The 2002 VFL season was the 121st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the states of Victoria and Tasmania. The season featured 16 clubs and ran from 5 April to 22 September, comprising a 20-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
won the premiership for the first time, defeating by 22 points in the 2002 VFL Grand Final.
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 12.4 (76) ||Geelong reserves|| 12.15 (87) ||York Park|| Friday, 5 April || 6pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 6.6 (42) ||Port Melbourne|| 13.18 (96) ||Optus Oval|| Saturday, 6 April || 10:50am |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 15.8 (98) ||Springvale|| 21.14 (140) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval|| Saturday, 6 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Coburg Tigers|| 20.12 (132)||Essendon reserves|| 14.10 (94) || Coburg City Oval|| Saturday, 6 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Frankston|| 12.10 (82) ||Sandringham|| 20.12 (132) ||Frankston Park|| Saturday, 6 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |North Ballarat|| 12.8 (80) ||Williamstown|| 17.12 (114) ||Northern Oval|| Sunday, 7 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Werribee|| 11.13 (79) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 22.7 (139) ||Chirnside Park|| Sunday, 7 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 13.6 (84) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 23.16 (154) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 7 April || 2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 20.17 (137) ||Bendigo Diggers|| 9.6 (60) ||Box Hill City Oval|| Saturday, 13 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Werribee|| 15.10 (100) ||North Ballarat|| 12.11 (83) ||Chirnside Park|| Saturday, 13 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Springvale|| 14.16 (100) ||Frankston|| 7.6 (48) ||Moorabbin|| Saturday, 13 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 19.10 (124) ||Carlton reserves|| 18.15 (123) ||W.C.G.|| Saturday, 13 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 13.10 (88) ||Coburg Tigers|| 10.11 (71) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval|| Sunday, 14 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 12.10 (82) ||Tasmania|| 14.13 (97) ||TEAC Oval|| Sunday, 14 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 14.12 (96) ||Geelong reserves|| 12.15 (87) ||Coburg City Oval|| Sunday, 14 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 14.11 (95)||Essendon reserves|| 13.11 (89) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 14 April || 2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Frankston|| 9.8 (62) ||Carlton reserves || 15.15 (105) ||Frankston Oval|| Saturday, 20 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 22.10 (142) ||Essendon reserves|| 17.11 (113) ||North Hobart Oval|| Saturday, 20 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 21.17 (143) ||Springvale|| 7.10 (52) ||Skilled Stadium|| Sunday, 21 April || 10:50am |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 18.17 (125) ||Williamstown|| 13.4 (82) ||Box Hill City Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |North Ballarat|| 9.10 (64) ||Sandringham|| 14.13 (97) || Northern Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 10.10 (70) ||Werribee|| 18.16 (124) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 13.14 (92) ||Port Melbourne|| 12.10 (82) ||Coburg City Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 15.6 (96) ||Coburg Tigers|| 17.11 (113) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval|| Sunday, 21 April || 2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 11.12 (78)||Frankston|| 11.6 (72) ||North Hobart Oval||Thursday, 25 April||12:30pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 10.9 (69) ||Carlton reserves || 15.9 (99) ||Coburg City Oval||Saturday, 27 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 13.4 (82) ||Essendon reserves|| 12.11 (83) ||W.C.G.|| Saturday, 27 April || 1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 31.17 (203) ||Bendigo Diggers|| 6.6 (42) ||Skilled Stadium|| Saturday, 27 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 11.8 (74) ||North Ballarat|| 14.6 (90) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 28 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Coburg Tigers|| 16.9 (105) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 13.14 (92) ||Coburg City Oval|| Sunday, 28 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 14.15 (99) ||Springvale|| 11.15 (81) ||TEAC Oval|| Sunday, 28 April||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 11.14 (80) ||Werribee|| 11.17 (83) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval|| Sunday, 28 April||2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 12.7 (79) ||Coburg Tigers|| 19.15 (129) ||North Hobart Oval||Saturday, 4 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 10.17 (77) ||Springvale|| 11.15 (81) ||W.C.G.||Saturday, 4 May||1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 22.13 (145) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 17.14 (116) ||Box Hill City Oval ||Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |North Ballarat|| 15.8 (98) ||Frankston|| 13.11 (89)||Northern Oval||Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 11.10 (76) ||Essendon reserves|| 27.17 (179) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval||Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 14.11 (95) ||Northern Bullants|| 11.13 (79) ||Skilled Stadium|| Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 18.24 (132) ||Port Melbourne|| 13.10 (88) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval|| Sunday, 5 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Werribee|| 15.14 (104) ||Carlton reserves|| 8.7 (55) ||Chirnside Park|| Sunday, 5 May||2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 11.7 (73) ||Tasmania||23.12 (150)||Queen Elizabeth Oval|| Saturday, 11 May||1pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Frankston|| 11.12 (78) ||Northern Bullants|| 20.12 (132) ||Frankston Oval||Saturday, 11 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 12.8 (80) ||Springvale|| 11.15 (81) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval||Saturday, 11 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 11.9 (75) ||Werribee|| 16.14 (110) ||W.C.G.||Saturday, 11 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 18.12 (120) ||Essendon reserves|| 14.9 (93) ||Optus Oval||Saturday, 11 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 18.19 (127) ||North Ballarat|| 15.5 (95) ||Coburg City Oval||Sunday, 12 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 18.11 (119) ||Geelong reserves|| 15.10 (100) ||Box Hill City Oval||Sunday, 12 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 14.15 (99) ||Coburg Tigers|| 8.10 (58) ||TEAC Oval||Sunday, 12 May||2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 13.12 (90) ||Werribee|| 12.8 (80) ||TEAC Oval||Saturday, 18 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Springvale|| 7.10 (52) ||Essendon reserves|| 15.13 (103) ||Shepley Oval||Saturday, 18 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 9.10 (64) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 18.15 (123) ||Princes Park||Saturday, 18 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 10.8 (68) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 14.15 (99) ||York Park||Saturday, 18 May||6pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |North Ballarat|| 7.10 (52) ||Coburg Tigers|| 12.4 (76) ||Northern Oval||Sunday, 19 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 22.8 (140) ||Frankston|| 11.8 (74) ||Skilled Stadium||Sunday, 19 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 20.22 (142) ||Bendigo Diggers|| 5.8 (38) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval|| Sunday, 19 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 12.8 (80) ||Williamstown|| 18.12 (120) ||Preston City Oval|| Sunday, 19 May||2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Geelong reserves|| 13.8 (86) ||Werribee|| 10.7 (67) ||Skilled Stadium||Saturday, 25 May||10:50am |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 13.16 (94) ||Carlton reserves|| 19.15 (129) ||North Hobart Oval||Saturday, 25 May||1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Box Hill Hawks|| 22.15 (147) ||North Ballarat|| 8.8 (56) ||Box Hill City Oval||Saturday, 25 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown||22.19 (151) ||Frankston|| 12.7 (79) ||W.C.G.||Saturday, 25 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Murray Kangaroos|| 18.6 (114) ||Sandringham|| 14.18 (102) ||Lavington Sports Ground||Sunday, 26 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Coburg Tigers|| 20.8 (128) ||Springvale|| 11.7 (73) ||Coburg City Oval||Sunday, 26 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Essendon reserves|| 18.3 (111)||Port Melbourne|| 16.13 (109) ||Windy Hill||Sunday, 26 May||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 8.9 (57) ||Northern Bullants|| 30.19 (199) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval||Sunday, 26 May||2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Frankston|| 7.9 (51) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 30.13 (193) ||Frankston Oval||Saturday, 1 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 24.20 (164) ||Bendigo Diggers|| 6.5 (41) ||Optus Oval||Saturday, 1 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ||North Ballarat|| 6.6 (42) ||Springvale|| 17.20 (122) ||Northern Oval||Saturday, 1 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Essendon reserves|| 11.12 (78) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 26.18 (174) ||Windy Hill||Saturday, 1 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Sandringham|| 9.9 (63) ||Geelong reserves|| 16.12 (108) ||Trevor Barker Beach Oval||Sunday, 2 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Werribee|| 12.11 (83) ||Coburg Tigers|| 14.11 (95) ||Chirnside Park||Sunday, 2 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 20.10 (130) ||Williamstown|| 16.19 (115) ||TEAC Oval||Sunday, 2 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Northern Bullants|| 24.15 (159) ||Tasmania|| 9.5 (59) ||Preston City Oval||Sunday, 2 June||2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Springvale|| 6.13 (49) ||Northern Bullants|| 9.10 (64) ||Moorabbin Oval||Saturday, 8 June||1:10pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Coburg Tigers|| 10.6 (66) ||Murray Kangaroos|| 16.13 (109) ||Coburg City Oval||Saturday, 8 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Carlton reserves|| 6.10 46 ||Geelong reserves|| 24.16 (160) ||Optus Oval||Saturday, 8 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Port Melbourne|| 25.15 (163) ||North Ballarat|| 13.8 (86) ||TEAC Oval||Saturday, 8 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Bendigo Diggers|| 7.10 (52) ||Werribee|| 17.16 (116) ||Queen Elizabeth Oval||Sunday, 9 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Tasmania|| 11.8 (74) ||Box Hill Hawks|| 11.8 (74) ||Fairway Park, Ulverstone||Sunday, 9 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Williamstown|| 12.13 (85) ||Sandringham|| 13.14 (92) ||W.C.G.||Sunday, 9 June||2pm |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Essendon reserves|| 18.12 (120) ||Frankston|| 17.10 (112) ||Northern Oval||Sunday, 9 June||2pm
|- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Date ! Time |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |Springvale|| 14.14 (98)
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