List of VFA/VFL premiers
VFA/VFL Premiers
Note 1:The 1878 end-of-season playoff match between top metropolitan team Melbourne and undefeated provincial team Geelong was understood to be a premiership-deciding game, but had no official status as such.

List of VFA/VFL premiers

Section Title: VFA/VFL Premiers
Table Section Text: Note 1:The 1878 end-of-season playoff match between top metropolitan team Melbourne and undefeated provincial team Geelong was understood to be a premiership-deciding game, but had no official status as such.

Season	Premiers	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date	Report

1877	Carlton	Melbourne

1878	Geelong	Melbourne (2)	5.12 d. 1.4Note 1	Melbourne Cricket Ground	7,500	5 October 1878

1879	Geelong (2)	Carlton

1880	Geelong (3)	South Melbourne

1881	South Melbourne	Geelong

1882	Geelong (4)	Essendon

1883	Geelong (5)	South Melbourne (2)

1884	Geelong (6)	Essendon (2)

1885	South Melbourne (2)	Essendon (3)

1886	Geelong (7)	South Melbourne (3)

1887	Carlton (2)	Geelong (2)

Victorian Football Association premiership officially established

1888	South Melbourne (3)	Geelong (3)

1889	South Melbourne (4)	Carlton (2)

1890	South Melbourne (5)	Carlton (3)

1891	Essendon	Carlton (4)

1892	Essendon (2)	Fitzroy

1893	Essendon (3)	Melbourne (3)

1894	Essendon (4)	Melbourne (4)

1895	Fitzroy	Collingwood Geelong (4) Melbourne (5)

1896	Collingwood	South Melbourne (4)	6.9 d. 5.10	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	12,000	3 October 1896

Victorian Football League (present-day Australian Football League) established

1897	Port Melbourne	North Melbourne

1898	Footscray	North Melbourne (2)

1899	Footscray (2)	North Melbourne (3)

1900	Footscray (3)	Williamstown

1901	Port Melbourne (2)	Richmond

1902	Richmond	Port Melbourne

1903	North Melbourne	Richmond (2)	7.6 (48) d. 3.9 (27)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	19,000	19 September 1903

1904	North Melbourne (2)	Richmond (3)	Forfeited by Richmond	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	N/A	1 October 1904

1905	Richmond (2)	North Melbourne (4)	9.7 (61) d. 5.6 (36)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	17,500	7 October 1905

1906	West Melbourne	Footscray	7.8 (50) d. 5.9 (39)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	20,000	29 September 1906

1907	Williamstown	West Melbourne	7.10 (52) d. 3.16 (24)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	25,000	28 September 1907

1908	Footscray (4)	Brunswick	9.10 (64) d. 6.4 (40)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	40,000	31 August 1908

1909	Brunswick	Prahran	10.12 (72) d. 8.7 (55)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	20,000	25 September 1909

1910	North Melbourne (3)	Brunswick (2)	9.14 (68) d. 5.9 (39)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	25,000	8 October 1910

1911	Essendon (A.)	Brunswick (3)	4.10 (34) d. 3.8 (26)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	30,000	23 September 1911

1912	Essendon (A.) (2)	Footscray (2)	9.8 (62) d. 5.11 (41)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	25,000	28 September 1912

1913	Footscray (5)	North Melbourne (5)	10.14 (74) d. 11.7 (73)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	20,000	6 September 1913

1914	North Melbourne (4)	Footscray (3)	12.14 (86) d. 7.9 (51)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	10,000	22 August 1914

1915	North Melbourne (5)	Brunswick (4)	11.10 (76) d. 3.10 (28)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	8,000	7 August 1915

1916	Season not contested due to World War I

1917	Season not contested due to World War I

1918	North Melbourne (6)	Prahran (2)	18.13 (121) d. 3.10 (28)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	7,000	10 August 1918

1919	Footscray (6)	North Melbourne (6)	8.17 (65) d. 6.7 (43)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	20,000	27 September 1919

1920	Footscray (7)	Brunswick (5)	10.9 (69) d. 8.18 (66)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	18,000	9 October 1920

1921	Williamstown (2)	Footscray (4)	8.9 (57) d. 5.9 (39)	Fitzroy Cricket Ground	20,000	22 October 1921

1922	Port Melbourne (3)	Footscray (5)	9.6 (60) d. 8.10 (58)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	20,000	23 September 1922

1923	Footscray (8)	Port Melbourne (2)	7.10 (52) d. 5.8 (38)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	18,000	29 September 1923

1924	Footscray (9)	Williamstown (2)	11.11 (77) d. 3.4 (22)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	15,000	20 September 1924

1925	Brunswick (2)	Port Melbourne (3)	10.9 (69) d. 7.11 (53)	Motordrome	15,000	29 August 1925

1926	Coburg	Brighton	12.9 (81) d. 9.11 (65)	Motordrome	15,000	18 September 1926

1927	Coburg (2)	Brighton (2)	19.10 (124) d. 13.12 (90)	Motordrome	20,000	15 October 1927

1928	Coburg (3)	Port Melbourne (4)	17.12 (114) d. 16.11 (107)	Brunswick Cricket Ground	10.854	8 September 1928

1929	Northcote	Port Melbourne (5)	15.21 (111) d. 10.9 (69)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	17,304	12 October 1929

1930	Oakleigh	Northcote	9.6 (60) d. 7.9 (51)	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	8,000	27 September 1924

1931	Oakleigh (2)	Northcote (2)	10.14 (74) d. 11.5 (71)	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	10,000	26 September 1931

1932	Northcote (2)	Coburg	13.11 (89) d. 8.15 (63)	Coburg Cricket Ground	9,000	24 September 1932

1933	Northcote (3)	Coburg (2)	11.20 (86) d. 9.16 (70)	Olympic Park	12,000	7 October 1933

1934	Northcote (4)	Coburg (3)	19.16 (130) d. 10.9 (69)	Showgrounds	2,300	6 October 1934

1935	Yarraville	Camberwell	10.10 (70) d. 8.13 (61)	Toorak Park	14,600	7 September 1935

1936	Northcote (5)	Prahran (3)	19.6 (120) d. 15.15 (105)	Toorak Park	12,000	12 September 1936

1937	Prahran	Brunswick (6)	12.13 (85) d. 11.17 (83)	Toorak Park	9,000	4 September 1937

Beginning of throw-pass era

1938	Brunswick (3)	Brighton (3)	19.17 (131) d. 14.14 (98)	Toorak Park	20,000	20 August 1938

1939	Williamstown (3)	Brunswick (7)	14.20 (104) d. 14.11 (95)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	47,098	7 October 1939

1940	Port Melbourne (4)	Prahran (4)	23.22 (160) d. 17.11 (113)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	30,882	5 October 1940

1941	Port Melbourne (5)	Coburg (4)	15.18 (108) d. 11.23 (89)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	36,289	4 October 1941

1942	Season not contested due to World War II

1943	Season not contested due to World War II

1944	Season not contested due to World War II

1945	Williamstown (4)	Port Melbourne (6)	16.21 (117) d. 10.20 (80)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	39,000	6 October 1945

1946	Sandringham	Camberwell (2)	14.15 (99) d. 13.14 (92)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	30,000	5 October 1946

1947	Port Melbourne (6)	Sandringham	15.13 (103) d. 11.8 (74)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	24,000	4 October 1947

1948	Brighton	Williamstown (3)	13.16 (94) d. 13.7 (85)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	18,000	9 October 1948

1949	Williamstown (5)	Oakleigh	10.5 (65) d. 8.14 (62)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	40,000	1 October 1949

End of the throw-pass era

1950	Oakleigh (3)	Port Melbourne (7)	13.9 (87) d. 9.14 (68)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	38,000	30 September 1950

1951	Prahran (2)	Port Melbourne (8)	11.13 (79) d. 10.10 (70)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	32,500	6 October 1951

1952	Oakleigh (4)	Port Melbourne (9)	11.18 (84) d. 8.15 (63)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	39,500	4 October 1952

1953	Port Melbourne (7)	Yarraville	21.15 (141) d. 12.9 (81)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	40,000	3 October 1953

1954	Williamstown (6)	Port Melbourne (10)	11.20 (86) d. 7.12(54)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	30,000	2 October 1954

1955	Williamstown (7)	Port Melbourne (11)	13.19 (97) d. 13.10 (88)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	30,000	24 September 1955

1956	Williamstown (8)	Port Melbourne (12)	14.18 (102) d. 10.18 (78)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	28,000	29 September 1956

1957	Moorabbin	Port Melbourne (13)	15.12 (102) d. 7.20 (62)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	26,000	5 October 1957

1958	Williamstown	Moorabbin	6.15 (51) drew 7.9 (51)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	20,000	27 September 1958

Williamstown (9)	Moorabbin	13.18 (96) d. 8.16 (64)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	22,000	4 October 1958

1959	Williamstown (10)	Coburg (5)	15.21 (111) d. 11.10 (76)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	26,000	10 October 1959

1960	Oakleigh (5)	Sandringham (2)	18.14 (122) d. 8.14 (62)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	30,000	1 October 1960

Competition partitioned into two divisions; Division 1 premiers follow

1961	Yarraville (2)	Williamstown (4)	22.7 (139) d. 11.10 (76)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	20,000	30 September 1961

1962	Sandringham (2)	Moorabbin (2)	14.10 (94) d. 13.15 (93)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	11,000	29 September 1962

1963	Moorabbin (2)	Sandringham (3)	19.16 (130) d. 9.12 (66)	North Port Oval	15,000	21 September 1963

1964	Port Melbourne (8)	Williamstown (5)	14.17 (101) d. 10.5 (65)	North Port Oval	26,000	26 September 1964

1965	Waverley	Port Melbourne (14)	14.13 (97) d. 10.25 (85)	North Port Oval	25,000	26 September 1965

1966	Port Melbourne (9)	Waverley	13.12 (90) d. 6.11 (47)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	25,000	25 September 1966

1967	Dandenong	Port Melbourne (15)	16.13 (109) d. 12.12 (84)	Punt Road Oval	25,000	24 September 1967

1968	Preston	Prahran	15.8 (98) d. 12.12 (84)	Punt Road Oval	18,000	22 September 1968

1969	Preston (2)	Dandenong	12.11 (83) d. 10.11 (71)	Punt Road Oval	10,000	21 September 1969

1970	Prahran (3)	Williamstown (6)	17.18 (120) d. 10.10 (70)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	26,000	20 September 1970

1971	Dandenong (2)	Preston	14.14 (98) d. 13.14 (92)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	14,529	26 September 1971

1972	Oakleigh (6)	Dandenong (2)	25.17 (167) d. 18.15 (123)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	22,400	24 September 1972

1973	Prahran (4)	Oakleigh (2)	15.23 (113) d. 10.18 (78)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	21,200	23 September 1973

1974	Port Melbourne (10)	Oakleigh (3)	22.20 (152) d. 11.17 (83)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	23,936	22 September 1974

1975	Geelong West	Dandenong (3)	18.13 (121) d. 14.9 (93)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	27,582	21 September 1975

1976	Port Melbourne (11)	Dandenong (4)	19.18 (132) d. 10.15 (75)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	32,137	19 September 1976

1977	Port Melbourne (12)	Sandringham (4)	23.19 (157) d. 7.15 (57)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	29,664	25 September 1977

1978	Prahran (5)	Preston (2)	21.15 (141) d. 17.17 (119)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	29,595	24 September 1978

1979	Coburg (4)	Geelong West	16.15 (111) d. 14.19 (103)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	17,947	23 September 1979

1980	Port Melbourne (13)	Coburg (6)	11.15 (81) d. 10.10 (70)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	22,010	21 September 1980

1981	Port Melbourne (14)	Preston (3)	32.19 (211) d. 15.8 (98)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	20,180	20 September 1981

1982	Port Melbourne (15)	Preston (4)	21.15 (141) d. 20.14 (134)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	20,732	19 September 1982

1983	Preston (3)	Geelong West (2)	14.10 (94) d. 12.15 (87)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	14,719	18 September 1983

1984	Preston (4)	Frankston	19.21 (135) d. 12.9 (81)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	8,664	23 September 1984

1985	Sandringham (3)	Williamstown (7)	14.16 (100) d. 13.16 (94)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	22,341	22 September 1985

1986	Williamstown (11)	Coburg (7)	17.9 (111) d. 14.14 (98)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	20,146	21 September 1986

1987	Springvale	Port Melbourne (16)	14.16 (100) d. 7.20 (62)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	19,620	20 September 1987

1988	Coburg (5)	Williamstown (8)	16.18 (114) d. 12.15 (87)	Windy Hill	22,034	18 September 1988

Competition recombined to a single division

1989	Coburg (6)	Williamstown (9)	10.13 (73) d. 7.11 (53)	Windy Hill	23,272	24 September 1989

1990	Williamstown (12)	Springvale	16.11 (107) d. 15.15 (105)	Princes Park	18,634	30 September 1990

1991	Dandenong (3)	Werribee	15.15 (105) d. 14.12 (96)	Princes Park	13,565	22 September 1991

1992	Sandringham (4)	Williamstown (10)	19.16 (130) d. 13.8 (86)	Princes Park	20,847	20 September 1992

1993	Werribee	Port Melbourne (17)	10.10 (70) d. 4.4 (28)	Princes Park	14,389	19 September 1993

1994	Sandringham (5)	Box Hill	11.12 (78) d. 10.9 (69)	Victoria Park	13,168	25 September 1994

1995	Springvale (2)	Sandringham (5)	14.10 (94) d. 6.15 (51)	Victoria Park	6,445	24 September 1995

VFA renamed 'Victorian Football League', transition to state league model

1996	Springvale (3)	Frankston (2)	11.7 (73) d. 10.10 (70)	Optus Oval	8,183	22 September 1996

1997	Sandringham (6)	Frankston (3)	10.13 (73) d. 5.14 (44)	North Port Oval	10,000	21 September 1997

1998	Springvale (4)	Werribee (2)	11.17 (83) d. 5.15 (45)	North Port Oval	8,672	20 September 1998

1999	Springvale (5)	North Ballarat	19.11 (125) d. 9.11 (65)	North Port Oval	6,212	19 September 1999

2000	Sandringham (7)	North Ballarat (2)	15.18 (108) d. 11.11 (77)	Waverley Park	8,652	27 August 2000

2001	Box Hill	Werribee (3)	13.13 (91) d. 7.12 (54)	Optus Oval	11,500	23 September 2001

2002	Geelong reserves	Port Melbourne (18)	15.15 (105) d. 12.11 (83)	Optus Oval	11,500	22 September 2002

2003	Williamstown (13)	Box Hill (2)	13.14 (92) d. 9.9 (63)	Optus Oval	10,500	21 September 2003

2004	Sandringham (8)	Port Melbourne (19)	9.13 (67) d. 9.9 (63)	Optus Oval	8,196	19 September 2004

2005	Sandringham (9)	Werribee (4)	11.17 (83) d. 11.8 (74)	Optus Oval	9,000	18 September 2005

2006	Sandringham (10)	Geelong reserves	13.13 (91) d. 11.7 (73)	Optus Oval	6,000	24 September 2006

2007	Geelong reserves (2)	Coburg (8)	17.24 (126) d. 7.10 (52)	MC Labour Park	13,842	23 September 2007

2008	North Ballarat	Port Melbourne (20)	18.12 (120) d. 11.9 (75)	Telstra Dome	11,641	26 September 2008

2009	North Ballarat (2)	Northern Bullants (5)	14.7 (91) d. 10.8 (68)	Etihad Stadium	14,026	25 September 2009

2010	North Ballarat (3)	Northern Bullants (6)	20.13 (133) d. 13.8 (86)	Etihad Stadium	11,000	19 September 2010

2011	Port Melbourne (16)	Williamstown (11)	22.12 (144) d. 13.10 (88)	Etihad Stadium	11,804	25 September 2011

2012	Geelong reserves (3)	Port Melbourne (21)	14.24 (108) d. 11.9 (75)	Etihad Stadium	14,536	23 September 2012

2013	Box Hill (2)	Geelong reserves (2)	14.15 (99) d. 11.12 (78)	Etihad Stadium	15,199	22 September 2013

2014	Footscray reserves	Box Hill (3)	16.13 (109) d. 13.9 (87)	Etihad Stadium	23,816	21 September 2014

2015	Williamstown (14)	Box Hill (4)	18.12 (120) d. 8.18 (66)	Etihad Stadium	12,900	27 September 2015

2016	Footscray reserves (2)	Casey Scorpions (2)	13.19 (97) d. 10.6 (66)	Etihad Stadium	17,348	25 September 2016

2017	Port Melbourne (17)	Richmond reserves	11.8 (74) d. 10.10 (70)	Etihad Stadium	17,159	24 September 2017

2018	Box Hill (3)	Casey Demons (3)	10.12 (72) d. 8.14 (62)	Marvel Stadium	12,884	23 September 2018

Sentence(s)

The North Port Oval hosted VFA/VFL premiers in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1997, 1998 and 1999.

final_sentence: The North Port Oval hosted VFA/VFL premiers in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1997, 1998 and 1999.