1999 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions

1999 season
Coach	Leigh Matthews
Captain(s)	Alastair Lynch/Michael Voss
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season	3rd
Best and fairest	Jason Akermanis/Justin Leppitsch
Leading goalkicker	Jarrod Molloy (44 goals)
Highest home attendance	24,989 vs. Essendon (19 June 1999)
Lowest home attendance	17,665 vs. Western Bulldogs (5 June 1999)
Average home attendance	21,890
Club membership	16,931
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The Brisbane Lions' 1999 season was its third in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

See also: 1999 AFL season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
1	27 March (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	152	63	The Gabba (H)	20,172
2	3 April (9:00 pm)	West Coast	73	83	Subiaco Oval (A)	29,932
3	10 April (7:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	80	103	The Gabba (H)	21,092
4	17 April (7:40 pm)	Adelaide	115	54	The Gabba (H)	21,360
5	25 April (9:00 pm)	Fremantle	108	53	Subiaco Oval (A)	24,044
6	1 May (7:10 pm)	Melbourne	93	70	The Gabba (H)	21,753
7	8 May (7:40 pm)	Collingwood	96	62	The Gabba (H)	22,023
8	16 May (2:10 pm)	Richmond	119	135	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	28,217
9	23 May (2:40 pm)	Geelong	144	87	The Gabba (H)	22,948
10	5 June (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	44	66	The Gabba (H)	17,665
11	12 June (2:10 pm)	Carlton	94	78	Princes Park (A)	24,235
12	19 June (7:40 pm)	Essendon	71	89	The Gabba (H)	24,989
13	27 June (2:40 pm)	Sydney	133	98	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	25,528
14	3 July (2:10 pm)	Kangaroos	100	102	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	24,189
15	10 July (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn	92	61	The Gabba (H)	22,758
16	17 July (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	107	68	Waverley Park (A)	22,268
17	25 July (2:10 pm)	West Coast	166	66	The Gabba (H)	22,186
18	1 August (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	118	66	Football Park (A)	33,345
19	8 August (2:10 pm)	Adelaide	83	44	Football Park (A)	33,398
20	15 August (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	181	67	The Gabba (H)	23,845
21	21 August (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	159	104	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	18,679
22	28 August (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	94	52	Victoria Park (A)	24,493

Finals series

See also: 1999 AFL finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
Second qualifying final	4 September (7:45 pm)	Carlton	138	65	The Gabba	26,112
Second semi-final	11 September (7:45 pm)	Western Bulldogs	126	73	The Gabba	24,045
First preliminary final	17 September (7:45 pm)	Kangaroos	78	123	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	61,031

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Essendon	22	18	4	0	2400	1905	126.0	72
2	Kangaroos (P)	22	17	5	0	2463	2129	115.7	68
3	Brisbane Lions	22	16	6	0	2422	1671	144.9	64
4	Western Bulldogs	22	15	6	1	2363	1993	118.6	62
5	West Coast	22	12	10	0	2068	1937	106.8	48
6	Carlton	22	12	10	0	2088	2028	103.0	48
7	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	1851	2054	90.1	48
8	Sydney	22	11	11	0	2184	2128	102.6	44
9	Hawthorn	22	10	11	1	1858	1943	95.6	42
10	St Kilda	22	10	12	0	1978	2021	97.9	40
11	Geelong	22	10	12	0	2328	2454	94.9	40
12	Richmond	22	9	13	0	1977	2170	91.1	36
13	Adelaide	22	8	14	0	1903	2232	85.3	32
14	Melbourne	22	6	16	0	1850	2293	80.7	24
15	Fremantle	22	5	17	0	1981	2403	82.4	20
16	Collingwood	22	4	18	0	1973	2326	84.8	16

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 95.7
Source: AFL Tables