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This article features a listing of all professional sports teams based in the United Kingdom, in addition to teams from other countries that compete in professional leagues featuring teams from the United Kingdom.
Team
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
Arsenal
London (Holloway )
Emirates Stadium
60,704
Aston Villa
Birmingham
Villa Park
42,682
Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Dean Court
11,364
Brentford
London (Brentford )
Brentford Community Stadium
17,250
Brighton & Hove Albion
Falmer
Falmer Stadium
31,800
Chelsea
London (Fulham )
Stamford Bridge
40,834
Crystal Palace
London (Selhurst )
Selhurst Park
25,486
Everton
Liverpool (Walton )
Goodison Park
39,414
Fulham
London (Fulham)
Craven Cottage
19,359
Leeds United
Leeds
Elland Road
37,792
Leicester City
Leicester
King Power Stadium
32,312
Liverpool
Liverpool (Anfield )
Anfield
53,394
Manchester City
Manchester (Bradford )
Etihad Stadium
55,017
Manchester United
Manchester (Old Trafford )
Old Trafford
74,140
Newcastle United
Newcastle upon Tyne
St James' Park
52,305
Nottingham Forest
West Bridgford
City Ground
30,445
Southampton
Southampton
St Mary's Stadium
32,384
Tottenham Hotspur
London (Tottenham )
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
62,850
West Ham United
London (Stratford )
London Stadium
60,000
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton
Molineux Stadium
32,050
Team
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,338
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium 27,000
Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 21,944
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33,280
Coventry City Coventry Coventry Building Society Arena 32,609
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Kirklees Stadium 24,500
Hull City Kingston upon Hull MKM Stadium 25,400
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742
Millwall London (South Bermondsey ) The Den 20,146
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,244
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,404
Queens Park Rangers London (White City )
Loftus Road 18,439
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Rotherham United Rotherham
New York Stadium 12,021
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089
Sunderland Sunderland
Stadium of Light 49,000
Swansea City Swansea
Swansea.com Stadium 21,088
Watford
Watford
Vicarage Road
22,200
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,850
Wigan Athletic Wigan
DW Stadium 25,133
Team
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington
Crown Ground 5,057
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,287
Bolton Wanderers Horwich
University of Bolton Stadium 28,723
Bristol Rovers Bristol
Memorial Stadium 12,300
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent
Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Cambridge United Cambridge
Abbey Stadium 8,127
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton )
The Valley 27,111
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham
Whaddon Road 7,066
Derby County Derby
Pride Park Stadium 33,600
Exeter City Exeter
St. James Park 8,720
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood
Highbury Stadium 5,327
Forest Green Rovers Nailsworth
The New Lawn 5,147
Ipswich Town Ipswich
Portman Road 30,311
Lincoln City Lincoln
Sincil Bank 10,120
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes
Stadium MK 30,500
Morecambe Morecambe
Globe Arena 6,476
Oxford United Oxford
Kassam Stadium 12,500
Peterborough United Peterborough
London Road Stadium 15,314
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth
Home Park 18,600
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Fratton Park 20,620
Port Vale Burslem
Vale Park 15,036
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield
Hillsborough Stadium 39,732
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury
New Meadow 9,875
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe
Adams Park 9,448
Team
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
AFC Wimbledon London (Wimbledon )
Plough Lane
9,369
Barrow
Barrow-in-Furness
Holker Street
5,045
Bradford City
Bradford
Valley Parade
25,126
Carlisle United
Carlisle
Brunton Park
17,949
Colchester United
Colchester
Colchester Community Stadium
10,105
Crawley Town
Crawley
Broadfield Stadium
5,996
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe
Gresty Road
10,153
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster
Keepmoat Stadium
15,231
Gillingham Gillingham
Priestfield Stadium
11,582
Grimsby Town
Cleethorpes
Blundell Park
9,052
Harrogate Town
Harrogate
Wetherby Road
5,000
Hartlepool United
Hartlepool
Victoria Park
7,856
Leyton Orient
London (Leyton )
Brisbane Road
9,271
Mansfield Town
Mansfield
Field Mill
9,186
Newport County
Newport
Rodney Parade
7,850
Northampton Town
Northampton
Sixfields Stadium
7,798
Rochdale
Rochdale
Spotland Stadium
10,000
Salford City
Salford
Moor Lane
5,108
Stevenage
Stevenage
Broadhall Way
7,800
Stockport County
Stockport
Edgeley Park
10,852
Sutton United
London (Sutton )
Gander Green Lane
5,013
Swindon Town Swindon
County Ground
15,728
Tranmere Rovers
Birkenhead
Prenton Park
16,789
Walsall
Walsall
Bescot Stadium
11,300
Team
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
Aberdeen Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium 20,866
Celtic Glasgow Celtic Park 60,411
Dundee United Dundee Tannadice Park 14,223
Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh Tynecastle Park 19,852
Hibernian Edinburgh Easter Road 20,421
Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Rugby Park 17,889
Livingston Livingston Almondvale Stadium 8,716
Motherwell Motherwell Fir Park 13,677
Rangers Glasgow Ibrox Stadium 50,817
Ross County Dingwall Victoria Park 6,541
St Johnstone Perth McDiarmid Park 10,696
St Mirren Paisley St Mirren Park 8,023
Team
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
Arbroath Arbroath Gayfield Park 6,600
Ayr United Ayr Somerset Park 10,185
Cove Rangers Aberdeen Balmoral Stadium 2,602
Dundee Dundee Dens Park 11,506
Greenock Morton Greenock Cappielow 11,589
Hamilton Academical Hamilton New Douglas Park 6,018
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Stadium 7,750
Partick Thistle Glasgow Firhill Stadium 10,102
Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 3,746
Raith Rovers Kirkcaldy Stark's Park 8,867
Team
Location
Ground
Capacity
Arsenal Borehamwood Meadow Park 4,050
Aston Villa Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Brighton & Hove Albion Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,800
Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Kingsmeadow 4,850
Everton Liverpool Walton Hall Park 2,200
Leicester City Leicester King Power Stadium 32,212
Liverpool Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,547
Manchester City Manchester Academy Stadium 7,000
Manchester United Leigh Leigh Sports Village 12,000
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Tottenham Hotspur Leyton Brisbane Road 9,271
West Ham United Dagenham Victoria Road 6,078
Rugby Union
Club
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
Bath
Bath
The Recreation Ground
14,509
Bristol Bears
Bristol
Ashton Gate
27,000
Exeter Chiefs
Exeter
Sandy Park
13,593
Gloucester
Gloucester
Kingsholm Stadium
16,115
Harlequins
London (Twickenham )
Twickenham Stoop
14,800
Leicester Tigers
Leicester
Mattioli Woods Welford Road
25,849
London Irish
London (Brentford )
Brentford Community Stadium
17,250
Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle upon Tyne
Kingston Park
10,200
Northampton Saints
Northampton
cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
15,200
Sale Sharks
Salford
AJ Bell Stadium
12,000
Wasps
Coventry
Coventry Building Society Arena
32,609
Worcester Warriors
Worcester
Sixways Stadium
11,499
7 of the 16 teams in the United Rugby Championship operate within the United Kingdom - 2 in Scotland, 4 in Wales, and 1 in Northern Ireland (although this team also represents three counties in Ireland . The remaining teams; 3 in Ireland, 2 in Italy and 4 in South Africa play away matches in the UK, but are based outside it.
Rugby League
2 Super League teams, Catalan Dragons and Toulouse Olympique , play all their away fixtures in the United Kingdom, but are based in France, playing their home fixtures there.
Team
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
Castleford Tigers
Castleford
The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
13,000
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield
Kirklees Stadium
24,121
Hull FC
Kingston upon Hull
MKM Stadium
25,400
Hull Kingston Rovers
Kingston upon Hull
Hull College Craven Park Stadium
12,225
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds
Headingley
21,062
Salford Red Devils
Salford
AJ Bell Stadium
12,000
St Helens
St Helens
Totally Wicked Stadium
18,000
Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield
Be Well Support Stadium
9,333
Warrington Wolves
Warrington
Halliwell Jones Stadium
15,200
Wigan Warriors
Wigan
DW Stadium
25,133
Leigh Centurions are the only professional team in the Championship which is mostly semi-professional. Newcastle Thunder have been professional as recently as 2022. London Broncos and Widnes Vikings have been professional within the last five years.
Cricket
Team
Location
Home Stadium
Capacity
Derbyshire
Derby
County Ground
9,500
Durham
Chester-le-Street
Riverside Ground
17,000
Essex
Chelmsford
Essex County Ground
6,500
Glamorgan
Cardiff
Sophia Gardens
16,000
Gloucestershire
Bristol
Bristol County Ground
17,500
Hampshire
Eastleigh
Rose Bowl
25,000
Kent
Canterbury
St Lawrence Ground
7,000
Lancashire
Manchester (Old Trafford )
Old Trafford
26,000
Leicestershire
Leicester
Grace Road
5,500
Middlesex
London (St John's Wood )
Lord's
30,000
Northamptonshire
Northampton
County Ground
6,500
Nottinghamshire
West Bridgford
Trent Bridge
17,500
Somerset
Taunton
County Ground
8,500
Surrey
London (Kennington )
The Oval
25,500
Sussex
Hove
County Ground
6,000
Warwickshire
Birmingham
Edgbaston
25,000
Worcestershire
Worcester
New Road
5,500
Yorkshire
Leeds
Headingley
18,350
Eight new franchises were created for the new hundred-ball format by the England and Wales Cricket board, each featuring a men's and a women's team.
Two of the four teams in the all-island Inter-Provincial Championship operate in Northern Ireland. Both teams' home grounds do not have a permanent stand but are able to host crowds of the following capacities as required:
Basketball
Netball
Ice Hockey
Team
Location
Home Arena
Capacity
Belfast Giants
Belfast
SSE Arena Belfast
9,000
Cardiff Devils
Cardiff
Ice Arena Wales
3,088
Coventry Blaze
Coventry
Coventry Skydome
3,000
Dundee Stars
Dundee
Dundee Ice Arena
2,300
Fife Flyers
Kirkcaldy
Fife Ice Arena
3,525
Glasgow Clan
Renfrew
Braehead Arena
4,000
Guildford Flames
Guildford
Guildford Spectrum
2,200
Manchester Storm
Altrincham
Altrincham Ice Dome
2,400
Nottingham Panthers
Nottingham
National Ice Centre
7,500
Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield
Utilita Arena Sheffield
13,600
Swimming
International Swimming League
One team from the United Kingdom, London Roar , compete in the International Swimming League
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