1998 VFL season

1998 VFL Premiership Season
Teams	11
Premiers	Springvale (4th premiership)
Minor premiers	Werribee (2nd minor premiership)
← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Victorian Football League season was the 117th season of the Australian rules football competition.

The premiership was won by the Springvale Football Club, after defeating Werribee by 38 points in the Grand Final on the 20th of September.

Premiership season

Ladder

1998 VFL Ladder

TEAM

Pct

PTS

Werribee

1938

1182

163.96

Frankston

1826

1292

141.33

Springvale (P)

1795

1177

152.51

North Ballarat

1389

1324

104.91

Preston

1346

1443

93.28

Sandringham

1294

1387

93.29

Williamstown

1446

1557

92.87

Port Melbourne

1450

1395

103.94

Box Hill

1404

1746

80.41

Bendigo

1333

1808

73.73

Coburg

995

1905

52.23

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points

Source

Finals


	Qualifying final
Saturday, 29 August (2:00 pm)	Werribee 17.16 (118)	def.	Frankston 13.13 (91)	North Port Oval


	First Elimination final
Sunday, 30 August (2:00 pm)	North Ballarat 13.9 (87)	def.	Preston 8.11 (59)	Northern Oval


	Second Elimination final
Sunday, 30 August (2:00 pm)	Springvale 15.16 (106)	def.	Preston 5.8 (38)	North Port Oval


	First semi-final
Sunday, 6 September (2:00pm)	North Ballarat 19.6 (120)	def.	Frankston 17.13 (115)	North Port Oval


	Second semi-final
Saturday, 5 September (2:00pm)	Werribee 19.13 (127)	def.	Springvale 7.14 (56)	North Port Oval


	Preliminary Final
Sunday, 13 September (2:00pm)	Springvale 9.10 (64)	def.	North Ballarat 9.8 (62)	North Port Oval

Grand Final


	1998 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 20 September (2:00 pm)	Werribee	def. by	Springvale	North Port Oval (Crowd: 8,672)
	1.4 (10) 2.8 (20) 5.12 (42) 5.15 (45)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.7 (19) 6.9 (45) 9.10 (64) 11.17 (83)	Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Ben Delarue (Springvale)

References

VFA/VFL seasons

VFA seasons	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

VFL seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Victorian Football League clubs

Current clubs	Box Hill Casey Scorpions Coburg Collingwood reserves Essendon reserves Footscray reserves Frankston Geelong reserves North Ballarat Northern Blues Port Melbourne Richmond reserves Sandringham Werribee Williamstown

Former clubs	Albert Park Ballarat Ballarat Imperial Barwon Berwick Bendigo Brighton/Caulfield Brunswick Camberwell Carlton Carlton reserves Collingwood Dandenong East Melbourne Essendon Essendon 'A' Fitzroy Footscray Geelong Geelong 'A' Geelong West Gold Coast Hawthorn Hotham/North Melbourne Kilsyth Melbourne Melbourne City Moorabbin Mordialloc Murray Kangaroos Northcote Oakleigh Prahran Richmond St Kilda St Kilda reserves South Ballarat South Melbourne South Williamstown Sunshine Tasmanian Devils Traralgon University Waverley West Melbourne Yarraville

Australian rules football in Victoria

Representative side	Victoria

Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (country)

Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs

Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League TAC Cup (under-18) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western Region

Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera Yarra Valley Mountain

Regional leagues (district)	Alberton Central Highlands Colac & District East Gippsland Ellinbank & District Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham & District Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Kyabram & District Loddon Valley Mallee Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo & District Ovens & King Picola & District South East South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool Western Border

Women's leagues	Victorian Women's Football League AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

Defunct leagues	Benalla (1946-2009) Federal (1909-1981) Lexton Plains (1999-2010) Riviera (1986-2003) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park

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