Premier League - Clubs

Clubs

Main article: List of Premier League clubs See also: List of English football champions and All-time FA Premier League table

A total of 45 clubs have played in the Premier League from its inception in 1992 up to and including the 2011–12 season. Seven clubs have been members of the Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur.

The following 20 clubs will compete in the Premier League during the 2012–13 season.

Club Position
in 2011–12		 First season in
top division		 Number of seasons
in top division		 Number of seasons
in the Premier League		 First season of
current spell in
top division		 Top division
titles		 Last top division title
Arsenala, b 0033rd 1904–05 96 21 1919–20 13 2003–04
Aston Villaa, b, c 01616th 1888–89 102 21 1988–89 7 1980–81
Chelseaa, b 0066th 1907–08 78 21 1989–90 4 2009–10
Evertona, b, c 0077th 1888–89 110 21 1954–55 9 1986–87
Fulhamb 0099th 1949–50 24 12 2001–02 0 n/a
Liverpoola, b 0088th 1894–95 98 21 1962–63 18 1989–90
Manchester Citya 0011st 1899–1900 84 16 2002–03 3 2011–12
Manchester Uniteda, b 0022nd 1892–93 88 21 1975–76 19 2010–11
Newcastle United 0055th 1898–99 82 19 2010–11 4 1926–27
Norwich Citya 01212th 1972–73 23 6 2011–12 0 n/a
Queens Park Rangersa 01717th 1968–69 22 6 2011–12 0 n/a
Reading 0181st in the Championship 2006–07 3 3 2012–13 0 n/a
Southamptona 0192nd in the Championship 1966–67 36 14 2012–13 0 n/a
Stoke Cityb, c 01414th 1888–89 57 5 2008–09 0 n/a
Sunderland 01313th 1890–91 82 12 2007–08 6 1935–36
Swansea Cityb 01111th 1981–82 4 2 2011–12 0 n/a
Tottenham Hotspura, b 0044th 1909–10 78 21 1978–79 2 1960–61
West Bromwich Albionc 01010th 1888–89 76 7 2010–11 1 1919–20
West Ham United 0203rd in the Championship 1923–24 55 17 2012–13 0 n/a
Wigan Athleticb 01515th 2005–06 8 8 2005–06 0 n/a


  • Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Wolverhampton Wanderers were relegated to the Championship for the 2012–13 season, while Reading, Southampton and West Ham United, as winners, runners-up and play-off final winners respectively, were promoted from the 2011–12 Championship season.

a: Founding member of the Premier League
b: Never been relegated from Premier League
c: One of the original 12 Football League teams

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