Club The Ballarat Football Club competes in the Ballarat Football League in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. The club, nicknamed the Swans, has a history dating back to 1860. Ballarat once competed in the Victorian Football Association.... * |
Ballarat | Victoria | Ballarat Football League Ballarat Football League The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera... |
established as junior club. Senior club established in 1862 |
| 1861 | 3 June | Sandhurst Football Club Sandhurst Football Club The Sandhurst Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League . Sandhurst is the former name of the city of Bendigo.-History:... |
Bendigo | Victoria | Bendigo Football League Bendigo Football League The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine... |
Alleged to have been founded by J.B. Thompson, one of the inventors of Australian rules football |
| 1862 | Modbury Football Club Modbury Football Club The Modbury Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Modbury, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia.... |
Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million... |
South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... |
South Australian Amateur Football League South Australian Amateur Football League The South Australian Amateur Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs playing over one hundred and ten matches per week, the SAAFL is one of Australia's largest and strongest Australian rules football... |
Played its first game against Adelaide Adelaide Football Club (SAFA) The Adelaide Football Club was an Australian rules football club, based in Adelaide, that played in the South Australian Football Association from 1877–81 and again from 1885–93. The team won the SAFA premiership in 1886... at Modbury in 1862 |
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| 1862 | Williamstown Club | Williamstown Williamstown, Victoria Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Williamstown had a population of 12,733.... |
Victoria | defunct | The first of two Williamstown clubs | |
| 1863* | Sydney University Australian National Football Club | University of Sydney University of Sydney The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania... , Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... |
New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... |
Sydney AFL Sydney AFL The "AFL Sydney" is an Australian rules football League, based in metropolitan Sydney, Australia.The AFL Sydney competition comprises 21 clubs playing across 5 senior divisions with 2 under 18 competitions.-History:... |
SUANFC claims to be a spin-off of Australia's oldest rugby union Rugby union Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand... club, Sydney University Football Club Sydney University Football Club Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863 , is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, and as such is nicknamed "The Birthplace of Australian Rugby" or simply "The Birthplace".The club are the current NSWRU Premiers.The club was a member of the inaugural Sydney club competition... , which experimented with Australian rules in its early years. If the claim is accepted, this would make SUANFC the oldest Australian rules football club in NSW, although it did not play an inter-club fixture until 1887. |
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| 1864* | South Yarra Football Club South Yarra Football Club South Yarra Football Club was an Australian rules football club formed in Melbourne circa 1864. The club is notable as it is one of the earliest Australian rules football clubs and formed part of the famous St Kilda Football Club, having merged in 1873 with St Kilda Cricketers.A team from South... |
South Yarra, Melbourne South Yarra, Victoria South Yarra is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Stonnington and Melbourne... |
Victoria | defunct | Merged with the St Kilda Cricketers' Club in 1873 to form the present-day St Kilda Football Club.http://www.footypedia.com/00000044.htm | |
| 1864 | Williamstown Football Club Williamstown Football Club The Williamstown Football Club, nicknamed The Seagulls, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League... |
Williamstown Williamstown, Victoria Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Williamstown had a population of 12,733.... |
Victoria | Victorian Football League Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association... |
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| 1864 | July | Carlton Football Club Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897... |
Carlton Carlton, Victoria Carlton is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
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| 1866 | 18 April | Kapunda Football Club Kapunda Football Club Kapunda Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers is an Australian rules football club based in Kapunda, South Australia that competes in the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association.... |
Kapunda | South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... |
Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association The Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association is an Australian rules football competition based chiefly in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia, Australia. Only 42 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide, the BL&GFA is an affiliated member of the South Australian National... |
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| 1866 | Brisbane Australian Football Club Brisbane Australian Football Club The now-defunct Brisbane Football Club, formed in May 1866, is the first known football club of any code in Brisbane, Queensland.The club initially played according to what was then known as the 'Victorian Rules'... * |
Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... |
Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... |
defunct | No connection to Brisbane Bears Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995... or Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
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| 1868 | Woodville Football Club* | Adelaide | South Australia | defunct | Club disbanded in 1877. Club with same name later formed in 1938. | |
| <1868 | Wharehousemen Football Club | Melbourne | Victoria | defunct | ||
| 1869 | North Melbourne Football Club North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world... |
North Melbourne | Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Founded as the North Melbourne Football Club in 1869. Amalgamated with Albert Park to form Albert Park-North Melbourne in 1876. Reformed as the Hotham Football Club in 1877. Reverted back to the name North Melbourne Football Club in 1888. | |
| 1870 | late April or early May | Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League... |
Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide... |
South Australia | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Formerly played in the SANFL as the Port Adelaide Magpies until 1997 before awarded a licence to enter the AFL in 1996. Entered AFL in 1997 as the "Power". A new club known as the Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club was formed in 1997 to fill its void in the SANFL |
| 1870 | Volunteer Artillery* | Brisbane | Queensland | defunct | ||
| 1870 | Brisbane Grammar School Football Club'* | Brisbane | Queensland | defunct | New junior club established in 2005 to participate in Queensland Independent Schools Australian Football League | |
| 1870 | Civil Service Football Club* | Brisbane | Queensland | defunct | ||
| 1870 | Ipswich Football Club* | Ipswich Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre... |
Queensland | defunct | ||
| 1871 | Ararat Football Club Ararat Football Club The Ararat Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Wimmera Football League . They are based in the city of Ararat, Victoria.... * |
Ararat Ararat, Victoria Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera... |
Victoria | now Wimmera Football League Wimmera Football League The Wimmera Football League is based in Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns in the Wimmera region. The regional centres along the Western Highway from Ararat to Nhill as well as Minyip-Murtoa and Warracknabeal.The league is a major country league.... |
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| 1872 | Lilydale Football Club Lilydale Football Club The Lilydale Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in the outer eastern Melbourne suburb of Lilydale. Known as the "Falcons", the club fields both senior and junior teams in the Eastern Football League. The Lilydale Football Club is one of the oldest Australian Rules clubs,... |
Lilydale | Victoria | 1st Div Eastern Football League | Formerly Yarra Valley Football League, Mountain District Football League, Eastern Districts Football League | |
| 1872 | Kensington Football Club* | Adelaide | South Australia | defunct | Possibly formed earlier. Folded in 1881 | |
| 1873 | Albert Park Football Club Albert Park Football Club Albert Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 3 km south of Melbourne in the suburb of Albert Park.Originally affiliated with the VFA during the 19th century.The club colours are red and white.... |
Albert Park Albert Park, Victoria Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, Albert Park had a population of 5827.... |
Victoria | VAFA | last season was in 1970. Another club which continues has its origins in the 1920s and now uses the same name. | |
| 1873 | Essendon Football Club Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
Essendon Essendon, Victoria Essendon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
16 VFL/AFL premierships | |
| 1873 | 2 April | St Kilda Football Club | St Kilda St Kilda, Victoria St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
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| 1873 | Hawthorn Football Club Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys... * |
Hawthorn Hawthorn, Victoria Hawthorn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
The continuity of clubs with this name is disputed. The existing Hawthorn Football Club is purported to have formed in 1901. | |
| 1874 | 8 June | Rochester Football Club Rochester Football Club The Rochester Football Club was formed at a meeting held on 8 June 1874 at Tidy's Restdown Hotel. The club was formed with the purpose of soon "playing and beating Echuca"... |
Rochester Rochester, Victoria Rochester is a small town in country Victoria, Australia. It is located 180 km north of Melbourne with a mixture of rural and semi-rural communities on the northern Campaspe River, between Bendigo and the Murray River port of Echuca... |
Victoria | Goulburn Valley Football League Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia... |
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| 1874 | Willunga Football Club | Willunga | South Australia | Great Southern Football League Great Southern Football League (South Australia) The Great Southern Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Fleurieu Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League and is zoned to the South Adelaide Football Club.The 2011 Grand Final... |
1877 foundation member of SAFA – which became SANFL. | |
| 1874 | South Melbourne Football Club Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney... |
South Melbourne South Melbourne, Victoria South Melbourne is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
now Sydney Swans | |
| 1874 | Port Melbourne Football Club Port Melbourne Football Club The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne and is currently playing in the Victorian Football League .... |
Port Melbourne | Victoria | Victorian Football League Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association... |
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| 1874 | Penshurst Football Club | Penshurst Penshurst Penshurst is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, west of Tonbridge. Within the parish boundaries are the two villages of Penshurst and Fordcombe, with a combined population of some 1,479 persons. The... |
Victoria | Mininera & District Football League Mininera & District Football League The Mininera & District Football League is based in South-western Victoria, with clubs located east of Hamilton, south of Ararat and west of Colac. The league absorbed several teams from the defunct Ararat & District Football Association in 2000.-History:... |
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| 1875 | 16 July | Launceston Football Club Launceston Football Club The Launceston Football Club is an Australian rules football club, located in the West Tamar suburb of Riverside, seven kilometres north of the Launceston CBD and currently play in the Tasmanian State League in Tasmania, Australia.-History:... |
Launceston Launceston, Tasmania Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart... |
Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... |
Tasmanian Football League Tasmanian Football League Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian... |
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| 1876 | South Adelaide Football Club South Adelaide Football Club South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.... |
Adelaide | South Australia | SANFL | Merged with a club of the same name to form the modern club in 1876 | |
| 1876 | Inglewood Football Club Inglewood Football Club Inglewood Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Inglewood, Victoria. The club is currently affiliated with the Loddon Valley Football League.- History :... |
Inglewood Inglewood, Victoria Inglewood is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Calder Highway, in the Shire of Loddon. At the 2006 census, Inglewood had a population of 834... |
Victoria | Loddon Valley Football League Loddon Valley Football League The Loddon Valley Football League is based in Central Victoria.-History:The Loddon Valley Football League was formed in 1903 and is one of the oldest country leagues to have survived without a name change or amalgamation.-Current:... |
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| 1876 | Heidelberg Football Club Heidelberg Football Club Heidelberg Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Heidelberg, Victoria, currently competing in the Northern Football League.-History:... |
Heidelberg Heidelberg, Victoria Heidelberg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule.... |
Victoria | Northern Football League | ||
| 1877 | Beechworth Football Club Beechworth Football Club Beechworth Football Club, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tallangatta & District Football League... |
Beechworth Beechworth, Victoria Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s... |
Victoria | Tallangatta & District Football League Tallangatta & District Football League The Tallangatta and District Football League is an Australian rules football competition in north-east Victoria and the southern/border region of the New South Wales Riverina... |
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| 1878 | Norwood Football Club Norwood Football Club Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia... |
Adelaide | South Australia | SANFL | ||
| 1879 | West Melbourne Football Club West Melbourne Football Club West Melbourne Football Club was an Australian rules football club which played in the Victorian Football Association . They were based at the North Melbourne Cricket Ground and had a red and white striped guernsey.-History:... |
West Melbourne West Melbourne, Victoria West Melbourne is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne... |
Victoria | defunct | merged with North Melbourne Football Club North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world... |
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| 1878 | New Norfolk District Football Club New Norfolk Eagles The New Norfolk District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:Entry to Southern District Football Assoc* 1934Entry to TANFL/TFL* 1947... |
New Norfolk New Norfolk, Tasmania -References:5. Fellowship of First Fleeters.6. New Norfolk's History and Achievements by Joe Cowburn and Rita Cox 1986-External links:* has extensive local information, history, photographs, resources and attractions... |
Tasmania | Southern Football League (Tasmania) Southern Football League (Tasmania) The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division... |
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| 1879 | 27 March | Reform Football Club | Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... |
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
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| 1881 | Unions Football Club* | Fremantle Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829... |
Western Australia | defunct | ||
| 1881 | Murchison Football Club | Murchison Murchison, Victoria Murchison is a small rural village located on the Goulburn River in Victoria, Australia. Murchison is located 167 kilometres from Melbourne and is just to the west of the Goulburn Valley Highway between Shepparton and Nagambie. The surrounding countryside contains orchards, vineyards and dairy... |
Victoria | Kyabram District Football League | ||
| 1881 | North Hobart Football Club | North Hobart | Tasmania | Tasmanian Football League Tasmanian Football League Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian... |
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| 1882 | Fremantle Football Club | Fremantle Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829... |
Western Australia | defunct | No relation to the present-day club by the same name. Formed as a rugby club but switched to Australian rules in 1883. | |
| 1883 | September | Fitzroy Football Club Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is 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 on its inception in 1897... |
Fitzroy Fitzroy, Victoria Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. Its borders are Alexandra Parade , Victoria Parade , Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Fitzroy is Melbourne's... |
Victoria | VAFA | playing operations merged with the Brisbane Bears Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995... in 1996, but the club continues to trade as standalone entity |
| 1883 | Footscray Football Club Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne... |
Footscray Footscray, Victoria Footscray is a suburb 5 km west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the 2006 Census, Footscray had a population of 11,401.... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
now known as "Western Bulldogs" | |
| 1885 | Richmond Football Club Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,... |
Richmond Richmond, Victoria Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Currently known as the Richmond Tigers. | |
| 1885 | Rovers Football Club | Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
Western Australia | defunct | Inaugural premiers of the WA competition in 1885 and again in 1891. Disbanded in 1899. | |
| 1885 | Victorians Football Club West Perth Football Club The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia, competing in the West Australian Football League . It is the oldest existing Australian rules football club in Western Australia. It competes in the West Australian... |
West Perth West Perth, Western Australia West Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. It is part of the inner mixed zone, and has predominantly office blocks which have displaced residential buildings. There is a high proportion of miners and consultants, and particularly medical specialists, compared to... |
Western Australia | West Australian Football League West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League... |
In 1889, the club changed its name to Metropolitans and in 1891 to West Perth, the name by which it is still known. | |
| 1892 | Collingwood Football Club Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
Melbourne Collingwood, Victoria Collingwood is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra... |
Victoria | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
VFA 1892–1896; VFL/AFL 1897– 15 VFL/AFL Premierships | |
| 1892 | Corryong Football Club Corryong Football Club Corryong Football Club is an Australian football club that plays in the Upper Murray Football LeagueCorryong was a founder member in 1893 of the Corryong Football Association, precursor of today's Upper Murray Football League, and with a total of thirty-one senior grade premierships to its credit... * |
Corryong | Victoria | Upper Murray Football League Upper Murray Football League The Upper Murray Football League is an Australian Rules football competition based in North-east, Victoria and South-Eastern Riverina, New South Wales. The players in the league are largely from Corryong and its surrounding areas. The competition is played over fifteen home and away rounds and four... |
Upper Murray Football League: 1893–1915; 1918–1940; 1945 – present. (31 Premierships) | |
| 1892 | Cudgewa Football Club Cudgewa Football Club The Blues were among the founder members in 1893 of the Corryong Football Association, the competition which, after several name changes, became the Upper Murray Football League in 1937. The side finished second in its debut season and again in 1895 before claiming its first premiership in 1896... * |
Cudgewa | Victoria | Upper Murray Football League Upper Murray Football League The Upper Murray Football League is an Australian Rules football competition based in North-east, Victoria and South-Eastern Riverina, New South Wales. The players in the league are largely from Corryong and its surrounding areas. The competition is played over fifteen home and away rounds and four... |
Upper Murray Football League: 1893–1915; 1918–1940; 1945 – present. (28 Premierships) | |
| 1892 | Federal Football Club Federal Football Club Originally known as Mount Elliot, the club enjoyed premiership success in the Corryong Football Association, precursor of the Upper Murray Football League, on three occasions in 1895, 1897 and 1898. It then became known as the Federal Football Club, claiming further pre-world war one flags in 1901... * |
Corryong | Victoria | Upper Murray Football League Upper Murray Football League The Upper Murray Football League is an Australian Rules football competition based in North-east, Victoria and South-Eastern Riverina, New South Wales. The players in the league are largely from Corryong and its surrounding areas. The competition is played over fifteen home and away rounds and four... |
Upper Murray Football League: 1893–1915; 1918–1940; 1945 – present. (26 Premierships) NAME:Mount Elliot FC; (1892–1900) Federal FC (1901 – present) BASED:Mount Elliot, Vic (1892–1903) Corryong, Vic (1904 – present) |
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| 1898 | East Fremantle Football Club East Fremantle Football Club The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval... * |
East Fremantle East Fremantle, Western Australia The Town of East Fremantle is a Local Government Area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located immediately northeast of the port city of Fremantle and about southwest of Perth's central business district... |
Western Australia | West Australian Football League West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League... |
WAFA/WAFL/WANFL (1898–present): 29 premierships) | |
| 1900 | 20 April | South Fremantle Football Club South Fremantle Football Club The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League... |
Fremantle Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829... |
Western Australia | West Australian Football League West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League... |
WAFL 1900–current 13 WAFL Premierships |
| 1910 | Yeronga Football Club | Yeronga Yeronga, Queensland Yeronga is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located on the Brisbane River 7 km south of the Brisbane CBD. Yeronga is a residential suburb. It is home to the Yeronga Devils.-Transport:There is a Yeronga train station on the Beenleigh railway line.... |
Queensland | AFLQ State Association AFLQ State Association AFLQ State Association is an Australian Rules Football association which includes clubs from South East Queensland... |
Originally known as South Brisbanehttp://www.yerongafc.com.au | |
| 1913 | Heatherton Football Club | Heatherton | Victoria | Southern Football League Southern Football League The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales... |
Originally named the Heatherton Freighters they are now known as the Tunnershttp://www.heathertonfc.com.au | |
| 1924 | Mayne Australian Football Club Mayne Australian Football Club Mayne Australia Football Club are an Australian rules football club based in the Brisbane suburb of Enoggera. Their club colours are black and yellow and they are nicknamed the Tigers.... |
Everton Hills Everton Hills, Queensland Everton Hills is a suburb north-west of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia. The suburb extends northwest from Everton Park; this separation of suburbs is marked by a park called 'Boundary Park'. It is also located at the edge of the Bunyaville Forest Reserve. Everton Hills is a suburb that is a... |
Queensland | AFLQ State Association AFLQ State Association AFLQ State Association is an Australian Rules Football association which includes clubs from South East Queensland... (division 2) |
formed as a junior club and became senior club in 1925 | |
| 1947 | Morningside Australian Football Club Morningside Australian Football Club Morningside Australian Football Club, also known as Morningside AFC or the Panthers, is an Australian Rules football club based at Jack Esplen Oval in the suburb of Hawthorne in Brisbane... |
Morningside Morningside, Queensland Morningside is a suburb in the south-east of Brisbane, Australia, surrounded by Cannon Hill, Norman Park and Hawthorne. Morningside's postal code is 4170. The old suburb of Colmslie was merged into Morningside.... |
Queensland | AFLQ State League | http://www.morningsidepanthers.com/ | |
| 1956 | University of Queensland Australian Football Club University of Queensland Australian Football Club The University of Queensland Australian Football Club is an amateur Australian rules football club playing in Divisions 1 and 2 of the AFLQ State Association competition overseen by AFL Queensland. UQAFC home games are played at the University of Queensland's No... |
St Lucia St Lucia, Queensland St Lucia is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 4 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is bordered on three sides by the Brisbane River and is dominated by the main campus of the University of Queensland.-History:... |
Queensland | AFLQ State Association AFLQ State Association AFLQ State Association is an Australian Rules Football association which includes clubs from South East Queensland... |
http://redlions.org.au | |
| 1961 | Southport Australian Football Club | Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
Queensland | AFLQ State League | http://www.southportsharks.com.au/ | |
| 1970 | Broadbeach Australian Football Club | Broadbeach Broadbeach, Queensland Broadbeach is a suburb on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Broadbeach had a population of 3,791.Development in the area today mostly incorporates low rise structures, consisting of single bedroom houses and apartment blocks... |
Queensland | AFLQ State League | http://broadbeach.aflq.com.au/ | |
| 1970 | Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club | Mount Gravatt Mount Gravatt, Queensland Mount Gravatt is the name of both a major suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a prominent hill in this suburb. The suburb is situated in the south-east of the city and was one of Brisbane's largest... |
Queensland | AFLQ State League | ||
| 1971 | Dysart Australian Football Club* | Dysart Dysart, Queensland Dysart is a town in central Queensland, Australia, located in the Isaac Region. Established in 1973, Dysart is a service centre for the nearby Norwich Park and Saraji coal mines, as well as grazing properties in the district. Most residents are employed by the coal mines... |
Queensland | Central Queensland Highlands AFL Defunct League | Club still continues but has no league to play in | |
| 1981 | Brothers Rockhampton Roos AFC | Rockhampton | Queensland | AFL Capricornia AFL Capricornia AFL Capricornia is an amateur Australian football competition played in the areas of Rockhampton and Gladstone between the months of March and September in the cooler seasons of the Central Queensland climate. The Capricornia region has had a few success stories of ex-Rockhampton players now... |
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| 1986 | Brisbane Bears Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995... |
Brisbane | Queensland | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
1987–1996, then merged with Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is 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 on its inception in 1897... to form the Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
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| 1986 | West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval... |
Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
Western Australia | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
1987–current, 3 premierships | |
| 1990 | Adelaide Football Club | Adelaide | South Australia | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
1990–current, 2 premierships | |
| 1995 | Fremantle Football Club Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia... |
Fremantle Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829... |
Western Australia | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
1995–current | |
| 1996 | Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996... |
Brisbane | Queensland | Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
1997–current, merger of Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is 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 on its inception in 1897... and the Brisbane Bears Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995... |
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| 1996 | Peel Thunder | Mandurah Mandurah, Western Australia Mandurah is the second-largest city in Western Australia and is located approximately south of the state capital, Perth.The city attracts a large number of tourists, including many international visitors... |
Western Australia | West Australian Football League West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League... |
1997–current |