Tasmanian Football League

Tasmanian State League
Most recent season or competition:
2024 TSL season
Formerly
List
    • TFA (1879–1886)
    • STFA (1887–1896)
    • STFL (1897)
    • STFA (1898-1905)
    • TFL (1906–1927)
    • TANFL (1928–1985)
    • TFL Statewide League (1986–1998)
    • TSFL (1999)
    • SWL (2000)
    • TSL (2009–2024)
SportAustralian rules football
Founded12 June 1879 (1879-06-12)
Ceased2024
No. of teams7
HeadquartersHobart
Region Tasmania
Most titlesNorth Hobart
(27 premierships)
BroadcasterSouthern Cross Seven
Official websitetasmanianstateleague.com.au

The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), was the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the state of Tasmania.

The league has a long history which dates back to its foundation on 12 June 1879 as the Tasmanian Football Association, giving it some claim to the title of the third-oldest club football league in the world. For most of its history, it served as the top football competition in Hobart and the governing football body across the whole of Tasmania. From 1986 until 2000, its onfield competition expanded, incorporating clubs from Launceston and the north-west coast to become a statewide league. Its role as state governing body ended with the formation of Football Tasmania in 1999, and debts saw the league collapse at the end of 2000.

After eight years' hiatus, the league was re-established as a statewide league in 2009, and operated until the end of 2024 when it was disbanded in preparation for the Tasmania Football Club to enter the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2026.

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