The West Australian Country Football League (WACFL) is the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 in the non-metropolitan areas of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. The organisation was founded in 1973 as the Western Australian National Country Football League (WANCFL), changing its name to the current in 1979. The WACFL is also responsible for organising the Landmark Country Football Championships, contested between the various regional

Regions of Western Australia

Regionalisations of Western Australia are systems by which Western Australia is divided into distinct geographic regions. The most commonly known regionalisation is the governmental division of the state into regions for economic development purposes, of which there are nine.Other regionalisations...

 sides. The Australian Country Football Championships were hosted by Bunbury

Bunbury, Western Australia

The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...

 in 2004.

Regional Football Development Councils

There are eight Regional Football Development Councils which are responsible for assisting the development of the game in regional areas:

• Goldfields RFDC
• Great Southern RFDC
• Kimberley RFDC
• Midlands RFDC
• Mid West RFDC
• Pilbara RFDC
• South West RFDC
• Wheatbelt RFDC

Affiliated leagues

There are 25 football leagues which fall under the authority of the WACFL:

• Avon Football Association
• Central Kimberley Football Association
• Central Midlands Coastal Football League
• Central Wheatbelt Football League
• East Kimberley Football Association
• Eastern Districts Football League
• Esperance District Football Association
• Fortescue National Football League
• Gascoyne Football Association
• Goldfields Football League
  Goldfields Football League
  The Goldfields Football League is a regional Australian football league based in the Kalgoorlie region, Western Australia. Originally founded in 1896 as Hannans District Football Association, the league enjoyed a seat and full voting rights on the Australian National Football Council until 1919...
  
  
• Great Northern Football League
• Great Southern Football League
• Hills Football Association
• Lower South West Football League
  Lower South West Football League
  The Lower South West Football League is a country football league incorporating teams from towns located within the South West and Great Southern regions...
  
  
• Mortlock Football League
  Mortlock Football League
  The Mortlock Football League is an Australian rules football competition based around 8 clubs in the south-west region of Western Australia. It is one of a number of football leagues in the wheat-belt region of WA. The 8 teams include the towns of Calingiri, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Gingin, Goomalling,...
  
  
• North Midlands Football League
• Newman National Football League
• North Pilbara Football League
• Ongerup Football Association
• Onshore Cup Football League
• Peel Football League
  Peel Football League
  The Peel Football League is a country football league based in the Peel region of Western Australia. The competition was formed in 1992 when teams from the Metropolitan Football League and Murray Districts Football League merged...
  
  
• South West Football League
  South West Football League
  The South West Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the south-west of Western Australia. The league is affiliated to the West Australian Country Football League.-History:...
  
  
• Ravensthorpe & Districts Football League
• Upper Great Southern Football League
  Upper Great Southern Football League
  The Upper Great Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the state of Western Australia, incorporating teams from towns located within the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Peel regions. The league was formed in 1959 from a merger of the town competitions in Wagin and...
  
  
• West Kimberley Football League

Presidents

• 1973–91 "Bud" Byfield
  Arnold Byfield
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• 1991–2001 John J. Lussick
• 2001–08 Ken Baxter
• 2008– Terry House