It was the 111th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2007 AFL season. Geelong was the best performing side of the Port Adelaide, having finished 12th the previous season, rose 10 places to become 2nd on the ladder in 2007, with a 15–7 record and a percentage of 113.54. Geelong defeats Port Adelaide at MCG Grand Final Saturday, 29th September 2007 AFL match statistics It was also the first premiership won by a team from Players in action during the first quarter of the game. Port Adelaide had hosted reigning premiers This was the first grand final fought between two teams that missed the finals the previous year since 1997.


The SAFL was in recess from 1916–1918; club merged with In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. The 2007 Australian Football League season was the 111th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 18th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.

Their last flag had come in 1963, and since then the club had lost five grand finals. The match, attended by 97,302 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 119 points, the biggest in VFL/AFL g…

The 2007 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2007. The Cats’ win ended a 44-year premiership drought for the club. Geelong entered the season after finishing 10th in 2006.

In 1948 and 1977 there were grand final replays after initial draws.