Australian Football League

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This article is about the sporting organisation. For

the sport itself, see Australian rules football. For the
Australian national association football league, see A-
League Men.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-

eminent and only fully professional competition of
Australian rules football. It was originally named the
Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in
1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian
Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season
in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football
League in 1990 after expanding its competition to
other Australian states in the 1980s. The AFL
publishes its Laws of Australian football, which are
used, with variations, by other Australian football
organisations.

Australian Football League

Current season, competition or edition:

2023 AFL season

AFL logo (since 2000)

Formerly Victorian Football League

(VFL)
(1897–1990)

Sport Australian rules football

Founded 2 October 1896; 126

years ago

Inaugural season 1897

CEO Gillon McLachlan

Andrew Dillon (CEO
Elect)

No. of teams 18

Country Australia

Headquarters Melbourne, Victoria,

Australia

Most recent Collingwood

champion(s) (16th premiership)

Most titles Carlton

Collingwood
Essendon
(16 premierships)

TV partner(s) Seven Network

Fox Footy

Streaming partner(s) Kayo Sports (Australia)

WatchAFL (Overseas)

Sponsor(s) Toyota

Related AFL Women's · VFL ·

competitions SANFL · WAFL · TSL ·
NTFL · QAFL · AFL
Sydney · AFL Canberra ·
AFL International Cup ·
AFLX

Official website afl.com.au

The AFL competition currently consists of 18 teams

spread over Australia's five mainland states; an
unnamed Tasmanian team will join the league in
2028.[1] Matches have been played in all states and
mainland territories, as well as in New Zealand and
China to expand the AFL audience.

The AFL season currently consists of a 24-round

regular (or home-and-away) season, which runs
during the Australian winter (March to September).
The team with the best record after the home-and-
away season is awarded the minor premiership. The
top eight teams then play off in a four-round finals
series, culminating in the AFL Grand Final, which is
normally held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each
year. The grand final winners are termed the
premiers and are awarded the premiership cup and
flag. Carlton and Essendon are the joint-most
successful clubs in the competition, having won
sixteen premierships apiece. Geelong is the reigning
premier, having won the 2022 AFL Grand Final.

History

Clubs

Venues

Players

Season structure

Awards

Representative football

Global market

Corporate governance

Audience

Corporate relations

Activism

Lawsuits

See also

Notes

References

External links

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