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The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL).

The club was formed in 1996 from the merger of the Fitzroy Lions and the Brisbane Bears.

In their first year as a combined club the Lions made the finals, finishing in eighth position after being defeated by the St Kilda Football Club in a qualifying final. In their first year as a combined club the Lions made the finals, finishing in eighth position after being defeated by the Matthews, who was voted "Player of the Century" in 2000, played his entire career with As the Brisbane Lions, the club won its first AFL premiership in the In the same year, Brisbane Lion (and former Bear) midfielder In 2002, the Lions won back-to-back premierships when they again defeated Collingwood 9.12 (66) to 10.15 (75) in the In 2002 former Brisbane lawyer Michael Bowers became chief executive officer as part of a move to turn around the club's problematic finances.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. The final score of 20.14 (134) to 12.12 (84)The 2004 season saw Brisbane remain in the top portion of the ladder for most of the season. This page was last edited on 6 January 2019, at 21:13 (UTC). Welcome to the Brisbane Lions Wiki This wiki is about the Brisbane Lions Football Club. The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in 1997. By the start of the 1996 season, Fitzroy was almost at the end of its financial tether.

In the early days the two clubs couldn’t be separated and had many close encounters with a draw in their very first meeting. He suffered a concussion, which caused his retirement from football. The 22-man Brisbane Lions squad had collectively played 3,740 senior career games,Reaching the finals in second position, Brisbane controversially had to travel to Melbourne to play against The team fell away badly towards the end, losing many games by very large margins. On the field, the Lions won only four games for the year, but only one against any Victorian team, and that was The 2013 season started well for Brisbane, defeating On 13 August 2013, coach Michael Voss was told that his contract would not be renewed.On 25 August 2013, former premiership player of the Lions, On 18 October 2013, Brisbane Lions legend Simon Black announced his retirement. The Lion's The club's team song, "The Pride of Brisbane Town", is based on the Fitzroy club song, and is sung to the music of "The Brisbane Lions have a rivalry with fellow Queensland AFL team the The trophy awarded to the winner of the game is currently known as the "QClash Trophy". The club used this from 1997 to the end of 2001 after their first premiership.

The three types of guernseys prominently worn are: On 4 October 2016, Hawthorn football manager Chris Fagan was announced as the Lions' new senior coach for the 2017 season.In Fagan's first season in charge, Brisbane won their second wooden spoon and their first since 1998 after winning just five games.

In May 2016, the club launched a bid to enter a team in the inaugural Former Collingwood and Brisbane Bears player and AFL Queensland coach Existing club sponsor Hyundai, along with Epic Pharmacy, will sponsor the team in 2017.Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.

In 2009 the Lions found it so difficult to sell corporate boxes that they resorted to doing so on a game-by-game basis.In 1997 the club unveiled its new merger emblem it would consist of the iconic golden Fitzroy Lion on a badge (which was the style in the AFL at the time) of Maroon and Blue. However, they were unable to make an impact in the finals and bowed out in straight sets after a 47-point loss to Richmond in the second qualifying final and a heartbreaking three-point defeat to Greater Western Sydney in the second semi-final. per game Home total Home games Home avg. Improvement was expected for the Lions in 2019, but they would easily surpass most optimistic expectations. The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). 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. 3 days. 2017 Brisbane Lions attendances Club Total Games Avg. He collided with Tomas Bugg's knee and was taken off the ground. Official AFL records list former Fitzroy players as being two club players.