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 that have never played in the Premier League,[1] and are among sixteen 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 twenty-two founder members of the Premier League competed in the 2019–20 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, Norwich City, 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)	28	1	28	1914–15[lower-alpha 1]	Never relegated	0	1992–	8th	1st	Thierry Henry (175)
Aston Villa	Birmingham (Aston)	25	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	3	1	3	2016–17	Never relegated	25	2017–	15th	15th	Glenn Murray (26)
Burnley	Burnley	6	3	4	2015–16	2014–15	22	2009–2010 2014–2015 2016–	10th	7th	Ashley Barnes (40)
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)	28	1	28	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)	11	5	7	2012–13	2004–05	17	1992–1993 1994–1995 1997–1998 2004–2005 2013–	14th	10th	Wilfried Zaha (38)
Derby County	Derby	7	2	6	2006–07	2007–08	20	1996–2002 2007–2008	Championship 10th	8th	Dean Sturridge (32)
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	28	1	28	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	12	2	12	2019–20	2003–04	15	1992–2004 2020–	Championship 1st (promoted)	3rd	Mark Viduka (59)
Leicester City	Leicester	14	4	6	2013–14	2003–04	14	1994–1995 1996–2002 2003–2004 2014–	5th	1st	Jamie Vardy (101)
Liverpool	Liverpool (Anfield)	28	1	28	1961–62	Never relegated	0	1992–	1st	1st	Robbie Fowler (128)
Manchester City	Manchester	23	3	18	2001–02	2000–01	5	1992–1996 2000–2001 2002–	2nd	1st	Sergio Agüero (180)
Manchester United	Old Trafford	28	1	28	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	25	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)	4	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	21	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)	28	1	28	1977–78	Never relegated	0	1992–	6th	2nd	Harry Kane (138)
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	12	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)	24	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	6	3	3	2017–18	2011–12	22	2003–2004 2009–2012 2018–	7th	7th	Raúl Jiménez (28)

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 and Oldham Athletic. To date no former Premier League club has been relegated to the National League.

Crystal Palace and Norwich City 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.

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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

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).

Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Blackpool AFC Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Reading Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Southampton Sunderland Swansea City Swindon Town Watford Greater London (9) Greater Manchester (5) West Midlands (5) Location of Premier League clubs since 1992 Current members (2020–21) in bold

Bolton Wanderers Manchester City Manchester United Oldham Athletic Wigan Athletic Greater Manchester Aston Villa Birmingham City Coventry City West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers West Midlands Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Fulham Queens Park Rangers Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon Greater London

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	2	46	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.