1986 VFL season

1986 VFL Premiership season
Teams	12
Premiers	Hawthorn (6th premiership)
Minor premiers	Hawthorn (5th minor premiership)
Night series	Hawthorn (3rd Night series win)
Matches played	138
Attendance	3,395,611 (24,606 per match)
Highest attendance	101,861
Coleman Medallist	Brian Taylor (Collingwood)
Brownlow Medallist	Greg Williams (Sydney) Robert DiPierdomenico (Hawthorn)
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The 1986 Victorian Football League season was the 90th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

Hawthorn defeated Carlton 9.12 (66) to 5.6 (36) in the Final.