List of Premier League clubs

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Premier League since its formation in 1992 to the current season.

As of the 2020–21 season, 49 teams have played in the Premier League. Forty-seven are based in England and two (Cardiff City and Swansea City) are located in Wales; they play in the English football league system for practical and historical reasons.

Preston North End are the only former top-flight First Division champions who have never played in the Premier League,[1] and are among 16 clubs who have played in the old First Division but not in the Premier League. By contrast, Barnsley, Bournemouth, Hull City, Reading, Swindon Town, and Wigan Athletic never played in the old First Division before being promoted to the Premier League.

Twelve of the 22 founder members of the Premier League are competing in the 2020–21 season. Six (Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur) have contested every season of the Premier League. The remaining six (Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Leeds United, Manchester City, Sheffield United and Southampton) were also founder members, though each team has been relegated at least once in the past.

One club, Brighton & Hove Albion, is not a founding member of the Premier League, but has not been relegated since its debut in the Premier League.

Table

All statistics here refer to time in the Premier League only, with the exception of 'Most Recent Finish' (which refers to all levels of play) and 'Last Promotion' (which refers to the club's last promotion from the second tier of English football). For the 'Top Scorer' column, those in bold still play in the Premier League for the club shown. Premier League teams playing in the 2020–21 season are indicated in bold, while founding members of the Premier League are shown in italics. A 'spell' refers to a number of consecutive seasons within the league, uninterrupted by relegation. If the longest spell is the current spell, this is shown in bold, and if the highest finish is that of the most recent season, then this is also shown in bold.

Club Location Total
seasons
Total
spells
Longest
spell
Most recent
promotion
Most recent
relegation
Total
seasons
absent
Seasons Most recent
finish
Highest
finish
Top scorer
Arsenal London (Holloway) 29 1 29 1914–15[lower-alpha 1] Never
relegated
0 1992– 8th 1st Thierry Henry (175)
Aston Villa Birmingham (Aston) 26 2 24 2018–19 2015–16 3 1992–2016
2019–
17th 2nd Gabriel Agbonlahor (73)
Barnsley Barnsley 1 1 1 1996–97 1997–98 26 1997–1998 Championship
21st
19th
(relegated)
Neil Redfearn (10)
Birmingham City Birmingham (Bordesley) 7 3 4 2008–09 2010–11 20 2002–2006
2007–2008
2009–2011
Championship
20th
9th Mikael Forssell (29)
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 18 2 11 2000–01 2011–12 9 1992–1999
2001–2012
Championship
11th
1st Alan Shearer (112)
Blackpool Blackpool 1 1 1 2009–10 2010–11 26 2010–2011 League One
13th
19th
(relegated)
DJ Campbell (13)
Bolton Wanderers Bolton 13 3 11 2000–01 2011–12 14 1995–1996
1997–1998
2001–2012
League One
23rd (relegated)
6th Kevin Davies (68)
Bournemouth Bournemouth 5 1 5 2014–15 2019–20 23 2015–2020 18th
(relegated)
9th Joshua King (49)
Bradford City Bradford 2 1 2 1998–99 2000–01 25 1999–2001 League Two
9th
17th Dean Windass (13)
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton 4 1 4 2016–17 Never
relegated
25 2017– 15th 15th Glenn Murray (28)
Burnley Burnley 7 3 5 2015–16 2014–15 22 2009–2010
2014–2015
2016–
10th 7th Ashley Barnes (38)
Cardiff City Cardiff 2 2 1 2017–18 2018–19 25 2013–2014
2018–2019
Championship
5th
18th
(relegated)
Jordon Mutch (7)
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) 8 2 7 1999–2000 2006–07 19 1998–1999
2000–2007
Championship
22nd
(relegated)
7th Jason Euell (34)
Chelsea London (Fulham) 29 1 29 1988–89 Never
relegated
0 1992– 4th 1st Frank Lampard (147)
Coventry City Coventry 9 1 9 1966–67 2000–01 18 1992–2001 League One
1st (promoted)
11th Dion Dublin (61)
Crystal Palace London (Selhurst) 12 5 8 2012–13 2004–05 17 1992–1993
1994–1995
1997–1998
2004–2005
2013–
14th 10th Wilfried Zaha (41)
Derby County Derby 7 2 6 2006–07 2007–08 20 1996–2002
2007–2008
Championship
10th
8th Dean Sturridge (32)
Everton Liverpool (Walton) 29 1 29 1953–54 Never
relegated
0 1992– 12th 4th Romelu Lukaku (68)
Fulham London (Fulham) 15 3 13 2019–20 2018–19 13 2001–2014
2018–2019
2020–
Championship
4th (promoted)
7th Clint Dempsey (50)
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield 2 1 2 2016–17 2018–19 25 2017–2019 Championship
18th
16th Steve Mounie (9)
Hull City Kingston upon Hull 5 3 2 2015–16 2016–17 22 2008–2010
2013–2015
2016–2017
Championship
24th
(Relegated)
16th Nikica Jelavić (12)
Ipswich Town Ipswich 5 2 3 1999–2000 2001–02 22 1992–1995
2000–2002
League One
10th
5th Marcus Stewart (25)
Leeds United Leeds 13 2 12 2019–20 2003–04 16 1992–2004
2020–
Championship
1st (promoted)
3rd Mark Viduka (59)
Leicester City Leicester 15 4 7 2013–14 2003–04 14 1994–1995
1996–2002
2003–2004
2014–
5th 1st Jamie Vardy (111)
Liverpool Liverpool (Anfield) 29 1 29 1961–62 Never
relegated
0 1992– 1st 1st Robbie Fowler (128)
Manchester City Manchester 24 3 19 2001–02 2000–01 5 1992–1996
2000–2001
2002–
2nd 1st Sergio Agüero (180)
Manchester United Old Trafford 29 1 29 1974–75 Never
relegated
0 1992– 3rd 1st Wayne Rooney (183)
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 15 4 11 2015–16 2016–17 12 1992–1993
1995–1997
1998–2009
2016–2017
Championship
17th
7th Hamilton Ricard (31)
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne 26 3 16 2016–17 2015–16 3 1993–2009
2010–2016
2017–
13th 2nd Alan Shearer (148)
Norwich City Norwich 9 5 3 2018–19 2019–20 19 1992–1995
2004–2005
2011–2014
2015–2016
2019–2020
20th
(relegated)
3rd Chris Sutton (33)
Nottingham Forest West Bridgford 5 3 3 1997–98 1998–99 22 1992–1993
1994–1997
1998–1999
Championship
7th
3rd Bryan Roy (24)
Oldham Athletic Oldham 2 1 2 1990–91 1993–94 25 1992–1994 League Two
19th
19th Graeme Sharp (16)
Portsmouth Portsmouth 7 1 7 2002–03 2009–10 20 2003–2010 League One
4th
8th Yakubu (28)
Queens Park
Rangers
London (Shepherd's Bush) 7 3 4 2013–14 2014–15 20 1992–1996
2011–2013
2014–2015
Championship
13th
5th Les Ferdinand (60)
Reading Reading 3 2 2 2011–12 2012–13 24 2006–2008
2012–2013
Championship
14th
8th Kevin Doyle (19)
Sheffield United Sheffield (Highfield) 5 3 2 2018–19 2006–07 24 1992–1994
2006–2007
2019–
9th 9th Brian Deane (15)
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield (Owlerton) 8 1 8 1990–91 1999–2000 19 1992–2000 Championship
16th
7th Mark Bright (48)
Southampton Southampton 22 2 13 2011–12 2004–05 7 1992–2005
2012–
11th 6th Matt Le Tissier (100)
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent 10 1 10 2007–08 2017–18 17 2008–2018 Championship
15th
9th Peter Crouch (45)
Sunderland Sunderland 16 4 10 2006–07 2016–17 11 1996–1997
1999–2003
2005–2006
2007–2017
League One
8th
7th Kevin Phillips (61)
Swansea City Swansea 7 1 7 2010–11 2017–18 20 2011–2018 Championship
6th
8th Gylfi Sigurðsson (34)
Swindon Town Swindon 1 1 1 1992–93 1993–94 26 1993–1994 League Two
1st (promoted)
22nd
(relegated)
Jan Åge Fjørtoft (12)
Tottenham Hotspur London (Tottenham) 29 1 29 1977–78 Never
relegated
0 1992– 6th 2nd Harry Kane (150)
Watford Watford 7 3 5 2014–15 2019–20 21 1999–2000
2006–2007
2015–2020
19th
(relegated)
11th Troy Deeney (43)
West Bromwich
Albion
West Bromwich 13 5 8 2019–20 2017–18 15 2002–2003
2004–2006
2008–2009
2010–2018
2020–
Championship
2nd (promoted)
8th Peter Odemwingie (30)
West Ham United London (Stratford) 25 3 10 2011–12 2010–11 4 1993–2003
2005–2011
2012–
16th 5th Paolo Di Canio (47)
Wigan Athletic Wigan 8 1 8 2004–05 2012–13 19 2005–2013 Championship
23rd
(Relegated)
10th Hugo Rodallega (24)
Wimbledon[lower-alpha 2] London (Wimbledon[lower-alpha 3]) 8 1 8 1985–86 1999–2000 19 1992–2000 Defunct
(2003–04)
6th Dean Holdsworth (58)
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
Wolverhampton 7 3 3 2017–18 2011–12 22 2003–2004
2009–2012
2018–
7th 7th Raúl Jiménez (34)

As of the 2006–07 season, former Premier League members were in all three divisions of the Football League for the first time following the relegation of Swindon Town to Football League Two. Since then, other former Premier League clubs relegated to League Two have included Bradford City, Portsmouth, Blackpool, Coventry City, Oldham Athletic and Bolton Wanderers. To date no former Premier League club has been relegated to the National League.

Crystal Palace and Norwich City and West Bromwich Albion have had the most separate spells in the Premier League, with five:

  • All of Crystal Palace's spells, other than the latest, lasted a single season. The club were relegated at the end of the inaugural 1992–93 season, won the 1993–94 Football League First Division, and were then promoted to the Premier League for 1994–95 season. This was the only season when the Premier League had four relegation places, Palace finished fourth from bottom, and were relegated to First Division. At end of 1996–97 season, Palace promoted to the top flight (through the play-offs), then relegated the following season when they finished at bottom. They won the play–offs in 2003–04, relegated to the Championship the following season. They won the play-offs at the end of the 2012–13 season, and for the first time avoided relegation the following season.
  • Norwich City's spells have lasted from one to three seasons in length.

Three clubs—Luton Town, Notts County and West Ham United—were in the top flight in 1991–92, and so took part in the original negotiations in 1991 that led to the formation of the Premier League, resigning their membership of The Football League along with the other 19 clubs in the top flight. However, the clubs were relegated that season and were thereby not founding Premier League members. Luton Town and Notts County have not returned to the top flight since, with both squads even dropping to the National League in 2009 and 2019, respectively. West Ham, in contrast, won promotion to the Premier League the following season.

Chart

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Overview of clubs by season

Club 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Arsenal 10 4 12 5 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 5 6 5 8
Aston Villa 2 10 18 4 5 7 6 6 8 8 16 6 10 16 11 6 6 6 9 16 15 15 17 20 17
Barnsley 19
Birmingham City 13 10 12 18 19 9 18
Blackburn Rovers 4 2 1 7 13 6 19 10 6 15 15 6 10 7 15 10 15 19
Blackpool 19
Bolton Wanderers 20 18 16 17 8 6 8 7 16 13 14 14 18
Bournemouth 16 9 12 14 18
Bradford City 17 20
Brighton & Hove Albion 15 17 15
Burnley 18 19 16 7 15 10
Cardiff City 20 18
Charlton Athletic 18 9 14 12 7 11 13 19
Chelsea 11 14 11 11 6 4 3 5 6 6 4 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 6 3 3 1 10 1 5 3 4
Coventry City 15 11 16 16 17 11 15 14 19
Crystal Palace 20 19 20 18 11 10 15 14 11 12 14
Derby County 12 9 8 16 17 19 20
Everton 13 17 15 6 15 17 14 13 16 15 7 17 4 11 6 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 11 11 7 8 8 12
Fulham 13 14 9 13 12 16 17 7 12 8 9 12 19 19
Huddersfield Town 16 20
Hull City 17 19 16 18 18
Ipswich Town 16 19 22 5 18
Leeds United 17 5 5 13 11 5 4 3 4 5 15 19
Leicester City 21 9 10 10 8 13 20 18 14 1 12 9 9 5
Liverpool 6 8 4 3 4 3 7 4 3 2 5 4 5 3 3 4 2 7 6 8 7 2 6 8 4 4 2 1
Manchester City 9 16 17 18 18 9 16 8 15 14 9 10 5 3 1 2 1 2 4 3 1 1 2
Manchester United 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 7 4 5 6 2 6 3
Middlesbrough 21 12 19 9 12 14 12 11 11 7 14 12 13 19 19
Newcastle United 3 6 2 2 13 13 11 11 4 3 5 14 7 13 12 18 12 5 16 10 15 18 10 13 13
Norwich City 3 12 20 19 12 11 18 19 20
Nottingham Forest 22 3 9 20 20
Oldham Athletic 19 21
Portsmouth 13 16 17 9 8 14 20
Queens Park Rangers 5 9 8 19 17 20 20
Reading 8 18 19
Sheffield United 14 20 18 9
Sheffield Wednesday 7 7 13 15 7 16 12 19
Southampton 18 18 10 17 16 12 17 15 10 11 8 12 20 14 8 7 6 8 17 16 11
Stoke City 12 11 13 14 13 9 9 9 13 19
Sunderland 18 7 7 17 20 20 15 16 13 10 13 17 14 16 17 20
Swansea City 11 9 12 8 12 15 18
Swindon Town 22
Tottenham Hotspur 8 15 7 8 10 14 11 10 12 9 10 14 9 5 5 11 8 4 5 4 5 6 5 3 2 3 4 6
Watford 20 20 13 17 14 11 19
West Bromwich Albion 19 17 19 20 11 10 8 17 13 14 10 20
West Ham United 13 14 10 14 8 5 9 15 7 18 9 15 10 9 17 20 10 13 12 7 11 13 10 16
Wigan Athletic 10 17 14 11 16 16 15 18
Wimbledon 12 6 9 14 8 15 16 18
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 15 17 20 7 7
Club 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Legend
  Qualified for European Cup/UEFA Champions League
  Qualified for UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  Qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  Qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup
  Participated in Premier League
  Relegated from Premier League
  Did not participate in Premier League

Location of all clubs who have competed in the Premier League

Where a club has played at multiple locations, the current location is shown (if they are a current Premier League member), or the location they playing at during the last Premier League season they competed in (if they are currently in the lower divisions).

Clubs who have competed in the top flight First Division, but not the Premier League

Club Town or city First Division
titles
Total seasons Last
relegation
Current status
(2020–21)
Level in
pyramid
Accrington[lower-alpha 4] Accrington 5 1892–93 Defunct
Bradford Park Avenue[lower-alpha 5] Bradford (Horton Park) 3 1920–21 National League North 6
Brentford London (Brentford) 5 1946–47 Championship 2
Bristol City Bristol (Ashton Gate) 9 1979–80 Championship 2
Bury Bury 22 1928–29 None[lower-alpha 6]
Carlisle United Carlisle 1 1974–75 League Two 4
Darwen[lower-alpha 7] Darwen 2 1893–94 North West Counties Football League
Division One North
10
Glossop North End Glossop 1 1899–1900 Northern Premier League
Division One South East
8
Grimsby Town Cleethorpes 12 1947–48 League Two 4
Leyton Orient London (Leyton) 1 1962–63 League Two 4
Luton Town Luton 16 1991–92 Championship 2
Millwall London (New Cross) 2 1989–90 Championship 2
Northampton Town Northampton 1 1965–66 League One 3
Notts County Nottingham 30 1991–92 National League 5
Oxford United Oxford 3 1987–88 League One 3
Preston North End Preston 246 1960–61 Championship 2

Notes

  1. Arsenal finished 5th in Division Two in the 1914–15 season, but the Football League was then suspended until 1919–20 due to the First World War. After the war, Division One was expanded from 20 to 22 clubs and Arsenal was elected to the First Division for the 1919–20 season.
  2. Wimbledon relocated from London to Milton Keynes in 2003, and renamed themselves Milton Keynes Dons a year later.
  3. Throughout their time in the Premier League, Wimbledon played their home games at Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace.
  4. The Accrington Stanley club competing today in League One, as well as its 1891 predecessor, are unrelated to the original Accrington club.
  5. The original Bradford Park Avenue went into liquidation in May 1974 and reformed as a Sunday league club. The club was refounded in 1988.
  6. Bury was expelled from the EFL on 27 August 2019.[2]
  7. The original Darwen F.C. was wound up in May 2009. A.F.C. Darwen was formed as a phoenix club the same month.

References

  1. "Football Trivia Question of the Day January 2012 Archive". My Football Facts & Stats. January 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "Bury expelled by English Football League after takeover collapses". BBC Sport. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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