Premier League Clubs

In the first three premier league seasons the league consisted of 22 clubs.

Premier league clubs. The premier league is one of europe s five leading domestic competitions along with the bundesliga serie a la liga and ligue 1 it was launched in 1992 after england s 22 top flight teams broke away from the football league to form their own competition. Which premier league clubs can have fans and how many. This was reduced to 20 clubs for the start of the 1995 96 season and has remained at this number ever since.

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the premier league since its formation in 1992 to the current season. They play in the english football league system for practical and historical reasons. On thursday the premier league s annual general meeting convenes and it is at the agm that the season officially changes from 2019 20 to 2020 21.

Liverpool are the defending champions having won their nineteenth league title the previous season their first in the premier league era the season was initially scheduled to start on 8 august but this was delayed until 12. Find profiles and information about current and all time premier league clubs on the official website of the premier league. The premier league today is home to 20 clubs many of which are among the biggest names in world soccer.

An asterisk has been used on this page to indicate when a record has been impacted by the larger number of clubs for a particular season. Premier league clubs must still agree next week on new match day protocols for any fans to return next weekend but this was expected to be a formality despite some managers claiming those able to. As of the 2020 21 season 49 teams have played in the premier league forty seven are based in england and two cardiff city and swansea city are located in wales.