2023 VFL season

The 2023 VFL season was the 141st season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League (VFL), 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 grand final. It was the first time the VFA/VFL premiership was won by a non-Victorian team.

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

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 played the tenth placed team, and the eighth placed team played the ninth placed team. The winners advanced to the eight-team finals series, assuming the seventh and eighth positions under the AFL finals system.

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.