- Seven London-based teams play in the Premier League.
- Chelsea, Tottenham, and Arsenal have played all 30 Premier League seasons.
- Not since the 2016-17 season has a London club won the Premier League.
Seven of the 20 Premier League teams call London home, the largest allocation of capital city teams since the 1994-95 season.
Premier League odds have Arsenal (+165) as the most likely London team to win the title, while Tottenham (+2500) and Chelsea (+2500) round out the top three.
Not since the 2016-17 season has a London-based team won the Premier League. That feat belongs to Chelsea before a run of titles from Manchester City and Liverpool.
The number of London-based teams can fluctuate each season. Based on Premier League relegation odds, Fulham (+550) is the most likely to drop from the EPL to the Championship, the second tier of English football.
Four things are guaranteed in London: rain and Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham competing in the Premier League. They’re the only three London-based teams that have played in the Premier League every season since its 1992-93 inception.
How Many Premier League Teams Are in London?
There are seven London-based teams for the 2024-25 Premier League season: Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Crystal Palace, Fulham, and Brentford.
The only other time seven teams from London competed in the Premier League was in 1994-95. That season saw Tottenham, Queens Park Rangers, Arsenal, Chelsea, Wimbledon, West Ham, and Crystal Palace take part in England’s top domestic league. .
1. Chelsea
Location: West London
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Year Founded: 1905
Chelsea has won the Premier League five times and is the last London team to win the EPL. They also have the oldest active stadium in the Premier League, which opened in 1877.
In terms of London teams, they are the second choice to win the 2024-25 Premier League (+2500).
2. Crystal Palace
Location: South London (Croydon)
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Year Founded: 1861
Crystal Palace, nicknamed the Eagles, is enjoying its 12th consecutive season in the Premier League. You’d have to roll back the years to the 2012-13 season to find a Premier League devoid of the Eagles.
Crystal Palace finished 10th in both 2014-15 and 2023-24, their best finish in the Premier League. Under new manager Oliver Glasner, Palace won six of their final seven games in 2023-24 to finish 10th. Despite that strong finish, Palace is currently favored to finish in the bottom half for the 2024-25 season.
3. Arsenal
Location: North London
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Year Founded: 1886
Arsenal is the only other London team besides Chelsea that has won the Premier League. The Gunners accomplished the feat three times, in 1997-98, 2001-02, and 2003-04.
The club’s most storied Premier League-winning season came in 2003-04 when they went undefeated for the entire 38-game season and were dubbed “The Invincibles.”
It’s the only time a team has gone through a Premier League campaign without a single defeat.
4. Tottenham
Location: North London
Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Year Founded: 1882
Tottenham is arguably the most famous and renowned London team not to win the Premier League.
Spurs have played in the Premier League for all 30 seasons. Their best run of finishes came in the mid-2010’s with Spurs producing four straight top-4 finishes from 2015-16 to 2018-19.
They moved into their state-of-the-art stadium in 2019 after playing at White Hart Lane from 1899 until 2017.
5. Fulham
Location: West London
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Year Founded: 1879
Fulham plays on the bank of the Thames at Craven Cottage, a steeped-in-tradition stadium that has been open since 1896. Nicknamed the Cottagers, Fulham returned to the Premier League for the start of the 2022-23 season.
They have bounced back and forth between the Championship and Premier League more than a tennis ball. Prior to their current record, Fulham played six seasons in the second tier and three seasons in the Premier League since 2013-14.
6. Brentford
Location: West London
Stadium: GTech Community Stadium
Year the Club Formed: 1889
Brentford gained promotion into the Premier League for the first time in 2021-22. It marked their first season in England’s top football division since 1947.
The year prior, in August 2020, Brentford played its last game at Griffin Park, the stadium they called home for 116 years.
Bretford thrived in its first Premier League season, finishing an impressive 13th thanks to an outstanding final two months. They followed it with a 9th-place finish in 2022-23, their best top flight finish in club history.
7. West Ham
Location: East London
Stadium: London Stadium
Year the Club Formed: 1895
West Ham has seen its fair share of tumultuous times. The Hammers were relegated into the Championship at the end of the 2010-11 season, but immediately jumped back up in 2011-12.
West Ham have played in the Premier League since the 2012-13 season and have started to produce strong finishes recently. The Hammers have notched three top-half finishes in the last four years and won the Europa Conference League in 2022-23.
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