| Competition: | wafl |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Count: | 12 |
| Mpcount: | 18 |
| Matches: | 94 |
| Attendance: | 198699 |
| Highattend: | 11,987 (Grand Final, vs.) |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Ben Saunders (59 goals) |
| Sandover Medal: | Aaron Black (47 votes) |
| Prevseason: | 2013 |
| Nextseason: | 2015 |
The 2014 WAFL season was the 130th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season began on 22 March 2014 and concluded on 21 September 2014 with the 2014 WAFL Grand Final.[1] West Perth entered the season as reigning premiers after defeating East Perth by 49 points in the 2013 WAFL Grand Final at Patersons Stadium.[2]
The 2014 season was the first to feature Western Australia’s professional AFL clubs West Coast and Fremantle engage in direct alignments with East Perth and Peel Thunder respectively.[3]
Subiaco were the premiers for the 2014 season, after they defeated favourites East Perth by 16 points at Patersons Stadium.[2]
| Club | Home ground | Location | 2013 season | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont | Claremont Showground | Claremont | align=center | 17-3 (Preliminary final) | |
| East Fremantle | East Fremantle Oval | East Fremantle | align=center | 11-9 (DNQ Finals) | |
| East Perth | Leederville Oval | Leederville | align=center | 12-8 (Runners up) | |
| Peel Thunder | Rushton Park | Mandurah | align=center | 3-17 (DNQ Finals) | |
| Perth | Lathlain Park | Lathlain | align=center | 10-10 (DNQ Finals) | |
| South Fremantle | Fremantle Oval | Fremantle | align=center | 6-14 (DNQ Finals) | |
| Subiaco | Leederville Oval | Leederville | align=center | 6-14 (DNQ Finals) | |
| Swan Districts | Bassendean Oval | Bassendean | align=center | 12-8 (semi-final) | |
| West Perth | Arena Joondalup | Joondalup | align=center | 13-7 (Premiers) |
Source: WAFL 2014 season fixtures and results
After their big win, Perth found themselves on top of the ladder for the first time since the corresponding fixture of 2008. Over the next 22 rounds of football the Demons occupied all nine spots on the WAFL league ladder, becoming the first team to achieve this. Their ladder positions after each round were 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9.[4]
See main article: article and 2014 Foxtel Cup. The two 2013 Grand Finalists West Perth and East Perth were invited to compete in the Foxtel Cup knockout competition in 2014. Their performances are shown below:
The WAFL representative team competed against the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) representative team on May 24 in Sydney.[5]