AFL

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Australian rules football league professional sports league

The AFL (Australian Football League) is the premier professional Australian rules football competition in Australia, featuring clubs from across the country.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Australian Football League	32
Victorian Football League	5
AFL (single competition)	1
Australian rules football	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian rules football league ⓘ professional sports league ⓘ
abbreviation	AFL self-linksurface differs ⓘ
broadcastIn	Australia ⓘ China ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
competitionLevel	top tier ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
expansionEra	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
flagshipEvent	AFL Grand Final ⓘ
founded	1896 ⓘ
foundedAs	Victorian Football League ⓘ
fullName	AFL self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Australian Football League
governingBodyFor	elite Australian rules football in Australia ⓘ
governs	laws of Australian football ⓘ
grandFinalVenue	Melbourne Cricket Ground ⓘ
hasAward	Brownlow Medal ⓘ Coleman Medal ⓘ Norm Smith Medal ⓘ Rising Star Award ⓘ
hasClub	Adelaide Crows ⓘ surface form: Adelaide Football Club Brisbane Lions ⓘ Carlton Football Club ⓘ Collingwood Football Club ⓘ Essendon Football Club ⓘ Fremantle Dockers ⓘ surface form: Fremantle Football Club Geelong Football Club ⓘ Gold Coast Suns ⓘ Greater Western Sydney Giants ⓘ Hawthorn Football Club ⓘ Melbourne Football Club ⓘ North Melbourne Football Club ⓘ Port Adelaide Football Club ⓘ Richmond Football Club ⓘ St Kilda Football Club ⓘ Sydney Swans ⓘ West Coast Eagles ⓘ Western Bulldogs Football Club ⓘ surface form: Western Bulldogs
hasConferenceSystem	no ⓘ
hasDraft	AFL National Draft ⓘ AFL National Draft ⓘ surface form: AFL Rookie Draft
hasSalaryCap	yes ⓘ
hasTrophy	AFL premiership cup ⓘ surface form: AFL Premiership Cup
headquartersCountry	Australia ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Melbourne ⓘ
headquartersState	Victoria ⓘ
includesInterstateClubs	yes ⓘ
mostSuccessfulClubByPremierships	Carlton Football Club ⓘ Essendon Football Club ⓘ
numberOfTeams	18 ⓘ
organisesCompetition	AFL Under-18 competitions ⓘ AFL Women's ⓘ surface form: AFL Women’s (AFLW)
predecessor	Victorian Football League ⓘ
renamedFrom	Victorian Football League ⓘ
renamedIn	1990 ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
seasonStructure	home-and-away season followed by finals series ⓘ
sport	Australian rules football ⓘ
successor	AFL self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Australian Football League
typicalSeasonMonths	March to September ⓘ
usesFinalsSystem	top eight finals system ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aeroflot → ICAOcode → AFL ⓘ

AFL → abbreviation → AFL self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Football League

West Coast Eagles → code → AFL ⓘ

AFL Grand Final → competition → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Brisbane Lions → competition → AFL ⓘ

Fremantle Dockers → competition → AFL ⓘ

Richmond Football Club → competition → AFL ⓘ

West Coast Eagles → conference → AFL ⓘ

Brisbane Lions → division → AFL ⓘ

Gold Coast Suns → expansionClubOf → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Melbourne Football Club → formerCompetition → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian Football League

Carlton Football Club → formerLeague → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian Football League

Collingwood Football Club → formerLeague → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian Football League

Carlton Football Club → foundingMemberOf → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian Football League

AFL → fullName → AFL self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Brisbane Bears → governingBody → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Brisbane Lions → governingBody → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Collingwood Football Club → governingBody → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Gold Coast Suns → governingBody → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Lions → governingBody → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Melbourne Football Club → governingBody → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Sydney Swans → governingBody → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Lions → governingCompetition → AFL ⓘ

Adelaide Crows → governingLeague → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Gold Coast Suns → governingLeagueAbbreviation → AFL ⓘ

Swan Hill → hasSport → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian rules football

Fremantle Dockers → homeCountryLeague → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Port Adelaide Football Club → homeNationalLeague → AFL ⓘ

Brisbane Bears → laterLeagueName → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Adelaide Crows → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Brisbane Bears → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Carlton Football Club → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Collingwood Football Club → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Fremantle Dockers → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Gold Coast Suns → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Lions → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Melbourne Football Club → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Port Adelaide Football Club → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Richmond Football Club → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Sydney Swans → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

West Coast Eagles → league → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

AFL Grand Final → leagueOrigin → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian Football League

AFL Grand Final → leagueRenamedAs → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Super Bowl I → losingConference → AFL ⓘ

Fremantle Dockers → nationalCompetition → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Marvel Stadium → operator → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

AFL Grand Final → organisedBy → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Marvel Stadium → owner → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Football League

Brisbane Bears → playedInCompetition → AFL ⓘ

Gold Coast Suns → playsInConference → AFL ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL (single competition)