1989 VFA season

1989 VFA season
Overview
Date9 April – 24 September 1989
Teams15 (14 from round 10 onwards)
PremiersCoburg
6th premiership
Minor premiersCoburg
8th minor premiership
J. J. Liston TrophySaade Ghazi
(Williamstown – 22 votes)
Leading goalkickerIan Rickman
(Williamstown – 125 goals)
Attendance
Matches played132
Highest (finals)23,272 (D1 Grand Final, Coburg vs Williamstown)

The 1989 VFA season was the 108th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 9 April and concluded on 24 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season over 20 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series.

Coburg won the premiership for the second year in a row and the sixth time overall, defeating Williamstown by 20 points in the 1989 VFA Grand Final. As of 2025, it is the last time Coburg has won a senior VFA/VFL premiership.

This was the first season since 1960 in which the VFA operated as a single-division competition, having operated as a two-division competition with promotion and relegation for the previous 28 years.