Central Australian Football League

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The Central Australian Football League (CAFL) is an Australian rules football competition operating out of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. Established in 1947, the Central Australian Football League is the oldest, most popular and important football league in Central Australia.

It is notable for producing Victorian Football League/Australian Football League players such as Darryl White, Joel Bowden and Liam Jurrah.

The home of the Central Australian Football League is Traeger Park in Alice Springs. The Central Australian Football League organises the annual Ngurratjuta Town Vs Country Challenge event and local Rec Footy competitions.

Current clubs

Premier Division

Football Club	Nickname	Founded	Notes
Alkamilya	Panthers	2011	Only field senior women's team
Federal	Demons	1947
Pioneer	Eagles	1947
Rovers	Double Blues	1947
South Alice Springs	Kangaroos
West Alice Springs	Bloods	1968

Community League

Colours	Football Club	Nickname
	Arlparra	Dockers
	Harts Range	Swans
	Ltyentye Apurte	Eagles
	Laramba	Roos
	Mt Allan	Eagles
	Papunya	Eagles
	Titjikala	Hawks
	Ti Tree	Roosters
	Western Aranda	Bulldogs
	Yuendumu	Magpies

Former Clubs

Colours	Football Club	Nickname
	Mutitjulu	Cats
	Utju	Tigers

Premierships

Football Club	Nickname	CAFL Flags	CAFL Flag years
Alkamilya	Panthers	1	2023 *
Federal	Demons	14	1950, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1974, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2023
Pioneer	Eagles	33	1947, 1948, 1989, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2022, 2024
Rovers	Double Blues	14	1952, 1954, 1964, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
South Alice Springs	Kangaroos	7	1984, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2014
West Alice Springs	Bloods	8	1979, 1980, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Won in Senior Women's comp

Premiers

List of premiers for the CAFL Premier division.

1947 Pioneer
1948 Pioneer
1949 Pioneer
1950 Federal
1951 Pioneer
1952 Rovers
1953 Pioneer
1954 Rovers
1955 Federal
1956 Pioneer
1957 Pioneer
1958 Federal
1959 Federal
1960 Federal
1961 Federal
1962 Federal
1963 Federal
1964 Rovers
1965 Pioneer
1966 Pioneer

1967 Pioneer
1968 Pioneer
1969 Pioneer
1970 Rovers
1971 Pioneer
1972 Pioneer
1973 Rovers
1974 Federal
1975 Pioneer
1976 Pioneer
1977 Pioneer
1978 Rovers
1979 West Alice Springs
1980 West Alice Springs
1981 Pioneer
1982 West Alice Springs
1983 Pioneer
1984 South Alice Springs
1985 Pioneer
1986 Rovers

1987 Pioneer
1988 Rovers
1989 Pioneer
1990 Pioneer
1991 Pioneer
1992 South Alice Springs
1993 South Alice Springs
1994 Pioneer
1995 South Alice Springs
1996 Rovers
1997 Pioneer
1998 Pioneer
1999 South Alice Springs
2000 Pioneer
2001 Pioneer
2002 West Alice Springs
2003 South Alice Springs
2004 West Alice Springs
2005 West Alice Springs
2006 West Alice Springs

2007 West Alice Springs
2008 Yuendumu
2009 Pioneer
2010 Pioneer
2011 Federal
2012 Rovers
2013 Federal
2014 South Alice Springs
2015 Federal
2016 Federal
2017 Rovers
2018 Rovers
2019 Rovers
2020 Rovers
2021 Rovers
2022 Pioneer
2023 Federal
2024 Pioneer

References

External links

Official website

v t e Australian rules football in the Northern Territory
Governing body	AFL Northern Territory
Representative team	Northern Territory Football Club
Darwin league	Northern Territory Football League
Regional leagues	Barkly Big Rivers Central Australian Gove Tiwi Islands
Women's league	Northern Territory Women's Aussie Rules Football Association
Defunct Leagues	Top End Australian Football Association
NTFL teams	Darwin Nightcliff Palmerston PINT Southern Districts St Mary's Tiwi Bombers Wanderers Waratah
Principal venues	Marrara Oval

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