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===Premierships at all levels===
===Premierships at all levels===

Revision as of 04:45, 28 August 2011

This page is a complete chronological listing of Australian Football League (AFL) premiers. The Australian Football League, also known as the AFL (formerly called the Victorian Football League until 1990) is the elite competition in Australian rules football. The premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final, with the exception of the league's inaugural season in 1897 and 1924, when a finals series system was used rather than a single Grand Final match.

Since the introduction by the League of equalisation policies of a salary cap and draft in the late 1980s,[1] every AFL club has played finals football. Since 1998, every club has played in a preliminary final, and ten of the sixteen clubs in the league have won a premiership in the past 14 seasons. This contrasts to the 23 seasons between 1967 and 1989 when only five of the fourteen clubs won premierships.

Results

VFL

Season Premier Runner-up Score Margin Venue Attendance
1897 Essendon * Geelong No Grand Final[1] N/A No Venue N/A
1898 Fitzroy Essendon 5.8 (38) – 3.5 (23) 15 Junction Oval 16,538
1899 Fitzroy South Melbourne 3.9 (27) – 3.8 (26) 1 Junction Oval 4,823
1900 Melbourne Fitzroy 4.10 (34) – 3.12 (30) 4 East Melbourne 20,181
1901 Essendon Collingwood 6.7 (43) – 2.4 (16) 27 Lake Oval 30,031
1902 Collingwood Essendon 9.6 (60) – 3.9 (27) 33 MCG 35,202
1903 Collingwood Fitzroy 4.7 (31) – 3.11 (29) 2 MCG 32,263
1904 Fitzroy Carlton 9.7 (61) – 5.7 (37) 24 MCG 32,688
1905 Fitzroy Collingwood 4.6 (30) – 2.5 (17) 13 MCG 30,000
1906 Carlton Fitzroy 15.4 (94) – 6.9 (45) 49 MCG 44,437
1907 Carlton South Melbourne 6.14 (50) – 6.9 (45) 5 MCG 45,477
1908 Carlton Essendon 5.5 (35) – 3.8 (26) 9 MCG 50,261
1909 South Melbourne Carlton 4.14 (38) – 4.12 (36) 2 MCG 37,759
1910 Collingwood Carlton 9.7 (61) – 6.11 (47) 14 MCG 42,790
1911 Essendon Collingwood 5.11 (41) – 4.11 (35) 6 MCG 43,905
1912 Essendon South Melbourne 5.17 (47) – 4.9 (33) 14 MCG 54,434
1913 Fitzroy St Kilda 7.14 (56) – 5.13 (43) 13 MCG 59,556
1914 Carlton South Melbourne 6.9 (45) – 4.15 (39) 6 MCG 30,495
1915 Carlton Collingwood 11.12 (78) – 6.9 (45) 33 MCG 39,343
1916 Fitzroy Carlton 12.13 (85) – 8.8 (56) 29 MCG 21,130
1917 Collingwood Fitzroy 9.20 (74) – 5.9 (39) 35 MCG 25,512
1918 South Melbourne Collingwood 9.8 (62) – 7.15 (57) 5 MCG 39,262
1919 Collingwood Richmond 11.12 (78) – 7.11 (53) 25 MCG 45,413
1920 Richmond Collingwood 7.10 (52) – 5.5 (35) 17 MCG 53,908
1921 Richmond Carlton 5.6 (36) – 4.8 (32) 4 MCG 43,122
1922 Fitzroy Collingwood 11.13 (79) – 9.14 (68) 11 MCG 50,054
1923 Essendon Fitzroy 8.15 (63) – 6.10 (46) 17 MCG 46,566
1924 Essendon * Richmond No Grand Final[1] N/A No Venue N/A
1925 Geelong Collingwood 10.19 (79) – 9.15 (69) 10 MCG 64,288
1926 Melbourne Collingwood 17.17 (119) – 9.8 (62) 57 MCG 59,632
1927 Collingwood Richmond 2.13 (25) – 1.7 (13) 12 MCG 34,551
1928 Collingwood Richmond 13.18 (96) – 9.9 (63) 33 MCG 50,026
1929 Collingwood Richmond 11.13 (79) – 7.8 (50) 29 MCG 63,336
1930 Collingwood Geelong 14.16 (100) – 9.16 (70) 30 MCG 45,022
1931 Geelong Richmond 9.14 (68) – 7.6 (48) 20 MCG 60,712
1932 Richmond Carlton 13.14 (92) – 12.11 (83) 9 MCG 69,724
1933 South Melbourne Richmond 9.17 (71) – 4.5 (29) 42 MCG 75,754
1934 Richmond South Melbourne 19.14 (128) – 12.17 (89) 39 MCG 65,335
1935 Collingwood South Melbourne 11.12 (78) – 7.16 (58) 20 MCG 54,154
1936 Collingwood South Melbourne 11.23 (89) – 10.18 (78) 11 MCG 74,091
1937 Geelong Collingwood 18.14 (122) – 12.18 (90) 32 MCG 88,540
1938 Carlton Collingwood 15.10 (100) – 13.7 (85) 15 MCG 96,486
1939 Melbourne Collingwood 21.22 (148) – 14.11 (95) 53 MCG 78,110
1940 Melbourne Richmond 15.17 (107) – 10.8 (68) 39 MCG 70,330
1941 Melbourne Essendon 19.13 (127) – 13.20 (98) 29 MCG 79,687
1942 Essendon Richmond 19.18 (132) – 11.13 (79) 53 Princes Park 49,000
1943 Richmond Essendon 12.14 (86) – 11.15 (81) 5 Princes Park 42,100
1944 Fitzroy Richmond 9.12 (66) – 7.9 (51) 15 Junction Oval 43,000
1945 Carlton South Melbourne 15.13 (103) – 10.15 (75) 28 Princes Park 62,986
1946 Essendon Melbourne 22.18 (150) – 13.9 (87) 63 MCG 73,743
1947 Carlton Essendon 13.8 (86) – 11.19 (85) 1 MCG 85,815
1948 Melbourne Essendon 13.11 (89) – 7.8 (50)[2] 39 MCG 52,226
1949 Essendon Carlton 18.17 (125) – 6.16 (52) 73 MCG 90,453
1950 Essendon North Melbourne 13.14 (92) – 7.12 (54) 38 MCG 87,601
1951 Geelong Essendon 11.15 (81) – 10.10 (70) 11 MCG 84,109
1952 Geelong Collingwood 13.8 (86) – 5.10 (40) 46 MCG 81,304
1953 Collingwood Geelong 11.11 (77) – 8.17 (65) 12 MCG 89,060
1954 Footscray Melbourne 15.12 (102) – 7.9 (51) 51 MCG 80,897
1955 Melbourne Collingwood 8.16 (64) – 5.6 (36) 28 MCG 88,053
1956 Melbourne Collingwood 17.19 (121) – 6.12 (48) 73 MCG 115,803
1957 Melbourne Essendon 17.14 (116) – 7.13 (55) 61 MCG 100,324
1958 Collingwood Melbourne 12.10 (82) – 9.10 (64) 18 MCG 97,956
1959 Melbourne Essendon 17.13 (115) – 11.12 (78) 37 MCG 103,506
1960 Melbourne Collingwood 8.14 (62) – 2.2 (14) 48 MCG 97,457
1961 Hawthorn Footscray 13.16 (94) – 7.9 (51) 43 MCG 107,935
1962 Essendon Carlton 13.12 (90) – 8.10 (58) 32 MCG 98,385
1963 Geelong Hawthorn 15.19 (109) – 8.12 (60) 49 MCG 101,452
1964 Melbourne Collingwood 8.16 (64) – 8.12 (60) 4 MCG 102,469
1965 Essendon St Kilda 14.21 (105) – 9.16 (70) 35 MCG 104,846
1966 St Kilda Collingwood 10.14 (74) – 10.13 (73) 1 MCG 101,655
1967 Richmond Geelong 16.18 (114) – 15.15 (105) 9 MCG 109,396
1968 Carlton Essendon 7.14 (56) – 8.5 (53) 3 MCG 116,828
1969 Richmond Carlton 12.13 (85) – 8.12 (60) 25 MCG 119,165
1970 Carlton Collingwood 17.9 (111) – 14.17 (101) 10 MCG 121,696
1971 Hawthorn St Kilda 12.10 (82) – 11.9 (75) 7 MCG 118,192
1972 Carlton Richmond 28.9 (177) – 22.18 (150) 27 MCG 112,393
1973 Richmond Carlton 16.20 (116) – 12.14 (86) 30 MCG 116,956
1974 Richmond North Melbourne 18.20 (128) – 13.9 (87) 41 MCG 113,839
1975 North Melbourne Hawthorn 19.8 (122) – 9.13 (67) 55 MCG 110,551
1976 Hawthorn North Melbourne 13.22 (100) – 10.10 (70) 30 MCG 110,143
1977 North Melbourne Collingwood 21.25 (151) – 19.10 (124)[3] 27 MCG 98,366
1978 Hawthorn North Melbourne 18.13 (121) – 15.13 (103) 18 MCG 101,704
1979 Carlton Collingwood 11.16 (82) – 11.11 (77) 5 MCG 113,545
1980 Richmond Collingwood 23.21 (159) – 9.24 (78) 81 MCG 113,461
1981 Carlton Collingwood 12.20 (92) – 10.12 (72) 20 MCG 112,964
1982 Carlton Richmond 14.19 (103) – 12.13 (85) 18 MCG 107,537
1983 Hawthorn Essendon 20.20 (140) – 8.9 (57) 83 MCG 110,332
1984 Essendon Hawthorn 14.21 (105) – 12.9 (81) 24 MCG 92,685
1985 Essendon Hawthorn 26.14 (170) – 14.8 (92) 78 MCG 100,042
1986 Hawthorn Carlton 16.14 (110) – 9.14 (68) 42 MCG 101,861
1987 Carlton Hawthorn 15.14 (104) – 9.17 (71) 33 MCG 92,754
1988 Hawthorn Melbourne 22.20 (152) – 6.20 (56) 96 MCG 93,754
1989 Hawthorn Geelong 21.18 (144) – 21.12 (138) 6 MCG 94,796

AFL

  • The change from the VFL to the AFL and the introduction of the AFL's equalisation policies of the Salary cap and the AFL Draft[4] has resulted in a much more even spread of teams being in contention for the Premiership. Only three teams, Richmond, Fremantle and Western Bulldogs, have not made the Grand Final since 1990, with 11 different premiers in that time, compared to only five clubs winning the previous 23 premierships.[5]
Season Premier Runner-up Score Margin Venue Attendance
1990 Collingwood Essendon 13.11 (89) – 5.11 (41) 48 MCG 98,944
1991 Hawthorn West Coast 20.19 (139) – 13.8 (86) 53 Waverley Park 75,230
1992 West Coast Geelong 16.17 (113) – 12.13 (85) 28 MCG 95,007
1993 Essendon Carlton 20.13 (133) – 13.11 (89) 44 MCG 96,862
1994 West Coast Geelong 20.23 (143) – 8.15 (63) 80 MCG 93,860
1995 Carlton Geelong 21.15 (141) – 11.14 (80) 61 MCG 93,670
1996 North Melbourne Sydney Swans 19.17 (131) – 13.10 (88) 43 MCG 93,102
1997 Adelaide St Kilda 19.11 (125) – 13.16 (94) 31 MCG 99,645
1998 Adelaide North Melbourne 15.15 (105) – 8.22 (70) 35 MCG 94,431
1999 North Melbourne Carlton 19.10 (124) – 12.17 (89) 35 MCG 94,228
2000 Essendon Melbourne 19.21 (135) – 11.9 (75) 60 MCG 96,249
2001 Brisbane Lions Essendon 15.18 (108) – 12.10 (82) 26 MCG 91,482
2002 Brisbane Lions Collingwood 10.15 (75) – 9.12 (66) 9 MCG 91,817
2003 Brisbane Lions Collingwood 20.14 (134) – 12.12 (84) 50 MCG 79,451*
2004 Port Adelaide Brisbane Lions 17.11 (113) – 10.13 (73) 40 MCG 77,671*
2005 Sydney Swans West Coast 8.10 (58) – 7.12 (54) 4 MCG 91,828
2006 West Coast Sydney Swans 12.13 (85) – 12.12 (84) 1 MCG 97,431
2007 Geelong Port Adelaide 24.19 (163) – 6.8 (44) 119 MCG 97,302
2008 Hawthorn Geelong 18.7 (115) – 11.23 (89) 26 MCG 100,012
2009 Geelong St Kilda 12.8 (80) – 9.14 (68) 12 MCG 99,251
2010 Collingwood St Kilda 16.12 (108) – 7.10 (52)[6] 56 MCG 93,853

*Decreased capacity at the MCG due to the construction of the northern stand.

Premiership tally

Club Premierships Most recent
Premiership
Most recent
Grand Final
Runners-up Grand Finals
Essendon 16 2000 2001 14 29[1][2][3]
Carlton 16 1995 1999 13 29
Collingwood 15 2010 2010 25 42[4][5]
Melbourne 12 1964 2000 5 18[3]
Richmond 10 1980 1982 12 21[1]
Hawthorn 10 2008 2008 5 15
Fitzroy 8 1944 1944 5 13
Geelong 8 2009 2009 9 16[2]
South Melbourne / Sydney 4 2005 2006 10 14
North Melbourne / Kangaroos 4 1999 1999 5 10[4]
West Coast 3 2006 2006 2 5
Brisbane Lions 3 2003 2004 1 4
Adelaide 2 1998 1998 0 2
St Kilda 1 1966 2010 6 8[5]
Port Adelaide 1 2004 2007 1 2
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 1 1954 1961 1 2
University 0 N/A N/A 0 0
Brisbane Bears 0 N/A N/A 0 0
Fremantle* 0* N/A* N/A* 0* 0*

* Fremantle entered the league in 1995 and is yet to win a premiership or play in a Grand Final

Premierships at all levels

This table summarises the premierships and silverware won by teams in all forms of the VFL/AFL. The statistics for the Minor Premiership are not included, as it did not attract its own trophy until 1991 (the McClelland Trophy). This incorporates Four competitions:

  • VFL/AFL Seniors (1897–present)
  • VFL/AFL Reserves (1919–1999) (VFL Seconds prior to 1959)
  • VFL/AFL Under-19s (1946–1991) (VFL Thirds prior to 1959)
  • Night Series / Pre-Season (1956–1971, 1977–present)
Club Seniors Reserves Under 19s Night Total
Essendon 16 8 5 6 35
Carlton 16 8 6 4 34
Melbourne 12 12 6 3 33
Richmond 10 9 11 1 31
Collingwood 15 7 4 2 28
Hawthorn 10 5 1 9 25
Geelong 8 13 1 2 24
North Melbourne / Kangaroos 4 7 7 5 23
Fitzroy 8 3 2 2 15
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 1 6 1 4 12
South Melbourne / Sydney 4 0 1 4 9
St Kilda 1 3 1 4 9
Brisbane Lions 3 0 0 3
West Coast 3 0 0 0 3
Adelaide 2 0 0 1 3
Port Adelaide 1 0 2 3
Brisbane Bears 0 1 0 0 1
University 0 0
Fremantle 0 0 0 0

Efficiency of teams

In the interest of interpreting the premiership tallies to compare recently added non-Victorian teams and long-standing Victorian teams, this is the average number of years that each team takes to win a premiership.

Club Years in competition Seasons Premierships Runners-up Average years per premiership Average years per Grand Final
Brisbane Lions 1997–2010 14 3 1 4.67 3.50
Essendon 1897–1915, 1918–2010 112 16 14 7.00 4.00*
Carlton 1897–2010 114 16 13 7.13 3.93
Collingwood 1897–2010 114 15 25 7.60 2.78
West Coast 1987–2010 24 3 2 8.00 4.80
Hawthorn 1925–2010 86 10 5 8.60 5.73
Melbourne 1897–1915, 1919–2010 111 12 5 9.25 6.53
Adelaide 1991–2010 20 2 0 10.00 10.00
Richmond 1908–2010 103 10 12 10.30 4.68
Fitzroy 1897–1996 100 8 5 12.50 7.69
Port Adelaide 1997–2010 14 1 1 14.00 7.00
Geelong 1897–1915, 1917–1941, 1944–2010 111 8 9 13.88 6.53
North Melbourne / Kangaroos 1925–2010 86 4 5 21.50 9.56
South Melbourne / Sydney 1897–1915, 1917–2010 113 4 9 28.25 8.69
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 1925–2010 86 1 1 86.00 43.00
St Kilda 1897–1915, 1918–2010 112 1 6 112.00 16.00
University 1908–1914 7 0 0 N/A N/A
Brisbane Bears 1987–1996 10 0 0 N/A N/A
Fremantle 1995–2010 16 0 0 N/A N/A

*Essendon won premierships in 1897 and 1924 which were not decided by a Grand Final.

Longest premiership droughts

Club Years Start End Grand Final losses during drought
South Melbourne / Sydney 72 1933 2005 1934, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1996
St Kilda 69 1897 (ent) 1966 1913, 1965
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 56 1954 Pres 1961
Fitzroy 52 1944 1996 (def)
North Melbourne 50 1925 (ent) 1975 1950, 1974
Melbourne 46 1964 Pres 1988, 2000
St Kilda 44 1966 Pres 1971, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2010 replay
Geelong 44 1963 2007 1967, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995
Hawthorn 36 1925 (ent) 1961
Collingwood 32 1958 1990 1960, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1977 replay, 1979, 1980, 1981

Dates given are the premiership years that started and ended the drought, unless the drought started at entry into the VFL/AFL (ent), or ended at folding/merging (def).

Current premiership droughts

Club Last premiership Seasons without premiership Last appearance in a Grand Final Seasons without Grand Final
Western Bulldogs 1954 56 1961 49
Melbourne 1964 46 2000 10
St Kilda 1966 44 2010 0
Richmond 1980 30 1982 28
Fremantle N/A* 16 N/A* 16
Carlton 1995 15 1999 11
Adelaide 1998 12 1998 12
North Melbourne 1999 11 1999 11
Essendon 2000 10 2001 9
Brisbane Lions 2003 7 2004 6
Port Adelaide 2004 6 2007 3
Sydney Swans 2005 5 2006 4
West Coast 2006 4 2006 4
Hawthorn 2008 2 2008 2
Geelong 2009 1 2009 1
Collingwood 2010 0 2010 0

*Fremantle entered the league in 1995 and is the only current side yet to win a premiership or play in a Grand Final

Back-to-back premierships

Club Years
Fitzroy 1898 and 1899
Collingwood 1902 and 1903
Fitzroy 1904 and 1905
Essendon 1911 and 1912
Carlton 1914 and 1915
Richmond 1920 and 1921
Essendon 1923 and 1924
Collingwood 1935 and 1936
Melbourne 1959 and 1960
Richmond 1973 and 1974
Carlton 1981 and 1982
Essendon 1984 and 1985
Hawthorn 1988 and 1989
Adelaide 1997 and 1998

Premiership history (2 out of 3)

Club Years
Collingwood 1917 (Premier), 1918 (Runner Up) and 1919 (Premier)
Richmond 1932 (Premier), 1933 (Runner Up) and 1934 (Premier)
Melbourne 1957 (Premier), 1958 (Runner Up) and 1959 (Premier)
Carlton 1968 (Premier), 1969 (Runner Up) and 1970 (Premier)
North Melbourne 1975 (Premier), 1976 (Runner Up) and 1977 (Premier)
Hawthorn 1986 (Premier), 1987 (Runner Up) and 1988 (Premier)
Geelong 2007 (Premier), 2008 (Runner Up) and 2009 (Premier)

Premiership hat-tricks

Club Years
Carlton 1906, 1907 and 1908
Melbourne 1939, 1940 and 1941
Melbourne 1955, 1956 and 1957
Brisbane Lions 2001, 2002 and 2003

Four consecutive premierships

Club Years
Collingwood 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930

Back-to-back Grand Final losses

Club Years
Carlton 1909, 1910
Collingwood 1925, 1926
Essendon 1947, 1948
Collingwood 1955, 1956
Hawthorn 1984, 1985
Geelong 1994, 1995
Collingwood 2002, 2003
St Kilda 2009, 2010

Runner Up Hat-Tricks

Club Years
Richmond 1927, 1928 and 1929
South Melbourne 1934, 1935 and 1936
Collingwood 1937, 1938 and 1939
Collingwood 1979, 1980 and 1981


Notes

  • From 2000 to 2004 a pattern emerged that the team that won the premiership 100 years earlier, lost the premiership 100 years later. In 1900, Melbourne won the premiership, 100 years later in 2000, Melbourne lost the Grand Final. In 1901, Essendon won the premiership, 100 years later in 2001, Essendon lost the Grand Final. Collingwood won the premierships in 1902 and 1903, but lost the Grand Finals in 2002 and 2003. And in 1904, Fitzroy won the premiership, and in 2004 the Brisbane Lions (made from the merger with Fitzroy and The Bears), lost the Grand Final.
  • Collingwood has lost more Grand Finals than any other club: A total of 25, which is 9 more than any other club has won. This included a premiership drought featuring eight Grand Final losses and a draw between 1958 and 1990, in a period of time referred to as the Colliwobbles. Also that Collingwood was involved with two out of the three drawn Grand Finals in the AFL/VFL history.
  • Collingwood holds the record for the most consecutive premierships won with four in a row from 1927 to 1930. Three teams have won three premierships in a row: Carlton (1906–1908); Melbourne (1939–1941 and 1955–1957) and the Brisbane Lions (2001–2003). Of these teams, only Melbourne in 1942 did not make the Finals the following season and have the chance to compete for a forth consecutive premiership. Although these three teams did compete in the following season's Grand Final, none of the three were successful; Carlton fell two points short of South Melbourne in 1909, Melbourne lost to Collingwood in 1958, and Brisbane lost to Port Adelaide in 2004.
  • Only four teams have won five or more premierships in a decade: Collingwood (six) 1927–1936; Melbourne (six) 1955–1964; Carlton (five) 1906–1915; Hawthorn (five) 1983–1992.
  • In 1916 there were only four teams playing in the league due to World War I. Fitzroy ended the season in last place, but because the top four finals system was still in place, the Lions found form in the finals to eventually win the 1916 premiership against Carlton. This is the only time a team has won the wooden spoon and premiership in the same season.

See also

References

Notes & Web references
  1. ^ NAB AFL Draft
  2. ^ Was the result of the re-played Grand Final. Original scores were Melbourne 10.9 (69) – Essendon 7.27 (69).
  3. ^ Was the result of the re-played Grand Final. Original scores were North Melbourne 9.22 (76) – Collingwood 10.16 (76).
  4. ^ No 'tanking' in footy, says Leigh Matthews
  5. ^ An object lesson in the perils of hindsight
  6. ^ Was the result of the re-played Grand Final. Original scores were Collingwood 9.14 (68) – St Kilda 10.8 (68). Official Crowd: 100,016.
  1. a b Round Robin finals series in 1897 and 1924 did not allow for a Grand Final.
  2. a Tally does not include 1897, when the premiers and runners-up were decided by a round robin system.
  3. b Tally does not include 1924, when the premiers and runners-up were decided by a round robin system.
  4. c Tally includes the drawn grand final in 1948.
  5. d Tally includes the drawn grand final in 1977.
  6. e Tally includes the drawn grand final in 2010.

Sources