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List Of Cymru Premier Clubs

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 been restructured since and has 12 member clubs in the 2024–25 season. Although it is the highest level of the Welsh football league system, the Welsh Premier League does not include the country's four largest professional clubs, Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham and Newport County; for historical reasons these clubs all play within the English league system. As of 2024, The New Saints, who have played in Oswestry in England since 2005, are the only full-time professional team in the league. Many of the clubs that have played in the league were founded in the 19th century and spent a century or more playing in regional leagues before the creation of the League of Wales in 1992.

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 Founded First season Most recent season Total seasons Best finish Times champions 2023–24 status Ref(s).
Abergavenny Thursdays 1927 1992–93 1992–93 1 20th Defunct; folded in 2013
Aberystwyth Town 1884 1992–93 2023–24 32 4th Playing in Cymru Premier
Afan Lido 1967 1992–93 2013–14 14 2nd Playing in Cymru South
Airbus UK Broughton 1946 2004–05 2022–23 15 2nd Playing in Cymru North
Bala Town 1880 2009–10 2023–24 15 2nd Playing in Cymru Premier
Bangor City 1876 1992–93 2017–18 26 1st 3 Inactive
Barry Town United 1912 1994–95 2023–24 15 1st 7 Playing in Cymru Premier
Briton Ferry Athletic 1925 1992–93 1996–97 4 17th Merged with Llansawel in 2009 to form Briton Ferry Llansawel
Caernarfon Town 1937 1995–96 2023–24 19 5th Playing in Cymru Premier
Caersws 1887 1992–93 2009–10 18 4th Playing in Cymru North
Cardiff Grange Harlequins 1935 2005–06 2005–06 1 18th Defunct; folded in 2015
Cardiff Metropolitan University 2000 1992–93 2023–24 17 2nd Playing in Cymru Premier
Carmarthen Town 1950 1996–97 2019–20 24 3rd Playing in Cymru South
Cefn Druids 1872 1999–2000 2021–22 18 5th Inactive
Cemaes Bay 1976 1995–96 1997–98 3 12th Playing in North Wales Coast West Football League
Colwyn Bay 1881 2023–24 2023–24 1 Playing in Cymru Premier
Connah's Quay Nomads 1946 1992–93 2023–24 30 1st 1 Playing in Cymru Premier
Conwy Borough 1977 1992–93 1999–2000 8 3rd Playing in Ardal NW
Cwmbran Town 1951 1992–93 2006–07 15 1st 1 Playing in Gwent County League Premier Division
Ebbw Vale 1888 1992–93 1997–98 6 3rd Defunct; folded in 1998
Flint Town United 1886 1992–93 2022–23 8 4th Playing in Cymru North
Haverfordwest County 1899 1992–93 2023–24 20 2nd Playing in Cymru Premier
Holywell Town 1880 1992–93 1998–99 6 5th Playing in Cymru North
Llandudno 1878 2015–16 2018–19 4 3rd Playing in Cymru North
Llanelli Town 1896 1992–93 2018–19 18 1st 1 Playing in Cymru South
Llangefni Town 1897 2007–08 2007–08 1 18th Playing in Ardal NW
Llanidloes Town 1875 1992–93 1992–93 1 19th Playing in Cymru North
Maesteg Park Athletic 1945 1992–93 1994–95 3 15th Defunct; folded in 2010
Mold Alexandra 1929 1992–93 1994–95 3 13th Playing in Cymru North
Neath 1922 2007–08 2011–12 5 3rd Defunct; folded in 2012
The New Saints 1959 1993–94 2023–24 31 1st 13 Playing in Cymru Premier
Newtown 1875 1992–93 2023–24 32 2nd Playing in Cymru Premier
Oswestry Town 2003 2000–01 2002–03 3 15th Merged with The New Saints in 2003
Penybont 2013 2019–20 2023–24 4 3rd Playing in Cymru Premier
Pontypridd United 1992 2022–23 2023–24 2 8th Playing in Cymru Premier
Port Talbot Town 1901 2000–01 2015–16 16 3rd Playing in Ardal SW
Porthmadog 1884 1992–93 2009–10 13 9th Playing in Cymru North
Prestatyn Town 1910 2008–09 2014–15 7 5th Playing in Cymru North
Rhayader Town 2007 1997–98 2001–02 5 12th Playing in Central Wales Football League Southern Division
Rhyl 1878 1994–95 2016–17 20 1st 2 Defunct; folded in 2020
Welshpool Town 1877 1996–97 2009–10 10 4th Playing in Ardal NE
Ton Pentre 1896 1993–94 1996–97 4 3rd Playing in South Wales Alliance League Premier Division

Notes

  1. Known as Airbus UK until 2007
  2. Known as Cemaes Ynys Mon from 1997 until 1998
  3. Known as Flexsys Cefn Druids until 2003, NEWI Cefn Druids from 2003 until 2009, and Elements Cefn Druids from 2009 until 2010
  4. Known as Gap Connah's Quay from 2008 to 2017
  5. Known as MBi Llandudno from 2015 to 2016
  6. Known as Neath Athletic until 2008
  7. Known as Port Talbot Athletic until 2001
  8. Known as Technogroup Welshpool between 2009 and 2011
  9. Known as Llansantffraid until 1997 and Total Network Solutions from 1997 until 2006. Merged with fellow Welsh Premier League club Oswestry Town in 2003, continuing under the Total Network Solutions name.
  10. Inter Cardiff played in the Welsh Premier League until 2000, but was known as Inter Cable Tel from 1996 until 1999. In 2000 the club merged with UWIC of the Welsh Football League to form UWIC Inter Cardiff and continued to play in the Welsh Premier League. The club adopted its current name in 2012.

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