List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia
This is an incomplete list of men's Australian rules football leagues in Australia.
There is also a Victorian only list of former Associations and Leagues too. In the early 1900s a lot of club's would move from one association to another and other football associations would be formed amongst nearby small rural clubs and towns.
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
For Rec Footy competitions, see Rec Footy#List of AFL Rec Footy Competitions.
Senior Football Leagues
Former Football Associations / Leagues
;Victoria| Name | State | Founded | Ended | Reason / Premiers | - |
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| Ailsa Football Association/Borung & Wimmera Football Association | Victoria | c. 1919 | c. 1922 | - | |
| 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 | - |
| Allans Flat & District Football Association | Victoria | 1923 | Also called Kiewa Valley FA too. 1923 Premiers: Allan's Flat FC | - | |
| Allansford District Football Association | Victoria | - | |||
| Alty Trophy | Victoria | 1898 | Teams: Bethanga, Gundowring, Osborne's Flat, Wodonga & Yckandandah. 1898 Premiers: Osborne's Flat | - | |
| Apollo Bay Football Association | Victoria | 1934 | - | ||
| Arapiles Football Association | Victoria | 1913 | 1945:after 1 year revival | 1913 Premiers: Natimuk FC 1914 Premiers: Natimuk FC 1915 Premiers: Lowan FC | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 League | Victoria | 1929 | 1931 | Clubs moved across to the Tatong & Thoona District FA | - |
| Benalla & District Football League | Victoria | 1947 | 2009 | Shut down by VCFL after 2009 because of a lack of clubs, who moved in the O&KFL | - |
| Benalla Mulwala Football League | Victoria | 1930 | 1937 | Teams crossed over to the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1938. | - |
| Benalla Yarrawonga Football Association | Victoria | 1906 | 1930 | Teams moved across to the Benalla Mulwala FA in 1931 | - |
| Benalla Yarrawonga Lines Football Association | Victoria | 1922 | 1922 Premiers: Devenish | - | |
| Benambra Football Association | Victoria | 1899 | Teams: Eskdale, Mitta, Sandy Creek, Tallandoon & Tallangatta. Swanton & Shannon Storekeepers Trophy. 1899 Premiers: Mitta | - | |
| Bourke Evelyn Football League | Victoria | 1890 | c. 1920 | A number of clubs joined the Diamond Valley FL. | - |
| J R Bremner Cup | Victoria | 1900 | 1900 - Mansfield & District Football competition cup Premiers: Mansfield FC | - | |
| Bright Shire Football Association | Victoria | 1900 | 1935 | Name change to Myrtleford & Bright Football League in 1936 | - |
| Cahill Cup | Victoria | 1893 | - | ||
| Carkeek Trophy | Victoria | 1898 | Teams: Eskdale, Mitta Mitta, Sandy Creek, Tallangatta, 1898 Premiers: Tallangatta FC | ||
| 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 Goulburn Valley Football League | Victoria | 1946 | 1952 | Went into recess at 1953 CGVFL - AGM. | - |
| Chiltern & District Football Association | Victoria | 1912 | 1956 | Clubs moved to O&KFL, Hume FL in 1957 | - |
| Clunes Football League | Victoria | 1931 | 1978 | Merged with Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Central Highlands FL. | - |
| Craven Football Trophy | Victoria | 1892 | 1894 | Cup donated by Albert William Craven. | - |
| Dederang & District Football Association | Victoria | 1935 | 1939 | 1935 Premiers: Eskdale FC 1936 Premiers: Tawonga FC 1937 Premiers: Kiewa FC 1938 Premiers: Eskdale FC 1939 Premiers: Tallangatta FC 1940 - Name change to Kiewa & Mitta Football League | - |
| Devenish Dookie Football Association | Victoria | 1899 | 1914 | Competition years of 1899, 1909 & 1914. | - |
| Dookie Football Association | Victoria | 1910 | 1910 - Grand Final: St. James Socialables d St. James | - | |
| Dookie Line Football Association | Victoria | 1919 | 1919 | - | |
| Eastern District Football League | Victoria | 1962 | 1997 | Merged with Knox Junior Football Association to form the EFL | - |
| Eastern Suburban Churches Football League | Victoria | 1923 | 1993 | Mergred With the SFL | - |
| Echuca Football League | Victoria | 1932 | 1989 | - | |
| Fagan McKay Trophy | Victoria | 1909 | 1909 - Premiers: Tallangatta Valley FC | - | |
| Fifteen Mile Creek Football Association | Victoria | 1910 | 1910 | 1910 Premiers: Greta South FC | - |
| J H Fitzgerald Cup | Victoria | 1884 | Fitzgerald was a solicitor in Yarrawonga who donated a cup. | - | |
| Freshwater Creek District Football Association | Victoria | 1920 | - | ||
| Federal District Football Association | Victoria / NSW | 1897 | 1902 | - | |
| Tom Gardner Cup | Victoria | 1891 | Competition cup between Mansfield & Jamieson | - | |
| 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 | - |
| Goorambat / Thoona Football Association | Victoria | 1910 | 1910 Premiers: Thoona | - | |
| Goulburn Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1888 | 1930 | Reformed in 1937, then a name change to Central Goulburn Valley Football League in 1946. | - |
| Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association | Victoria | 1926 | 1936 | Name changed to just Goulburn Valley Football Association at 1937 AGM. | - |
| Greta / Glenrowan Football Association | Victoria | 1906 | 1906 | Restructured competition. Moved into another local association. | - |
| Greta / Thoona Football Association | Victoria | 1919 | 1926 | - | |
| 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. | - |
| Johnson Trophy | Victoria | 1896 | - | ||
| Katandra & District Football Association | Victoria | 1930 | - | ||
| Kiewa & Mitta Football League | Victoria | 1940 | 1940 | 1940 Premiers: Mitta Valley. K&MFL folded after 1940 season due to WW2 | |
| Kiewa Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1902 | 1904 | Played for the Haig Trophy. 1902 Premiers: Gundowring FC 1904 Premiers: Yackandandah FC KVFA reformed in 1920. 1920 Premiers: Tallangatta 1921 Premiers: Granya FC 1924 Premiers: Dederang FC 1925 Premiers: Tallangatta 1926 Premiers: Granya FC 1927 Premiers: Granya FC | - |
| King Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1920 | 1934 | Teams merged in 1935 to become the King Valley FC & entered the O&KFL | - |
| 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 | - |
| Mitta Mitta Football Association | Victoria | 1905 | 1907 | Two section, 6 teams. 1905 Premiers: Sandy Creek FC. 1906 Premiers: Tallangatta FC 1907 Premiers: Granya FC | - |
| Mitta Mitta Football Association | Victoria | 1913 | 1913 Jerry Blanchfield / Eskdale Hotel Trophy Premiers: Tallangatta Valley FC | - | |
| Mitta Valley Football Association | 1914 | 1915 | 1914 & 1915 Jerry Blanchfield/Eskdale Hotel Trophy Premiers: Eskdale FC. MVFA reformed in 1919. 1919 Premiers: Granya FC 1925 Premiers: Eskdale FC 1928 Premiers: Mitta Valley FC | - | |
| Moira Football Association | Victoria | 1902 | 1905 | Moira FA & Tungamah FA merge to form Benalla / Yarrawonga FA | - |
| Mountain District Football Association | Victoria | c. 1930s | 1966 | Merged with Yarra Valley FA to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL | - |
| Mount Noorat Football League | Victoria | 1930 | 1991 | Merged with Heytesbury Football League to form the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League. | - |
| Mount Pleasant Football Association | Victoria | 1911 | 1912 | 1911 Premiers: Tatong FC. 1912 Premiers: Greta South FC | - |
| Murphy's Football Association | Victoria | 1906 | Played for the Murphy's Albion Hotel Trophy. 1906 Premiers: Yackandandah FC | - | |
| Murray Valley & North East Patriotic Football League | Victoria | 1944 | 1949 | - | |
| Myrtleford & Bright District Football League | Victoria | 1936 | 1949 | Walsh Shield | - |
| Nobel Hamburg Explosives Football Trophy | Victoria | 1900 | 1901 | Teams: Eskdale, Granya, Mitta Mitta, Sandy Creek & Tallangatta. 1900 Premiers: Mitta. 1901 Premiers: Granya | - |
| North East Central Football Association | Victoria | 1904 | 3 teams: Albury Imperials, Beechworth & Chiltern who moved into other competitions in 1905. | - | |
| North East District Football Association | Victoria | 1891 | 1912 | Clubs: Avenel, Benalla, Broadford, Euroa, Kilmore, Longwood, Nagambie, Seymour, Tallarook, Violet Town, Wandong, Yea. Superseded by the Waranga & North East FA. | - |
| North East Lines Football Association | Victoria | 1920 | 1921 | 1920 & 21 - Premiers: Benalla Rovers. | - |
| Northern & Echuca Football League | Victoria | 1990 | 1996 | 1997- Merged with Mid Murray Football League to form the Central Murray Football Netball League | - |
| Ovens District Football Association | Victoria | 1895 | 1899 | John A Isaacs Trophy. Superseded by Bright Shire FA. | - |
| Ovens Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1913 | 1914 | 1913 Premiers: Gapsted FC 1914 Premiers: Myrtleford FC. Went into recess in 1915 due to WW1. | - |
| Panton Hill and District Football League | Victoria | 1931 | 1987 | Clubs opted to leave and join the Diamond Valley FL and the Riddell District FL. | - |
| 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. | - |
| Riviera Football League | Victoria | 1986 | 2003 | Lack of clubs resulted in a merger with the East Gippsland FL. | - |
| Rout Trophy | Victoria | 1904 | Teams: Eskdale, Granya, Mitta Mitta & Tallangatta. 1904 Premiers: Granya FC | - | |
| Simons Loveridge Trophy | Victoria | 1900 | 1900 Premiers: Federals FC | - | |
| 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 | - |
| Tallangatta Football Association | Victoria | 1908 | 1908 - McKay Fagan Trophy Premiers: Sandy Creek FC. Reformed in 1922. Premiers: Tallangatta FC 1923 Premiers: Kiewa FC 1929 Premiers: Granya FC 1930 Premiers: Mitta Mitta FC 1931 Premiers: Mitta FC in 1935 clubs moved to the Dederang FA. | - | |
| Tatong Thoona Football League | Victoria | 1932 | 1940 | Went into recess due to WW2 & was superseded by the Benalla & District Football League in 1946 | - |
| Thoona District Football Association | Victoria | 1911 | 1911 | - | |
| Thoona / Glenrowan Football Association | Victoria | 1907 | 1929 | - | |
| Twamley Football Trophy | Victoria | 1910 | 1910 - Premiers: Granya FC 1911 Premiers: Tallangatta Valley FC | - | |
| Twomey Stewart Trophy | Victoria | 1909 | 1909 Premiers: Wodonga FC | - | |
| Tungamah 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. | - |
| Waranga & Nth Est Football Association | Victoria | 1913 | 1976 | John Gordon Sheild. Mick Minogue Shield. | - |
| Weiss Trophy | Victoria | 1897 | Donor – Karl Weis' Saloon, Wodonga. 1897 Premiers: Gundowring FC | - | |
| West Gippsland Football league | Victoria | 1927 | 2001 | Merged with the Gippsland Latrobe FL to form the WGLFL | - |
| 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 | - | |
| Wilby & District Football Association | Victoria | 1914 | 1941 | 1914 & 15 then 1940 & 41. | - |
| Winton / Glenrowan Football Association | Victoria | 1907 | 1908 | - | |
| Winton / Greta Football Association | Victoria | 1914 | 1914 | - | |
| Wodonga & District Football Association | Victoria | 1914 | 1914 Premiers: Federal Railways FC | - | |
| 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 | - | ||
| Yackandandah & District Football Association | Victoria | 1912 | 1912 Premiers: Dederang FC 1928 Premiers: Yackandandah FC 1929 Premiers: Bethanga FC 1930 Premiers: Kergunyah FC | - | |
| Yackandandah & District Football League | Victoria | 1931 & 40 | 1954 | Y&DFA changed its name to Y&DF League in 1931. 1931 Premiers: Talgarno FC 1940 Premiers: Yackandandah FC | - |
| Yarra Valley Football Association | Victoria | 1920 | 1966 | Merged with Mountain DFL to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL | - |
| Yarrawonga & Border Football Association | Victoria | 1895 | 1919 | In 1920 Yarrawonga returned to play in the Benalla Yarrawonga FA | - |
| Yungera District Football Association | Victoria | 1930 | - | ||
| Youth Christian Workers Football League | Victoria | 1958 | 1986 | Many clubs joined the Eastern Suburban Churches FA. | - |
Australia wide
| Name | State | Founded | Ended | Reason / Premiers | - |
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| 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 | - |
| 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. | - |
| Albury & Border Football Association | New South Wales | c. 1919 | 1927 | 1919 & 20 Premiers: St. Patrick's FC 1921 Premiers: Diggers FC 1922 & 23 Premiers: Hume Weir FC 1924 Premiers: Lavington FC 1925 Premiers: Ebden Rovers FC 1926 & 27 Premiers: Albury Rovers FC | - |
| Albury & District Football League | New South Wales | c. 1930 | 1957 | Clubs moved to the Farrer Football League in 1956 & 57. | - |
| 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 | - | |||
| 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 | - | |||
| Berrigan Football Association | New South Wales | - | |||
| Bundaberg Australian Football League | Queensland | 1972 | 1986 | Merged with Wide Bay Australian Football League | - |
| Central Highlands Australian Football League | Queensland | 1983 | 1997 | Folded due to lack of player numbers | - |
| Central Hume Football Association | New South Wales | 1928 | 1934 | Clubs moved into the Hume Football League | - |
| Central Riverina National Football League | New South Wales | 1949 | 1981 | Premiers: 1949 – Lockhart FC, 1950 – Osborne FC, 1951 – Collingullie, 1952 – Collingullie, 1953 – Boree Creek FC, 1954 – Yerong Creek FC d Milbrulong | - |
| Clear Hills Football Association | New South Wales | 1902 | 1903 | - | |
| Coreen & District Football League | New South Wales | 1909 | 2007 | Club mergers made the league unviable and remaining clubs joined the Hume FL. | - |
| Corowa & District Football Association | New South Wales | 1906 | 1907 | 1906 Premiers: Corowa FC, 1907 Premiers: Wahgunyah FC | - |
| Corowa & District Football Association | New South Wales | 1930 | 1935 | Renamed the Coreen & District Football League in 1936. | - |
| Deloraine Football Association | Tasmania | 1950 | 1983 | Merged with Esk Football Association to form the Esk-Deloraine Football Association. | - |
| Deniliquin Football Association | New South Wales | 1900 | 1932 | In 1933, Deniliquin FC was formed & entered the Echuca Football League. | - |
| 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 | - |
| Faithful & District Football Association | New South Wales | 1920 | 1940 | Went into recess in 1941 due to WW2 & never reformed. | - |
| Federal Football Association | New South Wales | 1905 | 1908 | - | |
| Gold Coast Australian Football League | Queensland | 1961 | 1996 | Restructured competition involving Brisbane and Sunshine Coast Clubs | - |
| Greengunyah Football Association | New South Wales | 1906? | |||
| Huon Football Association | Tasmania | 1895 | 1997 | Competition no longer viable. Club moved to Southern FL. | - |
| Lockhart & District Football Association | New South Wales | 1907 | - | ||
| Leeton & District Football Association | New South Wales | 1929 | 1939 | Went into recess in early 1940 | - |
| 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. | - |
| Milbrulong & District Football League | New South Wales | 1945 | 1948 | Premiers: 1945 – The Rock FC, 1946 – Milbrulong FC, 1947 – The Rock FC, 1948 – Lockhart FC. Changed its name to Central Riverina National Football League in 1949 | - |
| Murray Border Football Association | New South Wales | 1895 | - | ||
| 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. | - |
| Osborne & District Football Association | New South Wales | 1927 | - | ||
| Peninsula Football Association | Tasmania | 1988 | 2001 | competition folded after Premaydena went into recess. | - |
| Queenstown Football Association | Tasmania | 1924 | 1963 | Formed the West Tasmanian FA with Rosebery FA clubs. | - |
| Riverina Football Association | New South Wales | 1901 | 1901 | 1901 Premiers: Burryjaa FC | - |
| South Western District Football League | New South Wales | 1920 | 1940 | Went into recess in 1941 > WW2. Reformed in 1945 | - |
| Southern Riverina Football Association | New South Wales | 1905 | 1931 | Teams moved into the Murray Football League in 1932 | - |
| 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. | - |
| The Rock Football Association | New South Wales | - | |||
| Wagga Football Association | New South Wales | - | |||
| West Tasmanian Football League | Tasmania | 1964 | 1993 | Shortage of clubs. Clubs now part of the Darwin FA. | - |
| Wide Bay Australian Football League | Queensland | 1985 | 1986 | Merged with the Bundaberg Australian Football League | - |