2006 AFL season
| 2006 AFL premiership season | |
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| Teams | 16 |
| Premiers |
West Coast (3rd premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
West Coast (3rd minor premiership) |
| Pre-season cup |
Geelong (1st pre-season cup win) |
| Matches played | 185 |
| Attendance | 6,736,234 (36,412 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 97,431 (Grand Final, West Coast vs. Sydney) |
| Coleman Medallist | Brendan Fevola (Carlton) |
| Brownlow Medallist | Adam Goodes (Sydney) |
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The 2006 Australian Football League season was the 110th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
West Coast defeated defending premiers Sydney in the Grand Final to win their third premiership, in what was the first Grand Final since 1966 to be decided by one point.
Geelong 3.10.5 (92) defeated Adelaide 1.10.15 (84) in the 2006 NAB Cup Final. The game was held at AAMI Stadium, with an attendance of 30,707.
This round was marketed as Rivalry Round
This round was marketed as Green Shirt Round, to acknowledge the contribution of new and inexperienced umpires in junior competitions.
This was the first time a Victorian team failed to reach the preliminary finals, with all four preliminary finalists teams from other states.
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