List of Australian rules football clubs in Australia

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

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Joined VFL/AFL	Ground(s)	Location
	Brisbane Lions	1996	1997	The Gabba	Brisbane, Queensland
	Carlton Football Club	1864	1897	Marvel Stadium and MCG	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 and MCG	Geelong, Victoria
	Gold Coast Football Club	2008	2011	Metricon Stadium and TIO Stadium	Gold Coast, Queensland
	Greater Western Sydney Giants	2008	2012	Manuka Oval and SCG	Western Sydney, New South Wales
	Hawthorn Football Club	1902	1925	MCG and UTAS Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria
	Melbourne Football Club	1858	1897	MCG	Melbourne, Victoria
	North Melbourne Football Club	1869	1925	Marvel Stadium and Blundstone Arena	Melbourne, Victoria
	Port Adelaide Football Club	1870	1997	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide, South Australia
	Richmond Football Club	1885	1908	MCG and Marvel Stadium	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	1883	1925	Marvel Stadium and Mars Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria

FORMER Australian football league teams

Club	Colours	Moniker	State	Home venue	Est.	Former league	VFL/AFL seasons			VFL/AFL premierships
							First	Last	Total	Total	Last
Brisbane Bears		Bears	Queensland	Carrara Stadium	1986	—	1987	1996	10	0	—
Fitzroy		Lions	Victoria	Brunswick Street Oval	1883	VFA	1897+	1996	100	8	1944
University		Students	Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1859	MJFA	1908	1914	7	0	—
+ denotes that the club was a founding member of the VFL

Club	Colours	Moniker	State	Home venue	Joining league
Tasmania		Devils	Tasmania	Macquarie Point Stadium	2028

Colours	Club Name	Founded	Main Ground	Location	Former names
	Box Hill Hawks	1936	Box Hill City Oval	Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria	Box Hill United, Box Hill City Box hill Mustangs
Brisbane Lions (Reserves)	Brisbane Lions	1996	South Pine Sports Complex	Brendale, Brisbane, Queensland
	Carlton Blues (Reserves)	1864	Princes Park	Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria
	Casey Demons	1903	Casey Fields	Melbourne, Victoria	Springvale Football Club Casey Scorpions
	Coburg Lions	1891	Coburg City Oval	Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria	Coburg Tigers
	Collingwood Football Club (Reserves)	1892	Victoria Park	Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria
	Essendon Bombers (Reserves)	1871	Windy Hill	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria
	Footscray Football Club (Reserves)	1883	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	Northern Blues
	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

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

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

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

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

Future clubs

Club	Colours	Moniker	State	Home venue	Joining league
Tasmania		Devils	Tasmania	Macquarie Point Stadium	2028

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

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