Victorian Football League

Victorian Football League (VFL) er en semiprofessionel australsk fodbold-liga med 13 hold fra den australske delstat Victoria. Ligaen blev grundlagt den 17. maj 1877 under navnet Victorian Football Association men skiftede i 1996 sit navn til det nuværende. VFL er dermed den næstældste australsk fodbold-liga, kun overgået af South Australian National Football League (SANFL) med 18 dage. I dag er den en af flere regionale australsk fodbold-ligaer i Australien på niveauet under Australian Football League.

Af historiske årsager bliver bliver VFL til tider omtalt som VFA/VFL. Dette sker bl.a. for at undgå forveksling med den førnævnte Australian Football League (AFL), som indtil 1990 netop hed Victorian Football League. AFL er nu en national liga, hvor 10 af de 17 hold imidlertid fortsat har hjemme i Victoria. Denne liga brød ud af VFA inden 1897-sæsonen, og på grund af denne historie kaldes ligaen til tider VFL/AFL. Mange AFL-klubber har samarbejdsaftaler med VFL-klubber, hvorved VFL til dels er en reserveholdsturnering for AFL.

Klubber

Nuværende klubber

Klubber i Victorian Football League (pr. 2011)
KlubHjembyHjemmebaneAFL-tilknytning
Bendigo BombersBendigoQueen Elizabeth OvalEssendon
Box Hill HawksBox HillBox Hill City OvalHawthorn
Casey ScorpionsCranbourneCasey FieldsMelbourne
CoburgCoburgCoburg City OvalRichmond
CollingwoodCollingwoodVictoria ParkCollingwood
FrankstonFrankstonFrankston ParkIngen
GeelongGeelongKardinia ParkGeelong
North BallaratBallaratNorthern OvalNorth Melbourne[1]
Northern BullantsPrestonPreston City OvalCarlton
Port MelbournePort MelbourneNorth Port OvalIngen
SandringhamSandringhamTrevor Barker Beach OvalSt Kilda
WerribeeWerribeeChirnside ParkNorth Melbourne[1]
WilliamstownWilliamstownBurbank OvalWestern Bulldogs

Tidligere hold

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Historiske placeringer

VFA 1877–1994

Fra og med 1888 publicerede VFA en liste over de fire bedste klubber efter det som nu kaldes hjemme-og-ude-kampene. Nedenstående oplysninger for perioden 18771887 er baseret på forskellige avisreportager fundet af Graeme Atkinson og udgivet i bogen Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Australian Rules Football ... (1982, The Five Mile Press, Melbourne).

Finaleserierne (oprindeligt efter Argus-systemet, og fra 1933 Page-McIntyre-systemet) blev indført i 1903, og derfor omhandler nedenstående liste stillingen efter finaleserien. I 1989 skiftede VFA fra et Final 4- til et Final 5-slutspil.

Victorian Football Association 1877–1960
SæsonPremierNr. 2Nr. 3Nr. 4
1877CarltonMelbourneHothamAlbert Park
1878GeelongMelbourneCarltonHotham
1879GeelongCarltonSouth MelbourneMelbourne
1880GeelongSouth MelbourneCarltonMelbourne
1881South MelbourneGeelongCarltonMelbourne
1882GeelongEssendonSouth MelbourneCarlton
1883GeelongSouth MelbourneCarltonMelbourne
1884GeelongEssendonHothamSouth Melbourne
1885South MelbourneEssendonGeelongCarlton
1886GeelongSouth MelbourneCarltonPort Melbourne
1887CarltonGeelongSouth MelbourneFitzroy Town
1888South MelbourneGeelongWilliamstownCarlton
1889South MelbourneCarltonPort MelbourneEssendon
1890South MelbourneCarltonEssendonFitzroy Town
1891EssendonCarltonFitzroy TownSouth Melbourne
1892EssendonFitzroy TownGeelongMelbourne
1893EssendonMelbourneGeelongSouth Melbourne
1894EssendonMelbourneSouth MelbourneFitzroy Town
1895Fitzroy TownGeelongMelbourneCollingwood
1896CollingwoodSouth MelbourneEssendonMelbourne
1897Port MelbourneNorth MelbourneFootscrayWilliamstown
1898FootscrayNorth MelbournePort MelbourneRichmond
1899FootscrayNorth MelbournePort MelbourneWilliamstown
1900FootscrayWilliamstownRichmondPrahran
1901Port MelbourneRichmondNorth MelbourneWilliamstown
1902RichmondPort MelbourneNorth MelbourneWilliamstown
1903North MelbourneRichmondFootscrayWest Melbourne
1904North MelbourneRichmondFootscrayPort Melbourne
1905RichmondNorth MelbourneWilliamstownPort Melbourne
1906West MelbourneFootscrayRichmondNorth Melbourne
1907WilliamstownWest MelbourneRichmondFootscray
1908FootscrayBrunswickEssendon AssociationWilliamstown
1909BrunswickPrahranEssendon AssociationFootscray
1910North MelbourneBrunswickEssendon AssociationPrahran
1911Essendon AssociationBrunswickNorth MelbournePrahran
1912Essendon AssociationFootscrayNorth MelbourneBrunswick
1913FootscrayNorth MelbourneEssendon AssociationBrunswick
1914North MelbourneFootscrayEssendon AssociationWilliamstown
1915North MelbourneBrunswickWilliamstownPort Melbourne
Ingen turneringer i perioden 1916-17 på grund af første verdenskrig.
1918North MelbournePrahranBrunswickPort Melbourne
1919FootscrayNorth MelbourneBrunswickNorthcote
1920FootscrayBrunswickNorth MelbournePort Melbourne
1921WilliamstownFootscrayPort MelbourneBrunswick
1922Port MelbourneFootscrayNorth MelbourneWilliamstown
1923FootscrayPort MelbourneWilliamstownHawthorn
1924FootscrayWilliamstownNorthcoteBrunswick
1925BrunswickPort MelbourneNorthcoteCoburg
1926CoburgBrightonNorthcotePort Melbourne
1927CoburgBrightonPort MelbournePreston
1928CoburgPort MelbourneBrightonPreston
1929NorthcotePort MelbournePrestonBrunswick
1930OakleighNorthcoteWilliamstownYarraville
1931OakleighNorthcotePrestonPort Melbourne
1932NorthcoteCoburgCamberwellPreston
1933NorthcoteCoburgPort MelbourneYarraville
1934NorthcoteCoburgPrestonPrahran
1935YarravilleCamberwellNorthcoteCoburg
1936NorthcotePrahranBrunswickCamberwell
1937PrahranBrunswickBrightonYarraville
1938BrunswickBrightonNorthcotePrahran
1939WilliamstownBrunswickPrahranNorthcote
1940Port MelbournePrahranWilliamstownPreston
1941Port MelbourneCoburgPrahranPreston
Ingen turneringer i perioden 1942-1944 på grund af anden verdenskrig.
1945WilliamstownPort MelbourneCoburgCamberwell
1946SandringhamCamberwellWilliamstownPort Melbourne
1947Port MelbourneSandringhamWilliamstownPrahran
1948BrightonWilliamstownBrunswickNorthcote
1949WilliamstownOakleighBrightonNorthcote
1950OakleighPort MelbourneBrightonWilliamstown
1951PrahranPort MelbourneOakleighSandringham
1952OakleighPort MelbourneCoburgYarraville
1953Port MelbourneYarravilleWilliamstownPrahran
1954WilliamstownPort MelbourneNorthcoteMoorabbin
1955WilliamstownPort MelbournePrestonMoorabbin
1956WilliamstownPort MelbourneBox HillBrunswick
1957MoorabbinPort MelbourneWilliamstownPreston
1958WilliamstownMoorabbinPort MelbourneBox Hill
1959WilliamstownCoburgSandringhamOakleigh
1960OakleighSandringhamWilliamstownYarraville
Victorian Football Association 1961–1988
Sæson1st Division2nd Division
PremierNr. 2Nr. 3Nr. 4PremierNr. 2Nr. 3Nr. 4
1961YarravilleWilliamstownMoorabbinSandringhamNorthcoteDandenongCamberwellPreston
1962SandringhamMoorabbinCoburgWilliamstownDandenongPrahranPrestonBox Hill
1963MoorabbinSandringhamYarravilleCoburgPrestonWaverleyPrahranSunshine
1964Port MelbourneWilliamstownCoburgSandringhamGeelong WestSunshineMordiallocBrighton-Caulfield
1965WaverleyPort MelbourneDandenongSandringhamPrestonMordiallocNorthcoteSunshine
1966Port MelbourneWaverleyPrestonYarravillePrahranGeelong WestNorthcoteSunshine
1967DandenongPort MelbourneSandringhamPrestonOakleighGeelong WestFrankstonSunshine
1968PrestonPrahranSandringhamDandenongGeelong WestWilliamstownSunshineWerribee
1969PrestonDandenongPort MelbourneSandringhamWilliamstownSunshineCoburgBox Hill
1970PrahranWilliamstownWaverleyPort MelbourneCoburgBox HillSunshineBrunswick
1971DandenongPrestonSandringhamOakleighSunshineBrunswickCaulfieldYarraville
1972OakleighDandenongWilliamstownPrestonGeelong WestCaulfieldYarravilleBrunswick
1973PrahranOakleighDandenongPort MelbourneCaulfieldBrunswickWaverleyCamberwell
1974Port MelbourneOakleighGeelong WestDandenongCoburgBrunswickWaverleyCamberwell
1975Geelong WestDandenongPort MelbourneCoburgBrunswickCamberwellSunshineFrankston
1976Port MelbourneDandenongPrestonCaulfieldWilliamstownMordiallocFrankstonNorthcote
1977Port MelbourneSandringhamCoburgBrunswickMordiallocYarravilleCamberwellOakleigh
1978PrahranPrestonPort MelbourneDandenongFrankstonCamberwellOakleighYarraville
1979CoburgGeelong WestPort MelbournePrahranCamberwellOakleighMordiallocWilliamstown
1980Port MelbourneCoburgGeelong WestSandringhamBrunswickYarravilleWaverleyWilliamstown
1981Port MelbournePrestonSandringhamFrankstonCamberwellWaverleyMordiallocWerribee
1982Port MelbournePrestonCoburgGeelong WestNorthcoteCaulfieldOakleighBrunswick
1983PrestonGeelong WestPort MelbourneSandringhamSpringvaleBrunswickMordiallocOakleigh
1984PrestonFrankstonGeelong WestCamberwellBox HillOakleighBrunswickCaulfield
1985SandringhamWilliamstownCoburgPrestonBrunswickOakleighSunshineCaulfield
1986WilliamstownCoburgFrankstonPrestonBox HillSunshinePrahranOakleigh
1987SpringvalePort MelbourneWilliamstownFrankstonPrahranWaverleyWerribeeSunshine
1988CoburgWilliamstownPrestonPort MelbourneOakleighSunshineWerribeeDandenong
Victorian Football Association 1989–1994
SæsonPremierNr. 2Nr. 3Nr. 4
1989CoburgWilliamstownBox HillSpringvale
1990WilliamstownSpringvalePrestonCoburg
1991DandenongWerribeeBox HillSpringvale
1992SandringhamWilliamstownPrahranBox Hill
1993WerribeePort MelbourneSpringvalePrahran
1994SandringhamBox HillSpringvaleDandenong Redlegs
Victorian Football League 1995–2011
SæsonPremierNr. 2Nr. 3Nr. 4
1995SpringvaleSandringhamPort MelbourneFrankston
1996SpringvaleFrankston
1997SandringhamFrankston
1998SpringvaleWerribee
1999SpringvaleNorth Ballarat
2000SandringhamNorth BallaratCarltonSt Kilda
2001Box Hill HawksWerribeeSpringvaleMurray Kangaroos
2002GeelongPort MelbourneWerribeeCoburg Tigers
2003WilliamstownBox Hill HawksPort MelbourneSandringham
2004SandringhamPort MelbourneWerribeeNorth Ballarat
2005SandringhamWerribeeNorthern BullantsBendigo Bombers
2006SandringhamGeelongNorthern BullantsWilliamstown
2007GeelongCoburg TigersWilliamstownNorth Ballarat
2008North BallaratPort MelbourneWilliamstownWerribee
2009North BallaratNorthern BullantsPort MelbourneCollingwood
2010North BallaratNorthern BullantsWilliamstownBox Hill Hawks
2011Port MelbourneWilliamstownWerribeeNorthern Bullants

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