| 1971 VFA premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Division 1 | |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | Dandenong 2nd premiership |
| Minor premiers | Preston 3rd minor premiership |
| Division 2 | |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | Sunshine 1st D2 premiership |
| Minor premiers | Caulfield 1st D2 minor premiership |
The 1971 Victorian Football Association season was the 90th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the eleventh season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Dandenong Football Club, after it defeated Preston in the Grand Final on 26 September by six points, and after a formal protest by Preston against the result of the Grand Final was dismissed on 29 September; it was Dandenong's second Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Sunshine; it was the club's first and only premiership in either division in its time in the Association, and came in its ninth consecutive appearance in the Division 2 finals.