Sydney FL

The Sydney Football League (also known as the Sydney Australian Football League) is the main Sydney AFL competition that was a name change for the New South Wales Australian Football League in 1991.
==History==
The eight clubs that made up the last season of the NSWAFL continued with the new league - Campbelltown, East Sydney, Holroyd/Parramatta, North Shore, Pennant Hills, St George, Sydney University and Western Suburbs. In 1993 Baulkham Hills were elevated from the Sydney Football Association and they were followed in 1994 by Balmain. In 1995 Sydney Uni and Holroyd/Parramatta dropped back to the SFA and then in 1996 Campbelltown left to join the ACTAFL. In 1999 however they returned to the competition.
In 2000 Sydney's reserves joined but didn't play finals as they were too strong. In the same year, East Sydney merged with SFA club New South Wales University and Baulkham Hills changed their name to East Coast. Sydney's SFL team from 2001 was an Under 23 developmental team, which was dropped after the 2003 season.
The SFA folded after the 2003 season and this led to multiple divisions in the competition, with the top tier being called Premier Division. In Division 1 Sydney Uni and Holroyd/Parramatta returned and were joined by Macquarie University, Manly, North West Jets, Penrith, South West Sydney, Southern Sharks, University of Technology Sydney and Wollongong with New South Wales Uni/East Sydney's thirds. Division 1 ran with a final five, and after winning the 2004 premiership Wollongong were promoted to Premier Division. In 2005 the NSW Uni/East Sydney thirds were dropped and North West Jets also moved down to the lower divisions, causing Division 1 to revert to a final four alongside Premier Division.
In 2007 despite not winning the Division 1 premiership, Sydney Uni returned to the top tier, while North West Jets returned to Division 1 in the place of South West Sydney. In 2008 the final five was introduced to the Premier Division, while Camden debuted in Division 1. In 2009 the reserve grade of Premier Division was abolished leading to many of the seconds playing in Division 1. In 2011, UTS were elevated to the Premier Division.
In 2012, East Coast changed their name to Sydney Hills upon their admission to the North East AFL alongside Sydney Uni. The two clubs continued to play in Premier Division, but it was now with their reserves sides. Wollongong changed their name to Illawarra to represent the region. In 2013 Manly returned via an elevation and promptly won the premiership that year. The grade included the Southern Power, who changed their name from Southern Sharks in 2008. In 2014 Balmain and Illawarra were sent back to Division 1 which had more seniors than reserves for the first time since the abolition of the reserve grade. After the 2014 season, Campbelltown were forced into the lower divisions due to a lack of players. In 2015, Sydney Hills left the NEAFL and returned full time to the SFL and reverted their name back to East Coast.
In 2017 Division One again had more seniors than reserves, including Western Magic amongst other clubs that previously been in the top two tiers. This led in 2018 to the restoration of the reserve grade for the top tier and introduction of the Platinum Division. Camden - the top senior team from Division One were elevated to the Premier Division and the founding clubs of Platinum Division were Balmain, Holroyd/Parramatta, Macquarie Uni, Penrith, Southern Power, Western Magic and the returning South West Sydney. Division One now including the thirds of teams but had enough seniors to be noted including the return of Campbelltown along with Randwick and Wollondilly.
In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic caused a late start to the season in July and a shortened season. The NEAFL season being abandoned caused the full time return of Sydney Uni while Randwick joined Platinum Division with not enough seniors in Division One. In 2021 the season started normally with Western Magic departing Platinum Division and replaced by the promoted Campbelltown. However rising cases in Sydney caused the season to be abandoned in August. In 2022 Holroyd/Parramatta dropped the Holroyd from it's name while Campbelltown were absorbed by South West Sydney.
==Ladders==
1991	NTHS	H/PA	WSUB	CAMP	SYDU	ST.G	PENH	ESYD	 	
1992	SYDU	NTHS	WSUB	CAMP	ST.G	H/PA	PENH	ESYD	 	
1993	ST.G	NTHS	WSUB	PENH	SYDU	ESYD	BAUH	H/PA	CAMP	
1994	CAMP	NTHS	WSUB	ST.G	ESYD	PENH	H/PA	SYDU	BAUH	BALM
1995	CAMP	PENH	BAUH	WSUB	ESYD	NTHS	ST.G	BALM	 	
1996	WSUB	PENH	ST.G	ESYD	BAUH	BALM	NTHS	 	 	
1997	BALM	ST.G	NTHS	ESYD	WSUB	PENH	BAUH	 	 	
1998	BALM	PENH	NTHS	ST.G	ESYD	WSUB	BAUH	 	 	
1999	CAMP	BALM	PENH	NTHS	ST.G	BAUH	ESYD	WSUB	 	
2000	PENH	NTHS	ST.G	BAUH	SYDN	CAMP	ECOA	WSUB	U/ES	
2001	NTHS	CAMP	ST.G	PENH	BALM	U/ES	ECOA	SYDN	WSUB	
2002	U/ES	NTHS	ST.G	WSUB	BALM	SYDN	PENH	CAMP	ECOA	
2003	U/ES	NTHS	ST.G	CAMP	PENH	ECOA	WSUB	BALM	 	
===Premier Division===
2004	NTHS 	ST.G 	U/ES 	PENH 	ECOA 	BALM 	WSUB 	CAMP	 	 	 	
2005	NTHS 	WSUB 	PENH 	U/ES 	ECOA 	STGE 	WOLL 	BALM	CAMP	 	 	
2006	PENH 	ECOA 	WSUB 	ST.G 	CAMP 	U/ES 	NTHS 	WOLL	BALM	 	 	
2007	NTHS 	ST.G 	PENH 	CAMP 	ECOA 	U/ES 	WSUB 	SYDU	WOLL	BALM	 	
2008	PENH 	ECOA 	U/ES 	ST.G 	NTHS 	SYDU 	WSUB 	BALM	CAMP	WOLL	 	
2009	ECOA 	U/ES 	WSUB 	PENH 	CAMP 	SYDU 	NTHS 	ST.G	WOLL	BALM	 	
2010	ECOA 	SYDU 	WSUB 	PENH 	NTHS 	ST.G 	BALM 	CAMP	U/ES	WOLL	 	
2011	ECOA 	BALM 	SYDU 	NTHS 	PENH 	WOLL 	ST.G 	U/ES	WSUB	UTS 	CAMP	
2012	U/ES 	BALM 	PENH 	NTHS 	ST.G 	UTS 	HIL2 	ILLA	WSUB	CAMP	SU.2	
2013	MANL 	PENH 	ST.G 	NTHS 	U/ES 	WSUB 	CAMP 	UTS 	SU.2	BALM	ILLA	HIL2
2014	MANL 	PENH 	ST.G 	SU.2 	WSUB 	U/ES 	NTHS 	CAMP	HIL2	UTS 	 	
2015	PENH 	ECOA 	ST.G 	MANL 	SU.2 	UTS 	WSUB 	NTHS	U/ES	 	 	
2016	ECOA 	ST.G 	NTHS 	UTS 	PENH 	MANL 	SU.2 	U/ES	WSUB	 	 	
2017	PENH 	SU.2 	NTHS 	U/ES 	ST.G 	ECOA 	UTS 	MANL	WSUB	 	 	
2018	U/ES 	SU.2 	NTHS 	MANL 	ECOA 	PENH 	ST.G 	CAMD	UTS 	WSUB	 	
2019	U/ES 	SU.2 	PENH 	NTHS 	ECOA 	WSUB 	MANL 	ST.G	CAMD	UTS 	 	
2020	SYDU 	U/ES 	NTHS 	ST.G 	PENH 	WSUB 	ECOA 	MANL	CAMD	UTS 	 	
2021	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	
2022	U/ES 	NTHS 	ST.G 	SYDU 	WSUB 	PENH 	UTS 	MANL	ECOA	 	 	
2023	U/ES 	NTHS 	PENH 	SYDU 	MANL 	ST.G 	WSUB 	UTS 	ECOA	 	 	
===Platinum Division===
2018	PENR 	WMAG 	MAQU 	SPOW 	H/PA 	BALM 	SWSY 	 	
2019	SPOW 	MAQU 	PENR 	WMAG 	BALM 	H/PA 	SWSY 	 	
2020	PENR 	SPOW 	MAQU 	BALM 	RAND 	H/PA 	SWSY 	WMAG	
2021	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	 	
2022	SWSY 	CAMD 	SPOW 	PARR 	PENR 	MAQU 	BALM 	RAND	
2023	SWSY 	CAMD 	NS.3 	PARR 	BALM 	PENR 	SU.3 	SPOW	MAQU
===Division One===
2004	WOLL 	SYDU 	H/PA 	UTS 	SSHA 	SWSY 	NW.J 	MAQU	UES3	MANL	PENR
2005	SYDU 	UTS 	MANL 	PENR 	SSHA 	MAQU 	H/PA 	SWSY	 	 	
2006	UTS 	SYDU 	MANL 	SSHA 	H/PA 	PENR 	MAQU 	SWSY	 	 	
2007	MANL 	SSHA 	UTS 	H/PA 	MAQU 	PENR 	NW.J 	 	 	 	
2008	UTS 	MANL 	H/PA 	SSHA 	MAQU 	CAMD 	PENR 	NW.J	 	 	
. 	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	 	 	 	
2014	BALM 	UTS2 	MAQU 	PH.2 	H/PA 	SPOW 	STG2 	ILLA	UES2	PENR	
. 	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	Too many seconds	 	 	 	
2017	STG2 	SU.3 	PH.2 	CAMD 	WMAG 	UTS2 	MAQU 	BALM	SPOW	H/PA	
2018	PH.3 	SU.4 	NS.3 	RAND 	NW.J 	WDIL 	UTS3 	CAMP	 	 	
2019	SU.4 	PH.3 	NS.3 	RAND 	NW.J 	CAMP 	UTS3 	WDIL	 	 	
==Abbreviations==
BALM - Balmain; BAUH - Baulkham Hills; CAMD - Camden; CAMP - Campbelltown; ECOA - East Coast; ESYD - East Sydney; HIL2 - Sydney Hills 2nds; H/PA - Holroyd/Parramatta; ILLA - Illawarra; MAQU - Macquarie University; MANL - Manly; NTHS - North Shore; NS.3 - North Shore 3rds; NW.J - North West Jets; PARR - Parramatta; PENH - Pennant Hills; PH.2 - Pennant Hills 2nds; PH.3 - Pennant Hills 3rds; PENR - Penrith; RAND - Randwick; ST.G - St.George; STG2 - St.George 2nds; SWSY - South West Sydney; SPOW - Southern Power; SSHA - Southern Sharks; SYDN - Sydney; SYDU - Sydney Uni; SU.2 - SYdney Uni 2nds; SU.3 - Sydney Uni 3rds; SU.4 - Sydney Uni 4ths; U/ES - New South Wales Uni/East Sydney; UES2 - New South Wales Uni/East Sydney 2nds; UES3 - New South Wales Uni/East Sydney 3rds; UTS - University of Technology Sydney; UTS2 - UTS 2nds; UTS3 - UTS 3rds; WMAG - Western Magic; WSUB - Western Suburbs; WDIL - Wollondilly; WOLL - Wollongong
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:National & State Leagues