The 2025 November player transfer window is now open.
Clubs wasted no time announcing new recruits since the end of their seasons and can now secure those signings.
Struggling to keep up with all the announcements? We don't blame you. We'll keep you updated on the latest key transfer news below.
To view every senior transfer in and out of the EDFL, head here.
November 23
Coburg Districts submitted its first transfers with some depth players and perhaps some seeking senior opportunities.
Another Greenvale Under 18.5s graduate is bound for Roxburgh Park in Jordan O'Dwyer.
O'Dwyer made his senior debut in 2024 and joins former teammates Zane Terranova, Daniel Xerri, and Liam Bartolo at Lakeside Reserve.
November 22
Strathmore premiership player Ben Holian is heading to Queensland to play for Palm Beach Currumbin.
November 21
The first glimpse into Oak Park's men's off-season activity came on Friday with transfers lodged for Red Cliffs pair Tyson Old and Sam Bruinewoud.
Most of Old's work has been done in the NFNL as well as five games with Coburg in the VFL, but he did start the 2024 season with East Keilor before returning to Red Cliffs.
Bruinewoud, meanwhile, has Tasmanian State League and NTFL experience.
Jayden Ranno is looking to add to his 200 games at junior club Greenvale, with paperwork lodged for the switch to the Premier Division rival.
Ranno spent the last three seasons with Pascoe Vale playing 52 senior games.
November 20
Oak Park has lodged its second women's transfer with Tayah Kelly bound for the Kangaroos.
Kelly has pathways experience with the Eastern Ranges, while also featuring for Box Hill at VFLW level.
Former Geelong-listed ruck Paul Tsapatolis is set to land at Deer Park.
Tsapatolis will fill the specialist ruck slot with the Lions after three strong seasons at Point Cook following his season with the Cats.
Roxburgh Park entered the transfer period to secure some of its off-season recruits, the returning Teronne Roberts-Potter also among them.
The dangerous forward had a run of 17 goals in five games in 2025 before heading to Coffs Harbour mid-season.
West Coburg returned to the transfer period with a range of lodgments, former senior regular Tom McRostie included in them after a season with Coburg Districts.
November 18
After 63 games in Hadfield's brown and gold, Rhys Gleisner is heading back to his junior club Westmeadows.
Gleisner played 128 games for the Tigers including 20 at senior level before departing, and will add valuable experience and key position size to Ash Flavel's list.
Deer Park pair Dion Hill and Lachie Smart will leave the Lions for Wallan in the RDFNL, re-joining their former East Keilor coach Pat Christofi.
After two transfers were knocked back, Josh Covelli is officially a Demon with Tullamarine his new home in the EDFL.
November 17
There is some outgoing EDFL talent bound for Melton Centrals in Will Krithararis (Deer Park), Cooper McPharlane (Roxburgh Park), and Nathan Carroll (St Albans).
Taylors Lakes made its first women's transfers with Gabrielle Kassinidis (Romsey) and Stella Hoye (Sunbury Lions) looking to call Lionheart Reserve home in 2026.
Paperwork was also lodged for Kali Joyce on November 18 who crosses from Darley where she was the BFLW Runners-Up Best and Fairest in 2022.
Deer Park lodged its first transfers with Mitch Palma and Daniel Strnak looking to cross from Point Cook Centrals.
Both standouts in the WFNL, the pair bring strong experience to John McLeod Reserve as the Lions look to head deeper into season 2026.
November 16
Hillside has started shaping its first Premier Division list with Atu Bosenavulagi the marquee recruit at this point in time.
Bosenavulagi played 31 games for St Albans across the last two seasons and heads to Shark Park with former teammate Ade Akintola who played the 2025 season with PEGS.
Airport West's Connor Leeflang was also announced bringing VFL and Premier Division experience.
November 15
It was a quiet Saturday with Isaac Brill the only transfer made, looking to get to Pyramid Hill after three years with Strathmore.
Brill played 14 games at senior level over the last two seasons.
November 14
Pascoe Vale has been incredibly active building its list under Daniel Harris and is now moving to secure them through transfer.
There are a lot of names entering the EDFL for the first time or returning to it, one internal transfer in this bunch is Nathan Perrone who had a strong year in a struggling East Keilor side.
November 13
Essendon Doutta Stars is set to welcome siblings Mitch and Deacon Kalpakis from South Morang.
Mitch was in the South Morang senior’s lineup for 18 matches in 2025 with Deacon featuring in seven, while also playing 10 games at Coburg’s VFL side.
There is another Roxburgh Park women's player bound for Hurstbridge, this time it's Team of the Year representative Dakotta Liddy.
November 12
Keilor is set to farewell Daniel Sargent who looks to move to Taylors Lakes, alongside James Vistarini who is finalising the paperwork to depart Tullamarine.
It’ll be a return home for Vistarini having played 202 games in the blue and gold guernsey to start his footballing career, before stints at various levels throughout the EDFL.
Sargent also returns to the Lions after playing 16 senior games with the Blues in 2025, including winning the Reserves premiership and kicking a goal in the decider.
After scoring 205 goals in two years, Hillside’s Josh Covelli has had his paperwork re-lodged to travel across the Calder Freeway to Tullamarine, after having his first transfer declined.
Greenvale’s Terira Fry is set to join Oak Park in 2026, the multiple-time Team of the Year representative a strong addition to JP Fawkner Reserve.
East Sunbury has recorded a big signing for its women’s program, with Cara Clarke set to travel down from Riddell after reaching a grand final and playing 12 senior games with the club.
November 11
Westmeadows entered the transfer period as they move to secure their off-season recruits.
The Tigers lodged eight transfers, some within the EDFL seeking more senior opportunities and some external, like former Watsonia captain Adrian Alfonsi.
Aberfeldie has now lodged a transfer for Liam Hunt as expected following the clearance of cousin Ethan last Wednesday.
A VFL Best and Fairest winner at Coburg and Team of the Year recipient, Liam will add to Aberfeldie's experience.
East Sunbury was the big player to finish the eleventh day of the transfer period, with 11 players set to join John McMahon Recreation Reserve across its women’s and men’s programs.
Most notably, Lachie Henson is set to throw on the Thunder jumper in 2026.
The Hillside premiership player slotted 10 goals from his 13 matches in 2025.
November 10
Essendon Doutta Stars have added another young gun in Liam Conway.
Conway will reunite with former Western Jets teammates Bailey Ryan and Dylan Laurie, with the Jets Best and Fairest winner also playing 40 VFL games to add to the Stars' talent pool.
Bol Kolang is bound for Sunshine Heights after 62 games for St Albans, in which he kicked 124 goals.
November 9
Sunbury Lions skipper Taylah Brady has had paperwork lodged for a move to Darley.
Brady has been a regular at senior level playing 90 games since 2018, and has been among the best on 45 occasions.
November 8
After making his long-awaited Greenvale debut in 2025, Ben Cavarra is on the move to Bentleigh.
Cavarra played four games through the middle of the season with six goals to his name.
November 7
Tullamarine has added another recruit in Lucas Scerri who crosses over from Strathmore.
Scerri has been in and out of the Mores' senior side playing 20 games at the level across the last three seasons, but will no doubt be a solid contributor to the Dees.
Reuben William had a transfer lodged to see him at Thomastown in 2026, departing Keilor after 31 games over the last two seasons.
November 6
Tom Eckel is heading home to Stawell after a fantastic season with St Albans.
The midfielder is taking Pascoe Vale pair Sunny Brazier and Daniel Guccione with him, three big losses for their respective clubs.
Tullamarine has entered the transfer period securing off-season recruits, Hillside premiership duo Josh Covelli and Zak Wunhym the headliners.
Zack Carey's first season in charge was marred with injuries so with a healthier list and the introduction of some new names, namely a goal kicking machine and a gun midfielder, the Dees should be looking to push back up the ladder in 2026.
Tom Jackson will also return to the club, with Bailey Phillips arriving from Yarra Junction.
Pascoe Vale's Matt Stillman will call Section Road home once more, with a transfer lodged for his return to Greenvale.
Stillman started his career with Greenvale where he played 155 games, before crossing to Pascoe Vale in 2019 where he played 104 games, including the 2024 grand final as captain.
Meanwhile, Matt Gundry is set to depart St Albans and head to Dalyston.
November 5
Taylors Lakes headlines the action on Wednesday looking to secure some off-season recruits.
Brandon Coletta was one of the big signings for the Lions who reunites with Steve Burns, adding versatility to an outfit looking to play finals footy in 2026.
Korey Flavel-Wood is another heading to the den after playing strong footy for Westmeadows in recent seasons, as well as 2015 Essendon Doutta Stars premiership player Jake Brown.
Elsewhere, Zac Graham is departing Oak Park after not playing in 2025, Avenel the destination.
Aberfeldie has secured Footscray VFL's Ethan Hunt, switching his home club from Mooroopna to the two blues.
Hunt has played 44 games for Footscray across the last four seasons and will join with his cousin Liam (yet to have a transfer lodged) who also brings significant VFL experience.
Sean Callander is among the next crop of Moonee Valley transfers, alongside Adrian Allison, Jackson Young, and Joachim Liaw.
All four bring senior experience to the Fog, with Callander adding to their top end having made his name at senior level with Strathmore before injuries and transferring to Therry Penola.
Essendon Doutta Stars have added some firepower to their women's list with Grace Azzopardi, Eden Grant, and Lily Bateman looking to make the switch.
Azzopardi and Bateman have enjoyed time with Essendon VFLW in recent seasons, while Grant is coming off a strong season with the Calder Cannons
After trying to sneak through before the June 30 deadline, Josh and Ryan Eyre are seeking to move to Maribyrnong Park for season 2026.
The pair bring AFL and VFL experience to a Lions outfit in the mix to play finals footy in what's shaping to be another competitive top flight competition next season.
Meanwhile, Zen Christofi will leave Deer Park and head back to his junior club Caroline Springs.
November 4
Moonee Valley needed to get busy in the off-season and that's certainly what they've done.
The Fog lodged more transfers on Tuesday, four of their five overall coming from Point Cook Centrals.
With more to come, Andrew Horne's second season in charge is set to see an improved Moonee Valley outfit.
It has also been a busy off-season at Eric Boardman Reserve with the Sunbury Kangaroos bringing in some recruits external to the league.
Some key position players among those, including Jakeb Coles who was a regular for Rupertswood in 2022 and 2023.
November 3
Rupertswood has launched into its return to Division One with a busy Monday of transfers.
As announced on their socials, there are a lot of returning Rupo stars set to boost their top-end with low player points implications.
Sean Hetherington (Maribyrnong Park) and Luke Sultana (Airport West) are two of the headliners, along with Ben Borg (Riddell).
We expect more to come through, but there's a lot of talent returning to Salesian College already.
Luke Jarrad's time with Strathmore has come to an end, with the highly decorated star bound for Ocean Grove.
The dashing defender played 138 games with the Mores and departs with another premiership medal, still going strong after turning 42 following the win.
Elsewhere with the Mores, James Sala is looking to head back to Pyramid Hill after playing seven senior games this year.
There are some Premier Division departures bound for Kyneton with paperwork lodged for Noah Scott (Pascoe Vale has declined) and Reece Tompkins (Deer Park).
West Coburg made one of the biggest splashes in the recruiting space with former junior Brandon Ellis set to return to the club.
Paperwork was lodged for the two-time AFL premiership player, alongside the returning Muhammad Saad and two-time Division Two leading goal kicker Khoder Taleb.
Also among the transfers to Shore Reserve was Antonio Spataro who gained senior experience with Pascoe Vale this season, and Belal Abou-Eid, a regular at senior level in the WFNL.
Saad and Abou-Eid have both had their transfers declined by Newport.
Airport West also entered the fold on Monday lodging transfers for Ryan Martin and Kai Daniels.
Martin returns to the nest following a year off footy after becoming a regular at senior level for Aberfeldie in 2023 and 2024.
Daniels, meanwhile, is a key forward coming off a strong 2025 campaign in the Loddon Valley, listed at Richmond in the VFL.
Avondale Heights have kept quiet in terms of announcing recruits, but lodged a whopping nine transfers on Monday afternoon.
Andrew Kahofer will look to lead this team further into the finals and has again recruited a number of players external to the EDFL.
Andre Srour is one name familiar within the EDFL, with the ruck set to depart Kings Park and call Canning Reserve home in 2026.
November 2
There are some notable departures from Section Road with paperwork lodged for Ryan Townsend and Daniel Trifunovic to link up with former teammate Addam Maric at Glenroy.
The pair have been regulars with the Jets and will further bolster a Glenroy side looking to return to Division One following the minor premiership in 2025.
Young Jets pair Tom Crowley and Jarrod Lees are set to land at Whittlesea, with Crowley in and out of the Jets senior side and Lees featuring just once at senior level after 53 goals in the Reserves in 2025.
One of the most decorated EDFL women's players ever in Krissy Trang is set to depart Burnside Heights and join Hillside for season 2026.
Trang will return to the top flight after featuring with Williamstown in the VFLW in 2025, and arrives with three league Best and Fairest awards, including one in Premier Division in 2019.
Avondale Heights' Sahaf Ali is looking to depart Canning Reserve after kicking 25 goals from 16 games, Gembrook the destination.
November 1
Maribyrnong Park is set for a strong 2026 having lodged the first moves of the November transfer period with its women's program.
Tegan Matthews (Keilor) is set to return to the club and, if approved, will be joined by Shauna McElligott (Aberfeldie) and Evie Fitzgerald (Darley) who will both bring Coates Talent League experience to the Lions.
Two-time Team of the Year representative Matthews enjoyed a stellar season with Marby in 2024, kicking 41 goals to be named the AGA Rising Star, and will arrive following a 32-goal season in 2025.
McElligott is the reigning Calder Cannons Best and Fairest and featured twice at senior level with Aberfeldie in 2025, while Fitzgerald played nine games for the Western Jets in 2025 and returns to the club after a season with Darley.
St Albans is set to add former Hillside Shark Jeremy Hayes after a season with Wallan, bringing over 150 games of senior experience as he links up with former teammates.
Meanwhile, Roxburgh Park women's trio Megan Allan, Natalie Tull-Boyle, and Madison Bayes are on the move to Hurstbridge.
All three have been key for the Magpies's women's program with Bayes enjoying a strong 2025 campaign, and Allan and Tull-Boyle star players in 2024 before each missing season 2025.
Luke Collins will also head to Hurstbridge after 11 games with Craigieburn.
