2008 AFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 16 |
Premiers | Hawthorn 10th premiership |
Minor premiers | Geelong 13th minor premiership |
Pre-season cup | St Kilda 3rd pre-season cup win |
Brownlow Medallist | Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs (24 votes) |
Coleman Medallist | Lance Franklin Hawthorn (102 goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 185 |
Total attendance | 7,082,949 (38,286 per match) |
Highest | 100,012 (Grand Final, Geelong vs. Hawthorn) |
The 2008 AFL season was the 112th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 20 March until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. A significant feature of the season was the celebration of the 150th anniversary since the sport of Australian rules football was first established in 1858.
The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the tenth time, after they defeated Geelong by 26 points in the 2008 AFL Grand Final.