List of Premier League clubs

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 2011–12 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. For clubs who played in the old First Division but not in the Premier League, see Football League First Division.

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 clubs 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	20	1	20	1914–15	Never Relegated	0	1992–	104 !4th	01 !1st
Aston Villa	Aston, Birmingham	20	1	20	1987–88	Never Relegated	0	1992–	109 !9th	02 !2nd
Barnsley	Barnsley	1	1	1	1996–97	1997–98	14	1997–1998	217 !Championship 17th	19r !19th (relegated)
Birmingham City	Birmingham	7	3	4	2008–09	2010–11	1	2002–2006 2007–2008 2009–2011	118 !18th (relegated)	09 !9th
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	18	2	11	2000–01	1998–99	0	1992–1999 2001–	115 !15th	01 !1st
Blackpool	Blackpool	1	1	1	2009–10	2010–11	1	2010–2011	119 !19th (relegated)	19r !19th (relegated)
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich, Bolton	13	3	11	2000–01	1997–98	0	1995–1996 1997–1998 2001–	114 !14th	06 !6th
Bradford City	Bradford	2	1	2	1998–99	2000–01	11	1999–2001	418 !League Two 18th	17 !17th
Burnley	Burnley	1	1	1	2008–09	2009–10	2	2009–2010	208 !Championship 8th	18r !18th (relegated)
Charlton Athletic	London Borough of Greenwich	8	2	7	1999–2000	2006–07	5	1998–1999 2000–2007	313 !League One 13th	07 !7th
Chelsea	London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	20	1	20	1988–89	Never Relegated	0	1992–	102 !2nd	01 !1st
Coventry City	Coventry	9	1	9	1966–67	2000–01	11	1992–2001	218 !Championship 18th	11 !11th
Crystal Palace	London Borough of Croydon	4	4	1	2003–04	2004–05	7	1992–1993 1994–1995 1997–1998 2004–2005	220 !Championship 20th	18r !18th (relegated)
Derby County	Derby	7	2	6	2006–07	2007–08	4	1996–2002 2007–2008	219 !Championship 19th	08 !8th
Everton	Liverpool	20	1	20	1953–54	Never Relegated	0	1992–	107 !7th	04 !4th
Fulham	London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	11	1	11	2000–01	Never Relegated	0	2001–	108 !8th	07 !7th
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	2	1	2	2007–08	2009–10	2	2008–2010	211 !Championship 11th	17 !17th
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	5	2	3	1999–00	2001–02	10	1992–1995 2000–2002	213 !Championship 13th	05 !5th
Leeds United	Leeds	12	1	12	1989–90	2003–04	8	1992–2004	207 !Championship 7th	03 !3rd
Leicester City	Leicester	8	3	6	2002–03	2003–04	8	1994–1995 1996–2002 2003–2004	210 !Championship 10th	08 !8th
Liverpool	Liverpool	20	1	20	1961–62	Never Relegated	0	1992–	106 !6th	02 !2nd
Manchester City	Manchester	15	3	10	2001–02	2000–01	0	1992–1996 2000–2001 2002–	103 !3rd	03 !3rd
Manchester United	Trafford, Greater Manchester	20	1	20	1974–75	Never Relegated	0	1992–	101 !1st	01 !1st
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	14	3	11	1997–98	2008–09	3	1992–1993 1995–1997 1998–2009	212 !Championship 12th	07 !7th
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	18	2	16	2009–10	2008–09	0	1993–2009 2010–	112 !12th	02 !2nd
Norwich City	Norwich	5	3	3	2010–11	2004–05	0	1992–1995 2004–2005 2011–	202 !Championship 2nd (promoted)	03 !3rd
Nottingham Forest	West Bridgford	5	3	3	1997–98	1998–99	13	1992–1993 1994–1997 1998–1999	206 !Championship 6th	03 !3rd
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	2	1	2	1990–91	1993–94	18	1992–1994	317 !League One 17th	19 !19th
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	7	1	7	2002–03	2009–10	2	2003–2010	216 !Championship 16th	08 !8th
Queens Park Rangers	London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	5	2	4	2010–11	1995–96	0	1992–1996 2011–	201 !Championship 1st (promoted)	05 !5th
Reading	Reading	2	1	2	2005–06	2007–08	4	2006–2008	205 !Championship 5th	08 !8th
Sheffield United	Sheffield	3	2	2	2005–06	2006–07	5	1992–1994 2006–2007	223 !Championship 23rd (relegated)	14 !14th
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	8	1	8	1990–91	1999–00	12	1992–2000	315 !League One 15th	07 !7th
Southampton	Southampton	13	1	13	1977–78	2004–05	7	1992–2005	302 !League One 2nd (promoted)	08 !8th
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	4	1	4	2007–08	Never Relegated	0	2008–	113 !13th	11 !11th
Sunderland	Sunderland	11	4	5	2006–07	2005–06	0	1996–1997 1999–2003 2005–2006 2007–	110 !10th	07 !7th
Swansea City	Swansea	1	1	1	2010–11	Never Relegated	0	2011–	203 !Championship 3rd (promoted)	N/A
Swindon Town	Swindon	1	1	1	1992–93	1993–94	18	1993–1994	324 !League One 24th (relegated)	22r !22nd (relegated)
Tottenham Hotspur	London Borough of Haringey	20	1	20	1977–78	Never Relegated	0	1992–	105 !5th	04 !4th
Watford	Watford	2	2	1	2005–06	2006–07	5	1999–2000 2006–2007	214 !Championship 14th	20r !20th (relegated)
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	6	4	2	2009–10	2008–09	0	2002–2003 2004–2006 2008–2009 2010–	111 !11th	11 !11th
West Ham United	London Borough of Newham	16	2	10	2004–05	2010–11	1	1993–2003 2005–2011	120 !20th (relegated)	05 !5th
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	7	1	7	2004–05	Never Relegated	0	2005–	116 !16th	10 !10th
Wimbledon	London Borough of Merton	8	1	8	1985–86	1999–00	12	1992–2000	Defunct (2003–04)	06 !6th
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	4	2	3	2008–09	2003–04	0	2003–2004 2009–	117 !17th	15 !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