List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia
This is a list of men's Australian rules football leagues in Australia. There are active leagues in all states and territories for senior players.
For Women's Australian rules football see List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia
- See Also 'List of Australian rules football leagues outside Australia
For Rec Footy (social non-contact) competitions, see Rec Footy#List of AFL Rec Footy Competitions.
Seniors[]
Current[]
| Name | State | Founded | Clubs | Divisions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Footy League | South Australia | 1911 | 68 | 7 |
| Adelaide Plains Football League | South Australia | 1904 | 7 | 1 |
| AFL Cairns | Queensland | 1957 | 7 | 1 |
| AFL Capricornia | Queensland | 1974 | 6 | 1 |
| AFL Darling Downs | Queensland | 1971 | 7 | 2 |
| AFL Mackay | Queensland | 1970 | 7 | 1 |
| AFL Mount Isa | Queensland | 1967 | 4 | 1 |
| AFL Townsville | Queensland | 1955 | 5 | 1 |
| AFL Wide Bay | Queensland | 1987 | 4 | 1 |
| Alberton Football League | Victoria | 1946 | 7 | 1 |
| Australian Football League | National | 1897 | 18 | 1 |
| Avon Football Association | Western Australia | 1959 | 7 | 1 |
| Ballarat Football League | Victoria | 1893 | 11 | 1 |
| Barkly Australian Football League | Northern Territory | 1991 | 7 | 1 |
| Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association | South Australia | 1987 | 9 | 1 |
| Bellarine Football League | Victoria | 1971 | 10 | 1 |
| Bendigo Football League | Victoria | 1880 | 10 | 1 |
| Big Rivers Australian Football League | Northern Territory | 1982 | 8 | 1 |
| Black Diamond Australian Football League | New South Wales | 1888 | 6 | 1 |
| Broken Hill Football League | New South Wales | 1890 | 4 | 1 |
| Central Australian Football League | Northern Territory | 1947 | 15 | 3 |
| Central Highlands Football League | Victoria | 1979 | 18 | 1 |
| Central Kimberley Football Association | Western Australia | 1991 | 5 | 1 |
| Central Midlands Coastal Football League | Western Australia | 1992 | 5 | 1 |
| Central Murray Football League | Victoria | 1997 | 11 | 1 |
| Central West Australian Football League | New South Wales | 1981 | 4 | 1 |
| Central Wheatbelt Football League | Western Australia | 1967 | 6 | 1 |
| Circular Head Football Association | Tasmania | 1919 | 4 | 1 |
| Colac & District Football League | Victoria | 1937 | 11 | 1 |
| Darwin Football Association | Tasmania | 1951 | 8 | 1 |
| East Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1974 | 8 | 1 |
| East Kimberley Football Association | Western Australia | 1970 | 10 | 1 |
| Eastern Districts Football League | Western Australia | 1960 | 8 | 1 |
| Eastern Eyre Football League | South Australia | 1989 | 4 | 1 |
| Eastern Football League | Victoria | 1997 | 46 | 4 |
| Ellinbank & District Football League | Victoria | 1937 | 15 | 1 |
| Esperance District Football Association | Western Australia | 1956 | 4 | 1 |
| Essendon District Football League | Victoria | 1930 | 26 | 3 |
| Far North Football League | South Australia | 1948 | 5 | 1 |
| Far West Football League | South Australia | 1909 | 4 | 1 |
| Farrer Football League | New South Wales | 1957 | 9 | 1 |
| Fortescue National Football League | Western Australia | 1971 | 4 | 1 |
| Gascoyne Football Association | Western Australia | 1908 | 4 | 1 |
| Geelong & District Football League | Victoria | 1880 | 12 | 1 |
| Geelong Football League | Victoria | 1979 | 12 | 1 |
| Gippsland League | Victoria | 2002 | 10 | 1 |
| Golden Rivers Football League | Victoria | 1998 | 9 | 1 |
| Goldfields Football League | Western Australia | 1896 | 5 | 1 |
| Goulburn Valley Football League | Victoria | 1892 | 12 | 1 |
| Gove Australian Football League | Northern Territory | 1975 | 5 | 1 |
| Great Flinders Football League | South Australia | 1927 | 6 | 1 |
| Great Northern Football League | Western Australia | 1961 | 7 | 1 |
| Great Southern Football League | South Australia | 1923 | 10 | 1 |
| Great Southern Football League | Western Australia | 1990 | 6 | 1 |
| Hampden Football Netball League | Victoria | 1930 | 10 | 1 |
| Heathcote District Football League | Victoria | 1907 | 9 | 1 |
| Hills Football League | South Australia | 1902 | 19 | 2 |
| Horsham & District Football League | Victoria | 1937 | 11 | 1 |
| Hume Football League | New South Wales | 1935 | 15 | 1 |
| Kangaroo Island Football League | South Australia | 1950 | 5 | 1 |
| King Island Football Association | Tasmania | 1908 | 3 | 1 |
| Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League | South Australia | 1993 | 11 | 1 |
| Kyabram & District Football League | Victoria | 1932 | 13 | 1 |
| Loddon Valley Football League | Victoria | 1902 | 9 | 1 |
| Lower South West Football League | Western Australia | 1959 | 7 | 1 |
| Mallee Football League | South Australia / Victoria | 1994 | 6 | 1 |
| Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League | Victoria | 1982 | 14 | 1 |
| Mid Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1936 | 10 | 1 |
| Mid South Eastern Football League | South Australia | 1936 | 9 | 1 |
| Mid West Football League | South Australia | 1988 | 6 | 1 |
| Millewa Football League | Victoria | 1926 | 6 | 1 |
| Mininera & District Football League | Victoria | 1925 | 12 | 1 |
| Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League | Victoria | 1987 | 22 | 2 |
| Mortlock Football League | Western Australia | 1945 | 7 | 1 |
| Murray Football League | Victoria | 1931 | 13 | 1 |
| Newman National Football League | Western Australia | 1972 | 4 | 1 |
| North Central Football League | Victoria | 1930 | 7 | 1 |
| North Coast Australian Football League | New South Wales | 1982 | 5 | 1 |
| North East Australian Football League | ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland | 2010 | 11 | 1 |
| North Eastern Football League | South Australia | 1946 | 8 | 1 |
| North Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1955 | 11 | 1 |
| North Midlands Football League | Western Australia | 1924 | 6 | 1 |
| North Pilbara Football League | Western Australia | 1977 | 6 | 1 |
| North Western Football Association | Tasmania | 1894 | 9 | 1 |
| Northern Areas Football Association | South Australia | 1909 | 6 | 1 |
| Northern Football League | Victoria | 1922 | 25 | 3 |
| Northern Riverina Football League | New South Wales | 1924 | 6 | 1 |
| Northern Tasmanian Football Association | Tasmania | 1996 | 19 | 2 |
| Northern Tasmanian Football League | Tasmania | 1987 | 8 | 1 |
| Northern Territory Football League | Northern Territory | 1916 | 8 | 1 |
| Oatlands District Football Association | Tasmania | 1952 | 8 | 1 |
| Old Scholars Football Association | Tasmania | 1987 | 7 | 1 |
| Omeo & District Football League | Victoria | 1925 | 6 | 1 |
| Ongerup Football Association | Western Australia | 1963 | 6 | 1 |
| Ovens & King Football League | Victoria | 1902 | 12 | 1 |
| Ovens & Murray Football League | Victoria/ New South Wales | 1894 | 10 | 1 |
| Peel Football League | South Australia | 1992 | 8 | 1 |
| Picola & District Football League | Victoria | 1935 | 17 | 2 |
| Port Lincoln Football League | South Australia | 1910 | 6 | 1 |
| Queensland Australian Football League | Queensland | 1905 | 10 | 2 |
| Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association | Western Australia | 1968 | 3 | 1 |
| Riddell District Football League | Victoria | 1902 | 13 | 1 |
| Riverina Football League | New South Wales | 1982 | 9 | 1 |
| Riverland Football League | South Australia | 1909 | 13 | 2 |
| River Murray Football League | South Australia | 1931 | 7 | 1 |
| Sapphire Coast Australian Football League | New South Wales | 1984 | 6 | 1 |
| South Australian National Football League | South Australia | 1877 | 10 | 1 |
| South Coast Australian Football League | New South Wales | 1969 | 7 | 1 |
| South East Football Netball League | Victoria | 2015 | 9 | 1 |
| South West Football League | Western Australia | 1957 | 10 | 1 |
| South West District Football League | Victoria | 1970 | 8 | 1 |
| Southern Football League | South Australia | 1896 | 15 | 1 |
| Southern Football League | Tasmania | 1996 | 10 | 1 |
| Southern Football League | Victoria | 1992 | 32 | 3 |
| Spencer Gulf Football League | South Australia | 1961 | 6 | 1 |
| Sunraysia Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 8 | 1 |
| Sydney Australian Football League | New South Wales | 1903 | 23 | 5 |
| Tallangatta & District Football League | Victoria | 1908 | 12 | 1 |
| Tamworth Football League | New South Wales | 1997 | 7 | 1 |
| Tasmanian Football League | Tasmania | 2009 | 10 | 1 |
| Tiwi Islands Football League | Northern Territory | 1944 | 7 | 1 |
| Upper Great Southern Football League | Western Australia | 1959 | 8 | 1 |
| Upper Murray Football League | Victoria | 1894 | 6 | 1 |
| Victorian Amateur Football Association | Victoria | 1892 | 72 | 7 |
| Victorian Football League | Victoria | 1996 | 15 | 1 |
| Warrnambool & District Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 12 | 1 |
| Western Australia | 1922 | 65 | 6 | |
| West Australian Football League | Western Australia | 1885 | 9 | 1 |
| West Gippsland Football Netball League | Victoria | 2017 | 10 | 1 |
| West Kimberley Football Association | Western Australia | 1948 | 8 | 1 |
| Western Border Football League | Victoria/ South Australia | 1964 | 6 | 1 |
| Western Region Football League | Victoria | 1931 | 25 | 3 |
| Whyalla Football League | South Australia | 1927 | 6 | 1 |
| Wimmera Football League | Victoria | 1937 | 8 | 1 |
| Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League | Victoria | 1966 | 19 | 2 |
| Yorke Peninsula Football League | South Australia | 1888 | 9 | 1 |
Former[]
| Name | State | Founded | Ended | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Football Association | South Australia | c. 1916 | c. 1920 | |
| Adelaide Metropolitan Football League/Metropolitan Football Association | South Australia | |||
| Adelaide Suburban Football League/Norwood-North Adelaide Football Association | South Australia | 1969 | c. 1979 | |
| Adelaide & Suburban Football League/South Adelaide District Football Association | South Australia | 1911 | 1947 | Many clubs had moved to the West Torrens District Football Association. |
| AFL Canberra | ACT & NSW | 1924 | 2010 | Merged with QAFL to form North East Australian Football League |
| Ailsa Football Association/Borung & Wimmera Football Association | Victoria | c. 1919 | c. 1922 | |
| Albany Football Association | Western Australia | 1957 | Merged with the Mount Barker FA to form the Southern Districts Football League. | |
| Albert Football Association | South Australia | 1920 | 1923 | Disbanded due to many clubs folding. |
| Alberton Football Association/Alberton Shire Football Association | Victoria | 1928 | 1940 | Replaced by the Alberton Football League in 1946. |
| Alberton Shire Football Association/South Gippsland Football Association | Victoria | c. 1889 | 1927 | Replaced by the Alberton Football Association |
| Albury & Border Football Association | New South Wales | c. 1920 | ||
| Albury & District Football League | New South Wales | c. 1930 | 1957 | Clubs later moved to the Farrer Football League |
| Albury-Bandiana Australian Rules Army Competition | New South Wales/Victoria | 1944 | 1945 | Merged with the Bonegilla Australian Rules Army Competition to form the Bandiana-Bonegilla Australian Rules Army Competition |
| Alice Springs Football Association | Northern Territory | |||
| Allans Flat District Football Association | Victoria | 1923 | ||
| Allansford District Football Association | Victoria | |||
| Apollo Bay Football Association | Victoria | 1934 | ||
| Arapiles Football Association | Victoria | 1945 (after a one-year revival) | ||
| Ararat Inter - Church Football Association | Victoria | 1928 | 1931 | |
| Ararat and District Football Association | Victoria | 1931 | 2000 | Shut down by VCFL because of lack of clubs. Remaining clubs dispersed into Horsham & District Football League and Mininera & District Football League |
| Ardlethan District Football League | New South Wales | |||
| Ariah Park & District Football League | New South Wales | c. 1952 | ||
| Arthur West Football League | Western Australia | |||
| Augusta-Margaret River Football Association | Western Australia | |||
| Avoca District Football Association | Victoria | 1909 | 1921 | Clubs in the league later moved to the Mountain Creek Football Association and the Pyrenees District Football Association |
| Avon Football Association | Victoria | |||
| Avon Valley Football Association | Victoria | |||
| Bacchus Marsh Football League | Victoria | 1919 | 1973 | Merged with Ballarat FL District Section to form the Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh FL. |
| Bairnsdale District Football League | Victoria | 1947 | 1972 | Merged with the Gippsland FL to form the East Gippsland Football League |
| Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh Football League | Victoria | 1973 | 1978 | Merged with Clunes FL to form the Central Highlands FL. |
| Ballarat Football League District Section | Victoria | 1959 | 1973 | Merged with Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL. |
| Ballarat - Wimmera Football League | Victoria | 1934 | 1937 | League split into the Ballarat Football League and Wimmera Football League after initially being separate before 1934. |
| Bass Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1901 | 1954 | Merged with Wonthaggi and DFL to form Bass Valley-Wonthaggi & DFL |
| Bass Valley-Wonthaggi and District Football League | Victoria | 1955 | 1995 | League broken up with teams joining the Alberton FL and Ellinbank DFL. |
| Benalla & District Football League | Victoria | 1947 | 2009 | Shut down by VCFL because of lack of clubs |
| Bourke Evelyn Football League | Victoria | 1890 | c. 1920 | A number of clubs joined the Diamond Valley FL. |
| Bundaberg Australian Football League | Queensland | 1972 | 1986 | Merged with Wide Bay Australian Football League |
| Catholic Young Men Society | Victoria | 1910 | 1974 | Disbanded, Clubs joined YCW or Metropolitan FL |
| Central Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1909 | 1953 | Restructure caused the formation of Latrobe Valley FL |
| Central Highlands Australian Football League | Queensland | 1983 | 1997 | Folded due to lack of player numbers |
| Clunes Football League | Victoria | 1931 | 1978 | Merged with Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Central Highlands FL. |
| Coreen & District Football League | New South Wales | 1909 | 2007 | Club mergers made the league unviable and remaining clubs joined the Hume FL. |
| Deloraine Football Association | Tasmania | 1950 | 1983 | Merged with Esk Football Association to form the Esk-Deloraine Football Association. |
| Esk Football Association | Tasmania | 1930 | 1983 | Merged with Deloraine Football Association to form the Esk-Deloraine Football Association. |
| Esk-Deloraine Football Association | Tasmania | 1984 | 1997 | All clubs joined the Northern Tasmanian Football Association |
| Eastern District Football League | Victoria | 1962 | 1997 | Merged with Knox Junior Football Assiocation to form the EFL |
| Eastern Suburban Churches Football League | Victoria | 1923 | 1993 | Mergred With the SFL |
| Freshwater Creek District Football Association | Victoria | 1920 | ||
| Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1902 | 1972 | Merged with the Bairnsdale District FL to form the East Gippsland Football League |
| Gippsland Latrobe Football League | Victoria | 1954 | 2001 | Merged with the West Gippsland FL to form the WGLFL |
| Glen Alvie Football Association | Victoria | 1932 | 1945 | Merged with the Wonthaggia FA to form the Wonthaggia & DFL |
| Gold Coast Australian Football League | Queensland | 1961 | 1996 | Restructured competition involving Brisbane and Sunshine Coast Clubs |
| Heidelberg District Football League | Victoria | 1909 | 1921 | Renamed the Diamond Valley FL for season 1922 |
| Heytesbury Football League | Victoria | 1980 | 1991 | Merged with Mt Noorat Football League to form the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League. |
| Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League | Victoria | 1992 | 2002 | Competition no longer viable. |
| Huon Football Association | Tasmania | 1895 | 1997 | Competition no longer viable. Club moved to Southern FL. |
| Lexton Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 1998 | Merged with the Western Plains Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League |
| Lexton Plains Football League | Victoria | 1999 | 2010 | Disbanded in December 2010, clubs joined Mininera & District Football League, Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League and Central Highlands Football League |
| Maryborough Australian Football League | Queensland | 1981 | 1983 | Folded due to lack of player numbers |
| Mid Murray Football Association | South Australia | 1910 | 2009 | Lack of clubs forced teams to move to the Hills FA and the North East FL. |
| Mountain District Football Association | Victoria | c. 1930s | 1966 | Merged with Yarra Valley FA to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL |
| Mt Noorat Football League | Victoria | 1930 | 1991 | Merged with Heytesbury Football League to form the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League. |
| North West Football Union | Tasmania | 1910 | 1986 | Those clubs that didn't join the new Tasmanian Football League merged with the Northern Tasmania Football Association to create the Northern Tasmania Football League. |
| Northern Tasmanian Football Association | Tasmania | 1886 | 1986 | Those clubs that didn't join the new Tasmanian Football League merged with the North West Football Union to create the Northern Tasmania Football League. |
| Ovens Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1919 | 1936 | |
| Panton Hill and District Football League | Victoria | 1931 | 1987 | Clubs opted to leave and join the Diamond Valley FL and the Riddell District FL. |
| Peninsula Football Association | Tasmania | 1988 | 2001 | competition folded after Premaydena went into recess. |
| Portland District Football League | Victoria | 1955 | 1969 | Merged with Port Fairy Football League to form Portland Port Fairy Football League. |
| Port Fairy Football League | Victoria | 1926 | 1969 | Merged with Portland District Football League to form Portland Port Fairy Football League. |
| Queenstown Football Association | Tasmania | 1924 | 1963 | Formed the West Tasmanian FA with Rosebery FA clubs. |
| Riviera Football League | Victoria | 1986 | 2003 | Lack of clubs resulted in a merger with the East Gippsland FL. |
| South Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1954 | 1969 | Competition not viable after weaker clubs left. |
| South West Gippsland Football League | Victoria | 1954 | 1994 | League was absorbed by the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League |
| Students Football Association | South Australia | c. 1922 | c. 1937 | |
| Sunday Football League | Western Australia | 1983 | 2009 | |
| Sunshine Coast Australian Football League | Queensland | 1970 | 1992 | Restructured competition involving Brisbane and Gold Coast Clubs |
| Tamar Football Association | Tasmania | 1970 | 1984 | clubs joined the Tasmanian Amateurs Northern Division. |
| Tasman Football Association | Tasmania | 1910 | 2001 | clubs joined the Southern Football League. |
| Tungarmah Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 1996 | Merged with Goulburn Valley FL and became 2nd division and then the Central Gippsland FL. Most TFL clubs are now part of the Picola DFL. |
| West Gippsland Football league | Victoria | 1927 | 2001 | Merged with the Gippsland Latrobe FL to form the WGLFL |
| West Tasmanian Football League | Tasmania | 1964 | 1993 | Shortage of clubs. Clubs now part of the Darwin FA. |
| Western Plains Football League | Victoria | 1930 | 1998 | Merged with the Lexton Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League |
| Western Port - Wonthaggi Football Association | Victoria | 1936 | Merged with the Wonthaggi JFA to form the Wonthaggi FA | |
| Wide Bay Australian Football League | Queensland | 1985 | 1986 | Merged with the Bundaberg Australian Football League |
| Wonthaggi and District Football League | Victoria | 1945 | 1954 | Merged with the Bass Valley FL to form Bass Valley-Wonthaggi & DFL |
| Wonthaggi Football Association | Victoria | 1937 | 1944 | Merged with the Glen Alive FA to form Wonthaggi & DFL |
| Wonthaggi Junior Football Association | Victoria | 1923 | 1936 | Merged with the Western Port - Wonthaggi FA to form the Wonthaggi FA |
| Wycheproof-Charlton District Football Association | Victoria | 1890 | ||
| Yarra Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1920 | 1966 | Merged with Mountain DFL to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL |
| Yackandandah Football League | Victoria | 1954 | ||
| Yungera District Football Association | Victoria | 1930 | ||
| Youth Christian Workers Football League | Victoria | 1958 | 1986 | Many clubs joined the Eastern Suburban Churches FA. |
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