List of FA and league honours won by men's clubs



This page lists club winners of all men's association football honours run by the English national governing body The FA and its mostly self-governing subsidiary leagues the English Football League and Premier League.

England's first competition organized by a national body, the FA Cup, began in the 1871–72 season, making it the oldest football competition in the world. Arsenal hold the record number of wins, 14. League football began in the next decade with the founding of The Football League in 1888–89. The name First Division was adopted in 1892, when The Football League gained a second division. The First Division remained the highest division of the English football league system until 1992, when the Premier League was founded. Manchester United have won the most top division titles, with 20. The English equivalent of the super cup began in 1898 with the inauguration of the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, pitting the best professional and amateur sides of the year against each other. The trophy would develop into the FA Charity Shield in 1908, which was later renamed the FA Community Shield in 2002. The Football League created its own knockout competition in 1960, the League Cup. The Anglo-Italian League Cup was created in 1969 to match English cup winners against the winners of the Coppa Italia, and was permanently disbanded in 1976. In 1985, the Full Members Cup and Football League Super Cup were created as substitutes for UEFA competitions after UEFA responded to the Heysel Stadium disaster by banning English clubs. They finished in 1986 and 1992 respectively. The Football League Centenary Trophy marked The Football League's 100th birthday, in the 1988–89 season.

In the history of English football various subordinate competitions have also been organized, for those clubs ineligible for higher competitions. By 1893, professional teams had come to dominate the FA Cup, so The FA created the FA Amateur Cup for the 1893–94 season. This competition was discontinued in 1974, with the abolition of official amateur status and the creation of its partial successor the FA Vase. Sunday league football clubs play in the FA Sunday Cup, begun in 1964. The FA Trophy commenced in 1969 for those participants in Steps 1–4 of the National League System (tiers 5–8 of the overall English football league system). The Watney Cup, active from 1970 until 1973 was one of the first of these to have top division participants, though only for clubs that didn't qualify for UEFA competitions. The Anglo-Italian Cups, also begun in 1970, ran on and off in various formats until 1996. A third competition begun in 1970 was the Texaco Cup. It had entirely top division participants apart from the final season, and was one of the few competitions featuring clubs from different nations of the United Kingdom and Ireland, however, it only admitted clubs that didn't qualify for UEFA competitions. It shrunk in 1976 to become the Anglo-Scottish Cup, and shrunk again in 1981 to become the Football League Group Cup. In 1983, this was replaced by the Associate Members Cup, which featured clubs from League One, League Two. In 1992, when lower division clubs became full members of the Football League, the Associate Members Cup took the name Football League Trophy, before being renamed again in 2016 as the EFL Trophy. Since the 2016–17 season, sixteen Clubs with Category One academies from Championship and Premier League have taken part in the competition. The first clubs to receive an invitation will be the sixteen clubs that will be participating in the Premier League in the current season and which operate a Category One Academy and the order of priority will be based on first team finishing position in the immediately preceding season (across both the Premier League and Championship Division of the League).

Top-qualifying honours
This section only lists competitions where there are no higher competitions clubs could participate in instead. See the next section for other competitions. See the final section for top-qualifying friendly competitions.

EFC: English football champions. The Premier League (since 1992) succeeded the Football League First Division (1888 until 1992) as the top-division. FAC: FA Cup. Since 1871. EFLC: EFL Cup. Since 1960. FACS: FA Community Shield. Since 1908. Known as the FA Charity Shield until 2002. SLCS: Sheriff of London Charity Shield (discontinued). 1898 until 1907. Predecessor to the FA Community Shield above. The post-1907 fundraising matches for the Shield are not included because they no longer had FA involvement. FLSC: Football League Super Cup (discontinued). One-off tournament held between 1985 and 1986. FMC: Full Members Cup (discontinued). Held from 1985 to 1992. For the first season, the Football League Super Cup above was a higher competition for which six clubs qualified instead, but the season is included here for completeness. FLCT: Football League Centenary Trophy (discontinued). Held during the 1988–89 season to celebrate Football League's 100th birthday. AILC: Anglo-Italian League Cup (discontinued). Held from 1969 until 1971 and from 1975 until 1976.

Winners of each competition are referenced above. Numbers in bold are record totals for that competition. Clubs in italics are Double winners: they have won two or more of the top division, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup in the same season. Trophies that were shared between two clubs are counted as honours for both teams. Clubs tied in total honours are listed chronologically by most recent honour won.

Last updated on 25 May 2024.

Most recent (top-qualifying)
See the first section for glossary of abbreviations. See the second section for clubs by wins in lower-qualifying competitions. Years in bold indicate the club that won the honour most recently.

Last updated on 25 May 2024.

Lower-qualifying honours
This section only lists competitions where participating clubs could have qualified for a higher competition instead. See the previous section for other competitions.

TC: Texaco Cup (discontinued). Held from 1971 until 1975. By 1975, the Irish and Northern Irish leagues had withdrawn and Texaco's sponsorship ended, so the competition became the Anglo-Scottish Cup below. ASC: Anglo-Scottish Cup (discontinued). Held from 1975 until 1981. In 1981, the Scottish league withdrew, so the competition became the Football League Group Cup below. FLGC: Football League Group Cup (discontinued). Held from 1981 until 1983. In 1983, it was replaced by the EFL Trophy (initially named Associate Members' Cup) below. EFLT: EFL Trophy. Held from 1983-present. Known as the Associate Members' Cup until 1992. Known as the Football League Trophy from 1992 until 2016. (Level 3 to 4 and since 2016-17 season, sixteen Category One academies from level 2 to 1 have taken part in the competition.) AIC: Anglo-Italian Cup (discontinued). Held from 1970 until 1973 as a professional tournament for clubs who had missed out on UEFA competitions. Revived from 1976 until 1986 as a semi-professional tournament. Revived again from 1992 until 1996 as a professional tournament for teams only from the second tier of the English football league system. WC: Watney Cup (discontinued). Held from 1970 until 1973. FAT: FA Trophy. Since 1969. (Level 5 to 8) FAV: FA Vase. Since 1974. (level 9 to 11) FAAC: FA Amateur Cup (discontinued). Held from 1893 until 1974, when The FA abolished official amateur status. The FA Vase, above, absorbed most of the clubs that participated in the FA Amateur Cup. (below professional football as defined by FA) FASC: FA Sunday Cup. Since 1964.(lower than level 11)

Winners of each competition are referenced above. Numbers in bold are record totals for that competition. Trophies that were shared between two clubs are counted as honours for both teams.

Last updated 3 April 2022.

Friendly honours
This section only lists friendly competitions.

FLCF: Football League Centenary Festival, also known as the Football League Centenary Tournament (discontinued). A less competitive precursor to the Football League Centenary Trophy above, it had broader entry criteria and 40 minute matches. Also a celebration of the Football League's 100th birthday, it was held during the 1987–88 season. FLCC: Football League 100th Championship Challenge (discontinued). A friendly competition held at the end of the 1998–99 Football League between the champions of that league and the then record Football League champions. Although the centenary above was ten years earlier, 1998–99 was the 100th season of the Football League because the Football League stopped twice during WWI and WWII). PLAT: Premier League Asia Trophy. A friendly competition held every other year since 2003. Known as the FA Premier League Asia Cup from 2003 to 2007, and the Barclays Asia Trophy from 2007 until 2015.

Winners of each competition are referenced above. Numbers in bold are record totals for that competition. Trophies that were shared between two clubs are counted as honours for both teams.

Last updated 20 July 2019.

Most recent
Years in bold indicate the club that won the honour most recently.