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 2018–19 season, 49 teams have played in the Premier League. Preston North End are the only former top-flight First Division champions that have never played in the Premier League, 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 are competing in the 2019–20 season. Six (Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur) have contested every season of the Premier League. 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.

Two clubs, Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion, are not founding members of the Premier League, but have not been relegated since their debut in the Premier League.

Two clubs, Cardiff City and Swansea City, are located in Wales but play in the English football league system for practical and historical reasons.

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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 2019-20 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.

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 and their promotion to Football League One at the end of that season. 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 have had the most separate spells in the Premier League, with five; all but the latest lasted a single season. The club were relegated at the end of the inaugural 1992–93 season, won the 1993-94 First Division Championship, and were then promoted to the Premier League for 1994–95 campaign. 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 avoid relegation the following season.

Both Luton Town and Notts County 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, and both resigned their membership of The Football League along with the other 20 clubs in the top flight. Both clubs were relegated that season and have not returned to the top flight since, even dropping to the National League. The third top-flight club relegated that season was West Ham United, who then won promotion to the Premier League the following season.