The 2023 VFL season was the 141st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. The season commenced on 25 March and concluded with the grand final on 24 September.
Gold Coast reserves won its first premiership, defeating by 19 points in the grand final. It was Gold Coast's first premiership in any competition and it was the first time the VFA/VFL premiership had been won by a non-Victorian team.
Home-and-away season All starting times are local time. Source: AFL.com.au Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Ladder
Finals series
All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au
Wildcard finals For the first time, the VFL introduced a Wildcard Round, which played after the home-and-away season is complete and considered part of the overall finals series. The seventh placed team played the tenth placed team, and the eighth placed team played the ninth placed team. The winners advanced to elimination finals, assuming the seventh and eighth positions under the AFL finals system.
Qualifying finals and elimination finals
Semi-finals
Preliminary finals
Grand final
Teams
Awards The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Jarryd Lyons (), who polled 26 votes. Lyons finished ahead of Boyd Woodcock () who polled 24 votes to finish second in the count for the second consecutive season; and Tom Gribble (Werribee) and Lachlan Sullivan (Footscray) who polled 21 votes. The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was jointly won by Chris Burgess and Brodie McLaughlin (), who both kicked 51 goals during the home-and-away season. It was Burgess' second year in a row taking out the award. The Fothergill–Round–Mitchell Medal was won by Sam Clohesy (). The Coaches MVP award was won by Lachlan Sullivan ().
See also 2023 VFL Women's season 2023 AFL season
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