Eastern Football Netball League

Eastern Football Netball League
Formerly	Eastern Districts Football League; Eastern Football League
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1962;62 years ago
CEO	Jy Bond
No. of teams	48
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	Premier Division ; Division 1 ; Division 2 ; Division 3
Relegation to	Division 1 ; Division 2 ; Division 3 ; Division 4
Official website	efnl.org.au

Last updated May 14, 2024

The Eastern Football Netball League (known previously as the Eastern Districts Football League and later the Eastern Football League) is an Australian rules football league, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne.

History

The Eastern Districts Football League was established on 15 February 1962, but its origins can be traced back to the Reporter District Football League established in 1903, with the following clubs - Bayswater, Box Hill, Canterbury, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham and Ringwood.^[1]

The following football associations all played there part in the now Eastern Districts Football League.

The Ringwood District Football Association was established in 1922 and consisted of the following clubs - Croydon, Ferntree Gully, Kilsyth-Monbulk, Ringwood B and Warrandyte.^[2]

The Croydon Mail Football League was established in 1945 and consisted of the following clubs - Bayswater, Boronia, Croydon and Kilsyth.^[3] It appears that the League's name was changed to the Croydon District Football League in 1948 and stayed this way in 1949 too.^[4]

In 1950 the league became known as the Croydon-Ferntree Gully Football League, when Ferntree Gully left the Dandenong & District Football League and three grades of football commenced in 1950.^[5]

In 1997, the Eastern District Football League and the Knox Junior Football Association united to create the Eastern Football League.^[6]

Following a restructure during 2018, the league now consists of five divisions, and 2019 had 45 clubs. Premier and First Division had 10 clubs each, Second and Third Divisions have eight clubs each, and Fourth Division has nine with the admission of Croydon North-MLOC for 2019.^[7] After the conclusion of the 2019 season, on 15 October the league announced a re-branding to the Eastern Football Netball League, recognising netball as a key part of the league structure.^[8]

On 3 June 2020, the EFNL cancelled its 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

With the admission of Beaconsfield and Oakleigh District for 2022, there are now 48 clubs, including 12 in the Premier Division.

Clubs

Men's Premier Division (2024)

5km
3miles

Wantirna South

Upper Ferntree Gully

Park Orchards

Mooroolbark

Lilydale

Knox

East Ringwood

Doncaster East

Croydon

Bayswater

Vermont

South Croydon

Rowville

Norwood

North Ringwood

Noble Park

Montrose

Doncaster

Blackburn

Balwyn

Locations of the 2019 EFL clubs (top two divisions). Red pogs represent teams in the Premier Division, yellow pogs represent teams in Division One.

5km
3miles

Surrey Park

Silvan

Nunawading

Kilsyth

Forest Hill

Fairpark

East Burwood

Croydon North MLOC

Coldstream

Whitehorse

Waverley

Warrandyte

South Belgrave

Glen Waverley

Ferntree Gully

Donvale

Chirnside Park

The Basin

Templestowe

Scoresby

Ringwood

Mulgrave

Mitcham

Heathmont

Boronia

Locations of the 2019 EFL clubs (bottom three divisions). Red pogs represent teams in Division Two, orange pogs represent teams in Division Three, and yellow pogs represent teams in Division Four.

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Balwyn	Tigers	Balwyn	Balwyn Park	1909	2007-	5	2016
Berwick	Wickers	Berwick	Edwin Flack Reserve	1903	2020-	0	-
Blackburn	Panthers	Blackburn	Morton Park	1890	1962-	3	2002
Doncaster East	Lions	East Doncaster	Zerbes Reserve	1972	1982-	4	2019
East Ringwood	Roos	East Ringwood	East Ringwood Reserve	1929	1962-	5	2022
Noble Park	Bulls	Noble Park	Pat Wright Senior Ground	1918	2000-	5	2022
Norwood	Norsemen	Ringwood	Mullum Reserve	1960	1962-	5	2014
Rowville	Hawks	Rowville	Seebeck Oval	1964	1965-	6	2023
South Croydon	Bulldogs	South Croydon	Cheong Park	1969	1969-	8	2017
Vermont	Eagles	Vermont	Vermont Recreation Reserve	1919	1962-	21	2019

Men's Division 1 (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Bayswater	Waters	Bayswater	Bayswater Oval	1895	1962-	7	2016
Beaconsfield	Eagles	Beaconsfield	Holm Park Reserve	1890	2022-	0	-
Doncaster	Sharks	Doncaster	Schramms Reserve	1902	1962-	7	2015
Mitcham	Tigers	Mitcham	Walker Park	1888	1962-	8	2023
Montrose	Demons	Montrose	Montrose Reserve	1924	1964-	3	2013
Mooroolbark	Mustangs	Mooroolbark	Heights Reserve	1966	1966-	2	2009
North Ringwood	Saints	North Ringwood	Quambee Reserve	1962	1962-	5	2014
Park Orchards	Sharks	Park Orchards	Domeney Reserve	1969	2012	1	2017
South Belgrave	Saints	Belgrave South	Belgrave South Recreation Reserve	1946	1969, 2008-	3	2022
Wantirna South	Devils	Wantirna South	Walker Reserve	1952	1962	5	2014

Men's Division 2 (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Boronia	Hawks	Boronia	Tormore Reserve	1927	1962-	6	2023
Croydon	Blues	Croydon	Croydon Oval	1906	1962-	2	1997
East Burwood	Rams	East Burwood	East Burwood Reserve	1910	1962-	12	2000
Heathmont	Jets	Heathmont	HE Parker Reserve	1956	1962-	4	2011
Lilydale	Falcons	Lilydale	Lilydale Sports Oval	1872	1965-	6	2011
Mulgrave	Lions	Mulgrave	Mulgrave Reserve	1925	1962-	3	2010
Ringwood	Redbacks	Ringwood	Jubilee Park	1899	1962-	3	2005
Templestowe	Dockers	Templestowe	Templestowe Reserve	1892	1990-	2	2010
The Basin	Bears	The Basin	Batterham Reserve	1947	1962-	4	2012
Waverley Blues	Blues	Mount Waverley	Mt Waverley Reserve	1998	1999-	4	2022

Men's Division 3 (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Coldstream	Cougars	Coldstream	Coldstream Reserve	1890	1962-	3	2001
Donvale	Magpies	Donvale	Donvale Reserve	1971	1992-2013, 2015-	6	2023
Fairpark	Lions	Ferntree Gully	Fairpark Reserve	1969	1981-	2	2019
Ferntree Gully	Eagles	Ferntree Gully	Ferntree Gully Reserve	1892	1965-	3	2016
Knox	Falcons	Wantirna South	Knox Gardens Reserve	1980	1989-	4	2017
Oakleigh District	Districts	Oakleigh East	Princes Highway Reserve	1950	2022	0	-
Silvan	Cats	Silvan	Silvan Recreation Ground	1921	1962-1965, 2011-	2	2022
Surrey Park	Panthers	Box Hill	Surrey Park Reserve	1994	2002	1	2023
Upper Ferntree Gully	Kings	Upper Ferntree Gully	Kings Park	1948	1966-	5	2016
Warrandyte	Bloods	Warrandyte	Warrandyte Reserve	1906	1962-	6	2015

Men's Division 4 (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Chirnside Park	Panthers	Chirnside Park	Kimberley Reserve	1978	2000-	1	2009
Croydon North MLOC	Rams	Croydon	Hughes Park Croydon	2018	2019-	0	-
Forest Hill	Zebras	Forest Hill	Forest Hill Reserve	1967	1970-	1	1984
Kilsyth	Cougars	Kilsyth	Pinks Reserve	1910	1962-1981, 1986-	3	1995
Nunawading	Lions	Blackburn North	Koonung Reserve	1927	1962-	1	2002
Scoresby	Magpies	Scoresby	Scoresby Recreation Reserve	1925	1962-	6	2006
Whitehorse Pioneers	Pioneers	Box Hill	Springfield Park	1954	1998-	2	2018

Women's Premier Division (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Boronia	Hawks	Boronia	Tormore Reserve	1927	1962-	1	2023
Eastern Devils	Devils	Wheelers Hill	Mulgrave Reserve	1999	2021-	2	2023
Mount Evelyn	Rovers	Mount Evelyn	Mount Evelyn Recreation Reserve	1931	2022-	0	-
South Belgrave	Saints	Belgrave South	Belgrave South Recreation Reserve	1946	1969, 2008-	0	-
South Croydon	Bulldogs	South Croydon	Cheong Park	1969	1969-	1	2019
The Basin	Bears	The Basin	Batterham Reserve	1947	1962-	0	-
Vermont	Eagles	Vermont	Vermont Recreation Reserve	1919	1962-	2	2022
Whitehorse Pioneers	Pioneers	Box Hill	Springfield Park	1954	1998-	0	-

Women's Division 1 (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Beaconsfield	Eagles	Beaconsfield	Holm Park Reserve	1890	2022-	0	-
Donvale	Magpies	Donvale	Donvale Reserve	1971	1992-2013, 2015-	1	2018
East Ringwood	Roos	East Ringwood	East Ringwood Reserve	1929	1962-	1	2023
Knox	Falcons	Wantirna South	Knox Gardens Reserve	1980	1989-	1	2022
North Ringwood	Saints	North Ringwood	Quambee Reserve	1962	1962-	1	2019
Park Orchards	Sharks	Park Orchards	Domeney Reserve	1969	2012	0	-

Women's Division 2 (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Berwick	Wickers	Berwick	Edwin Flack Reserve	1903	2020-	0	-
Blackburn	Panthers	Blackburn	Morton Park	1890	1962-	0	-
Chirnside Park	Panthers	Chirnside Park	Kimberley Reserve	1978	2000-	0	-
East Burwood	Rams	East Burwood	East Burwood Reserve	1910	1962-	1	2022
Kilsyth	Cougars	Kilsyth	Pinks Reserve	1910	1962-1981, 1986-	1	2023
Montrose	Demons	Montrose	Montrose Reserve	1924	1964-	0	-
Ringwood	Redbacks	Ringwood	Jubilee Park	1899	1962-	0	-
Surrey Park	Panthers	Box Hill	Surrey Park Reserve	1994	2002	0	-
Waverley Blues	Blues	Mount Waverley	Mt Waverley Reserve	1998	1999-	0	-

Women's Division 3 (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Coldstream	Cougars	Coldstream	Coldstream Reserve	1890	1962-	0	-
Croydon North MLOC	Rams	Croydon	Hughes Park Croydon	2018	2019-	0	-
Eastern Devils Reserves	Devils	Wheelers Hill	Mulgrave Reserve	1999	2021-	2	2023
Heathmont	Jets	Heathmont	HE Parker Reserve	1956	1962-	0	-
Mitcham	Tigers	Mitcham	Walker Park	1888	1962-	0	-
Mooroolbark	Mustangs	Mooroolbark	Heights Reserve	1966	1966-	1	2023
North Ringwood Reserves	Saints	North Ringwood	Quambee Reserve	1969	1969-	1	2019
South Croydon Reserves	Bulldogs	South Croydon	Cheong Park	1969	1969-	1	2019

Women's Division 4 (2024)

Club	Nickname	Location	Home ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	EFNL Senior Premierships	Most recent
Bayswater	Waters	Bayswater	Bayswater Oval	1895	1962-	1	2017
Boronia Reserves	Hawks	Boronia	Tormore Reserve	1927	1962-	0	-
Fairpark	Lions	Ferntree Gully	Fairpark Reserve	1969	1981-	0	-
Ferntree Gully	Eagles	Ferntree Gully	Ferntree Gully Reserve	1892	1965-	0	-
Nunawading	Lions	Blackburn North	Koonung Reserve	1927	1962-	0	-
The Basin Reserves	Bears	The Basin	Batterham Reserve	1947	1962-	0	-
Upper Ferntree Gully	Kings	Upper Ferntree Gully	Kings Park	1948	1966-	0	-
Wantirna South	Devils	Wantirna South	Walker Reserve	1952	1962	0	-
Warrandyte	Bloods	Warrandyte	Warrandyte Reserve	1906	1962-	0	-

Junior Only Clubs

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Est.	Years in EFNL
Endeavour Hills	Eagles	Endeavour Hills	Barry Simon Reserve	1978	2021-
Glen Waverley Rovers	Rovers	Glen Waverley	Brentwood Reserve	1970
Lysterfield	Wolves	Lysterfield	Lakesfield Reserve	2008	2011-
Rowville Knights (St. Simons)	Knights	Rowville	Liberty Reserve	1993	1999-

Premiers

Premiership Table

Club	Seniors					Reserves					Under 19s
Premier (Div 1 1962–2018)	Div 1 (Div 2 1962–2018)	Div 2 (Div 3 1962–2018)	Div 3 (2019)	Div 4 (1986)	Premier (Div 1 1962–2018)	Div 1 (Div 2 1962–2018)	Div 2 (Div 3 1962–2018)	Div 3 (2019)	Div 4 (1986)	Premier (Div 1 1980–2018)	Div 1 (Div 2 1980–2018)	Div 2 (Div 3 1980–2018)	Div 3 (Div 4 2003–2018)	Div 4 (2019)
Vermont	21	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
East Burwood	12	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	1	10	-	1	-	-
Mitcham	5	1	2	-	-	6	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Noble Park	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Balwyn	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Ringwood	3	2	-	-	-	14	-	1	-	-	6	1	-	-	-
Ringwood	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-
Bayswater	1	5	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scoresby	1	5	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
South Croydon	1	4	3	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	2	-	-
Rowville	1	2	2	-	1	-	3	1	-	3	-	1	2	1	-
Donvale	1	2	1	1	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	-
East Hawthorn	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norwood	1	-	3	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Doncaster	-	4	3	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Lilydale	-	4	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	-
North Ringwood	-	4	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	6	3	-	-
Boronia	-	3	2	-	-	-	2	8	-	-	-	5	1	-	-
Blackburn	-	3	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
Wantirna South	-	2	2	-	1	-	2	1	-	2	-	1	1	-	-
Knox	-	2	1	-	1	2	1	4	-	-	1	4	1	-	-
Doncaster East	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Mulgrave	-	2	1	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Montrose	-	2	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
Surrey Hills	-	2	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Croydon	-	2	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-
Warrandyte	-	1	3	-	2	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	2	-
Kilsyth	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Ferntree Gully	-	1	1	-	1	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-
Clayton	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Upper Ferntree Gully	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Olinda	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mount Evelyn	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Coldstream	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
The Basin	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	3	1	-
Mooroolbark	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	4	-	-
Waverley Blues	-	-	1	1	2	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Templestowe	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Forest Hill	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	6	-	-	2	1	1
Park Orchards	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	2	3	2	-
South Belgrave	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Bennettswood	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Yarra Glen	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fairpark	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Heathmont	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	5	-	1	1	-	-
Whitehorse Pioneers	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Silvan	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
South Waverley Sandown	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nunawading	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Bennettswood Blackburn South	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Chirnside Park	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Surrey Park	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Waverley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-
Kilsyth South Croydon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Whitehorse South Croydon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-

Premiership Timeline

Division Promotion and Relegation Timeline

Additional Information

1965 - Divisional promotion and relegation began between Division 1 and 2. Clubs such as Scoresby (Division 2 Premiers in 1962, 63, 64, 65) were not promoted despite winning the Division 2 premiership several times and clubs such as Heathmont were not relegated despite having finished last in 1962 and 1964.
1971 - Divisional promotion and relegation began between Division 2 and 3. Olinda (Division 3 Premiers in 1965, 66, 67) and Mount Evelyn (Division 3 Premiers in 1969, 70) won several premierships in a row without promotion and clubs such as Mulgrave (Division 2 Last Place 1968, 69) and Upper Ferntree Gully (Division 2 Last Place 1970, 71) were not relegated despite finishing last for two years in a row.
1986 - Division 4 was added to the league. The last seven teams of the 1985 Division 3 season were relegated to Division 4 for 1986 (Mount Evelyn, Lilydale, Nunawading, South Wantirna, South Waverley Sandown, Blackburn South and Kilsyth), joining Wonga Park who was admitted as a new club.
2019 - With Division 1 becoming Premier Division, Division 2 becoming Division 1 and Division 3 becoming Division 2, the newly created Division 3 comprised the bottom six teams of Division 3 of 2018 (Waverley Blues, Donvale, Ferntree Gully, South Belgrave, Warrandyte and Chirnside Park), as well as the two Grand Finalists of Division 4 of 2018 (Whitehorse Pioneers and Glen Waverley Hawks).

Eastern Football League Premiers (1962–present)

Five Division Competition (2019–)

Year	Premier	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
2023	Rowville	Mitcham	Boronia	Donvale	Surrey Park
2022	Noble Park	East Ringwood	South Belgrave	Waverley Blues	Silvan
2021	Competition suspended mid-season	Competition suspended mid-season	Competition suspended mid-season	Competition suspended mid-season	Competition suspended mid-season
2020	No competition	No competition	No competition	No competition	No competition
2019	Vermont	Doncaster East	Mitcham	South Belgrave	Fairpark
Year	Premier	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4

Four Division Competition (1986–2018)

Year	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
2018	Vermont	Doncaster East	Boronia	Whitehorse
2017	South Croydon	Knox	Park Orchards	Donvale
2016	Balwyn	Bayswater	Upper Ferntree Gully	Ferntree Gully
2015	Balwyn	Doncaster	Mitcham	Warrandyte
2014	Norwood	North Ringwood	Wantirna South	Silvan
2013	Balwyn	Montrose	Doncaster	South Belgrave
2012	Balwyn	Rowville	North Ringwood	The Basin
2011	Noble Park	Lilydale	Doncaster	Heathmont
2010	Noble Park	Mulgrave	Upper FTG	Templestowe
2009	Vermont	South Croydon	Mooroolbark	Chirnside Park
2008	Balwyn	Wantirna South	Waverley Blues	Heathmont
2007	Vermont	Knox	Doncaster East	Whitehorse
2006	Vermont	Scoresby	South Croydon	Warrandyte
2005	Vermont	Ringwood	Bayswater	Waverley Blues
2004	Noble Park	Wantirna South	Rowville	Heathmont
2003	Noble Park	Lilydale	Norwood	Rowville
2002	East Ringwood	Blackburn	Wantirna South	Nunawading
2001	Vermont	Donvale	South Croydon	Coldstream
2000	East Burwood	Boronia	Knox	Waverley Blues
1999	East Burwood	North Ringwood	Warrandyte	Norwood
1998	Vermont	Lilydale	Upper FTG	Mount Evelyn
1997	Vermont	Croydon	Templestowe	South Waverley Sandown
1996	Donvale	Lilydale	Doncaster	South Wantirna
1995	Vermont	Bayswater	Kilsyth	Fairpark
1994	Vermont	Donvale	The Basin	Heathmont
1993	Vermont	Clayton	Warrandyte	Doncaster East
1992	East Burwood	Montrose	Donvale	Surrey Hills
1991	Vermont	South Croydon	Lilydale	Knox
1990	Vermont	Doncaster	Coldstream	Kilsyth
1989	Vermont	North Ringwood	Norwood	Bennettswood BBS
1988	Vermont	South Croydon	Mooroolbark	Lilydale
1987	East Burwood	Surrey Hills	Ferntree Gully	South Waverley Sandown
1986	Vermont	Boronia	Coldstream	Mount Evelyn
Year	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4

Three Division competition (1962–1985)

Year	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
1985	East Burwood	Bayswater	The Basin
1984	East Ringwood	Doncaster	Forest Hill
1983	Vermont	South Croydon	Warrandyte
1982	Vermont	Bayswater	Norwood
1981	Mitcham	Rowville	Montrose
1980	Mitcham	Blackburn	Rowville
1979	Mitcham	Mulgrave	Upper FTG
1978	Ringwood	North Ringwood	Olinda
1977	Scoresby	Blackburn	Boronia
1976	East Burwood	Ringwood	Bennettswood
1975	Mitcham	Kilsyth	Coldstream
1974	Bayswater	East Ringwood	Upper FTG
1973	East Burwood	Bayswater	South Croydon
1972	East Hawthorn	Doncaster	Mount Evelyn
1971	Vermont	Croydon	Mulgrave
1970	Mitcham	East Hawthorn	Mount Evelyn
1969	Vermont	Boronia	Mount Evelyn
1968	East Burwood	Ferntree Gully	Yarra Glen
1967	East Burwood	Surrey Hills	Olinda
1966	East Ringwood	Warrandyte	Olinda
1965	East Burwood	Scoresby	Olinda
1964	East Burwood	Scoresby	No competition
1963	East Burwood	Scoresby	No competition
1962	Ringwood	Scoresby	The Basin
Year	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3

Former clubs

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Est.	Years in EFNL	Current Status
Balwyn Combined	Demons	Balwyn North	Macleay Park		1996	Folded
Bennettswood	Swans	Burwood	Bennettswood Reserve		1968-1986	Merged with Blackburn South Football Club
Bennettswood-Blackburn South	Swans			1987	1987-1990	Folded
Blackburn South				1966	1984-1986	Merged with Bennettswood Football Club
Clayton	Clays	Clayton	Meade Reserve	1908	1985-1998	Transferred to Southern Football Netball League
Canterbury	Cobras	Canterbury	Canterbury Sports Ground	1881	2009-2013	Transferred to Victorian Amateur Football Association
East Hawthorn	Hawks	Hawthorn	St. James Park	1931	1970-1972	Transferred to Metropolitan Football League
Glen Waverley Hawks	Hawks	Glen Waverley	Central Reserve	1973	2005-2022	In recess
Mount Evelyn	Rovers	Mount Evelyn	Gary Martin Oval	1931	1962-2001	Transferred to Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League, women's team still competes in EFNL
Noble Park Bears	Bears	Noble Park	Parkfield Reserve		1989-1996	Folded
Olinda	Bloods	Olinda	Olinda Recreation Reserve	1908	1965-1985	Transferred to Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League and now known as Olinda-Ferny Creek
Southern Cobras	Cobras	Springvale	Edinburgh Reserve	1962	1977–83 as Sandown, 1984-1997 as South Waverley Sandown, 1998-05 as Southern Cobras	Transferred to Southern Football Netball League and now known as Sandown Cobras. Folded after 2023 season
Surrey Hills				1887	1962-1993	Merged with East Camberwell to form Surrey Park Football Club
SBL Wolves	Wolves	Belgrave South	Belgrave South Recreation Reserve	2017	2017-2023	De-merged into Lysterfield and South Belgrave Junior Football Clubs
Wandin	Bulldogs	Wandin	Wandin North Reserve	1909	1962-1971	Transferred to Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League
Waverley	Panthers	Wheelers Hill	Columbia Park Reserve	1908	1991-1998	Merged with Mount Waverley Burwood to form the Waverley Blues Football Club
Wonga Park	Kangaroos	North Croydon	Brushy Creek Park		1986 as Wonga Park 1987-90 as North Croydon	Transferred to Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League
Yarra Glen	River Pigs	Yarra Glen	Yarra Glen Recreation Reserve	1888	1962-1984	Transferred to Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League

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↑ "1922 - Ringwood FA". Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian (Vic. 25 March 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
↑ "1945 - Croydon Mail Football League". Fern Tree Gully News (Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic). 27 April 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
↑ "1948 - Croydon & DFL Ladder". The Lilydale Express (Vic). 14 May 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
↑ "1950 - Croydon League" Decision Monday Night". Mountain District Free Press (Tecoma, Vic). 9 February 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
↑ Full Points Footy, Eastern Football League, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 21 October 2008
↑ "INSIDE THE EFL | COMPETITION RESTRUCTURE | Eastern FNL". 12 July 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
↑ "EFNL ANNOUNCES REBRAND | Eastern FNL". 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
↑ "Victoria's Eastern Football League and Northern Football League cancel 2020 season". news.com.au. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

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[1] "1903 - 'REPORTER' DISTRICT FOOTBALL COMPETITION". The Reporter (Box Hill, Vic). 1 May 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[2] "1922 - Ringwood FA". Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian (Vic. 25 March 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[3] "1945 - Croydon Mail Football League". Fern Tree Gully News (Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic). 27 April 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[4] "1948 - Croydon & DFL Ladder". The Lilydale Express (Vic). 14 May 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[5] "1950 - Croydon League" Decision Monday Night". Mountain District Free Press (Tecoma, Vic). 9 February 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[d-6] Full Points Footy, Eastern Football League, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 21 October 2008

[7] "INSIDE THE EFL | COMPETITION RESTRUCTURE | Eastern FNL". 12 July 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

[8] "EFNL ANNOUNCES REBRAND | Eastern FNL". 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

[9] "Victoria's Eastern Football League and Northern Football League cancel 2020 season". news.com.au. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

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v t e Clubs in the Eastern Football Netball League
Premier Division	Balwyn Berwick Blackburn Doncaster East East Ringwood Noble Park Norwood Rowville South Croydon Vermont
First Division	Bayswater Beaconsfield Doncaster Mitcham Montrose Mooroolbark North Ringwood Park Orchards South Belgrave Wantirna South
Second Division	Boronia East Burwood Croydon Heathmont Lilydale Mulgrave Ringwood Templestowe The Basin Waverley Blues
Third Division	Coldstream Donvale Fairpark Ferntree Gully Knox Oakleigh District Silvan Surrey Park Upper Ferntree Gully Warrandyte
Fourth Division	Chirnside Park Croydon North MLOC Forest Hill Kilsyth Nunawading Scoresby Whitehorse Pioneers
In Recess	Glen Waverley Hawks

v t e Eastern Football League seasons
Reporter District Football Association seasons	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916-1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
Ringwood District Football League seasons	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942-1944
Croydon District Football League seasons	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Croydon-Ferntree Gully Football League seasons	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Eastern Districts Football League	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Eastern Football League	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

v t e Australian rules football in Victoria
Representative side	Victoria
Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (regional)
Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs
Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League Talent League (under-19) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western
Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Outer East Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera
Regional leagues (district)	Central Highlands Colac East Gippsland Ellinbank Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham Kyabram Loddon Valley Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo Ovens & King Picola South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool West Gippsland
Women's leagues	Victorian Women's Football League (1981–2016) VFL Women's (2016–present) South Eastern Women's Football (2017–2023) Talent League Girls AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition Barwon N E Border Female FL
Other leagues	Victorian Blind Football League Yarra Junior Football League
Defunct leagues	Alberton (1945–2019) Ararat (1931-1999) Benalla (1946–2009) Benalla Tungamah/Central Goulburn (1938-2005) Central Goulburn Valley (1946-1952) Euroa District (1903-1949) Federal DFA (1897-1902) Federal FL (1909–1981) Goulburn Valley FA (1888-1931) Heytesbury Mount Noorat (1992-2002) Lexton Plains (1999–2010) Mallee (1997–2015) Northern Mallee (1979–1996) Riviera (1986–2003) South East (2015–2018) Southern Mallee (1932–1996) Tyrrell (1945–1978) VJFA (1883–1932) Walhalla (1888-1913) Yarra Valley Mountain (1966–2018) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park
Other articles	History (1859–1900)

Formerly	Eastern Districts Football League Eastern Football League
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1962;62 years ago (1962)
CEO	Jy Bond
No. of teams	48
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	Premier Division Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Relegation to	Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
Official website	efnl.org.au