Brisbane Lions
| Brisbane Lions | ||||
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| Names | ||||
| Full name | Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club Limited, Trading as Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club | |||
| Nickname(s) | Lions | |||
| 2016 season | ||||
| Home-and-away season | 17th | |||
| Leading goalkicker | Dayne Zorko & Josh Walker (23) | |||
| Best and fairest | Dayne Zorko | |||
| Club details | ||||
| Founded | 1996 | |||
| Colours | Maroon, blue, and gold | |||
| Competition | Australian Football League | |||
| Chairman | Bob Sharpless | |||
| CEO | Greg Swann | |||
| Coach | Chris Fagan | |||
| Captain(s) | Tom Rockliff | |||
| Premierships | 3:2001, 2002, 2003 | |||
| Ground(s) | The Gabba (capacity: 42,000) | |||
| Training ground(s) | The Gabba | |||
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| Other information | ||||
| Official website | www.lions.com.au | |||
The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The club was formed in 1996 from the merger of the Fitzroy Lions and the Brisbane Bears. The Lions are one of the most successful AFL clubs of the 21st century, having appeared in four consecutive AFL Grand Finals from 2001 to 2004 and winning three premierships (2001, 2002 and 2003).
The club is based at The Gabba. The team is captained by Tom Rockliff and coached by Chris Fagan.
The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in 1997.
In their first year as a combined club the Lions made the finals, finishing in eighth position after being defeated by the St Kilda Football Club in a qualifying final. The following year, however, they finished in last position, despite boasting a talented playing list.
As the Brisbane Lions, the club won its first AFL premiership in the 2001 AFL Grand Final, defeating Essendon 15.18 (108) to 12.10 (82). Lions utility player Shaun Hart won the Norm Smith Medal as best on ground in the Grand Final.
In 2002, the Lions won back-to-back premierships when they again defeated Collingwood 9.12 (66) to 10.15 (75) in the 2002 AFL Grand Final in cold and wet conditions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Early in the contest the Lions lost both ruckman Beau McDonald and utility player Martin Pike (who had already had nine possessions in the first quarter) to injury and had to complete the match with a limited bench.
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