Championship of Australia
Most Championships
Table:
Club

Titles

Years won

Port Adelaide
4
1890, 1910, 1913, 1914

Richmond
3
1969, 1973, 1974

Norwood
2
1888, 1907

Carlton
2
1968, 1970

West Adelaide
2
1908, 1911

South Melbourne
1
1909

Collingwood
1
1896

Essendon
1
1893

North Adelaide
1
1972

North Melbourne
1
1975

Hawthorn
1
1971

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Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton , Port Adelaide , South Australia . The club 's senior team plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Power , whilst its reserves team competes in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Magpies . Port Adelaide is the oldest professional sporting club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL . Since the club 's founding on 12 May 1870 , the club has won 36 South Australian league premierships , including six in a row . The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions . After successfully winning an AFL licence in 1994 the club began competing in the Australian Football League in 1997 as the only pre-existing non-Victorian club - and has subsequently added the 2004 AFL premiership to its achievements .
The 1890 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 4 October 1890 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFA , South Melbourne and the premiers of the SAFA , Port Adelaide . The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . The match , played in front of 6,500 , was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 1 goal , giving Port Adelaide its 1st Championship of Australia Title .
The 1910 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 15 October 1910 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL , Collingwood and the premiers of the SAFL , Port Adelaide . The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . To avoid a clash of guernsey designs Port Adelaide offered to wear its jumpers inside out resulting in an all-black appearance . The match , played in front of 7,000 , was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 59 points , giving Port Adelaide its 2nd Championship of Australia Title .
The 1913 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 8 October 1913 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL , Fitzroy and the premiers of the SAFL , Port Adelaide . The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . The match , played in front of 6,000 , was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 63 points , giving Port Adelaide its 3rd Championship of Australia Title .
The 1914 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 3 October 1914 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL , Carlton and the premiers of the SAFL , Port Adelaide . The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . The match , played in front of 5,000 , was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 34 points , giving Port Adelaide its record 4th Championship of Australia Title . This was the last Championship of Australia match to be held until 1968 .
The Richmond Football Club , nicknamed the Tigers , is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907 , the club competed in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , winning two premierships . Richmond joined the Victorian Football League ( now known as the AFL ) in 1908 and has since won twelve premierships , most recently in 2019 . Richmond 's headquarters and training facilities are located at its original home ground , the Punt Road Oval , which sits adjacent to the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) , the club 's playing home since 1965 . Richmond traditionally wears a black guernsey with a yellow sash . The club song , We 're From Tigerland , is well known for its yellow and black refrain . The club is coached by Damien Hardwick and its current captain is Trent Cotchin . Five Richmond players have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as Legends of the sport : Kevin Bartlett , Jack Dyer , Royce Hart , Kevin Sheedy and Ian Stewart .
The 1969 Championship of Australia was the 13th edition of the Championship of Australia , an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football match between the champion clubs from the VFL and the SANFL .
The 1973 Championship of Australia was the 17th edition of the Championship of Australia , an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the champion clubs from the VFL , the SANFL , the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership .
The 1974 Championship of Australia was the 18th edition of the Championship of Australia , an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the champion clubs from the VFL , the SANFL , the WANFL and a Tasmanian League side that contain players drawn from the premier clubs of the NTFA , NWFU and TANFL .
Norwood Football Club , nicknamed the Redlegs , is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) in the state of South Australia . Its home ground is Coopers Stadium ( Norwood Oval ) , which often referred to as The Parade . It is one of the two traditional powerhouse clubs of the SANFL , the other being Port Adelaide , who together have won half of all SANFL premierships ( see Port Adelaide-Norwood SANFL rivalry ) . The club has won 30 SANFL premierships and 1 SANFLW premiership .
The 1888 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football series held in Adelaide between the 6 October and 13 October 1888 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFA , South Melbourne and the premiers of the SAFA , Norwood . All matches were played at Kensington Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . The series was won by Norwood 3 games to zero , giving Norwood its 1st Championship of Australia Title . This was the first Championship of Australia held , but the only one to be held as a series , with subsequent editions held as a single championship match .
The 1907 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 28 September 1907 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL , Carlton and the premiers of the SAFL , Norwood . The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . The match , played in front of 12,000 , was won by Norwood by a margin of 32 points , giving Norwood its 2nd Championship of Australia Title . This was the first Championship of Australia match to be held since 1893 . Future Premier of South Australia Lionel Hill and South Australian Attorney-General Shirley Jeffries were members of the victorious Norwood side .
The Carlton Football Club , nicknamed the Blues , is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne , Victoria . Founded in 1864 in Carlton , an inner suburb of Melbourne , the club competes in the Australian Football League ( formerly the Victorian Football League ) , and was one of the competition 's eight founding member clubs in 1896 . The club 's headquarters and training facilities are located in Carlton at Princes Park , its traditional home ground , and it currently plays its home matches at either Docklands Stadium ( currently known as Marvel Stadium ) or the Melbourne Cricket Ground . Carlton has historically been one of the AFL 's most successful clubs , having won sixteen senior VFL/AFL premierships , equal with Essendon as the most of any club ; prior to this , it won six senior premierships , including two in the Victorian Football Association . The club has also fielded a team in the AFL Women 's league since its establishment in 2017 .
The 1968 Championship of Australia was the 12th edition of the Championship of Australia , an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football match between the champion clubs from the VFL and the SANFL . This was the first Championship of Australia match to be held since 1914 .
The 1970 Championship of Australia was the 14th edition of the Championship of Australia , an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football match between the champion clubs from the VFL and the SANFL .
West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies , the club 's home base is Richmond Oval ( currently known as Hisense Stadium under a sponsorship agreement ) . The Oval is located in Richmond , an inner-western suburb of Adelaide . The club has won nine SANFL premierships , the most recent coming in 2015 - breaking a thirty-two-year premiership drought dating back to 1983 ; the second longest in the SANFL .
The 1908 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 3 October 1908 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL , Carlton and the premiers of the SAFL , West Adelaide . The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . The match , played in front of 13,000 , was won by West Adelaide by a margin of 29 points , giving West Adelaide its 1st Championship of Australia Title .
The 1911 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 11 October 1911 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL , Essendon and the premiers of the SAFL , West Adelaide . The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . The match , played in front of 6,000 , was won by West Adelaide by a margin of 3 points , giving West Adelaide its 2nd Championship of Australia Title .
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874 , the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982 , thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria . Initially playing in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , the Swans joined seven other clubs in founding the breakaway Victorian Football League ( now known as the AFL ) in 1896 . It won premierships in 1909 , 1918 and 1933 before experiencing a 72-year premiership drought - the longest in the competition 's history . The club broke the drought in 2005 and won another premiership in 2012 . The club has proven to be one of the most consistent teams in the AFL era , failing to make the finals in only four seasons since 1995 , playing the most number of finals matches and winning the second-most matches overall ( only behind Geelong ) since 2000 and boasting a finals winning record of over 50% in the same time period . The Swans ' headquarters and training facilities are located at the Sydney Cricket Ground , the club 's playing home ground since 1982 .
The 1909 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 9 October 1909 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL , South Melbourne and the premiers of the SAFL , West Adelaide . The match was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne , Victoria . The match , played in front of 15,000 , was won by South Melbourne by a margin of 24 points , giving South Melbourne its 1st Championship of Australia Title . The West Australian Football League champions , East Fremantle Football Club also travelled to the Eastern States , defeating Port Adelaide in Adelaide but losing to a combined Victorian league side 12.8 ( 80 ) to 9.13 ( 67 ) in the curtain-raiser to the South Melbourne - West Adelaide game .
The Collingwood Football Club , nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies , is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood , the club played in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League ( now the national AFL ) . Originally based at Victoria Park , Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre . Collingwood has played in a record 44 VFL/AFL Grand Finals ( including rematches ) , winning 15 , drawing two and losing 27 ( also a record ) . Regarded as one of Australia 's most popular sports clubs , Collingwood attracts the highest attendance figures and television ratings of any professional team in the nation . The club 's song , Good Old Collingwood Forever , dates back to 1906 , making it the oldest song currently used in the AFL . Its iconic home guernsey consists of black and white stripes , matching the colours of the Australian magpie . Historically the club 's main rivals have been cross-town clubs Carlton , Richmond and Essendon . Since the turn of the millennium , the club developed rivalries with the West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Lions . Collingwood fields a reserves team in the Victorian Football League ( formerly the VFA ) and women 's teams in the AFL Women 's and VFL Women 's competitions . It also owns and operates a netball team in the National Netball League .
The 1896 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 12 June 1897 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL , Collingwood and the premiers of the SAFL , South Adelaide . The match was played at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide , South Australia . This was the last Championship of Australia match to be held until 1907 .
The Essendon Football Club , nicknamed the Bombers , is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Thought to have formed in 1872 , the club played its first recorded game on 7 June 1873 against a Carlton Second 20 , winning 1 goal to nil . The club played a senior club in the Victorian Football Association in 1878 , one year after the VFA formed . It is historically associated with Essendon , a suburb in the north-west of Melbourne , Victoria . Since 2013 , the club has been headquartered at The Hangar , Melbourne Airport , and plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground ; throughout most of its history the club 's home ground and headquarters was Windy Hill , Essendon , where it played from 1922 until 1991 . While it stopped playing games at the ground thereafter , Windy Hill remained its training and administration base until the end of 2013 . Dyson Heppell is the current team captain . A founding member club of both the Victorian Football Association , in 1877 , and the Victorian Football League ( renamed the AFL in 1990 ) , in 1896 , Essendon is one of Australia 's best-known football clubs . Essendon has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships , which , along with Carlton , is the most of any club in the competition . The club won four consecutive VFA premierships between 1891 and 1894 , a feat matched only by Collingwood between 1927 and 1930 .
The 1893 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 7 October 1893 . The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFA , Essendon and the premiers of the SAFA , South Adelaide . The match was played at Victoria Park in Melbourne , Victoria . The match , played in front of 12,000 , was won by Essendon by a margin of 7 goals , giving Essendon its 1st Championship of Australia Title . This was the last Championship of Australia match to be held until 1907 .
North Adelaide Football Club , nicknamed The Roosters , is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . The club plays its home games at Prospect Oval , located in Prospect , a northern suburb of Adelaide . The club was formed in 1888 as the Medindie Football Club , changing its name to North Adelaide in 1893 . North Adelaide 's first premiership was won in 1900 , and the club has won a total of fourteen senior premierships in the SANFL , most recently in 2018 .
The 1972 Championship of Australia was the 16th edition of the Championship of Australia , an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the champion clubs from the VFL , the SANFL , the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership .
The North Melbourne Football Club , nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos , the Kangas or North , is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Founded in North Melbourne , Victoria in 1869 , it is based at its traditional home ground , Arden Street Oval , and currently plays its home matches at both the nearby Docklands Stadium and Blundstone Arena in Hobart , Tasmania . The club 's mascot is a grey kangaroo donning the club uniform , and its use dates from the mid-20th century . The club is also unofficially known as The Shinboners , a term which dates back to its 19th-century abattoir-worker origins . The club 's motto is Victoria amat curam , Latin for Victory Demands Dedication . Aside from their representation in the AFL , the Kangaroos also field teams in the following competitions ; AFL Women 's , VFL Women 's and Victorian Football League .
The 1975 Championship of Australia was the 19th edition of the Championship of Australia , an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the champion clubs from the VFL , the SANFL , the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership . This was the last Championship of Australia title to be held before the competition was expanded the following year into the NFL Championship Series .
The Hawthorn Football Club , nicknamed the Hawks , is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club , founded in 1902 , is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL and has won thirteen VFL/AFL premierships . It is the only club to have won premierships in each decade of the 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s and 2010s . The team play in brown and gold vertically striped guernsey . The club 's Latin motto is spectemur agendo , the English translation being Let us be judged by our acts . The Hawks ' origins are in the inner-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn and also at Glenferrie Oval , the club 's former administrative and training base and social club . Matches , however , have not been played there since 1973 . In 2006 , Hawthorn 's training and administration facilities were relocated to Waverly Park which is located 27.8 km from the CBD and in the middle of the club 's major supporter base in Melbourne 's outer-eastern region . The mascot of the club is a hawk . Since 2007 Hawthorn have played four games a year at their second ground of York Park in Launceston , Tasmania , with the remaining games played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , the club 's current playing home ground . Hawthorn 's current Victorian Football League ( VFL ) affiliate team is the Box Hill Hawks Football Club .
The 1971 Championship of Australia was the 15th edition of the Championship of Australia , an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football match between the champion clubs from the VFL and the SANFL . This was the last Championship of Australia title to be held as a single game before the competition was expanded the following year into a knockout tournament that included the champions of the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership .