List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia
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This is a list of Australian rules football
leagues in Australia
.
There are active leagues in all states and territories for senior players.
For Women's Australian rules football
see List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia
For Rec Footy
(social non-contact) competitions, see Rec Footy#List of AFL Rec Footy Competitions.
Australian rules football
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leagues in Australia
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There are active leagues in all states and territories for senior players.
For Women's Australian rules football
Women's Australian rules football
Women's Australian rules football is a fast growing sport played at senior level in Australia, United States, England, New Zealand, Canada and Japan. At junior level, it is also played in Papua New Guinea, Argentina and South Africa...
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For Rec Footy
Rec Footy
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Current
| Name | State | Founded | Clubs | Divisions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Plains Football League Adelaide Plains Football League The Adelaide Plains Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Adelaide Plains region immediately north of Adelaide, South Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. In 2006 Hummocks/Watchman Football Club were premiers,... |
South Australia | 1904 | 7 | 1 | |
| AFL Bundaberg-Wide Bay | Queensland | 1987 | 5 | 1 | |
| AFL Cairns AFL Cairns The Australian Football League Cairns is a semi-professional Australian rules football league that includes clubs from the Cairns region in Queensland, Australia... |
Queensland | 1956 | 7 | 2 | |
| AFL Capricornia AFL Capricornia AFL Capricornia is an amateur Australian football competition played in the areas of Rockhampton and Gladstone between the months of March and September in the cooler seasons of the Central Queensland climate. The Capricornia region has had a few success stories of ex-Rockhampton players now... |
Queensland | 1974 | 6 | 1 | |
| AFL Darling Downs | Queensland | 1971 | 7 | 1 | |
| AFL Mackay | Queensland | 1970 | 6 | 1 | |
| AFL Mount Isa | Queensland | 1950 | 5 | 1 | |
| AFL Townsville | Queensland | 1955 | 5 | 1 | |
| Alberton Football League Alberton Football League The Alberton Football League is an Australian rules football league covering the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.-History:The Alberton Football League was formed in 1946, replacing the earlier Alberton Football Association, and comprised eight clubs—Carrajung, Devon, Foster, Ramblers,... |
Victoria | 1946 | 13 | 1 | |
| Australian Football League Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
National | 1990 (VFL 1897-1989) | 17 | 1 | |
| Avon Football Association | Western Australia | 1959 | 7 | 1 | |
| Ballarat Football League Ballarat Football League The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera... |
Victoria | 1893 | 11 | 1 | |
| Barkley & District Football League Barkley & District Football League The Barkley & District Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, Australia.-Current Clubs:*Sporties Football Club*Eagles Football Club*Ali Curung Football Club*Epenarra Football Club... |
Northern Territory | 8 | 1 | ||
| Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association The Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association is an Australian rules football competition based chiefly in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia, Australia. Only 42 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide, the BL&GFA is an affiliated member of the South Australian National... |
South Australia | 1987 | 10 | 1 | |
| Bellarine Football League Bellarine Football League The Bellarine Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia, formed in 1971.Six of the eight founding clubs played in the Polwarth Football league the year before.... |
Victoria | 1971 | 10 | 1 | |
| Bendigo Football League Bendigo Football League The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine... |
Victoria | 1880 | 10 | 1 | |
| Black Diamond Australian Football League Black Diamond Australian Football League The Black Diamond Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Newcastle, Hunter Valley and Central Coast regions of New South Wales.-History:... |
New South Wales | 1888 | 9 | 1 | |
| Broken Hill Football League | New South Wales | 1890 | 4 | 1 | |
| Central Australian Football League Central Australian Football League The Central Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition operating out of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia.The CAFL organises the annual Ngurratjuta Town Vs Country Challenge event and local Rec Footy competitions.... |
Northern Territory | 5 | 1 | ||
| Central Highlands Football League Central Highlands Football League The Central Highlands Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in the Ballarat region. The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18 and Under 15 grades.-History:... |
Victoria | 1979 | 18 | 1 | |
| Central Kimberley Football Association | Western Australia | 1990 | 6 | 1 | |
| Central Midlands Coastal Football League | Western Australia | 1992 (formed as Moora FA in 1920) | 5 | 1 | |
| Central Murray Football League Central Murray Football League The Central Murray Football League is a major country Australian rules football competition based in northern Victoria, Australia and southwest New South Wales, Australia.-History:... |
Victoria | 1997 | 11 | 1 | |
| Central West Football League | New South Wales | 1981 | 8 | 1 | |
| Central Wheatbelt Football League | Western Australia | 1968 | 6 | 1 | |
| Circular Head Football Association Circular Head Football Association The Circular Head Football Association is an Australian rules football competition based in the Circular Head area of north-western Tasmania, Australia... |
Tasmania | 1919 | 5 | 1 | |
| Colac & District Football League Colac & District Football League The Colac & District Football League is based in South west Victoria.-History:The Colac & District Football League was formed in 1937, as a result of a merger of the Colac and District FA and the Corangamite Farmers FA.Over the years, a number of clubs moved between the CDFL and other local... |
Victoria | 1937 | 11 | 1 | |
| Darwin Football Association Darwin Football Association The Darwin Football Association is an Australian rules football league in Tasmania.The clubs belonging to the association are from localities close to Burnie, Tasmania and the West Coast, Tasmania.-Current:- Premiership teams :2007... |
Tasmania | 1951 | 8 | 1 | |
| East Gippsland Football League East Gippsland Football League The East Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football League in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.-History:The East Gippsland FL in its present incarnation began in 1974 with the merger of the Gippsland Football League and the Bairnsdale District Football League... |
Victoria | 1974 | 6 | 1 | |
| East Kimberley Football Association | Western Australia | 1970s | 10 | 1 | |
| Eastern Districts Football League | Western Australia | 1960 | 8 | 1 | |
| Eastern Eyre Football League Eastern Eyre Football League The Eastern Eyre Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It was formed in 1989 from the merger of the Kimba Districts Football League and the County Jervois Football League... |
South Australia | 1989 | 5 | 1 | |
| Eastern Football League Eastern Football League (Australia) The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne.... |
Victoria | 1997 | 45 | 4 | |
| Ellinbank & District Football League Ellinbank & District Football League The Ellinbank and District Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, for both seniors and juniors. The EDFL was founded in 1937.15 teams compete in the league, the newest team being Garfield FC... |
Victoria | 1937 | 15 | 1 | |
| Esperance District Football Association | Western Australia | 1956 | 4 | 1 | |
| Essendon District Football League Essendon District Football League The Essendon District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, which was established in 1930.The EDFL consists of 24 senior clubs, 10 clubs in A Grade and 14 clubs in B Grade... |
Victoria | 1930 | 24 | 2 | |
| Far West Football League Far West Football League The Far West Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Ceduna area of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It currently includes clubs in Ceduna, Thevenard, Koonibba Aboriginal community and Penong... |
South Australia | 1909 | 4 | 1 | |
| Farrer Football League Farrer Football League The Farrer Football Netball League is a semi-professional Australian rules football and netball competition containing eight clubs based in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, these being seniors, reserves... |
New South Wales | 1957 | 8 | 1 | |
| Fortescue National Football League | Western Australia | 1970 | 4 | 1 | |
| Gascoyne Football Association | Western Australia | 1908 | 4 | 1 | |
| Geelong & District Football League Geelong & District Football League The Geelong & District Football League is the oldest surviving football competition in Victoria . It is one of three Australian rules football leagues in the Geelong area, the others being the Geelong Football League and the Bellarine Football League.... |
Victoria | 1880 | 12 | 1 | |
| Geelong Football League Geelong Football League The Geelong Football League is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia. It is the highest quality league in the Geelong area, with numerous former AFL players playing for various clubs.-History:... |
Victoria | 1979 | 12 | 1 | |
| Gippsland League West Gippsland Latrobe Football League The Gippsland Football League , is an Australian rules football League in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia... |
Victoria | 2002 (GFL 2010-) | 10 | 1 | |
| Golden Rivers Football League Golden Rivers Football League The Golden Rivers Football League is an Australian rules football organization with a long history. The League formed in 1919 as the Kerang and District Football Association. In 1946 the league was reestablished as the Kerang and District Football League... |
Victoria | 1998 | 9 | 1 | |
| Goldfields Football League Goldfields Football League The Goldfields Football League is a regional Australian football league based in the Kalgoorlie region, Western Australia. Originally founded in 1896 as Hannans District Football Association, the league enjoyed a seat and full voting rights on the Australian National Football Council until 1919... |
Western Australia | 1896 | 5 | 1 | |
| Goulburn Valley Football League Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia... |
Victoria | 1892 | 12 | 1 | |
| Gove Australian Football League Gove Australian Football League The Gove Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory.-Current Clubs:*Cats Football Club*Djerrak Football Club*Gopu Football Club*Walkabout Football Club-See also:... |
Northern Territory | 4 | 1 | ||
| Great Flinders Football League Great Flinders Football League The Great Flinders Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League... |
South Australia | 1927 | 6 | 1 | |
| Great Northern Football League | Western Australia | 1961 | 7 | 1 | |
| Great Southern Football League | Western Australia | 1991 | 5 | 1 | |
| Great Southern Football League | South Australia | 1923 | 10 | 1 | |
| Hampden Football Netball League Hampden Football Netball League The Hampden Football Netball League is based in South-Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns located along or near the Princes Highway from Camperdown to Port Fairy. The league is a major country league... |
Victoria | 1930 | 8 | 1 | |
| Heathcote District Football League Heathcote District Football League The Heathcote District Football League is based in Central Victoria. The league is a minor country league with teams drawn from smaller localities within part of the area of the major Bendigo Football League.-History:... |
Victoria | 1907 | 9 | 1 | |
| Hills Football League Hills Football League The Hills Football League is an amateur Australian rules football league, situated in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, to the south east of the state capital Adelaide.The League has over 3000 players belonging to 20 member Clubs... |
South Australia | 1902 | 19 | 2 | |
| Hills Football League Hills Football League The Hills Football League is an amateur Australian rules football league, situated in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, to the south east of the state capital Adelaide.The League has over 3000 players belonging to 20 member Clubs... |
Western Australia | 1946 | 7 | 1 | |
| Horsham & District Football League Horsham & District Football League The Horsham & District Football League is an amateur Australian rules football league based in the Wimmera area of Western Victoria.-History:... |
Victoria | 1937 | 10 | 1 | |
| Hume Football League Hume Football League The Hume Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, with clubs coming from a number of farming communities. Some players also come from the city of Albury, which is at the south of the area covered by the league... |
New South Wales | 1935 | 13 | 1 | |
| Kangaroo Island Football League Kangaroo Island Football League The Kangaroo Island Football League is an Australian rules football competition based on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League and is zoned to the South Adelaide Football Club.... |
South Australia | 1950 | 5 | 1 | |
| Katherine District Football League Katherine District Football League The Big Rivers Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Northern Territory, Australia based in the Katherine region.-Current Clubs:*Arnhem Crows Football Club... |
Northern Territory | 8 | 1 | ||
| King Island Football Association King Island Football Association The King Island Football Association is an Australian rules football competition held in Tasmania, Australia. Three clubs from small communities on King Island compete for the premiership every year.-History:... |
Tasmania | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League | South Australia | 1993 | 11 | 1 | |
| Kyabram & District Football League Kyabram & District Football League The Kyabram District Football League is an Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is made up of 13 teams, following Yea's departure in 2007 to join the Yarra Valley Mountain Football League, and Longwood's admission in 2010 following the collapse of the Benalla District Football League.... |
Victoria | 1932 | 13 | 1 | |
| Leven Football Association Leven Football Association The Leven Football Association is an Australian rules football competition in Tasmania, Australia. Five clubs from small communities in northern Tasmania compete for the premiership every year... |
Tasmania | 1922 | 5 | 1 | |
| Loddon Valley Football League Loddon Valley Football League The Loddon Valley Football League is based in Central Victoria.-History:The Loddon Valley Football League was formed in 1903 and is one of the oldest country leagues to have survived without a name change or amalgamation.-Current:... |
Victoria | 1902 | 9 | 1 | |
| Lower South West Football League Lower South West Football League The Lower South West Football League is a country football league incorporating teams from towns located within the South West and Great Southern regions... |
Western Australia | 1959 | 7 | 1 | |
| Mallee Football League | South Australia | 1994 | 6 | 1 | |
| Mallee Football League (Victoria) Mallee Football League (Victoria) The Mallee Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Mallee region of northwestern Victoria. It is not to be confused with the identically named Mallee Football League .-History:... |
Victoria | 1997 | 7 | 1 | |
| Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League The Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in central Victoria. This is a minor league with clubs coming from towns near the regional centres of Maryborough, and Castlemaine.-History:... |
Victoria | 1982 | 14 | 1 | |
| Mid Gippsland Football League Mid Gippsland Football League The Mid Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football league in the Latrobe Valley region of Victoria, Australia.-History:The league was founded in 1935.The original clubs were:*Boolarra*Morwell Seconds*Brown Coal Mine*Morwell Bridge... |
Victoria | 1936 | 10 | 1 | |
| Mid South Eastern Football League Mid South Eastern Football League The Mid South Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia... |
South Australia | 1936 | 10 | 1 | |
| Mid West Football League Mid West Football League The Mid West Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.- Brief history :... |
South Australia | 1988 | 6 | 1 | |
| Millewa Football League Millewa Football League The Millewa Football League is a minor country Australian rules football league with teams based in the Sunraysia region of north-western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia, around the towns of Mildura, Victoria and Robinvale.... |
Victoria | 1926 | 7 | 1 | |
| Mininera & District Football League Mininera & District Football League The Mininera & District Football League is based in South-western Victoria, with clubs located east of Hamilton, south of Ararat and west of Colac. The league absorbed several teams from the defunct Ararat & District Football Association in 2000.-History:... |
Victoria | 1925 | 11 | 1 | |
| Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League The Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League is an Australian rules football competition, governed by the Victorian Country Football League. The MPNFL contains teams near the south eastern region of Victoria, Australia... |
Victoria | 1987 | 32 | 3 | |
| Mortlock Football League Mortlock Football League The Mortlock Football League is an Australian rules football competition based around 8 clubs in the south-west region of Western Australia. It is one of a number of football leagues in the wheat-belt region of WA. The 8 teams include the towns of Calingiri, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Gingin, Goomalling,... |
Western Australia | 1945 | 7 | 1 | |
| Murray Football League Murray Football League The Murray Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Deniliquin in the north.It covers much the same area as the... |
Victoria | 1931 | 13 | 1 | |
| Newman Football League | Western Australia | 1972 | 4 | 1 | |
| North Central Football League North Central Football League The North Central Football League is an Australian rules football league based in North Central Victoria, Australia.The League was formed in 1930... |
Victoria | 1930 | 7 | 1 | |
| North Coast Football League | New South Wales | 1982 | 4 | 1 | |
| North Eastern Football League North Eastern Football League The North Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Mid North region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.... |
South Australia | 1946 | 8 | 1 | |
| North Gippsland Football League North Gippsland Football League The North Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football league in the Central Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia, formed in 1955 through the merger of the Cowwarr Football League and the Sale District Football League.... |
Victoria | 1955 | 11 | 1 | |
| North Midlands Football League | Western Australia | 1921 | 6 | 1 | |
| North Pilbara Football League | Western Australia | 1983 | 6 | 1 | |
| North Western Football Association North Western Football Association The North Western Football Association is an Australian Rules Football competition based on the North West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:... |
Tasmania | 1894 | 9 | 1 | |
| North East Australian Football League North East Australian Football League The North East Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia... |
ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland | 2010 | 17 | 2 | |
| Northern Areas Football Association Northern Areas Football Association The Northern Areas Football Association is an Australian rules football competition based in the Mid North region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.... |
South Australia | 1909 | 6 | 1 | |
| North Eastern Football Union North Eastern Football Union The North Eastern Football Union is an Australian Rules football competition in North-Eastern Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:Competition football began in North-Eastern Tasmania in the early 1900s during the region's tin mining boom.... |
Tasmania | 1936 | 7 | ||
| Northern Football League | Victoria | 1922 | 25 | 2 | |
| Northern Riverina Football League Northern Riverina Football League The Northern Riverina Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing seven clubs in the northern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features four grades in the Australian rules football competition, these being seniors, under 17s,... |
New South Wales | 7 | 1 | ||
| Northern Tasmanian Football Association | Tasmania | 1996 | 17 | 2 | |
| Northern Tasmanian Football League Northern Tasmanian Football League The Northern Tasmanian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in northern Tasmania.-History:The Northern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1987 to replace the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association - no relation to the current NTFA - and the North Western... |
Tasmania | 1987 | 6 | 1 | |
| Northern Territory Football League Northern Territory Football League The Northern Territory Football League is an 8 team Australian rules football semi-professional league operating in Darwin in the Northern Territory.The premier grade is the largest Australian rules football league in the Northern Territory... |
Northern Territory | 1916 | 8 | 1 | |
| Oatlands District Football Association Oatlands District Football Association The Oatlands District Football Association is a non-professional Australian rules football league from Tasmania, Australia.-Oatlands District Football Association Origins: 1952–1999:... |
Tasmania | 1952 | 4 | 1 | |
| Old Scholars Football Association Old Scholars Football Association The Old Scholars Football Association is an Australian Rules football competition in southern Tasmania, Australia.The competition currently stages an eighteen round roster season which is cut to a top four at the end of the roster series for a four match finals series played according to the... |
Tasmania | 1987 | 7 | 1 | |
| Omeo & District Football League Omeo & District Football League The Omeo and District Football League is an Australian Rules Football League based out of the Tambo Valley region of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The ODFL has existed in some form since 1893, and operates under the auspices of the Victorian Country Football League... |
Victoria | 1925 | 6 | 1 | |
| Ongerup Football Association | Western Australia | 1962 | 6 | 1 | |
| Ovens & King Football League Ovens & King Football League 300px|thumb|right|O&K 2007 Thirds Grand Final between Whorouly and North WangarattaThe Ovens & King Football League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in Northeastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla.... |
Victoria | 1902 | 14 | 1 | |
| Ovens & Murray Football League Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League... |
Victoria/ New South Wales | 1894 | 10 | 1 | |
| Peel Football League Peel Football League The Peel Football League is a country football league based in the Peel region of Western Australia. The competition was formed in 1992 when teams from the Metropolitan Football League and Murray Districts Football League merged... |
South Australia | 1990 (formed in 1930 as the Murray FA) | 8 | 1 | |
| Picola & District Football League Picola & District Football League The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerilderie in the north and consists of teams... |
Victoria | 1935 | 17 | 2 | |
| Port Lincoln Football League Port Lincoln Football League The Port Lincoln Football League is an Australian rules football competition based at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia... |
South Australia | 1910 | 6 | 1 | |
| Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association | Western Australian | 1968 | 3 | 1 | |
| Riddell District Football League Riddell District Football League The Riddell District Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with Football Victoria.The league covers towns in the Macedon Ranges Victoria and an area from Rockbank in the south to Broadford in the north.... |
Victoria | 1902 | 12 | 1 | |
| Riverina Football League Riverina Football League The Riverina Football Netball League is a semi-professional Australian rules football and netball competition containing nine clubs based in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, these being seniors,... |
New South Wales | 1982 | 9 | 1 | |
| Riverland Football League Riverland Football League The Riverland Football League is an Australian rules football League located in South Australia's Riverland region. The League has two divisions - the first division is for the main towns of the Riverland and the second division, called the Riverland Independent Football League, is for the minor... |
South Australia | 6 | 1 | ||
| Riverland Football League - Independent League | South Australia | 9 | 1 | ||
| River Murray Football League River Murray Football League The River Murray Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Murray Bridge region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.... |
South Australia | 1931 | 7 | 1 | |
| Sapphire Coast Football League | New South Wales | 5 | 1 | ||
| South Australian Amateur Football League South Australian Amateur Football League The South Australian Amateur Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs playing over one hundred and ten matches per week, the SAAFL is one of Australia's largest and strongest Australian rules football... |
South Australia | 1911 | 68 | 10 | |
| South Australian National Football League South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia.... |
South Australia | 1877 | 9 | 1 | |
| South Coast Football League | New South Wales | ||||
| South West Football League South West Football League The South West Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the south-west of Western Australia. The league is affiliated to the West Australian Country Football League.-History:... |
Western Australia | 1957 | 10 | 1 | |
| South West District Football League South West District Football League The South West District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in South-western Victoria, with clubs located in the vicinity of Hamilton, Heywood and Portland... |
Victoria | 1970 | 8 | 1 | |
| Southern Football League Southern Football League (South Australia) The Southern Football League is an amateur Australian rules football league in South Australia. The League was formed, as the Southern Football Association, in 1886.... |
South Australia | 1896 | 14 | 1 | |
| Southern Football League Southern Football League (Tasmania) The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division... |
Tasmania | 1996 | 12 | 1 | |
| Southern Football League Southern Football League (Victoria) The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league, based in the south and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, for both seniors and juniors.... |
Victoria | 1963 | 28 | 3 | |
| Spencer Gulf Football League Spencer Gulf Football League The Spencer Gulf Football League is an Australian rules football competition based at the head of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.... |
South Australia | 1961 | 6 | 1 | |
| Summerland Football League | New South Wales | ||||
| Sunraysia Football League Sunraysia Football League The Sunraysia Football League is an Australian Rules league based in Northwestern Victoria with clubs located in the vicinity of Mildura and Wentworth, New South Wales... |
Victoria | 1945 | 8 | 1 | |
| Sydney Australian Football League | New South Wales | ||||
| Tallangatta & District Football League Tallangatta & District Football League The Tallangatta and District Football League is an Australian rules football competition in north-east Victoria and the southern/border region of the New South Wales Riverina... |
Victoria | 1908 | 12 | 1 | |
| Tamworth Football League | New South Wales | 1997 | 7 | 1 | |
| Tasmanian State League Tasmanian Football League Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian... |
Tasmania | 2009 | 10 | 1 | |
| Tiwi Islands Football League Tiwi Islands Football League The Tiwi Islands Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia.Australian Rules football is the most popular sport on the Tiwi Islands.... |
Northern Territory | 1944 | 7 | 1 | |
| Upper Great Southern Football League Upper Great Southern Football League The Upper Great Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the state of Western Australia, incorporating teams from towns located within the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Peel regions. The league was formed in 1959 from a merger of the town competitions in Wagin and... |
Western Australia | 1959 | 8 | 1 | |
| Upper Murray Football League Upper Murray Football League The Upper Murray Football League is an Australian Rules football competition based in North-east, Victoria and South-Eastern Riverina, New South Wales. The players in the league are largely from Corryong and its surrounding areas. The competition is played over fifteen home and away rounds and four... |
Victoria | 1894 | 6 | 1 | |
| Victorian Amateur Football Association Victorian Amateur Football Association The Victorian Amateur Football Association is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia consisting purely of amateur players. Unlike the Victorian Football League and the VFL/AFL, the VAFA has always been strictly a purely amateur league and has affiliations with both AFL Victoria... |
Victoria | 1892 | 72 | 7 | |
| Victorian Football League Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association... |
Victoria | 1996 (VFA 1877-1995) | 14 | 1 | |
| Warrnambool & District Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 12 | 1 | |
| West Australian Amateur Football League | Western Australia | 1922 | 42 | 9 | |
| West Australian Country Football League West Australian Country Football League The West Australian Country Football League is the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in the non-metropolitan areas of Western Australia. The organisation was founded in 1973 as the Western Australian National Country Football League , changing its name to the current in 1979... |
Western Australia | 1885 | Peak administrative body | ||
| West Australian Football League West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League... |
Western Australia | 1885 | 9 | 1 | |
| West Australian Sunday Football League West Australian Sunday Football League The Sunday Football League Western Australia most commonly known as the Sunday Football League is a defunct semi-professional Australian rules football competition based in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.-History:... |
Western Australia | 1983 | (Folded in 2008) | ||
| West Kimberley Football Association West Kimberley Football Association The West Kimberley Football Association is an Australian rules football competition in the far North West of Western Australia.The league covers an area from Bidyadanga in the West to Derby in the East. Games are played during the day in Broome and Derby with the majority of games and all finals... |
Western Australia | 1949 | 8 | 1 | |
| Western Border Football League Western Border Football League The Western Border Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Lower South East region of South Australia, and south-western border region of Victoria. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League and the Victorian Football League... |
Victoria/ South Australia | 1964 | 10 | 1 | |
| Western Region Football League Western Region Football League The Western Region Football League is an Australian rules football semi-professional league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors.-History:The league was formed in 1931, as the Footscray District Football League... |
Victoria | 1931 | 23 | 2 | |
| Whyalla Football League Whyalla Football League The Whyalla Football League is an Australian rules football competition based around the town of Whyalla on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia... |
South Australia | 1967 | 6 | 1 | |
| Wimmera Football League Wimmera Football League The Wimmera Football League is based in Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns in the Wimmera region. The regional centres along the Western Highway from Ararat to Nhill as well as Minyip-Murtoa and Warracknabeal.The league is a major country league.... |
Victoria | 1937 | 9 | 1 | |
| Woomera & Districts Football League Woomera & Districts Football League The Far North Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the far northern regions of South Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.... |
South Australia | 1948 | 5 | 1 | |
| Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League The Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in Victoria to the east and northeast of Melbourne.-History:... |
Victoria | 1966 | 18 | 2 | |
| Yorke Peninsula Football League Yorke Peninsula Football League The Yorke Peninsula Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Yorke Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League... |
South Australia | 1888 | 9 | 1 | |
Former
| Name | State | Founded | Ended | Reason |
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| AFL Canberra AFL Canberra AFL Canberra is the governing body for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory.In November 2010 the five AFL Canberra Premier Division clubs merged with the Premier Division clubs of the Queensland Australian Football League to form the North East Australian Football League... |
ACT & NSW | 1924 | 2010 | Merged with QAFL Queensland Australian Football League The Queensland Australian Football League was an Australian rules football competition for clubs from South East Queensland.Up until 2010, the QAFL was the premier semi-professional competition in Queensland, with salary cap rules and regulations in place.It was previously known as the Queensland... to form North East Australian Football League North East Australian Football League The North East Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia... |
| Ararat Inter - Church Football Association | Victoria | 1929 | 1931 | |
| Ararat and District Football Association | Victoria | 1931 | 2000 | Shut down by VCFL because of lack of clubs |
| Avoca District Football Association | Victoria | |||
| Bacchus Marsh Football League | Victoria | 1919 | 1973 | Merged with Ballarat FL District Section to form the Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh FL. |
| Bairnsdale District Football League | Victoria | 1947 | 1972 | Merged with the Gippsland FL to form the East Gippsland Football League East Gippsland Football League The East Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football League in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.-History:The East Gippsland FL in its present incarnation began in 1974 with the merger of the Gippsland Football League and the Bairnsdale District Football League... |
| Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh Football League | Victoria | 1973 | 1978 | Merged with Clunes FL to form the Central Highlands FL Central Highlands Football League The Central Highlands Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in the Ballarat region. The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18 and Under 15 grades.-History:... . |
| Ballarat Football League District Section | Victoria | 1959 | 1973 | Merged with Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL. |
| Ballarat - Wimmera Football League | Victoria | 1934 | 1937 | League split into the Ballarat Football League Ballarat Football League The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera... and Wimmera Football League Wimmera Football League The Wimmera Football League is based in Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns in the Wimmera region. The regional centres along the Western Highway from Ararat to Nhill as well as Minyip-Murtoa and Warracknabeal.The league is a major country league.... after initially being separate before 1934. |
| Bass Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1901 | 1954 | Merged with Wonthaggi and DFL to form Bass Valley-Wonthaggi & DFL |
| Bass Valley-Wonthaggi and District Football League | Victoria | 1955 | 1995 | League broken up with teams joining the Alberton FL and Ellinbank DFL. |
| Benalla & District Football League Benalla & District Football League The Benalla & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition based in the Benalla region of Victoria, Australia.The Victorian Country Football League shut the competition down at the end of the 2009 season... |
Victoria | 1947 | 2009 | Shut down by VCFL because of lack of clubs |
| Bourke Evelyn Football League | Victoria | 1890 | c. 1920 | A number of clubs joined the Diamond Valley FL. |
| Central Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1909 | 1953 | Restructure caused the formation of Latrobe Valley FL |
| Clunes Football League | Victoria | 1931 | 1978 | Merged with Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Central Highlands FL Central Highlands Football League The Central Highlands Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in the Ballarat region. The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18 and Under 15 grades.-History:... . |
| Coreen & District Football League Coreen & District Football League The Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales. The league was disbanded at the end of the 2007 season after 98 years of competition... |
New South Wales | 1909 | 2007 | Club mergers made the league unviable and remaining clubs joined the Hume FL. |
| Deloraine Football Association | Tasmania | 1950 | 1983 | Merged with Esk Football Association to form the Esk-Deloraine Football Association. |
| Esk Football Association | Tasmania | 1930 | 1983 | Merged with Deloraine Football Association to form the Esk-Deloraine Football Association. |
| Esk-Deloraine Football Association | Tasmania | 1984 | 1997 | All clubs joined the Northern Tasmanian Football Association |
| Eastern District Football League | Victoria | 1962 | 1997 | Merged with Knox Junior Football Association to form the EFL Eastern Football League (Australia) The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne.... |
| Eastern Suburban Churches Football League | Victoria | 1923 | 1993 | Mergred With the SFL Southern Football League (Victoria) The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league, based in the south and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, for both seniors and juniors.... |
| Freshwater Creek District Football Association | Victoria | 1920 | ||
| Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1902 | 1972 | Merged with the Bairnsdale District FL to form the East Gippsland Football League East Gippsland Football League The East Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football League in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.-History:The East Gippsland FL in its present incarnation began in 1974 with the merger of the Gippsland Football League and the Bairnsdale District Football League... |
| Gippsland Latrobe Football League | Victoria | 1954 | 2001 | Merged with the West Gippsland FL to form the WGLFL West Gippsland Latrobe Football League The Gippsland Football League , is an Australian rules football League in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia... |
| Glen Alvie Football Association | Victoria | 1932 | 1945 | Merged with the Wonthaggia FA to form the Wonthaggia & DFL |
| Heidelberg District Football League | Victoria | 1909 | 1921 | Renamed the Diamond Valley FL for season 1922 |
| Heytesbury Football League | Victoria | 1980 | 1991 | Merged with Mt Noorat Football League to form the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League. |
| Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League | Victoria | 1992 | 2002 | Competition no longer viable. |
| Lexton Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 1998 | Merged with the Western Plains Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League Lexton Plains Football League The Lexton Plains Football League was an Australian rules football competition in western Victoria, Australia. The league ran an annual competition from 1999 to 2010.-History:The Western Plains FL was formed in 1930 and the Lexton FL was formed in 1945... |
| Lexton Plains Football League Lexton Plains Football League The Lexton Plains Football League was an Australian rules football competition in western Victoria, Australia. The league ran an annual competition from 1999 to 2010.-History:The Western Plains FL was formed in 1930 and the Lexton FL was formed in 1945... |
Victoria | 1999 | 2010 | Disbanded in December 2010, clubs joined Mininera & District Football League Mininera & District Football League The Mininera & District Football League is based in South-western Victoria, with clubs located east of Hamilton, south of Ararat and west of Colac. The league absorbed several teams from the defunct Ararat & District Football Association in 2000.-History:... , Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League The Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in central Victoria. This is a minor league with clubs coming from towns near the regional centres of Maryborough, and Castlemaine.-History:... and Central Highlands Football League Central Highlands Football League The Central Highlands Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in the Ballarat region. The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18 and Under 15 grades.-History:... |
| Mid Murray Football Association Mid Murray Football Association The Mid Murray Football Association was an Australian rules football competition based in the western Riverland region of South Australia, Australia. It operated for 100 years, from 1910 to 2009... |
South Australia | 1910 | 2009 | Lack of clubs forced teams to move to the Hills FA and the North East FL. |
| Mountain District Football Association | Victoria | c. 1930s | 1966 | Merged with Yarra Valley FA to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League The Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in Victoria to the east and northeast of Melbourne.-History:... |
| Mt Noorat Football League | Victoria | 1930 | 1991 | Merged with Heytesbury Football League to form the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League. |
| North West Football Union North West Football Union The North West Football Union was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Association representing the rest of the state... |
Tasmania | 1910 | 1986 | Those clubs that didn't join the new Tasmanian Football League merged with the Northern Tasmania Football Association to create the Northern Tasmania Football League. |
| Northern Tasmanian Football Association Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986) The Northern Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1886 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and North West Football Union representing the rest of the state... |
Tasmania | 1886 | 1986 | Those clubs that didn't join the new Tasmanian Football League merged with the North West Football Union to create the Northern Tasmania Football League. |
| Ovens Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1919 | 1936 | |
| Panton Hill and District Football League | Victoria | 1931 | 1987 | Clubs opted to leave and join the Diamond Valley FL and the Riddell District FL. |
| Peninsula Football Association | Tasmania | 1988 | 2001 | competition folded after Premaydena went into recess. |
| Portland District Football League | Victoria | 1955 | 1969 | Merged with Port Fairy Football League to form Portland Port Fairy Football League. |
| Port Fairy Football League | Victoria | 1926 | 1969 | Merged with Portland District Football League to form Portland Port Fairy Football League. |
| Queensland Australian Football League Queensland Australian Football League The Queensland Australian Football League was an Australian rules football competition for clubs from South East Queensland.Up until 2010, the QAFL was the premier semi-professional competition in Queensland, with salary cap rules and regulations in place.It was previously known as the Queensland... |
Queensland & Northern Territory | 1905 | 2010 | Merged with AFL Canberra AFL Canberra AFL Canberra is the governing body for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory.In November 2010 the five AFL Canberra Premier Division clubs merged with the Premier Division clubs of the Queensland Australian Football League to form the North East Australian Football League... to form North East Australian Football League North East Australian Football League The North East Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia... |
| Queenstown Football Association | Tasmania | 1924 | 1963 | Formed the West Tasmanian FA with Rosebery FA clubs. |
| Riviera Football League | Victoria | 1986 | 2003 | Lack of clubs resulted in a merger with the East Gippsland FL. |
| South Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1954 | 1969 | Competition not viable after weaker clubs left. |
| South West Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1954 | 1994 | League was absorbed by the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League The Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League is an Australian rules football competition, governed by the Victorian Country Football League. The MPNFL contains teams near the south eastern region of Victoria, Australia... |
| Tamar Football Association | Tasmania | 1970 | 1984 | clubs joined the Tasmanian Amateurs Northern Division. |
| Tungamah Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 1996 | Merged with Goulburn Valley FL and became 2nd division and then the Central Gippsland FL. Most TFL clubs are now part of the Picola DFL. |
| Victorian Football Association | Victoria | 1877 | 1995 | The running of the VFA was taken over by the AFL. The competition was dissolved and a new competition called the VFL was formed including former VFA clubs and also North Ballarat and Traralgon from country leagues. By 2000, AFL Reserves teams were entered and AFL clubs entered into alignments with ex-VFA clubs. |
| West Gippsland Football league | Victoria | 1927 | 2001 | Merged with the Gippsland Latrobe FL to form the WGLFL West Gippsland Latrobe Football League The Gippsland Football League , is an Australian rules football League in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia... |
| West Tasmanian Football League | Tasmania | 1964 | 1993 | Shortage of clubs. Clubs now part of the Darwin FA. |
| Western Plains Football League | Victoria | 1930 | 1998 | Merged with the Lexton Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League Lexton Plains Football League The Lexton Plains Football League was an Australian rules football competition in western Victoria, Australia. The league ran an annual competition from 1999 to 2010.-History:The Western Plains FL was formed in 1930 and the Lexton FL was formed in 1945... |
| Western Port - Wonthaggi Football Association | Victoria | 1936 | Merged with the Wonthaggi JFA to form the Wonthaggi FA | |
| Wonthaggi and District Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 1954 | Merged with the Bass Valley FL to form Bass Valley-Wonthaggi & DFL |
| Wonthaggi Football Association | Victoria | 1937 | 1944 | Merged with the Glen Alive FA to form Wonthaggi & DFL |
| Wonthaggi Junior Football Association | Victoria | 1923 | 1936 | Merged with the Western Port - Wonthaggi FA to form the Wonthaggi FA |
| Wycheproof-Charlton District Football Association | Victoria | 1890 | ||
| Yarra Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1920 | 1966 | Merged with Mountain DFL to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League The Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in Victoria to the east and northeast of Melbourne.-History:... |
| Yackandandah Football League | Victoria | 1954 | ||
| Yungera District Football Association | Victoria | 1930 | ||
| Youth Christian Workers Football League | Victoria | 1958 | 1986 | Many clubs joined the Eastern Suburban Churches FA. |