Australian Football League (AFL)
The Australian Football League (AFL), formerly known as the Victorian Football League, is the elite Australian national competition in the sport of Australian football.
The AFL is the most attended professional sporting league in Australia. The previous two AFL Premiership Seasons have had a total regular season attendance of over six million and the average attendance of over 35,000 is the third highest of any professional sports league in the world.
The AFL evolved from the Victorian domestic competition and retains much of its history and tradition. Over the past 25 years it has grown into a national competition with teams based in five of the six Australian states although ten of the sixteen clubs are still based in Victoria.
The 16 teams play against each other in 22 rounds between late March and early September in a non-divisional format. These matches are followed by a series of finals matches which culminate in the two best teams playing off for the premiership in the AFL Grand Final, the best attended domestic club championship event in the world.
Clubs
- Forward to Victoria Metro
- Up to Australia
