Premier League promotion by season: History of promoted clubs, playoff finals
Coventry City are going back to the Premier League after a quarter-century wait, a long-awaited return and a great relief to the club and its supporters. Burnley and Leeds United sealed quick returns to the Premier League during the 2024-25 Championship season , but longer promotion waits are more common than many relegated teams expect upon dipping into the second tier. MORE — FA Cup history: All winners, finals Take Sunderland, who rose back to the top last season for the first time since being relegated in 2016-17, a journey that included relegation to League One.
Here's a list of the clubs promoted to the Premier League since the naming of the division, plus all of the playoff finals since they began following the 1986-87 season. Premier League promotion history by season Bolded teams still in Premier League 1992:93: Newcastle United, West Ham United, Swindon Town 1993-94: Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City 1994-95: Middlesbrough, Bolton Wanderers 1995-96: Sunderland, Derby County, Leicester City 1996-97: Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley, Crystal Palace 1997-98: Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic 1998-99: Sunderland, Bradford City, Watford 1999-2000: Charlton Athletic, Manchester City, Ipswich Town 2000-01: Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers 2001-02; Manchester City , West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City 2002-03: Portsmouth, Leicester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2003-04: Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace 2004-05: Sunderland, Wigan Athletic, West Ham United 2005-06: Reading, Sheffield United, Watford 2006-07: Sunderland, Birmingham City, Derby County 2007-08: West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City, Hull City 2008-09: Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Burnley 2009-10: Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion, Blackpool 2010-11: Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Swansea City 2011-12: Reading, Southampton, West Ham United 2012-13: Cardiff City, Hull City , Crystal Palace 2013-14: Leicester City , Burnley , Queens Park Rangers 2014-15: Bournemouth, Watford , Norwich City 2015-16: Burnley , Middlesbrough , Hull City 2016-17: Newcastle United , Brighton and Hove Albion , Huddersfield Town 2017-18: Wolverhampton Wanderers , Cardiff City , Fulham 2018-19: Norwich City , Sheffield United , Aston Villa 2019-20: Leeds United , West Bromwich Albion , Fulham 2020-21: Norwich City , Watford , Brentford 2021-22: Fulham , Bournemouth , Nottingham Forest 2022-23: Sheffield United, Burnley, Luton Town 2023-24: Leicester City , Ipswich Town , Southampton 2024-25: Burnley, Leeds United, Sunderland 2025-26: Coventry City plus two TBD List of Championship playoff promotional finals 1987: Charlton Athletic 1-1, 2-1 Leeds United (replay) 1988: Middlesbrough 2-1 Chelsea (two legs) 1989: Crystal Palace 4-3 Blackburn Rovers (two legs) 1990: Swindon Town 1-0 Sunderland 1991: Notts County 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion 1992: Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Leicester City 1993: Swindon Town 4-3 Leicester City 1994: Leicester City 2-1 Derby County 1995: Bolton Wanderers 4-3 Reading 1996: Leicester City 2-1 Crystal Palace 1997: Crystal Palace 1-0 Sheffield United 1998: Charlton Athletic 4-4 (7-6 pens) Sunderland 1999: Watford 2-0 Bolton Wanderers 2000: Ipswich Town 4-2 Barnsley 2001: Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Preston North End 2002: Birmingham City 1-1 (4-2 pens) Norwich City 2003: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Sheffield United 2004: Crystal Palace 1-0 West Ham United 2005: West Ham United 1-0 Preston North End 2006: Watford 3-0 Leeds United 2007: Derby County 1-0 West Bromwich Albion 2008: Hull City 1-0 Bristol City 2009: Burnley 1-0 Sheffield United 2010: Blackpool 3-2 Cardiff City 2011: Swansea City 4-2 Reading 2012: West Ham United 2-1 Blackpool 2013: Crystal Palace 1-0 (aet) Watford 2014: Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Derby County 2015: Norwich City 2-0 Middlesbrough 2016: Hull City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday 2017: Huddersfield Town 0-0 (4-3 pens) Reading 2018: Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa 2019: Aston Villa 2-1 Derby County 2020: Fulham 2-1 (aet) Brentford 2021: Brentford 2-0 Swansea City 2022: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Huddersfield Town 2023: Luton Town 1-1 (6-5 pens) Coventry City 2024: Southampton 1-0 Leeds United 2025: Sunderland 2-1 Sheffield United 2026: TBD