2001 Brisbane Lions season explained

Club:Brisbane Lions
Season:2001
Coach:Leigh Matthews
Captain:Michael Voss
Regularseason Comp:AFL season
Regularseason Result:2nd
Finals Series:Finals series
Finals Result:Premiers
Club B&Amp;F:Best and fairest
Best And Fairest:Simon Black
Michael Voss
Leading Goalscorer:Alastair Lynch (58 goals)
Highest Attendance:36,149 vs. (2 June 2001)[1]
Lowest Attendance:20,059 vs. (29 April 2001)
Average Attendance:27,637
Club Membership:18,330
Prevseason:2000
Nextseason:2002

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

Season summary

Home and away season

See also: 2001 AFL season.

Rd Date and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
1align=left 31 March (7:10 pm)align=left 9399Football Park (A)25,948
2align=left 8 April (2:10 pm)align=left 11858The Gabba (H)22,970
3align=left 14 April (2:10 pm)align=left 94116MCG (A)31,688
4align=left 21 April (2:10 pm)align=left 87140Docklands Stadium (A)20,322
5align=left 29 April (2:10 pm)align=left 171122The Gabba (H)20,059
6align=left 5 May (7:40 pm)align=left 11661The Gabba (H)25,881
7align=left 13 May (2:10 pm)align=left 11280SCG (A)22,390
8align=left 19 May (2:10 pm)align=left 68142Princes Park (A)21,997
9align=left 26 May (7:40 pm)align=left 122127The Gabba (H)24,122
10align=left 2 June (7:40 pm)align=left 10274The Gabba (H)36,149
11align=left 9 June (5:40 pm)align=left 8462Subiaco Oval (A)25,588
12align=left 17 June (2:10 pm)align=left 14899The Gabba (A)23,740
13align=left 29 June (7:40 pm)align=left 14053The Gabba (H)30,573
14align=left 7 July (7:40 pm)align=left 11962The Gabba (H)22,911
15align=left 15 July (2:10 pm)align=left 129103MCG (A)45,016
16align=left 21 July (7:40 pm)align=left 9460The Gabba (H)29,547
17align=left 28 July (7:00 pm)align=left 136115Docklands Stadium (A)26,776
18align=left 5 August (2:10 pm)align=left 136103The Gabba (H)26,872
19align=left 12 August (2:10 pm)align=left 12897The Gabba (H)31,324
20align=left 19 August (2:10 pm)align=left 13887Subiaco Oval (A)15,136
21align=left 26 August (2:10 pm)align=left 11067Kardinia Park (A)24,325
22align=left 1 September (7:40 pm)align=left 9362The Gabba (H)33,606

Finals series

Rd Date and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
Second qualifying finalalign=left 8 September (7:45 pm)align=left 8856The Gabba32,380
Second preliminary finalalign=left 22 September (7:45 pm)align=left 13668The Gabba37,032
Grand Finalalign=left 29 September align=left 10882MCG91,482

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season. AFL Tables. 16 March 2016.