As at the end of the 2010 season...
Essendon 16
Carlton 16
Collingwood 15
Melbourne 12
Richmond 10
Hawthorn 10
Fitzroy 8
Geelong 8
South Melbourne / Sydney 4
North Melbourne / Kangaroos 4
West Coast 3
Brisbane Lions 3
Adelaide 2
St Kilda 1
Port Adelaide 1
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 1
University 0
Brisbane Bears 0
Fremantle* 0*
*Fremantle is the only current team to not have won a premiership. They've never played in a grand final.
The question is actually invalid, because both Essendon and Carlton have won the most at 16 premierships each. Therefore, the next team will have won the third most AFL Premierships; and that is Collingwood. The Collingwood Magpies have won 15, but they have lost many more grand finals than they have won!
They have won 36 premierships in their history which is an Australian record for any club..
The Carlton Football Club are the greatest AFL team in the world! Their record of the equal most premierships ever speaks for it's self. Sure in the 70's and 80's thay were a little arrogant, but that's what we love! GO BLUES!
Melbourne has won 12 premierships
3 Premierships
Brisbane Lions were very fortunate enough to win 3 back-to-back premierships not so long after the team was entered into the AFL draw. The club won the 2001, 2002 and 2003 premierships, as I recall.
It has never happened in the AFL (1990 - ) but some instances occured in VFL Seasons (1897 - 1989): North Melbourne in 1931 and 1934. Hawthorn in 1928. Fitzroy in 1964, but all of these seasons only consisted of 18 rounds. a few teams have gone close though. Fremantle have gone through only winning one, which was against the hawks In 1913, University football Team, an early member of the then VFL, played and lost every match! 18 games I think! University still fields a Team but they are no-longer a part of elite football and left the then VFL in 1919! They are possibly the second or third oldest football club in Australia! (they were formed in the same year as Castlemaine. There is an argument that the "Melbourne F Club" IS the Oldest football club in the world!and st kilda 1897-1899
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The Geelong Football Club has won 8 premierships (1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009). Actually, in the earlier decades of Australian Football, the teams played off for a premiership flag; it was later changed to a cup.
There are many places where one can find information about the Sunderland Football Club. One can find information about the Sunderland Football Club at popular on the web sources such as Kitbag and the official Sunderland Football Club website.
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