The EDFL would like to congratulate the 55 EDFL players who have made VFL lists for the 2026 season.
EDFL talent is spread across 12 VFL clubs with 11 EDFL clubs represented.
Coburg features 16 EDFL players, the most in the competition. They're followed by Essendon with seven, Williamstown with six, Collingwood, North Melbourne, and Port Melbourne with five each, Carlton with three, and Footscray, Richmond, and Werribee with two. GWS and Frankston each have one EDFL player.
It's no surprise that Strathmore, the reigning EDFL Premier Division champions, is the most prominent EDFL club represented with nine VFL-aligned players. The Mores are closely followed by Pascoe Vale and Keilor with seven each, and then Airport West and Essendon Doutta Stars with six each.
Greenvale, Aberfeldie and Maribyrnong Park are all well represented in the VFL, with the Jets seeing six across the state league while four travel from Clifton Park and Monk Oval.
Deer Park has three aligned players, 2025 Division One premier Hillside has two in the league, while Avondale Heights has one representative.
Below is a breakdown of each VFL club and its EDFL-aligned players.
CARLTON
Sam Paea (Aberfeldie), Logan Prout (Aberfeldie), Jack Sammartino (Strathmore).
COBURG
Matt Allison (Strathmore), Jack Bytel (Greenvale), Jesse Corigliano (Strathmore), Flynn Gentile (Airport West), Cooper Keogh (Strathmore), Mitch Podhajski (Greenvale), Kyle Weightman (Strathmore), Dane Whitnall (Greenvale), Hugh Allison (Strathmore), Thomas Barnett (Maribyrnong Park), Maison Goodman (Essendon Doutta Stars), Deacon Kalpakis (Essendon Doutta Stars), Michael Kiraly (Essendon Doutta Stars), Tom Legudi (Essendon Doutta Stars), Declan Willmore (Essendon Doutta Stars), Will Hoare (Pascoe Vale).
COLLINGWOOD
Josh Browne (Greenvale), Harrison Kennedy (Keilor), Ryan Eyre (Maribyrnong Park), Liam Hude (Keilor), Zai Millane (Keilor).
ESSENDON
Jared Eckersley (Pascoe Vale), Mahmoud Taha (Pascoe Vale), Zac Eckersley (Pascoe Vale), Kieran Gallagher (Greenvale), Riley Leedham (Greenvale), Brandon Newton (Pascoe Vale), Ryan Brodie (Strathmore).
FOOTSCRAY
Luca Muratore (Airport West), Thomas McGuane (Keilor).
FRANKSTON
Sebastian Quirk (Strathmore).
GWS GIANTS
Matt Belbasis (Airport West).
NORTH MELBOURNE
Hamish Bird (Aberfeldie), Charlie Bolmat (Pascoe Vale), Gus Papal (Aberfeldie), Tyson Scoble (Pascoe Vale), Oscar Van Dam (Hillside).
PORT MELBOURNE
Owen Mulady (Strathmore), Ned Hawkins (Airport West), Hamish Morrison (Airport West), Max Rider (Airport West), Oliver Withers (Maribyrnong Park).
RICHMOND
Mohammed Yassine (Hillside), Mutaz El Nour (Deer Park).
WERRIBEE
Tom Cappellari (Essendon Doutta Stars), Massimo Raso (Deer Park).
WILLIAMSTOWN
Nathan Colenso (Keilor), Rook Barry (Maribyrnong Park), Damon Hollow (Keilor), Diesel Moloney (Deer Park), Darcy Weeks (Keilor), Marcus Zipf (Avondale Heights).
