List of Welsh Premier League 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 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 and some smaller towns, 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, 39 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 Llandudno, who gained promotion to the league for the first time in 2015. 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 2018-19 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.| Club | First season | Most recent season | Total seasons | Best finish | Times champions | Current status | Ref. |
| Abergavenny Thursdays | 1992-93 | 1992-93 | 1 | - | Defunct; folded in 2013 | ||
| Aberystwyth Town | 1992-93 | 2018-19 | 27 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Afan Lido | 1992-93 | 2013-14 | 14 | - | Playing in Welsh Football League Division One | ||
| Airbus UK Broughton | 2004-05 | 2016-17 | 13 | - | Playing in Cymru Alliance | ||
| Bala Town | 2009-10 | 2018-19 | 10 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Bangor City | 1992-93 | 2017-18 | 26 | Playing in Cymru Alliance | |||
| Barry Town United | 1994-95 | 2018-19 | 12 | Playing in Welsh Premier League | |||
| Briton Ferry Athletic | 1992-93 | 1996-97 | 4 | - | Merged with Llansawel in 2009 to form Briton Ferry Llansawel | ||
| Caernarfon Town | 1995-96 | 2018-19 | 14 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Caersws | 1992-93 | 2009-10 | 18 | - | Playing in Mid-Wales League Division One | ||
| Cardiff Grange Harlequins | 2005-06 | 2005-06 | 1 | - | Defunct; folded in 2015 | ||
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | 1992-93 | 2018-19 | 12 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Carmarthen Town | 1996-97 | 2018-19 | 23 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Cefn Druids | 1999-2000 | 2018-19 | 15 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Cemaes Bay | 1995-96 | 1997-98 | 3 | - | Playing in Anglesey League | ||
| Connah's Quay Nomads | 1992-93 | 2018-19 | 25 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Conwy Borough | 1992-93 | 1999-2000 | 8 | - | Playing in Cymru Alliance | ||
| Cwmbran Town | 1992-93 | 2006-07 | 15 | Playing in Gwent County League Division One | |||
| Ebbw Vale | 1992-93 | 1997-98 | 6 | - | Defunct; folded in 1998 | ||
| Flint Town United | 1992-93 | 1997-98 | 6 | - | Playing in Cymru Alliance | ||
| Haverfordwest County | 1992-93 | 2015-16 | 17 | - | Playing in Welsh Football League Division One | ||
| Holywell Town | 1992-93 | 1998-99 | 6 | - | Playing in Cymru Alliance | ||
| Llandudno | 2015-16 | 2018-19 | 4 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Llanelli Town | 1992-93 | 2018-19 | 18 | Playing in Welsh Premier League | |||
| Llangefni Town | 2007-08 | 2007-08 | 1 | - | Playing in Welsh Alliance League Division One | ||
| Llanidloes Town | 1992-93 | 1992-93 | 1 | - | Playing in Mid-Wales League Division One | ||
| Maesteg Park Athletic | 1992-93 | 1994-95 | 3 | - | Defunct; folded in 2010 | ||
| Mold Alexandra | 1992-93 | 1994-95 | 3 | - | Playing in Welsh National League Division One | ||
| Neath | 2007-08 | 2011-12 | 5 | - | Defunct; folded in 2012 | ||
| Newtown | 1992-93 | 2018-19 | 27 | - | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||
| Oswestry Town | 2000-01 | 2002-03 | 3 | - | Merged with The New Saints in 2003 | ||
| Port Talbot Town | 2000-01 | 2015-16 | 16 | - | Playing in Welsh Football League Division One | ||
| Porthmadog | 1992-93 | 2009-10 | 13 | - | Playing in Cymru Alliance | ||
| Prestatyn Town | 2008-09 | 2014-15 | 7 | - | Playing in Cymru Alliance | ||
| Rhayader Town | 1997-98 | 2001-02 | 5 | - | Playing in Mid-Wales League Division Two | ||
| Rhyl | 1994-95 | 2016-17 | 20 | Playing in Cymru Alliance | |||
| Welshpool Town | 1996-97 | 2009-10 | 10 | - | Playing in Mid-Wales League Division One | ||
| 1993-94 | 2018-19 | 26 | Playing in Welsh Premier League | ||||
| Ton Pentre | 1993-94 | 1996-97 | 4 | - | Playing in Welsh Football League Division One |