Queensland Australian Football League
Formerly | Queensland Football League (QFL) (1903–1927) Queensland Australian National Football League (QANFL) (1927–1964) Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) (1964–1996; 2009 -) Queensland State Football League (QSFL) (1997–1999) AFL Queensland State League (AFLQSL) (2000–2008) |
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Sport | Australian rules football |
Founded | 1903, Brisbane, Queensland |
First season | 1904 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | Australia |
Most titles | Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club (19) |
The Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) is an Australian rules football competition for clubs from South East Queensland.
Previously known as the Queensland Football League (QFL), Queensland Australian National Football League (QANFL), Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) and AFL Queensland State League (AFLQSL) the QAFL is the premier semi-professional competition in Queensland.
The QAFL is one tier below that of the North East Australian Football League, the premier QLD/NSW/ACT/NT competition below that of the Australian Football League.
Recent history
In November 2010 the AFL Queensland's Premier Division merged with AFL Canberra to form the North East Australian Football League, featuring all of its previous teams as well as the Gold Coast Football Club and Brisbane Lions reserve teams in the Northern Conference of the league.[1]
As a result, the QAFL was disbanded in favour of localised competitions throughout Queensland. The structural changes to the NEAFL competition at the end of the 2013 season resulted in several clubs being relegated from the NEAFL, giving rise to a rebirth of the QAFL. As of 2014, there are 10 clubs who compete in the QAFL, most of which are based in South-East Queensland.
Clubs[2]
Former Clubs
- Workshops Football Club
- Brisbanes Football Club
- South Brisbane Football Club
- Locomotives Recreation Club
- West Brisbane Australian Football Club
- Norths Football Club
- City Football Club
- Souths Football Club
- Valley Australian Football Club
- Yeronga Football Club
- Coorparoo Football Club
- Kedron Football Club
- Mayne Australian Football Club
- Western Districts Australian Football Club
- Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club
- Aspley Australian Football Club
- Redland Australian Football Club
- Southport Australian Football Club
- Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club
- Gold Coast Football Club
- Northern Territory Football Club
Premierships by Club
Premiership tallies for the top Queensland football division:[3]
Club | Year Established | Premiership Years | Premierships (Total) |
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Mayne Football Club | 1924 | 1927, 1928, 1930*, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1942, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1982 |
15 |
Southport Football Club | 1961 | 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008 |
13 |
Windsor Football Club[a] | 1924 | 1929, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951 |
12 |
Morningside Football Club | 1947 | 1965, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014 | 9 |
Kedron Football Club | 1937 | 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1980 | 7 |
Coorparoo Football Club | 1937 | 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1984, 1986 | 6 |
Sandgate Football Club | 1933 | 1956, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1979 | 6 |
Western Districts Football Club | 1920 | As Western Districts: 1953, 1954, 1977, 1978 As West Brisbane: 1996 |
5 |
Zillmere Football Club[a] | 1962 | As Windsor-Zillmere: 1975, 1976, 1981, 1988 As North Brisbane: 1995 |
5 |
Brisbanes Football Club | 1922 | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926 | 4 |
South Brisbane Football Club | 1933 | 1910, 1911, 1914, 1921 | 4 |
Brisbane Lions (reserves) | 1998 | As Suncoast Lions: 2001
As Brisbane Lions: 2012, 2013 |
3 |
Valley Football Club | 1905 | 1912, 1913, 1925 | 3 |
Wilston Grange Football Club | 1945 | 1955, 1969, 1972 | 3 |
City Football Club | 1905 | 1955, 1905, 1906 | 2 |
Locomotives Football Club | 1905 | 1907, 1908 | 2 |
Mount Gravatt Football Club | 1964 | 2002, 2007 | 2 |
Wynnum Football Club | 1905 | 1909, 1920 | 2 |
Northern Territory Football Club | 2008 | 2011 | 1 |
Workshops Football Club | 1945 | 1 |
Premiers by Year
1904-2010
2010-2013
Note: the QAFL competition was disbanded. These teams were part of the NEAFL Northern conference
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2014-present
Note: the QAFL competition resumed with several former clubs of the NEAFL being relegated to the competition along with several newly promoted teams
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See also
References
External links
- AFL Queensland State Site
- "Full Points Footy QAFL/AFL Queensland Summary Chart". Archived from the original on 21 August 2008.
- QAFF – Queensland footy history group
- Footynews Unofficial QAFL news and results