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List of Premier League clubs

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The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Premier League at any time since its formation in 1992 to the current season. Premier League teams playing in the 2012–13 Premier League season are indicated in bold. Founding members of the Premier League are shown in italics. 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.

A total of 45 teams have played in the Premier League. Preston North End and Huddersfield Town are the only former top-flight First Division champions that have never played in the Premier League, and are among a total of 19 clubs who have played in the old First Division but not in the Premier League.

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.

Club Town or City Total
Seasons 		Total
Spells 		Longest
Spell 		Last
Promotion 		Last
Relegation 		Years
Absent 		Seasons Most Recent
Finish 		Highest
Finish
Arsenal London Borough of
Islington 		21 1 21 1914–15[1] Never
Relegated 		0 1992– 3rd 1st
Aston Villa Aston, Birmingham 21 1 21 1987–88 Never
Relegated 		0 1992– 16th 2nd
Barnsley Barnsley 1 1 1 1996–97 1997–98 15 1997–1998 Championship
21st		 19th
(relegated)
Birmingham City Birmingham 7 3 4 2008–09 2010–11 2 2002–2006
2007–2008
2009–2011 		Championship
4th		 9th
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 18 2 11 2000–01 2011–12 1 1992–1999
2001–2012 		19th
(relegated)		 1st
Blackpool Blackpool 1 1 1 2009–10 2010–11 2 2010–2011 Championship
5th		 19th
(relegated)
Bolton Wanderers Horwich, Bolton 13 3 11 2000–01 2011–12 1 1995–1996
1997–1998
2001–2012 		18th
(relegated)		 6th
Bradford City Bradford 2 1 2 1998–99 2000–01 12 1999–2001 League Two
18th		 17th
Burnley Burnley 1 1 1 2008–09 2009–10 3 2009–2010 Championship
13th		 18th
(relegated)
Charlton Athletic London Borough of
Greenwich 		8 2 7 1999–2000 2006–07 6 1998–1999
2000–2007 		League One
1st (promoted)		 7th
Chelsea London Borough of
Hammersmith and Fulham 		21 1 21 1988–89 Never
Relegated 		0 1992– 6th 1st
Coventry City Coventry 9 1 9 1966–67 2000–01 12 1992–2001 Championship
23rd (relegated)		 11th
Crystal Palace London Borough of
Croydon 		4 4 1 2003–04 2004–05 8 1992–1993
1994–1995
1997–1998
2004–2005 		Championship
17th		 18th
(relegated)
Derby County Derby 7 2 6 2006–07 2007–08 5 1996–2002
2007–2008 		Championship
12th		 8th
Everton Liverpool 21 1 21 1953–54 Never
Relegated 		0 1992– 7th 4th
Fulham London Borough of
Hammersmith and Fulham 		12 1 12 2000–01 Never
Relegated 		0 2001– 9th 7th
Hull City Kingston upon Hull 2 1 2 2007–08 2009–10 3 2008–2010 Championship
8th		 17th
Ipswich Town Ipswich 5 2 3 1999–2000 2001–02 11 1992–1995
2000–2002 		Championship
15th		 5th
Leeds United Leeds 12 1 12 1989–90 2003–04 9 1992–2004 Championship
14th		 3rd
Leicester City Leicester 8 3 6 2002–03 2003–04 9 1994–1995
1996–2002
2003–2004 		Championship
9th		 8th
Liverpool Liverpool 21 1 21 1961–62 Never
Relegated 		0 1992– 8th 2nd
Manchester City Manchester 16 3 11 2001–02 2000–01 0 1992–1996
2000–2001
2002– 		1st 1st
Manchester United Trafford, Greater Manchester 21 1 21 1974–75 Never
Relegated 		0 1992– 2nd 1st
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 14 3 11 1997–98 2008–09 4 1992–1993
1995–1997
1998–2009 		Championship
7th		 7th
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne 19 2 16 2009–10 2008–09 0 1993–2009
2010– 		5th 2nd
Norwich City Norwich 6 3 3 2010–11 2004–05 0 1992–1995
2004–2005
2011– 		12th 3rd
Nottingham Forest West Bridgford 5 3 3 1997–98 1998–99 14 1992–1993
1994–1997
1998–1999 		Championship
19th		 3rd
Oldham Athletic Oldham 2 1 2 1990–91 1993–94 19 1992–1994 League One
16th		 19th
Portsmouth Portsmouth 7 1 7 2002–03 2009–10 3 2003–2010 Championship
22nd (relegated)		 8th
Queens Park
Rangers		 London Borough of
Hammersmith & Fulham 		6 2 4 2010–11 1995–96 0 1992–1996
2011– 		17th 5th
Reading Reading 3 2 2 2011–12 2007–08 0 2006–2008
2012– 		Championship
1st (promoted)		 8th
Sheffield United Sheffield 3 2 2 2005–06 2006–07 6 1992–1994
2006–2007 		League One
3rd		 14th
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield 8 1 8 1990––91 1999–00 13 1992–2000 League One
2nd (promoted)		 7th
Southampton Southampton 14 2 13 2011–12 2004–05 0 1992–2005
2012– 		Championship
2nd (promoted)		 8th
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent 5 1 5 2007–08 Never
Relegated 		0 2008– 14th 11th
Sunderland Sunderland 12 4 6 2006–07 2005–06 0 1996–1997
1999–2003
2005–2006
2007– 		13th 7th
Swansea City Swansea 2 1 2 2010–11 Never
Relegated 		0 2011– 11th 11th
Swindon Town Swindon 1 1 1 1992–93 1993–94 19 1993–1994 League Two
1st (promoted)		 22nd
(relegated)
Tottenham Hotspur London Borough of
Haringey 		21 1 21 1977–78 Never
Relegated 		0 1992– 4th 4th
Watford Watford 2 2 1 2005–06 2006–07 6 1999–2000
2006–2007 		Championship
11th		 20th
(relegated)
West Bromwich
Albion		 West Bromwich 7 4 3 2009–10 2008–09 0 2002–2003
2004–2006
2008–2009
2010– 		10th 10th
West Ham United London Borough of
Newham 		17 3 10 2011–12 2010–11 0 1993–2003
2005–2011
2012– 		Championship
3rd (promoted)		 5th
Wigan Athletic Wigan 8 1 8 2004–05 Never
Relegated 		0 2005– 15th 10th
Wimbledon [2] London Borough of
Merton 		8 1 8 1985–86 1999–2000 13 1992–2000 Defunct
(2003–04)		 6th
Wolverhampton
Wanderers		 Wolverhampton 4 2 3 2008–09 2011–12 1 2003–2004
2009–2012 		20th
(relegated)		 15th

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 League Two. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Bradford City were also relegated to Football League Two, whilst Swindon Town were promoted back to Football League One.

Crystal Palace have had four separate spells in the Premier League, with each never lasting more than one season. The club was relegated at the end of the 1992–93 season (the first of the Premier League). In 1993–94, they won the First Division Championship and played in the Premier League in 1994–95, when they were unlucky to finish fourth from bottom in the one season when the Premier League had four relegation places. In 1996–97, the club won the First Division Play-offs to again return, only to be relegated the following season bottom of the Premier League. Winning the play–offs again in 2003–04, they were again relegated back to the Championship the following season.

Both Luton Town and Notts County took part in the original negotiations in 1991 that led to the formation of the Premier League, and both resigned their membership of The Football League along with the other 20 clubs in the top flight during the 1991–92 season. However, both clubs were relegated that season and have not returned to the top flight since, with Notts County in Football League One and Luton Town now having been relegated out of The Football League

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 WW1, 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 MK Dons a year later. Throughout their time in the Premier League, Wimbledon played their home games at Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace.


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