The 2002 VFL season was the 121st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the states of Victoria and Tasmania. The season featured 16 clubs and ran from 5 April to 22 September, comprising a 20-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
won the premiership for the first time, defeating by 22 points in the 2002 VFL Grand Final.
Clubs Venues and affiliations Club Home venue(s) Capacity AFL affiliation Queen Elizabeth Oval 10,000 Box Hill City Oval 10,000 Optus Oval 35,000 Coburg City Oval 15,000 Melbourne Cricket Ground 97,000 Windy Hill 10,000 Frankston Park 5,000 Skilled Stadium 28,000 Coburg City Oval 12,000 Lavington Sports Ground 20,000 Northern Oval 11,000 Preston City Oval 5,000 TEAC Oval 6,000 Trevor Barker Beach Oval 6,000 Moorabbin Oval 8,000 Shepley Oval 4,000 Bellerive Oval 16,000 rowspan=2; York Park 15,000 Chirnside Park 8,000 Williamstown Cricket Ground 6,000
Home-and-away season Round 1
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 12.4 (76) ||Geelong reserves|| 12.15 (87) ||York Park|| Friday, 5 April || 6pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 6.6 (42) ||Port Melbourne|| 13.18 (96) ||Optus Oval|| Saturday, 6 April || 10:50am |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 15.8 (98) ||Springvale|| 21.14 (140) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval|| Saturday, 6 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Coburg Tigers|| 20.12 (132)||Essendon reserves|| 14.10 (94) || Coburg City Oval|| Saturday, 6 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Frankston|| 12.10 (82) ||Sandringham|| 20.12 (132) ||Frankston Park|| Saturday, 6 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |North Ballarat|| 12.8 (80) ||Williamstown|| 17.12 (114) ||Northern Oval|| Sunday, 7 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Werribee|| 11.13 (79) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 22.7 (139) ||Chirnside Park|| Sunday, 7 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 13.6 (84) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 23.16 (154) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 7 April || 2pm
Round 2
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 20.17 (137) ||Bendigo Diggers|| 9.6 (60) ||Box Hill City Oval|| Saturday, 13 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Werribee|| 15.10 (100) ||North Ballarat|| 12.11 (83) ||Chirnside Park|| Saturday, 13 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Springvale|| 14.16 (100) ||Frankston|| 7.6 (48) ||Moorabbin|| Saturday, 13 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 19.10 (124) ||Carlton reserves|| 18.15 (123) ||W.C.G.|| Saturday, 13 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 13.10 (88) ||Coburg Tigers|| 10.11 (71) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval|| Sunday, 14 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 12.10 (82) ||Tasmania|| 14.13 (97) ||TEAC Oval|| Sunday, 14 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 14.12 (96) ||Geelong reserves|| 12.15 (87) ||Coburg City Oval|| Sunday, 14 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 14.11 (95)||Essendon reserves|| 13.11 (89) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 14 April || 2pm
Round 3
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Frankston|| 9.8 (62) ||Carlton reserves || 15.15 (105) ||Frankston Oval|| Saturday, 20 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 22.10 (142) ||Essendon reserves|| 17.11 (113) ||North Hobart Oval|| Saturday, 20 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 21.17 (143) ||Springvale|| 7.10 (52) ||Skilled Stadium|| Sunday, 21 April || 10:50am |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 18.17 (125) ||Williamstown|| 13.4 (82) ||Box Hill City Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |North Ballarat|| 9.10 (64) ||Sandringham|| 14.13 (97) || Northern Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 10.10 (70) ||Werribee|| 18.16 (124) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 13.14 (92) ||Port Melbourne|| 12.10 (82) ||Coburg City Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 15.6 (96) ||Coburg Tigers|| 17.11 (113) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm
Round 4
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 11.12 (78)||Frankston|| 11.6 (72) ||North Hobart Oval||Thursday, 25 April||12:30pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 10.9 (69) ||Carlton reserves || 15.9 (99) ||Coburg City Oval||Saturday, 27 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 13.4 (82) ||Essendon reserves|| 12.11 (83) ||W.C.G.|| Saturday, 27 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 31.17 (203) ||Bendigo Diggers|| 6.6 (42) ||Skilled Stadium|| Saturday, 27 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 11.8 (74) ||North Ballarat|| 14.6 (90) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 28 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Coburg Tigers|| 16.9 (105) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 13.14 (92) ||Coburg City Oval|| Sunday, 28 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 14.15 (99) ||Springvale|| 11.15 (81) ||TEAC Oval|| Sunday, 28 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 11.14 (80) ||Werribee|| 11.17 (83) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval|| Sunday, 28 April||2pm
Round 5
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 12.7 (79) ||Coburg Tigers|| 19.15 (129) ||North Hobart Oval||Saturday, 4 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 10.17 (77) ||Springvale|| 11.15 (81) ||W.C.G.||Saturday, 4 May||1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 22.13 (145) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 17.14 (116) ||Box Hill City Oval ||Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |North Ballarat|| 15.8 (98) ||Frankston|| 13.11 (89)||Northern Oval||Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 11.10 (76) ||Essendon reserves|| 27.17 (179) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval||Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 14.11 (95) ||Northern Bullants|| 11.13 (79) ||Skilled Stadium|| Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 18.24 (132) ||Port Melbourne|| 13.10 (88) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval|| Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Werribee|| 15.14 (104) ||Carlton reserves|| 8.7 (55) ||Chirnside Park|| Sunday, 5 May||2pm
Round 6
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 11.7 (73) ||Tasmania||23.12 (150)||Queen Elizabeth Oval|| Saturday, 11 May||1pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Frankston|| 11.12 (78) ||Northern Bullants|| 20.12 (132) ||Frankston Oval||Saturday, 11 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 12.8 (80) ||Springvale|| 11.15 (81) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval||Saturday, 11 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 11.9 (75) ||Werribee|| 16.14 (110) ||W.C.G.||Saturday, 11 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 18.12 (120) ||Essendon reserves|| 14.9 (93) ||Optus Oval||Saturday, 11 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 18.19 (127) ||North Ballarat|| 15.5 (95) ||Coburg City Oval||Sunday, 12 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 18.11 (119) ||Geelong reserves|| 15.10 (100) ||Box Hill City Oval||Sunday, 12 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 14.15 (99) ||Coburg Tigers|| 8.10 (58) ||TEAC Oval||Sunday, 12 May||2pm
Round 7
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 13.12 (90) ||Werribee|| 12.8 (80) ||TEAC Oval||Saturday, 18 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Springvale|| 7.10 (52) ||Essendon reserves|| 15.13 (103) ||Shepley Oval||Saturday, 18 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 9.10 (64) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 18.15 (123) ||Princes Park||Saturday, 18 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 10.8 (68) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 14.15 (99) ||York Park||Saturday, 18 May||6pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |North Ballarat|| 7.10 (52) ||Coburg Tigers|| 12.4 (76) ||Northern Oval||Sunday, 19 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 22.8 (140) ||Frankston|| 11.8 (74) ||Skilled Stadium||Sunday, 19 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 20.22 (142) ||Bendigo Diggers|| 5.8 (38) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval|| Sunday, 19 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 12.8 (80) ||Williamstown|| 18.12 (120) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 19 May||2pm
Round 8
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 13.8 (86) ||Werribee|| 10.7 (67) ||Skilled Stadium||Saturday, 25 May||10:50am |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 13.16 (94) ||Carlton reserves|| 19.15 (129) ||North Hobart Oval||Saturday, 25 May||1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 22.15 (147) ||North Ballarat|| 8.8 (56) ||Box Hill City Oval||Saturday, 25 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown||22.19 (151) ||Frankston|| 12.7 (79) ||W.C.G.||Saturday, 25 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 18.6 (114) ||Sandringham|| 14.18 (102) ||Lavington Sports Ground||Sunday, 26 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Coburg Tigers|| 20.8 (128) ||Springvale|| 11.7 (73) ||Coburg City Oval||Sunday, 26 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Essendon reserves|| 18.3 (111)||Port Melbourne|| 16.13 (109) ||Windy Hill||Sunday, 26 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 8.9 (57) ||Northern Bullants|| 30.19 (199) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval||Sunday, 26 May||2pm
Round 9
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Frankston|| 7.9 (51) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 30.13 (193) ||Frankston Oval||Saturday, 1 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 24.20 (164) ||Bendigo Diggers|| 6.5 (41) ||Optus Oval||Saturday, 1 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||North Ballarat|| 6.6 (42) ||Springvale|| 17.20 (122) ||Northern Oval||Saturday, 1 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Essendon reserves|| 11.12 (78) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 26.18 (174) ||Windy Hill||Saturday, 1 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 9.9 (63) ||Geelong reserves|| 16.12 (108) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval||Sunday, 2 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Werribee|| 12.11 (83) ||Coburg Tigers|| 14.11 (95) ||Chirnside Park||Sunday, 2 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 20.10 (130) ||Williamstown|| 16.19 (115) ||TEAC Oval||Sunday, 2 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 24.15 (159) ||Tasmania|| 9.5 (59) ||Preston City Oval||Sunday, 2 June||2pm
Round 10
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Springvale|| 6.13 (49) ||Northern Bullants|| 9.10 (64) ||Moorabbin Oval||Saturday, 8 June||1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Coburg Tigers|| 10.6 (66) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 16.13 (109) ||Coburg City Oval||Saturday, 8 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 6.10 46 ||Geelong reserves|| 24.16 (160) ||Optus Oval||Saturday, 8 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 25.15 (163) ||North Ballarat|| 13.8 (86) ||TEAC Oval||Saturday, 8 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 7.10 (52) ||Werribee|| 17.16 (116) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval||Sunday, 9 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 11.8 (74) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 11.8 (74) ||Fairway Park, Ulverstone||Sunday, 9 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 12.13 (85) ||Sandringham|| 13.14 (92) ||W.C.G.||Sunday, 9 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Essendon reserves|| 18.12 (120) ||Frankston|| 17.10 (112) ||Northern Oval||Sunday, 9 June||2pm
Round 11
! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Springvale|| 14.14 (98)
Ladder
Finals series
Grand Final
Awards The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won for the fourth consecutive year by Nick Sautner (Frankston), who kicked 93 goals.