Collingwood have lost more finals than any other afl team when they loose is referred to as the colliwobbles
That's one way to look at it, the other way is that they are the only team good enough to play in so many finals, also please don't leave out they have won the most finals! But they have not won the most Grand finals; that honour belongs to both Carlton and Essendon.
Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) 7 premierships
Which AFL team has won 10 premierships
As of May 2011, Essendon and Carlton share the honor of having won the most VFL/AFL Premierships with sixteen apiece.
no ... The most successful AFL teams are Essendon and Carlton, each with 16 Premierships
Fremantle- with none
Carlton and Essendon both have won 16 premierships, Collingwood just behind with 14.
Collingwood has made the most Grand finals, but has lost more than its fair share. The others are: Carlton Essendon Hawthorn
15 VFL/AFL premierships.
10 and all of them in 50 years.
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!
Probably the two teams that have been in the VFL/AFL from the beginning in 1896 and have won the Most premierships as well: Essendon and Carlton - with 16 premierships a-piece. Although some try to claim it, you also probably couldn't give it to the Brisbane Lions club, either, since it was really an outgrowth of Brisbane Bears which commenced in 1987, and which, in turn, was really an outgrowth of the Fitzroy Lions.
3, 1953, 1958 and 1990.