Pre-Season/Night Series Premiers

 

The VFL's night series competition began in 1956, when a crowd of 32,450 turned out to see South Melbourne defeat Carlton at the Lake Oval. This remained the grand final venue until 1972, when the competition was suspened for five years. Upon resumption in 1977, the grand final was held at Waverley Park.

 

From 1988 onwards, the pre-season competition has begun in February and been decided before the premiership season begins. The Grand Final is still played at night, but some matches during the preliminary rounds are played during the day.

 

Year	Winner	Runner Up
1956	South Melbourne	Carlton
1957	South Melbourne	Geelong
1958	St Kilda	Carlton
1959	Fitzroy	Hawthorn
1960	South Melbourne	Hawthorn
1961	Geelong	North Melbourne
1962	Richmond	Hawthorn
1963	Footscray	Richmond
1964	Footscray	St Kilda
1965	North Melbourne	Carlton
1966	North Melbourne	Hawthorn
1967	Footscray	South Melbourne
1968	Hawthorn	North Melbourne
1969	Hawthorn	Melbourne
1970	Footscray	Melbourne
1971	Melbourne	Fitzroy
No matches played 1972-1976
1977	Hawthorn	Carlton
1978	Fitzroy	North Melbourne
1979	Collingwood	Hawthorn
1980	North Melbourne	Collingwood
1981	Essendon	Carlton
1982	Sydney	North Melbourne
1983	Carlton	Richmond
1984	Essendon	Sydney
1985	Hawthorn	Essendon
1986	Hawthorn	Carlton
1987	Melbourne	Essendon
1988	Hawthorn	Geelong
1989	Melbourne	Geelong
1990	Essendon	North Melbourne
1991	Hawthorn	North Melbourne
1992	Hawthorn	Fitzroy
1993	Essendon	Richmond
1994	Essendon	Adelaide
1995	North Melbourne	Adelaide
1996	St Kilda	Carlton
1997	Carlton	Geelong
1998	North Melbourne	St Kilda
1999	Hawthorn	Port Adelaide
2000	Essendon	Kangaroos
2001	Port Adelaide	Brisbane
2002	Port Adelaide	Richmond
2003	Adelaide	Collingwood
2004	St Kilda	Geelong
2005	Carlton	West Coast
2006	Geelong	Adelaide
2007	Carlton	Brisbane

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