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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent 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.
The Victorian Football League was established in 1896 when six of the strongest clubs in Victoria—Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, and South Melbourne—broke away from the established Victorian Football Association to establish the new league. [1]
Only pre-existing non-Victorian club to be competing in the Australian Football League. 1870: Brisbane Grammar † Brisbane: Queensland: Defunct: Switched to rugby in 1885. New junior club established in 2005 to participate in Queensland Independent Schools Australian Football League 1870 May: Ipswich † Ipswich: Queensland: Defunct
The national Australian Football League (AFL) grew out of the Victorian Football League, founded in 1896, as it expanded nationally in the 1980s. 10 of 18 AFL clubs remain Victoria-based including the 4 oldest and the most successful with two thirds of all premierships.
An Australian Football League match at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. Adelaide's Matthew Clarke and Melbourne's Mark Jamar contest a centre bounce. The man in the green shirt is a central field umpire. The most powerful organisation and competition within the game is the elite professional Australian Football League (AFL).
This is a list of clubs that play Australian rules football in Australia at the senior level. Guide to abbreviations: FC = Football Club; AFC = Australian Football Club (mainly used if in Queensland or NSW or outside Australia) / Amateur Football Club (mainly used in the other Australian States) ARFC = Australian Rules Football Club
AFL Sydney is an Australian rules football League, based in metropolitan Sydney, Australia which has been run since 1903.In 1980 was known as the "Sydney Football League" and renamed the "Sydney AFL" in 1998 before adopting its current name in 2009.
The league was founded as the Federal Territory Australian Rules Football League in 1924 with founding members Acton and Queanbeyan. [1] The following year, the premiership was contested by 4 clubs including Canberra, Federal and Duntroon. [ 2 ]