List of professional sports teams in the United Kingdom

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This article features a listing of all professional sports teams based in the United Kingdom, in addition to teams from other countries that compete in professional leagues featuring teams from the United Kingdom.

Football[]

Premier League[]

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium	60,704
Aston Villa	Birmingham	Villa Park	42,785
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Falmer Stadium	30,750
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,944
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge	40,834
Crystal Palace	London (Selhurst)	Selhurst Park	25,486
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	Goodison Park	39,414
Fulham	London (Fulham)	Craven Cottage	19,000
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	37,890
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,312
Liverpool	Liverpool (Anfield)	Anfield	53,394
Manchester City	Manchester (Bradford)	City of Manchester Stadium	55,097
Manchester United	Manchester (Old Trafford)	Old Trafford	74,879
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St James' Park	52,388
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,125
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,505
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	62,303
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,850
West Ham United	London (Stratford)	London Stadium	60,000
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux Stadium	32,050

EFL Championship[]

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
AFC Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	11,364
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,409
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Brentford	London (Brentford)	Brentford Community Stadium	17,250
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27,000
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,316
Coventry City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,409
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,600
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,356
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Millwall	London (South Bermondsey)	The Den	20,146
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	27,244
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,445
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Queens Park Rangers	London (White City)	Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium	18,439
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	34,854
Stoke City	Stoke-On-Trent	Bet365 Stadium	30,089
Swansea City	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	21,088
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	21,577
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	9,448

EFL League One[]

Club	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,057
AFC Wimbledon	London (Merton)	Plough Lane	9,300
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	17,338
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,300
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Charlton Athletic	London (Charlton)	The Valley	27,111
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Gresty Road	10,180
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	Highbury Stadium	5,311
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KCOM Stadium	25,586
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,307
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium MK	30,500
Northampton Town	Northampton	PTS Academy Stadium	7,798
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road	15,314
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	18,600
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	21,100
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland	10,249
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	New Meadow	9,875
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	48,707
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,138

EFL League Two[]

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	University of Bolton Stadium	28,723
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,136
Cambridge United	Cambridge	Abbey Stadium	8,127
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	18,202
Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham	Whaddon Road	7,066
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,105
Crawley Town	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,996
Exeter City	Exeter	St. James Park	8,696
Forest Green Rovers	Nailsworth	The New Lawn	5,147
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes	Blundell Park	9,052
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	5,000
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	10,000
Morecambe	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	13,512
Port Vale	Stoke-On-Trent	Vale Park	19,052
Salford City	Salford	Moor Lane	5,108
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Roots Hall	12,392
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	7,800
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300

Scottish Premiership[]

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium	20,866
Celtic	Glasgow	Celtic Park	60,411
Dundee United	Dundee	Tannadice Park	14,223
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	6,018
Hibernian	Edinburgh	Easter Road	20,421
Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park	17,889
Livingston	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	8,716
Motherwell	Motherwell	Fir Park	13,677
Rangers	Glasgow	Ibrox Stadium	50,817
Ross County	Dingwall	Victoria Park	6,541
St Johnstone	Perth	McDiarmid Park	10,696
St Mirren	Paisley	St Mirren Park	8,023

Scottish Championship[]

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Alloa Athletic	Alloa	Recreation Park	3,100
Arbroath	Arbroath	Gayfield Park	6,600
Ayr United	Ayr	Somerset Park	10,185
Dundee	Dundee	Dens Park	11,506
Dunfermline Athletic	Dunfermline	East End Park	11,480
Greenock Morton	Greenock	Cappielow	11,589
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Tynecastle Park	19,852
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Inverness	Caledonian Stadium	7,750
Queen of the South	Dumfries	Palmerston Park	8,690
Raith Rovers	Kirkcaldy	Stark's Park	8,867

FA Women's Super League[]

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502
Aston Villa	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,000
Birmingham City	Solihull	Damson Park	3,050
Brighton & Hove Albion	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	6,134
Bristol City	Bath	Twerton Park	3,582
Chelsea	Kingston upon Thames	Kingsmeadow	4,850
Everton	Liverpool	Walton Hall Park	2,200
Manchester City	Manchester	Academy Stadium	7,000
Manchester United	Leigh	Leigh Sports Village	12,000
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Tottenham Hotspur	Canons Park	The Hive Stadium	6,500
West Ham United	Dagenham	Victoria Road	6,078

Rugby Union[]

Premiership Rugby[]

Club	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Bath	Bath	The Recreation Ground	14,509
Bristol Bears	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27,000
Exeter Chiefs	Exeter	Sandy Park	13,593
Gloucester	Gloucester	Kingsholm Stadium	16,115
Harlequins	London (Twickenham)	Twickenham Stoop	14,800
Leicester Tigers	Leicester	Mattioli Woods Welford Road	25,849
London Irish	London (Brentford)	Brentford Community Stadium	17,250
Newcastle Falcons	Newcastle upon Tyne	Kingston Park	10,200
Northampton Saints	Northampton	Franklin's Gardens	15,200
Sale Sharks	Salford	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000
Wasps	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Worcester Warriors	Worcester	Sixways Stadium	11,499

United Rugby Championship[]

7 of the 16 teams in the United Rugby Championship operate within the United Kingdom - 2 in Scotland, 4 in Wales, and 1 in Northern Ireland (although this team also represents three counties in Ireland. The remaining teams; 3 in Ireland, 2 in Italy and 4 in South Africa play away matches in the UK, but are based outside it.

Club	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Cardiff Blues	Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park	12,125
Dragons	Newport	Rodney Parade	8,700
Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144
Glasgow Warriors	Glasgow	Scotstoun Stadium	7,351
Ospreys	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	20,827
Scarlets	Llanelli	Parc y Scarlets	14,870
Ulster	Belfast	Kingspan Stadium	18,196

Rugby League[]

Super League[]

1 Super League team, Catalan Dragons, play all their away fixtures in the United Kingdom, but are based in France, playing their home fixtures there and occasionally in neighbouring Spain.

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Castleford Tigers	Castleford	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle	13,000
Huddersfield Giants	Huddersfield	John Smith's Stadium	24,121
Hull FC	Kingston upon Hull	KCOM Stadium	25,400
Hull Kingston Rovers	Kingston upon Hull	Lightstream Stadium	12,225
Leeds Rhinos	Leeds	Headingley	21,062
Leigh Centurions	Leigh	Leigh Sports Village	12,000
Salford Red Devils	Salford	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000
St Helens	St Helens	Totally Wicked Stadium	18,000
Wakefield Trinity	Wakefield	Beaumont Legal Stadium	9,333
Warrington Wolves	Warrington	Halliwell Jones Stadium	15,200
Wigan Warriors	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,133

RFL Championship[]

1 team, Toulouse Olympique, play all their away games in the United Kingdom, but are based, and play all home games, in France.

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Batley Bulldogs	Batley	Fox's Biscuits Stadium	7,500
Bradford Bulls	Bradford	Odsal Stadium	26,019
Dewsbury Rams	Dewsbury	Tetley's Stadium	5,800
Featherstone Rovers	Featherstone	LD Nutrition Stadium	8,000
Halifax	Halifax	The MBi Shay	14,000
London Broncos	London, (Ealing)	Trailfinders Sports Ground	4,000
Oldham	Stalybridge	Bower Fold	6,500
Sheffield Eagles	Sheffield	Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium	2,500
Swinton Lions	Sale	Heywood Road	3,387
Whitehaven	Whitehaven	Recreation Ground	7,500
Widnes Vikings	Widnes	Halton Stadium	13,350
York City Knights	York	Bootham Crescent	8,256

Cricket[]

County Championship (England and Wales)[]

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Derbyshire	Derby	County Ground	9,500
Durham	Chester-le-Street	Riverside Ground	17,000
Essex	Chelmsford	Essex County Ground	6,500
Glamorgan	Cardiff	Sophia Gardens	16,000
Gloucestershire	Bristol	Bristol County Ground	17,500
Hampshire	Eastleigh	Ageas Bowl	25,000
Kent	Canterbury	St Lawrence Ground	7,000
Lancashire	Manchester (Old Trafford)	Old Trafford	26,000
Leicestershire	Leicester	Grace Road	5,500
Middlesex	London (St John's Wood)	Lord's	30,000
Northamptonshire	Northampton	County Ground	6,500
Nottinghamshire	West Bridgford	Trent Bridge	17,500
Somerset	Taunton	County Ground	8,500
Surrey	London (Kennington)	The Oval	25,500
Sussex	Hove	County Ground	6,000
Warwickshire	Birmingham	Edgbaston	25,000
Worcestershire	Worcester	New Road	5,500
Yorkshire	Leeds	Headingley	18,350

The Hundred[]

Eight new franchises were created for the new hundred-ball format by the England and Wales Cricket board, each featuring a men's and a women's team.

Team	Venue	City
Manchester Originals	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Trafford
Northern Superchargers	Headingley Cricket Ground	Leeds
Birmingham Phoenix	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham
Trent Rockets	Trent Bridge	Nottingham
Welsh Fire (Welsh: Tân Cymreig)	Sophia Gardens	Cardiff
London Spirit	Lord's	London
Oval Invincibles	The Oval	London
Southern Brave	Rose Bowl	Southampton

Inter-Provincial Championship (Ireland)[]

Two of the four teams in the all-island Inter-Provincial Championship operate in Northern Ireland. Both teams' home grounds do not have a permanent stand but are able to host crowds of the following capacities as required:

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Northern Knights	Belfast	Stormont Cricket Ground	7,000 (temp)
North West Warriors	Bready	Bready Cricket Club Ground	3,000 (temp)

Basketball[]

British Basketball League[]

Team	Location	Home Arena	Capacity
Bristol Flyers	Bristol	SGS WISE Arena	750
Cheshire Phoenix	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire Oaks Arena	1,400
Glasgow Rocks	Glasgow	Emirates Arena	6,500
Leicester Riders	Leicester	Morningside Arena	2,400
London Lions	London (Stratford)	Copper Box	6,000
Manchester Giants	Manchester	National Basketball Centre	2,000
Newcastle Eagles	Newcastle upon Tyne	Eagles Community Arena	3,000
Plymouth Raiders	Plymouth	Plymouth Pavilions	1,500
Sheffield Sharks	Sheffield	Ponds Forge	1,000
Surrey Scorchers	Guildford	Surrey Sports Park	1,000
Worcester Wolves	Worcester	University of Worcester Arena	2,000

Netball[]

Netball Superleague[]

Team	Location	Home Arena	Capacity
Celtic Dragons	Cardiff	Sport Wales National Centre	1,200
Leeds Rhinos	Leeds	Leeds Beckett University	500
London Pulse	London (Stratford)	Copper Box Arena	6,000
Loughborough Lightning	Loughborough	Sir David Wallace Centre	1,200
Manchester Thunder	Manchester	National Basketball Centre	2,000
Saracens Mavericks	Hatfield	University of Hertfordshire	600
Severn Stars	Worcester	University of Worcester Arena	2,000
Strathclyde Sirens	Glasgow	Emirates Arena	6,500
Surrey Storm	Guildford	Surrey Sports Park	1,000
Team Bath	Bath	University of Bath	1,600
Wasps	Coventry	Ericsson Exhibition Hall	2,000

Ice Hockey[]

Elite Ice Hockey League[]

Team	Location	Home Arena	Capacity
Belfast Giants	Belfast	SSE Arena Belfast	9,000
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Ice Arena Wales	3,088
Coventry Blaze	Coventry	SkyDome Arena	3,000
Dundee Stars	Dundee	Dundee Ice Arena	2,300
Fife Flyers	Kirkcaldy	Fife Ice Arena	3,525
Glasgow Clan	Renfrew	Braehead Arena	4,000
Guildford Flames	Guildford	Guildford Spectrum	2,200
Manchester Storm	Altrincham	Silverblades Ice Rink Altrincham	2,400
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	National Ice Centre	7,500
Sheffield Steelers	Sheffield	FlyDSA Arena Sheffield	13,600

Swimming[]

International Swimming League[]

One team from the United Kingdom, London Roar, compete in the International Swimming League

References[]

External links[]

• Official website