1999 AFL season


The 1999 Australian Football League season was the 103rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 10th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

AFL Draft

See 1999 AFL Draft.

Ansett Australia Cup

defeated Port Adelaide 12.11 to 5.6.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Note: The Collingwood vs. Brisbane Lions match was the last VFL/AFL match to be held at Victoria Park, and the Hawthorn vs. Sydney match was the last VFL/AFL match to be held at Waverley Park.

Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series.

Ladder progression

Finals series

Qualifying Finals

Semi Finals

Note: West Coast Eagles played its "home" final at the MCG despite being ranked above Carlton due to the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG.

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Match attendance

TeamHostedAverageHighestLowestTotalLast Season+/-
Essendon1157,30973,11835,273630,39954,894+ 2414
Richmond1140,53359,45828,217445,86344,307- 3774
Adelaide1139,39345,61533,398433,32441,245- 1852
Collingwood1139,12656,12919,441430,38649,399- 10,273
Carlton1135,03770,50619,100385,40332,634+ 2403
Hawthorn1134,86372,13013,941383,49032,173+ 2690
St Kilda1133,18246,88020,131365,00636,231- 3049
Melbourne1131,95551,72218,679351,50440,085- 8130
Port Adelaide1131,26942,66925,753343,96331,799- 530
West Coast Eagles1130,86836,76324,696339,54934,199- 3331
Sydney1130,53941,28024,629335,93031,549- 1010
Kangaroos1125,89048,38310,676284,78635,791- 9901
Geelong1124,84042,27217,234273,24228,371- 3531
Western Bulldogs1124,02344,68313,513264,25423,832+ 191
Fremantle1123,97232,68017,620263,68923,104+ 868
Brisbane Lions1121,89024,98917,665240,79116,675+ 5215
Totals17632,79373,11810,6765,771,57934,768- 1975

VenueHostedAverageHighestLowestTotalLast Year+/-
MCG5842,37073,11816,4292,457,44047,585- 5215
Football Park2235,33145,61525,753777,28736,522- 1191
Waverley Park2133,55872,13013,941704,71934,549- 991
Subiaco Oval1628,50636,76317,620456,09629,800- 1294
SCG1526,76741,28010,676401,50631,549- 4782
WACA624,52426,12622,987147,14225,590- 1066
Victoria Park221,96724,49319,44143,93423,241- 1274
Shell Stadium921,92227,41717,234197,29623,307- 1385
GABBA1121,89024,98917,665240,79116,675+ 5215
Optus Oval1621,58631,18913,513345,36821,874- 289
Totals17632,79373,11810,6765,771,57934,768- 1975

Awards