The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Premier League since its formation in 1993 to the current 2023–24 season.

Over that span, 51 teams have played in the Premier League, two of which (Cardiff, Swansea) 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] they are among a group of fourteen clubs, twelve of which are active, that 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.

Eleven of the 22 founder members of the Premier League will compete in the 2023–24 season. Six (Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur) have contested every season of the Premier League. The remaining five (Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United) were also founder members, though each team has been relegated at least once in the past.

Three clubs, Brighton & Hove Albion, Brentford, and Luton Town, are not founding members of the Premier League, but have not been relegated since making their debuts in the Premier League via promotion in 2017, 2021, and 2023, respectively.

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), mate. For the 'Top Scorer' column, those in bold still play in the Premier League for the club shown. Premier League teams playing in the 2023–24 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. A highest finish shown in italics was achieved during a club's Premier League seasons.

Club Location Total
seasons 		Total
spells 		Longest
spell 		Most recent
promotion 		Most recent
relegation 		Total
seasons
absent 		Seasons Current spell Most recent
finish 		Highest
finish 		Top scorer
Arsenal London (Holloway) 32 1 32 1914–15[a] Never relegated 0 1992– 32 2nd 1st Thierry Henry (175)
Aston Villa Birmingham (Aston) 29 2 24 2018–19 2015–16 3 1992–2016
2019– 		5 7th 2nd Gabriel Agbonlahor (73)
Barnsley Barnsley 1 1 1 1996–97 1997–98 31 1997–1998 0 League One
4th 		19th (relegated) Neil Redfearn (10)
Birmingham City Birmingham (Bordesley) 7 3 4 2008–09 2010–11 25 2002–2006
2007–2008
2009–2011 		0 Championship
17th 		9th Mikael Forssell (29)
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 18 2 11 2000–01 2011–12 14 1992–1999
2001–2012 		0 Championship
7th 		1st Alan Shearer (112)
Blackpool Blackpool 1 1 1 2009–10 2010–11 31 2010–2011 0 Championship
23rd (relegated) 		19th (relegated) DJ Campbell (13)
Bolton Wanderers Bolton 13 3 11 2000–01 2011–12 19 1995–1996
1997–1998
2001–2012 		0 League One
5th 		6th Kevin Davies (68)
Bournemouth Bournemouth 7 2 5 2021–22 2019–20 25 2015–2020
2022– 		2 15th 9th Joshua King (48)
Bradford City Bradford 2 1 2 1998–99 2000–01 30 1999–2001 0 League Two
6th 		17th Dean Windass (13)
Brentford London (Brentford) 3 1 3 2020–21 Never relegated 29 2021– 3 9th 9th Ivan Toney (32)
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton 7 1 7 2016–17 Never relegated 25 2017– 7 6th 6th Glenn Murray (28)
Burnley Burnley 9 4 6 2022–23 2021–22 23 2009–2010
2014–2015
2016–2022
2023– 		1 Championship
1st (promoted) 		7th Chris Wood (49)
Cardiff City Cardiff 2 2 1 2017–18 2018–19 30 2013–2014
2018–2019 		0 Championship
21st 		18th (relegated) Jordon Mutch (7)
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) 8 2 7 1999–2000 2006–07 24 1998–1999
2000–2007 		0 League One
10th 		7th Jason Euell (34)
Chelsea London (Fulham) 32 1 32 1988–89 Never relegated 0 1992– 32 12th 1st Frank Lampard (147)
Coventry City Coventry 9 1 9 1966–67 2000–01 23 1992–2001 0 Championship
5th 		11th Dion Dublin (61)
Crystal Palace London (Selhurst) 15 5 11 2012–13 2004–05 17 1992–1993
1994–1995
1997–1998
2004–2005
2013– 		11 11th 10th Wilfried Zaha (68)
Derby County Derby 7 2 6 2006–07 2007–08 25 1996–2002
2007–2008 		0 League One
7th 		8th Dean Sturridge (32)
Everton Liverpool (Walton) 32 1 32 1953–54 Never relegated 0 1992– 32 17th 4th Romelu Lukaku (68)
Fulham London (Fulham) 17 4 13 2021–22 2020–21 15 2001–2014
2018–2019
2020–2021
2022– 		2 10th 7th Clint Dempsey (50)
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield 2 1 2 2016–17 2018–19 30 2017–2019 0 Championship
18th 		16th Steve Mounié (9)
Hull City Kingston upon Hull 5 3 2 2015–16 2016–17 27 2008–2010
2013–2015
2016–2017 		0 Championship
15th 		16th Nikica Jelavić (12)
Ipswich Town Ipswich 5 2 3 1999–2000 2001–02 27 1992–1995
2000–2002 		0 League One
2nd (promoted) 		5th Marcus Stewart (25)
Leeds United Leeds 15 2 12 2019–20 2022–23 17 1992–2004
2020–2023 		0 19th (relegated) 3rd Mark Viduka (59)
Leicester City Leicester 17 4 9 2013–14 2022–23 15 1994–1995
1996–2002
2003–2004
2014–2023 		0 18th (relegated) 1st Jamie Vardy (136)
Liverpool Liverpool (Anfield) 32 1 32 1961–62 Never relegated 0 1992– 32 5th 1st Mohamed Salah (142)
Luton Town Luton 1 1 1 2022–23 Never relegated 31 2023– 1 Championship
3rd (promoted) 		18th Elijah Adebayo (5)
Manchester City Manchester 27 3 22 2001–02 2000–01 5 1992–1996
2000–2001
2002– 		22 1st 1st Sergio Agüero (184)
Manchester United Old Trafford 32 1 32 1974–75 Never relegated 0 1992– 32 3rd 1st Wayne Rooney (183)
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 15 4 11 2015–16 2016–17 17 1992–1993
1995–1997
1998–2009
2016–2017 		0 Championship
4th 		7th Hamilton Ricard (31)
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne 29 3 16 2016–17 2015–16 3 1993–2009
2010–2016
2017– 		7 4th 2nd Alan Shearer (148)
Norwich City Norwich 10 6 3 2020–21 2021–22 22 1992–1995
2004–2005
2011–2014
2015–2016
2019–2020
2021–2022 		0 Championship
13th 		3rd Chris Sutton (33)
Nottingham Forest West Bridgford 7 4 3 2021–22 1998–99 25 1992–1993
1994–1997
1998–1999
2022– 		2 16th 3rd Bryan Roy (24)
Oldham Athletic Oldham 2 1 2 1990–91 1993–94 30 1992–1994 0 National League
12th 		19th Graeme Sharp (16)
Portsmouth Portsmouth 7 1 7 2002–03 2009–10 25 2003–2010 0 League One
8th 		8th Yakubu (28)
Queens Park Rangers London (Shepherd's Bush) 7 3 4 2013–14 2014–15 25 1992–1996
2011–2013
2014–2015 		0 Championship
20th 		5th Les Ferdinand (60)
Reading Reading 3 2 2 2011–12 2012–13 29 2006–2008
2012–2013 		0 Championship
22nd (relegated) 		8th Kevin Doyle (19)
Sheffield United Sheffield (Highfield) 6 4 2 2022–23 2020–21 26 1992–1994
2006–2007
2019–2021
2023– 		1 Championship
2nd (promoted) 		9th Brian Deane (15)
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield (Owlerton) 8 1 8 1990–91 1999–2000 24 1992–2000 0 League One
3rd (promoted) 		7th Mark Bright (48)
Southampton Southampton 24 2 13 2011–12 2022–23 8 1992–2005
2012–2023 		0 20th (relegated) 6th Matt Le Tissier (100)
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent 10 1 10 2007–08 2017–18 22 2008–2018 0 Championship
16th 		9th Peter Crouch (45)
Sunderland Sunderland 16 4 10 2006–07 2016–17 16 1996–1997
1999–2003
2005–2006
2007–2017 		0 Championship
6th 		7th Kevin Phillips (61)
Swansea City Swansea 7 1 7 2010–11 2017–18 25 2011–2018 0 Championship
10th 		8th Gylfi Sigurðsson (34)
Swindon Town Swindon 1 1 1 1992–93 1993–94 31 1993–1994 0 League Two
10th 		22nd (relegated) Jan Åge Fjørtoft (12)
Tottenham Hotspur London (Tottenham) 32 1 32 1977–78 Never relegated 0 1992– 32 8th 2nd Harry Kane (213)
Watford Watford 8 4 5 2020–21 2021–22 24 1999–2000
2006–2007
2015–2020
2021–2022 		0 Championship
11th 		11th Troy Deeney (47)
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich 13 5 8 2019–20 2020–21 19 2002–2003
2004–2006
2008–2009
2010–2018
2020–2021 		0 Championship
9th 		8th Peter Odemwingie (30)
West Ham United London (Stratford) 28 3 12 2011–12 2010–11 4 1993–2003
2005–2011
2012– 		12 14th 5th Michail Antonio (63)
Wigan Athletic Wigan 8 1 8 2004–05 2012–13 24 2005–2013 0 Championship
24th (relegated) 		10th Hugo Rodallega (24)
Wimbledon[b] London (Wimbledon[c]) 8 1 8 1985–86 1999–2000 24 1992–2000 0 Became Milton Keynes Dons 6th Dean Holdsworth (58)
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton 10 3 6 2017–18 2011–12 22 2003–2004
2009–2012
2018– 		6 13th 7th Raúl Jiménez (40)

The 2006–07 season marked the first occasion former Premier League members were in all three divisions of the Football League following the relegation of Swindon Town to 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. Oldham became the first former Premier League club to be relegated to the National League during the 2022–23 season.[2]

Norwich City have had the most separate spells in the Premier League, with six, which 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. West Ham won promotion in to Premier League the following season. Notts County has not returned to the top flight since, even dropping to the National League in 2019. Luton Town also dropped to the National League in 2009, but managed to return to the Football League in 2014 and won promotion to the Premier League in 2023 via play-off.

Chart

Luton Town F.C.Brentford F.C.Huddersfield Town A.F.C.Brighton %26 Hove Albion F.C.A.F.C. BournemouthCardiff City F.C.Swansea City A.F.C.Blackpool F.C.Burnley F.C.Hull City A.F.C.Stoke City F.C.Reading F.C.Wigan Athletic F.C.Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.Portsmouth F.C.West Bromwich Albion F.C.Birmingham City F.C.Fulham F.C.Watford F.C.Bradford City A.F.C.Charlton Athletic F.C.Barnsley F.C.Sunderland A.F.C.Derby County F.C.Bolton Wanderers F.C.Leicester City F.C.Swindon Town F.C.West Ham United F.C.Newcastle United F.C.Middlesbrough F.C.Crystal Palace F.C.Nottingham Forest F.C.Oldham Athletic A.F.C.Sheffield United F.C.Norwich City F.C.Ipswich Town F.C.Queens Park Rangers F.C.Manchester City F.C.Blackburn Rovers F.C.Sheffield Wednesday F.C.Wimbledon F.C.Coventry City F.C.Leeds United A.F.C.Southampton F.C.Aston Villa F.C.Chelsea F.C.Tottenham Hotspur F.C.Manchester United F.C.Liverpool F.C.Everton F.C.Arsenal F.C.

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 		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 		21
22 		22
23 		23
24
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 8 5 2
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 11 14 7
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 15
Bradford City 17 20
Brentford 13 9
Brighton & Hove Albion 15 17 15 16 9 6
Burnley 18 19 16 7 15 10 17 18
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 4 3 12
Coventry City 15 11 16 16 17 11 15 14 19
Crystal Palace 20 19 20 18 11 10 15 14 11 12 14 14 12 11
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 10 16 17
Fulham 13 14 9 13 12 16 17 7 12 8 9 12 19 19 18 10
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 9 17 19
Leicester City 21 9 10 10 8 13 20 18 14 1 12 9 9 5 5 8 18
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 3 2 5
Luton Town
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 1 1 1
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 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 12 11 4
Norwich City 3 12 20 19 12 11 18 19 20 20
Nottingham Forest 22 3 9 20 20 16
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 20
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 15 15 20
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 7 4 8
Watford 20 20 13 17 14 11 19 19
West Bromwich Albion 19 17 19 20 11 10 8 17 13 14 10 20 19
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 6 7 14
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 13 10 13
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
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06 		06
07 		07
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09 		09
10 		10
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Legend
  Premier League Champions and qualified for European Cup/UEFA Champions League
  Qualified for European Cup/UEFA Champions League
  Qualified for UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  Qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  Qualified for UEFA Europa Conference League
  Qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup
  Participated in Premier League
  Relegated from Premier League
  Relegated from Premier League and qualified for UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  Relegated from Premier League and qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup
  Did not participate in Premier League

Location of all clubs who have competed in the Premier League

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

Location of Premier League clubs since 1992
Current members (2023–24) in bold
Greater Manchester
West Midlands
Greater London

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

Club Town or city Highest First
Division finish 		Total seasons Last
relegation 		Current status
(2023–24) 		Level in
pyramid
Accrington[d] Accrington 6th 5 1892–93 Defunct –
Bradford Park Avenue[e] Bradford (Horton Park) 9th 3 1920–21 Northern Premier League Premier Division 7
Bristol City Bristol (Ashton Gate) 2nd 9 1979–80 Championship 2
Bury[f] Bury 4th 22 1928–29 North West Counties League 9
Carlisle United Carlisle 22nd 1 1974–75 League One 3
Darwen[g] Darwen 14th 2 1893–94 Defunct –
Glossop North End Glossop 18th 1 1899–1900 North West Counties League 9
Grimsby Town Cleethorpes 5th 12 1947–48 League Two 4
Leyton Orient London (Leyton) 22nd 1 1962–63 League One 3
Millwall London (New Cross) 10th 2 1989–90 Championship 2
Northampton Town Northampton 21st 1 1965–66 League One 3
Notts County Nottingham 3rd 30 1991–92 League Two 4
Oxford United Oxford 18th 3 1987–88 League One 3
Preston North End Preston 1st 46 1960–61 Championship 2

Overall number of seasons in First Division and Premier League

The number of seasons that each team has played in the top division between 1888–89 and 2023–24. A total of 65 teams have competed in at least one season of the top division. No team has participated in all 125 seasons; Everton have been absent for the fewest seasons, missing just four for a total of 121 seasons in the top flight. Teams in bold participate in the 2023–24 Premier League. Teams in italic have never competed in the Premier League, only the old First Division.

Seasons Clubs
121 Everton
110 Aston Villa
109 Liverpool
107 Arsenal
99 Manchester United
95 Manchester City
92 Newcastle United
89 Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur
86 Sunderland
82 West Bromwich Albion
73 Bolton Wanderers
72 Blackburn Rovers
69 Wolverhampton Wanderers
68 Sheffield Wednesday
66 West Ham United
65 Derby County
62 Stoke City
61 Middlesbrough, Sheffield United
60 Burnley
58 Nottingham Forest
57 Birmingham City
55 Leicester City
53 Leeds United
46 Preston North End, Southampton
34 Coventry City
33 Portsmouth
32 Huddersfield Town
30 Notts County
29 Fulham
28 Blackpool
27 Norwich City
26 Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic
24 Crystal Palace
23 Queens Park Rangers
22 Bury
17 Cardiff City, Luton Town
14 Wimbledon, Watford
13 Bradford City
12 Grimsby Town, Oldham Athletic
11 Brighton & Hove Albion
9 Bristol City, Swansea City
8 Wigan Athletic, Brentford
7 Bournemouth
5 Accrington, Hull City
3 Bradford Park Avenue, Oxford United, Reading
2 Darwen, Millwall
1 Glossop North End, Leyton Orient, Carlisle United, Northampton Town, Barnsley, Swindon Town

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. ^ For the entirety of 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 Two, 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. ^ The original Bury F.C. was expelled from the EFL on 27 August 2019.[3] Bury A.F.C. was formed as a phoenix club in December of the same year. Following FA approval of a June 2023 merger between Bury F.C. and Bury A.F.C., the two teams' histories were combined, retroactively counting Bury A.F.C.'s seasons as seasons for Bury F.C.
  7. ^ The original Darwen F.C. was wound up in May 2009.[4] A.F.C. Darwen was formed as a phoenix club the same month.

References

  1. ^ "Football Trivia Question of the Day January 2012 Historic". My Football Facts & Stats. January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2024.((cite news)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Oldham drop out of Football League after 115 years amid fierce protests". The Guardian. 23 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Bury expelled by English Football League after takeover collapses". BBC Sport. 28 August 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Final bid to save Darwen FC fails after High Court hearing". Lancashire Telegraph. 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
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