2000 Grand Final Essendon beat Melbourne Demons
In 2000 against Melbourne.
The first team to win a premiership was Essendon in 1897. That was in VFL. The first team to win after the AFL formation was Collingwood, in 1990. However, St. Kilda were the first wooden spooners in 1897. ST. Kilda have enough wooden spoons to give to a whole team! ... to be precise: 26. Essendon won the first Premiership flag via a round robin-type season. (In those years, only 8 teams were playing: St. Kilda, Essendon, Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Melbourne and Geelong.)
If you mean Essendon, the Australian team, it was in 2000 and the captain was James Hird
The first team to win a premiership was Essendon in 1897. That was in VFL. The first team to win after the AFL formation was Collingwood, in 1990. However, St. Kilda were the first wooden spooners in 1897. ST. Kilda have enough wooden spoons to give to a whole team! ... to be precise: 26. Essendon won the first Premiership flag via a round robin-type season. (In those years, only 8 teams were playing: St. Kilda, Essendon, Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Melbourne and Geelong.)
WINS LOSSES BEING ONLY 14 I THINK ESSENDON:2000 21 1
1998
Well It depends not last year but they have won a miner premiership
Essendon have won a record-equalling 16 VFL/AFL Premierships: 1897 (first VFL/AFL premiership), 1901, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1993 and 2000.
In 2010, against St. Kilda - they romped it home the second time, after a Grand final replay due to a drawn first Grand final. Before that, it was in 1990, against Essendon, by 58 points. It was their first premiership since 1958, including a heartbreaking draw against North Melbourne in 1977.
Arsenal.
Carlton & Essendon have both have 16 premierships, however Essendon have only won 14 grand finals. Collingwood have 14 Melbourne has 12