List of Tasmanian Football League premiers

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This is a list of premiership winners in the Tasmanian Football League.

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TFL grand finals (1879–2024)

Below is the complete list of champions since the first edition held by then "Tasmanian Football Association" (TFA) in 1879. [1]

YearPremierScoreRunner-upAttend.Venue
1879City [note 1] (1)(No final played)
1880Cricketers [note 1] [2] (1)(No final played)
1881Railway [note 1] (1)(No final played)
1882Railway (2)6 – 0Cricketers
1883Railway [note 1] [3] (3)(No final played)
1884Cricketers [note 1] (2)(No final played)
1885Holebrook (1)5 – 3City [4] n/an/a
1886City (2)6.16 – 0.9Railwayn/an/a
1887Railway (4)5.3 – 1.9Cityn/an/a
1888City (3)4.15 – 3.6Railwayn/an/a
1889Railway [note 1] (5)(No final played)
1890Holebrook (2)3.11 – 2.7Railway
1891Holebrook [note 1] (3)(No final played)
1892City [note 1] [5] [6] (4)(No final played)
1893Railway (6)8.17 – 7.6Holebrookn/an/a
1894Railway (7)2.5 – 0.4Cityn/an/a
1895Railway (8)4.3 – 2.4Cityn/an/a
1896Railway [note 1] [7] (9)(No final played)
1897(City) (5)1.3 (9) – 0.6 (6) North Hobart n/an/a
1898 Lefroy (1)8.17 (65) – 3.5 (23)Wellingtonn/an/a
1899 Lefroy (2)4.7 (31) – 2.8 (20)Wellingtonn/an/a
1900Wellington (1)7.8 (50) – 5.6 (36) Lefroy n/an/a
1901 Lefroy (3)11.12 (78) – 3.8 (26)Wellingtonn/an/a
1902 North Hobart [note 1] (1)(No final played)
1903Wellington [note 1] (2)(No final played)
1904Wellington [note 1] (3)(No final played)
1905 North Hobart [note 1] (2)(No final played)
1906Derwent [note 1] (1)(No final played)
1907 Lefroy [note 1] (4)(No final played)
1908 North Hobart (3)2.7 (19) – 1.9 (15) Lefroy n/a Upper Cricket Ground
1909 Cananore [note 1] [8] (1)(No final played)
1910 Cananore [note 1] (2)(No final played)
1911 Cananore [note 1] [9] (3)(No final played)
1912 Lefroy [note 1] [10] (5)(No final played)
1913 Cananore [note 1] (4)(No final played)
1914 North Hobart (4)7.11 (53) – 4.11 (35) Cananore 5,000 Upper Cricket Ground
1915 Lefroy (6)6.12 (48) – 3.5 (23) Cananore n/a Upper Cricket Ground
1916
(Suspended due to World War I)
1917
(Suspended due to World War I)
1918
(Suspended due to World War I)
1919
(Suspended due to influenza epidemic)
1920 North Hobart (5)10.12 (72) – 6.16 (52) Lefroy 8,000 Upper Cricket Ground
1921 Cananore (5)6.18 (54) – 4.5 (29) North Hobart 7,000 Upper Cricket Ground
1922 Cananore (6)9.12 (66) – 8.8 (56) North Hobart n/a North Hobart Oval
1923 North Hobart [note 1] [11] (6)(No final played)
1924 Lefroy (7)8.3 (51) – 4.11 (35) Cananore n/a North Hobart Oval
1925 Cananore [note 1] [12] (7)(No final played)
1926 Cananore (8)14.8 (92) – 8.12 (60) New Town 10,000 North Hobart Oval
1927 Cananore [note 1] (9)(No final played)
1928 North Hobart [note 1] (7)(No final played)
1929 North Hobart (8)9.15 (69) – 7.12 (54) Lefroy 10,020 North Hobart Oval
1930 Lefroy (8)14.11 (95) – 10.17 (77) North Hobart 6,000 North Hobart Oval
1931 Cananore [note 2] (10)9.12 (66) – 9.12 (66) North Hobart 10,009 North Hobart Oval
8.9 (57) – 7.12 (54)10,083
1932 North Hobart (9)16.15 (111) – 9.5 (59) Cananore 8,800 North Hobart Oval
1933 Cananore (11)16.12 (108) – 8.16 (64) North Hobart 6,500 North Hobart Oval
1934 North Hobart (10)11.22 (88) –9.10 (64) Lefroy 3,640 North Hobart Oval
1935 New Town (1)18.9 (117) – 15.13 (103) North Hobart 6,021 North Hobart Oval
1936 North Hobart (11)13.9 (87) – 11.17 (83) Lefroy 7,433 North Hobart Oval
1937 Lefroy (9)17.12 (114) – 9.15 (69) North Hobart 8,500 North Hobart Oval
1938 North Hobart (12)13.15 (93) – 11.15 (81) Lefroy 5,990 North Hobart Oval
1939 North Hobart (13)10.9 (69) – 6.11 (47) Cananore 5,078 North Hobart Oval
1940 North Hobart (14)18.8 (116) – 7.17 (59) Cananore 5,420 North Hobart Oval
1941 North Hobart (15)12.17 (89) – 9.11 (65) Cananore 4,034 North Hobart Oval
1942
(Suspended due to World War II)
1943
(Suspended due to World War II)
1944
(Suspended due to World War II)
1945 North Hobart (16)10.17 (77) – 7.6 (48) Sandy Bay 5,980 North Hobart Oval
1946 Sandy Bay (1)12.16 (88) – 5.16 (46) New Town 12,500 North Hobart Oval
1947 North Hobart (17)13.7 (85) – 10.9 (69) Hobart 11,396 North Hobart Oval
1948 New Town (2)11.15 (81) – 9.11 (65) North Hobart 12,236 North Hobart Oval
1949 New Town (3)10.8 (68) – 4.11 (35) Hobart 15,086 North Hobart Oval
1950 Hobart (1)11.12 (78) – 11.10 (76) New Town 12,697 North Hobart Oval
1951 New Town (4)20.14 (134) – 9.9 (63) North Hobart 13,079 North Hobart Oval
1952 Sandy Bay (2)14.9 (93) – 11.9 (75) Hobart 11,086 North Hobart Oval
1953 New Town (5)16.18 (114) – 15.13 (103) Sandy Bay 11,860 North Hobart Oval
1954 Hobart (2)12.10 (82) – 10.12 (72) New Town 11,461 North Hobart Oval
1955 New Town (6)15.11 (101) – 8.18 (66) Hobart 13,429 North Hobart Oval
1956 New Town (7)8.7 (55) – 7.10 (52) North Hobart 12,182 North Hobart Oval
1957 North Hobart (18)11.15 (81) – 9.15 (69) Glenorchy 16,363 North Hobart Oval
1958 Glenorchy (8)15.15 (105) – 11.11 (77) Sandy Bay 15,643 North Hobart Oval
1959 Hobart (3)9.14 (68) – 2.9 (21) New Norfolk 10,103 North Hobart Oval
1960 Hobart (4)6.7 (43) – 6.3 (39) North Hobart 6,001 North Hobart Oval
1961 North Hobart (19)16.12 (108) – 11.6 (72) Glenorchy 15,217 North Hobart Oval
1962 North Hobart (20)10.12 (72) – 7.15 (57) Clarence 19,311 North Hobart Oval
1963 Hobart (5)10.4 (64) – 6.13 (49) Sandy Bay 14,498 North Hobart Oval
1964 Sandy Bay (3)11.11 (77) – 9.11 (65) New Norfolk 20,775 North Hobart Oval
1965 Glenorchy (9)10.15 (75) – 6.8 (44) North Hobart 18,548 North Hobart Oval
1966 Hobart (6)10.14 (74) – 11.7 (73) Glenorchy 16,699 North Hobart Oval
1967 North Hobart (21)11.12 (78) – 8.16 (64) Glenorchy 17,523 North Hobart Oval
1968 New Norfolk (1)14.13 (97) – 9.14 (68) North Hobart 19,236 North Hobart Oval
1969 North Hobart (22)19.15 (129) – 17.15 (117) Clarence 19,425 North Hobart Oval
1970 Clarence (1)19.16 (130) – 10.15 (75) New Norfolk 24,413 North Hobart Oval
1971 Sandy Bay (4)18.13 (121) – 16.16 (112) Clarence 20,364 North Hobart Oval
1972 Sandy Bay (5)18.9 (117) – 10.14 (74) New Norfolk 17,304 North Hobart Oval
1973 Hobart (7)11.19 (85) – 10.5 (65) Sandy Bay 14,720 North Hobart Oval
1974 North Hobart (23)21.10 (136) 15.18 (108) Sandy Bay 16,234 North Hobart Oval
1975 Glenorchy (10)15.16 (106) – 10.7 (67) Sandy Bay 15,449 North Hobart Oval
1976 Sandy Bay (6)21.10 (136) – 5.9 (39) Glenorchy 10,881 North Hobart Oval
1977 Sandy Bay (7)19.9 (123) – 5.14 (44) Glenorchy 12,960 North Hobart Oval
1978 Sandy Bay (8)11.14 (80) – 9.15 (69) Glenorchy 18,662 North Hobart Oval
1979 Clarence (2)12.11 (83) – 11.14 (80) Glenorchy 24,968 North Hobart Oval
1980 Hobart (8)14.9 (93) – 7.16 (58) Glenorchy 17,111 North Hobart Oval
1981 Clarence (3)15.23 (113) – 13.10 (88) New Norfolk 20,193 North Hobart Oval
1982 New Norfolk (2)13.9 (87) – 11.10 (76) Glenorchy 16,124 North Hobart Oval
1983 Glenorchy (11)28.19 (187) – 14.11 (95) New Norfolk 17,900 North Hobart Oval
1984 Clarence (4)13.13 (91) – 9.11 (65) Glenorchy 14,664 North Hobart Oval
1985 Glenorchy (12)10.15 (75) – 10.11 (71) Clarence 16,561 North Hobart Oval
1986 Glenorchy (13)14.20 (104) – 9.18 (72) Sandy Bay 16,111 North Hobart Oval
1987 North Hobart (24)23.20 (158) – 16.10 (106) Glenorchy 17,094 North Hobart Oval
1988 Devonport (1)15.7 (97) – 8.6 (54) Glenorchy 17,878 North Hobart Oval
1989 North Hobart (25)18.22 (130) – 16.4 (100) Hobart 16,528 North Hobart Oval
1990 Hobart (9)19.16 (130) – 10.12 (72) North Launceston 15,633 North Hobart Oval
1991 North Hobart (26)12.14 (86) – 8.12 (60) North Launceston 13,112 North Hobart Oval
1992 North Hobart (27)16.12 (108) – 10.13 (73) Hobart 11,967 North Hobart Oval
1993 Clarence (5)19.12 (126) – 17.15 (117) North Launceston 13,102 North Hobart Oval
1994 Clarence (6)13.13 (91) – 8.5 (53) New Norfolk 14,230 North Hobart Oval
1995 North Launceston (1)9.11 (65) – 7.13 (55) Clarence 9,448 North Hobart Oval
1996 Clarence (7)14.17 (101) – 10.14 (74) Burnie Dockers 12,352 North Hobart Oval
1997 Clarence (8)20.9 (129) – 18.14 (122) Burnie Dockers 9,053 North Hobart Oval
1998 Northern Bombers (2)14.16 (100) – 6.15 (51) Clarence 9,638 North Hobart Oval
1999 Glenorchy (14)15.9 (99) – 7.11 (53) Northern Bombers 8,053 North Hobart Oval
2000 Clarence (9)15.15 (105) – 8.8 (56) Northern Bombers 6,124 York Park
2001 - 2008 Hiatus
2009 Clarence (10)15.11 (101) – 14.11 (95) Glenorchy 7,534 Bellerive Oval
2010 Clarence (11)15.13 (103) – 6.10 (46) Devonport 6,123 Bellerive Oval
2011 Launceston (1)12.14 (86) – 6.6 (42) Burnie Dockers 6,658 Aurora Stadium
2012 Burnie (1)16.14 (110) – 9.8 (62) Launceston 5,569 Aurora Stadium
2013 South Launceston (1)10.14 (74) – 9.11 (65) Burnie Dockers 5,904 Aurora Stadium
2014 North Launceston (3)18.13 (121) – 10.2 (62) Western Storm 5,842 Aurora Stadium
2015 North Launceston (4)13.13 (91) – 11.13 (79) Glenorchy 5,978 Bellerive Oval
2016 Glenorchy (15)9.6 (60) – 5.10 (40) North Launceston 6,128 Aurora Stadium
2017 North Launceston (5)21.22 (148) – 9.7 (61) Lauderdale 6,108 Aurora Stadium
2018 North Launceston (6)7.21 (63) – 4.9 (33) Lauderdale 4,423 University of Tasmania Stadium
2019 North Launceston (7)13.10 (88) – 9.5 (59) Lauderdale 4,692 Bellerive Oval
2020 Launceston (2)8.4 (52) – 5.9 (39) North Launceston 3,000 University of Tasmania Stadium
2021 Launceston (3)12.5 (77) – 6.7 (43) North Launceston 3,500 University of Tasmania Stadium
2022 Launceston (4)16.14 (110) - 5.8 (38) Kingborough - University of Tasmania Stadium
2023 Kingborough (1)8.8 (56) - 5.11 (41) North Launceston - North Hobart Oval
2024 North Launceston (8)16.9 (105) – 12.13 (85) Lauderdale – University of Tasmania Stadium
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Declared premier
  2. ↑ A second game had to be played

Finals systems

Premiers by club

ClubTitlesYears won
North Hobart 271902, 1905, 1908, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992
Glenorchy / New Town 151935, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1975, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2016
Cananore 111909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1933
Clarence 111970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010
Lefroy 91898, 1899, 1901, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1924, 1930, 1937
Hobart 91950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1973, 1980, 1990
Railway91881, 1882, 1883, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895
Sandy Bay 81946, 1952, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978
North Launceston 81995, 1998, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024
City41879, 1886, 1888, 1892
Launceston 42011, 2020, 2021, 2022
Holebrook31885, 1890, 1891
Wellington31900, 1903, 1904
New Norfolk 21968, 1982
Cricketers21880, 1884
Hobart (City) [note 1] 11897
Derwent11906
Devonport 11988
Burnie Dockers 12012
South Launceston 12013
Kingborough 12023
Notes
  1. ↑ Not the current Hobart City FC but another club

Other competitions

Tasmanian State Premiers

The Tasmanian State Premiership took place between the reigning TFL/TANFL premier, the premier from the Northern Tasmanian Football Association and from 1954, the premier of the North West Football Union.

Winfield Statewide Cup

The 1980 Winfield Statewide Cup was a round-robin statewide tournament that took place between the top 21 clubs in Tasmania from the TANFL, the NTFA and the NWFU.

YearPremierScoreRunner-upAttend.Venue
1980 Hobart 9.21 (75) – 7.4 (46) Clarence 5,961 North Hobart Oval

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