List of EFL League One clubs

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the English Football League One at any time since its formation in 2004 to the current season. EFL League One teams playing in the 2020–21 season are indicated in bold. If the longest spell is the current spell, this is indicated in bold, and if the highest finish is that of the most recent season, this is also in bold. Teams in italic no longer exist in the legal form they competed as in League One. A total of 71 teams have played in League One.

All statistics here refer to time in EFL League One 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 fourth tier of English football.

Club	Town or city	Total seasons	Total spells	Longest spell	Promotion to league	Promotion from league	Relegation to league	Relegation from league	Years	Most recent finish	Highest finish
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	3	1	3	2017–18	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2018–	17th	14th
Barnsley	Barnsley	5	3	2	1980–81	2018–19	2017–18	Never Relegated	2002–2006 2014–2016 2018–2019	21st Championship	2nd
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	1	1	1	Never Promoted	2017–18	2016–17	Never Relegated	2017–2018	11th Championship	2nd
Blackpool	Blackpool	8	3	4	2016–17	2006–07	2014–15	2015–16	2001–2007 2015–2016 2017–	13th	3rd
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	2	2	1	1987–88	2016–17	2018–19	2019–20	2016–2017 2019–2020	23rd (relegated)	2nd
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	7	2	4	2009–10	2012–13	Never Relegated	2007–08	2003–2008 2010–2013	18th (relegated) Premier League	2nd
Bradford City	Bradford	9	2	6	2012–13	Never Promoted	2003–04	2018–19	2004–2007 2013–2019	9th League Two	5th
Brentford	London	8	2	5	2008–09	2013–14	Never Relegated	2006–07	1999–2007 2009–2014	3rd Championship	2nd
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	5	1	5	2000–01	2010–11	2005–06	Never Relegated	2006–2011	15th Premier League	1st
Bristol City	Bristol	5	2	3	1983–84	2014–15	1998–99	2012–13	1999–2007 2013–2015	12th Championship	2nd
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	9	2	5	2015–16	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2010–11	2007–2011 2016–	14th	10th
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	4	2	3	2014–15	2015–16	2017–18	Never Relegated	2015–2016 2018–	12th	2nd
Bury	Bury	6	3	3	2018–19	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2019–20[lower-alpha 1]	2011–2013 2015–2018 2019	24th (expelled)	14th
Carlisle United	Carlisle	8	1	8	2005–06	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2013–14	2006–2014	18th League Two	4th
Charlton Athletic	London	7	3	3	Never Promoted	2018–19	2019–20	Never Relegated	2009–2012 2016–2019 2020–	22nd (relegated) Championship	1st
Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham	3	1	3	2005–06	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2008–09	2006–2009	4th League Two	17th
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	6	3	3	2013–14	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2016–17	1995–2007 2011–2012 2014–2017	20th National League	16th
Colchester United	Colchester	10	2	8	1997–98	2005–06	2007–08	2015–16	1998–2006 2008–2016	6th League Two	2nd
Coventry City	Coventry	7	2	5	2017–18	2019–20	2011–12	2016–17	2012–2017 2018–2020	1st (promoted)	1st
Crawley Town	Crawley	3	1	3	2011–12	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2014–15	2012–2015	13th League Two	10th
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	8	3	4	2019–20	Never Promoted	2005–06	2015–16	2006–2009 2012–2016 2020–	2nd (promoted) League Two	13th
Dagenham & Redbridge	London	1	1	1	2009–10	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2010–11	2010–2011	17th National League	21st
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	11	4	4	2016–17	2012–13	2013–14	2015–16	2004–2008 2012–2013 2014–2016 2017–	9th	1st
Exeter City	Exeter	3	1	3	2008–09	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2011–12	2009–2012	5th League Two	8th
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	7	1	7	2013–14	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2014–	6th	4th
Gillingham	Gillingham	12	3	8	2012–13	Never Promoted	2004–05	2009–10	2005–2008 2009–2010 2013–	10th	9th
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	8	2	6	2006–07	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2012–13	2003–2006 2007–2013	12th National League	6th
Hereford United	Hereford	1	1	1	2007–08	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2008–09	2008–2009	Defunct (2014–15)	24th
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	8	1	8	2003–04	2011–12	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2004–2012	18th Championship	4th
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	2	2	1	2003–04	2004–05	2019–20	Never Relegated	2004–2005 2020–	24th (relegated) Championship	2nd
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	2	1	2	Never Promoted	Never Promoted	2018–19	Never Relegated	2019–	11th	11th
Leeds United	Leeds	3	1	3	Never Promoted	2009–10	2006–07	Never Relegated	2007–2010	1st (promoted) Championship	2nd
Leicester City	Leicester	1	1	1	Never Promoted	2008–09	2007–08	Never Relegated	2008–2009	5th Premier League	1st
Leyton Orient	London	9	1	9	2005–06	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2014–15	2006–2015	17th League Two	3rd
Lincoln City	Lincoln	2	1	2	2018–19	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2019–	16th	16th
Luton Town	Luton	3	3	1	2017–18	2018–19	2006–07	2007–08	2002–2005 2007–2008 2018–2019	19th Championship	1st
Millwall	London	6	2	4	1964–65	2016–17	2014–15	Never Relegated	2006–2010 2015–2017	8th Championship	3rd
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	13	4	7	2018–19	Never Promoted	2015–16	2017–18	2004–2006 2008–2015 2016–2018 2019–	19th	2nd
Northampton Town	Northampton	6	3	3	2019–20	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2017–18	2006–2009 2016–2018 2020–	7th (promoted) League Two	9th
Norwich City	Norwich	1	1	1	Never Promoted	2009–10	2008–09	Never Relegated	2009–2010	20th (relegated) Premier League	1st
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	3	1	3	Never Promoted	2007–08	2004–05	Never Relegated	2005–2008	7th Championship	2nd
Notts County	Nottingham	5	1	5	2009–10	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2014–15	2010–2015	3rd National League	7th
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	14	1	14	1962–63	Never Promoted	1996–97	2017–18	1997–2018	19th League Two	6th
Oxford United	Oxford	5	1	5	2015–16	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2016–	4th	4th
Peterborough United	Peterborough	11	4	8	2007–08	2010–11	2012–13	2004–05	2000–2005 2008–2009 2010–2011 2013–	7th	2nd
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	4	3	2	2019–20	Never Promoted	2009–10	2018–19	2010–2011 2017–2019 2020–	3rd (promoted) League Two	7th
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	5	2	4	2016–17	Never Promoted	2011–12	2012–13	2012–2013 2017–	5th	4th
Port Vale	Stoke-on-Trent	8	2	4	2012–13	Never Promoted	1999–2000	2016–17	2000–2008 2013–2017	8th League Two	9th
Preston North End	Preston	4	1	4	1995–96	2014–15	2010–11	Never Relegated	2011–2015	9th Championship	3rd
Rochdale	Rochdale	9	2	7	2013–14	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2011–12	2010–2012 2014–	18th	9th
Rotherham United	Rotherham	5	4	2	2012–13	2019–20	2018–19	2006–07	2005–2007 2013–2014 2017–2018 2019–2020	2nd (promoted)	4th
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	10	4	5	2013–14	2008–09	2010–11	2018–19	2005–2007 2008–2009 2011–2013 2014–2019	20th League Two	1st
Sheffield United	Sheffield	6	1	6	1981–82	2016–17	2010–11	Never Relegated	2011–2017	9th Premier League	3rd
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	3	2	2	Never Promoted	2011–12	2009–10	Never Relegated	2003–2005 2010–2012	16th Championship	2nd
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	8	2	6	2014–15	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2013–14	2012–2014 2015–	15th	3rd
Southampton	Southampton	2	1	2	Never Promoted	2010–11	2008–09	Never Relegated	2009–2011	11th Premier League	2nd
Southend United	Southend-on-sea	9	3	5	2014–15	2005–06	2006–07	2019–20	2005–2006 2007–2010 2015–2020	22nd (relegated)	1st
Stevenage	Stevenage	3	1	3	2010–11	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2011–2014	23rd League Two	6th
Stockport County	Stockport	3	2	2	2007–08	Never Promoted	2001–02	2009–10	2002–2005 2008–2010	8th National League	18th
Sunderland	Sunderland	3	1	3	Never Promoted	Never Promoted	2017–18	Never Relegated	2018–	8th	5th
Swansea City	Swansea, Wales	3	1	3	2004–05	2007–08	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2005–2008	6th Championship	1st
Swindon Town	Swindon	12	4	5	2019–20	Never Promoted	1998–99	2016–17	1999–2006 2007–2011 2012–2017 2020–	1st (promoted) League Two	5th
Torquay United	Torquay	1	1	1	2003–04	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2004–05	2004–2005	14th National League	21st
Tranmere Rovers	Tranmere	11	2	10	2018–19	Never Promoted	2000–01	2019–20	2001–2014 2019–2020	21st (relegated)	3rd
Walsall	Walsall	13	2	11	2006–07	Never Promoted	2003–04	2018–19	2004–2006 2007–2019	12th League Two	3rd
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	3	3	1	1996–97	2017–18	2019–20	Never Relegated	2015–2016 2017–2018 2020–	23rd (relegated) Championship	1st
AFC Wimbledon	London	5	1	5	2015–16	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2016–	20th	15th
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	1	1	1	1987–88	2013–14	2012–13	Never Relegated	2013–2014	7th Premier League	1st
Wrexham	Wrexham, Wales	1	1	1	2002–03	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2004–05	2004–2005	19th National League	22nd
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	4	3	2	2017–18	2019–20	Never Relegated	2011–12	2009–2010 2011–2012 2018–2020	3rd (promoted)	21st
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	9	2	8	2004–05	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2005–2013 2014–2015	4th National League	4th

Overview of clubs by season

Key

	Promoted as champions
	Promoted as runners-up
	Promoted via the play-offs
	Relegated

Club	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
Accrington Stanley															14	17
Barnsley	13	5									11	6			2
Blackburn Rovers														2
Blackpool	16	19	3									22		12	10	13
Bolton Wanderers													2			23
AFC Bournemouth	8	17	19	21			6	11	2
Bradford City	11	11	22							11	7	5	5	11	24
Brentford	4	3	24			9	11	9	3	2
Brighton & Hove Albion			18	7	16	13	1
Bristol City	7	9	2							12	1
Bristol Rovers				16	11	11	22						10	13	15	14
Burton Albion												2			9	12
Bury								14	22			16	19	24		24[lower-alpha 1]
Carlisle United			8	4	20	14	12	8	17	22
Charlton Athletic						4	13	1					13	6	3
Cheltenham Town			17	19	23
Chesterfield	17	16	21					22			6	18	24
Colchester United	15	2			12	8	10	10	20	16	19	23
Coventry City									15	18	17	8	23		8	1
Crawley Town									10	14	22
Crewe Alexandra			13	20	22				13	19	20	24
Dagenham & Redbridge							21
Doncaster Rovers	10	8	11	3					1		13	21		15	6	9
Exeter City						18	8	23
Fleetwood Town											10	19	4	14	11	6
Gillingham		14	16	22		21				17	12	9	20	17	13	10
Hartlepool United	6	21		15	19	20	16	13	23
Hereford United					24
Huddersfield Town	9	4	15	10	9	6	3	4
Hull City	2
Ipswich Town																11
Leeds United				5	4	2
Leicester City					1
Leyton Orient			20	14	14	17	7	20	7	3	23
Lincoln City																16
Luton Town	1			24											1
Millwall			10	17	5	3						4	6
Milton Keynes Dons	20	22			3	12	5	5	8	10	2		12	23		19
Northampton Town			14	9	21								16	22
Norwich City						1
Nottingham Forest		7	4	2
Notts County							19	7	12	20	21
Oldham Athletic	19	10	6	8	10	16	17	16	19	15	15	17	17	21
Oxford United													8	16	12	4
Peterborough United	23				2		4			6	9	13	11	9	7	7
Plymouth Argyle							23							7	21
Port Vale	18	13	12	23						9	18	12	21
Portsmouth									24					8	4	5
Preston North End								15	14	5	3
Rochdale							9	24			8	10	9	20	16	18
Rotherham United		20	23							4				4		2
Scunthorpe United		12	1		6			18	21		16	7	3	5	23
Sheffield United								3	5	7	5	11	1
Sheffield Wednesday	5						15	2
Shrewsbury Town									16	23		20	18	3	18	15
Southampton						7	2
Southend United		1		6	8	23						14	7	10	19	22
Stevenage								6	18	24
Stockport County	24				18	24
Sunderland															5	8
Swansea City		6	7	1
Swindon Town	12	23		13	15	5	24		6	8	4	15	22
Torquay United	21
Tranmere Rovers	3	18	9	11	7	19	18	12	11	21						21
Walsall	14	24		12	13	10	20	19	9	13	14	3	14	19	22
Wigan Athletic												1		1
AFC Wimbledon													15	18	20	20
Wolverhampton Wanderers										1
Wrexham	22
Wycombe Wanderers						22		21							17	3
Yeovil Town		15	5	18	17	15	14	17	4		24
Club	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

Notes

1. Bury were expelled from the EFL during the 2019–20 season following financial difficulties.