2002 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions

2002 season
Coach	Leigh Matthews
Captain(s)	Michael Voss
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 37,600)
AFL season	2nd
Finals series	Premiers
Best and fairest	Simon Black
Leading goalkicker	Alastair Lynch (74 goals)
Highest home attendance	35,898 vs. Essendon (13 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance	21,709 vs. Fremantle (26 May 2002)
Average home attendance	26,894
Club membership	22,288
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The Brisbane Lions' 2002 season was its sixth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won its second consecutive premiership, and second overall.

Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

See also: 2002 AFL season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
1	31 March (1:10 pm)	Sydney	110	87	SCG (A)	24,052
2	7 April (1:10 pm)	Hawthorn	148	46	The Gabba (H)	25,660
3	13 April (7:10 pm)	Essendon	117	67	The Gabba (H)	35,898
4	20 April (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	94	78	Docklands Stadium (A)	23,928
5	27 April (1:40 pm)	West Coast	75	121	Subiaco Oval (A)	33,313
6	4 May (7:10 pm)	Geelong	146	89	The Gabba (H)	27,015
7	12 May (1:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	129	72	The Gabba (H)	24,538
8	18 May (7:10 pm)	Collingwood	111	114	Docklands Stadium (A)	46,279
9	26 May (1:10 pm)	Fremantle	109	79	The Gabba (H)	21,709
10	1 June (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	94	101	Football Park (A)	47,279
11	9 June (1:10 pm)	St Kilda	113	52	The Gabba (H)	23,157
12	22 June (7:10 pm)	Kangaroos	138	123	The Gabba (H)	27,940
13	29 June (7:10 pm)	Carlton	124	109	The Gabba (H)	27,324
14	7 July (1:10 pm)	Melbourne	110	131	The Gabba (A)	25,166
15	13 July (7:10 pm)	Richmond	118	55	Docklands Stadium (A)	22,642
16	21 July (1:10 pm)	Sydney	117	79	The Gabba (H)	25,720
17	27 July (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn	124	68	MCG (A)	35,202
18	3 August (7:10 pm)	Essendon	108	71	Docklands Stadium (A)	43,036
19	10 August (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	105	67	The Gabba (H)	27,443
20	17 August (7:10 pm)	West Coast	136	89	The Gabba (H)	29,436
21	24 August (2:10 pm)	Geelong	110	55	Kardinia Park (A)	24,003
22	31 August (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	84	90	Football Park (A)	46,439

Finals series

See also: 2002 AFL season § Finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
Second qualifying final	7 September (7:30 pm)	Adelaide	115	44	The Gabba	31,854
Second preliminary final	21 September (7:30 pm)	Port Adelaide	138	82	The Gabba	33,047
Grand Final	28 September (2:30 pm)	Collingwood	75	66	MCG	91,817

Ladder

2002 AFL ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	22	18	4	0	2360	1783	132.4	72	Finals series
2	Brisbane Lions (P)	22	17	5	0	2520	1843	136.7	68
3	Adelaide	22	15	7	0	2308	2007	115.0	60
4	Collingwood	22	13	9	0	2081	1897	109.7	52
5	Essendon	22	12	9	1	1939	1847	105.0	50
6	Melbourne	22	12	10	0	2243	2245	99.9	48
7	Kangaroos	22	12	10	0	2241	2269	98.8	48
8	West Coast	22	11	11	0	2208	2254	98.0	44
9	Geelong	22	11	11	0	1933	2029	95.3	44
10	Hawthorn	22	11	11	0	1938	2107	92.0	44
11	Sydney	22	9	12	1	2123	1976	107.4	38
12	Western Bulldogs	22	9	12	1	2335	2246	104.0	38
13	Fremantle	22	9	13	0	1900	2151	88.3	36
14	Richmond	22	7	15	0	1801	2172	82.9	28
15	St Kilda	22	5	16	1	1785	2271	78.6	22
16	Carlton	22	3	19	0	1682	2300	73.1	12

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers