Football in London

For other uses, seeFootball in London (disambiguation).

AFC Wimbledon

Arsenal

Brentford

Charlton

Wealdstone

Barnet

Dag & Red

Bromley

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Leyton Orient

Millwall

QPR

Sutton United

Tottenham Hotspur

Wembley Stadium

West Ham

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As of the2024–25 season,there are seventeen teams playing in professional leagues inLondon:seven play in thePremier League,six inthe Football League,four in theNational League.Wembley Stadiumis also marked.

Association footballis the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, inLondon.London has several of England's leading men's football clubs. The city is the home of seventeen men's professional clubs, several dozen men's semi-professional clubs and several hundred men's amateur clubs regulated by theLondon Football Association,Middlesex County Football Association,Surrey County Football Associationand theAmateur Football Alliance.Most London clubs are named after the district in which they play (or used to play), and sharerivalrieswith each other.

London football teams have won a total of 21English first division titles,41FA Cups,12EFL Cups,8Community Shields,5Football League Championshipsin thePremier Leagueera, 1Club World Cup,2Champions Leagues,5Cup Winners' Cups,4UEFA Cups/Europa Leagues,1Europa Conference League,1Inter-Cities Fairs Cup,2Super Cups,and 2Intertoto Cups.In the1989–90 season,eight of London's professional clubs were in the top tier of English Football at the same time, meaning that 40% of the member clubs of theFirst Divisionthat season were based in one city.

Introduction

Fulhamwas founded in 1879. The club isLondon's oldest football club still playing professionally.Royal Arsenalwere London's first club to turn professional in 1891. The club became Woolwich Arsenal in 1893 and then became Arsenal Football Club in 1913. Arsenal are only the second English club (afterPreston North Endof1888–89),and the only London club to go anentire League season unbeaten,in the2003–04 season.Arsenal have won TheFA Cupa record 14 times; they were the first London team to win theFootball League First Divisionin the1930–31 seasonand the first London club to win thePremier Leaguein the1997–98 season.They were also the first London club to reach theEuropean Cup/UEFA Champions League final,which they did in the2005–06 season,though losing1–2toBarcelona.

Chelseais the only club from London to win theUEFA Champions League,securing the title in both2012and2021.On 15 May 2013, Chelsea won theUEFA Europa Leagueto become thefourth cluband the first British side to win all three main UEFA club competitions. Chelsea are also the only London club to have participated in and win theFIFA Club World Cupin2021,beatingPalmeirasin thefinal.Previously, they wererunners-upin2012,losing toCorinthians.

Tottenham Hotspurwere the first British club to win a European trophy, winning theCup Winners Cupin1963.Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are traditionally London's most successful teams. Between them, they have won a total of 103 titles and trophies.Wembley Stadium,England'snational stadium,is in London. The site of the1966 World Cup Finaland numerous European cup finals, it is the home venue of theEngland national football teamand has traditionally hosted the FA CupFinalsince1923.

History

The playing of team ball games (almost certainly including football) was first recorded in London by William FitzStephen around 1174–1183. He described the activities of London youths during the annual festival ofShrove Tuesday.

"After lunch all of the city's youth would go out into the fields to take part in a ball game. The students of each school have their own ball; the workers from each city craft are also carrying their balls. Older citizens, fathers, and the wealthy would come on horseback to watch their juniors competing, and to relive their own youth vicariously: you can see their inner passions aroused as they watch the action and get caught up in the fun being had by the carefree adolescents."

Regular references to the game occurred throughout the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, including the first reference to the word "football" in English when it was outlawed by KingHenry IV of Englandin 1409. Early games were probably disorganised and violent. In the sixteenth century, the headmaster ofSt Paul's SchoolRichard Mulcasteris credited with takingmob footballand transforming it into organised and refereed team football. In 1581 he wrote about his game of football, which included smaller teams, referees, set positions and even a coach.

Royal Engineers A.F.C.,1872.

The modern game of football was first codified in 1863 in London and subsequently spread worldwide. Key to the establishment of the modern game was LondonerEbenezer Cobb Morleywho was a founding member ofthe Football Association,the oldest football organisation in the world. Morley wrote to theBell's Lifenewspaper proposing a governing body for football which led directly to the first meeting at theFreemasons' Tavernin central London of the FA. He wrote the first set of rules of true modernfootballat his house inBarnes.The modern passing form of the game was invented in London in the early 1870s by theRoyal Engineers A.F.C.(albeit the club were based inChatham, Kent).

Prior to the first meeting of the Football Association in the Freemasons' Tavern inGreat Queen Street,London on 26 October 1863, there were no universally accepted rules for the playing of the game of football. The founder members present at the first meeting wereBarnes,Civil Service,Crusaders,Forest of Leytonstone (later to becomeWanderers),N.N. (No Names) Club(Kilburn), the originalCrystal Palace,Blackheath,Kensington School,Percival House (Blackheath),SurbitonandBlackheath Proprietary School;Charterhousesent its captain, B.F. Hartshorne, but declined the offer to join. All of the 12 founding clubs were from London though many are sincedefunctor now playrugby union.

A rise in the popularity of football in London dates from the end of the 19th century, when a fall in church attendanceleft many people searching for a way to spend their weekend leisure time.In 1882 theLondon Football Associationwas set up. Over the next 25 years clubs sprang up all over the capital, and the majority of these teams are still thriving in the 21st century. Of those clubs currently playing in theFootball League,Fulham is generally considered to be London's oldest, having been founded in 1879.However,Isthmian LeaguesideCray Wanderersis the oldest extant club in all of theGreater Londonarea, having been founded in 1860 inSt Mary Cray| (then part ofKentbut now in theLondon Borough of Bromley).

Just before aNorth London derbybetween Spurs and Arsenal in 2007.

Initially, football in London was dominated by amateur teams, drawing their membership from formerpublic schoolboysbut gradually working-class sides came to the forefront. Royal Arsenal was London's first professional team, becoming so in 1891,a move which saw them boycotted by the amateur London Football Association. Other London clubs soon followed Arsenal's footsteps in turning professional, includingMillwall(1893),Tottenham Hotspur(1895), Fulham (1898) andWest Ham(1898).

In the meantime, Woolwich Arsenal (formerly Royal Arsenal) went on to be the first London club to join the Football League, in 1893. The following year, theSouthern Leaguewas founded and many of its members would go on to join the Football League. In 1901 Tottenham Hotspur became the first club from London to win the FA Cup in the professional era, although it would not be until 1931 that a London side would win the Football League, the team in question being Arsenal (having moved toHighburyin 1913 and dropping the "Woolwich" from their name).

In the1989–90 season,eight of London's professional clubs were in the top tier of English Football at the same time, forming 40% of theFirst Divisionthat season.

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Tottenham

Queens Park Rangers

Wimbledon

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There were eight London clubs in First Division in the1989–90 season

Historically, London clubs have not accumulated as many trophies as those fromNorth West England,such as the 52top-league English championshipswon byLiverpool,Manchester United,EvertonandManchester City;however, in the thirteen consecutive seasons since2005–06,Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham have consistently finished in the top six of the league table (92% top six finishes, after accounting for a Tottenham 8th, a Chelsea 10th and a Tottenham 11th) and are regarded as three of the Premier League's current "big six" alongside Liverpool, Manchester United, and Manchester City. In the two seasons immediately proceeding the start of this top six run, Arsenal and Chelsea became the first pair of London clubs to finish first and second in the top flight, with Arsenal winning in2003–04,and Chelsea winning in2004–05.The2009–10 seasonsaw Chelsea (1st), Arsenal (3rd) and Tottenham (4th) all finish in the top four, qualifying all three of these London teams into the sameUEFA Champions Leaguecompetition.

Before the1996–97 season,when Chelsea started its run of consistent high finishes, the two highest profile London clubs were Arsenal and their long-standingNorth London rivalsTottenham Hotspur, both of whom were considered to be members of English football's "big five" (with Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton) for much of the post-war period. As of the end of the2021–22 season,all three clubs were in the top ten in the all-time top-flight table for England – Arsenal at second overall, Tottenham at seventh overall and Chelsea at eighth overall.

Clubs

The table below lists all London clubs in the top eight tiers of theEnglish football league system:from the top division (the Premier League), down to Step 4 of theNational League System.League status is correct for the2024–25 season.

Club	Stadium	Capacity	Founded	Notes
Premier League(1)
Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	60,704	1886	Originally based inWoolwich.First London club to becomeEnglish League Champions,in 1931. RecordFA Cupwinners with 14 titles. Went unbeaten in theleaguein the2003–04 season,becoming only the second team to do so afterPreston North End.
Brentford	Brentford Community Stadium	18,250	1889	Founded as Brentford Rowing Club. Played atGriffin Parkfrom 1904 to 2020 before moving grounds.
Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	40,343	1905	Won the last ever FA Cup final at theold Wembleyin2000and first at thenew stadiumin2007.The onlyLondonclub to win theChampions League,Super Cupand theClub World Cup.
Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	25,486	1905	ACrystal Palaceteam established in 1861 wereFAfounder members.
Fulham	Craven Cottage	29,600	1879	London's first professional club in theFootball League.
Tottenham Hotspur	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	62,850	1882	The only non-league team to win theFA Cup(in 1901) after the founding of the Football League. The first London club (as well as the first English club) to win a European trophy, theUEFA Cup Winners' Cupin1963.Also, inaugural winner of theUEFA Cup/Europa Leaguein1972.
West Ham United	London Stadium	62,500	1895	Founded asThames Ironworks.Played at theBoleyn Groundfrom 1904 to 2016, before moving toStratford.The only English club to win theUEFA Conference League.
EFL Championship(2)
Millwall	The Den	20,146	1885	Founded in East London on theIsle of Dogs,moved south across the river toBermondseyin 1910.
Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	18,439	1882	The team was renamed Queens Park Rangers in 1886 after the merger of St Jude's (formed in 1884) and Christchurch Rangers (formed 1882).
EFL League One(3)
Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111	1905	WonFA Cupin1947.Have ground-shared atSelhurst Parkand theBoleyn Ground.
Leyton Orient	Brisbane Road	9,271	1881	Leyton Orient was originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club.
EFL League Two(4)
AFC Wimbledon	Plough Lane	9,300	2002	Formed by fans ofWimbledonin protest after the club announcedrelocation to Milton Keynes.Starting at the ninth level of the football pyramid, they won promotion to theFootball Leaguein2011.
Bromley	Hayes Lane	5,150	1892	Won theFA Trophyin 2022.
National League(5)
Barnet	The Hive Stadium	5,100	1888	First London team to be promoted from theFootball Conferenceinto theFootball League,in 1991.
Dagenham & Redbridge	Victoria Road	6,078	1992	Formed through a merger ofDagenham(formed in 1949) andRedbridge Forest(1979).
Sutton United	Gander Green Lane	5,013	1898	The2021–22 seasonwas Sutton's first season in theFootball League.
Wealdstone	Grosvenor Vale	4,085	1899	First evernon-Leagueteam to achieve the double ofFA TrophyandFootball Conferencetitle in the same season, in 1985.
National League South(6)
Enfield Town	Queen Elizabeth II Stadium	2,500	2001	Founded by supporters ofEnfieldprotest against the club owners' actions.
Hampton & Richmond Borough	Beveree Stadium	3,500	1921	Known as Hampton FC until 1999.
Hornchurch	Hornchurch Stadium	3,500	2005	Founded as successors toHornchurch F.C.Renamed from AFC Hornchuch to Hornchuch FC in 2019
Welling United	Park View Road	3,500	1963	Took over the ground that used to be played on by defunct clubBexley United.
Isthmian League Premier Division(7)
Carshalton Athletic	War Memorial Sports Ground	5,000	1905
Cheshunt	Theobalds Lane	3,000	1946
Cray Valley Paper Mills	Badgers Sports Ground	1,000	1919
Cray Wanderers	Flamingo Park	3,252	1860
Dulwich Hamlet	Champion Hill	3,000	1893
Hendon	Silver Jubilee Park	1,990	1908
Wingate & Finchley	The Maurice Rebak Stadium	1,500	1991	Formed afterFinchleyandWingatemerged.
Southern Football League Premier Division South(7)
Hanwell Town	Reynolds Field	3,000	1920
Hayes & Yeading United	SkyEx Community Stadium	2,500	2007	Formed through a merger ofHayesandYeading.
Isthmian League Division One North(8)
Redbridge	Oakside Stadium	3,000	1959
Romford	Mayesbrook Park	2,500	1992	Groundsharing atBarking.
Sporting Bengal United	Mile End Stadium	2,000	1996
Walthamstow	Wadham Lodge	3,500	1868
Isthmian League Division One SouthCentral (8)
Hanworth Villa	Rectory Meadow	1,000	1976
Haringey Borough	Coles Park	2,500	1973
Harrow Borough	Earlsmead Stadium	3,070	1933
Kingstonian	Prince George's Playing Fields	1,500	1885	Currently groundsharing atRaynes Park Vale
Metropolitan Police	Imber Court	3,000	1919	Founded by officers and staff of theMetropolitan Police
Northwood	Acretweed Stadium	3,075	1926
Rayners Lane	Tithe Farm Social Club	1,000	1933
Raynes Park Vale	Prince George's Playing Fields	1,500	1995
Southall	The 1878 Stadium	2,500	1871	Groundsharing atBurnham
Sutton Common Rovers	War Memorial Sports Ground	5,000	1978	Groundsharing atCarshalton Athletic
Uxbridge	Honeycroft	3,770	1871
Isthmian League Division One South East(8)
AFC Croydon Athletic	Mayfield Stadium	3,000	2012	Founded as successors toCroydon Athletic F.C.in 2012
Beckenham Town	Eden Park Avenue	4,000	1971
Erith Town	Bayliss Avenue	6,000	1959	Groundsharing atSporting Club Thamesmead
Phoenix Sports	Phoenix Sports Ground	2,000	1935
Southern Football League Division One Central(8)
Enfield	Hertingfordbury Park	2,500	2007	Groundsharing atHertford Town
Hadley	Brickfield Lane	2,000	1882
Northwood	Skyline Roofing Stadium	3,076	1926

Below the eighth tier, numerous London clubs are represented within theCombined Counties League(SW),Essex Senior League(NE),Southern Counties East Football League(SE) and theSpartan South Midlands League(NW).

Defunct clubs

Club	Stadium	Founded	Dissolved/ Merged	Notes
Casuals	?	1878	1939	Founder members of theIsthmian Leaguein 1905 and won theFA Amateur Cupin 1936. Merged withCorinthianto formCorinthian-Casuals.
Clapham Rovers	Clapham Common	1869	1911	FormerFA Cupwinners. Scorers of the first ever FA Cup goal.
Corinthian	Queen's Club, Crystal Palace, Leyton	1882	1939	Rarely partook in competitive matches yet defeated many strong teams, often by a wide margin – e.g.FA CupholdersBlackburn Rovers8–1 (1884) andBury FC10-3 (1903). Merged withCasualsto formCorinthian-Casuals.
Croydon Athletic	KT Stadium	1986	2011/2012	Supporters of the defunct club and some of the old club management and officials formed a new member owned, fan owned, club —AFC Croydon Athletic.
Croydon Common	Croydon Common Athletic Ground	1897	1917	The onlySouthern League Division Oneclub not to return to playing football afterWorld War I.
Croydon Municipal	Croydon Arena	2009	2010	Offshoot ofCroydon FC.Withdrew from the league at the conclusion of their first season.
Ealing	Various inWest London,includingWembley Stadium	1905	2013	Founding Member of the Ishmian League. Southern Amateur League and Amateur Cup double in 1927. Folded due to demise of long term team officials and increased costs. First amateur team to play at Wembley. Played 8 home games there in 1928.
Edgware Town	White Lion Ground (Now at Silver Jubilee Park, Kingsbury)	1939	2008 (Reformed 2014)	At the end of the 2007–08 season, Edgware Town were forced to resign from the Isthmian League Division One North when lack of funds meant that the club were unable to confirm a new ground for the following season after their lease at the White Lion ground had expired.
Fisher Athletic	Champion Hill	1908	2009	Once tenants ofDulwich Hamlet.A new fan-owned club,Fisher F.C.,was formed.
Hayes	Church Road	1909	2007	Merged withYeadingto formHayes & Yeading United.
Leyton	Leyton Stadium	1868	2011	In January 2011, after a short suspension from the league for not paying its subscription, the club was forced to withdraw from the Isthmian League Division One North division due to debt.
London XI	Multiple	1955	1958	Created specifically to take part in theInter-Cities Fairs Cupbetween 1955 and 1958, reaching the final
Nunhead	Brown's Ground (also known as 'Nunhead Sports Ground')	1888	1949, with day-to-day operations ceasing at the end of the 1940–41 season	Founded as Wingfield House Football Club in 1888, the name was changed to Nunhead F.C. in 1904.
Thames	West Ham Stadium	1928	1932	Members of theFootball Leaguebetween 1930 and 1932.
Upton Park	West Ham Park	1866	1911	Represented Great Britain at the1900 Summer Olympicsfootball tournament, winning the gold medal.
Wanderers	The Ovaland others	1859	c. 1887	Winners of the first everFA Cup.
Wimbledon	Plough Lane,Selhurst Park	1889	2004	Moved to Milton Keynes in 2003, renamedMilton Keynes Donsin 2004.AFC Wimbledonformed in 2002 by the majority of its former fans.
Yeading	The Warren	1960	2007	Merged withHayesto formHayes & Yeading United.

There are also a huge number of minor London clubs playing outside the top eight levels of English football.Hackney Marshesin east London, home to many amateur sides, is reportedly the single largest collection offootball pitchesin the world, with 100 separate pitches.

Popularity

Manyassociation footballclubs fromLondonare also successful on social media with a large international fanbase. Three of the top 20 most popular sports clubs on Instagram in the world, as of 23 November 2023, are fromLondon:

#	Sports club	Sport	Country	Followers
1	Real Madrid	Football	Spain	149 million
2	FC Barcelona	Football	Spain	124 million
3	Paris Saint-Germain	Football	France	65.7 million
4	Manchester United	Football	United Kingdom	63.1 million
5	Juventus	Football	Italy	59.8 million
6	Manchester City	Football	United Kingdom	49.4 million
7	Liverpool	Football	United Kingdom	43.6 million
8	Chelsea	Football	United Kingdom	41.4 million
9	Bayern Munich	Football	Germany	40.8 million
10	Golden State Warriors	Basketball	United States	32.1 million
11	Arsenal	Football	United Kingdom	28.2 million
12	Los Angeles Lakers	Basketball	United States	23.6 million
13	Borussia Dortmund	Football	Germany	19.3 million
14	Cleveland Cavaliers	Basketball	United States	16.5 million
15	Tottenham Hotspur	Football	United Kingdom	16.5 million
16	Atlético Madrid	Football	Spain	16.3 million
17	Inter Miami	Football	United States	15.4 million
18	AC Milan	Football	Italy	15.3 million
19	Galatasaray	Football	Turkey	14.4 million
20	Mumbai Indians	Cricket	India	13 million

Most successful clubs overall (1871–present)

Team	English Football Champions	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Championship	Domestic Total	European Cup / Champions League	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	UEFA Cup / Europa League	UEFA Conference League	UEFA Super Cup	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Fairs Cup	Intercontinental Cup/FIFA Club World Cup	European / Worldwide Total	Total
Arsenal	13	14	2	–	29	–	1	–	–	–	–	(1)*	–	1	31
Chelsea	6	8	5	2	25	2	2	2	–	2	–	–	1	9	28
Tottenham Hotspur	2	8	4	2	23	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	3	19
West Ham United	–	3	–	2	6	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	–	3	9
Wanderers	–	5	–	-	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
Fulham	–	–	–	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	4
Queens Park Rangers	–	–	1	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Charlton Athletic	–	1	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Crystal Palace	–	-	–	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Clapham Rovers	–	1	–	-	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Wimbledon	–	1	–	-	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Brentford	–	-	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Millwall	–	-	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1

The figures in bold represent the most times this competition has been won by an English team.
Shared Community Shield results listed as wins.
* TheInter-Cities Fairs Cupis not considered a UEFA competition,and hence Arsenal's record in the Fairs Cup is not considered part of its European record (although they won it in1970,at a time when participationwasbased on league position).

Most supported clubs by Londoners

2024 YouGov poll

Percentage of fans polled who live in London (YouGov,2024)
Club	%	Sample
Arsenal	33%	3,020
Aston Villa	8%	933
Bournemouth	13%	277
Brentford	53%	215
Brighton & Hove Albion	5%	546
Burnley	1%	219
Chelsea	38%	1,629
Crystal Palace	41%	421
Everton	6%	666
Fulham	49%	194
Liverpool	11%	2,936
Luton Town	3%	177
Manchester City	18%	1,290
Manchester United	13%	3,879
Newcastle United	2%	1,554
Nottingham Forest	2%	555
Sheffield United	2%	298
Tottenham Hotspur	22%	1,836
West Ham United	23%	1,078
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4%	502

Domestic honours

English football champions

• Titles (clubs): 21 (3)
• Runners-up (clubs): 21 (5)

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Arsenal	13	10	1930–31,1932–33,1933–34,1934–35,1937–38,1947–48,1952–53,1970–71,1988–89,1990–91,1997–98,2001–02,2003–04
Chelsea	6	4	1954–55,2004–05,2005–06,2009–10,2014–15,2016–17
Tottenham Hotspur	2	5	1950–51,1960–61
Queens Park Rangers	–	1
Charlton Athletic	–	1

Outside of those five, the highest league positions of London clubs which have played in the top-flight are 2rdQueens Park Rangers,3rd (Crystal Palace,West Ham United), 5th (Brentford), 6th (Wimbledon), 7th (Fulham), 10th (Millwall), and 22nd (Leyton Orient).

FA Cup

There have been seven all-London FA Cup finals the first being in 1967 between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. Arsenal have won three all-London affairs, Spurs and West Ham both two. Chelsea have featured in four (a joint record with Arsenal) losing all four.

ArsenalplayingChelsea- two of London's most successful FA Cup teams.

FA Cup finals between London clubs

Final No.	Season	Winners	Score	Runners–up	Venue	Attendance
86th	1966–67	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Chelsea	Wembley Stadium(original)	100,000
94th	1974–75	West Ham United	2–0	Fulham	Wembley Stadium(original)	100,000
99th	1979–80	West Ham United	1–0	Arsenal	Wembley Stadium(original)	100,000
101st	1981–82	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 1–0(Replay)	Queens Park Rangers	Wembley Stadium(original)	100,000, 90,000 (Replay)
121st	2001–02	Arsenal	2–0	Chelsea	Millennium Stadium	73,963
136th	2016–17	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	Wembley Stadium(new)	89,472
139th	2019–20	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	Wembley Stadium(new)	0[B]

• Titles (clubs): 41 (8)
• Runners-up (clubs): 25 (10)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Arsenal	14	7	1930,1936,1950,1971,1979,1993,1998,2002,2003,2005, 2014,2015,2017,2020	1927,1932,1952,1972,1978,1980,2001
Chelsea	8	8	1970,1997,2000,2007,2009,2010,2012,2018	1915,1967,1994,2002,2017,2020,2021,2022
Tottenham Hotspur	8	1	1901,1921,1961,1962,1967,1981,1982,1991	1987
Wanderers	5	0	1872,1873,1876,1877,1878	—
West Ham United	3	2	1964,1975,1980	1923,2006
Charlton Athletic	1	1	1947	1946
Clapham Rovers	1	1	1880	1879
Wimbledon	1	0	1988	—
Crystal Palace	0	2	—	1990,2016
Fulham	0	1	—	1975
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	—	1982
Millwall	0	1	—	2004

EFL Cup

EFL Cup finals between London clubs

Final No.	Season	Winners	Score	Runners–up	Venue	Attendance
47th	2006–07	Chelsea	2–1	Arsenal	Millennium Stadium	70,073
48th	2007–08	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1(a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Wembley Stadium(new)	87,660
55th	2014–15	Chelsea	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley Stadium(new)	89,294

• Titles (clubs): 12 (4)
• Runners-up (clubs): 19 (5)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Chelsea	5	4	1965,1998,2005,2007,2015	1972,2008,2019,2022,2024
Tottenham Hotspur	4	5	1971,1973,1999,2008	1982,2002,2009,2015,2021
Arsenal	2	6	1987,1993	1968,1969,1988,2007,2011,2018
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	1967	1986
West Ham United	0	2	—	1966,1981

FA Community Shield

Community Shields between London clubs

Final No.	Season	Winners	Score	Runners–up	Venue	Attendance
69th	1991	Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur	0–0		Wembley Stadium(original)	65,483
83rd	2005	Chelsea	2–1	Arsenal	Millennium Stadium	58,014
93rd	2015	Arsenal	1–0	Chelsea	Wembley Stadium(new)	85,437
95th	2017	Arsenal	1–1(4–1p)	Chelsea	Wembley Stadium(new)	83,325

• Titles (clubs): 27(4)
• Runners-up (clubs): 24 (7)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won (* denotes shared)	Years runner-up
Arsenal	16	7	1930,1931,1933,1934,1938,1948,1953,1991*,1998,1999,2002,2004,2014,2015,2017,2020	1935,1936,1979,1989,1993,2003,2005
Tottenham Hotspur	7	2	1921,1951,1961,1962,1967*,1981*,1991*	1920,1982
Chelsea	4	9	1955,2000,2005,2009	1970,1997,2006,2007,2010,2012,2015,2017,2018
West Ham United	1	2	1964*	1975,1980
Queens Park Rangers	0	2		1908,1912
Corinthian	0	1		1927
Wimbledon	0	1		1988

Second Division / Championship (Tier 2)

• Titles (clubs): 16 (9)
• Runners-up (clubs): 18 (9)

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Fulham	3	1	1948–49,2000–01,2021–22
Chelsea	2	5	1983–84,1988–89
West Ham United	2	3	1957–58,1980–81
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	1919–20,1949–50
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	1982–83,2010–11
Crystal Palace	2	1	1978–79,1993–94
Charlton Athletic	1	2	1999–2000
Brentford	1	–	1934–35
Millwall	1	–	1987–88
Arsenal	–	1
Leyton Orient	–	1

London football in Europe

• Titles (clubs): 14 (5)
• Runners-up (clubs): 8 (6)

UEFA Champions League

• Titles (clubs): 2 (1)
• Runners-up (clubs): 3 (3)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Chelsea	2	1	2012,2021	2008
Arsenal	0	1	–	2006
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	–	2019

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

• Titles (clubs): 5 (4)
• Runners-up (clubs): 3 (2)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Chelsea	2	0	1971,1998	–
Arsenal	1	2	1994	1980,1995
West Ham United	1	1	1965	1976
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1963	–

UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League

• Titles (clubs): 4 (2)
• Runners-up (clubs): 4 (3)

UEFA Europa League finals between London clubs

Final No.	Season	Winners	Score	Runners–up	Venue	Attendance
48th	2018–19	Chelsea	4–1	Arsenal	Baku Olympic Stadium	51,370

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1972,1984	1974
Chelsea	2	0	2013,2019	–
Arsenal	0	2	–	2000,2019
Fulham	0	1	–	2010

UEFA Conference League

• Titles (clubs): 1 (1)
• Runners-up (clubs): 0 (0)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
West Ham United	1	0	2023	–

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

• Titles (clubs): 1 (1)
• Runners-up (clubs): 1 (1)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Arsenal	1	0	1970	–
London XI	0	1	–	1958

UEFA Super Cup

• Titles (clubs): 2 (1)
• Runners-up (clubs): 4 (2)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Chelsea	2	3	1998,2021	2012,2013,2019
Arsenal	0	1	–	1994

UEFA Intertoto Cup

• Titles (clubs): 2 (2)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won
West Ham United	1	0	1999
Fulham	1	0	2002

London football in FIFA Club World Cup

• Titles (clubs): 1 (1)
• Runners-up (clubs): 1 (1)

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Chelsea	1	1	2021	2012

London derbies

Main article:London derbies

Stadium

Wembley Stadium

TheWembley StadiuminLondon,England.

Main article:Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium,in north-west London, is the national football stadium, and is traditionally the home of theFA Cup Finalas well asEngland's home internationals. Theoriginal stadium of the same namewas closed in 2000 in order to be demolished and completely rebuilt, and reopened in 2007; during the closureCardiff'sMillennium Stadiumwas the venue for cup finals, while England played at various venues around the country. Wembley was one of the venues for the1966 FIFA World Cup,as well asUEFA Euro 1996and2020,hosting the final of all three tournaments. It also was the venue for theEuropean Cupfinal in 1968, 1978, 1992, 2011 and 2013. With a 90,000-capacity, it isthe second largest stadium in Europe.

Other stadiums

Most clubs in London have their own stadium, although some clubs share, and some clubs may temporarily take up a tenancy at another's ground due to their own ground being redeveloped. The largest operational football stadium in London apart from Wembley isTottenham Hotspur Stadium,with a capacity of 62,850. Other large stadiums include West Ham United'sLondon Stadium(62,500), Arsenal'sEmirates Stadium(60,704) and Chelsea'sStamford Bridge(40,343). There are 10 stadiums in London (apart from Wembley) with capacities over 18,000.

Administration

London is the location of the headquarters ofthe Football Association,at Wembley Stadium (formerlySoho SquareandLancaster Gate), while the Premier League's offices are located inMarylebone.The Football League maintains its headquarters inPreston,although its commercial offices are based in Marylebone as well.

See also

• Sport in London
• Football in England
• List of football clubs in England by competitive honours won