They first played their home games at The Spectrum till 1996 and in 1997, they moved to the Wachovia Center, where they have been playing ever since. The team is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the team colors are Orange, Black and White.

They played their debut game against the California Seals in October 1967, which they lost. One week later, they had their first win over the St. Louis Blues. They made the playoffs in 1969, despite a poor regular season and lost in the first round. The Flyers drafted 19-year-old Bobby Clarke in 1969 and he soon became the best player in the team. In 1972, he was the first player of the Philadelphia Flyers to win an NHL award, when he won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. He was also named captain of the team, the youngest player to achieve this at the time.

The Flyers made it to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1974, where they faced the Boston Bruins. They won the Cup for the first time and Bernie Parent won the Conn Smythe Trophy for being the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. In 1975, they reached the Stanley Cup Finals again, this time against the Buffalo Sabres. They won the first two games and the third game played in Buffalo came to be known as the Fog Game, as parts of it had to be played in dense fog. The Flyers lost that game and the next. They came back in the fifth and sixth game to eventually win the Stanley Cup for the second time in a row. Parent also won the MVP award for the second time.

In 1976, the Flyers played an exhibition game against the Central Red Army team from the Soviet Union. The Flyers, or the Broad Street Bullies, as they were commonly known as, defeated the visitors. The team did not win any more Stanley Cups after that, though they did win several Division titles. Bobby Clarke retired after the 1983-84 season and became the General Manager and Vice President of the team. The team made it to the Stanley Cup Finals again in 1985, but failed to beat the Edmonton Oilers.

The Flyers have retired four jersey numbers. These are Bernie Parent 1, Barry Ashbee 4, Bill Barber 11 and Bobby Clarke 16. They have also unofficially retired number 31 of Pelle Lindbergh after his death in 1985. Several players are also in the Hockey Hall of Fame including, Bobby Clarke, Paul Coffey, Allan Stanley and Dale Hawerchuk.