2001 Brisbane Lions season

The Brisbane Lions' 2001 season was its fifth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won the first premiership in its history.

Brisbane Lions

2001 season
Coach	Leigh Matthews
Captain(s)	Michael Voss
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season	2nd
Finals series	Premiers
Best and fairest	Simon Black Michael Voss
Leading goalkicker	Alastair Lynch (58 goals)
Highest home attendance	36,149 vs. Essendon (2 June 2001)[1]
Lowest home attendance	20,059 vs. Fremantle (29 April 2001)[1]
Average home attendance	27,637
Club membership	18,330
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Season summary

Home and away season

See also: 2001 AFL season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
1	31 March (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	93	99	Football Park (A)	25,948
2	8 April (2:10 pm)	Kangaroos	118	58	The Gabba (H)	22,970
3	14 April (2:10 pm)	Richmond	94	116	MCG (A)	31,688
4	21 April (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	87	140	Docklands Stadium (A)	20,322
5	29 April (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	171	122	The Gabba (H)	20,059
6	5 May (7:40 pm)	Geelong	116	61	The Gabba (H)	25,881
7	13 May (2:10 pm)	Sydney	112	80	SCG (A)	22,390
8	19 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	68	142	Princes Park (A)	21,997
9	26 May (7:40 pm)	Adelaide	122	127	The Gabba (H)	24,122
10	2 June (7:40 pm)	Essendon	102	74	The Gabba (H)	36,149
11	9 June (5:40 pm)	West Coast	84	62	Subiaco Oval (A)	25,588
12	17 June (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	148	99	The Gabba (A)	23,740
13	29 June (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn	140	53	The Gabba (H)	30,573
14	7 July (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	119	62	The Gabba (H)	22,911
15	15 July (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	129	103	MCG (A)	45,016
16	21 July (7:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	94	60	The Gabba (H)	29,547
17	28 July (7:00 pm)	Kangaroos	136	115	Docklands Stadium (A)	26,776
18	5 August (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	136	103	The Gabba (H)	26,872
19	12 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond	128	97	The Gabba (H)	31,324
20	19 August (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	138	87	Subiaco Oval (A)	15,136
21	26 August (2:10 pm)	Geelong	110	67	Kardinia Park (A)	24,325
22	1 September (7:40 pm)	Sydney	93	62	The Gabba (H)	33,606

Finals series

See also: 2001 AFL season § Finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
Second qualifying final	8 September (7:45 pm)	Port Adelaide	88	56	The Gabba	32,380
Second preliminary final	22 September (7:45 pm)	Richmond	136	68	The Gabba	37,032
Grand Final	29 September (2:30 pm)	Essendon	108	82	MCG	91,482

Ladder

2001 AFL ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Essendon	22	17	5	0	2548	1895	134.5	68	Finals series
2	Brisbane Lions (P)	22	17	5	0	2538	1989	127.6	68
3	Port Adelaide	22	16	6	0	2473	1918	128.9	64
4	Richmond	22	15	7	0	2126	1973	107.8	60
5	Carlton	22	14	8	0	2311	1797	128.6	56
6	Hawthorn	22	13	9	0	2149	2041	105.3	52
7	Sydney	22	12	10	0	2121	1833	115.7	48
8	Adelaide	22	12	10	0	2085	2026	102.9	48
9	Collingwood	22	11	11	0	2232	2088	106.9	44
10	Western Bulldogs	22	10	12	0	2305	2458	93.8	40
11	Melbourne	22	10	12	0	2136	2364	90.4	40
12	Geelong	22	9	13	0	1926	2054	93.8	36
13	Kangaroos	22	9	13	0	2161	2371	91.1	36
14	West Coast	22	5	17	0	1708	2590	65.9	20
15	St Kilda	22	4	18	0	1917	2642	72.6	16
16	Fremantle	22	2	20	0	1794	2491	72.0	8

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers