AFL

AFL (Australian Football League, česky Liga australského fotbalu) je nejvyšší australskou soutěží v australském fotbalu. Je nejsledovanější sportovní ligou v zemi, návštěvy se pohybují kolem 25 000 diváků na zápas.^[1] Vznikla roku 1897 v Melbourne a do roku 1989 nesla název Victorian Football League (teprve roku 1982 vznikl první klub mimo stát Victoria, když se South Melbourne FC přestěhoval do Sydney a přejmenoval na Sydney Swans).^[2]

Zápas Hawks proti Bombers, rok 2007

Ligu hraje osmnáct týmů, z nichž osm nejlepších po základní části postupuje do play off. Finále (Grand Final) se každoročně pořádá na Melbourne Cricket Ground, vždy poslední sobotu v září. Pro vítězný tým, je určen stříbrný pohár AFL Premiership Cup, nejlepší hráč sezóny obdrží cenu Brownlow Medal.

Vítězové

Finálové zápasy AFL

Rok	Domácí	Výsledek	Hosté
1897	Essendon		Geelong
1898	Fitzroy	38:23	Essendon
1899	Fitzroy	27:26	South Melbourne
1900	Melbourne	34:30	Fitzroy
1901	Essendon	43:16	Collingwood
1902	Collingwood	60:27	Essendon
1903	Collingwood	33:29	Fitzroy
1904	Fitzroy	61:37	Carlton
1905	Fitzroy	30:17	Collingwood
1906	Carlton	94:45	Fitzroy
1907	Carlton	50:45	South Melbourne
1908	Carlton	35:26	Essendon
1909	South Melbourne	38:36	Carlton
1910	Collingwood	61:47	Carlton
1911	Essendon	41:35	Collingwood
1912	Essendon	47:33	South Melbourne
1913	Fitzroy	55:43	St Kilda
1914	Carlton	45:39	South Melbourne
1915	Carlton	78:45	Collingwood
1916	Fitzroy	85:56	Carlton
1917	Collingwood	74:39	Fitzroy
1918	South Melbourne	62:57	Collingwood
1919	Collingwood	78:53	Richmond
1920	Richmond	52:35	Collingwood
1921	Richmond	36:32	Carlton
1922	Fitzroy	79:68	Collingwood
1923	Essendon	63:46	Fitzroy
1924	Essendon		Richmond
1925	Geelong	79:69	Collingwood
1926	Melbourne	119:72	Collingwood
1927	Collingwood	25:13	Richmond
1928	Collingwood	96:63	Richmond
1929	Collingwood	79:50	Richmond
1930	Collingwood	100:70	Geelong
1931	Geelong	68:48	Richmond
1932	Richmond	92:83	Carlton
1933	South Melbourne	71:29	Richmond
1934	Richmond	128:89	South Melbourne
1935	Collingwood	78:58	South Melbourne
1936	Collingwood	89:76	South Melbourne
1937	Geelong	122:90	Collingwood
1938	Carlton	100:85	Collingwood
1939	Melbourne	148:95	Collingwood
1940	Melbourne	107:68	Richmond
1941	Melbourne	127:98	Essendon
1942	Essendon	132:79	Richmond
1943	Richmond	86:81	Essendon
1944	Fitzroy	66:51	Richmond
1945	Carlton	103:75	South Melbourne
1946	Essendon	150:87	Melbourne
1947	Carlton	86:85	Essendon
1948	Melbourne	89:50	Essendon
1949	Essendon	125:52	Carlton
1950	Essendon	92:54	North Melbourne
1951	Geelong	81:70	Essendon
1952	Geelong	86:40	Collingwood
1953	Collingwood	77:65	Geelong
1954	Footsgray	102:51	Melbourne
1955	Melbourne	64:36	Collingwood
1956	Melbourne	111:48	Collingwood
1957	Melbourne	116:55	Essendon
1958	Collingwood	82:64	Melbourne
1959	Melbourne	115:78	Essendon
1960	Melbourne	62:14	Collingwood
1961	Hawthorn	93:51	Footsgray
1962	Essendon	90:58	Carlton
1963	Geelong	109:60	Hawthorn
1964	Melbourne	64:60	Collingwood
1965	Essendon	105:70	St Kilda
1966	St Kilda	74:73	Collingwood
1967	Richmond	114:105	Geelong
1968	Carlton	56:53	Essendon
1969	Richmond	85:60	Carlton
1970	Carlton	111:101	Collingwood
1971	Hawthorn	82:75	St Kilda
1972	Carlton	177:145	Richmond
1973	Richmond	116:86	Carlton
1974	Richmond	128:87	North Melbourne
1975	North Melbourne	122:67	Hawthorn
1976	Hawthorn	100:70	North Melbourne
1977	North Melbourne	151:124	Collingwood
1978	Hawthorn	121:103	North Melbourne
1979	Carlton	82:77	Collingwood
1980	Richmond	159:78	Collingwood
1981	Carlton	92:72	Collingwood
1982	Carlton	103:85	Richmond
1983	Hawthorn	140:63	Essendon
1984	Essendon	105:81	Hawthorn
1985	Essendon	170:92	Hawthorn
1986	Hawthorn	110:70	Carlton
1987	Carlton	104:73	Hawthorn
1988	Hawthorn	152:56	Melbourne
1989	Hawthorn	144:138	Geelong
1990	Collingwood	89:41	Essendon
1991	Hawthorn	139:86	West Coast
1992	West Coast Eagles	113:85	Geelong
1993	Essendon	133:89	Carlton
1994	West Coast	143:63	Geelong
1995	Carlton	141:80	Geelong
1996	North Melbourne	131:88	Sydney
1997	Adelaide	125:94	St Kilda
1998	Adelaide	105:70	North Melbourne
1999	North Melbourne	124:89	Carlton
2000	Essendon	135:75	Melbourne
2001	Brisbane Lions	108:82	Essendon
2002	Brisbane Lions	75:66	Collingwood
2003	Brisbane Lions	20.14 (134) – 12.12 (84)	Collingwood
2004	Port Adelaide	17.11 (113) – 10.13 (73)	Brisbane Lions
2005	Sydney	8.10 (58) – 7.12 (54)	West Coast
2006	Sydney	12.12 (84) – 12.13 (85)	West Coast
2007	Geelong	24.19 (163) – 6.8 (44)	Port Adelaide
2008	Geelong	11.23 (89) – 18.7 (115)	Hawthorn
2009	St Kilda	9.14 (68) – 18.8 (80)	Geelong
2010	Collingwood	9.14 (68) – 10.8 (68)	St Kilda
2010	Collingwood	16.12 (108) – 7.10 (52)	St Kilda
2011	Collingwood	12.9 (81) – 18.11 (119)	Geelong
2012	Hawthorn	11.15 (81) – 14.7 (91)	Sydney
2013	Hawthorn	11.11 (77) – 8.14 (62)	Fremantle
2014	Sydney	11.8 (74) – 21.11 (137)	Hawthorn
2015	Hawthorn	16.11 (107) – 8.13 (61)	West Coast
2016	Sydney	10.7 (67) – 13.11 (89)	Western Bulldogs

Účastníci (2016)

• Adelaide Football Club (Crows), Adelaide
• Brisbane Lions Football Club (Lions), Brisbane
• Carlton Football Club (Blues), Carlton
• Collingwood Football Club (Magpies), Collingwood
• Essendon Football Club (Bombers), Essendon
• Fremantle Football Club (Dockers), Fremantle
• Geelong Football Club (Cats), Geelong
• Gold Coast Football Club (Suns), Gold Coast
• Greater Western Sydney Football Club (Giants), Sydney
• Hawthorn Football Club (Hawks'), Hawthorn
• North Melbourne Football Club (Kangaroos), North Melbourne
• Melbourne Football Club (Demons), Melbourne
• Port Adelaide Football Club (Power), Alberton
• Richmond Football Club (Tigers), Richmond
• St Kilda Football Club (Saints), St Kilda
• Sydney Swans Football Club (Swans), Sydney
• West Coast Eagles Football Club (Eagles), Perth
• Western Bulldogs Football Club (Bulldogs), Footscray