2024 VAFA season
Ormond andWattle Park players contest the football during round 15 of the Thirds season
Date	13 April − 27 September 2024
Teams	61
Matches played	566
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The2024 VAFA season was the 123rd season of theVictorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), the largest senior communityAustralian rules football competition inVictoria.^[1] The season began on 13 April and concluded on 27 September, with 61 teams participating across six divisions under apromotion and relegation system.^[2]

Following the conclusion of the2023 season,Ivanhoe andOld Paradians left the VAFA and transferred to theNorthern Football Netball League (NFNL) for 2024.^[3] This resulted in the abolishment ofDivision 4, which subsequently merged intoDivision 3.^[4] Additionally, because of extremely low player numbers during pre-season training,Masala Dandenong announced in January 2024 that it would withdraw from Division 3 and instead compete in the Thirds competition.^[5]

After seven years in the Club XVIII and Thirds competitions, theChadstone Football Club re-entered a senior team inDivision 3.^[6][7] In round 1, with 22 club debutants, Chadstone defeatedEley Park by 57 points to claim their first VAFA divisional win in 3,256 days.^[8][9]

While in recess in 2023, theOld Mentonians Football Club was renamed toMentone Panthers.^[10] The club returned to the VAFA in 2024 with a team in the Thirds competition.^[11][12]

TheWestbourne Grammarians Football Club remained in recess for a second season, although it entered a senior team in theVAFA Women's (VAFAW) competition.^[13][14]

• Starting in 2024,Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) broadcast one game fromPremier Division every Saturday, including both home-and-away and finals matches.^[15]
• Williamstown CYMS forfeited its round 11 under-19s matches in both Premier and Division 4 after its players damaged their own clubrooms during a party.^[16][17][18]
• During a round 12Premier Division match,St Kevin's player Michael Pisker collided with anUniversity Blues player's legs when running to follow the ball.^[19][20] Pisker was placed into aninduced coma and lost permanent sight in his right eye, with footage of the incident removed from the VAFA website.^[21][22] St Kevin's created the "Michael Pisker Most Courageous Player" award at the end of the season, with Pisker himself given the award for the 2024 season.^[23][24]
• In the Under-19s Division 2 Grand Final betweenOld Camberwell andUniversity Blues, players from Old Camberwell began celebrating when the siren went at the end of the fourth quarter, believing that they had won the game by five points.^[25] However, an umpiring decision for tripping had been made fractions of a second before the siren blew, giving the Blues a free kick from around 60 metres from goal.^[26] Four players from Old Camberwell players had run onto the field while celebrating and were penalised for doing so, with Blues player Angus Watson awarded a50-metre penalty, kicking a goal after the siren to give the Blues a one-point win of 6.9 (45) to 5.14 (44).^[27][28] The VAFA released a statement after the grand final, saying it was "fully satisfied that the umpire correctly adjudicated the situation in accordance with the appropriateAFL Laws of the Game".^[29][30]

Old Scotch won thePremier Division premiership for the 10th time, defeatingminor premiersOld Brighton by 18 points in the grand final.^[35] It was Old Scotch's first men's senior premiership in 46 years and its second senior premiership in2024, with the club also claiming its first Premier Division premiership in theVAFA Women's.^[36][37]

This wasFitzroy's first-ever season in Premier Division after being promoted at the end of2023, although the club finished second-last and was relegated back toPremier B for the2025 season.^[38][39]Old Melburnians was also relegated.^[40][41]

Source:^[42]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Old Haileybury won thePremier B premiership for the third time, defeatingDe La Salle by 94 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted toPremier Division for the2025 season, whileBeaumaris andSt Bedes/Mentone Tigers were relegated toPremier C.^[76]

Source:^[77]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Old Carey won thePremier C premiership for the first time, defeating theHampton Rovers by 89 points in the grand final.^[84] Both clubs were promoted toPremier B for the2025 season, whileMonash Blues andOakleigh were relegated toDivision 1.^[85]

Source:^[86]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Prahran won theDivision 1 premiership for the first time, defeatingParkside by 14 points in the grand final.^[91] Both clubs were promoted toPremier C for the2025 season, whileWest Brunswick and Old Yarra Cobras were relegated toDivision 2.^[92]

Source:^[93][94]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Elsternwick won theDivision 2 premiership for the first time, defeatingminor premiersBrunswick by 13 points in the grand final.^[101] It was Elsternwick's second senior premiership in a row, following itsDivision 3 premiership in2023. Both clubs were promoted toDivision 1 for the2025 season.^[102]

This wasBulleen Templestowe's last season in the VAFA, with the club moving to theEastern Football Netball League (EFNL) in 2025.^[103][104] Because of this, only one club −Wattle Park − was relegated toDivision 3.^[105][106]

Source:^[107][108]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Canterbury won theDivision 3 premiership for the first time, defeatingSt John's by 29 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted toDivision 2 for the2025 season.

The merger ofDivision 4 into Division 3 meant the finals series was expanded to include the top five teams from the home-and-away season instead of the top four.^[113]

Source:^[114][115]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

• 2024 VAFA Women's season

• Victorian Amateur Football Association seasons
• 2024 in Australian rules football
• 2024 in Victoria (state)

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