1980 VFA Premiership Season | |
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Teams | 20 |
Division 1 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Port Melbourne (13th premiership) |
Minor premiers | Coburg (5th minor premiership) |
Division 2 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Brunswick (2nd D2 premiership) |
Minor premiers | Yarraville (1st D2 minor premiership) |
← 1979 1981 → |
The 1980 Victorian Football Association season was the 99th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 20th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Coburg in the Grand Final on 21 September by eleven points; it was Port Melbourne's 13th Division 1 premiership, the first of three premierships won in a row between 1980 and 1982, and the fourth of six premierships won in nine seasons from 1974 until 1982. The Division 2 premiership was won by Brunswick; it was the club's second Division 2 premiership, and was won in its first season since relegation from Division 1.