This is a list of the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...
premiers, the premier state-based
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
league in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, and includes premiers of the Western Australian Football Association (1885–1906), Western Australian National Football League (1931–1979), WA State League (1990) and Westar Rules (1997–2000).
Premiers
In 1967, WAFL football historian Dave Clement discovered a discrepancy between the official premiership list as published by the league and what he had determined from examination of records from the time. The original list has Fremantle winning six of the first seven premierships; however, documentation was found that the Unions club had won three premierships in succession.
The discrepancy was not officially acknowledged and fixed until the League's centenary in 1985.
In the early years, a number of cups were awarded to clubs who won the premiership, including the "Dixson Cup"
and the "Farley Cup".
On March 27, 1907, the WAFA was renamed the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
On Wednesday October 12, 1927, the WAFL was renamed the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) – the "national" in the name being adopted by the SANFL, TANFL and other leagues when the Australian Football Council became the Australian National Football Council earlier in that year.
Prior to 1931, premierships were either awarded to the team leading the
ladder
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or who won a final. If the top team lost the final, then they had the right to call for a challenge match to be played the following week to determine the premiership.
In 1931 the system changed to the
Page finals system where the top two teams play in the second semi final, with the loser having a second chance and the winner progressing straight to the Grand Final. The winner of the third and fourth placed teams who played in the first semi final play the loser of the second semi final in the preliminary final.
Western Australian Football Association (1885–1906)
West Australian Football League (1907–1927)
Western Australian National Football League (1928–1979)
West Australian Football League (1980–1989)
W.A. State League (1990)
West Australian Football League (1991–1996)
Westar Rules (1997–2000)
West Australian Football League (2001–)
Records
Premierships
Current clubs
Defunct Clubs
Consecutive WAFL premierships
Minor grades
Reserves premierships
*1925: Perth (1)
*1926: East Fremantle (1)
*1927: West Perth (1)
*1928: Subiaco (1)
*1929: Subiaco (2)
*1930: West Perth (2)
*1931: Subiaco (3)
*1932: East Perth (1)
*1933: East Perth (2)
*1934: East Perth (3)
*1935: East Perth (4)
*1936: South Fremantle (1)
*1937: Claremont (1)
*1938: East Fremantle (2)
*1939: East Fremantle (3)
*1940: East Fremantle (4)
*1941-45: not awarded (
WW2
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*1946: Swan Districts (1)
*1947: West Perth (3)
*1948: East Perth (5)
*1949: Perth (2)
*1950: East Fremantle (5)
*1951: East Fremantle (6)
*1952: South Fremantle (2)
*1953: South Fremantle (3)
*1954: South Fremantle (4)
*1955: Perth (3)
*1956: West Perth (4)
*1957: Perth (4)
*1958: Subiaco (4)
*1959: Subiaco (5)
*1960: West Perth (5)
*1961: East Perth (6)
*1962: East Fremantle (7)
*1963: Perth (5)
*1964: Swan Districts (2)
*1965: East Perth (7)
*1966: East Perth (8)
*1967: East Perth (9)
*1968: Perth (6)
*1969: Subiaco (6)
*1970: East Fremantle (8)
*1971: Perth (7)
*1972: Subiaco (7)
*1973: Perth (8)
*1974: Perth (9)
*1975: Perth (10)
*1976: East Perth (10)
*1977: Claremont (2)
*1978: East Perth (11)
*1979: Swan Districts (3)
*1980: Claremont (3)
*1981: East Perth (12)
*1982: Claremont (4)
*1983: East Perth (13)
*1984: Subiaco (8)
*1985: South Fremantle (5)
*1986: South Fremantle (6)
*1987: Claremont (5)
*1988: Perth (11)
*1989: East Fremantle (9)
*1990: Claremont (6)
*1991: South Fremantle (7)
*1992: South Fremantle (8)
*1993: East Fremantle (10)
*1994: East Fremantle (11)
*1995: Subiaco (9)
*1996: Perth (12)
*1997: Subiaco (10)
*1998: Subiaco (11)
*1999: Subiaco (12)
*2000: Claremont (7)
*2001: East Fremantle (12)
*2002: Subiaco (13)
*2003: Subiaco (14)
*2004: South Fremantle (9)
*2005: Subiaco (15)
*2006: Swan Districts (4)
*2007: Subiaco (16)
*2008: East Fremantle (13)
*2009: South Fremantle (10)
*2010: Claremont (8)
*2011: Claremont (9)
*2012: Claremont (10)
*2013: South Fremantle (11)
*2014: West Perth (6)
*2015: South Fremantle (12)
*2016: Claremont (11)
*2017: Subiaco (17)
*2018: Subiaco (18)
*2019: West Perth (7)
*2020: East Perth (14)
*2021: Perth (13)
*2022: Subiaco (19)
Source where unlisted
*1921 East Fremantle
*1922 West Perth
*1923 Perth
*1924 Perth
Colts (under-19) premierships
*1957: Swan Districts (1)
*1958: Swan Districts (2)
*1959: Perth (1)
*1960: Perth (2)
*1961: Perth (3)
*1962: East Fremantle (1)
*1963: Perth (4)
*1964: Perth (5)
*1965: Perth (6)
*1966: East Fremantle (2)
*1967: East Perth (1)
*1968: West Perth (1)
*1969: East Fremantle (3)
*1970: South Fremantle (1)
*1971: Swan Districts (3)
*1972: Perth (7)
*1973: East Fremantle (4)
*1974: Subiaco (1)
*1975: East Perth (2)
*1976: Claremont (1)
*1977: Claremont (2)
*1978: Claremont (3)
*1979: Claremont (4)
*1980: East Perth (3)
*1981: East Fremantle (5)
*1982: South Fremantle (2)
*1983: South Fremantle (3)
*1984: South Fremantle (4)
*1985: South Fremantle (5)
*1986: Claremont (5)
*1987: East Fremantle (6)
*1988: Claremont (6)
*1989: Subiaco (2)
*1990: West Perth (2)
*1991: Swan Districts (4)
*1992: East Fremantle (7)
*1993: Claremont (7)
*1994: Claremont (8)
*1995: Claremont (9)
*1996: Claremont (10)
*1997: Claremont (11)
*1998: East Fremantle (8)
*1999: Perth (8)
*2000: East Perth (4)
*2001: East Fremantle (9)
*2002: South Fremantle (6)
*2003: South Fremantle (7)
*2004: Peel Thunder (1)
*2005: Peel Thunder (2)
*2006: East Perth (5)
*2007: Swan Districts (5)
*2008: Swan Districts (6)
*2009: Claremont (12)
*2010: East Fremantle (10)
*2011: South Fremantle (8)
*2012: South Fremantle (9)
*2013: Claremont (13)
*2014: Swan Districts (7)
*2015: Claremont (14)
*2016: Claremont (15)
*2017: East Fremantle (11)
*2018: Subiaco (3)
*2019: Claremont (16)
*2020: Subiaco (4)
*2021: Swan Districts (8)
*2022: Peel Thunder (3)
Source
Fourths premierships (1965–1974)
*1965: East Perth (1)
*1966: Claremont (1)
*1967: East Perth (2)
*1968: Claremont (2)
*1969: Swan Districts (1)
*1970: Subiaco (1)
*1971: Swan Districts (2)
*1972: East Fremantle (1)
*1973: Swan Districts (3)
*1974: East Fremantle (2)
Source
See also
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List of WAFL Women's premiers
References
WAFL Premiers & Runners Up
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