List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia

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This is a list of Australian rules football leagues in Australia. 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

See Also 'List of Australian rules football leagues outside Australia

For Rec Footy (social non-contact) competitions, see Rec Footy#List of AFL Rec Footy Competitions.

Seniors

Current

Name State Founded Clubs Divisions
Adelaide Plains Football League South Australia 1904 7 1
AFL Bundaberg-Wide Bay Queensland 1987 5 1
AFL Cairns Queensland 1956 7 1
AFL Canberra ACT 1924 7 1
AFL Capricornia Queensland 1974 6 1
AFL Darling Downs Queensland 1971 7 1
AFL Mackay Queensland 1970 6 1
AFL Mt Isa Queensland 1950 5 1
AFL Townsville Queensland 1955 5 1
Alberton Football League Victoria 1946 14 1
Australian Football League National 1897 16 1
Avon Football Association Western Australia
Ballarat Football League Victoria 1893 11 1
Barkley & District Football League Northern Territory 8 1
Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association South Australia 1987 10 1
Bellarine Football League Victoria 1971 10 1
Benalla & District Football League Victoria 5 1
Bendigo Football League Victoria 1880 9 1
Black Diamond Australian Football League New South Wales 1888 8 1
Broken Hill Football League New South Wales 1890 4 1
Central Australian Football League Northern Territory 5 1
Central Goulburn Football League Western Australia
Central Highlands Football League Victoria 1979 14 1
Central Kimberley Football Association Western Australia
Central Midlands Coastal Football League Western Australia
Central Murray Football League Victoria 12 1
Central West Football League New South Wales 1981 8 1
Central Wheatbelt Football League Western Australia
Circular Head Football Association Tasmania
Colac & District Football League Victoria 11 1
Darwin Football Association Tasmania 8 1
East Gippsland Football League Victoria 1974 7 1
East Kimberley Football Association Western Australia
Eastern Districts Football League Western Australia
Eastern Eyre Football League South Australia 1989 5 1
Eastern Football League Victoria 1997 42 4
Ellinbank & District Football League Victoria 1937 14 1
Esperance District Football Association Western Australia
Essendon District Football League Victoria 1930 24 2
Far West Football League South Australia 1909 4 1
Farrer Football League New South Wales 1957 6 1
Fortescue National Football League Western Australia
Gascoyne Football Association Western Australia
Geelong & District Football League Victoria 12 1
Geelong Football League Victoria 12 1
Golden Rivers Football League New South Wales 9 1
Goldfields Football League Western Australia 1896 5 1
Goulburn Valley Football League Victoria 1894 12 1
Gove Australian Football League Northern Territory 4 1
Great Flinders Football League South Australia 1927 6 1
Great Northern Football League Western Australia
Great Southern Football League South Australia 1923 10 1
Hampden Football Netball League Victoria 8 1
Heathcote Football League Victoria 9 1
Hills Football League South Australia 1902 19 2
Horsham & District Football League Victoria 11 1
Hume Football League New South Wales 1935 15 1
Kangaroo Island Football League South Australia 1950 5 1
Katherine District Football League Northern Territory 8 1
King Island Football Association Tasmania
Kowree Naracoorte Tartiara Football League South Australia 1993 11 1
Kyabram & District Football League Victoria 1932 12 1
Leven Football Association Tasmania
Lexton Plains Football League Victoria 8 1
Loddon Valley Football League Victoria 9 1
Lower South West Football League Western Australia
Mallee Football League South Australia / Victoria 1994 7 1
Mallee Football League (Victoria) Victoria 1994 7 1
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League Victoria 11 1
Mid Gippsland Football League Victoria 10 1
Mid Murray Football Association South Australia 1910 5 1
Mid South Eastern Football League South Australia 1936 10 1
Mid West Football League South Australia 1988 6 1
Millewa Football League Victoria 7 1
Mininera & District Football League Victoria 1925 10 1
Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Victoria 1987 32 3
Mortlock Football League Western Australia 1950 8 1
Murray Football League Victoria 1931 13 1
New Castle Football League New South Wales 1948 8 1
Newman Football League Western Australia
North Central Football League Victoria 7 1
North Coast Football League New South Wales 1982 4 1
North Eastern Football League South Australia 1946 8 1
North Gippsland Football League Victoria 1955 11 1
North Midlands Football League Western Australia
North Pilbara Football League Western Australia
North Western Football Association Tasmania
Northern Areas Football Association South Australia 1909 6 1
North Eastern Football Union
Northern Football League Victoria 1922 24 2
Northern Riverina Football League New South Wales 7 1
Northern Tasmanian Football Association Tasmania 1886 17 2
Northern Tasmanian Football League Tasmania 2001 11 1
Northern Territory Football League Northern Territory 1916 8 1
Oatlands District Football Association Tasmania
Old Scholars Football Association Tasmaina
Omeo & District Football League Victoria 6 1
Ongerup Football Association Western Australia
Ovens & King Football League Victoria 10 1
Ovens & Murray Football League Victoria/ New South Wales 1914 10 1
Peel Football League South Australia 1990 9 1
Picola & District Football League Victoria 1935 16 1
Port Lincoln Football League South Australia 1910 6 1
Queensland State League Queensland 1904 20 2
Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association Western Australian
Riddell District Football League Victoria 1902 11 1
Riverina Football League New South Wales 1982 9 1
Riverland Football League South Australia 12 2
River Murray Football League South Australia 1931 7 1
Sapphire Coast Football League New South Wales
South Australian Amateur Football League South Australia 1911 68 10
South Australian National Football League South Australia 1877 9 1
South Coast Football League New South Wales
South West Football League Western Australia
South West District Football League Victoria 1981 8 1
Southern Football League South Australia 1896 14 1
Southern Football League Tasmania 1996 18 2
Southern Football League Victoria 1963 28 3
Spencer Gulf Football League South Australia 1961 6 1
Summerland Football League New South Wales
Sunraysia Football League Victoria 8 1
Sydney Australian Football League New South Wales
Tallangatta & District Football League Victoria 1908 12 1
Tamworth Football League New South Wales 1997 7 1
Tiwi Islands Football League Northern Territory 1944 7 1
Upper Great Southern Football League Western Australia
Upper Murray Football League Victoria 6 1
Victorian Amateur Football Association Victoria 1892 72 7
Victorian Football League Victoria/ Tasmania 1877 14 1
Warrnambool & District Football League Victoria 12 1
West Australian Amateur Football League Western Australia 1922 42 9
West Australian Country Football League Western Australia 1885 9 1
West Australian Football League Western Australia 1885
West Australian Sunday Football League Western Australia 1983 21
West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Victoria 2002 9 1
West Kimberley Football Association Western Australia 9 1
Western Border Football League Victoria/ South Australia 1964 10 1
Western Region Football League Victoria 1931 22 1
Whyalla Football League South Australia 1967 6 1
Wimmera Football League Victoria 9 1
Woomera & Districts Football League South Australia 1948 5 1
Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League Victoria 20 2
Yorke Peninsula Football League South Australia 1888 9 1

Former

Name State Founded Ended Reason
Ararat Inter - Church Football Association Victoria 1929 1931
Ararat and District Football Association Victoria 1931 2000
Avoca District Football Association Victoria
Bacchus Marsh Football League Victoria 1919 1973 Merged with Ballarat FL District Section to form the Ballarat And Bacchus Marsh FL.
Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh Football League Victoria 1973 1973 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.
Ballart - Wimmera Football League Victoria 1934 1937 League Spilt into the Ballart FL and Wimmera FL
Bass Valley Football Association Victoria 1901 1954 Merged with Wonthaggi & DFL to form Bass Valley-Wonthaggi & DFL
Bass Valley-Wonthaggi and District Football League Victoria 1955 1995
Bourke Evelyn Football League Victoria 1890
Clunes Football League Victoria 1973 1973 Merged with Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Central Highlands FL.
Eastern District Football League Victoria 1962 1997 Merged with Knox Junior Football Assiocation to form the EFL
Easter Surban Churches Football League Victoria 1923 1993 Mergred With the SFL
Gippsland Latrobe Football League Victoria 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
Heidelberg District Football League Victoria 1909 1921
Lexton Football League Victoria Merged with the Western Plains Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League
Panton Hill and District Football League Victoria 1931 1987
West Gippsland Football league Victoria 2001 Merged with the Gippsland Latrobe FL to form the WGLFL
Western Plains Football League Victoria 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
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
Ovens Valley Football Association Victoria 1919
Freshwater Creek District Football Association Victoria 1920
Yungera District Football Association Victoria 1930
Youth Christian Workers Football League Victoria 1958 1986
Yarra Valley Football Association Victoria 1920 1966 Merged with Mountain DFL to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL
Mountain District Football Association Victoria 1966 Merged with Yarra Valley FA to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL
Yackandandah Football League Victoria 1954