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The answer is 5. (1915, 1938, 1970, 1979, 1981.)
Of the sum total of matches ever played - Collingwood has won 1421 games. Of all its games, Carlton has won 1359. Head to head: Collingwood vs. Carlton - Collingwood has beaten Carlton 114 times. Carlton has beaten Collingwood 123 times. There have been 4 draws.
Carlton has won 16 Grand Finals, and therefore, 16 Premierships in AFL football.
Unfortunately, Fremantle did. By 7 points.
Carlton.
As at the end of the 2010 season there have been 24 games between Fremantle and Carlton. Fremantle have won 14 and lost 10.
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!
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.)
Steve Carlton
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.)