Football: Trophies – England
This page is about domestic trophies won by English and Welsh football clubs.
See also The FA Cup.
Multiple Winners
The following table lists every English League club that has won two or more major domestic trophies (League, FA Cup or League Cup), or appeared
in a European final. The figures in brackets show the number of times each club has finished as runners–up in the competition concerned.
|
League |
FA Cup |
Lge Cup |
Total |
Europe |
Grand Total |
| Manchester United |
20 (15) |
11 (7) |
4 (4) |
35 (26) |
4 (2) |
39 (28) |
| Liverpool |
18 (13) |
7 (7) |
8 (3) |
33 (23) |
8 (3) |
41 (26) |
| Arsenal |
13 (8) |
11 (7) |
2 (5) |
26 (20) |
2 (4) |
28 (24) |
| Aston Villa |
7 (10) |
7 (3) |
5 (3) |
19 (16) |
1 (0) |
20 (16) |
| Chelsea |
5 (4) |
7 (4) |
5 (2) |
17 (10) |
4 (1) |
21 (11) |
| Everton |
9 (7) |
5 (8) |
0 (2) |
14 (17) |
1 (0) |
15 (17) |
| Tottenham Hotspur |
2 (4) |
8 (1) |
4 (4) |
14 (9) |
3 (1) |
17 (10) |
| Manchester City |
4 (4) |
5 (5) |
3 (1) |
12 (10) |
1 (0) |
13 (10) |
| Newcastle United |
4 (2) |
6 (7) |
0 (1) |
10 (10) |
1 (0) |
11 (10) |
| Blackburn Rovers |
3 (1) |
6 (2) |
1 (0) |
10 (3) |
|
10 (3) |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers |
3 (5) |
4 (4) |
2 (0) |
9 (9) |
0 (1) |
9 (10) |
| Sunderland |
6 (5) |
2 (2) |
0 (2) |
8 (9) |
|
8 (9) |
| Sheffield Wednesday |
4 (1) |
3 (3) |
1 (1) |
8 (5) |
|
8 (5) |
| West Bromwich Albion |
1 (2) |
5 (5) |
1 (2) |
7 (9) |
|
7 (9) |
| Nottingham Forest |
1 (2) |
2 (1) |
4 (2) |
7 (5) |
2 (0) |
9 (5) |
| Leeds United |
3 (5) |
1 (3) |
1 (1) |
5 (9) |
2 (3) |
7 (12) |
| Sheffield United |
1 (2) |
4 (2) |
|
5 (4) |
|
5 (4) |
| Wanderers |
|
5 (0) |
|
5 (0) |
|
5 (0) |
| West Ham United |
|
3 (2) |
0 (2) |
3 (4) |
1 (1) |
4 (5) |
| Preston North End |
2 (6) |
2 (5) |
|
4 (11) |
|
4 (11) |
| Huddersfield Town |
3 (3) |
1 (4) |
|
4 (7) |
|
4 (7) |
| Bolton Wanderers |
|
4 (3) |
0 (2) |
4 (5) |
|
4 (5) |
| Portsmouth |
2 (0) |
2 (3) |
|
4 (3) |
|
4 (3) |
| Leicester City |
0 (1) |
0 (4) |
3 (2) |
3 (7) |
|
3 (7) |
| Derby County |
2 (3) |
1 (3) |
|
3 (6) |
|
3 (6) |
| Burnley |
2 (2) |
1 (2) |
|
3 (4) |
|
3 (4) |
| Old Etonians |
|
2 (4) |
|
2 (4) |
|
2 (4) |
| Birmingham City |
|
0 (2) |
2 (1) |
2 (3) |
|
2 (3) |
| Ipswich Town |
1 (2) |
1 (0) |
|
2 (2) |
1 (0) |
3 (2) |
| Norwich City |
|
|
2 (2) |
2 (2) |
|
2 (2) |
| Bury |
|
2 (0) |
|
2 (0) |
|
2 (0) |
| Fulham |
|
0 (1) |
|
0 (1) |
0 (1) |
0 (2) |
Manchester United
Before Busby (up to 1945)
| League Championship |
2 |
1908, 1911 |
| FA Cup |
1 |
1909 |
| Total |
3 |
|
Under Matt Busby (1945–69)
| League Championship |
5 |
1952, 56, 57, 65, 67 |
| FA Cup |
2 |
1948, 63 |
| European Cup |
1 |
1968 |
| Total |
8 |
|
Between Busby and Ferguson (1971–86)
| FA Cup |
3 |
1977 (Tommy Docherty), 1983 (Ron Atkinson), 1985
(Atkinson) |
Under Alex Ferguson (1986–2013)
| Premier League |
13 |
1993, 94, 96, 97, 99, 2000, 01, 03, 07, 08, 09, 11,
13 |
| FA Cup |
5 |
1990, 94, 96, 99, 2004 |
| League Cup |
4 |
1992, 2006, 09, 10 |
| Champion's League |
2 |
1999, 2008 |
| European Cup Winners' Cup |
1 |
1991 |
| Total |
25 |
|
Liverpool
Before Shankly (up to 1959)
| League Championship |
5 |
1901, 06, 22, 23, 47 |
Under Bill Shankly (1959–74)
| League Championship |
3 |
1964, 66, 72 |
| FA Cup |
2 |
1965, 74 |
| UEFA Cup |
1 |
1973 |
| Total |
6 |
|
Under Bob Paisley (1974–83)
| League Championship |
6 |
1976, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83 |
| League Cup |
3 |
1981, 82, 83 |
| European Cup |
3 |
1977, 78, 81 |
| UEFA Cup |
1 |
1976 |
| Total |
13 |
|
Under Joe Fagan (1983–85)
| League Championship |
1 |
1984 |
| League Cup |
1 |
1984 |
| European Cup |
1 |
1984 |
| Total |
3 |
|
Fagan announced his retirement just hours before the 1985 European Cup Final, which was overshadowed by the Heysel Stadium disaster and ended in a 1–0 defeat
for Liverpool at the hands of Juventus.
Under Kenny Dalglish (1985–91)
| League Championship |
3 |
1986, 88, 90 |
| FA Cup |
2 |
1986, 89 |
| Total |
5 |
|
Since Dalglish's first spell in charge (1991 to date)
| FA Cup |
3 |
1992 (Souness), 2001 (Houllier), 06 (Benitez) |
| League Cup |
4 |
1995 (Evans), 2001 (Houllier), 03 (Houllier), 12
(Dalglish) |
| Champions' League |
1 |
2005 (Benitez) |
| UEFA Cup |
1 |
2001 (Houllier) |
| Total |
9 |
|
Arsenal
Under Herbert Chapman (1925–34)
Before the appointment of Herbert Chapman as manager in 1925, Arsenal had won no major trophies.
| League Championship |
3 |
1931, 33, 34 |
| FA Cup |
1 |
1930 |
| Total |
4 |
|
Between Chapman and Graham (1934–86)
According to Soccerbase,
Chapman left on 1 January 1934 but his successor (George Allison) was not appointed until 1 June. So I've listed the 1934
League Championship under Chapman (above).
It was under Bertie Mee that Arsenal won the League and Cup Double in 1971.
| League Championship |
5 |
1935, 38 (Allison), 48, 53 (Tom Whittaker), 71 (Bertie
Mee) |
| FA Cup |
4 |
1936 (Allison), 50 (Whittaker), 71 (Mee), 79 (Terry
Neill) |
| Fairs Cup |
1 |
1970
(Mee) |
| Total |
10 |
|
Under George Graham (1986–95)
| League Championship / Premier League |
2 |
1989, 91 |
| FA Cup |
1 |
1993 |
| League Cup |
2 |
1987, 93 |
| European Cup–Winners' Cup |
1 |
1994 |
| Total |
6 |
|
Under Arsene Wenger (1996 to date)
George Graham was sacked by Arsenal in February 1995, after it was discovered that he had accepted illegal payments. His assistant Stewart
Houston took over as caretaker, and Bruce Rioch was appointed in June 1995 with Houston as his assistant. Rioch was sacked in August 1996 and
Houston was re–appointed as caretaker; but with Arsene Wenger designated to take over and waiting for the expiry of his contract with Grampus
Eight in Japan, Houston left on 16 September to become manager of Queens Park Rangers (with Rioch as his assistant). Pat Rice was appointed as
caretaker until Wenger was finally able to take charge, which came to pass on 30 September 1996.
| Premier League |
3 |
1998, 2002, 04 |
| FA Cup |
5 |
1998, 2002, 03, 05, 14 |
| Total |
8 |
|
Aston Villa
| League Championship |
7 |
1894, 95, 97, 99, 1900, 10, 81 |
| FA Cup |
7 |
1887, 95, 97, 1905, 13, 20, 57 |
| League Cup |
5 |
1961, 75, 77, 94, 96 |
| European Cup |
1 |
1982 |
| Total |
20 |
|
Villa's greatest and most successful manager was George Ramsay, who held the post (actually known as Secretary)
from 1884 to 1826. A Glaswegian who had come to Birmingham to work as a clerk in a brass foundry, Ramsay was a 19–year–old founder member
of Aston Villa F.C. in 1874. By 1880 he was team captain, and he retired from playing in 1882 (aged only 27). In 1884 he gave up his day
job to become club secretary. Six of Villa's seven League championships to date, and similarly six of their seven FA Cup wins, came
under his stewardship. No other manager has won more FA Cups, and only Sir Alex Ferguson has won more League titles.
In 1887, Villa became only the third club from outside the Home Counties, and to rely on working–class (quasi–professional) players, to
win the FA Cup. (The first two were Blackburn Olympic and Blackburn Rovers – see below.) The runners–up in that 1887
final were Villa's local rivals West Bromwich Albion, who had become the third to reach the final in the previous year, when they lost to
Blackburn Rovers. Albion reached the final for a third consecutive year in 1888, and it was third time lucky for them as they beat the so–called
'Invincibles' of Preston North End to win the trophy for the first time.
Villa and Albion also met in the finals of 1892 and 1895, and to this day the only other pair of clubs that have contested three FA Cup finals is
Liverpool and Arsenal (1950, 1971 and 2001).
Villa had two wins (1887 and 1895) to Albion's one (1892); similarly, Arsenal had two (1950 and 1971) to Liverpool's one (2001).
Nottingham Forest
| League Championship |
1 |
1978 |
| FA Cup |
2 |
1898, 1959 |
| League Cup |
4 |
1978, 79, 89, 90 |
| European Cup |
2 |
1979, 80 |
| Total |
9 |
|
Brian Clough was Forest's manager from 1975 to 1993. The only major domestic trophy that the club didn't
win under him was the FA Cup; and ironically, this is the only one that they have won without him at the helm.
They are also the only club that's won the European Cup (and/or Champions' League) more times than its domestic league competition.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
| League Championship |
3 |
1954, 58, 59 |
| FA Cup |
4 |
1893, 1908, 49, 60 |
| League Cup |
2 |
1974, 80 |
| Total |
9 |
|
Stan Cullis was Wolves' manager from 1948 to 1964. All three of their League titles, and two of their four FA Cup wins,
came during these 16 years.
Wolves also reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1972, after qualifying by finishing fourth in the League. They lost the final 3–2 on
aggregate to another English team, Tottenham Hotspur.
Other Winners
This section gives honorable mention to those clubs that have won just one major trophy, plus one or two others that have already been mentioned
and which just might come up in your next quiz because of their oddity value.
| Won the FA Cup in 1912, beating WBA in the final after a replay; previously lost the 1910 final to Newcastle United,
also after a replay |
 |
Barnsley |
| First club from outside the Home Counties, and the first to rely on working–class (quasi–professional)
players, to win the FA Cup (1883); founded 1878, folded 1889 |
|
Blackburn Olympic |
| First club from outside the Home Counties, and the first to rely on working–class (quasi–professional) players, to
reach the FA Cup final (1882 – lost to Old Etonians); went on to win it in 1884, 1885 and 1886; also won in 1890, 1891 and 1928; won the
League title in 1912, 1914 and 1995, and the League Cup in 2002 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
| Famously won the Cup in 1953, having previously lost the finals in 1948 and 1951; finished as runners–up to Manchester
United in the League, 1956 |
|
Blackpool |
| FA Cup winners in 1911, beating Newcastle in the
final after a replay; also, as a League Two club, lost 5–0 to Swansea City
of the Premier League in the 2013 League Cup final, having beaten Arsenal in
the quarter–final and Aston Villa in the semi–final |
|
Bradford City |
| FA Cup winners in 1900 and 1903, beating
non–league Southampton (4–0) and Derby
County (6–0) respectively – this during a 17–year unbroken spell in the
First Division, having won promotion in their first season (1895–6) |
|
Bury |
| The only club to take the FA Cup out of England
(beating Arsenal 1–0 in 1927); also lost the finals in 1925 and 2008;
finished 2nd in the League, 1923–4 |
|
Cardiff City |
| Runners–up in the League in 1937 and the Cup in 1946;
but won the Cup in 1947, beating Burnley in the final |
|
Charlton Athletic |
| Based in south London; known as the Hybrid Club,
because they played rugby on alternate weeks. Scored the first ever FA
Cup goal, in a 3–0 victory over Upton Park (1871); lost to Old Etonians in the 1879 FA Cup final,
when James Prinsep became the youngest ever player in an FA Cup final –
a record that stood for 125 years; beat
Oxford University to win the trophy the following year (1880). Probably folded
during World War I |
|
Clapham Rovers |
|
FA Cup winners in 1987, beating Tottenham 3–2 in the final (after extra
time). On the inauguration of the Premier League (1992), only Arsenal,
Everton and Liverpool had had longer uninterrupted stays in the First
Division |
|
Coventry City |
| Only the second club from the south of England,
after Arsenal, to join the Football League (1898). Failed re–election
1900, re–elected as founder members of the Third Division in 1920. Won the League Cup in 1988,
beating Arsenal 3–2 in the final; also lost the 1989 final to Nottingham
Forest; previously lost the 1959 FA Cup final, also to Forest |
|
Luton Town |
| Won the League Cup in 2004, beating Bolton
Wanderers in the final;
previously lost both League Cup and FA Cup finals in 1997, and the League
Cup final in 1998 |
|
Middlesbrough |
| Founder members of the League, became the first 2nd
Division club to win the FA Cup in 1894, when they beat Bolton in the final
(having been relegated the previous year). Previously lost the 1891 final to
Blackburn |
|
Notts County |
| Old boys of Charterhouse School: FA Cup winners in 1881 – beating Old Etonians 3–0 in the final |
|
Old Carthusians |
| Played in six FA Cup finals, 1875–1883, against
six different teams; winners in 1879 and 1882; the only amateur club to
play a quasi–professional club in the final (beat Blackburn Rovers 1882,
lost to Blackburn Olympic 1883); apart from
Wanderers, the only amateur club, and the only club that never played in
the Football League, to win the FA Cup more than once |
|
Old Etonians |
| League Cup winners in 1986 – the first of their only
three seasons in the (old) First Division – beating QPR (then in the third
of their 13 consecutive seasons in the top flight) 3–0 in the final; John
Aldridge played but didn't score; Ray Houghton played and scored the second
goal |
|
Oxford United |
| Won the FA Cup in 1874 (its third year), beating
Royal Engineers in the final; lost the previous year's final (1873) to
Wanderers; also lost to Wanderers in the
1878 final, and Clapham Rovers in 1880 |
|
Oxford University |
| Won the first League Cup final to be played at
Wembley, as a Third Division club (1967 – beat holders WBA 3–2, after trailing 2–0 at half time);
18 months later they were in the First. Also runners–up in the League (1976), FA Cup
(1982, when they beat WBA again in the semi–final) and League Cup
(1986) |
|
Queens Park Rangers |
| Lost the first FA Cup final (1872) to Wanderers; also
lost in 1874 (to Oxford University) and 1878 (to Wanderers again); but beat
Old Etonians in 1875 (after a replay) to win the trophy |
|
Royal Engineers |
| Lost the FA Cup finals of 1900 and 1902, as a
non–league club (the latter after a replay); beat Manchester United 1–0
in the 1973 final, which remains their only major trophy. Also lost the
1979 League Cup final 3–2 to Nottingham Forest. Their highest League
placing (to date) was 2nd in 1983–4 |
|
Southampton |
| Won the League Cup in 1972, beating Chelsea in the final;
also runners–up in the League Cup in 1964 (to Leicester City) and the FA Cup in 2011
(losing 1–0 to Manchester City in the final) |
|
Stoke City |
| League Cup winners in 2013, in their second Premier
League season – beating Bradford City (of League Two) 5–0 in the final |
|
Swansea City |
| League Cup winners in 1969, as a Third Division club
– beating Arsenal 3–1 in the final, after extra time – Don Rogers scoring
the two extra–time goals |
|
Swindon Town |
| London–based amateur club: won the FA Cup in its
first two seasons (1872 and 1873), and again, after a gap of two years,
three times in a row – in 1876, 1877 and 1878. (The only other club to
have won the Cup in three consecutive years is Blackburn Rovers – in
1884, 1885 and 1886.) Their last known match was against Harrow School
in 1887, although a club with the same name was formed in 2009 to play charity matches |
|
Wanderers |
| Lost the 2006 League Cup final 4–0 to Manchester
United, but beat Manchester City 1–0 in the 2013 FA Cup final |
|
Wigan Athletic |
| FA Cup winners in 1988 – 11 years after being elected
to the Football League, and in their second season as a First Division club
– beating Liverpool 1–0 in the final |
|
Wimbledon |
Runners–up
This section honours those clubs that have never won a major trophy but
have finished as runners–up on one occasion (or, in three cases, two)
| Lost 4–0 to Manchester United in a replay of
the 1984 FA Cup final – after a 2–2 draw. The first game is famous
for Peter Jones's radio commentary: "... and Smith must score"–
describing a chance for Gordon Smith, which would have won the game but
was saved by Gary Bailey; the quote was later used as a title for
their fanzine |
|
Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Only the third club from the south of England (after
Woolwich Arsenal and Luton Town) to play in the Football League (1901).
Luton having failed re–election in 1900, they remained the only southern
club apart from Arsenal until 1920, when virtually the entire top division
of the Southern League joined to form the Third Division. Promoted in 1906,
they finished as runners–up to Newcastle United in their first season in the
First Division (1907), and were also runners–up to Manchester United in the
FA Cup in 1909 – United's first ever Cup final |
|
Bristol City |
| Lost 1–0 to Manchester United in a replay of
the 1990 FA Cup final, in their first season back in the top flight
after a break of eight years – after a 3–3 draw when Ian Wright, coming on
as a sub, scored two late goals to bring them back from 2–0 down and
force extra time |
|
Crystal Palace |
| Lost 2–0 to West Ham in the 1975 FA Cup
final. Also lost the 2010 Europa League final 2–1 to Atlético Madrid
(after extra time) – having qualified by finishing 7th in the
Premier League |
|
Fulham |
| Lost 3–2 to Arsenal, after extra time, in the 2014 FA Cup final
(having been 2–0 up after 8 minutes; Arsenal scored in the 17th,
71st and 109th) |
|
Hull City |
| Lost 3–0 to Manchester United in the 2004 FA
Cup final – the last time, up to and including 2014, that the final
has been won by more than one goal |
|
Millwall |
| Elected to Division 2, 1907; promoted 1910,
finished as runners–up to Everton in 1915. After World War I they
never finished above 17th, and were relegated in 1925. They returned
in 1991, for three seasons – thus becoming founder members of the
Premier League |
|
Oldham Athletic |
| The only Scottish club, and the
last truly amateur club, to play in the FA Cup final.
Lost to Blackburn Rovers on both occasions – 2–1 in 1884 and 2–0 in 1885.
Now the only amateur club in either the Scottish or English leagues |
|
Queen's Park |
| Lost 4–0 on aggregate to Norwich City, in the
second League Cup final (1962) |
|
Rochdale |
| Lost 3–2 on aggregate to Aston Villa, in the
first ever League Cup final (1961) |
|
Rotherham United |
| Lost 2–1 to Leicester City in the last League
Cup final to be played at the old Wembley stadium (2000). At the
time they were enjoying their 9th consecutive season in Division One
(the second tier) – their most successful period ever. Relegated the
following season, and relegated from the Football League in 2015 |
|
Tranmere Rovers |
| Runners–up to Liverpool in their first ever First
Division season, 1983. Also lost 2–0 to Everton in the FA Cup final, the
following season – bringing a tear to the eye of chairman Elton John.
(Relegated in 1988.) |
|
Watford |
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