Tasmanian Devils (2001–2008)
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The Tasmanian Devils was an Australian rules football club based in Tasmania that competed in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Tasmanian Devils | |
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Names | |
Full name | Tasmania Football Club[1] |
Nickname(s) | Devils |
Club song | "We're from Tasmania" |
2008 season | |
Home-and-away season | 14th |
Club details | |
Founded | 2001 |
Dissolved | 2008 |
Colours | Green Black Yellow |
Competition | Victorian Football League |
President | Guy Abel |
Coach | Lance Spaulding |
Captain(s) | Brett Geappen |
Ground(s) | Bellerive Oval |
York Park | |
Devonport Oval West Park Oval Ulverstone Football Ground | |
Former ground(s) | North Hobart Oval |
Owned and run by AFL Tasmania, the club took part in the VFL from 2001 to 2008 as the only non-Victorian club in the league.
The club participated in 157 official VFA/VFL matches during its eight season tenure recording a 59-96-2 playing record, recording its highest finish of Preliminary Finalist in 2004, where they were defeated by eventual premier, Sandringham.
The Devils played the majority of their home games at Bellerive Oval in Hobart alongside regular fixtures at York Park in Launceston. At the end of the 2008 season, AFL Tasmania decided to withdraw the Devils from the VFL in favour of restarting a new Tasmanian league encompassing the entire state.
Tasmania will return to the VFL in 2025 or 2026 after a successful Tasmanian AFL bid in 2023, with the new AFL team, Tasmania Devils, to field a side before entering the AFL in 2028.[2]