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The Premier League and the English Football League (EFL) are the only fully professional football leagues in England. The Premier League is the top tier, and consists of 20 clubs at the top of the English football league system , while the remaining 72 clubs are split into three 24 team divisions of the EFL: the Championship , League One and ...
The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Premier League since its formation in 1992 to the 2024–25 season.. Over that span, 51 teams have played in the Premier League, two of which (Cardiff City and Swansea City) are located in Wales; they play in the English football league system for practical and historical reasons.
Top 10 clubs by league titles won Rank Club Division 1: Premier League Division 2: Championship Division 3: League 1 Division 4: League 2 Totals 2 Manchester United: 20 2 22 1 Liverpool: 19 4 23 4 Arsenal: 13 13 3 Manchester City: 10 7 17 8 Everton: 9 1 10 7 Aston Villa: 7 2 1 10 5 Sunderland: 6 5 1 12 10 Sheffield Wednesday: 4 5 9 6 ...
Most consecutive Premier League matches scored in: 11, Jamie Vardy (for Leicester City, 29 August – 28 November 2015) [96] Most consecutive away Premier League matches scored in: 9, Robin van Persie (for Arsenal, 1 January – 22 May 2011) [97] Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold.
This includes the appearances and goals of current and former players in the Premier League and English Football League. Peter Shilton has made the most appearances, and is the only player to have played in over one thousand games. Chris O'Grady made appearances for 17 different clubs, while 49 players made their appearances for only one team.
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992, following the decision of First Division (the top-tier league from 1888 until 1992) clubs to break away from the English Football League.
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League.