Southport Australian Football Club

Southport
Names
Full nameSouthport Australian Football Club
Nickname(s)Sharks
2023 season
Home-and-away season14th
Club details
Founded1961 (1961)
CompetitionVFL: Senior men
QAFLW: Senior women
QAFL: Juniors (mixed)
PresidentClayton Glenister
CoachStephen Daniel
Captain(s)Michael Manteit and Jacob Dawson
Ground(s)Fankhauser Reserve (8,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitesouthportsharks.com.au

The Southport Australian Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, that competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Southport is one of the most successful football clubs in Queensland, having claimed 22 senior-grade premierships across multiple competitions since it was established in 1961. It competed in the Gold Coast Australian Football League between 1961 and 1982, and then moved to the Queensland Australian Football League. In 2011 the club was elevated to the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL), before moving to the VFL after the NEAFL dissolved in 2020. Since 2020 Southport has fielded a senior women's team in Division 1 of the QAFLW competition; the club won its inaugural women's premiership in 2020.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Southport Sharks is proud to announce the introduction of a senior women's side in 2020". Southport Sharks. 31 December 2019.
  2. ^ "QFAW pre-season update". Southport Sharks. 20 February 2021.

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