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 2009-10 Premier League season are indicated in bold. Founding members of the Premier League are shown in italics. A total of 43 teams have played 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 clubs last promotion from the second tier of English football:

Burnley have yet to compete in the Premier League, but will make their debut in the 2009-10 season after winning promotion in the previous season.

Club	Town or City	Total seasons	Total spells	Last promotion	Last relegation	Seasons	Most recent finish	Highest finish
Arsenal	London Borough of Islington	18	1	1914-15 [1]	Never relegated	1992–	04th	01st
Aston Villa	Birmingham	18	1	1987-88	Never relegated	1992–	06th	02nd
Barnsley	Barnsley	1	1	1996-97	1997–98	1997–1998	Championship 20th	19th (relegated)
Birmingham City	Birmingham	6	3	2008-09	2007–08	2002–2006 2007–2008 2009-	Championship 02nd (promoted)	10th
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	16	2	2000-01	1998–99	1992–1999 2001–	15th	01st
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	11	3	2000-01	1997–98	1995–1996 1997–1998 2001–	13th	06th
Bradford City	Bradford	2	1	1998-99	2000–01	1999–2001	League Two 09th	17th
Burnley	Burnley	1	1	2008-09	Never relegated	2009-	Championship 05th (promoted)	n/a
Charlton Athletic	London Borough of Greenwich	8	2	1999-00	2006–07	1998–1999 2000–2007	Championship 24th (relegated)	07th
Chelsea	London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	18	1	1988-89	Never relegated	1992–	03rd	01st
Coventry City	Coventry	9	1	1966-67	2000–01	1992–2001	Championship 17th	11th
Crystal Palace	London Borough of Croydon	4	4	2003-04	2004–05	1992–1993 1994–1995 1997–1998 2004–2005	Championship 15th	18th (relegated)
Derby County	Derby	7	2	2006-07	2007–08	1996–2002 2007–2008	Championship 18th	08th
Everton	Liverpool	18	1	1953-54	Never relegated	1992–	05th	04th
Fulham	London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	9	1	2000-01	Never relegated	2001–	07th	07th
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	2	1	2007-08	Never relegated	2008–	17th	17th
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	5	2	1999-00	2001–02	1992–1995 2000–2002	Championship 09th	05th
Leeds United	Leeds	12	1	1989-90	2003–04	1992–2004	League One 04th	03rd
Leicester City	Leicester	8	3	2002-03	2003–04	1994–1995 1996–2002 2003–2004	League One 01st (promoted)	08th
Liverpool	Liverpool	18	1	1961-62	Never relegated	1992–	02nd	02nd
Manchester City	Manchester	13	3	2001-02	2000–01	1992–1996 2000–2001 2002–	10th	08th
Manchester United	Trafford	18	1	1974-75	Never relegated	1992–	01st	01st
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	14	3	1997-98	2008-09	1992–1993 1995–1997 1998–2009	19th (relegated)	07th
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	16	1	1992-93	2008-09	1993–2009	18th (relegated)	02nd
Norwich City	Norwich	4	2	2003-04	2004–05	1992–1995 2004–2005	Championship 22nd (relegated)	03rd
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	5	3	1997-98	1998–99	1992–1993 1994–1997 1998–1999	Championship 19th	03rd
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	2	1	1990-91	1993–94	1992–1994	League One 10th	19th
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	7	1	2002-03	Never relegated	2003–	14th	08th
Queens Park Rangers	London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham	4	1	1982-83	1995–96	1992–1996	Championship 11th	05th
Reading	Reading	2	1	2005-06	2007–08	2006–2008	Championship 04th	08th
Sheffield United	Sheffield	3	2	2005-06	2006–07	1992–1994 2006–2007	Championship 03rd	14th
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	8	1	1990-91	1999–00	1992–2000	Championship 12th	07th
Southampton	Southampton	13	1	1977-78	2004–05	1992–2005	Championship 23rd (relegated)	08th
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	2	1	2007-08	Never relegated	2008–	12th	12th
Sunderland	Sunderland	9	4	2006-07	2005–06	1996–1997 1999–2003 2005–2006 2007–	16th	07th
Swindon Town	Swindon	1	1	1992-93	1993–94	1993–1994	League One 15th	22nd (relegated)
Tottenham Hotspur	London Borough of Haringey	18	1	1977-78	Never relegated	1992–	08th	05th
Watford	Watford	2	2	2005-06	2006–07	1999–2000 2006–2007	Championship 13th	20th (relegated)
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	4	3	2007-08	2008–09	2002–2003 2004–2006 2008–2009	20th (relegated)	17th
West Ham United	London Borough of Newham	15	2	2004-05	2002–03	1993–2003 2005–	09th	05th
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	5	1	2004-05	Never relegated	2005–	11th	10th
Wimbledon [2]	London Borough of Croydon	8	1	1985-86	1999–00	1992–2000	n/a (ceased 2003-04)	06th
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	2	2	2008-09	2003–04	2003–2004 2009-	Championship 01st (promoted)	20th (relegated)

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 League Two, whilst Swindon Town were promoted back to 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 1997–98, 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 League 2 and Luton Town now having been relegated out of the Football League

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