Editing 2005 season


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Although the league was still called the VFL until the start of the 1990 season, the 2005 season was the unofficial 19th AFL season as the league expanded from 12 clubs to 14 clubs in 1987. 

The new clubs were West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Bears. In 1991 Adelaide Crows joined followed by Fremantle Dockers in 1995. 

1997 was the start of a new era of the AFL. Footscray changed its name to Western Bulldogs. Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Lions merged to become Brisbane Lions. And Port Adelaide Power joined retaining the league with 16 clubs. 

In this new era of the AFL, three interstate clubs - Adelaide, West Coast Eagles, Sydney Swans - were the top 3 clubs.

===Club Changes===
* Former Sydney Swans coach, Rodney Eade was appointed coach at West Bulldogs.
* Former Western Bulldogs coach, Terry Wallace was appointed coach at Richmond.
* Alastair Clarkson is appointed as coach at Hawthorn. 


Carlton only played one match at Princes Park with 6 of its home matches played at Docklands Stadium. 

Adelaide climbed 11 places to win the minor premiers. Whilst last season Grand Finalist, Brisbane Lions fell 9 places to 11th.


===Titles===
Sydney Swans finishing third on the ladder won their 1st AFL Premiership. Sydney Swans losing its Qualifying Final had to play 4 final series matches to win the title. West Coast Eagles who finished second played them in the Grand Final. Adelaide were minor premiers. Whilst Carlton won the wooden spoon.


===Medals===
Fraser Gehrig of St Kilda won the Coleman Medal for the leading goalscorer for the second season in a row. Ben Cousins of West Coast Eagles won the Brownlow Medal.
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===Ladder===
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|-
! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| #
! scope="col" style="width: 7%;"| 2004
! scope="col" style="width: ;"|Team
! scope="col" style="width: ;"|Home Ground
! scope="col" style="width: ;"|Coach
! scope="col" style="width: ;"|Captain
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 1
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> &nbsp; ▲ 11
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Adelaide.png|16px]] Adelaide
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Football Park
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Neil Craig
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Mark Ricciuto
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 2
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 5
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_West_Coast.png|16px]] West Coast Eagles
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Subiaco Oval
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; John Worsfold
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Ben Cousins
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 3
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 3
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Sydney.png|16px]] Sydney Swans
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; SCG
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Paul Roos
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Stuart Maxfield
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 4
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 1
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_St_Kilda.png|16px]] St Kilda
| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Docklands Stadium
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Grant Thomas
| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Nick Riewoldt
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 5
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 5
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_North_Melbourne.png|16px]] North Melbourne
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Docklands Stadium
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Dean Laidley 
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Adam Simpson
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 6
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 2
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Geelong.png|16px]] Geelong
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Kardinia Park
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Mark Thompson
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Steven King
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 7
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 2
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:Melbourne_logo_2014.png|16px]] Melbourne
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; MCG
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Neale Daniher
| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; David Neitz
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 8
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 7
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Port_Adelaide.png|16px]] Port Adelaide
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Football Park
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Mark Williams
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Matthew Primus
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 9
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 5
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Western_Bulldogs.png|16px]] Western Bulldogs
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Docklands Stadium
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Rodney Eade
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Luke Darcy
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 10
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 1
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:Fremantle-dockers.png|16px]] Fremantle
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Subiaco Oval
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Chris Connolly
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Peter Bell
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 11
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 9
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Lions.png|16px]] Brisbane Lions
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Gabba
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Leigh Matthews
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Michael Voss
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 12
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 4
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Richmond.png|16px]] Richmond
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; MCG
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Terry Wallace
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Kane Johnson 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 13
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 5
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Essendon.png|16px]] Essendon
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; Docklands Stadium
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Kevin Sheedy
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; James Hird
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 14
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 1
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Hawthorn.png|16px]] Hawthorn
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; MCG
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Alastair Clarkson
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Richie Vandenberg
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 15
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 2
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Collingwood.png|16px]] Collingwood
| <!-- home -->  &nbsp; MCG
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Mick Malthouse
| <!-- captain -->  &nbsp; Nathan Buckley 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 16
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 5
| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Carlton-Football.png|16px]] Carlton
| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Docklands Stadium
| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Denis Pagan
| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Anthony Koutoufides
|}


===Finals Series===
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| width={{{team-width|130}}}|&nbsp;
| width={{{score-width|70}}}|&nbsp;
| width=10|&nbsp;
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| width={{{team-width|130}}}|&nbsp;
| width={{{score-width|70}}}|&nbsp;
| width=10|&nbsp;
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| width=10|&nbsp;
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| width={{{score-width|70}}}|&nbsp;

|-
| colspan=2 height=14 |&nbsp;
| colspan=2 | Qualifying Final {{{QF1-details|&nbsp;}}}
| colspan=14 | &nbsp;

|-
| height=14|
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 4
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{QF1-team1|'''St Kilda'''}}}
| colspan="7" align=center style="border-width:0 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| height=14|
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 1
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{QF1-team2|Adelaide}}}
| rowspan="2" align=center style="border-width:2px 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:red;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="1"|&nbsp;
| colspan="3"| Semi Final {{{SF1-details|&nbsp;}}}
| colspan="2" align=center style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| height=14|
| colspan="3"|&nbsp;
| align=center style="border-width:0 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:red;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{SF1-team1|'''Adelaide'''}}}
| align=center colspan="2" style="border-width:0 0 1px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| align=center style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| height=14 colspan=2 |
| colspan="2"| Elimination Final {{{EF1-details|&nbsp;}}} 
| rowspan="2" align=center style="border-width:0 2px 1px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| align=center style="border-width:2px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{SF1-team2|Port Adelaide}}}
| colspan=2 align=center style="border-width:1px 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| align=center style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=1| &nbsp;
| colspan=2| Preliminary Final {{{PF1-details|&nbsp;}}}

|-
| height=14|
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 8
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{EF1-team1|'''Port Adelaide'''}}}
| colspan=5 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| style="border-width:0 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{PF1-team1|St Kilda}}}
| style="border-width:0 0 1px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| height=14|
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 5
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{EF1-team2|North Melbourne}}}
| align=center style="border-width:1px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=4 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| style="border-width:2px 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=2 style="border-width:2px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{PF1-team2|'''Sydney Swans'''}}}
| style="border-width:1px 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| |&nbsp;
| colspan=2| Grand Final {{{GF-details|&nbsp;}}}

|-
| height=14 colspan=9 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;" |&nbsp;
| style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;" |&nbsp;
| colspan=5 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;" |&nbsp;
| style="border-width:0 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;" |&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{GF-team1|'''Sydney Swans'''}}}
|-
| height=14 colspan=2  |&nbsp;
| height=14 colspan=2  | Elimination Final {{{EF2-details|&nbsp;}}}
| height=14 colspan=5 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;" |&nbsp;
| style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;" |&nbsp;
| colspan=2  |&nbsp;
| colspan=2  | Preliminary Final {{{PF2-details|&nbsp;}}}
| colspan=1 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;" |&nbsp;
| style="border-width:2px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;" |&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{GF-team2|West Coast Eagles}}}

|-
| height=14|
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 7
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{EF2-team1|Melbourne}}}
| align=center style="border-width:0 0 1px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=4 align=center style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| align=center style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=2 align=center style="border-width:0 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{PF2-team1|Adelaide}}}
| style="border-width:0 2px 1px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| height=14|
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 6
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{EF2-team2|'''Geelong'''}}}
| rowspan="2" align=center style="border-width:1px 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=1 |&nbsp;
| colspan=2 | Semi Final {{{SF2-details|&nbsp;}}}
| colspan=1 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=2 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| style="border-width:2px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{PF2-team2|'''West Coast Eagles'''}}}
| colspan=1 style="border-width:1px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| rowspan=2 height=14|
|  colspan="3"|&nbsp;
| align=center style="border-width:0 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{SF2-team1|Geelong}}}
| align=center style="border-width:0 2px 1px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=2 align=center style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| height=14|
|  colspan="2"| Qualifying Final {{{QF2-details|&nbsp;}}}
| rowspan="2" align=center style="border-width:0 2px 2px 0; border-style:solid;border-color:red;"|&nbsp;
| align=center style="border-width:2px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:red;"|&nbsp;
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{SF2-team2|'''Sydney Swans'''}}}
| align=center style="border-width:1px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;
| colspan=2 align=center style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| height=14|
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 3
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{QF2-team1|Sydney Swans}}}
| colspan=6 style="border-width:0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| height=14|
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 2
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{QF2-team2|'''West Coast Eagles'''}}}
| colspan=7 align=center style="border-width:2px 0 0 0; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"|&nbsp;

|-
| colspan=2 height=14 |&nbsp;
| colspan=2 | 
| colspan=14 | &nbsp;
{|border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="font-size: 90%; margin:1em 2em 1em 1em;"
| '''Key:
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| colspan=1 align=center style="border-width:0 0 0 2px; border-style:solid;border-color:red;"| &nbsp; Losing team progressing
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| colspan=1 align=center style="border-width:0 0 0 2px; border-style:solid;border-color:green;"| &nbsp; Winning team progressing

|}

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[[Category:Seasons]]