AFL

La Australian Football League (AFL) rapprisenta la cchiù auta liga di Football australianu. Vinni furmata quannu la cchiù vecchia Victorian Football League (nata 1897), era stinnuta duranti li 1980ini e li 1990ini.

Discrizzioni ginirali

L'AFL cumprenni na liga di na sula seria di sìdici squatri. La staciuni dura pi 22 simani di partiti home and away (â littra, a casa e fora casa, o partiti rigulari) e poi cci sunnu li finali. La staciuni rigulari va di marzu a austu. Li finali si jòcanu pi quattru simani ntô misi di sittèmmiru. Pî finali, li primi ottu squatri partìcipanu e, ntâ quarta simana, dui squatri cummàttinu pâ granni finali chi si joca ô Melbourne Cricket Ground (campu di cricket di Melbourne. Ntô 2005, la granni finali vinni vinciuta dî Sydney Swans, battennu West Coast Eagles 58-54 davanti a 92.000 spittatura.

Stu sistima di finali signìfica ca la squatra chi finisci ô nùmmuru unu doppu la staciuni rigulari, nfatti, nun vinci nenti. Pi forza, havi a vìnciri la granni finali p'èssiri addicchirata la campiuni di l'annu.

Li squatri

Club	City	Home Ground*
Adelaide Crows	Adelaide, South Australia	AAMI Stadium
Brisbane Lions	Brisbane, Queensland	The Gabba
Carlton Blues	Melbourne, Victoria	Etihad Stadium/Melbourne Cricket Ground
Collingwood Magpies	Melbourne, Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Essendon Bombers	Melbourne, Victoria	Etihad Stadium
Fremantle Dockers	Fremantle, Western Australia	Patersons Stadium
Geelong Cats	Geelong, Victoria	Skilled Stadium
Gold Coast Suns	Gold Coast, Queensland	Carrara Stadium
Greater Western Sydney Giants	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Showground Stadium, ANZ Stadium
Hawthorn Hawks	Melbourne, Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Demons	Melbourne, Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground
North Melbourne Kangaroos	Melbourne, Victoria	Etihad Stadium
Port Adelaide Power	Adelaide, South Australia	AAMI Stadium
Richmond Tigers	Melbourne, Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground
St. Kilda Saints	Melbourne, Victoria	Etihad Stadium
Sydney Swans	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Cricket Ground, ANZ Stadium
West Coast Eagles	Perth, Western Australia	Patersons Stadium
Western Bulldogs	Melbourne, Victoria	Etihad Stadium

(Note: Many clubs play several "home" matches at alternate grounds.)

Autri squatri vecchi

• University (Finìu ntô 1915)
• Fitzroy (Si juncìu chî Brisbane Bears doppu 1996 pi furmari li Brisbane Lions)
• South Melbourne (Si spustau a Sydney ntô 1981 p'addivintari li Sydney Swans)
• Brisbane Bears (Si juncìu cu Fitzroy doppu 1996 pi furmari li Brisbane Lions)

Viditi puru:

• Football australianu
• Lista dî campiunati di football australianu
• Middagghiu Brownlow
• Middagghiu Coleman
• AFL finali dû 2005

Liami esterni

• AFL Official Site