Central Australian Football League

Central Australian Football League match at Traeger Park in Alice Springs

The Central Australian Football League (CAFL) is an Australian rules football competition operating out of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. Established in 1947, the Central Australian Football League is the oldest, most popular and important football league in Central Australia.

It is notable for producing Victorian Football League/Australian Football League players such as Darryl White, Joel Bowden and Liam Jurrah.

The home of the Central Australian Football League is Traeger Park in Alice Springs. The Central Australian Football League organises the annual Ngurratjuta Town Vs Country Challenge event and local Rec Footy competitions.

Current clubs

Premier Division

Colours	Football Club	Nickname	Founded	Notes
	Alkamilya	Panthers	2011	Only field senior women's team
	Federal	Demons	1947
	Pioneer	Eagles	1947
	Rovers	Double Blues	1947
	South Alice Springs	Kangaroos
	West Alice Springs	Bloods	1968

Uniforms

Uniforms

Federal

Pioneer

Rovers

South Alice Springs

West Alice Springs

Community League

Colours	Football Club	Nickname
	Arlparra	Dockers
	Harts Range	Swans
	Ltyentye Apurte	Eagles
	Laramba	Roos
	Mt Allan	Eagles
	Papunya	Eagles
	Titjikala	Hawks
	Ti Tree	Roosters
	Western Aranda	Bulldogs
	Yuendumu	Magpies

Former clubs

Colours	Football Club	Nickname
	Mutitjulu	Cats
	Utju	Tigers

Premierships

Colours	Football Club	Nickname	CAFL Flags	CAFL Flag years
	Alkamilya	Panthers	1	2023 *
	Federal	Demons	14	1950, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1974, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2023
	Pioneer	Eagles	33	1947, 1948, 1989, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2022, 2024
	Rovers	Double Blues	14	1952, 1954, 1964, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
	South Alice Springs	Kangaroos	7	1984, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2014
	West Alice Springs	Bloods	8	1979, 1980, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

• Won in Senior Women's comp

Premiers

Pioneer Football Club CAFA Premiers 1953

List of premiers for the CAFL Premier division.

1947 Pioneer 1948 Pioneer 1949 Pioneer 1950 Federal 1951 Pioneer 1952 Rovers 1953 Pioneer 1954 Rovers 1955 Federal 1956 Pioneer 1957 Pioneer 1958 Federal 1959 Federal 1960 Federal 1961 Federal 1962 Federal 1963 Federal 1964 Rovers 1965 Pioneer 1966 Pioneer

1967 Pioneer 1968 Pioneer 1969 Pioneer 1970 Rovers 1971 Pioneer 1972 Pioneer 1973 Rovers 1974 Federal 1975 Pioneer 1976 Pioneer 1977 Pioneer 1978 Rovers 1979 West Alice Springs 1980 West Alice Springs 1981 Pioneer 1982 West Alice Springs 1983 Pioneer 1984 South Alice Springs 1985 Pioneer 1986 Rovers

1987 Pioneer 1988 Rovers 1989 Pioneer 1990 Pioneer 1991 Pioneer 1992 South Alice Springs 1993 South Alice Springs 1994 Pioneer 1995 South Alice Springs 1996 Rovers 1997 Pioneer 1998 Pioneer 1999 South Alice Springs 2000 Pioneer 2001 Pioneer 2002 West Alice Springs 2003 South Alice Springs 2004 West Alice Springs 2005 West Alice Springs 2006 West Alice Springs

2007 West Alice Springs 2008 Yuendumu 2009 Pioneer 2010 Pioneer 2011 Federal 2012 Rovers 2013 Federal 2014 South Alice Springs 2015 Federal 2016 Federal 2017 Rovers 2018 Rovers 2019 Rovers 2020 Rovers 2021 Rovers 2022 Pioneer 2023 Federal 2024 Pioneer

See also

• AFL Northern Territory
• Northern Territory Football League

References

External links

• Official website