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This is a list of clubs that play Australian rules football in Australia at the senior level. Guide to abbreviations:

• FC = Football Club
• AFC = Australian Football Club (mainly used if in Queensland or NSW or outside Australia) / Amateur Football Club (mainly used in the other Australian States)
• ARFC = Australian Rules Football Club

Australia

National Level

Australian Football League

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Joined VFL/AFL	Main Ground(s)	Location
	Adelaide Football Club	1990	1991	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide, South Australia
	Brisbane Lions	1996	1997	The Gabba	Brisbane, Queensland
	Carlton Football Club	1864	1897	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria
	Collingwood Football Club	1892	1897	MCG	Melbourne, Victoria
	Essendon Football Club	1872	1897	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria
	Fremantle Football Club	1994	1995	Optus Stadium	Perth, Western Australia
	Geelong Football Club	1859	1897	GMHBA Stadium	Geelong, Victoria
	Gold Coast Football Club	2008	2011	Metricon Stadium	Gold Coast, Queensland
	Greater Western Sydney Giants	2008	2012	Spotless Stadium UNSW Canberra Oval	Western Sydney, New South Wales
	Hawthorn Football Club	1902	1925	MCG	Melbourne, Victoria
	Melbourne Football Club	1858	1897	MCG	Melbourne, Victoria
	North Melbourne Football Club	1869	1925	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria
	Port Adelaide Football Club	1870	1997	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide, South Australia
	Richmond Football Club	1885	1908	MCG	Melbourne, Victoria
	St Kilda Football Club	1873	1897	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria
	Sydney Swans	1874	1897	SCG	Sydney, New South Wales
	West Coast Eagles	1986	1987	Optus Stadium	Perth, Western Australia
	Western Bulldogs	1877	1925	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria

AFL Women's

State Level

Victorian Football League

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Main Ground	Location
	Box Hill Hawks	1936	Box Hill City Oval	Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
	Brisbane Lions (Reserves)	1996	South Pine Sports Complex	Brendale, Brisbane, Queensland
	Carlton Blues (Reserves)	1864	Princes Park	Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria
	Casey Scorpions	1903	Casey Fields	Melbourne, Victoria
	Coburg Lions	1891	Coburg City Oval	Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria
	Collingwood Football Club (Reserves)	1892	Victoria Park	Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria
	Essendon Bombers (Reserves)	1871	Windy Hill	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria
	Footscray Football Club (Reserves)	1877	Whitten Oval	Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria
	Frankston Dolphins	1887	Frankston Park	Frankston, Melbourne, Victoria
	Geelong Cats (Reserves)	1859	Kardinia Park	Geelong East, Geelong, Victoria
	Gold Coast Suns (Reserves)	2008	Carrara Stadium	Carrara, Gold Coast, Queensland
	Greater Western Sydney Giants (Reserves)	2008	Blacktown ISP Oval	Rooty Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
	North Melbourne Kangaroos (Reserves)	1869	North Melbourne Cricket Ground	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
	Northern Bullants	1882	Preston City Oval	Preston, Melbourne, Victoria
	Port Melbourne Borough	1874	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	Port Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
	Richmond Tigers (Reserves)	1885	Punt Road Oval	East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
	Sandringham Zebras	1929	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria
	Southport Sharks	1961	Fankhauser Reserve	Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland
	Werribee Football Club	1965	Avalon Airport Oval	Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria
	Williamstown Seagulls	1864	Williamstown Cricket Ground	Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria

South Australian National Football League

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Main Ground	Location
	Adelaide Football Club	1990	Several	Adelaide, South Australia
	Central District Bulldogs	1959	X Convenience Oval	Elizabeth, South Australia
	Glenelg Tigers	1920	ACH Group Stadium	Glenelg, South Australia
	North Adelaide Roosters	1888	Prospect Oval	Prospect, South Australia
	Norwood Redlegs	1878	Coopers Stadium	Norwood, South Australia
	Port Adelaide Magpies	1870	Alberton Oval	Alberton, South Australia
	South Adelaide Panthers	1876	Flinders University Oval	Noarlunga Downs, South Australia
	Sturt Double Blues	1901	Wigan Oval	Unley, South Australia
	West Adelaide Bloods	1873	Hisense Stadium	Richmond, South Australia
	Woodville-West Torrens Eagles	1991	Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval	Woodville, South Australia

West Australian Football League

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Main Ground	Location
	Claremont Tigers	1921	Claremont Oval	Perth, Western Australia
	East Fremantle Sharks	1898	East Fremantle Oval	Fremantle, Western Australia
	East Perth Royals	1906	Medibank Stadium	Perth, Western Australia
	Peel Thunder	1997	Rushton Park	Mandurah, Western Australia
	Perth Demons	1899	Eftel Oval	Perth, Western Australia
	South Fremantle Bulldogs	1900	Fremantle Oval	Fremantle, Western Australia
	Subiaco Lions	1896	Medibank Stadium	Perth, Western Australia
	Swan Districts Swans	1934	Steel Blue Oval	Bassendean, Western Australia
	West Coast Eagles (Reserves)	1986	Optus Stadium	Perth, Western Australia
	West Perth Falcons	1885	Arena Joondalup	Joondalup, Western Australia

Tasmanian State League

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Main Ground	Location
	Clarence Roos	1898	Bellerive Oval	Bellerive, Tasmania
	Glenorchy Magpies	1919	KGV Oval	Glenorchy, Tasmania
	Lauderdale Bombers	1948	Lauderdale Oval	Lauderdale, Tasmania
	Launceston Blues	1875	Windsor Park	Launceston, Tasmania
	North Hobart Demons	1881	North Hobart Oval	Hobart, Tasmania
	North Launceston Bombers	1896	York Park	Launceston, Tasmania
	Tigers	1886	Kingston Twin Ovals	Kingston, Tasmania

Northern Territory Football League

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Main Ground	Location
	Darwin Buffaloes	1917	TIO Stadium	Darwin, Northern Territory
	Nightcliff Tigers	1950	Nightcliff Oval	Nightcliff, Northern Territory
	Palmerston Magpies	1971	Archer Sporting Complex	Palmerston, Northern Territory
	Southern Districts Crocs	1984	Freds Pass Reserve	Palmerston, Northern Territory
	St Mary's Saints	1952	TIO Stadium	Darwin, Northern Territory
	Tiwi Bombers	2006	TIO Stadium	Darwin, Northern Territory
	Wanderers Eagles	1917	TIO Stadium	Darwin, Northern Territory
	Waratah Warriors	1917	Gardens Oval	Darwin, Northern Territory

Victoria

AFL Victoria

Eastern Football League

Essendon District Football League

Northern Football League

Southern Football League

Victorian Amateur Football Association

Western Region Football League

Eastern Region Girls Football League

Vic Country (VCFL)

Alberton Football League

Ballarat Football League

Bellarine Football League

Bendigo Football League

Central Highlands Football League

Central Murray Football League

Colac & District Football League

East Gippsland Football League

Ellinbank & District Football League

Geelong Football League

Geelong & District Football League

Gippsland Football League

Golden Rivers Football League

Goulburn Valley Football League

Hampden Football League

Heathcote District Football League

Horsham & District Football League

Kyabram & District Football League

Loddon Valley Football League

Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League

Mid Gippsland Football League

Millewa Football League

Mininera & District Football League

Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League

Murray Football League

North Central Football League

North Gippsland Football League

Omeo & District Football League

Ovens & King Football League

Ovens & Murray Football League

Picola & District Football League

Riddell District Football League

South East Football League

South West District Football League

Sunraysia Football League

Tallangatta & District Football League

Upper Murray Football League

Warrnambool & District Football League

Wimmera Football League

Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League

Statewide Under 18

NAB League

South Australia

Adelaide Football League

Adelaide Plains Football League

Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association

Eastern Eyre Football League

Far North Football League

Far West Football League

Great Flinders Football League

Great Southern Football League

Hills Football League

Kangaroo Island Football League

Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League

Mallee Football League

Mid South Eastern Football League

Mid West Football League

North Eastern Football League

Northern Areas Football Association

Port Lincoln Football League

Riverland Football League

River Murray Football League

Southern Football League

Spencer Gulf Football League

Western Border Football League

Whyalla Football League

Yorke Peninsula Football League

Western Australia

Western Australian Amateur Football League

Avon Football Association

Central Kimberley Football League

Central Midlands Coastal Football League

Central Wheatbelt Football League

Eastern Districts Football League

East Kimberley Football Association

Esperance District Football Association

Fortescue National Football League

Gascoyne Football Association

Goldfields Football League

Great Northern Football League

Great Southern Football League

Hills Football Association

Lower South West Football League

Mortlock Football League

Newman National Football League

North Midlands Football League

North Pilbara Football League

Ongerup Football Association

Ravensthorpe & District Football Association

Peel Football League

South West Football League

Upper Great Southern Football League

West Kimberley Football Association

Tasmania

North West Football League

Southern Football League

Northern Tasmanian Football Association

Circular Head Football Association

Darwin Football Association

King Island Football Association

North Western Football Association

Oatlands District Football Association

Old Scholars Football Association

New South Wales

Sydney AFL

Black Diamond AFL

Broken Hill Football League

Central West Australian Football League

Farrer Football League

Hume Football League

North Coast Australian Football League

North West Australian Football League

Northern Riverina Football League

Riverina Football League

Sapphire Coast Australian Football League

South Coast Australian Football League

Australian Capital Territory

AFL Canberra

Queensland

Queensland Australian Football League

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Main Ground	Location
	Aspley Football Club	1964	Graham Road Oval	Aspley, Brisbane, Queensland
	Broadbeach Australian Football Club	1971	Kombumerri Park	Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland
	Labrador Australian Football Club	1964	Cooke-Murphy Oval	Labrador, Gold Coast, Queensland
	Maroochydore Roos	1970	Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex	Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
	Morningside Panthers	1947	Graham Road Oval	Aspley, Brisbane, Queensland
	Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club	1964	Graham Road Oval	Aspley, Brisbane, Queensland
	Noosa Tigers	1970	Noosa Oval	Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
	Palm Beach Currumbin	1961	Salk Oval	Palm Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland
	Redland-Victoria Point Sharks	1966	Totally Workwear Park	Redland-Victoria Point, Redland, Queensland
	Sherwood Magpies	1947	Powenyenna Oval	Chelmer, Brisbane, Queensland
	Surfers Paradise Demons	1962	Sir Bruce Small Park	Labrador, Gold Coast, Queensland
	Wilston Grange Gorillas	1945	Hickey Park	Wilston Grange, Brisbane, Queensland

Queensland Football Association

Divisional Football

Wide Bay Division

Northern Rivers Division

AFL Cairns

AFL Capricornia

AFL Darling Downs

AFL Mackay

AFL Mount Isa

AFL Townsville

Northern Territory

Barkly Australian Football League

Central Australian Football League

Gove Australian Football League

Big Rivers Australian Football League

Tiwi Islands Football League

See also

• List of cricket clubs in Australia
• List of baseball teams in Australia
• List of rowing clubs in Australia
• List of rugby league clubs in Australia
• List of rugby union clubs in Australia
• List of soccer clubs in Australia
• List of yacht clubs in Australia

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