2023 VFL season
The 2023 Victorian Football League season was the 141st season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League, a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. The season commenced on 25 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 24 September. Gold Coast reserves won its 1st premiership, defeating  by 19 points in the 2023 VFL Grand Final. Pre-season
Four weeks of pre-season practice matches were held before the beginning of the home-and-away season, beginning on 23 February. In addition to the VFL clubs, Palm Beach Currumbin (QAFL) and  (AFL Sydney, formerly NEAFL) played one game each. Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Home-and-away season
All starting times are local time. Source: AFL.com.au

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

Wildcard round
The season introduced a wildcard round, played after the home-and-away season is complete, but not considered part of the finals series. The seventh placed team will play the tenth placed team and the eighth placed team will play the ninth placed team. The winners will advance to the eight-team finals series, assuming the seventh and eighth positions under the AFL finals system. Finals series

Week one – Qualifying finals and elimination finals

Week two – Semi-finals

Week three – Preliminary finals

Week four – Grand final

Awards
 The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Jarryd Lyons (), who polled 26 votes. Lyons finished ahead of Boyd Woodcock () who polled 24 votes to finish second in the count for the second consecutive season; and Tom Gribble (Werribee) and Lachlan Sullivan (Footscray) who polled 21 votes. The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was jointly won by Chris Burgess and Brodie McLaughlin (), who both kicked 51 goals during the home-and-away season. It was Burgess' second year in a row taking out the award. The Fothergill–Round–Mitchell Medal was won by Sam Clohesy (). The Coaches MVP award was won by Lachlan Sullivan (). See also
 List of VFA/VFL premiers
 Victorian Football League
 Australian Football League
 2023 AFL season
 2023 VFL Women's season

References

Victorian Football League seasons
VFL