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 2008–09 Premier League season are indicated in bold.

All statistics here refer to time in the Premier League only, with the exception of 'First season' which refers to the first season of a club's current spell in the top tier of English football in general, and 'Most recent finish' which refers to all levels of play:

Club	Town or City	Total seasons	Total spells	First season	Last relegation	Seasons	Most recent finish	Highest finish
Arsenal [1]	London	17	1	1919–20	Never relegated	1992–	3rd	1st
Aston Villa [1]	Birmingham	17	1	1988–89	Never relegated	1992–	6th	2nd
Barnsley	Barnsley	1	1	1997–98	1997–98	1997–98	Championship 18th	19th
Birmingham City	Birmingham	5	2	2007–08	2007–08	2002–06 2007–08	19th (relegated)	10th
Blackburn Rovers [1]	Blackburn	15	2	2001–02	1998–99	1992–99 2001–	7th	1st
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	10	3	2001–02	1997–98	1995–96 1997–98 2001–	16th	6th
Bradford City	Bradford	2	1	1999–2000	2000–01	1999–2001	League Two 10th	17th
Charlton Athletic	London	8	2	2000–01	2006–07	1998–99 2000–07	Championship 11th	7th
Chelsea [1]	London	17	1	1989–90	Never relegated	1992–	2nd	1st
Coventry City [1]	Coventry	9	1	1967–68	2000–01	1992–2001	Championship 21st	11th
Crystal Palace [1]	London	4	4	2004–05	2004–05	1992–93 1994–95 1997–98 2004–05	Championship 5th	18th
Derby County	Derby	6	2	2007-08	2007–08	1996–2002 2007–08	20th (relegated)	8th
Everton [1]	Liverpool	17	1	1954–55	Never relegated	1992–	5th	4th
Fulham	London	8	1	2001–02	Never relegated	2001–	17th	9th
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	1	1	2008–09	Never relegated	2008–	Championship 3rd (promoted)	N/A
Ipswich Town [1]	Ipswich	5	2	2000–01	2001–02	1992–95 2000–02	Championship 8th	5th
Leeds United [1]	Leeds	12	1	1990–91	2003–04	1992–2004	League One 5th	3rd
Leicester City	Leicester	8	3	2003–04	2003–04	1994–95 1996–2002 2003–04	Championship 22nd (relegated)	8th
Liverpool [1]	Liverpool	17	1	1962–63	Never relegated	1992–	4th	2nd
Manchester City [1]	Manchester	12	3	2002–03	2000–01	1992–96 2000–01 2002–	9th	8th
Manchester United [1]	Manchester	17	1	1975–76	Never relegated	1992–	1st	1st
Middlesbrough [1]	Middlesbrough	14	3	1998–99	1996–97	1992–93 1995–97 1998–	13th	7th
Newcastle United	Newcastle	16	1	1993–94	Never relegated	1993–	12th	2nd
Norwich City [1]	Norwich	4	2	2004–05	2004–05	1992–95 2004–05	Championship 17th	3rd
Nottingham Forest [1]	Nottingham	5	3	1998–99	1998–99	1992–93 1994–97 1998–99	League One 2nd (promoted)	3rd
Oldham Athletic [1]	Oldham	2	1	1992–93	1993–94	1992–94	League One 8th	19th
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	6	1	2003–04	Never relegated	2003–	8th	8th
Queens Park Rangers [1]	London	4	1	1983–84	1995–96	1992–96	Championship 14th	5th
Reading	Reading	2	1	2006–07	2007–08	2006–08	18th (relegated)	8th
Sheffield United [1]	Sheffield	3	2	2006–07	2006–07	1992–94 2006–07	Championship 9th	14th
Sheffield Wednesday [1]	Sheffield	8	1	1991–92	1999–2000	1992–2000	Championship 16th	7th
Southampton [1]	Southampton	13	1	1978–79	2004–05	1992–2005	Championship 21st	8th
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	1	1	2008-09	Never relegated	2008–	Championship 2nd (promoted)	N/A
Sunderland	Sunderland	7	4	2007–08	2005–06	1996–97 1999–2003 2005–06 2007–	15th	7th
Swindon Town	Swindon	1	1	1993–94	1993–94	1993–94	League One 13th	22nd
Tottenham Hotspur [1]	London	17	1	1978–79	Never relegated	1992–	11th	5th
Watford	Watford	2	2	2006–07	2006–07	1999–2000 2006–07	Championship 6th	20th
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	4	3	2008–09	2005–06	2002–03 2004–06 2008–	Championship 1st (promoted)	17th
West Ham United	London	14	2	2005–06	2002–03	1993–2003 2005–	10th	5th
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	4	1	2005–06	Never relegated	2005–	14th	10th
Wimbledon[1] [2]	London	8	1	1986–87	1999–2000	1992–2000	Ceased 2003–04	6th
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	1	1	2003–04	2003–04	2003–04	Championship 7th	20th

As of the 2006–07 season, former Premier League members will be in all three divisions of the Football League for the first time following the relegation to League Two of Swindon Town. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Bradford City were relegated to League Two.

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 PL in 1994–95, when they were unlucky to finish fourth from bottom in the one season when the PL 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.

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