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The '''Brisbane Lions''' are a professional [[Australian rules football in Australia|Australian rules football]] club based in [[Brisbane]], Queensland, that compete in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the reigning AFL [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|premiers]], having won the [[2024 AFL Grand Final|2024 Grand Final]] by sixty points.

The Lions came into existence in 1996 when the AFL expansion club the [[Brisbane Bears]], established in 1987, absorbed the AFL operations of one of the league's foundation clubs, [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]], established in [[Melbourne]], Victoria in 1883.<ref>{{cite web |title=ASIC corporate records for Fitzroy Football Club |url=https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/RegistrySearch/faces/landing/panelSearch.jspx?searchText=005881201&searchType=OrgAndBusNm&_adf.ctrl-state=8y9p4xbpx_32|website=asic.gov.au|access-date=25 Oct 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club, ASIC corporate records |url=https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/RegistrySearch/faces/landing/panelSearch.jspx?searchText=054263473&searchType=OrgAndBusNm&_adf.ctrl-state=8y9p4xbpx_15 |website=asic.gov.au|access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fitzroy Football Club – Lions |url=https://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/lions |website=fitzroyfc.com.au|access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Aussie Rules For Dummies – Jim Maine – Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUdFTIvQQZYC&pg=PT174 | isbn=9781118348758 |access-date=10 May 2023 | last1=Maine | first1=Jim | date=12 April 2012 | publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}</ref> Its colours of maroon, blue, and gold were drawn from both Fitzroy and the Bears.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fitzroy |url=http://australiaforeveryone.com.au/files/melbourne/fitzroy.html |website=australiaforeveryone.com.au|access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Deed – Victorian Lions Supporters Group |url=https://viclions.wordpress.com/news/the-deed/ |website=viclions.wordpress.com|date=2 June 2013 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/the-deed-of-arrangement-between-fitzroys-administrator-and-the-brisbane-bears.885996/|title=The Deed of Arrangement between Fitzroy's administrator and the Brisbane Bears|work=Big Footy|date=27 October 2011|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531073911/https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/the-deed-of-arrangement-between-fitzroys-administrator-and-the-brisbane-bears.885996/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official AFL Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club |url=https://www.lions.com.au/club/history |website=lions.com.au|access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>

The club plays its home matches at [[the Gabba]] in Brisbane, and its headquarters and training facilities are located at [[Springfield Central Stadium]]. The Lions are one of the most successful AFL clubs of the 2000s, appearing in four consecutive [[AFL Grand Final|grand final]]s from [[2001 AFL season|2001]] to [[2004 AFL season|2004]], a period in which they won three premierships ([[2001 AFL Grand Final|2001]], [[2002 AFL Grand Final|2002]], [[2003 AFL Grand Final|2003]]). They also finished runners-up in [[2023 AFL Grand Final|2023]], and won their fourth premiership in [[2024 AFL Grand Final|2024]].

The Lions were a foundation team in the [[AFL Women's]] competition in 2017, and have featured in five grand finals in that time, winning the premiership in [[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|2021]] and again in [[2023 AFL Women's Grand Final|2023]] also finishing runners-up on the other occasions. They also field a reserves men's team in the [[Victorian Football League]], and operate an under-18s academy which contests Division 2 of the [[AFL Under-19 Championships|men's]] and [[AFL Women's Under-18 Championships|women's]] underage national championships and the [[Talent League]].

==History of Fitzroy Football Club pre-1996, and Brisbane Bears==

===Fitzroy Football Club===
{{see also|Fitzroy Football Club#History|label 1=History of the Fitzroy Football Club}}
The Melbourne-based [[Fitzroy Football Club]] was formed on 26 September 1883 at the Brunswick Hotel. The Victorian Football Association (VFA) made changes to their rules, allowing Fitzroy to join as the seventh club in 1884, playing in the maroon and blue colours of the local Normanby Junior Football Club.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/maroons | title=Fitzroy Football Club &#124; Maroons }}</ref>

[[File:Fitzroy 1898 premiers.jpg|thumb|left|Fitzroy's 1898 premiership-winning side]]
They quickly became one of the most successful clubs, consistently in the top four, and drawing large crowds to their home at the [[Brunswick Street Oval]] in Edinburgh Gardens. This success was capped off by Fitzroy winning the VFA premiership in 1895.

Fitzroy then went on to be one of the eight break-away clubs who formed the Victorian Football League in 1897.
They continued their VFA form and be a powerhouse in the early days of the new VFL, winning a total of eight premierships, of which seven (1898, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1913, 1916 and 1922) were won while they were nicknamed the Maroons, and one (1944) as the Gorillas. 
The club also boasted 6 Brownlow Medal winners who were [[Haydn Bunton Sr.]], [[Wilfred Smallhorn]], [[Denis Ryan (footballer)|Dinny Ryan]], [[Allan Ruthven]], [[Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)|Kevin Murray]], and [[Bernie Quinlan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/gorillas | title=Fitzroy Football Club – Gorillas }}</ref>

[[File:Haydn Bunton Snr leap.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Haydn Bunton Sr.]] won three [[Brownlow Medal]]s and two club best and fairest medals in his time at Fitzroy.]]
The club changed its nickname to the Lions in 1957, but when Fitzroy was evicted from its home ground of Brunswick St Oval in 1965, this began a sustained period of poor on-field performance and financial losses. Fitzroy entered one of the least successful periods any VFL/AFL club has had. The club finished in the bottom three 11 times in the 1960s and 1970s, including three wooden spoons in four years between 1963 and 1966. The club won only a single game between 1963 and 1964 – known as the Miracle Match when it defeated eventual premiers Geelong in Round 10, 1963 – but its 1964 season was winless, and as of 2023 stands as the only winless season by any club since 1950.

Despite a revival in the '80s, when the Lions made the finals four times under the coaching of [[Robert Walls]] and [[David Parkin]], and the playing group of 1981 Brownlow Medallist [[Bernie Quinlan]], [[Ron Alexander]], [[Garry Wilson]], [[Gary Pert]] and [[Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)|Paul Roos]], the club's financial situation was perilous.

The VFL's plans to [[Proposed mergers and relocations of the Fitzroy Football Club|move or merge struggling Fitzroy]] to Brisbane pre-dated the Brisbane Bears, and negotiations between the league and the club began in 1986 with the playing group voting for a move to Brisbane.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118129332 |title=VFL could go to Qld |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=60 |issue=18,536 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 July 1986 |access-date=17 December 2021 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531073920/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118129332 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Fitzroy resisted the move despite significant incentives and in response, the VFL made the decision to cut any further financial assistance to the club. By the start of the 1996 season, they were almost at the end of their financial tether. With no home ground, back to back wooden spoons, and their future under a cloud, Fitzroy began to consider options for survival.<ref name="Fitzroy Football Club - Lions">{{cite web | url=https://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/lions | title=Fitzroy Football Club – Lions }}</ref>

===Brisbane Bears (1987–1996)===
{{See also|Brisbane Bears|label 2=History of the Brisbane Bears}}
[[File:Carrara stadium.jpg|thumb|left|[[Carrara Stadium]] was the original home ground of the Brisbane Bears.]]
[[Brisbane Bears|The Brisbane Bears]] were born in 1987 and initially played home matches at [[Carrara Stadium]] on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. In its early days, the club was uncompetitive on the field and struggled to shake the derisive tags which included "The Carrara Koalas" (in reference to the Gold Coast home and the somewhat tame marsupial) and "The Bad News Bears".

After the collapse of the business empire belonging to Bears deputy chairman [[Christopher Skase]] and the resignation of chairman [[Paul Cronin]], the club was taken over by the AFL and re-sold to Gold Coast hospitality businessman Reuben Pelerman.
Off-field, Pelerman was losing millions of dollars annually on the club and at one point in 1991 told Bears coach Robert Walls that he was closing it down. The Bears finished last in 1990 and 1991.<ref name="The Merge">{{cite web | url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/17620/the-merge | title=The Merge | date=12 September 2019 }}</ref>

To survive, The Bears experimented with playing matches at the Gabba in Brisbane in 1991, moving all home matches to the venue ahead of the 1993 season. 
As part of the club's move to the Gabba, Pelerman agreed to release the Bears from private ownership and revert to a traditional club structure in which the club's members were able to elect the board.
Membership and attendances instantly tripled now that the club was finally playing in their home city of Brisbane.<ref name="The Merge"/>

The Bears only qualified for the finals series in 1995 and 1996, and the closest the club came to a [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] was a preliminary final in 1996.

On extremely shaky financial ground, the Bears struggled to generate many revenue opportunities in their short and turbulent ten-year existence. Despite improving its on-field fortunes, and drafting exciting young players on such as [[Michael Voss]], [[Justin Leppitsch]], [[Jason Akermanis]], [[Darryl White]], and [[Nigel Lappin]], the club's existence was still at threat due to severe financial problems, and since 1990 the Bears had been actively exploring merger options with Fitzroy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122308892 |title=Fitzroy rejects Bears' takeover bid |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=65 |issue=20,235 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=5 September 1990 |access-date=27 March 2023 |page=38 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

=== Brisbane Bears absorb Fitzroy's AFL operations, become Brisbane Lions===
Fitzroy's directors had agreed in principle to merge with the eventual 1996 premiers, [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]], as the "North-Fitzroy Kangaroos". However, that proposal was rejected 15–1 by the club presidents, reportedly out of concern that an all-Victorian merge would be too powerful. Instead, Fitzroy was placed into administration, and its administrator accepted an offer to merge its AFL operations with Brisbane.

The club became the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club (trading as Brisbane Lions),<ref>{{cite web |title=The Deed of Arrangement between Fitzroy's administrator and the Brisbane Bears |url=https://viclions.wordpress.com/news/the-deed/ |website=viclions.wordpress.com|date=2 June 2013 |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref> remained at [[the Gabba]], and were coached by Bears coach [[John Northey]]. However, the club's identity, logo, song, and guernsey were based on those of Fitzroy, three Fitzroy representatives served on the board, and the Lions kept an office in Melbourne. None of the Fitzroy representatives, former Fitzroy champion [[Laurie Serafini]], David Lucas and Ken Levy, chosen to serve on Brisbane's board, were Fitzroy directors at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/fitzroy-disappeared-from-the-afl-in-1996-but-it-left-behind-a-rich-history-as-a-vfl-founder/news-story/c369e1b023499495cae96853cac7f567|title=Fitzroy disappeared from the AFL in 1996, but it left behind a rich history as a VFL founder|date=27 February 2019|access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/1012034/25-years-on-the-day-that-changed-everything|title=The Day That Changed Everything|date=1 September 2021|access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref>

Eight Fitzroy players were allowed to be recruited to the Brisbane Lions outside of the normal draft or trade system. They were [[Brad Boyd]], [[Chris Johnson (footballer, born 1976)|Chris Johnson]], [[Jarrod Molloy]], [[John Barker (Australian footballer)|John Barker]], [[Nick Carter (footballer)|Nick Carter]], [[Simon Hawking]], [[Scott Bamford]] and [[Shane Clayton]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/973233/the-merge-what-happened-next | title=The Merger: Where Are They Now? | date=6 July 2021 }}</ref>

Fitzroy played its last VFL/AFL game on 1 September 1996 against [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] at [[Subiaco Oval]], and the Bears' last match was a preliminary final on Saturday 21 September 1996 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against North Melbourne.

The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in [[1997 Brisbane Lions season|1997]].

==Brisbane Lions history==
[[File:Performance Chart AFL BRL.svg|thumb|Chart of yearly ladder positions for Brisbane Lions in [[Australian Football League|AFL]]]]

===Beginnings: 1997–2000===
In 1997, the Lions narrowly made the finals, finishing eighth. They ended up with the same win–loss record as fellow 1997 newcomers [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]], who missed out due to having an inferior percentage.<ref name="lionsport">{{cite web |title=Lions and Port: A history |date=26 July 2013 |url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/27955/lions-and-port-a-history |access-date=19 October 2020 |quote=Remarkably, the first three encounters between the two sides had resulted in two draws and a two-point thriller |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022035619/https://www.lions.com.au/news/27955/lions-and-port-a-history |url-status=live }}</ref> Their first two games were against the eventual grand finalists of that year, [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] and [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]. They went down to Adelaide by 36 points before recording an emphatic 97-point thrashing of St Kilda in round 2. The Lions met St Kilda again in a cut-throat away qualifying final, going down by 46 points after leading the Saints at half-time. The Brisbane Lions in 1997 remain the only team in VFL/AFL history to have made the finals in their first season.

Despite a talented playing list, the disruption of the merger and injuries to key players Michael Voss and Brad Boyd took their toll. The Lions finished last at the end of the [[1998 AFL season|1998 season]]. Accordingly, Northey was sacked as coach with eight rounds remaining in the season. During the off-season, the club hired [[Leigh Matthews]], who in [[1990 AFL Grand Final|1990]] had delivered [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] its first premiership since [[1958 VFL Grand Final|1958]].

Matthews, who was voted "Player of the Century" in 2000, played his entire career with [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] and brought many of the Hawthorn disciplines to the Lions. Importantly, he forced the Lions to embrace and acknowledge their Fitzroy heritage with murals and records being erected at the Gabba, and past players names being placed on lockers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/brisbane/afl-2020-brisbane-lions-star-hugh-mccluggages-message-to-fitzroy-fans/news-story/c2a7f7722a0c8632f48d98108bbb7b78|title=The curious case of Lyons: How did Suns let midfield bull go?|first1=Jon|last1=Ralph|date=11 October 2020|website=Herald Sun|access-date=6 June 2021|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012045605/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/brisbane/afl-2020-brisbane-lions-star-hugh-mccluggages-message-to-fitzroy-fans/news-story/c2a7f7722a0c8632f48d98108bbb7b78|url-status=live}}</ref> Within a year, the Lions rose from the bottom of the ladder to fourth. The [[1999 AFL season|1999 season]] included a Round 20 Gabba match where the Lions led [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] by 113 points at half-time after having kicked 21 goals. Their half-time score of 21.5 (131) still remains the highest half-time score in VFL/AFL history.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://afltables.com/afl/teams/allteams/qh.html| title = AFL Tables – Quarters & Halves| access-date = 12 November 2021| archive-date = 31 May 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220531073915/https://afltables.com/afl/teams/allteams/qh.html| url-status = live}}</ref> Brisbane won their first finals as a merged entity against [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] and the [[Western Bulldogs]] before losing to the eventual premiers, the [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]], in a 1999 preliminary final. The Lions played finals again in 2000 but bowed out in the second week after losing an away game to Carlton by 82 points.

In this period the club drafted and recruited key players who went on to be pillars of the Lions triple premiership years. Victorian [[Luke Power]], Fitzroy father–son selection [[Jonathan Brown (Australian footballer)|Jonathan Brown]], and exciting WA product [[Simon Black]] came via the draft, and [[Brad Scott (Australian footballer)|Brad Scott]], [[Mal Michael]], and ex-Fitzroy B&F winner [[Martin Pike (Australian footballer)|Martin Pike]] were recruited from Hawthorn, Collingwood, and North Melbourne respectively.

=== Triple premiership success: 2001–2004 ===
[[File:MichaelVoss.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Michael Voss]] captained Brisbane to three successive premierships.]]

The Lions began 2001 by making the final of the [[2001 Ansett Australia Cup|Ansett Australia Cup]], their first pre-season grand final. They went down by 85 points away to Port Adelaide,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/245228/memories-of-football-park|title=Memories of Football Park|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|date=13 March 2019 |access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=12 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112035633/https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/245228/memories-of-football-park|url-status=live}}</ref> who they had also been scheduled to play in Round 1 at the same venue. After an inconsistent start to their 2001 season, the Lions took on the reigning premiers Essendon in Round 10. Brisbane finished as 28-point victors, and head coach Leigh Matthews famously used a ''[[Predator (film)|Predator]]'' quote, "if it bleeds, we can kill it", to inspire his team for the game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/911144/essendon-flashback-if-it-bleeds-we-can-kill-it|title=Essendon Flashback: If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It….|website=lions.com.au|date=15 April 2021 |access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906162027/https://www.lions.com.au/news/911144/essendon-flashback-if-it-bleeds-we-can-kill-it|url-status=live}}</ref> The Lions then won 16 games straight, finishing the year undefeated and booking their place in the [[2001 AFL Grand Final]] to play [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]].

Going in as underdogs, Brisbane started the game well, scoring the first goal of the match from a free kick awarded to [[Alastair Lynch]] for holding against [[Dustin Fletcher]]. Essendon fought back late in the first quarter and then took control of the game in the second term. The Lions' poor kicking for goal almost put them out of the game in the second quarter as Essendon blew their lead out to 20 points late in the term. 
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Brisbane Lions''' || '''15''' || '''18''' || '''108'''
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| style="text-align:left" | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] || 12 || 10 || 82
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| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| colspan="3" | Crowd: 91,482
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However, The Lions managed to overrun Essendon in the third term, kicking six goals to one and turning a 14-point deficit into a 16-point lead. Brisbane's pace in the midfield and the tiring legs of most of the Essendon players played a pivotal role in them taking full control of the game in the second half. 
The Lions won their first premiership comfortably, with a final score of 15.18 (108) to 12.10 (82).

The win was topped off with Lions utility player [[Shaun Hart]] winning the [[Norm Smith Medal]] after being judged best on ground in the [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]].<ref name=GF>{{Cite book| last=Lovett| first=Michael | title=AFL Record Season Guide| publisher=Geoff Slattery Media Group| year=2010| isbn=978-0-9806274-5-9}}</ref>{{rp|521}}

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| style="text-align:left" | '''Brisbane Lions''' || '''10''' || '''15''' || '''75'''
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| style="text-align:left" | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] || 9 || 12 || 66
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| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| colspan="3" | Crowd: 91,817
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In 2002, the Lions won a club-record 17 games, spending most of the season firmly entrenched in the top two with Port Adelaide. They narrowly missed out on the minor premiership following a final round defeat to the Power in Adelaide.<ref name="r22">{{Cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/729059/footy-park-flashbacks-6-port-adelaide-v-brisbane-lions-2002-round-22|title=Footy Park Flashbacks #6: Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions, 2002 Round 22|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|date=28 August 2013 |access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=12 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112035623/https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/729059/footy-park-flashbacks-6-port-adelaide-v-brisbane-lions-2002-round-22|url-status=live}}</ref> In the finals, the Lions claimed easy home victories over the two Adelaide-based teams on their way to a second consecutive Grand Final. They faced Collingwood, who had surprised many that year after having missed the finals the previous seven seasons. Brisbane ended up defeating the Magpies 9.12 (66) to 10.15 (75) in cold and wet conditions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Early in the contest, the Lions lost both ruckman [[Beau McDonald]] and utility player [[Martin Pike (Australian footballer)|Martin Pike]] to injury and had to complete the match with a limited bench.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In 2003, the Lions became the first team in the national era to win three consecutive premierships. With a number of players under an injury cloud—and having lost to Collingwood in a qualifying final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground three weeks previously–the Lions went into the game as underdogs. However, they sealed their place in history as an AFL dynasty by thrashing the Magpies in cool but sunny conditions. At one stage in the final quarter, the Lions led by almost 80 points before relaxing when the match was well and truly won, allowing Collingwood to score the last four goals. The final score of 20.14 (134) to 12.12 (84)<ref name=GF />{{rp|860}} saw the club become only the fourth in VFL/AFL history to win three consecutive premierships and the first since the creation of the AFL. [[Simon Black]] claimed the Norm Smith Medal with a dominant 39-possession match, the most possessions ever gathered by a player in a grand final; the record was equalled by [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]'s [[Christian Petracca]] 18 years later in the [[2021 AFL Grand Final|2021 Grand Final]].<ref>{{Cite news| last=Blake| first=Martin| title=Black right on the ball| work=The Age| location=Australia| date=28 September 2003| url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/27/1064083247266.html| access-date=8 May 2011| archive-date=6 November 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106181303/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/27/1064083247266.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Brisbane Lions''' || '''20''' || '''14''' || '''134'''
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| style="text-align:left" | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] || 12 || 12 || 84
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| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| colspan="3" | Crowd: 79,451
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[[File:Fitzroy Cricket Ground Grandstand.jpg|thumb|left|Brunswick Street Oval has been called the spiritual home of both Fitzroy and the Brisbane Lions.]]
During their premiership years, the club took the premiership cups to [[Brunswick Street Oval]], Fitzroy, the home of the [[Fitzroy Football Club]], each morning after the grand final. Honouring Fitzroy's history at their traditional home ground was seen as an important way of connecting with the Melbourne-based Fitzroy supporters who'd chosen to support the Brisbane Lions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/fans-of-the-brisbane-lions-celebrate-after-their-2001-afl-news-photo/72548403|title=Fans of the Brisbane Lions celebrate after their 2001 AFL Grand Final...|website=Getty Images|date=15 November 2006 |access-date=2 December 2020|archive-date=11 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111051742/http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/fans-of-the-brisbane-lions-celebrate-after-their-2001-afl-news-photo/72548403|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/25/what-becomes-of-the-broken-hearted-the-footy-stalwarts-who-kept-fitzroy-alive|title=What becomes of the broken hearted: the footy stalwarts who kept Fitzroy alive &#124; Russell Jackson|date=24 August 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906165608/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/25/what-becomes-of-the-broken-hearted-the-footy-stalwarts-who-kept-fitzroy-alive|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]''' || '''17''' || '''11''' || '''113'''
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| style="text-align:left" | Brisbane Lions || 10 || 13 || 73
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| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
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The [[2004 Brisbane Lions season|2004 season]] saw Brisbane remain in the top portion of the ladder for most of the season. Reaching the finals in second position, Brisbane controversially had to travel to Melbourne to play against [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] in the preliminary final due to a contract between the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] (MCG) and the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) that required one preliminary final to be played each year at the MCG.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/fairer-finals-clause-comes-back-to-bite-afl-20140815-104ok3.html|title=Fairer finals clause comes back to bite AFL|first=Caroline|date=15 August 2014|last=Wilson|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530101332/http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/fairer-finals-clause-comes-back-to-bite-afl-20140815-104ok3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Port Adelaide had finished on top of the ladder and hosted the other preliminary final in Adelaide. Former player [[Jason Akermanis]] has since claimed that coach Leigh Matthews was furious over the preliminary final location decision.<ref>Akermanis, Jason. ''Sacked Podcast'', 2020.</ref> Despite this setback, Brisbane beat Geelong and reached the [[AFL Grand Final|grand final]] for the fourth consecutive year. Their opponents, Port Adelaide, playing in their first grand final, were too good on the day and recorded a 40-point win in what was the first-ever [[2004 AFL Grand Final|all-non-Victorian grand final]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/3689008.stm|title=Port Adelaide stun Brisbane|date=25 September 2004|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305102035/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/3689008.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The grand final is partly remembered for a wild punch-up between Port Adelaide's [[Darryl Wakelin]] and Alastair Lynch, who was playing in his last ever game and therefore immune from suspension.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/lynch-biggest-villain-since-daniher-20041001-gdju3u.html|title=Lynch biggest villain since Daniher|date=30 September 2004|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906174404/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/lynch-biggest-villain-since-daniher-20041001-gdju3u.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Rebuild and Michael Voss: 2005–2013 ===
[[File:Traininghard.jpg|thumb|Players training in 2007]]
The Lions endured a slow start to the [[2005 Brisbane Lions season|2005 season]] before having a form reversal towards the end of the year, which included ten-goal thrashings of top-four contenders Geelong and Melbourne. Going into Round 20, they were half a game clear inside the top eight and had one of the strongest percentages in the league. However, they lost their final three games and miss the finals, with their season culminating in a record-breaking 139-point loss to St Kilda at the [[Docklands Stadium|Telstra Dome]]. It remains the club's heaviest defeat, in addition to being the largest victory in the over-100-year history of St Kilda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-27/saints-inflict-record-loss-on-lions/2090132|title=Saints inflict record loss on Lions|date=27 August 2005|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=12 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112035623/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-27/saints-inflict-record-loss-on-lions/2090132|url-status=live}}</ref> Some believed that the St Kilda game, rather than the 2004 Grand Final, had signaled the end of Brisbane's triple premiership dynasty.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.smh.com.au/sport/st-kilda-flogs-lions-20050828-gdlyl3.html| title = St Kilda flogs Lions| date = 27 August 2005| access-date = 12 November 2021| archive-date = 12 November 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211112060446/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/st-kilda-flogs-lions-20050828-gdlyl3.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

The Lions began the [[2006 AFL season|2006 season]] optimistically, but injuries plagued the club as they again missed the finals, with Brisbane's players recording an AFL record total of 200 matches lost to injury for the season.

The Brisbane Lions' 2007 season started with them finishing runners-up to Carlton in the 2007 [[Australian Football League pre-season competition|NAB Cup]] Grand Final. The Lions failed to make the finals for a third successive year, again showing promising glimpses at stages, with a shock away win against reigning premiers the [[West Coast Eagles]], and a 93-point hiding of finalists Collingwood at the MCG.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.lions.com.au/news/768063/lions-secure-upset-of-the-season| title = Lions secure upset of the season| date = 7 July 2007| access-date = 13 November 2021| archive-date = 13 November 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211113005727/https://www.lions.com.au/news/768063/lions-secure-upset-of-the-season| url-status = live}}</ref> They made history in 2007 by becoming the first club in the history of the AFL to have five co-captains.

The team struggled during the 2008 season and missed out on the finals with a 10–12 record, losing 3 games despite having at least 5 more scoring shots in each of those games. Following the season, Coach [[Leigh Matthews]] resigned after 10 seasons and 3 premierships with the club. The Lions appointed former player and Captain [[Michael Voss]] as the coach ahead of 2009.

After only winning 2 games from the first 5 played in 2009, the club won 9 of the next 12 to sit in 6th on the ladder, where they finished the season. They also recorded a strong victory over eventual premiers [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] during this timeframe by 43 points. The club beat Carlton in their Elimination Final, coming from 30 points behind in the final quarter to win by 7 points, before losing to the [[Western Bulldogs]] in a Semi Final.

The 2009/2010 off-season was dominated by the arrival of [[Brendan Fevola]] from Carlton, with a belief in the club that Fevola could help them capitalise and improve upon their strong 2009 season. Indeed, the Lions won their first four matches of the 2010 season to be top of the ladder after four rounds, but they only won three more games after that, to finish 13th by the end of the season.

The Lions' 2010/2011 off-season was disrupted by the sacking of Fevola after just one season at the Lions, following repeated off-field indiscretions which included getting drunk in the Brisbane streets during New Year's Eve celebrations. On the field, the Lions won only four games for the year and finished 15th overall. The 2011 season saw the debut of another Queensland-based team, the [[Gold Coast Suns]]. The Suns, who were coming off a 139-point loss to Essendon the previous week, upset the Lions by 8 points in their first encounter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-07/suns-rise-in-queensland-shoot-out/2708376|title=Suns rise in Queensland shoot-out|date=7 May 2011|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906162025/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-07/suns-rise-in-queensland-shoot-out/2708376|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite their worst season since 1998, coach [[Michael Voss]] was granted a contract extension after the board recommended that Voss was the best man to take the club forward into the future. Leading into season 2012, only two players from the triple-premiership-winning team of 2001–2003 remained: [[Simon Black]] and [[Jonathan Brown (Australian footballer)|Jonathan Brown]].

The [[2013 Brisbane Lions season|2013 season]] started well for Brisbane, defeating [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] in the final of the [[NAB Cup]], with [[Daniel Rich]] winning the [[Michael Tuck Medal]] for best on ground. However, the club began its 2013 season with back-to-back losses to the [[Western Bulldogs]] and [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]. Injuries took a toll on the team, with young players [[Claye Beams]] and [[Jared Polec]] suffering severe injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-04-10|title=Lions AFL player Claye Beams ruptures ACL|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/lions-afl-player-claye-beams-ruptures-acl-20130410-2hlnu.html|access-date=2021-03-30|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531073917/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/lions-afl-player-claye-beams-ruptures-acl-20130410-2hlnu.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-02-01|title=Power's Jared Polec reveals his last season's foot injury nearly 'ended his career'|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-01/powers-jared-polec-ready-to-play-after-near-career-ending-injury/7130758|access-date=2021-03-30|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|language=en-AU|archive-date=25 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025042840/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-01/powers-jared-polec-ready-to-play-after-near-career-ending-injury/7130758|url-status=live}}</ref> In Round 13, Brisbane defeated second-placed [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]], coming from 52 points down late in the third quarter to win by 5 points due to an [[Ash McGrath]] [[After the siren kicks in Australian rules football|goal after the siren]] in his 200th match, in what became known as the [[Miracle on Grass (Australian rules football)|Miracle on Grass]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/remember-when-miracle-on-grass/|title=Remember When... 'Miracle on Grass'|website=AFL Players|last1=Beaton|first1=Robert|date=7 July 2017|access-date=20 July 2020|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720065903/http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/remember-when-miracle-on-grass/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 13 August 2013, coach Michael Voss was told his contract would not be renewed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/brisbane-lions-coach-michael-voss-will-not-be-given-a-new-contract/news-story/d2b8173c583f61383e8bdd4a7cc50b97|title=My fate was 'inevitable': Voss|date=13 August 2013|website=Herald Sun|access-date=8 January 2019|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213092534/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/brisbane-lions-coach-michael-voss-will-not-be-given-a-new-contract/news-story/d2b8173c583f61383e8bdd4a7cc50b97|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/voss-not-boss-20130813-2ru9b.html|title=Voss not boss|first=Jake Niall and Caroline|last=Wilson|date=13 August 2013|website=Brisbane Times|access-date=8 January 2019|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213091033/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/voss-not-boss-20130813-2ru9b.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/lions-sack-coach-michael-voss-20130813-2ru9b.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Voss not boss | access-date=13 August 2013 | archive-date=31 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531073919/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/voss-not-boss-20130813-2ru9b.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/lions-sack-coach-michael-voss-20130813-2ru9b.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=Michael Voss sacked by Brisbane Lions | access-date=13 August 2013 | archive-date=31 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531073921/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/voss-not-boss-20130813-2ru9b.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

On 18 October 2013, Brisbane Lions [[Australian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] Simon Black announced his retirement.

=== Playing under Justin Leppitsch: 2014–2016 ===
On 25 August 2013, a former premiership player for the Lions, [[Justin Leppitsch]], was confirmed as the senior coach of the Lions for the next three seasons.

During Round 13, 2014 Lions captain Jonathan Brown was the victim of a facial injury in a clash between the Lions and the Greater Western Sydney Giants. He collided with Tomas Bugg's knee and was taken off the ground. He suffered a concussion and subsequently retired from football. His retirement, alongside the retirement of [[Ashley McGrath|Ash McGrath]], meant there were no players from the triple-premiership era remaining at the club.<ref>[http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sport/afl/news/2014/8/brisbane-lions-ash-mcgrath-retiring-from-afl/ Brisbane Lions' Ash McGrath Retiring From AFL] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070408/http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sport/afl/news/2014/8/brisbane-lions-ash-mcgrath-retiring-from-afl/ |date=4 March 2016 }}, ''Triple M Melbourne'', 21 August 2014</ref>

On 29 August 2016, just one day after the end of the club's season, Leppitsch was sacked as coach of the Lions after multiple disappointing seasons, despite being granted a one-year contract extension at the start of the year which would have seen him remain at the club until the end of the 2017 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-03-07/lions-coach-justin-leppitsch-inks-contract-exension|title='Never any doubt': Lions confirm Leppitsch contract extension|publisher=Australian Football League|work=AAP|first=Michael|last=Whiting|date=7 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Brisbane Lions sack coach Justin Leppitsch after 'bitterly disappointing' AFL season|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-29/brisbane-lions-coach-justin-leppitsch-sacked/7794768|newspaper=ABC News|date=29 August 2016 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-date=30 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830170753/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-29/brisbane-lions-coach-justin-leppitsch-sacked/7794768|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Building under Chris Fagan: 2017–2022===
On 4 October 2016, Hawthorn football manager [[Chris Fagan (coach)|Chris Fagan]] was announced as Brisbane's senior coach from the 2017 season onwards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/brisbane/brisbane-lions-unveil-chris-fagan-as-new-coach/news-story/daf4cef4c36e641631e6751226106bcb|title=Brisbane Lions unveil Chris Fagan as new coach|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|date=4 October 2016|access-date=11 October 2016|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007174128/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/brisbane/brisbane-lions-unveil-chris-fagan-as-new-coach/news-story/daf4cef4c36e641631e6751226106bcb|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Lions claimed the 2017 [[List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons|wooden spoon]], despite winning 5 games for the season, 2 more than the previous season. Their percentage of 74.3 was the worst in the league, behind [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] with a percentage of 74.4. The 2018 season was very similar, recording 5 wins to finish in 15th place, but multiple close losses showed signs of a young team about to breakout into finals contention.

The Lions had a dramatically improved 2019 season, making the finals for the first time since 2009 and finishing second on the AFL ladder with 16 wins, behind minor premiers Geelong on percentage. However, Brisbane were bundled out of the finals in straight sets at the Gabba, losing to eventual premiers Richmond by 47 points in their qualifying final and then to eventual runners-up Greater Western Sydney by three points in their semi-final due to a late Brent Daniels goal. The Lions became the first team since Geelong in 1997 to finish second on the ladder and not progress to a preliminary final.

Brisbane repeated their form displayed in 2019 the following year, once again finishing second on percentage at the conclusion of the home-and-away season, which, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], was mostly played in south-east Queensland. They won 14 games in a shortened 17-game season. During their qualifying final, they defeated Richmond for the first time since 2009 and qualified for a preliminary final berth, but were beaten by a more experienced Geelong side in that match, thus missing out on the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play for a premiership in their own Gabba backyard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-18/chris-fagan-confident-afl-success-will-come-to-brisbane-lions/12779562|title=Brisbane coach Chris Fagan says AFL finals disappointment will harden the Lions in the long run|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]])|date=18 October 2020|accessdate=21 September 2024}}</ref>

After an inconsistent start to the [[2021 AFL season|2021 season]] the Lions hit form, winning seven straight games to sit in the top four for most of the year. However, losses to Melbourne, Richmond, Hawthorn and St Kilda meant the Lions sat in fifth as of the final round.

With the double chance on the line, the Lions regained fourth spot in the dying seconds of their final home-and-away game against West Coast. A behind kicked by [[Lincoln McCarthy]] put them ahead of the fourth-placed Bulldogs by a single point of ladder percentage, and a goal after the siren from [[Charlie Cameron (footballer, born 1994)|Charlie Cameron]] then sealed the result for the Lions, who finished in the top four for the third year running under Chris Fagan. However, the Lions bowed out in straight sets for the second time in three years after suffering losses to eventual premiers Melbourne and eventual runners-up Western Bulldogs in the finals, with the latter winning by a single point, due to a contentious free kick paid to the Bulldogs in the final seconds of the game.

Brisbane reached the finals once again in 2022, but this time missed the top four. With a win-loss record of fifteen wins and seven losses, the Lions finished sixth and hosted seventh-placed Richmond at the Gabba in an Elimination Final. After a close game which had 17 lead changes, the Lions prevailed, defeating the Tigers by a margin of two points in a 106–104 victory thanks to a late [[Joe Daniher]] goal. The Lions then played the [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne Demons]] in the Semi-Final, and upset the reigning premiers against all odds, bundling them out in straight sets with a score of 92–79 to progress to their second Preliminary Final under Fagan, taking on Geelong once again in a rematch of the 2020 Preliminary Final.

Unfortunately for Brisbane, their impressive finals run came to an end against the Cats, suffering a 71-point defeat in the First Preliminary Final that ended their [[2022 AFL season|2022 season]].

=== Back-to-back grand final appearances under Fagan, 2024 premiers: 2023–present ===

Brisbane reinforced their squad with multiple star signings in the off-season, such as gun midfielder [[Josh Dunkley]], tall forward [[Jack Gunston]] and father–son draftee [[Will Ashcroft]], to make them one of the competition's flag favourites for the [[2023 AFL season]]. Additionally, Fagan also penned a two-year contract extension to keep him at the club until 2025, with [[Lachie Neale]] and [[Harris Andrews]] also taking over as co-captains from long-serving Lions veteran [[Dayne Zorko]], who stepped down before the commencement of the 2023 season.

Brisbane finished the 2023 Home & Away season in second position, finishing in the Top 2 for the third time under Fagan after previously doing so in 2019 and 2020, and finishing in the Top 4 for the fourth time after also doing so in 2021. They faced [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] in the Second Qualifying Final on the 9th of September at the Gabba, beating the Power by 48 points and going straight through to a home preliminary final, their third under Fagan, where they faced [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] on the 23rd of September for a place in the [[2023 AFL Grand Final]].

After conceding the first five goals, The Lions fought back, prevailing by 16 points over the Blues to progress to the AFL Grand Final for the first time since [[2004 AFL Grand Final|2004]]. This meant that they faced Collingwood, exactly 20 years on since they faced the Magpies in the 2003 Grand Final and completed the historic three-peat.

The Lions fell short of the premiership in 2023, losing to the Magpies in an extremely close Grand Final with a final score of 12.18.(90) to 13.8.(86).

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|-
| width="200" | [[2023 AFL Grand Final]] ||''G''||''B''||''Total''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]''' || '''12''' || '''18''' || '''90'''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Brisbane Lions || 13 || 8 || 86
|-
| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| colspan="3" | Crowd: 100,024
| colspan="3" |
|}

The Lions had a rough start to the [[2024 AFL season|2024 season]], starting 2–5 and suffering multiple season-ending injuries to best-23 players, and sitting in 13th by the conclusion of Round 13. However, the Lions would rally post-bye, at one stage stringing together a nine-game win streak and sitting as high as second on the ladder. The Lions would eventually finish fifth on the ladder with a home and away record of 14–8–1, qualifying for finals for the sixth successive season and locking in a home Elimination Final at the Gabba against Carlton, who they defeated 14.15.(99) to 11.5.(71) to progress to the second week of finals, where they met Greater Western Sydney in an away Semi-Final.

The Lions made history against the Giants in the Semi-Final, after trailing by as much as 44 points midway through the third quarter and still managing to prevail, defeating the Giants 15.15. (105) to 15.10. (100) to record one of the biggest finals comebacks of all time. Their victory meant that they progressed to their fourth Preliminary Final under Fagan, facing [[Geelong Cats|Geelong]] in a Preliminary Final at the MCG. The Lions came back from a 25 point deficit to defeat the Cats 14.11. (95) to 12.13. (85) to progress to their second straight Grand Final under Fagan. 

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|-
| width="200" | [[2024 AFL Grand Final]] ||''G''||''B''||''Total''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''Brisbane Lions''' || '''18''' || '''12''' || '''120'''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sydney Swans]] || 9 || 6 || 60
|-
| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| colspan="3" | Crowd: 100,013
| colspan="3" |
|}

The Lions faced off against [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] in the [[2024 AFL Grand Final]], thumping the Swans with a score of 18.12. (120) to 9.6. (60), avenging their loss in [[2023 AFL Grand Final|2023]] and claiming the club's first premiership since [[2003 AFL Grand Final|2003]]. The Lions became the second side under the [[AFL final eight system|current finals system]] to win the premiership from outside the Top Four, after the [[Western Bulldogs]] in [[2016 AFL Grand Final|2016]]. [[Will Ashcroft]] claimed the [[Norm Smith Medal]] as the best afield, winning the award at the age of 20, the second youngest player to do so in VFL/AFL history, after [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton's]] [[Wayne Harmes]] in the [[1979 VFL Grand Final]], who was 19 at the time.

== Membership base and sponsorship ==
[[File:Brisbane Lions CityCat wrap (26946881125).jpg|thumb|[[CityCat]] ferry with Brisbane Lions wrap in 2015]]
Crowds and memberships for the Brisbane Lions grew dramatically during the four seasons in which they made the AFL Grand Final.

The club still maintains healthy Victorian support, and The Royal Derby Hotel in Fitzroy is the official social venue for Victorian Lions fans, showing all televised games, and displaying a mural of club greats Kevin Murray, Jonathan Brown, and Chris Johnson on its Alexandra Parade side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/573164/greats-immortalised-in-fitzroy|title=Greats immortalised in Fitzroy|website=lions.com.au|date=7 March 2020 |access-date=2 December 2020|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182756/https://www.lions.com.au/news/573164/greats-immortalised-in-fitzroy|url-status=live}}</ref>

To add to this presence in Melbourne, the Lions Historical Society is based at Etihad Stadium, containing exhibits from Fitzroy, the Bears, and the Brisbane Lions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/250017/celebrating-the-faces-of-fitzroy|title=Celebrating the faces of Fitzroy|website=lions.com.au|date=3 July 2019 |access-date=2 December 2020|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531073925/https://www.lions.com.au/news/250017/celebrating-the-faces-of-fitzroy|url-status=live}}</ref>

A 2000 [[Roy Morgan Research|Roy Morgan]] AFL survey of household incomes suggested that Brisbane Lions supporters were among the lowest-earning supporters in the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/finding-3324-201303010056|title=Essendon Bombers blitz off-field in Victoria But Sydney Swans Australia's Favourite Team.|website=Roy Morgan|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725100345/http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/finding-3324-201303010056|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"  style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; border-collapse:collapse; width:80%;"
|- style="background:#C1D8FF;"
! Year !! style="width:7%;"| Members<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=226|title=AFL Membership 1984 – 2016|publisher=Footy Industry|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725033324/http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=226|archive-date=25 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> !! style="width:13%;"| Change from previous season !! Finishing position !! Finals result/Wooden spoon !! Average home crowd<br /><ref name="Attendance Summary">{{cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/crowds/brisbanel.html|title=AFL Tables – Brisbane Lions – Crowds|website=afltables.com|access-date=8 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018125233/https://afltables.com/afl/crowds/brisbanel.html|archive-date=18 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> !! style="width:13%;"| Profit (loss) 
|-
|[[1997 Brisbane Lions season|1997]]||16,769|| {{N/A}} || 8th || Qualifying finalists || 19,550 || rowspan="4" {{unknown}}
|-
|[[1998 Brisbane Lions season|1998]]||''16,108''||{{decrease}} 661 || 16th || ''Wooden spoon'' || 16,675
|-
|[[1999 Brisbane Lions season|1999]]||16,931||{{increase}} 823 || 3rd || Preliminary finalists || 21,890 
|-
|[[2000 Brisbane Lions season|2000]]||20,295||{{increase}} 3,364 ||  6th || Semi-finalists || 27,406 
|-
|[[2001 Brisbane Lions season|2001]]||18,330||{{decrease}} 1,965 || '''2nd''' || '''Premiers''' || 27,638 || ($845,000)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Accept the Challenge|last=Matthews|first=Leigh|author-link=Leigh Matthews|publisher=[[Random House]] Australia|date=2013|edition=2nd|pages=415|isbn=978-0-85798-210-0}}</ref>
|-
|[[2002 Brisbane Lions season|2002]]||22,288||{{increase}} 3,958 || '''2nd''' || '''Premiers''' || 26,895 || {{unknown}} 
|-
|[[2003 Brisbane Lions season|2003]]||24,365||{{increase}} 2,077 || 3rd || '''Premiers''' || 31,717 || $2,200,000<ref>{{Cite book|title=Life and Football|last=Brown|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Brown (Australian footballer)|publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin Group (Australia)]]|date=2015|edition=1st|pages=192|isbn=978-0-14379-977-1}}</ref>
|-
|[[2004 Brisbane Lions season|2004]]||30,941||{{increase}} 6,576 || '''2nd''' || Grand finalists || '''33,619''' ||rowspan="3" {{unknown}}
|-
|[[2005 Brisbane Lions season|2005]]||28,913||{{decrease}} 1,308 || 11th ||rowspan="4" {{N/A}} || 33,267
|-
|[[2006 Brisbane Lions season|2006]]||26,459||{{decrease}} 2,454 || 13th || 28,630
|-
|[[2007 Brisbane Lions season|2007]]||21,976||{{decrease}} ''4,483'' || 10th || 28,848 || $1,058,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/brisbane-lions-heading-down-financially-stricken-path-of-port-adelaide-as-on-field-performance-fades/story-e6frf3e3-1226357365034|work=[[Fox Sports]]|date=16 May 2012|last=Denham|first=Greg|access-date=11 January 2015|title=Brisbane Lions heading down financially stricken path of Port Adelaide as on-field performance fades|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531073944/https://www.foxsports.com.au/favicon.ico|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|-
|[[2008 Brisbane Lions season|2008]]||22,737 ||{{increase}} 761 || 10th || 28,128 ||  ($2,200,030)<ref>[http://www.lions.com.au/portals/0/lions_docs/club_documents/SR_p85-100_PR.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605095907/http://www.lions.com.au/portals/0/lions_docs/club_documents/SR_p85-100_PR.pdf|date=5 June 2012}} 2009 Brisbane Lions Annual Report (2008 comparison values)</ref>
|-
|[[2009 Brisbane Lions season|2009]]||24,873||{{increase}} 2,136|| 6th || Semi-finalists || 29,172 ||  ($603,207)<ref>[http://www.lions.com.au/portals/0/lions_docs/club_documents/SR_p85-100_PR.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605095907/http://www.lions.com.au/portals/0/lions_docs/club_documents/SR_p85-100_PR.pdf|date=5 June 2012}} 2009 Brisbane Lions Annual Report</ref>
|-
|[[2010 Brisbane Lions season|2010]]||26,779||{{increase}} 1,906 || 13th ||rowspan="7" {{N/A}} || 29,933 ||  ($2,713,848)<ref>[http://www.lions.com.au/portals/0/lions_docs/BL10_AnnualReport.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605095619/http://www.lions.com.au/portals/0/lions_docs/BL10_AnnualReport.pdf|date=5 June 2012}} 2010 Brisbane Lions Annual Report</ref>
|-
|[[2011 Brisbane Lions season|2011]]||22,338||{{decrease}} 4,441 || 15th || 20,462 || ($1,855,926)<ref>[http://www.lions.com.au/Portals/0/lions_docs/00000%20LIONS%20Annual%20Report%20ART.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605102344/http://www.lions.com.au/Portals/0/lions_docs/00000%20LIONS%20Annual%20Report%20ART.pdf|date=5 June 2012}} 2011 Brisbane Lions Annual Report</ref>
|-
|[[2012 Brisbane Lions season|2012]]||20,762||{{decrease}} 1,576 ||13th||20,344 || ($2,513,262)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5085/newsid/151464/default.aspx|title=Lions announce financial loss}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[2013 Brisbane Lions season|2013]]||24,130||{{increase}} 3,368 || 12th || 21,083 || ($1,574,762)<ref>[http://www.lions.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Branding/Landing%20Page%20Images/PDFs/Financial%20Report%202013.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810144721/http://www.lions.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Branding/Landing%20Page%20Images/PDFs/Financial%20Report%202013.pdf|date=10 August 2014}} 2013 Brisbane Lions Financial Report</ref>
|-
|[[2014 Brisbane Lions season|2014]]||24,012||{{decrease}} 118 || 15th || 19,743 || ''($3,543,138)''<ref>{{cite web
|title=2014 Financial Report
|url=http://www.footyindustry.com/files/2014%20Reports/AFL/Brisbane%202014%20Annual%20Report.pdf
|work=Brisbane Bears – Fitzroy Football Club Limited
|date=31 October 2014
|access-date=17 July 2015
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721033457/http://www.footyindustry.com/files/2014%20Reports/AFL/Brisbane%202014%20Annual%20Report.pdf
|archive-date=21 July 2015
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> 
|-
|[[2015 Brisbane Lions season|2015]]||25,408|| {{increase}} 1,396 || 17th || 18,810 || ($681,053)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/150546_Financial_Report_2015_spreads.pdf|title = Brisbane Lions 2015 Annual Report|access-date = 10 January 2016|publisher = Brisbane Lions|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160312125735/http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/150546_Financial_Report_2015_spreads.pdf|archive-date = 12 March 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 Brisbane Lions season|2016]]|| 23,286 || {{decrease}} 2,122 || 17th  || 17,074 || ($1,783,506)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/160399_Financial_Report_2016_DIG.pdf|title=2016 FINANCIAL REPORT|publisher=Brisbane Lions|date=31 October 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042012/http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/160399_Financial_Report_2016_DIG.pdf|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|-
|[[2017 Brisbane Lions season|2017]]|| 21,362 || {{decrease}} 1,924 || ''18th'' || ''Wooden spoon'' || ''16,455'' || ($2,261,990)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/170354_2017_Financial_Report_DIGITAL.PDF|title=2017 FINANCIAL REPORT|publisher=Brisbane Lions|date=31 October 2017|access-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033610/http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/170354_2017_Financial_Report_DIGITAL.PDF|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|-
|[[2018 Brisbane Lions season|2018]]|| 24,867 || {{increase}} 3,505 || 15th || {{N/A}} || 18,405 || ($230,641)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/2019Financial_Report_Digital.pdf|title=2018 FINANCIAL REPORT|publisher=Brisbane Lions|date=31 October 2018|access-date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120093622/https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/2019Financial_Report_Digital.pdf|archive-date=20 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2019|| 28,821 || {{increase}} 3,954 || '''2nd''' || Semi-finalists || 24,741 || $648,618<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/539243/lions-record-first-profit-in-12-years|title=Lions record first profit in 12 years|publisher=Brisbane Lions|date=6 December 2019|access-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206042929/https://www.lions.com.au/news/539243/lions-record-first-profit-in-12-years|archive-date=6 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{efn|For a short period in the 2018/19 off-season, from November '18 to March '19, the Lions' co–major sponsors were [[Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites|Oaks Hotels & Resorts]] and [[SOOW (company)|SOOW]]; however, the contract with SOOW was cancelled before the first game of the home-and-away season was played.}} 
|-
|2020
|29,277
|{{increase}} 456
|'''2nd'''
|Preliminary finalists
|''10,648''{{efn|name=Crowd|text=Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were capped crowd capacities during the 2020 season}}
|'''$3,073,413'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Financial Report|url=https://resources.lions.com.au/aflc-bl/document/2021/01/07/a6f0a147-0fe0-44fe-9191-7f56878ab90b/82634-BL-Financial-Report-ART.pdf|website=Brisbane Lions|access-date=22 August 2021|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822232614/https://resources.lions.com.au/aflc-bl/document/2021/01/07/a6f0a147-0fe0-44fe-9191-7f56878ab90b/82634-BL-Financial-Report-ART.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|40,289
|{{increase}} '''11,012'''
|4th
|Semi-finalists
|20,603
| $2,938,037 <ref>{{Cite web|title=2021 Financial Report|url=https://resources.lions.com.au/aflc-bl/document/2022/01/10/35073b75-74d1-4083-81f1-65a44de401d1/210475_2021_Financial_Report.pdf|website=Brisbane Lions|access-date=1 October 2022|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822232614/https://resources.lions.com.au/aflc-bl/document/2022/01/10/35073b75-74d1-4083-81f1-65a44de401d1/210475_2021_Financial_Report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|excludes ~$15 million grant funding for construction of Springfield training ground}}
|-
|2022
|43,319
|{{increase}} 3,030
|6th
|Preliminary finalists
|25,818
| $2,384,997<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 Financial Report|url=https://resources.lions.com.au/aflc-bl/document/2023/01/09/c78c8030-2fe6-4f4b-90dd-96c8af5f9a78/2022_Financial_Report.pdf|website=Brisbane Lions|access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref>{{efn|excludes ~$13 million in grant funding for construction of Springfield training ground}}
|-
|2023
|52,373
|{{increase}} 9,054
|'''2nd'''
|Grand finalists
|27,455
| $633,056<ref>{{Cite web|title=2023 Financial Report|url=https://footyindustry.com/docs/Brisbane%202023%20Annual%20Report.pdf|website=Brisbane Lions|access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|'''63,268'''
|{{increase}} 10,895
|5th
|'''Premiers'''
|29,045
| 
|}
Statistics highlighted in '''bold''' denote the best known season for Brisbane in that category<br />
Statistics highlighted in ''italic'' denote the worst known season for Brisbane in that category<br />
{{notelist}}

===Non-playing/coaching staff===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%"
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"|Name
! scope="col" style="width:110px;"|Position
|-
| [[Greg Swann]]
| Chief Executive Officer
|-
| Andrew Wellington
| Chairman
|-
| Sarah Kelly
| Deputy chairman
|-
| Cyril Jinks
! rowspan="5" style="font-weight: normal; background: #F9F9F9; text-align: left;" | Directors
|-
| [[Leigh Matthews]]
|-
| Peter McGregor
|-
| Mick Power
|- 
| [[Ross Thornton]]
|-
| Danny Daly 
| General Manager of Football
|-
| Dom Ambrogio
| List Manager
|-
| [[Andrew Crowell]]
| Personal Excellence and Wellbeing Manager
|-
| Damien Austin
| High Performance Manager
|-
| Stephen Conole
| Senior Recruiting Manager
|-
| [[Leon Harris (footballer)|Leon Harris]]
| Recruitment Consultant
|}

===Sponsorship===

====AFL====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Kit Manufacturer !! Major Sponsor !! Shorts Sponsor !! Back Sponsor !! Above number sponsor !! Neckline sponsor
|-
| 1997–98 ||rowspan=3|[[Puma (brand)|Puma]]||rowspan=2|[[Carlton & United Breweries]]||[[Spam (food)|Spam]]||rowspan=2|[[Coca-Cola]]
|-
| 1999 ||Devine Homes
|-
| 2000 ||rowspan=4|[[AAPT Limited|AAPT]]||[[Spam (food)|Spam]]||[[AAPT Limited|Cellular One]]
|-
| 2001 ||rowspan=3|[[Russell Athletic (brand)|Russell Athletic]]|| Bio Organics Vitamins ||rowspan=2|[[AAPT Limited|AAPT Cellular One]]
|-
| 2002 ||rowspan=3|[[AAMI]]
|-
| 2003–06 ||[[AAPT Limited|AAPT]]
|-
| 2007 ||rowspan=4|[[Puma (brand)|Puma]]||rowspan=3|[[Vodafone Australia|Vodafone]]||rowspan=3|[[Vodafone Australia|Vodafone]]
|-
| 2008 || HBA
|-
| 2009 ||rowspan=2| MBF
|-
| 2010 ||rowspan=2|[[Bank of Queensland]] (Home) [[Conergy]] (Away)||rowspan=2|[[Conergy]] (Home) [[Bank of Queensland]] (Away)
|-
| 2011–12 ||rowspan=2|[[BLK (sportswear)|Kooga]]||rowspan=2|[[Bupa]]
|-
| 2013 ||rowspan=3|[[Vero Insurance]] (Home) [[National Storage]] (Away)||rowspan=3|[[National Storage]] (Home) [[Vero Insurance]] (Away)
|-
| 2014 ||rowspan=3|[[BLK (sportswear)|BLK]]||[[TechnologyOne]]
|-
| 2015 ||[[Garuda Indonesia]]
|-
| 2016 ||rowspan=2|[[Vero Insurance]] (Home) [[Camperdown Dairy International]] (Away)|| – ||rowspan=2|[[Camperdown Dairy International]] (Home) [[Vero Insurance]] (Away)
|-
| 2017 ||rowspan=3|[[Majestic Athletic]]||rowspan=2|[[Castlemaine XXXX|XXXX]]
|-
| 2018 ||[[Vero Insurance]] (Home) [[Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites|Oaks Hotels & Resorts]] (Away)||[[Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites|Oaks Hotels & Resorts]] (Home) [[Vero Insurance]] (Away)
|-
| 2019 || Neds (Home) [[Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites|Oaks Hotels & Resorts]] (Away)||rowspan=2|[[The Coffee Club]]||[[Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites|Oaks Hotels & Resorts]] (Home) Neds (Away)
|-
| 2020 ||rowspan=3|[[Classic Sportswear]]||rowspan=2| XL Express (Home) Neds (Away) ||rowspan=2| Neds (Home) XL Express (Away)
|-
| 2021 ||rowspan=2|Taubmans
|-
| 2022 || XL Express (Home) [[Youi]] (Away)||[[Youi]] (Home) XL Express (Away) || rowspan=2| [[Hyundai]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hyundai.com/au/en/news/press-room/hyundai-motor-company-australia-renews-partnership-with-brisbane-lions | title=Hyundai Motor Company Australia renews partnership with Brisbane Lions &#124; Hyundai News &#124; Hyundai Australia }}</ref>||
|-
| 2023– || [[New Balance]] ||[[Caltex]] (Home) [[Youi]] (Away)||[[Castlemaine XXXX|XXXX]] || [[Youi]] (Home) [[Caltex]] (Away) || [[McDonald's]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/1250368/lions-upsize-with-mcdonalds-to-take-partnership-to-a-new-level | title=Lions Upsize with McDonalds to Take Partnership to a New Level | date=23 November 2022 }}</ref>
|}

====AFL Women's====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Kit Manufacturer !! Major Sponsor !! Shorts Sponsor !! Back Sponsor !! Above number sponsor
|-
| 2017 || rowspan="7"| [[Cotton On Group|Cotton On]] || rowspan="2"| [[Hyundai]] || rowspan="6"| Austraffic || [[Hyundai]] || rowspan="4"| – 
|-
| 2018 || rowspan="6"| [[Bond University]]
|-
| 2019–20 || Icon Group
|-
| 2021 || rowspan="2"| Price Attack
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| 2022 S6 || rowspan="3"| [[Hastings Deering]]
|-
| 2022 S7–23 || rowspan="2"| [[BMD Group|BMD]]
|-
| 2024– || [[Youi]]
|}

==Relationship with the Fitzroy Football Club==
The [[Fitzroy Football Club]] came out of administration in 1998. For a brief time, it experimented in partnerships with other semi-professional and amateur clubs before incorporating the Fitzroy Reds in 2009 to play in the [[Victorian Amateur Football Association]] (VAFA). Fitzroy largely resumed its original VFL/AFL identity playing in the VAFA through its continued use of its 1975–1996 VFL/AFL jumper, its club song, and its 1884–1966 home ground at the [[Brunswick Street Oval]].

The goal was to not only maintain a strong presence in Melbourne for Victorian-based Fitzroy/Brisbane Lions supporters, but to also provide for the Fitzroy supporters who chose not to support Brisbane in the AFL. This was all done with the full support of the Brisbane Lions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/126866/fitzroy-back-from-the-dead-in-alignment-with-vafa-club | title=Fitzroy back from the dead in alignment with VAFA club | date=8 December 2008 }}</ref>

[[File:Brisbane Lions flag flying over Fitzroy town hall.jpg|thumb|upright|Brisbane Lions flag flying over [[Fitzroy Town Hall]] during the [[2021 AFL finals series|2021 finals series]]]]
Fitzroy Football Club improved its relationship with the Brisbane Lions in the ten years from 1999 to 2009. In that time Brisbane have used the letters BBFFC printed below the back of the neck of the club's guernseys from 2002 onwards, in line with Brisbane's official name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club Membership and Supporters Charter |url=https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/BrisbaneLions/Documents/4%20Members'%20Charter.pdf |website=afl.com.au|access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Deed of Company Arrangement Between Fitzroy Football Club and Brisbane Bears – details of vote and name change on Page 10 |url=https://viclions.wordpress.com/news/the-deed/ |website=viclions.wordpress.com|date=2 June 2013 |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref> Fitzroy played the curtain-raiser at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]] when the Brisbane Lions met {{AFL Col}} in the AFL Heritage Round fixture in 2003. Brisbane also now wears a version of the Fitzroy guernsey, with red instead of maroon, for most AFL matches in Victoria and other states.

Relationships between Fitzroy and Brisbane became strained in 2009, when Brisbane announced that it was adopting a new club logo. The Fitzroy Football Club argued this decision contravened Section 7.2 (c) of the Deed of Arrangement between Fitzroy and Brisbane when the two entities merged in 1996. The new logo, featuring a forward-facing lion's head, replaced the former Fitzroy logo of a [[Attitude (heraldry)#Passant|passant]] lion with a football. The new logo was placed onto the club's home jumper and was mockingly referred to as 'The Paddlepop Lion', proving to be deeply unpopular among Lions fans who demanded it be changed back to the traditional Fitzroy passant Lion.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/traditional-lion-matters-say-brisbane-and-fitzroy-supporters-of-old-20130601-2nisu.html | title=Traditional lion matters, say Brisbane and Fitzroy supporters of old | date=2 June 2013 }}</ref>

On 22 December 2009, Fitzroy lodged a Statement of Claim in the [[Supreme Court of Victoria]], seeking an order that the Brisbane Lions be restrained from using as its logo, the new logo or any other logo other than 'the Fitzroy lion logo', in line with Brisbane's legal obligations as specified in the Deed of Arrangement, including their obligation to use the Fitzroy logo in perpetuity. On 15 July 2010, the two clubs reached a settlement, agreeing that the Fitzroy logo symbolically represents the historic deal between Brisbane and Fitzroy, and represents the Brisbane Lions in the AFL. Fitzroy agreed to a compromise whereby Brisbane would use both the old and new logos alongside each other in an official capacity for the next 14 years on all official club stationery and club publications, as well as the Lions' official website for seven years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deed of Company Arrangement Between Fitzroy Football Club and Brisbane Bears – details about Brisbane use of the Fitzroy lion logo on Page 11 |url=https://viclions.wordpress.com/news/the-deed/ |website=viclions.wordpress.com|date=2 June 2013 |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fitzroy Football Club win day in court |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/fitzroy-football-club-win-day-in-court-ng-5d3c948c3cf01fd6c8be778bc0ca0e72 |website=perthnow.com.au|date=3 May 2010 |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lion logo row: Brisbane v Fitzroy in court |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/lion-logo-row-brisbane-v-fitzroy-in-court-20100503-u3h7.html |website=theage.com.au|date=3 May 2010 |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brisbane Lions settle logo dispute with Fitzroy |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/53083/brisbane-lions-settle-logo-dispute-with-fitzroy |website=afl.com.au|date=15 July 2010 |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref>

After immense pressure from both Lions and Fitzroy fans, Brisbane returned to using the old passant lion logo on its playing guernseys from 2015 onwards, but the new lion remained as the club's official logo.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/news/news/brisbane-members-vote-against-paddlepop-lion/86pzbkcv74kv16mcsjdjo2ogr | title=Brisbane members vote against Paddlepop Lion | date=13 August 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Sun|page=58|publication-place=Melbourne|author=Greg Davis|date=21 October 2014|title=Back to the future as 'Paddlepop Lion' ditched}}</ref>

The Brisbane Lions have since renewed and maintained strong ties with the Fitzroy Football Club in the VAFA and the Fitzroy junior football club. The Brisbane Lions sponsor a male and female Fitzroy player each year, conduct coaching workshops for Fitzroy, frequently invite the Fitzroy juniors to form a guard of honour for Victorian games, and have had many Fitzroy past players and representatives as elected board members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ross Thornton elected to Brisbane Lions board |url=https://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/latest-news/ross-thornton-elected-to-brisbane-lions-board |website=fitzroyfc.com.au|access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Thornton elected to Board |url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/45309/thornton-elected-to-board |website=lions.com.au|date=16 December 2014 |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref>

==Club identity==
===Emblem===
[[File:The Eastern end of The Gabba at sunset during an AFL game.jpg|thumb|A 2019 match between Brisbane and the Sydney Swans at the Gabba, Brisbane's home ground]]
[[File:Fitzroy passant lion.jpg|thumb|The Fitzroy passant lion became the emblem of the Brisbane Lions.]]
In 1997, the club unveiled its new emblem, consisting of the golden Fitzroy Lion on a badge of Maroon and Blue. The club used this emblem from 1997 until the end of 2000. In 2001, the club unveiled a new emblem in the shape of a football, emblazoned with the words "Brisbane Lions" and with the Fitzroy Lion located within the "o" of Lions, and the last of the club logos to have the AFL logo on it & this emblem was used until 2009, when the emblem was again changed, this time in favour of a forward-facing Lion head.

=== Guernseys ===

'''Home Guernsey''' (worn 1997–2009 and since 2015): Predominantly maroon guernsey with a blue yoke featuring a golden [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] Lion, with a gold collar and cuffs. For shorts, maroon home shorts are worn in home games including the away match against the [[Sydney Swans|Swans]] at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]], while the white shorts are worn with the guernsey in the [[AFL Grand Final]], only if the Lions were to played as the away team.

'''Away Guernsey''' (worn 2008–2009 and since 2015): Predominantly red guernsey with a blue yoke featuring a golden Fitzroy lion, with a blue collar and cuffs, and based on Fitzroy's final colours in the AFL. White away shorts are worn when this guernsey is used and played predominantly in matches except against the [[Gold Coast Suns|Suns]], [[Greater Western Sydney Giants|Giants]] and the [[Sydney Swans|Swans]].

'''Clash Guernsey''' (worn since 2023): This predominantly gold guernsey features a maroon Fitzroy lion on a gold background (reminiscent of the [[Brisbane Bears|Bears]]' first guernsey), with a maroon yoke and golden cuffs, only to be worn if playing against both the [[Gold Coast Suns|Suns]] and the [[Greater Western Sydney Giants|Giants]]. The same shorts as the Away Guernsey are worn.

===Mascot===
The Lions' [[Mascot Manor]] representative and club mascot was Bernie "Gabba" Vegas until 2015 when Roy the Lion (named Roy after the nickname for Fitzroy fans) replaced him as mascot. In 2021 the club unveiled their Lioness mascot Auroara.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-01/brisbane-lions-ask-fans-to-name-new-mascot/6436800|title=Brisbane Lions ask fans to name new 'fierce and determined' mascot|date=1 May 2015|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2 December 2020|archive-date=2 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502222607/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-01/brisbane-lions-ask-fans-to-name-new-mascot/6436800|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Song===
The club's team song, "The Pride of Brisbane Town", is based on the Fitzroy Football Club song written by ex-Fitzroy player [[Bill Stephen]], and is sung to the music of "[[La Marseillaise]]", the French national anthem.<ref name="ABC_AM_29Oct2009_Eastly">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2009/s2727075.htm|title=Brisbane Lions face court action over new logo|last=[[Tony Eastley]]|date=29 October 2009|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=10 April 2010|archive-date=7 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407153719/http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2009/s2727075.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/388921/origins-of-our-club-song | title=Origins of our Club song | date=10 February 2015 }}</ref>

===Training base===
[[File:Brighton Homes Arena Ipswich QLD during 2022 Season 7 AFLW Grand Final.jpg|thumb|Springfield Central Stadium serves as both the training base of the Brisbane Lions and the home ground of Brisbane's AFLW team.]]
Between 1997 and 2022, the club trained out of [[the Gabba]] during the football season. The club's administrative and indoor training facilities were also located in the stadium. Due to the [[cricket]] season in the summer which is during the off-season for the Lions, the club was required to train at alternative locations over the years, this has included the University of Queensland campus,<ref>[https://www.lions.com.au/news/63773/lions-commence-pre-season-training Lions Commence Pre-Season Training] from Lions 7 November 2011</ref> Leyshon Park in [[Yeronga]],<ref>[https://www.lions.com.au/news/83236/what-happens-when-a-fit-journo-trains-with-the-lions What happens when a fit journo trains with the Lions?] By Michael Whiting from Lions 13 November 2018</ref> [[Giffin Park]] in [[Coorparoo, Queensland|Coorparoo]], [[Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex]] in [[Burpengary, Queensland|Burpengary]] and elsewhere, meaning the club lacked a dedicated and permanent home year-round. In 2020 the club announced that it would move its training and administrative facilities into [[Springfield Central Stadium]] (known for ground-sponsorship purposes as Brighton Homes Arena), an 8,000-capacity high-class facility in [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]] that enables the club to base itself in the single location and play reserve-grade and AFLW matches at the one location.<ref name=Austadiums>{{cite web|url=https://www.austadiums.com/news/news.php?id=636|title=Lions secure final funding for $70m Springfield base|work=Austadiums|date=31 January 2019|access-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221082120/https://www.austadiums.com/news/news.php?id=636|archive-date=21 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/560392/final-renders-of-the-reserve-community-arena-at-springfield-revealed-before-construction-commences|title=Final renders of The Reserve Community Arena at Springfield revealed before construction commences|work=lions.com.au|date=19 February 2020|access-date=12 December 2021|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212054339/https://www.lions.com.au/news/560392/final-renders-of-the-reserve-community-arena-at-springfield-revealed-before-construction-commences|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/1014726/brighton-homes-arena-coming-together-quickly|title=Brighton Homes Arena Coming Together Quickly|work=Brisbane Lions|date=9 September 2021|access-date=12 December 2021|archive-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010001101/https://www.lions.com.au/news/1014726/brighton-homes-arena-coming-together-quickly|url-status=live}}</ref> The Lions moved into the facility in October 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/1237309/we-re-on-the-move-the-brisbane-lions-move-into-brighton-homes-arena|title=We're on the move! The Brisbane Lions move into Brighton Homes Arena|date=14 October 2022|work=Brisbane Lions}}</ref>

==Rivalries==
===Collingwood===
[[File:Aussie rules wikipedia.jpg|thumb|The Lions playing against Collingwood in a 1960s Fitzroy jumper for the 2003 heritage round]]
Pre-1996, Fitzroy and Collingwood were fierce local rivals for over 100 years, sharing a suburban boundary down [[Smith Street, Melbourne]], meeting in the 1905 and 1922 grand finals (both won by Fitzroy), and both clubs topping the premiership tally in the early days of the VFL.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/teams/allteams/seasons.html | title=AFL Tables – Season Summary }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/1113621/fitzroy-flashback-a-collingwood-thumping | title=Fitzroy Flashback: A Collingwood Thumping | date=28 April 2022 }}</ref> The bad blood between The Bears and Collingwood began in 1993 after top draft pick [[Nathan Buckley]] walked out on them and went to the Magpies after playing only a single season in Brisbane. Buckley was adamant that the move was the right career direction, with the belief he had more chance of winning a premiership elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/727895/how-bucks-went-from-a-bear-to-a-magpie | title=How Bucks went from a Bear to a Magpie | date=29 May 2013 }}</ref> However the rivalry between the Lions and the Magpies was properly ignited in late 1999 when Collingwood played their last ever AFL game at their spiritual home ground, Victoria Park. The Lions emerged 42 point victors that day and consigned the Magpies to their second wooden spoon in their VFL/AFL history. The rivalry between the two clubs peaked in the early 2000s, as the clubs played off in two consecutive Grand Finals in 2002 and 2003, with the Lions emerging victors on both occasions.<ref name="Rivalry">{{cite web |last1=Naghten |first1=Tom |title=AFL rivalries: Alive or dead? We run the rule over these clashes |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/list/afl-rivalries-local-derbies/19399r5j2i00m1qt7zqwe78bza/17 |website=Sporting News |date=16 April 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |quote=...the Magpies poached Nathan Buckley, the contempt continued. The Lions got their own back with a couple of grand final wins over Collingwood in '02 and '03. |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020025141/https://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/list/afl-rivalries-local-derbies/19399r5j2i00m1qt7zqwe78bza/17 |url-status=live }}</ref> The two clubs clashed once again in the 2023 Grand Final, 20 years on from their 2003 contest, with the Magpies emerging as the victors this time.

===Gold Coast Suns===
{{main|QClash}}

The Brisbane Lions have a rivalry with fellow Queensland AFL team the [[Gold Coast Suns]]. The two teams contest the '''QClash''' twice each season. The first QClash was held in [[2011 AFL season|2011]], with the game establishing the highest [[Foxtel|pay TV]] audience ever for an AFL game, with a total of 354,745 viewers watching the game.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110512135959/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/113420/default.aspx QClash sets TV record] – afl.com.au. Published 9 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.</ref>

The medal for the player adjudged [[Man of the match#Australian rules football|best on ground]] is known as the [[Marcus Ashcroft Medal]]. It is named after former footballer [[Marcus Ashcroft]], who played junior football on the Gold Coast for [[Southport Sharks|Southport]] and 318 VFL/AFL games for the Brisbane Bears/Lions between 1989 and 2003. He later joined Gold Coast's coaching staff and was the first Queenslander to play 300 VFL/AFL games.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121230150842/http://www.lions.com.au/tabid/5085/default.aspx?newsid=112838 QClash 1: Marcus Ashcroft Medal announced] (1 May 2011)</ref> Sun [[Touk Miller]] has won the medal four times, the most by any player.

The trophy awarded to the winner of the game is currently known as the "QClash Trophy". The trophy is a "traditional style" looking silver cup with a wooden base and a plaque. The plaque's inscription reads from left to right, "Brisbane Lions AFC", "QCLASH", "Gold Coast Suns FC".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/lions-star-jonathan-brown-issues-rallying-cry-ahead-of-qclash/story-e6frepf6-1226334726023 |title=Lions star Jonathan Brown issues rallying cry ahead of QClash |first1=Greg |last1=Davis |first2=Andrew |last2=Hamilton |work=The Courier-Mail |date=21 April 2012 |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426165344/http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/lions-star-jonathan-brown-issues-rallying-cry-ahead-of-qclash/story-e6frepf6-1226334726023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Port Adelaide===

The [[Port Adelaide Football Club]] entered the AFL in 1997 after Fitzroy's AFL operations were merged with Brisbane. Supporters of Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears were aggrieved about Port's entry having taken place under these circumstances.

In their early days, the two clubs could not be separated and had multiple close encounters, with a draw in two of their first three meetings.<ref name="lionsport"/> In the early 2000s, the rivalry reached its peak as the two clubs were the most dominant of the era, consistently finishing at the top of the ladder.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lions Rewind: Port Adelaide |date=14 May 2020 |url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/690988/lions-rewind-port-adelaide |access-date=19 October 2020 |quote=Brisbane v Port Adelaide. During the early 2000s it was one of the biggest rivalries in football. |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020022114/https://www.lions.com.au/news/690988/lions-rewind-port-adelaide |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 2001 and 2004, the clubs met each other in the [[2001 Ansett Australia Cup|2001 Ansett Australia Cup Grand Final]], a 2001 qualifying final, a 2002 preliminary final and the [[2004 AFL Grand Final|2004 Grand Final]]. Other notable encounters from this period include a round 22 match in 2002 to determine the minor premiership that year,<ref name="r22"/> which Port Adelaide won by a single goal, and a round 17 match in 2003 with 7 lead changes in the final quarter, which Port Adelaide won by a point.

==Honours==
===Club honours===
[[File:Fitzroy-Brisbane Lions historical society at Docklands stadium, Melbourne.jpg|thumb|upright|Historical Society at Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, covering the histories and records of Fitzroy, the Bears, and the Brisbane Lions.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b;" align="center"| '''Premierships'''
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
!Competition
!Team
!Wins
!Seasons Won
|-
|'''[[Australian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFL/AFL premiers|Seniors]]||4||[[2001 AFL Grand Final|2001]], [[2002 AFL Grand Final|2002]], [[2003 AFL Grand Final|2003]], [[2024 AFL Grand Final|2024]]
|-
|'''[[AFL Women's]]'''||[[List of AFL Women's premiers|Seniors]]||2||[[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|2021]], [[2023 AFL Women's Grand Final|2023]]
|-
||'''[[Queensland Australian Football League]]''' <small>(1998–2010)</small>||rowspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align: left"|Reserves||1||[[Queensland Australian Football League#Premierships|2001]]
|-
||'''[[North East Australian Football League]]''' <small>(2011–2019)</small>||4||[[2012 NEAFL season|2012]], [[2013 NEAFL season|2013]], [[2017 NEAFL season|2017]], [[2019 NEAFL season|2019]]
|-
||'''[[Victorian Football League]]''' <small>(2021–)</small>||0||Nil
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b;" align="center"| '''Other titles and honours'''
|-
||'''[[VFL/AFL pre-season competition|AFL pre-season competition]]'''||Seniors||1||[[2013 NAB Cup|2013]]
|-
||'''[[AFLX|AFLX Tournament]]'''||Seniors||1||[[2018 AFLX competition|2018]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b;" align="center"| '''Finishing positions'''
|-
|rowspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align: left"| '''[[Australian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFL/AFL minor premiers|Minor premiership]]||0||Nil
|-
||[[AFL Grand Final|Grand Finalist]]||2||[[2004 AFL Grand Final|2004]], [[2023 AFL Grand Final|2023]]
|-
||[[List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons|Wooden spoons]]||2||[[1998 AFL season|1998]], [[2017 AFL season|2017]]
|-
|rowspan=2 scope="row" style="text-align: left"| '''[[AFL Women's]]'''||[[List of AFL Women's minor premiers|Minor premiership]]||2||[[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]], [[2022 AFL Women's season 7|2022 (S7)]]
|-
||[[AFL Women's Grand Final|Grand Finalist]]||4||[[2017 AFL Women's Grand Final|2017]], [[2018 AFL Women's Grand Final|2018]], [[2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final|2022 (S7)]], [[2024 AFL Women's Grand Final|2024]]
|}

===Individual===
{{Main|List of Brisbane Lions individual awards and records}}

====Team of the Decade====
In June 2006, to recognise ten years since the creation of the Brisbane Lions, a Team of the Decade was announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footystats.freeservers.com/Daily/Worthrep06b.html#decade|title=Brisbane names the Lions team of the decade|work=Footystats Diary|date=24 June 2006}}</ref>
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%; border-collapse:collapse;" width=70%
|bgcolor="#C1D8FF" align="center" colspan="13"|'''Team of the Decade'''
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
|[[Australian rules football positions#Full back|Backs]]: || [[Chris Johnson (footballer, born 1976)|Chris Johnson]] ||[[Mal Michael]] ||[[Darryl White]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
|[[Half-back line|Half-Backs]]: || [[Marcus Ashcroft]] ||[[Justin Leppitsch]] ||[[Chris Scott (Australian footballer)|Chris Scott]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
|[[Centre line (football)|Midfielders]]: || [[Nigel Lappin]] ||[[Michael Voss]] (c) ||[[Brad Scott (Australian footballer)|Brad Scott]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
|[[Half-forward line|Half-Forwards]]: || [[Jason Akermanis]] ||[[Jonathan Brown (Australian footballer)|Jonathan Brown]] ||[[Craig McRae]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
|[[Forward line|Forwards]]: || [[Luke Power]] ||[[Alastair Lynch]] ||[[Daniel Bradshaw]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
|[[Australian rules football positions#Followers|Followers]]: || [[Clark Keating]] ||[[Simon Black]] ||[[Shaun Hart]]
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
|[[Australian rules football positions#Interchange bench|Interchange]]: || [[Martin Pike (Australian footballer)|Martin Pike]] ||[[Tim Notting]] ||[[Jamie Charman]] ||[[Richard Champion]]
|-
! bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" |Coach:
! colspan="4" align="center"|[[Leigh Matthews]]
|}

====Hall of Fame====

=====Legends=====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"|'''Name'''
! scope="col" style="width:110px;"|'''Year inducted as inductee'''
! scope="col" style="width:110px;"|'''Year inducted as legend'''
! '''Reference'''
! '''Hall of Fame profile'''
|-
| {{sortname|Haydn|Bunton Sr.}}
| N/A
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2012-06-23/lions-honour-former-champions |title=Lions honour former champions |publisher=Brisbane Lions |date=23 June 2012 |accessdate=6 October 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161006034104/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2012-06-23/lions-honour-former-champions |archive-date= 6 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/89717 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Kevin|Murray|dab=Australian footballer}}
| N/A
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/101285 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Voss}}
| 2012
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2014-05-21/10-inducted-into-hall-of-fame|title=10 inducted into Hall of Fame|publisher=Brisbane Lions|date=21 May 2014|accessdate=4 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204040959/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2014-05-21/10-inducted-into-hall-of-fame|archive-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/101219 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Garry|Wilson}}
| 2012
| 2016
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-06-25/legend-garry-wilson |title=Garry Wilson: The Legend |publisher=Brisbane Lions |date=25 June 2016 |accessdate=6 October 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161005235255/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-06-25/legend-garry-wilson |archive-date= 5 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/93922 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Simon|Black}}
| N/A
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF">{{Cite news|title=Brisbane Lions Hall Of Fame 2023 Re-Cap|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/1419432/live-blog-brisbane-lions-hall-of-fame-2023|publisher=Brisbane Lions|last=Blucher|first=Peter|date=30 August 2023|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Jonathan|Brown|dab=Australian footballer}}
| 2019
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/1388162 Profile]
|}

=====Inductees=====

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"|'''Name'''
! scope="col" style="width:110px;"|'''Year inducted'''
! '''Reference'''
! '''Hall of Fame profile'''
|-
| {{sortname|Marcus|Ashcroft}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/100764 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Fred|Hughson}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/87492 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Nigel|Lappin}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/93486 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Justin|Leppitsch}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/93842 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Alastair|Lynch}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/93571 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Leigh|Matthews}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/93755 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Jack|Moriarty}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/88620 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|John|Murphy|dab=Australian rules footballer}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/93678 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Percy|Parratt}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/89177 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Bernie|Quinlan}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/101164 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Paul|Roos|dab=Australian rules footballer}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/100820 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Allan|Ruthven}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/89270 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Bill|Stephen}}
| 2012
| <ref name="Lions honour"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/89901 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Norm|Brown}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/102992 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Shaun|Hart}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/104821 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|George|Holden|dab=Australian rules footballer}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/101337 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Chris|Johnson|dab=footballer, born 1976}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/104879 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Harold|McLennan}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/102809 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Roger|Merrett}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/104966 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Chris|Scott|dab=Australian footballer}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/102867 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Bill|Walker|dab=Australian footballer, born 1883}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/102661 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Darryl|White}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/102931 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Len|Wigraft}}
| 2014
| <ref name="10 inducted"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/102709 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Jason|Akermanis}}
| 2016
| <ref name="2016 Hall"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/105642 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|George|Coates|dab=footballer}}
| 2016
| <ref name="2016 Hall"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/105203 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Jimmy|Freake}}
| 2016
| <ref name="2016 Hall">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-06-25/2016-hall-of-fame-wrap |title=2016 Hall of Fame wrap |publisher=Brisbane Lions |date=25 June 2016 |accessdate=6 October 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161005030840/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-06-25/2016-hall-of-fame-wrap |archive-date= 5 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/105032 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Norm|Johnstone}}
| 2016
| <ref name="2016 Hall"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/105088 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Gary|Pert}}
| 2016
| <ref name="2016 Hall"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/105263 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Luke|Power}}
| 2016
| <ref name="2016 Hall"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/105141 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Matt|Rendell}}
| 2016
| <ref name="2016 Hall"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/105550 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Arthur|Wilson|dab=administrator}}
| 2016
| <ref name="2016 Hall"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/105414 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Frank|Curcio}}
| 2019
| <ref name="2019 HOF">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/2019-06-08/hall-of-fame|title=Hall of Fame – Follow the Night|publisher=Brisbane Lions|date=8 June 2019|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/1388169 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Alan|Gale}}
| 2019
| <ref name="2019 HOF"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/1388167 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Andrew|Ireland|dab=footballer}}
| 2019
| <ref name="2019 HOF"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/1388168 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Warwick|Irwin}}
| 2019
| <ref name="2019 HOF"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/1388166 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Richard|Osborne}}
| 2019
| <ref name="2019 HOF"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/1388164 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Walls}}
| 2019
| <ref name="2019 HOF"/>
| [https://www.lions.com.au/news/1388165 Profile]
|-
| {{sortname|Daniel|Bradshaw}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Mick|Grace}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Clark|Keating}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|McLean|dab=footballer}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Craig|McRae}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Harvey|Merrigan}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Mal|Michael}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Martin|Pike|dab=Australian footballer}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|-
| {{sortname|Wilfred "Chicken"|Smallhorn}}
| 2023
| <ref name="2023 HOF"/>
| 
|}

==Club facts==
=== Coaches (men's)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|| '''No.''' || '''Coach''' || '''P''' || '''W''' || '''L''' || '''D''' || '''W%''' || '''Years'''
|-
| 1
| [[John Northey]]
| 34
| 12
| 21
| 1
| 35.29
| 1997–1998
|- 
| 2
| [[Roger Merrett]]
| 11
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 27.27
| 1998
|- 
| 3
| [[Leigh Matthews]]
| 237
| 142
| 92
| 3
| 59.92
| 1999–2008
|-
| 4
| [[John Blakey]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0.00
| 2005
|- 
| 5
| [[Michael Voss]]
| 109
| 43
| 65
| 1
| 39.45
| 2009–2013
|- 
| 6
| [[Mark Harvey]]
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 66.67
| 2013
|- 
| 7
| [[Justin Leppitsch]]
| 66
| 14
| 52
| 0
| 21.21
| 2014–2016
|-
| 8
| [[Chris Fagan (coach)|Chris Fagan]]
| 167
| 94
| 73
| 0
| 56.29
| 2017–present
|}

=== Coaches (women's) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No. || Coach || P || W || L || D || W% || Years
|-
| 1
| [[Craig Starcevich]]
| 25
| 14
| 10
| 1
| 56.00
| 2017–
|-
| 2
| [[Daniel Merrett]]
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0.00
| 2020
|}

=== Captains (men's)===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Captain
! scope="col" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Image
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Season(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Achievements
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Alastair|Lynch}}
| [[File:Alastair Lynch.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Alastair Lynch in 2018]]
| [[1997 AFL season|1997]]–[[2000 AFL season|2000]] (co-captain)
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Michael|Voss}}
| [[File:MichaelVoss.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Michael Voss in 2008]]
| [[1997 AFL season|1997]]–[[2000 AFL season|2000]] (co-captain)<br />[[2001 AFL season|2001]]–[[2006 AFL season|2006]] (sole captain) 
| 
*3× [[List of Australian Football League premiers|AFL premiership]] captain: [[2001 AFL Grand Final|2001]], [[2002 AFL Grand Final|2002]], [[2003 AFL Grand Final|2003]]
*2× [[All-Australian team|All-Australian]] captain: 2002, 2003
*4× [[AFL Players Association awards#Best Captain|AFLPA best captain]]: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
*[[Australian Football Hall of Fame]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Simon|Black}}
| [[File:SimonBlack.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Simon Black in 2008]]
| align="left"| [[2007 AFL season|2007]]–[[2008 AFL season|2008]] (co-captain)
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Jonathan|Brown|dab=Australian footballer}}
| [[File:Jonathan Brown (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Jonathan Brown in 2012]]
| [[2007 AFL season|2007]]–[[2008 AFL season|2008]] (co-captain)<br />[[2009 AFL season|2009]]–[[2012 AFL season|2012]] (sole captain)<br />[[2013 AFL season|2013]] (co-captain)
| 
*2× [[AFL Players Association awards#Best Captain|AFLPA best captain]]: 2007, 2009
*[[All-Australian team|All-Australian]] vice-captain: 2007
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Chris|Johnson|dab=footballer, born 1976}}
| [[File:Johno.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Chris Johnson]]
| align="left"| [[2007 AFL season|2007]] (co-captain)
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Nigel|Lappin}}
| 
| align="left"| [[2007 AFL season|2007]]–[[2008 AFL season|2008]] (co-captain)
| 
*[[Australian Football Hall of Fame]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Luke|Power}}
| [[File:Luke Power.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Luke Power in 2008]]
| align="left"| [[2007 AFL season|2007]]–[[2008 AFL season|2008]] (co-captain)
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Jed|Adcock}}
| [[File:Jed Adcock Lions 2016.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Jed Adcock in 2016]]
| align="left"| [[2013 AFL season|2013]] (co-captain)<br />[[2014 AFL season|2014]] (sole captain)
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Tom|Rockliff}}
| [[File:Tom Rockliff Lions vs Suns_2017.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Tom Rockliff in 2017]]
| align="left"| [[2015 AFL season|2015]]–[[2016 AFL season|2016]]
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Dayne|Beams}}
| [[File:Dayne Beams Lions vs Port Adelaide, April 2017.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Dayne Beams in 2017]]
| align="left"| [[2017 AFL season|2017]]–[[2018 AFL season|2018]]
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Dayne|Zorko}}
| [[File:Dayne Zorko Lions vs Bulldogs August 2017 08.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Dayne Zorko in 2017]]
| align="left"| [[2018 AFL season|2018]]–[[2022 AFL season|2022]]
|
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Lachie|Neale}}
| [[File:Lachie_Neale_28.02.20.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Lauchie Neale in 2020]]
| align="left"| [[2023 AFL season|2023]]– (co-captain)
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Harris|Andrews}}
| [[File:Harris_Andrews_2018.1.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Harris Andrews in 2018]]
| align="left"| [[2023 AFL season|2023]]– (co-captain)
| 
|}

=== Captains (women's) ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align: center"
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Captain
! scope="col" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Image
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Season(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Achievements
|-
| 
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Emma|Zielke}}
| [[File:Emma Zielke 19.03.17.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Emma Zielke in 2017]]
| align="left"| [[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]]–[[2018 AFL Women's season|2018]], [[2020 AFL Women's season|2020]]–[[2021 AFL Women's season|2021]]
| AFLW premiership captain: [[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|2021]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Leah|Kaslar}}
| [[File:Leah Kaslar 19.03.17.jpg|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Leah Kaslar in 2017]]
| align="left"| [[2019 AFL Women's season|2019]]
|
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Breanna|Koenen}}
| [[File:AFLW S7 GF Bre Koenen warmup.JPG|100px|alt=Colour photograph of Breanna Koenen in 2023]]
| align="left"| [[2022 AFL Women's season 6|2022 (S6)]]–present
|
|}

=== Match records (men's)===
* '''Biggest winning margin:''' 141 points – 29.15 (189) vs. Adelaide 6.12 (48), the Gabba, 24 July 2004
* '''Biggest losing margin:''' 139 points – 7.5 (47) vs. St Kilda 28.18 (186), Docklands Stadium, 27 August 2005
* '''Highest score:''' 29.15 (189) vs. Adelaide, the Gabba, 24 July 2004
* '''Lowest score:''' 2.5 (17) vs. Richmond, Melbourne Cricket Ground, 14 April 2018
* '''Highest score conceded:''' 28.18 (186) vs. St Kilda, Docklands Stadium, 27 August 2005
* '''Lowest score conceded:''' 3.10 (28) vs. Essendon, Carrara Stadium, 31 July 2020
* '''Highest aggregate score:''' 293 points – Brisbane Lions 25.21 (171) vs. Fremantle 19.8 (122), the Gabba, 29 April 2001
* '''Lowest aggregate score:''' 76 points – Brisbane Lions 6.6 (42) vs. Collingwood 5.4 (34), the Gabba, 4 September 2020
* '''Most goals in a match:''' Jonathan Brown, ten goals vs. Carlton, the Gabba, 22 July 2007

=== Biggest home crowds ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Rank !! Crowd !! Round, Season !! Result !! Opponent !! Brisbane Lions !! Opposition !! Margin !! Venue !! Day/Night/Twilight
|-
|1|| 37,478 || [[2019 AFL season#Qualifying Final|QF2, 2019]] || Loss || {{AFL Ric}} || 8.17 (65) || 18.4 (112) || −47 || [[The Gabba]] || Night
|-
|2|| 37,224 || [[2005 AFL season#Round 15|15, 2005]] || Win || {{AFL Col}} || 19.19 (133) || 7.13 (55) || +78 || [[The Gabba]] || Night
|-
|3|| 37,032 || [[2001 AFL season#Preliminary Finals|PF2, 2001]] || Win || {{AFL Ric}} || 20.16 (136) || 10.8 (68) || +68 || The Gabba || Night
|-
|4|| 36,803 || [[2003 AFL season#Round 4 (Easter)|4, 2003]] || Win || Collingwood || 14.11 (95) || 11.15 (81) || +14 || The Gabba || Night
|-
|5|| 36,780 || [[2010 AFL season#Round 2|2, 2010]] || Win || Carlton || 16.11 (107) || 12.16 (88) || +19 || The Gabba || Night
|-
|6|| 36,467 || [[2004 AFL season#Round 3 (Easter)|3, 2004]] || Win || Collingwood || 21.11 (137) || 12.5 (77) || +60 || The Gabba || Night
|-
|7|| 36,197 || [[2003 AFL season#Round 1 (season launch)|1, 2003]] || Win || {{AFL Ess}} || 14.20 (104) || 8.13 (61) || +43 || The Gabba || Night
|-
|8|| 36,149 || [[2001 AFL season#Round 10|10, 2001]] || Win || Essendon || 15.12 (102) || 10.14 (74) || +28 || The Gabba || Night
|-
|9|| 36,077 || [[2005 AFL season#Round 17|17, 2005]] || Win || Essendon || 17.12 (114) || 14.17 (101) || +13 || The Gabba || Night
|-
|10|| 36,020 || [[2023 AFL season#Qualifying Final|QF2, 2023]] || Win || [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] || 19.9 (123) || 11.9 (75) || +48 || The Gabba || Night
|-
|}

===AFL finishing positions (1997–present)===
'''Legend:''' <span style="color:green">'''Premiers'''</span>, <span style="color:red">'''Wooden spoon'''</span>

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Finishing Position !! Year ([[AFL finals series|Finals]] in Bold)!!Tally
|-
|'''Premiers'''||<span style="color:green">'''2001'''</span>, <span style="color:green">'''2002'''</span>, <span style="color:green">'''2003'''</span>, <span style="color:green">'''2024'''</span>||'''4'''
|-
|'''Runner-up'''||'''2004, 2023'''||'''2'''
|-
|3rd||nil||'''0'''
|-
|4th||'''1999, 2020, 2022'''||'''3'''
|-
|5th||'''2000, 2019, 2021'''||'''3'''
|-
|6th||'''2009'''||'''1'''
|-
|7th||nil||'''0'''
|-
|8th||'''1997'''||'''1'''
|-
|9th||nil||'''0'''
|-
|10th||2007, 2008||'''2'''
|-
|11th||2005||'''1'''
|-
|12th||2013||'''1'''
|-
|13th||2006, 2010, 2012||'''3'''
|-
|14th||nil||'''0'''
|-
|15th||2011, 2014, 2018||'''3'''
|-
|16th||<span style="color:red">'''1998'''</span>||'''1'''
|-
|17th||2015, 2016||'''2'''
|-
|18th||<span style="color:red">'''2017'''</span>||'''1'''
|}

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{Brisbane Lions current squad}}

==Reserves team==
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| home&away  = 4th
| topgoalkicker  = 
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The '''Brisbane reserves''' are the [[Reserve team|reserves team]] of the club, currently competing in the [[Victorian Football League]].

===History===
In the inaugural year of the Brisbane Lions (1997), the club affiliated with the [[Queensland Australian Football League]] (QAFL), allowing players not selected for the AFL team to be drafted to individual clubs.<ref>{{citation|title=Scoreboard|newspaper=Courier Mail|page=18|date=2 June 1997}}</ref> Reserves players not on an AFL list cannot be called up to the AFL team, they must first be drafted into the AFL.

Between [[1998 QSFL season|1998]] and [[2010 QAFL season|2010]], the club's reserves team participated in the QAFL, where it was initially known as the "Lion Cubs".<ref>{{citation|title=Scoreboard|newspaper=Courier Mail|page=15|date=11 May 1998}}</ref> The club won their first reserve-grade premiership in [[2001 AFLQ State League season|2001]] when they defeated the [[Southport Sharks]] in the Grand Final. In [[2004 AFLQ State League season|2004]], they began to compete as the Suncoast Lions Football Club. The side played home matches at [[the Gabba]] (as a curtain raiser game for Brisbane Lions matches) and, formerly, at the Fishermans Road football complex on the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Football – Suncoast Lions Football Club – Info |url=https://australianfootball.com/clubs/info/Suncoast+Lions/240 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=australianfootball.com}}</ref>

In 2011, the team moved to the multi-state [[North East Australian Football League]] (NEAFL), where they won four premierships − 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2019.

Following the NEAFL disbanding after the [[2019 NEAFL season|2019 season]], the reserves side moved to the [[Victorian Football League]] (VFL), with their first season in [[2021 VFL season|2021]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vfl.com.au/victorian-football-league-2021-season-set-to-begin-april-17/|title=VICTORIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2021 SEASON SET TO BEGIN APRIL 17|work=vfl.com.au|date=1 February 2021|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301103901/https://vfl.com.au/victorian-football-league-2021-season-set-to-begin-april-17/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 2023, the side has played reserves matches at [[Springfield Central Stadium]].

===Premierships===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Competition
!Opponent
!Score
!Venue
|-
| [[2001 AFLQ State League|2001]]|| [[QAFL]]|| [[Southport Sharks]] ||  '''13.20 (98) – 13.8 (86)''' || [[Giffin Park]]
|-
| [[2012 NEAFL season|2012]] || [[North East Australian Football League|NEAFL]]|| [[Queanbeyan Football Club|Queanbeyan Tigers]] ||  '''22.12 (144) – 11.9 (75)''' || [[Manuka Oval]]
|-
| [[2013 NEAFL season|2013]] || [[North East Australian Football League|NEAFL]]|| [[Sydney Swans]] ||  '''12.9 (81) – 10.13 (73)''' || [[Aspley Football Club|Graham Road Oval]]
|-
| [[2017 NEAFL season|2017]] || [[North East Australian Football League|NEAFL]]|| [[Sydney Swans]] ||  '''12.13 (85) – 10.22 (82)''' || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|-
| [[2019 NEAFL season|2019]] || [[North East Australian Football League|NEAFL]]|| [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport Sharks]] ||  '''20.15 (135) – 8.11 (59)''' || [[Fankhauser Reserve]]
|}

===Season summaries===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Season !! Competition !! {{abbr|W–L–D|Wins, losses and draws from home-and-away season only}} !! Ladder position !! Finals result !! Coach
|-
| 1998 ||rowspan="13"|[[Queensland Australian Football League|QAFL]] ||rowspan="12"| Unknown ||rowspan="12"| Unknown ||rowspan="3" {{unknown}}{{efn|name=no gf|While the finals result is unknown, it is known the team were neither premiers nor runners-up.}} || [[Roger Merrett]]
|-
| 1999 ||rowspan="2" {{unknown}}
|-
| 2000
|-
| 2001 || '''Premiers''' ||rowspan="5"| [[Craig Brittain]]
|-
| 2002 ||rowspan="8" {{unknown}}{{efn|name=no gf}}
|-
| 2003
|-
| 2004
|-
| 2005
|-
| 2006 || [[John Blakey]]/[[Daryn Cresswell]]
|-
| 2007 || [[Craig Brittain]]
|-
| 2008 || [[Paul Hudson (footballer)|Paul Hudson]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Craig Brittain]]
|-
| 2010 || 6–12–0 || 8/10 || rowspan="2" {{n/a}} || [[Craig McRae]]
|-
| [[2011 NEAFL season|2011]]||rowspan="3"| [[North East Australian Football League|NEAFL]]<br />(Northern Conference)|| 4–13–1 || 10/10 ||rowspan=2"| [[Nathan Clarke (Australian footballer)|Nathan Clarke]]
|-
| [[2012 NEAFL season|2012]]|| 14–4–0 || 2/10 || '''Northern Conference Premiers'''<br />'''League Premiers'''
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| [[2013 NEAFL season|2013]]|| 16–2–0 || '''1/10''' || '''Northern Conference Premiers'''<br />'''League Premiers''' ||rowspan="2"| [[Leigh Harding]]
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| [[2014 NEAFL season|2014]] ||rowspan="6"| [[North East Australian Football League|NEAFL]] || 6–12–0 || 9/14 ||rowspan="3" {{n/a}}
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| [[2015 NEAFL season|2015]] || ''2–16–0'' || 10/11 ||rowspan="2"| [[Shane Woewodin]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/brownlow-medal-2015-remember-when-shane-woewodin-shocked-the-footy-world-20150928-gjwc1v.html|title=Brownlow Medal 2015: remember when Shane Woewodin shocked the footy world?|newspaper=[[The Age]]|last=Allen|first=Steve|date=29 September 2015|access-date=4 May 2016|archive-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427051959/http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/brownlow-medal-2015-remember-when-shane-woewodin-shocked-the-footy-world-20150928-gjwc1v.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2016 NEAFL season|2016]] || 3–15–0 || 10/10
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| [[2017 NEAFL season|2017]] || 15–3–0 || 2/17 || '''Premiers''' ||rowspan="6"| [[Mitch Hahn]]
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| [[2018 NEAFL season|2018]] || 10–7–1 || 5/10 || Elimination finalists
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| [[2019 NEAFL season|2019]] || '''18–0–0''' || '''1/10''' || '''Premiers'''
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| 2020 ||colspan="4" {{n/a|Season cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19]]}}
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| [[2021 VFL season|2021]] || rowspan="4"| [[Victorian Football League|VFL]] || 3–7–0 || ''17/22'' || {{n/a}}
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| [[2022 VFL season|2022]] || 14–4–0 || 2/21 || Preliminary finalists
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| [[2023 VFL season|2023]] || 13–4–1 || 4/21 || Preliminary finalists ||rowspan="2"| [[Ben Hudson]]
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| [[2024 VFL season|2024]] || 13–5–0 || 3/21 || Preliminary finalists
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Statistics highlighted in '''bold''' denote the best known season for Brisbane in that category<br />
Statistics highlighted in ''italic'' denote the worst known season for Brisbane in that category
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==AFL Women's team==
[[File:AFLW S7 GF Lions commiseration huddle.jpg|thumb|Brisbane Lions AFLW team during the S7 Grand Final at Springfield Stadium]]
[[File:AFLWGF_2023_-_Koenen_and_Starcevich_trophy.jpg|thumb|Captain Breanna Koenen and coach Craig Starcevich hold up the 2023 premiership trophy at [[Princes Park (stadium)|Ikon Park]].]]
In May 2016, the club launched a bid to enter a team in the inaugural [[AFL Women's]] season in [[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burton|first1=Cassie|title=Brisbane Lions submit National AFL Women's League bid|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-05-06/lions-womens-bid|access-date=25 October 2016|work=Brisbane Lions|publisher=Bigpond|date=6 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025174245/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-05-06/lions-womens-bid|archive-date=25 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
The Brisbane Lions were granted a licence on 15 June 2016, becoming one of eight teams to compete in the league's first season.<ref name="womCEO"/> Former AFL Queensland employee Breeanna Brock was appointed to the position of Women's CEO the following day.<ref name="womCEO">{{cite news|last1=Tallon|first1=Steele|title=Brisbane Lions announce Women's CEO|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-06-16/womens-ceo-announced|access-date=25 October 2016|work=Brisbane Lions|publisher=Bigpond|date=16 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025173227/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-06-16/womens-ceo-announced|archive-date=25 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Tayla Harris]] and [[Sabrina Frederick-Traub]] were the club's first signings, unveiled along with the league's other 14 marquee players on 27 July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Matthews|first1=Bruce|title=Sixteen of the best: women's marquees named|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-07-27/sixteen-of-the-best-womens-league-marquee-players-named|access-date=25 October 2016|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|date=27 July 2016|archive-date=6 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106163101/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-07-27/sixteen-of-the-best-womens-league-marquee-players-named|url-status=live}}</ref> A further 23 senior players and two rookie players were added to the club's inaugural list in the league's [[2016 AFL Women's draft|drafting and signing period]]. Emma Zielke captained the team for their inaugural season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2017-01-05/aflw-captain-named|title=Emma Zielke named as Brisbane Lions' inaugural AFLW Captain|website=lions.com.au|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108001909/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2017-01-05/aflw-captain-named|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Former Collingwood and Brisbane Bears player and AFL Queensland coach [[Craig Starcevich]] was appointed the team's inaugural head coach in June 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Whitling|first1=Michael|title=Coup for Lions as inaugural women's coach named|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-22/coup-for-lions-as-inaugural-womens-coach-named|access-date=25 October 2016|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|date=22 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102203506/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-22/coup-for-lions-as-inaugural-womens-coach-named|archive-date=2 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The rest of the coaching team was announced on 8 November 2016 as [[David Lake (coach)|David Lake]] as the midfield coach, [[Daniel Merrett]] as the backline coach and [[Brent Staker]] as the forward coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-11-08/aflw-coaching-team|title=Brisbane Lions Women's Coaching Structure Finalised|publisher=Brisbane Lions|date=8 November 2016|access-date=9 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109084913/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-11-08/aflw-coaching-team|archive-date=9 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Car company Hyundai, along with Epic Pharmacy, sponsored the team in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hyundai driving force behind women's team|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-09-26/hyundai-driving-force|access-date=25 October 2016|work=Brisbane Lion|publisher=Bigpond|date=26 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025173649/http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-09-26/hyundai-driving-force|archive-date=25 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Lions have been a successful team in the AFLW, reaching the finals in six of the first seven seasons. They narrowly lost [[AFL Grand Final|grand finals]] in [[2017 AFL Women's Grand Final|2017]], [[2018 AFL Women's Grand Final|2018]], and [[2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final|2022 (S7)]], and only missed out on finals in 2019. Due to a shortened 2020 season, the Lions played a Qualifying Final against Carlton before the season was prematurely ended due to COVID border restrictions. No premiership was awarded in 2020.

In [[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|2021]] the team finally broke through to win their first premiership by defeating arch-rival Adelaide in the grand final.

In 2023 the Lions took out their second premiership by defeating North Melbourne at IKON Park by 17 points. Captain Breanna Koenen was adjudged best afield for her performance in the grand final.

The team plays their home games at [[Springfield Central Stadium]] in Ipswich.

===Current squad===

{{Brisbane Lions AFL Women's current squad}}

===Non-playing/coaching staff===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%"
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"|Name
! scope="col" style="width:110px;"|Position
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| Breeanna Brock
| Chief Executive Officer
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| Zachary Zropf 
| Football Analyst
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| Alex Gorman
| Sports Psychologist
|-
| Michael Swann
| Wellbeing Mentor
|-
| Matt Green
| High Performance Manager
|-
| Alice Walker 
| Head of Medical
|-
| Jessica Clarey 
| Physio
|-
| Abbey Le Busque 
| Head Trainer 
|-
| Kieran Miles
| Doctor
|}

===Season summaries===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;font-size: 87%"
! colspan="9" | Brisbane AFLW honour roll
|- style="background:#bdb76b;font-size: 87%;"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;font-size: 87%;"
! Season !! Ladder !! W–L–D !! Finals !! Coach !! Captain !! Best and fairest !! Leading goalkicker
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]]
|1st
|6–0–1
|[[2017 AFL Women's Grand Final|Runners-up]]
|[[Craig Starcevich]]
|[[Emma Zielke]]
|[[Emily Bates]]
|[[Kate McCarthy]] (9)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2018 AFL Women's season|2018]]
|2nd
|4–3–0
|[[2018 AFL Women's Grand Final|Runners-up]]
|[[Craig Starcevich]]
|[[Emma Zielke]]
|[[Kate Lutkins]] 
|[[Jess Wuetschner]] (13)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2019 AFL Women's season|2019]]
|4th<sup>c</sup>/9th<sup>o</sup>{{efn|name=conferences|In 2019 and 2020, the AFLW was split into two conferences. <sup>c</sup> denotes the statistic for Brisbane's conference, while <sup>o</sup> denotes the statistic if the conferences were combined.}}
|2–5–0
|DNQ
|[[Craig Starcevich]]
|[[Leah Kaslar]]
|[[Ally Anderson]] 
|[[Jess Wuetschner]] (8)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2020 AFL Women's season|2020]]
|3rd<sup>c</sup>/7th<sup>o</sup>{{efn|name=conferences}}
|3–2–1
|Qualifying final
|[[Craig Starcevich]]{{efn|[[Daniel Merrett]] was coach for round 3, and Starcevich was coach for all other matches.}}
|[[Emma Zielke]]
|[[Emily Bates]]
|[[Jesse Wardlaw]] (9)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2021 AFL Women's season|2021]]
|2nd
|7–2–0
|bgcolor="gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|black|'''[[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|Premiers]]'''}}
|[[Craig Starcevich]]
|[[Emma Zielke]]
|[[Ally Anderson]]
|[[Dakota Davidson]] (16)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2022 AFL Women's season 6|2022 (S6)]]
|3rd
|8–2–0
|Preliminary final
|[[Craig Starcevich]]
|[[Breanna Koenen]]
|[[Emily Bates]]
|[[Greta Bodey]] (13)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2022 AFL Women's season 7|2022 (S7)]]
|1st
|9–1–0
|[[2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final|Runners-up]]
|[[Craig Starcevich]]
|[[Breanna Koenen]]
|[[Emily Bates]]
|[[Jesse Wardlaw]] (22)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2023 AFL Women's season|2023]]
|4th
|7–3–0
|bgcolor="gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|black|'''[[2023 AFL Women's Grand Final|Premiers]]'''}}
|[[Craig Starcevich]]
|[[Breanna Koenen]]
|[[Ally Anderson]]
|[[Dakota Davidson]] (23)
|-style="font-size: 87%;"
|[[2024 AFL Women's season|2024]]
|3rd
|9–2–0
|[[2024 AFL Women's Grand Final|Runners-up]]
|[[Craig Starcevich]]
|[[Breanna Koenen]]
|[[Ally Anderson]]
|[[Taylor Smith (Australian footballer)|Taylor Smith]] (22)
|}

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==Brisbane Lions Academy==
The '''Brisbane Lions Academy''' consists of the club's junior development signings. It was formed in 2010 as one of four Northern AFL Academies including the [[Gold Coast Suns Academy]], [[Sydney Swans Academy]] and [[GWS Giants Academy]].

28 staff (including 3 full time) manage 220 selected underage players from age 12 up.<ref>[https://www.afl.com.au/news/90382/how-the-northern-football-academies-work How the northern football academies work] By Michael Whiting on Feb 18, 2015</ref>

The men's and women's U16 and U18 teams have contested Division 2 of the men's and women's underage championships since 2017. The Under 16 women's was crowned inaugural champions in 2023.

The Lions Academy also joined the [[Talent League]] in 2019.

===Notable members===
[[File:Harris_Andrews_Feb_2016.jpg|thumb|Local Brisbane product and Lions captain Harris Andrews was recruited via the club's Academy as a 17 year old.]]
Past academy members include the Brisbane Lions senior men's AFL players [[Harris Andrews]], [[Eric Hipwood]], [[Keidean Coleman]], [[Jack Payne (Australian rules footballer)|Jack Payne]], [[Jaspa Fletcher]] and [[Matthew Hammelmann]]. It also includes players who went on to other clubs : [[Mabior Chol]], [[Noah Cumberland]], [[Wylie Buzza]], [[Samson Ryan]], [[Ben Keays]], and [[Will Martyn]]. Academy members who went on to excel in other sports include [[Kalyn Ponga]]<ref>[https://www.zerotackle.com/kalyn-ponga-reveals-how-close-he-came-to-joining-afl-42043/ Kalyn Ponga reveals how close he came to joining AFL] by Ben Cotton for Zero Tackle 17 March 2019</ref> and [[Corey Horsburgh]].<ref>[https://www.zerotackle.com/from-brisbane-lions-academy-to-state-of-origin-corey-horsburgh-159143/ From Brisbane Lions Academy to State of Origin: Corey Horsburgh] by Ethan Lee Chalk for Zero Tackle 8 July 2023</ref>

Notable female academy players include Brisbane Lions senior AFLW players [[Mikayla Pauga]], [[Sophie Conway]], [[Belle Dawes]], [[Gabby Collingwood]], [[Nat Grider]], [[Tahlia Hickie]], [[Jade Ellenger]], [[Lily Postlethwaite]], [[Luka Yoshida-Martin]] and [[Charlotte Mullins]]. Players who went on to other clubs include: [[Jesse Wardlaw]], [[Zimmorlei Farquharson]] and [[Jacqui Yorston]].

==See also==
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* [[:Category:Brisbane Lions players|Wikipedia listing of Brisbane Lions players]]
* [[Merrett–Murray Medal]]
* [[Australian rules football in Queensland]]
* [[Sport in Queensland]]
* [[Sport in Australia]]
* [[Brisbane Broncos]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120605103241/http://www.lions.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=17429 The Brisbane Lions – an Overview] – Official AFL website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
* [https://www.flashscore.com.au/team/brisbane-lions/dbrzcXC5/results/ Brisbane Lions results] – Latest scores for Brisbane Lions Football Club

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