List of EFL League One clubs

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The following is a list of clubs who have played in the English Football League One at any time since its formation in 2004 to the current season. EFL League One teams playing in the 2021–22 season are indicated in bold. If the longest spell is the current spell, this is indicated in bold, and if the highest finish is that of the most recent season, this is also in bold. Teams in italic no longer exist in the legal form they competed as in League One. A total of 73 teams have played in League One.

All statistics here refer to time in EFL League One only, with the exception of 'Most recent finish' which refers to all levels of play, and 'Last promotion' which refers to the club's last promotion from the fourth tier of English football.

Club Town or city Total
seasons
Total
spells
Longest
spell
Promotion
to league
Promotion
from league
Relegation
to league
Relegation
from league
Years Most recent
finish
Highest
finish
Accrington Stanley Accrington 4 1 4 2017–18 Never Promoted Never Relegated Never Relegated 2018– 11th 11th
Barnsley Barnsley 5 3 2 1980–81 2018–19 2017–18 Never Relegated 2002–2006
2014–2016
2018–2019
5th
Championship
2nd
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 1 1 1 Never Promoted 2017–18 2016–17 Never Relegated 2017–2018 15th
Championship
2nd
Blackpool Blackpool 8 3 4 2016–17 2020–21 2014–15 2015–16 2001–2007
2015–2016
2017–2021
3rd (promoted) 3rd
Bolton Wanderers Bolton 3 3 1 2020–21 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2016–2017
2019–2020
2021–
3rd (promoted)
League Two
2nd
Bournemouth Bournemouth 7 2 4 2009–10 2012–13 Never Relegated 2007–08 2003–2008
2010–2013
6th
Championship
2nd
Bradford City Bradford 9 2 6 2012–13 Never Promoted 2003–04 2018–19 2004–2007
2013–2019
15th
League Two
5th
Brentford London 8 2 5 2008–09 2013–14 Never Relegated 2006–07 1999–2007
2009–2014
3rd (promoted)
Championship
2nd
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton 5 1 5 2000–01 2010–11 2005–06 Never Relegated 2006–2011 16th
Premier League
1st
Bristol City Bristol 5 2 3 1983–84 2014–15 1998–99 2012–13 1999–2007
2013–2015
19th
Championship
2nd
Bristol Rovers Bristol 9 2 5 2015–16 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2020–21 2007–2011
2016–2021
24th (relegated) 10th
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent 5 2 4 2014–15 2015–16 2017–18 Never Relegated 2015–2016
2018–
16th 2nd
Bury Bury 6 3 3 2018–19 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2019–20[a] 2011–2013
2015–2018
2019
None
(2019–20)
14th
Carlisle United Carlisle 8 1 8 2005–06 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2013–14 2006–2014 10th
League Two
4th
Cambridge United Cambridge 1 1 1 2020–21 Never Promoted Never Relegated Never Relegated 2021– 2nd (promoted)
League Two
N/A
Charlton Athletic London 8 3 3 Never Promoted 2018–19 2019–20 Never Relegated 2009–2012
2016–2019
2020–
7th 1st
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham 4 2 3 2020–21 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2008–09 2006–2009
2021–
1st (promoted)
League Two
17th
Chesterfield Chesterfield 6 3 3 2013–14 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2016–17 1995–2007
2011–2012
2014–2017
6th
National League
16th
Colchester United Colchester 10 2 8 1997–98 2005–06 2007–08 2015–16 1998–2006
2008–2016
20th
League Two
2nd
Coventry City Coventry 7 2 5 2017–18 2019–20 2011–12 2016–17 2012–2017
2018–2020
16th
Championship
1st
Crawley Town Crawley 3 1 3 2011–12 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2014–15 2012–2015 12th
League Two
10th
Crewe Alexandra Crewe 9 3 4 2019–20 Never Promoted 2005–06 2015–16 2006–2009
2012–2016
2020–
12th 13th
Dagenham & Redbridge London 1 1 1 2009–10 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2010–11 2010–2011 12th
National League
21st
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster 12 4 5 2016–17 2012–13 2013–14 2015–16 2004–2008
2012–2013
2014–2016
2017–
14th 1st
Exeter City Exeter 3 1 3 2008–09 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2011–12 2009–2012 9th
League Two
8th
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood 8 1 8 2013–14 Never Promoted Never Relegated Never Relegated 2014– 15th 4th
Gillingham Gillingham 13 3 9 2012–13 Never Promoted 2004–05 2009–10 2005–2008
2009–2010
2013–
10th 9th
Hartlepool United Hartlepool 8 2 6 2006–07 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2012–13 2003–2006
2007–2013
4th
National League
6th
Hereford United Hereford 1 1 1 2007–08 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2008–09 2008–2009 Defunct
(2014–15)
24th
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield 8 1 8 2003–04 2011–12 Never Relegated Never Relegated 2004–2012 20th
Championship
4th
Hull City Kingston upon Hull 2 2 1 2003–04 2020–21 2019–20 Never Relegated 2004–2005
2020–2021
1st (promoted) 1st
Ipswich Town Ipswich 3 1 3 Never Promoted Never Promoted 2018–19 Never Relegated 2019– 9th 9th
Leeds United Leeds 3 1 3 Never Promoted 2009–10 2006–07 Never Relegated 2007–2010 9th
Premier League
2nd
Leicester City Leicester 1 1 1 Never Promoted 2008–09 2007–08 Never Relegated 2008–2009 5th
Premier League
1st
Leyton Orient London 9 1 9 2005–06 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2014–15 2006–2015 11th
League Two
3rd
Lincoln City Lincoln 3 1 3 2018–19 Never Promoted Never Relegated Never Relegated 2019– 5th 5th
Luton Town Luton 3 3 1 2017–18 2018–19 2006–07 2007–08 2002–2005
2007–2008
2018–2019
12th
Championship
1st
Millwall London 6 2 4 1964–65 2016–17 2014–15 Never Relegated 2006–2010
2015–2017
11th
Championship
3rd
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes 14 4 7 2018–19 Never Promoted 2015–16 2017–18 2004–2006
2008–2015
2016–2018
2019–
13th 2nd
Morecambe Morecambe 1 1 1 2020–21 Never Promoted Never Relegated Never Relegated 2021– 4th (promoted)
League Two
N/A
Northampton Town Northampton 6 3 3 2019–20 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2020–21 2006–2009
2016–2018
2020–2021
22nd (relegated) 9th
Norwich City Norwich 1 1 1 Never Promoted 2009–10 2008–09 Never Relegated 2009–2010 1st (promoted)
Championship
1st
Nottingham Forest Nottingham 3 1 3 Never Promoted 2007–08 2004–05 Never Relegated 2005–2008 17th
Championship
2nd
Notts County Nottingham 5 1 5 2009–10 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2014–15 2010–2015 5th
National League
7th
Oldham Athletic Oldham 14 1 14 1962–63 Never Promoted 1996–97 2017–18 1997–2018 18th
League Two
6th
Oxford United Oxford 6 1 6 2015–16 Never Promoted Never Relegated Never Relegated 2016– 6th 4th
Peterborough United Peterborough 11 4 8 2007–08 2020–21 2012–13 2004–05 2000–2005
2008–2009
2010–2011
2013–2021
2nd (promoted) 2nd
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth 5 3 2 2019–20 Never Promoted 2009–10 2018–19 2010–2011
2017–2019
2020–
18th 7th
Portsmouth Portsmouth 6 2 5 2016–17 Never Promoted 2011–12 2012–13 2012–2013
2017–
8th 4th
Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent 8 2 4 2012–13 Never Promoted 1999–2000 2016–17 2000–2008
2013–2017
13th
League Two
9th
Preston North End Preston 4 1 4 1995–96 2014–15 2010–11 Never Relegated 2011–2015 13th
Championship
3rd
Rochdale Rochdale 9 2 7 2013–14 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2020–21 2010–2012
2014–2021
21st (relegated) 9th
Rotherham United Rotherham 6 5 2 2012–13 2019–20 2020–21 2006–07 2005–2007
2013–2014
2017–2018
2019–2020
2021–
23rd (relegated)
Championship
4th
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe 10 4 5 2013–14 2008–09 2010–11 2018–19 2005–2007
2008–2009
2011–2013
2014–2019
22nd
League Two
1st
Sheffield United Sheffield 6 1 6 1981–82 2016–17 2010–11 Never Relegated 2011–2017 20th (relegated)
Premier League
3rd
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield 4 3 2 Never Promoted 2011–12 2020–21 Never Relegated 2003–2005
2010–2012
2021–
24th (relegated)
Championship
2nd
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury 9 2 7 2014–15 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2013–14 2012–2014
2015–
17th 3rd
Southampton Southampton 2 1 2 Never Promoted 2010–11 2008–09 Never Relegated 2009–2011 15th
Premier League
2nd
Southend United Southend-on-sea 9 3 5 2014–15 2005–06 2006–07 2019–20 2005–2006
2007–2010
2015–2020
23rd (relegated)
League Two
1st
Stevenage Stevenage 3 1 3 2010–11 Never Promoted Never Relegated Never Relegated 2011–2014 14th
League Two
6th
Stockport County Stockport 3 2 2 2007–08 Never Promoted 2001–02 2009–10 2002–2005
2008–2010
3rd
National League
18th
Sunderland Sunderland 4 1 4 Never Promoted Never Promoted 2017–18 Never Relegated 2018– 4th 4th
Swansea City Swansea, Wales 3 1 3 2004–05 2007–08 Never Relegated Never Relegated 2005–2008 4th
Championship
1st
Swindon Town Swindon 12 4 5 2019–20 Never Promoted 1998–99 2020–21 1999–2006
2007–2011
2012–2017
2020–2021
23rd (relegated) 5th
Torquay United Torquay 1 1 1 2003–04 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2004–05 2004–2005 2nd
National League
21st
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere 11 2 10 2018–19 Never Promoted 2000–01 2019–20 2001–2014
2019–2020
7th
League Two
3rd
Walsall Walsall 13 2 11 2006–07 Never Promoted 2003–04 2018–19 2004–2006
2007–2019
19th
League Two
3rd
Wigan Athletic Wigan 4 3 2 1996–97 2017–18 2019–20 Never Relegated 2015–2016
2017–2018
2020–
20th 1st
AFC Wimbledon London 6 1 6 2015–16 Never Promoted Never Relegated Never Relegated 2016– 19th 15th
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton 1 1 1 1987–88 2013–14 2012–13 Never Relegated 2013–2014 13th
Premier League
1st
Wrexham Wrexham, Wales 1 1 1 2002–03 Never Promoted Never Relegated 2004–05 2004–2005 8th
National League
22nd
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe 5 4 2 2017–18 2019–20 2020–21 2011–12 2009–2010
2011–2012
2018–2020
2021–
22nd (relegated)
Championship
21st
Yeovil Town Yeovil 9 2 8 2004–05 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2005–2013
2014–2015
16th
National League
4th

Overview of clubs by season[]

Champions Runners-up Promoted via play-offs Relegated
Club 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Accrington Stanley 14 17 11
Barnsley 13 5 11 6 2
Blackburn Rovers 2
Blackpool 16 19 3 22 12 10 13 3
Bolton Wanderers 2 23
AFC Bournemouth 8 17 19 21 6 11 2
Bradford City 11 11 22 11 7 5 5 11 24
Brentford 4 3 24 9 11 9 3 2
Brighton & Hove Albion 18 7 16 13 1
Bristol City 7 9 2 12 1
Bristol Rovers 16 11 11 22 10 13 15 14 24
Burton Albion 2 9 12 16
Bury 14 22 16 19 24 24[a]
Carlisle United 8 4 20 14 12 8 17 22
Cambridge United
Charlton Athletic 4 13 1 13 6 3 7
Cheltenham Town 17 19 23
Chesterfield 17 16 21 22 6 18 24
Colchester United 15 2 12 8 10 10 20 16 19 23
Coventry City 15 18 17 8 23 8 1
Crawley Town 10 14 22
Crewe Alexandra 13 20 22 13 19 20 24 12
Dagenham & Redbridge 21
Doncaster Rovers 10 8 11 3 1 13 21 15 6 9 14
Exeter City 18 8 23
Fleetwood Town 10 19 4 14 11 6 15
Gillingham 14 16 22 21 17 12 9 20 17 13 10 10
Hartlepool United 6 21 15 19 20 16 13 23
Hereford United 24
Huddersfield Town 9 4 15 10 9 6 3 4
Hull City 2 1
Ipswich Town 11 9
Leeds United 5 4 2
Leicester City 1
Leyton Orient 20 14 14 17 7 20 7 3 23
Lincoln City 16 5
Luton Town 1 24 1
Millwall 10 17 5 3 4 6
Milton Keynes Dons 20 22 3 12 5 5 8 10 2 12 23 19 13
Morecambe
Northampton Town 14 9 21 16 22 22
Norwich City 1
Nottingham Forest 7 4 2
Notts County 19 7 12 20 21
Oldham Athletic 19 10 6 8 10 16 17 16 19 15 15 17 17 21
Oxford United 8 16 12 4 6
Peterborough United 23 2 4 6 9 13 11 9 7 7 2
Plymouth Argyle 23 7 21 18
Port Vale 18 13 12 23 9 18 12 21
Portsmouth 24 8 4 5 8
Preston North End 15 14 5 3
Rochdale 9 24 8 10 9 20 16 18 21
Rotherham United 20 23 4 4 2
Scunthorpe United 12 1 6 18 21 16 7 3 5 23
Sheffield United 3 5 7 5 11 1
Sheffield Wednesday 5 15 2
Shrewsbury Town 16 23 20 18 3 18 15 17
Southampton 7 2
Southend United 1 6 8 23 14 7 10 19 22
Stevenage 6 18 24
Stockport County 24 18 24
Sunderland 5 8 4
Swansea City 6 7 1
Swindon Town 12 23 13 15 5 24 6 8 4 15 22 23
Torquay United 21
Tranmere Rovers 3 18 9 11 7 19 18 12 11 21 21
Walsall 14 24 12 13 10 20 19 9 13 14 3 14 19 22
Wigan Athletic 1 1 20
AFC Wimbledon 15 18 20 20 19
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
Wrexham 22
Wycombe Wanderers 22 21 17 3
Yeovil Town 15 5 18 17 15 14 17 4 24
Club 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Bury were expelled from the EFL during the 2019–20 season following financial difficulties.
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