EDFL
Current season, competition or edition: 2016
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| Sport | Australian rules football |
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| Founded | 1930 |
| CEO | Marc Turri |
| Country | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Keilor |
| Official website | essendondfl.com.au |
The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is a professional Australian rules football league based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, which was established in 1930.
The EDFL consists of 27 Senior Clubs, 10 clubs in Premier Division, 9 clubs in Division 1 and 8 clubs in Division 2. All 3 divisions have a Reserve side and an Under 18's side that align with the Senior matches.
On the 16th of March 2017, it was confirmed that the Ascot Vale Panthers would be joining the EDFL starting in 2017 with an Under 9's side; with the intention of fielding a Seniors side at a later date.
The League has also established an EDFL Umpires Association, EDFL Trainers Association and EDFL Auskick.
The juniors consist of: Under 9s, Under 11s, Under 13s, Under 15s and Under 17s. There are also youth girls teams in the junior divsions. There are eight junior divisions at this level and each team listed in the senior section has at least one junior team in divisions 1, 2 or 3 for each age group, however many clubs have more in divisions 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
EDFL players who have gone on to play in the VFL/AFL
The following is an incomplete list of EDFL players who later played in the VFL or AFL:
VFL/AFL players who have played in the EDFL
The following is an incomplete list of VFL and AFL players who later played in the EDFL:
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