The Cymru Premier is an association football league based in Wales. Formed in 1992 as the League of Wales, it was the first national football league in the country. The competition changed its name to the Welsh Premier League in 2002 and then to the Cymru Premier in 2019. In its inaugural season 20 teams played in the league, but it has since been significantly restructured and had 12 member clubs in the 2018–19 season. Although it is the highest level of the Welsh football league system, the Welsh Premier League has never included the country's major professional clubs, Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham and Newport County. For historical reasons these clubs all play within the English league system. Instead the Welsh Premier League consists primarily of clubs from large towns (like Barry and Bridgend) and some smaller towns (like Bala), and the majority of the players are semi-professional. As of 2013, The New Saints, who have played in Oswestry in England since 2005, were the only full-time professional team in the league.

Since its formation, 42 clubs have taken part in the league. The only clubs to have played in the league in every season since it was formed are Aberystwyth Town and Newtown. Conversely two other founder members, Abergavenny Thursdays and Llanidloes Town, were relegated at the end of the league's inaugural season and have never returned. Two other clubs, Llangefni Town and Cardiff Grange Harlequins, have spent only a single season in the league. The most recent team to make its debut in the league was Colwyn Bay, who gained promotion to the league for the first time in 2023. A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Cymru Premier and the two regional leagues at the second level of the Welsh league system, the Cymru North in the northern half of the country and the Cymru South in the southern half.

Clubs

The table shows the first and most recent season in which each club competed in the league up to and including the 2023–24 season. Some clubs' membership was intermittent between their first and last season. The name shown for each club is the most recent, and the table is initially sorted in alphabetical order of these names. Any other names under which the club played in the league are shown in footnotes. A dagger symbol (†) indicates that the club was a founder member of the league.

List of Cymru Premier clubs

Club	First season	Most recent season	Total seasons	Best finish	Times champions	2023–24 status	Ref(s).
Abergavenny Thursdays †	1992–93	1992–93	1	20th	–	Defunct; folded in 2013
Aberystwyth Town †	1992–93	2023–24	32	4th	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Afan Lido †	1992–93	2013–14	14	2nd	–	Playing in Cymru South
Airbus UK Broughton	2004–05	2022–23	15	2nd	–	Playing in Cymru North
Bala Town	2009–10	2023–24	15	2nd	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Bangor City †	1992–93	2017–18	26	1st	3	Inactive
Barry Town United	1994–95	2023–24	15	1st	7	Playing in Cymru Premier
Briton Ferry Athletic †	1992–93	1996–97	4	17th	–	Merged with Llansawel in 2009 to form Briton Ferry Llansawel
Caernarfon Town	1995–96	2023–24	19	5th	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Caersws †	1992–93	2009–10	18	4th	–	Playing in Cymru North
Cardiff Grange Harlequins	2005–06	2005–06	1	18th	–	Defunct; folded in 2015
Cardiff Metropolitan University †	1992–93	2023–24	17	2nd	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Carmarthen Town	1996–97	2019–20	24	3rd	–	Playing in Cymru South
Cefn Druids	1999–2000	2021–22	18	5th	–	Inactive
Cemaes Bay	1995–96	1997–98	3	12th	–	Playing in North Wales Coast West Football League
Colwyn Bay	2023–24	2023–24	1	–	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Connah's Quay Nomads †	1992–93	2023–24	30	1st	1	Playing in Cymru Premier
Conwy Borough †	1992–93	1999–2000	8	3rd	–	Playing in Ardal NW
Cwmbran Town †	1992–93	2006–07	15	1st	1	Playing in Gwent County League Premier Division
Ebbw Vale †	1992–93	1997–98	6	3rd	–	Defunct; folded in 1998
Flint Town United †	1992–93	2022–23	8	4th	–	Playing in Cymru North
Haverfordwest County †	1992–93	2023–24	20	2nd	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Holywell Town †	1992–93	1998–99	6	5th	–	Playing in Cymru North
Llandudno	2015–16	2018–19	4	3rd	–	Playing in Cymru North
Llanelli Town †	1992–93	2018–19	18	1st	1	Playing in Cymru South
Llangefni Town	2007–08	2007–08	1	18th	–	Playing in Ardal NW
Llanidloes Town †	1992–93	1992–93	1	19th	–	Playing in Cymru North
Maesteg Park Athletic †	1992–93	1994–95	3	15th	–	Defunct; folded in 2010
Mold Alexandra †	1992–93	1994–95	3	13th	–	Playing in Cymru North
Neath	2007–08	2011–12	5	3rd	–	Defunct; folded in 2012
The New Saints	1993–94	2023–24	31	1st	13	Playing in Cymru Premier
Newtown †	1992–93	2023–24	32	2nd	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Oswestry Town	2000–01	2002–03	3	15th	–	Merged with The New Saints in 2003
Penybont	2019–20	2023–24	4	3rd	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Pontypridd United	2022–23	2023–24	2	8th	–	Playing in Cymru Premier
Port Talbot Town	2000–01	2015–16	16	3rd	–	Playing in Ardal SW
Porthmadog †	1992–93	2009–10	13	9th	–	Playing in Cymru North
Prestatyn Town	2008–09	2014–15	7	5th	–	Playing in Cymru North
Rhayader Town	1997–98	2001–02	5	12th	–	Playing in Central Wales Football League Southern Division
Rhyl	1994–95	2016–17	20	1st	2	Defunct; folded in 2020
Welshpool Town	1996–97	2009–10	10	4th	–	Playing in Ardal NE
Ton Pentre	1993–94	1996–97	4	3rd	–	Playing in South Wales Alliance League Premier Division