Current season, competition or edition: 2022 | |
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| Sport | Australian rules football Netball |
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| Founded | 10 June 1881 |
| No. of teams | 9 |
| Country |  Australia |
| Confederation | AFL Victoria |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Sandhurst (28) (2024) |
| Most titles |  Eaglehawk (28) Sandhurst (28) |
| Sponsor(s) | Bendigo Bank |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Related competitions | |
| Official website | bendigofnl.com.au |
The Bendigo Football Netball League (previously known as the Sandhurst Football Association, Bendigo and District Football Association, Bendigo Football Association and Bendigo Football League) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria.
Formed on 10 June 1881 by the city's three clubs as the Sandhurst Football Association,[1] it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine Football Club, acknowledged as the second oldest football club in Australia and one of the oldest in the world.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". Bendigo Advertiser. Vol. XXVIII, no. 8, 093. Victoria, Australia. 11 June 1881. p. 1 (Supplement to The Bendigo Advertiser). Retrieved 8 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.