List of professional sports teams in the United Kingdom

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	Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium	60,704
Aston Villa	Birmingham	Villa Park	42,657
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	11,307
Brentford	London (Brentford)	Brentford Community Stadium	17,250
Brighton & Hove Albion	Falmer	Falmer Stadium	31,800
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,944
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge	40,343
Crystal Palace	London (Selhurst)	Selhurst Park	25,486
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	Goodison Park	39,414
Fulham	London (Fulham)	Craven Cottage	22,384
Liverpool	Liverpool (Anfield)	Anfield	53,394
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,356
Manchester City	Manchester (Bradford)	City of Manchester Stadium	53,400
Manchester United	Manchester (Old Trafford)	Old Trafford	74,310
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St James' Park	52,305
Nottingham Forest	West Bridgford	City Ground	30,332
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,050
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	62,850
West Ham United	London (Stratford)	London Stadium	62,500
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux Stadium	31,750

EFL Championship

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,409
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate Stadium	27,000
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Coventry City	Coventry	Coventry Building Society Arena	32,609
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	MKM Stadium	25,586
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	29,673
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	37,608
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,262
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Millwall	London (South Bermondsey)	The Den	20,146
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	27,359
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	17,900
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,404
Queens Park Rangers	London (White City)	Loftus Road	18,439
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	39,732
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,384
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	bet365 Stadium	30,089
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Swansea City	Swansea	Swansea.com Stadium	21,088
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	22,200
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,850

EFL League One

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	17,338
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich	Toughsheet Community Stadium	28,723
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	9,832
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Cambridge United	Cambridge	Abbey Stadium	8,127
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	17,949
Charlton Athletic	London (Charlton)	The Valley	27,111
Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham	Whaddon Road	7,066
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,600
Exeter City	Exeter	St. James Park	8,720
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	Highbury Stadium	5,327
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,780
Northampton Town	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	7,798
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road	15,314
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,620
Port Vale	Burslem	Vale Park	15,036
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	New Meadow	9,875
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	7,800
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,138
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,137

EFL League Two

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,450
AFC Wimbledon	London (Wimbledon)	Plough Lane	9,369
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Holker Street	5,045
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,126
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,105
Crawley Town	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,996
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Gresty Road	10,153
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Forest Green Rovers	Nailsworth	The New Lawn	5,147
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes	Blundell Park	9,052
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Wetherby Road	5,000
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	9,186
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium MK	32,000
Morecambe	Morecambe	Mazuma Stadium	6,476
Newport County	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588
Salford City	Salford	Moor Lane	5,108
Stockport County	Stockport	Edgeley Park	10,852
Sutton United	London (Sutton)	Gander Green Lane	5,032
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	10,771

Scottish Premiership

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium	20,866
Celtic	Glasgow	Celtic Park	60,411
Dundee	Dundee	Dens Park	11,506
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Tynecastle Park	19,852
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
Airdrieonians	Airdrie	Excelsior Stadium	10,101
Arbroath	Arbroath	Gayfield Park	6,600
Ayr United	Ayr	Somerset Park	10,185
Dundee United	Dundee	Tannadice Park	14,223
Dunfermline Athletic	Dunfermline	East End Park	11,480
Greenock Morton	Greenock	Cappielow	11,589
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Inverness	Caledonian Stadium	7,750
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	Firhill Stadium	10,102
Queen's Park	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	3,746
Raith Rovers	Kirkcaldy	Stark's Park	8,867

Women's Super League

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity
Arsenal	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,050
Aston Villa	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Brighton & Hove Albion	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,800
Bristol City	Failand	Robins High Performance Centre	500
Chelsea	Kingston upon Thames	Kingsmeadow	4,850
Everton	Liverpool	Walton Hall Park	2,200
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,212
Liverpool	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,547
Manchester City	Manchester	Academy Stadium	7,000
Manchester United	Leigh	Leigh Sports Village	12,000
Tottenham Hotspur	Leyton	Brisbane Road	9,271
West Ham United	Dagenham	Victoria Road	6,078

Women's Championship

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,902
Blackburn Rovers	Bamber Bridge	Sir Tom Finney Stadium	3,000
Charlton Athletic	Bexley	The Oakwood	1,180
Crystal Palace	Bromley	Hayes Lane	5,000
Durham	Durham	Maiden Castle	1,700
Lewes	Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000
London City Lionesses	Dartford	Princes Park	4,100
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,050
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,384
Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole	Eppleton CW	2,500
Watford	Ruislip	Grosvenor Vale	4,085

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
Newcastle Falcons	Newcastle upon Tyne	Kingston Park	10,200
Northampton Saints	Northampton	cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens	15,200
Sale Sharks	Salford	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000
Saracens	London (Hendon)	StoneX Stadium	10,500

RFU Championship

Club	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Ampthill	Ampthill	Dillingham Park	3,000
Bedford Blues	Bedford	Goldington Road	5,000
Caldy	Thurstaston	Paton Field	4,000
Cambridge	Cambridge	Grantchester Road	1,500
Cornish Pirates	Penzance	Mennaye Field	4,000
Coventry	Coventry	Butts Park Arena	4,000
Doncaster Knights	Doncaster	Castle Park	5,183
Ealing Trailfinders	London (West Ealing)	Trailfinders Sports Ground	5,000
Hartpury University	Hartpury	ALPAS Arena	2,000
London Scottish	London (Richmond)	Athletic Ground	4,500
Nottingham	Nottingham	Lady Bay Sports Ground	3,500

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	Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park	12,125
Dragons	Newport	Rodney Parade	8,700
Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Edinburgh Rugby Stadium	7,800
Glasgow Warriors	Glasgow	Scotstoun Stadium	7,351
Ospreys	Swansea	Swansea.com 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.

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Castleford Tigers	Castleford	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle	13,000
Huddersfield Giants	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Hull FC	Kingston upon Hull	MKM Stadium	25,586
Hull Kingston Rovers	Kingston upon Hull	Hull College Craven Park Stadium	12,225
Leeds Rhinos	Leeds	Headingley	21,062
Leigh Leopards	Leigh	Leigh Sports Village	11,000
London Broncos	London	Plough Lane	9,215
Salford Red Devils	Salford	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000
St Helens	St Helens	Totally Wicked Stadium	18,000
Warrington Wolves	Warrington	Halliwell Jones Stadium	15,200
Wigan Warriors	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,133

RFL Championship

1 RFL Championship team, Toulouse Olympique, play all their away fixtures in the United Kingdom, but are based in France, playing their home fixtures there.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barrow Raiders	Barrow-in-Furness	Matt Johnson Prestige Stadium	6,000
Batley Bulldogs	Batley	Mount Pleasant	7,500
Bradford Bulls	Bradford	Odsal Stadium	22,000
Featherstone Rovers	Featherstone	Millennium Stadium	8,000
Halifax Panthers	Halifax	The Shay	10,401
Keighley Cougars	Keighley	Cougar Park	7,800
London Broncos	Wimbledon	Plough Lane	9,215
Newcastle Thunder	Newcastle upon Tyne	Kingston Park	10,200
Sheffield Eagles	Sheffield	Olympic Legacy Park	3,900
Swinton Lions	Sale	Heywood Road	3,387
Whitehaven	Whitehaven	Recreation Ground	7,500
Widnes Vikings	Widnes	DCBL Stadium	13,350
York Knights	York	York Community Stadium	8,005

RFL League 1

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Cornwall RLFC	Penryn, Cornwall	The Memorial Ground	4,000
Dewsbury Rams	Dewsbury	Crown Flatt	5,100
Doncaster	Doncaster	Eco-Power Stadium	15,231
Hunslet	Leeds	South Leeds Stadium	4,000
London Skolars	Haringey, London	New River Stadium	2,000
Midlands Hurricanes	Birmingham	Alexander Stadium	2,000
North Wales Crusaders	Colwyn Bay	Eirias Stadium	5,500
Oldham	Oldham	Whitebank Stadium	1,500
Rochdale Hornets	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	10,249
Workington Town	Workington	Derwent Park	10,000

Cricket

County Championship

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	Rose 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

One-Day Cup

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	Rose 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

T20 Blast

Team	Location	Home Stadium	Capacity
Birmingham Bears	Birmingham	Edgbaston	25,000
Derbyshire Falcons	Derby	County Ground	9,500
Durham	Chester-le-Street	Riverside Ground	17,000
Essex Eagles	Chelmsford	Essex County Ground	6,500
Glamorgan	Cardiff	Sophia Gardens	16,000
Gloucestershire	Bristol	Bristol County Ground	17,500
Hampshire Hawks	Eastleigh	Rose Bowl	25,000
Kent Spitfires	Canterbury	St Lawrence Ground	7,000
Lancashire Lightning	Manchester (Old Trafford)	Old Trafford	26,000
Leicestershire Foxes	Leicester	Grace Road	5,500
Middlesex	London (St John's Wood)	Lord's	30,000
Northants Steelbacks	Northampton	County Ground	6,500
Notts Outlaws	West Bridgford	Trent Bridge	17,500
Somerset	Taunton	County Ground	8,500
Surrey	London (Kennington)	The Oval	25,500
Sussex Sharks	Hove	County Ground	6,000
Worcestershire Rapids	Worcester	New Road	5,500
Yorkshire Vikings	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	City	Home Stadium	Capacity
Birmingham Phoenix	Birmingham	Edgbaston	25,000
London Spirit	London (St John's Wood)	Lord's	30,000
Manchester Originals	Manchester (Old Trafford)	Old Trafford	26,000
Northern Superchargers	Leeds	Headingley	18,350
Oval Invincibles	London (Kennington)	The Oval	25,500
Southern Brave	Eastleigh	Rose Bowl	25,000
Trent Rockets	West Bridgford	Trent Bridge	17,500
Welsh Fire (Welsh: Tân Cymreig)	Cardiff	Sophia Gardens	16,000

Inter-Provincial Championship

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
Caledonia Gladiators	Glasgow	Emirates Arena	6,500
Leicester Riders	Leicester	Morningside Arena	2,400
London Lions	London (Stratford)	Copper Box Arena	6,000
Manchester Giants	Manchester	National Basketball Centre	2,000
Newcastle Eagles	Newcastle upon Tyne	Vertu Motors Arena	3,000
Plymouth City Patriots	Plymouth	Plymouth Pavilions	1,500
Sheffield Sharks	Sheffield	Ponds Forge	1,000
Surrey Scorchers	Guildford	Surrey Sports Park	1,000

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	Coventry Skydome	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	Altrincham Ice Dome	2,400
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	National Ice Centre	7,500
Sheffield Steelers	Sheffield	Utilita Arena Sheffield	13,600