121st season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
For the 2017 season of the Arena Football League, see 2017 Arena Football League season. For the 2017 season of the AFL Women's competition, see 2017 AFL Women's season.
2017 AFL premiership season
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)
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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.
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