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This is a list of football clubs which have never been relegated from their current national top-level league and have played at least ten seasons at this level. The year on the third column indicates when they began their uninterrupted run.
Founded on 28 February 1904, as Sport Lisboa, Benfica is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from Primeira Liga, along with rivals Sporting CP and FC Porto. Benfica are nicknamed As Águias (The Eagles), for the symbol atop the club's crest, and Os Encarnados (The Reds), for the shirt colour.
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
- Athletic Bilbao
- Internazionale
- Hamburg SV
- Ajax
- Benfica
- FC Porto
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Arsenal
Unsurprisingly, as befitting the most valuable sports team in the world, Los Blancos have never been relegated from the Spanish top-flight since the club was founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club. In their illustrious history, the club has amassed an astounding 32 La Liga titles, 19 Copa del Rey, 9 Supercopa de España, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Cop...
Since being founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper, the Blaugranahave always played in the top tier of the competition. Until 1929, when La Liga was formed, Spain did not have a national football league and consequently, Barcelona competed in the championship of the Catalonia region, the winners of w...
Along with Barcelona and Real Madrid, the club is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division. Like Real Madrid and Barcelona, Athletic is also owned and operated by club members (making them the only three such clubs in Spain). Athletic are also a club with a rich history, having won t...
Since the start of the Serie A in 1929/30, there has been just one club to spend their entire history in the Italian top flight – Internazionale. Or Inter Milan as they are often called. Inter are one of the most successful football teams in history, both at home and in Europe. Domestically they have won a total of 30 trophies, including the league...
The current Hamburger SV team (commonly called Hamburg or HSV) was officially founded in June 1919 as a result of a merger between three earlier clubs. But Germany's first professional football league, the Bundesliga, came into existence only almost half a century later in 1963. HSV was one of 16 clubs invited to join that first season. Ever since ...
Ajax have never been relegated from the Dutch Eredivisie – one of three teams for whom this is true since the league's foundation in 1956 – the other two being Feyenoord and PSV. Ajax is the most successful club in the Netherlands, with 33 Eredivisie titles and 18 KNVB Cups and, is one of the country's "big three" clubs that have dominated that com...
Benfica is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal to have never been relegated from the Primeira Liga since it was established in 1934. Amongst them, the Big Three have claimed all but two Primeira Liga titles with Benfica having won a record 35 times. This along with numerous cup wins makes them the most successful Portuguese club in terms of do...
Like Benfica, Porto is also one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have competed in every season of the Primeira Liga since its establishment in 1934. Porto is among the most successful Portuguese teams, with a total of 74 official trophies, second only to Benfica’s 76, comprising 27 league titles – five of which the club won consecutively b...
In an interesting twist of events, PSG are probably the only club in the world to have played in a lower tier after playing in a higher tier of the same competition earlier, and yet have never been formally relegated – making them the only club in the French league to have that honour. Paris Saint-Germain was founded in 1970 when Paris FC merged wi...
Since the start of the Premier League in 1992, seven clubs, namely Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea have always played in the top tier. But, back when the English top division was just the ‘Football League First Division’, which has a history from as far back as 1888, each of these teams hav...
Thanks to their reputation of a working-class team, Benfica are by far the most popular Portuguese club, both in the country and worldwide. Along with the two other members of the Portuguese "Big Three" – Porto and Sporting – Benfica have never been relegated from the top flight.
Founded in 1904 by a group of people led by Cosme Damião, Benfica is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from the Primeira Liga – the other two are rivals Sporting CP and FC Porto.
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Benfica are the most successful club in Portuguese football. They are one of only three to have never been relegated from the Primeira Liga and have won 83 major trophies, including...
