Southern Football Netball League.

The Southern Football League was formed in 1992 when the South East Suburban Football League changes its name to The Southern Football League. In 1993 The Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association and the Southern Football League joined forces. The League was made up of five divisions with 45 clubs.

2026

St John’s Old Collegians join from the Victoria Amateur Football Association.

2025

Berwick Springs & Narre Warren join from the Outer East Football Netball League.

2024

Hallam join from the Outer East Football Netball League.

2023

Cerberus go into recess.

2022

Cranbourne Eagles & Doveton Doves join from the Outer East Football Netball League.

2020

St Francis Xavier Old Collegians join from the Victorian Amateur Football Association and change their name to Narre South Saints.
South Mornington rejoin from the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Season 2020 cancelled due to The COVID-19 pandemic.

2018

Hampton Park join from the South East Football Netball League.
Frankston Dolphins field a Senior team for the first time.
Cerberus rejoin.

2017

The continued growth of the Southern Football Netball League will see the competition expand to four senior divisions in 2018.
The bottom six ranked sides in Division 3 will form the newly-created fourth division for next year, alongside Frankston Dolphins and Cerberus, who will return to senior divisional football after several years.

2016

Port Melbourne Colts join from the Western Region Football League.
Lyndhurst field a Senior team for the first time.

2015

The League changed its name from Southern Football League to Southern Football Netball League.
Keysborough join from the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League (Casey-Cardinia League).
Southern Dragons rejoin from the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Southern Dragons go into recess after round 9.

2014

Violence erupted involving up to 20 people at the southern Football League division three seniors grand final between Mount Waverley and Carrum-Patterson Lakes with Mount Waverley taking a 25 point lead at the main break. The game was abandoned at half time.

2013

Carrum Patterson Lakes join.

2012

Hallam join.
Tooronga-Malvern change name to East Malvern.
Southern Dragons leave and join the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

2011

Endeavour Hills Football Club, fielded open-age senior and reserve teams for the very first time.

2010

A final 5 is introduced to division 3.
Cerberus folded/in recess.
The Doveton Eagles were expelled from the competition after round thirteen for failing to comply with the league-imposed four week suspension of their senior coach.

2009

A final 5 is introduced to division 1 & 2.
The Southern Dragons, primarily made-up of players of Asian origin, was accepted into the league’s third division.

2008

Canterbury leave and join the Eastern Football Association.

2007

Dingley join.
Parkmore went into recess mid-season.
Springvale Districts won their first SFL Premiership.

2006

Skye join.
South Mornington leave and join the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Balwyn leave and join the Eastern Football League.
Southern Cobras change name to Sandown.

2004

Cerberus transferred into the SFL after one winless season with the West Gippsland-Latrobe Football League.
Dandenong West changed its name to the Dandenong Demons (not to be confused with the Dandenong Redlegs from the VFA).
Parkmore fielded a reserve side only in this season.
Brooklyn failed to complete the season and subsequently folded.
Parkdale (the Seagulls) merged with Mentone Vultures (formerly known as Mentone Amateurs (2000-2003) and St Patricks Mentone (1946-2000) to become the Parkdale Vultures. The combine entered C Section in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

2003

Parkdale merge with Mentone Amateurs (previously St Patrick's Mentone) and join the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Brooklyn join the SFL from the Western Region Football League.
Mount Waverley in recess for 1 year.

2002

Southern Cobras/Sandown rejoin.

2001

Box Hill North leave and join the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Surrey Park leave and join the eastern Football League.
Mount Waverley Catholics change name to Mount Waverley.

2000

Carnegie forfeited their first two matches before entering recess for the remainder of the season. The club officially folded at the end of the season.

1999

Southern Football League reverts to 3 divisions.
Boronia Park leave and join the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.
South Melbourn Districts leave and join the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Noble Park leave and join the Eastern Football League.

1998

Mt Waverley-Burwood merge with Waverley Amateurs and play as Waverley Blues in the Eastern Football League in 1999.
Cheltenham Assumption folded/in recess.

1997

Box Hill Pioneers leave and join the Eastern Football League and play as Whitehorse Pioneers.

1996

Southern Football League reverts to 4 divisions.
Carrum Downs leave and join the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.
Syndal-Tally Ho, now known as Chadstone (2009) leave and join the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Camberwell Power folded.
St Pauls Bentleigh change name to St Pauls-East Bentleigh.

1995

Doveton join.
Box Hill Adelphians change name to Camberwell Power.
Collingwood Districts folded/in recess.
Fairfield folded/in recess.
North Blackburn forfeited the last last four rounds and subsequently folded.
Richmond Rosellas folded after round 4.

1994

East Camberwell merge with Surrey Hills and play as Surrey Park.
Beaumaris leave and join the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
Lower Plenty leave and join the Northern Football League.
Ashburton-Chadstone folded/in recess.

1993

Burwood merge with Mount Waverley at the end of the year and play as Mt Waverley-Burwood.

1992

The South East Suburban Football League (SESFL) changed its name to the Southern Football League (SFL) and in 1993 absorbed the Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association (ESCFA) to form the basis of the current League. At that time the League consisted of 45 teams in five divisions.
Burwood merge with Mount Waverley at the end of the year and play as Mt Waverley-Burwood.