2001 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions
2001 season
Coach Leigh Matthews
Captain(s) Michael Voss
Home ground The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season 2nd
Best and fairest Simon Black
Michael Voss
Leading goalkicker Alastair Lynch (58 goals)
Highest home attendance 36,149 vs. Essendon (2 June 2001)[1]
Lowest home attendance 20,059 vs. Fremantle (29 April 2001)[1]
Average home attendance 27,637
Club membership 18,330
← 2000 2002 →

The Brisbane Lions' 2001 season was its seventh season in the Australian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won the first premiership in its history.

Season summary

Home and away season

See also: 2001 AFL season
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance
Brisbane Opponent
1 31 March (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 93 99 Football Park (A) 25,948
2 8 April (2:10 pm) Kangaroos 118 58 The Gabba (H) 22,970
3 14 April (2:10 pm) Richmond 94 116 MCG (A) 31,688
4 21 April (2:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 87 140 Docklands Stadium (A) 20,322
5 29 April (2:10 pm) Fremantle 171 122 The Gabba (H) 20,059
6 5 May (7:40 pm) Geelong 116 61 The Gabba (H) 25,881
7 13 May (2:10 pm) Sydney 112 80 SCG (A) 22,390
8 19 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 68 142 Princes Park (A) 21,997
9 26 May (7:40 pm) Adelaide 122 127 The Gabba (H) 24,122
10 2 June (7:40 pm) Essendon 102 74 The Gabba (H) 36,149
11 9 June (5:40 pm) West Coast 84 62 Subiaco Oval (A) 25,588
12 17 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 148 99 The Gabba (A) 23,740
13 29 June (7:40 pm) Hawthorn 140 53 The Gabba (H) 30,573
14 7 July (7:40 pm) St Kilda 119 62 The Gabba (H) 22,911
15 15 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 129 103 MCG (A) 45,016
16 21 July (7:40 pm) Port Adelaide 94 60 The Gabba (H) 29,547
17 28 July (7:00 pm) Kangaroos 136 115 Docklands Stadium (A) 26,776
18 5 August (2:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 136 103 The Gabba (H) 26,872
19 12 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 128 97 The Gabba (H) 31,324
20 19 August (2:10 pm) Fremantle 138 87 Subiaco Oval (A) 15,136
21 26 August (2:10 pm) Geelong 110 67 Kardinia Park (A) 24,325
22 1 September (7:40 pm) Sydney 93 62 The Gabba (H) 33,606

Finals series

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance
Brisbane Opponent
Second qualifying final 8 September (7:45 pm) Port Adelaide 88 56 The Gabba 32,380
Second preliminary final 22 September (7:45 pm) Richmond 136 68 The Gabba 37,032
Grand Final 29 September (2:30 pm) Essendon 108 82 MCG 91,482

Ladder

2001 AFL Ladder
Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Essendon 22 17 5 0 2548 1895 134.46 68
2 Brisbane Lions (P) 22 17 5 0 2538 1989 127.60 68
3 Port Adelaide 22 16 6 0 2473 1918 128.94 64
4 Richmond 22 15 7 0 2126 1973 107.75 60
5 Carlton 22 14 8 0 2311 1797 128.60 56
6 Hawthorn 22 13 9 0 2149 2041 105.29 52
7 Sydney 22 12 10 0 2121 1833 115.71 48
8 Adelaide 22 12 10 0 2085 2026 102.91 48
9 Collingwood 22 11 11 0 2232 2088 106.90 44
10 Western Bulldogs 22 10 12 0 2305 2458 93.78 40
11 Melbourne 22 10 12 0 2136 2364 90.36 40
12 Geelong 22 9 13 0 1926 2054 93.77 36
13 Kangaroos 22 9 13 0 2161 2371 91.14 36
14 West Coast 22 5 17 0 1708 2590 65.95 20
15 St Kilda 22 4 18 0 1917 2642 72.56 16
16 Fremantle 22 2 20 0 1794 2491 72.02 8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. 1 2 "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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