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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