2017 AFL premiership season | |
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Date | 23 March – 30 September |
Teams | 18 |
Premiers | Richmond 11th premiership |
Runners-up | Adelaide (1st runners-up) |
Minor premiers | Adelaide 2nd minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Dustin Martin Richmond (36 votes) |
Coleman Medallist | Lance Franklin Sydney (69 goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 207 |
Total attendance | 7,287,880 (35,207 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 87,685 (round 5, Essendon v Collingwood) |
Highest (finals) | 100,021 (Grand Final, Adelaide vs. Richmond) |
The 2017 AFL season was the 121st season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 23 March until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The premiership was won by the Richmond Football Club for the eleventh time, after it defeated Adelaide by 48 points in the 2017 AFL Grand Final.