page_title: West Coast Eagles
section_title: 2011–2013: Breakthrough years
hierarchical_section_title: West Coast Eagles / History / 2011–2013: Breakthrough years
caption_attribution_description: English: 2014 Premiership AFL WCE vs Collingwood match at Paterson Stadium
context_page_description: The West Coast Eagles Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia, and plays in the Australian Football League.
  The West Coast Eagles was founded in 1986 as an expansion team. It entered the AFL, then known as the Victorian Football League, in 1987 along with Queensland's Brisbane Bears. It reached the finals series for the first time in 1988, and won its first premiership in 1992, having been defeated in the grand final the previous year. Although the Brisbane Bears reserves were the first non-Victorian team to win an official AFL premiership in 1991, the Eagles were the first non-Victorian team to compete in and win a first grade AFL grand final. The Eagles have since won three more premierships, in 1994, 2006 and 2018. The club is currently coached by Adam Simpson.
  The Eagles have won the second most premierships in the AFL era and are one of the most strongly supported and profitable clubs in the league.
  As well as competing in the AFL, West Coast also field teams in the AFL Women's and West Australian Football League.
context_section_description: Despite predictions of another bottom-four finish in 2011, West Coast won 16 games to finish in the top four, becoming the first team since the Brisbane Lions in 1998 and 1999 to reach a preliminary final after finishing last the previous season.
  West Coast's strong form continued into 2012, losing the 2012 NAB Cup grand final to Adelaide and spending the early part of the season on top of the table. They eventually finished fifth and bowed out in the semi finals to Collingwood. The Eagles went into 2013 as premiership favourites, although injuries and poor form saw the club finish in thirteenth position on the ladder, with the club losing its final three games by an average of 71 points. Coach John Worsfold resigned on September 5, 2013.
caption: Round 20 2014 - West Coast vs Collingwood at Subiaco Oval
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