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Arsenal was the first club from [[southern England]] to join the [[English Football League|Football League]] in 1893, officially joining the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] in 1904. Arsenal carries the longest active streak continuously in the top division (over 105 years and counting) and completed the 20th century with the highest average league position of any club.<ref name="Independent: Hodgson">{{cite news |last=Hodgson |first=Guy |date=17 December 1999 |title=Football: How consistency and caution made Arsenal England's greatest |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-how-consistency-and-caution-made-arsenal-englands-greatest-team-of-the-20th-century-1133020.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192410/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-how-consistency-and-caution-made-arsenal-englands-greatest-team-of-the-20th-century-1133020.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=13 May 2016 |work=The Independent |location=London}}</ref><ref name="RSSSF_Div_Movements">{{cite web |last1=Ross |first1=James |last2=Heneghan |first2=Michael |last3=Orford |first3=Stuart |last4=Culliton |first4=Eoin |date=25 August 2016 |title=English Clubs Divisional Movements 1888–2016 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engall.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622041929/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engall.html |archive-date=22 June 2023 |access-date=22 June 2023 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> Arsenal has won the second-most top-flight matches in [[History of football in England|English football history]].<ref name="RSSSF1stLevelAllTime">{{cite web |last=Pietarinen |first=Heikki |date=24 August 2017 |title=England – First Level All-Time Tables |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engalltime.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824181412/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engalltime.html |archive-date=24 August 2017 |access-date=24 August 2017 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> In the 1930s, Arsenal won five League Championships and two FA Cups, with another FA Cup and two more Championships coming after the war. In [[1970–71 Arsenal F.C. season|1970–71]], it won its first [[Double (association football)#England|League and FA Cup double]]. Between 1989 and 2005, the club won five league titles and five FA Cups, including two more doubles. Between 1998 and 2017, Arsenal qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League]] for an English football record of nineteen consecutive seasons.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Dawson |first=Alan |title=Here's how much money Arsenal has lost after failing to qualify for the Champions League |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/arsenal-will-lose-50-million-if-the-club-fail-to-qualify-for-the-champions-league-2017-5 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=17 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417140419/https://www.businessinsider.com/arsenal-will-lose-50-million-if-the-club-fail-to-qualify-for-the-champions-league-2017-5 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1886, munitions workers at the [[Royal Arsenal]] in [[Woolwich]] founded the club as Dial Square. In 1913, the club crossed the city to the [[Arsenal Stadium]] in [[Highbury]], becoming close neighbours of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], thus creating the [[North London derby]]. [[Herbert Chapman]] won the club its first silverware, and his legacy enabled a trophy-laden period in the 1930s. He helped introduce the [[WM formation]], [[Floodlight#Association football|floodlights]], and [[Squad number (association football)#First use of numbers|shirt numbers]];<ref name="Herbert Chapman Hall of Fame">{{cite web |title=Herbert Chapman |url=http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/herbert-chapman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418113836/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/herbert-chapman |archive-date=18 April 2016 |access-date=20 March 2016 |publisher=National Football Museum}}</ref> he also added the white sleeves and brighter red to the club's jersey.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arsenal |url=http://historicalkits.co.uk/Arsenal/Arsenal.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711145624/http://historicalkits.co.uk/Arsenal/Arsenal.htm |archive-date=11 July 2020 |access-date=11 July 2020 |website= |publisher=Historical Football Kits}}</ref> [[Arsène Wenger]] was the club's longest-serving manager and won the most trophies. He won [[List of FA Cup winning managers|a record]] seven FA Cups, and his third and final title-winning team set an [[Football records and statistics in England|English record]] for the longest top-flight unbeaten league run at 49 games between 2003 and 2004, receiving the nickname [[The Invincibles (English football)|The Invincibles]].

In 2006, the club moved to the nearby [[Emirates Stadium]]. With an annual revenue of £616.6m in the 2023–24 season,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-28 |title=Financial Results |url=https://www.arsenal.com/the-club/corporate-info/arsenal-holdings-financial-results |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Financial Results |language=en}}</ref> Arsenal was estimated to be worth US$3.4 billion by ''[[Forbes]]'', making it the world's [[Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs|eighth-most valuable football club]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arsenal on the Forbes Soccer Team Valuations List |url=https://www.forbes.com/teams/arsenal/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112095958/https://www.forbes.com/teams/arsenal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while also being one of the most followed sport teams in the world on [[social media]].<ref>{{cite news |date=10 January 2020 |title=Top 10: Europe's Most Popular Football Clubs on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok |url=https://www.ispo.com/en/markets/top-10-europes-most-popular-football-clubs-instagram-facebook-twitter-and-tiktok |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920174556/https://www.ispo.com/en/markets/top-10-europes-most-popular-football-clubs-instagram-facebook-twitter-and-tiktok |archive-date=20 September 2020 |access-date=10 January 2020 |publisher=ISPO}}</ref> The motto of the club is ''Victoria Concordia Crescit'', Latin for "Victory Through Harmony".

Transformed, Chapman's Arsenal claimed their first national trophy, the [[1930 FA Cup Final|FA Cup in 1930]], and League Championships followed in [[1930–31 Football League|1930–31]] and [[1932–33 Football League|1932–33]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Champions all!| first=Tony| last=Brown| publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham| isbn=978-1-905891-02-3| year=2007| pages=6–7| url=http://www.soccer.mistral.co.uk/books/ch6-10.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.soccer.mistral.co.uk/books/ch6-10.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Chapman also presided over off-pitch changes: white sleeves and shirt numbers were added to the kit;{{efn|group=note|The new shirts are exhibited in ''The Arsenal Shirt''.{{sfn|Elkin|Shakeshaft|2014|ps=. ''The Arsenal Shirt: Iconic Match Worn Shirts from the History of the Gunners''}} Newspaper accounts of the addition of white sleeves are provided by Mark Andrews.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andrews |first=Mark |title=Jumpers for Goalposts...No! Jumpers for Chapman's Iconic Kit Design |url=http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/6706 |publisher=AISA Arsenal History Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307232804/http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/6706 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |date=7 June 2013}}</ref> The contemporary discussion around the first use of shirt numbers, and its initial trial by [[Chelsea F.C.]], is provided by Neil Glackin.<ref>

They won a third [[1949–50 FA Cup|FA Cup in 1950]], and then won a record-breaking seventh championship in [[1952–53 Football League|1952–53]], making Arsenal the most successful team in English history at the time.{{sfn|Soar|Tyler|2011|p=76|ps=. ''Arsenal 125 Years in the Making: The Official Illustrated History 1886–2011''}}<ref>{{cite web |date=25 November 2023 |title=League title win 1952/53 |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/20160216/league-title-win-1952/53 |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=League title win 1952/53 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125072113/https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/20160216/league-title-win-1952/53 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Arsenal tentatively appointed club [[physiotherapist]] [[Bertie Mee]] as acting manager in 1966 to incredulity by fans, sportsmedia press.<ref>{{cite web |author=Yogi's Warrior |title=Bertie Mee Appointed Acting Manager of Arsenaln This Day, 20th June 1966 |url=https://afchistory.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/bertie-mee-appointed-acting-manager-of-arsenaln-this-day-20th-june-1966/ |website=Arsenal On This Day: A Prestigious History of Football |access-date=7 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707165252/https://afchistory.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/bertie-mee-appointed-acting-manager-of-arsenaln-this-day-20th-june-1966/ |archive-date=7 July 2016 |date=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Mee Obituary">{{cite news |last=Ponting |first=Ivan |title=Bertie Mee |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bertie-mee-9180594.html |access-date=4 July 2016 |work=The Independent |date=23 October 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306050313/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bertie-mee-9180594.html |archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref> With new assistant [[Don Howe]] and new players such as [[Bob McNab]] and [[George Graham (footballer, born 1944)|George Graham]], Mee led Arsenal to their first [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] finals, in [[1967–68 Football League Cup|1967–68]] and [[1968–69 Football League Cup|1968–69]]. Next season saw a breakthrough, with Arsenal's first competitive European trophy, the [[1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]. [[1970–71 in English football|The season after]], Arsenal achieved an even greater triumph with their first [[1970–71 Football League|League]] and [[1970–71 FA Cup|FA Cup]] [[Double (association football)|double]], and a new [[List of English football champions#List of champions|champions of England record]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tossell |first1=David |last2=Wilson |first2=Bob |title=Seventy-One Guns: The Year of the First Arsenal Double |date=13 April 2012 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-78057-473-8 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ch1-eQpfoQC}}</ref> This marked a premature high point of the decade; the Double-winning side was soon broken up and the rest of the decade was characterised by a series of near misses, with Arsenal finishing as FA Cup runners up in [[1971–72 FA Cup|1972]], and First Division runners-up in [[1972–73 Football League|1972–73]].<ref name="Mee Obituary"/>

Former player [[Terry Neill]] succeeded Mee in 1976. At the age of 34, he became the youngest Arsenal manager to date.<ref name="The Managers">{{cite web |last1=Media Group |first1=Arsenal |title=The Managers |url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/the-managers |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405102949/http://www.arsenal.com/history/the-managers |archive-date=5 April 2016 |date=30 June 2008}}</ref> With new signings like [[Malcolm Macdonald]] and [[Pat Jennings]], and a crop of talent in the side like [[Liam Brady]] and [[Frank Stapleton]], the club reached a trio of FA Cup finals ([[1977–78 FA Cup|1978 FA Cup]], [[1978–79 FA Cup|1979 FA Cup]] and [[1979–80 FA Cup|1980 FA Cup]]), and lost the [[1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final]] on [[penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]]. The club's only trophy during this time was the [[1979 FA Cup Final|1979 FA Cup]], achieved with a last-minute 3–2 victory over [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], in a final is widely regarded as a classic.<ref name="FA Cup Finals">{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Andy |title=Arsenal's Complete FA Cup Final Record |url=http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/?p=10493 |website=The Arsenal History |access-date=4 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418052939/http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/?p=10493 |archive-date=18 April 2016 |date=27 May 2015}}</ref><ref>A 2005 poll of English football fans rated the 1979 FA Cup Final the 15th greatest game of all time. Reference: {{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/04/19/sfnwin19.xml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011211416/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fsport%2F2005%2F04%2F19%2Fsfnwin19.xml| url-status=dead| archive-date=11 October 2007| title=Classic final? More like a classic five minutes| last=Winter| first=Henry| work=The Daily Telegraph| date=19 April 2005| access-date=11 August 2008| location=London}}</ref>

One of Mee's double winners, [[George Graham (footballer, born 1944)|George Graham]], returned as manager in 1986, with Arsenal winning their first League Cup in [[1986–87 Football League Cup|1987]], Graham's first season in charge. New signings [[Nigel Winterburn]], [[Lee Dixon]] and [[Steve Bould]] had joined the club by 1988 to complete the "famous Back Four", led by homegrown player [[Tony Adams]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Smyth |first=Rob |title=Football: Joy of Six: Rob Smyth picks the greatest defences |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/may/08/joy-of-six-great-defences |access-date=7 July 2016 |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310083329/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/may/08/joy-of-six-great-defences |archive-date=10 March 2016 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>{{efn|group=note|[[Martin Keown]] was the 'fifth' member of the Back Four, but did not play for the club between 1986 and 1993.}} Graham's credo of prioritising defensive excellence seemingly clashed with the club's traditionally expansive motifs in approaching football, and many had skepticism whether it would work with the young squad at the club in that time period; however, his methods quickly gained a cult following after initial successes.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 May 2017 |title=Graham's Glory Years |url=https://www.arsenal.com/history/grahams-glory-years/graham-s-glory-years-overview |access-date=1 October 2023 |website=Graham's Glory Years |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611174653/https://www.arsenal.com/history/grahams-glory-years/graham-s-glory-years-overview |url-status=live}}</ref>

The side immediately won the 1988 [[Football League Centenary Trophy]], and followed it with the [[1988–89 Football League]] title, snatched with a last-minute goal in the [[Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (26 May 1989)|final game of the season]] against fellow title challengers [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Andy |title=Top Ten: Title Run-ins |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_3335042,00.html |url-status=dead |publisher=[[Sky Sports]] |date=26 March 2009 |access-date=7 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104063057/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_3335042,00.html |archive-date=4 January 2009}}</ref> Graham's Arsenal won another title in [[1990–91 Football League|1990–91]], losing only one match, won the [[1992–93 FA Cup|FA Cup]] and [[1992–93 Football League Cup|League Cup]] double in 1993, the [[European Cup Winners' Cup]] in [[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1994]], and also participated and was defeated in the [[1994 European Super Cup|1994 European Super Cup final]] by European champions [[AC Milan]]. Graham's reputation was tarnished when he was found to have taken [[Kickback (bribery)|kickbacks]] from agent [[Rune Hauge]] for signing certain players, and he was dismissed in February 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why the FA banned George Graham |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/why-the-fa-banned-george-graham-1581266.html |access-date=15 July 2016 |work=The Independent |date=10 November 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210021132/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/why-the-fa-banned-george-graham-1581266.html |archive-date=10 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bower |first=Tom |title=Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7434-4033-2|title-link=Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football}}</ref> His replacement, [[Bruce Rioch]], lasted for only one season, taking the side to the [[1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup|second European Cup Winners' Cup final in a row]], lost against [[Real Zaragoza]], but he left the club after a dispute with the board of directors.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Glenn |title=Rioch at odds with the system |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rioch-at-odds-with-the-system-1309564.html |url-status=live |work=The Independent |location=London |date=13 August 1996 |access-date=23 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903184528/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rioch-at-odds-with-the-system-1309564.html |archive-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>

===1996–2018: Arsène Wenger revolution===

The club metamorphosed during the tenure of French manager [[Arsène Wenger]], who was appointed in October 1996. Attacking football,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=Myles |title=The Professor: Arsène Wenger |date=31 March 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-7535-4661-1 |pages=ix, 21, 90, 123, 148 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92dibTyUbo0C}}</ref> an overhaul of dietary and fitness practices,{{efn|group=note|These changes have received contemporary attention,<ref>{{cite news |title=The menu for World Cup success |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/97303.stm |access-date=11 July 2016 |publisher=BBC |date=23 May 1998 |archive-date=13 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713133422/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/97303.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> and later praise{{sfn|Cross|2015|ps=. ''Arsene Wenger: The Inside Story of Arsenal Under Wenger''}} and skepticism.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ronay |first1=Barney |title=The Manager: The absurd ascent of the most important man in football |date=5 August 2010 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-0-7481-1770-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P38foEpwni4C |chapter=Chapter 30 – The Enlightenment}}</ref> For context of the broader use of science in English football, see ''Soccer Science''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anthony |first1=Strudwick |title=Soccer Science |date=7 June 2016 |publisher=Human Kinetics |isbn=978-1-4504-9679-7 |pages=3–36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61pNDAAAQBAJ |chapter=Part 1: Foundations of Soccer Science}}</ref>}} and elite scouting{{efn|group=note|Several analyses indicate strong league performance across the Wenger period, given Arsenal's footballing outlays, including a [[regression analysis]] on wage bills,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kuper |first1=Simon |last2=Szymanski |first2=Stefan |title=Soccernomics |date=24 May 2012 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |isbn=978-0-00-746688-7 |edition=revised and expanded |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ve22HvdK_OcC |chapter=Chapter 6: Do managers matter? The cult of the white messiah}}</ref> regression on transfer spending,<ref>{{cite web |last1= Slaton |first1= Zach |title= The 2011/12 Update to the All-Time Best Managers Versus the m£XIR Model: Pay As You Play |url= http://transferpriceindex.com/2012/07/the-201112-update-to-the-all-time-best-managers-versus-the-mxir-model/ |website = transferpriceindex.com |access-date = 11 July 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120719063529/http://transferpriceindex.com/2012/07/the-201112-update-to-the-all-time-best-managers-versus-the-mxir-model |archive-date = 19 July 2012|date= 16 July 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref> regression on both,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rodríguez |first1=Plácido |last2=Késenne |first2=Stefan |last3=García |first3=Jaume |title=The Econometrics of Sport |date=30 September 2013 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=978-1-78100-286-5 |pages=53–62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdAMAQAAQBAJ |chapter=Chapter 3: Wages transfers and the variation of team performance in the English Premier League}}</ref> and a [[Bootstrapping (statistics)|bootstrapping]] approach for the period 2004–09.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Adrian |last2=Brooks |first2=Chris |last3=Markham |first3=Tom |title=The performance of football club managers: skill or luck? |journal=Economics & Finance Research |date=1 January 2013|volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=19–30 |doi=10.1080/21649480.2013.768829 |issn=2164-9480|url=http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/30997/1/21649480%252E2013%252E768829.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/30997/1/21649480%252E2013%252E768829.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live |hdl=10419/147689 |s2cid=12669814 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>}} defined his reign. Accumulating key players from Wenger's [[France|homeland]], such as [[Patrick Vieira]] and [[Thierry Henry]], Arsenal won a second League and Cup double in [[1997–98 Arsenal F.C. season|1997–98]] and a third in [[2001–02 Arsenal F.C. season|2001–02]]. In addition, the club reached the final of the [[1999–2000 UEFA Cup]], were victorious in the [[2002–03 FA Cup|2003]] and [[2004–05 FA Cup|2005]] FA Cup finals, and won the Premier League in [[2003–04 FA Premier League|2003–04]] without losing a single match, an achievement which earned the side the nickname "[[The Invincibles (football)|The Invincibles]]".<ref name="invincibles">{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3713537.stm| title=Arsenal the Invincibles| publisher=[[BBC Sport]]| last=Hughes| first=Ian| date=15 May 2004| access-date=11 August 2008| archive-date=12 January 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112213918/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3713537.stm| url-status=live}}</ref> This feat came within a run of 49 league matches unbeaten from 7 May 2003 to 24 October 2004, a [[Football records and statistics in England|national record]].<ref name="49unbeaten">{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3950453.stm| title=Arsenal run ends at 49| last=Fraser| first=Andrew| publisher=BBC Sport| date=25 October 2004| access-date=27 August 2008| archive-date=12 January 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112213918/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3950453.stm| url-status=live}}</ref>

 

Arsenal finished in either first or second place in the league in eight of Wenger's first nine seasons at the club, although they never won the title in two consecutive seasons.<ref name=FCHD>{{cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/ARSENAL.HTM|title=Arsenal|work=Football Club History Database|publisher=Richard Rundle|access-date=23 October 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091106003337/http://fchd.info/ARSENAL.HTM|archive-date= 6 November 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The club had never progressed beyond the quarter-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] until [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League|2005–06]]; in that season, they became the first club from London to reach [[2006 UEFA Champions League Final|the final]] in the competition's fifty-year history, but were beaten 2–1 by [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]].<ref name="2006ucl"/> In July 2006, they moved into the [[Emirates Stadium]], after 93 years at Highbury.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article691484.ece | title=Farewell Bergkamp, hello future | work=[[The Times]] | location=UK | last=Aizlewood | first=John | date=23 July 2006 | access-date=23 October 2009 | archive-date=21 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421111731/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Arsenal reached the finals of the [[2007 Football League Cup Final|2007]] and [[2011 Football League Cup Final|2011]] League Cups, losing 2–1 to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] respectively. The club had not gained a trophy since the 2005 FA Cup until, spearheaded by club record acquisition [[Mesut Özil]], Arsenal beat [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] in the [[2014 FA Cup Final]], coming back from a 2–0 deficit to win the match 3–2.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hytner |first=David |title=Arséne Wenger savours FA Cup win over Hull as Arsenal end drought |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/18/arsene-wenger-fa-cup-arsenal-hull-trophy-drought |url-status=live |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=18 May 2014 |access-date=21 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708164526/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/18/arsene-wenger-fa-cup-arsenal-hull-trophy-drought |archive-date=8 July 2017}}</ref> A year later, Arsenal completed another [[2015 FA Cup Final|victorious FA Cup campaign]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Daniel |title=Alexis Sánchez inspires Arsenal to win over Aston Villa |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/30/fa-cup-final-arsenal-aston-villa-alexis-sanchez |url-status=live |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=30 May 2015 |access-date=30 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923180140/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/30/fa-cup-final-arsenal-aston-villa-alexis-sanchez |archive-date=23 September 2017}}</ref> and became the most successful club in the tournament's history by winning their 13th FA Cup in [[2016–17 FA Cup|2016–17]]. However, in that same season Arsenal finished fifth in the league, the first time they had finished outside the top four since before Wenger arrived in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |title=Arsenal beat 10-man Chelsea to a win record 13th FA Cup |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39984089 |access-date=27 May 2017 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428173630/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39984089 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his 21st and final season, Arsenal under Arsène Wenger [[2017–18 Arsenal F.C. season|finished sixth]] and [[2017 FA Community Shield|won the FA Community Shield]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Arsenal 2017/18 Premier League season review |work=Sky Sports |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11371039/arsenal-2017-18-premier-league-season-review |access-date=25 November 2023 |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220052741/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11371039/arsenal-2017-18-premier-league-season-review |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea (Arsenal won 4-1 on pens) |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40766983 |access-date=25 November 2023 |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605151339/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40766983 |url-status=live }}</ref> Wenger departed Arsenal following the end of the season on 13 May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/huddersfield-vs-arsenal-result-goals-highlights-arsene-wenger-aubameyang-a8349441.html|title=Arsene Wenger bows out as Arsenal boss with win over Huddersfield|last=Critchley|first=Mark|date=13 May 2018|website=The Independent|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714205940/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/huddersfield-vs-arsenal-result-goals-highlights-arsene-wenger-aubameyang-a8349441.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

After conducting an overhaul in the club's operating model to coincide with Wenger's departure, Spaniard [[Unai Emery]] was named as the club's new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club's first ever 'head coach' and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11382525/arsenal-confirm-appointment-of-unai-emery-as-new-head-coach |title=Unai Emery announced as new Arsenal head coach |work=Sky Sports |access-date=25 May 2018 |archive-date=26 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526041448/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11382525/arsenal-confirm-appointment-of-unai-emery-as-new-head-coach |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/welcome-unai|title=Welcome Unai|publisher=Arsenal F.C.|date=28 May 2023|access-date=23 May 2018|archive-date=23 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523102932/https://www.arsenal.com/news/welcome-unai|url-status=live}}</ref> In Emery's [[2018–19 Premier League|first season]], Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/tables?co=1&se=210&ha=-1|title=Premier League Tables 2018/19|website=Premier League|access-date=14 September 2019|archive-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217125722/https://www.premierleague.com/tables?co=1&se=210&ha=-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0251-0e9ce2d466b4-6403225af104-1000--chelsea-win-the-2019-uefa-europa-league/|title=Chelsea win the 2019 UEFA Europa League|date=29 May 2019|website=[[UEFA]]|access-date=14 September 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215024306/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2604835.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach [[Freddie Ljungberg]] was appointed as interim head coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/unai-emery-leaves-club|title=Unai Emery leaves club|date=29 November 2019|publisher=Arsenal|access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/06/17/freddie-ljungberg-replaces-steve-bould-unai-emerys-assistant/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/06/17/freddie-ljungberg-replaces-steve-bould-unai-emerys-assistant/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Freddie Ljungberg replaces Steve Bould as Unai Emery's assistant as Arsenal shake up coaching staff|date=17 June 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=30 November 2019|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/3999924/arsenal-sack-emery-after-worst-run-for-27-years-ljungberg-named-caretaker-manager|title=Arsenal sack Emery after worst run in 27 years|date=29 November 2019|website=ESPN|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=29 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129155717/https://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/3999924/arsenal-sack-emery-after-worst-run-for-27-years-ljungberg-named-caretaker-manager|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2019–: Mikel Arteta era ===

On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain [[Mikel Arteta]] as the new head coach.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/mikel-arteta-joining-our-new-head-coach|title=Mikel Arteta joining as our new head coach|date=20 December 2019|publisher=Arsenal|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=31 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831091025/https://www.arsenal.com/news/mikel-arteta-joining-our-new-head-coach|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/20/arsenal-appoint-mikel-arteta-as-manager-to-replace-unai-emery|title=Mikel Arteta asks for Arsenal patience but aims for 'top trophies' as manager|date=20 December 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728234953/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/20/arsenal-appoint-mikel-arteta-as-manager-to-replace-unai-emery|url-status=live}}</ref> Arsenal finished the [[2019–20 Arsenal F.C. season|2019–20 season]] in eighth, their lowest finish since [[1994–95 FA Premier League|1994–95]], but [[2020 FA Cup Final|beat Chelsea 2–1]] to earn a record-extending [[2020 FA Cup Final|14th FA Cup]] win.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 August 2020|title=FA Cup final 2020: Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53546100|access-date=2 August 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202716/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53546100|url-status=live}}</ref> After the season, Arteta's title was changed from head coach to manager.<ref>{{cite web|date=10 September 2020|title=Arsenal change Arteta role as part of restructure|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/4178032/arsenal-change-arteta-to-manager-from-coach-as-part-of-restructuring-at-club|access-date=3 January 2021|website=ESPN.com|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114085210/https://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/4178032/arsenal-change-arteta-to-manager-from-coach-as-part-of-restructuring-at-club|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 April 2021, Arsenal were announced as a founding club of the breakaway European competition [[European Super League|The Super League]];<ref>{{cite web |title=The Super League |url=https://thesuperleague.com/ |website=thesuperleague.com |access-date=20 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418235123/https://www.thesuperleague.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> they withdrew from the competition two days later amid near-universal condemnation.<ref name="Arsenal announcement">{{Cite press release|title=An open letter to our fans|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/open-letter-our-fans|date=20 April 2021|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=Arsenal F.C.|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404042803/https://www.arsenal.com/news/open-letter-our-fans|url-status=live}}</ref> Arsenal finished the [[2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season|2020–21 season]] in eighth place once again, not qualifying for a European competition for the first time in 26 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arsenal fails to qualify for Europe for 1st time in 25 years |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/english-premier-league/arsenal-fails-to-qualify-for-europe-for-1st-time-in-25-years-7327569/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=9 December 2021 |date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209191234/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/english-premier-league/arsenal-fails-to-qualify-for-europe-for-1st-time-in-25-years-7327569/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The season after ([[2021–22 Arsenal F.C. season|2021–22]]), Arteta had assembled the youngest outfit in the Premier League with an average starting age of 24 years and 308 days – more than a whole year younger than the next team.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-15 |title=Our 2021/22 season in numbers |url=https://www.arsenal.com/premier-league-stats-review-emirates-stadium-attendance-goals-appearances |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Our 2021/22 season in numbers |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026143444/https://www.arsenal.com/premier-league-stats-review-emirates-stadium-attendance-goals-appearances |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Adam |date=24 May 2022 |title=Premier League: Top trends revealed for the 2021/22 season |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12611391/premier-league-top-trends-revealed-for-the-2021-22-season |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=Sky Sports |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128184759/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12611391/premier-league-top-trends-revealed-for-the-2021-22-season |url-status=live }}</ref> They finished in fifth in the Premier League that year, and qualified for next season's [[2022–23 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=de Roché |first=Art |title=Arsenal, trajectory and perspective – they've proved they belong in title races |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5495373/2024/05/17/arsenal-trajectory-and-perspective-whatever-happens-theyve-proved-they-belong-in-title-races/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |work=The New York Times |date=19 May 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604191850/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5495373/2024/05/17/arsenal-trajectory-and-perspective-whatever-happens-theyve-proved-they-belong-in-title-races/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

By the [[2022–23 Arsenal F.C. season|2022–23 season]], Arsenal returned to the Champions League by coming second to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], setting a record for most time spent on top of the table without actually winning the league, ending on 84 points.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Drury |first1=Sam |title=Mikel Arteta: Arsenal 'must heal' after painful collapse in Premier League title race |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65660638 |access-date=3 July 2023 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 May 2023 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703122149/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65660638 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2023–24 Arsenal F.C. season|2023–24 season]], Arsenal beat Manchester City to claim their 17th [[2023 FA Community Shield|FA Community Shield]], they finished second in the Premier League to Manchester City with an improved 89 points from their previous campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-15 |title=Arsenal Analysed: 9 reasons why we shined in 23/24 |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/arsenal-analysed-9-reasons-why-we-shined-2324 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Arsenal Analysed: 9 reasons why we shined in 23/24 |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923022749/https://www.arsenal.com/news/arsenal-analysed-9-reasons-why-we-shined-2324 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League]], they reached the semi-finals only to lose to [[PSG]] 3–1 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal miss out on Champions League final after defeat in Paris |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/4304103 |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=Premier League |publisher=Tom Hancock |archive-date=7 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250507232811/https://www.premierleague.com/news/4304103 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the third season in a row Arsenal finished second, this time behind Liverpool, amassing a points tally of 74 in the 2024–25 Premier League season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/premier-league/2024-2025/standings.shtml |title=Premier League Table 2024/2025 |work=TNT Sports |access-date=30 July 2025 |archive-date=1 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250301063359/https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/premier-league/2024-2025/standings.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 19 May 2026, in the [[2025–26 Arsenal F.C. season|2025–26 season]], Arsenal secured its 14th league title and its first since the [[2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season|2003–04 season]] with one game to spare, by virtue of [[AFC Bournemouth]]'s 1–1 draw against Manchester City.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emons |first=Live ReportingMichael |last2=Coates |first2=Charlotte |title=Premier League LIVE: Arsenal are champions after Man City draw at Bournemouth and Spurs lose at Chelsea |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c8d86j481p9t |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260519200051/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c8d86j481p9t |url-status=live }}</ref> The title was Arsenal's first Premier League title under manager [[Mikel Arteta]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robson |first=James |date=2026-05-19 |title=Arsenal wins its first Premier League title in 22 years after Man City draws with Bournemouth |url=https://apnews.com/article/man-city-bournemouth-arsenal-premier-league-title-tottenham-828b9b177f8c0484754945eeb4ee0d0f |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260519230639/https://apnews.com/article/man-city-bournemouth-arsenal-premier-league-title-tottenham-828b9b177f8c0484754945eeb4ee0d0f |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same season, Arsenal reached the [[UEFA Champions League]] final for the second time in the club's history but lost to [[Paris Saint-Germain FC|Paris Saint-Germain]] 4–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw following extra time at the [[Puskás Aréna]] in Budapest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=Paris vs Arsenal: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Final |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2047742--paris-vs-arsenal/ |access-date=2026-05-31 |website=UEFA.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1949, the club unveiled a modernised crest featuring the same style of cannon below the club's name, set in [[blackletter]] typography, and above the coat of arms of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Islington]] and a scroll inscribed with the club's newly adopted Latin [[motto]], ''Victoria Concordia Crescit'' (VCC) – "victory comes from harmony" – coined by the club's programme editor Harry Homer.<ref name="crest"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=de Roché |first=Art |title=Arsenal's badge: The story of the iconic cannon |work=The New York Times |date=14 September 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3589464/2022/09/14/arsenal-badge-cannon-history/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172328/https://theathletic.com/3589464/2022/09/14/arsenal-badge-cannon-history/ |url-status=live}}</ref> For the first time, the crest was rendered in colour, which varied slightly over the crest's lifespan, finally becoming red, gold and green. Because of the numerous revisions of the crest, Arsenal were unable to [[copyright]] it.<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040416110605/http://www.arsenal.com/sportsappcontroller.jsp?command=forwardOnly&nextPage=theclubbadge4 |url=http://www.arsenal.com/sportsappcontroller.jsp?command=forwardOnly&nextPage=theclubbadge4 |title=New crest – press release |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |archive-date=16 April 2004 |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> Although the club had managed to register the crest as a trademark, and had [[Arsenal Football Club v Reed|fought (and eventually won) a long legal battle]] with a local street trader who sold "unofficial" Arsenal merchandise,<ref>{{cite web |title=''Arsenal v. Reed'' in the Court of Appeal |work=Swan Turton Solicitors |url=http://swanturton.com/arsenal-v-reed-in-the-court-of-appeal/ |url-status=live |publisher=Swan Turton |date=4 May 2003 |access-date=7 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707192831/http://swanturton.com/arsenal-v-reed-in-the-court-of-appeal/ |archive-date=7 July 2016}}</ref> Arsenal eventually sought a more comprehensive legal protection. Therefore, in 2002 they introduced a new crest featuring more modern curved lines and a simplified style, which was copyrightable.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal go for a makeover |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1795444.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 February 2004 |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112214109/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1795444.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016}}</ref>

Starting in the [[2021–22 Arsenal F.C. season|2021–22]] season, Adidas reintroduced the cannon-only crest on that season's away kit. It was the first time it had been seen on an Arsenal shirt since 1991. It would remain in use on the away kit in [[2022–23 Arsenal F.C. season|2022–23]] and in [[2023–24 Arsenal F.C. season|2023–24]] would be added to the third kit as well, before being used on all three kits in [[2024–25 Arsenal F.C. season|2024–25]] – marking the first time the crest would not be seen on an Arsenal kit since its introduction in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNicholas |first1=James |title=Why Arsenal are replacing the club crest with the cannon on next season's kits |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5429949/2024/04/23/arsenal-cannon-crest-kit/ |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>

| rowspan="5" | [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-and-arsenal-renew-sponsorship-deal |title=Emirates and Arsenal Renew Sponsorship Deal |website=www.emirates.com |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714222642/https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-and-arsenal-renew-sponsorship-deal |url-status=live }}</ref>

| rowspan="2 | [[Rwanda Development Board|Visit Rwanda]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Arsenal partner with 'Visit Rwanda' |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/club-welcomes-visit-rwanda-new-partner |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802014646/https://www.arsenal.com/news/club-welcomes-visit-rwanda-new-partner |url-status=live}}</ref>

Expansion of Highbury was restricted because the East Stand had been designated as a [[Grade II listed]] building and the other three stands were close to residential properties.<ref name="conservation_plan"/> These limitations prevented the club from maximising matchday revenue during the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century, putting them in danger of being left behind in the football boom of that time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/arsenal-consider-leaving-hallowed-marble-halls-1246012.html |title=Arsenal consider leaving hallowed marble halls |work=The Independent |first=Clare |last=Garner |date=18 August 1997 |access-date=23 October 2009 |location=London |archive-date=31 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131180450/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/arsenal-consider-leaving-hallowed-marble-halls-1246012.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After considering various options, in 2000 Arsenal proposed building a new 60,361-capacity stadium at Ashburton Grove, since named the [[Emirates Stadium]], about 500&nbsp;metres south-west of Highbury.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1011234.stm | title=Arsenal unveil new stadium plans |publisher=BBC Sport | date=7 November 2000 | access-date=11 August 2008 | archive-date=12 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112214641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1011234.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> The project was initially delayed by red tape and rising costs,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/2953273.stm | title=Arsenal stadium delay |publisher=BBC Sport | date=16 April 2003 | access-date=11 August 2008 | archive-date=12 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112214644/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/2953273.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> and construction was completed in July 2006, in time for the start of the 2006–07 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bergkamp given rousing farewell |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/5203954.stm |date=22 July 2006 |access-date=23 August 2007 |archive-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303115618/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/5203954.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The stadium was named after its sponsors, the airline company [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]], with whom the club signed the largest sponsorship deal in [[Football in England|English football]] history, worth around £100 million.<ref name="emiratesdeal">{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3715678.stm | title=Arsenal name new ground |publisher=BBC Sport | date=5 October 2004 | access-date=11 August 2008 | archive-date=10 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910025611/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3715678.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> Some fans referred to the ground as Ashburton Grove, or the Grove, as they did not agree with corporate sponsorship of stadium names.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arsenal-world.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=283908 | title=The 'E' Word | work=Arsenal World | last=Dawes | first=Brian | year=2006 | publisher=Footymad | access-date=11 August 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008060533/http://www.arsenal-world.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=283908 | archive-date=8 October 2006 }}</ref> The stadium will be officially known as Emirates Stadium until at least 2028, and the airline will be the club's shirt sponsor until at least 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last=Riach |first=James |title=Arsenal's new Emirates sponsorship deal to fund transfers and salaries |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/nov/23/arsenal-emirates-airline-sponsorship-deal |access-date=17 December 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 November 2012 |location=London |archive-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330113757/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/nov/23/arsenal-emirates-airline-sponsorship-deal |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/02/19/arsenal-agree-200m-shirt-sponsorship-deal-emirates-2024/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/02/19/arsenal-agree-200m-shirt-sponsorship-deal-emirates-2024/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Arsenal agree £200m shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates until 2024 |last=Wilson |first=Jeremy |date=19 February 2018 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=25 February 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> From the start of the 2010–11 season on, the stands of the stadium have been officially known as North Bank, East Stand, West Stand and Clock end.<ref>[http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/emirates-stadium-stands-to-be-re-named Emirates Stadium stands to be renamed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527215412/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/emirates-stadium-stands-to-be-re-named |date=27 May 2017 }} Arsenal FC, 19 July 2010</ref> The capacity of the Emirates now stands at 60,704.<ref name="cap2021">{{cite web |title=Premier League Handbook 2020/21 |url=https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2021/04/07/6ebff069-a7ee-415d-afbd-15878b6d33b2/2020-21-PL-Handbook-240321.pdf|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412002820/https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2021/04/07/6ebff069-a7ee-415d-afbd-15878b6d33b2/2020-21-PL-Handbook-240321.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=Premier League |access-date=12 April 2021|page=4}}</ref>

Arsenal's players train at the [[Arsenal Training Centre|Shenley Training Centre]] in Hertfordshire, a purpose-built facility which opened in 1999.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/arsenal-gets-a-complex | title=Arsenal gets a complex | magazine=The Architects' Journal | first=David | last=Taylor | date=21 October 1999 | access-date=20 January 2010 | archive-date=6 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906064406/https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/arsenal-gets-a-complex/774448.article | url-status=live }}</ref> Before that, the club used facilities on a nearby site owned by the [[University College London Union|University College of London Students' Union]]. Until 1961 they had trained at Highbury.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arsenal.com/the-club/training-centre | title=The Training Centre | publisher=Arsenal F.C. | access-date=11 August 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080812090836/http://www.arsenal.com/the-club/training-centre | archive-date= 12 August 2008| url-status=live}}</ref> Arsenal's [[Arsenal F.C. Academy|Academy under-18]] teams play their home matches at Shenley, while the [[Arsenal F.C. Reserves|reserves]] play their games at [[Meadow Park (Borehamwood)|Meadow Park]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/youth-sides-set-to-play-at-meadow-park |title=Youth sides to play at Meadow Park |date=30 July 2013 |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520221805/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/youth-sides-set-to-play-at-meadow-park |url-status=live}}</ref> which is also the home of [[Borehamwood F.C.|Boreham Wood]]. Both the academy under-18 team and the reserves occasionally play their big games at the Emirates in front of a crowd reduced to only the lower west stand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/fixture/academy/2018-may-08/fc-porto#!match-news |title=08/05/2018 – FC Porto – Premier League International Cup – Under 23 – H |date=8 May 2018 |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515044136/https://www.arsenal.com/fixture/academy/2018-may-08/fc-porto#!match-news |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/fixture/academy/2018-apr-30/chelsea-u18#!match-news |title=30/04/2018 – Chelsea U18 – FA Youth Cup – Under 18 – H |date=30 April 2018 |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515044041/https://www.arsenal.com/fixture/academy/2018-apr-30/chelsea-u18#!match-news |url-status=live}}</ref>

Arsenal's fanbase are referred to as "Gooners" – the name derived from the club's nickname "The Gunners". Virtually all home matches sell out; in 2007–08 Arsenal had the second-highest average League attendance for an English club (60,070, which was 99.5% of available capacity),<ref>{{cite web |author=Kempster, Tony |title=Attendances 2007/08 |url=http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/prematt.htm?comp=1 |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225014837/http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/prematt.htm?comp=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> and, as of 2015, the third-highest all-time average attendance.<ref name="All Time League Attendance">{{cite web |title=All Time League Attendance Records |url=http://www.nufc.com/2015-16html/attendance-all-time.html |website=nufc.com|publisher=NUFC |access-date=6 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406083542/http://www.nufc.com/2015-16html/attendance-all-time.html |archive-date=6 April 2016 |date=22 September 2015}} Some pre-war attendance figures used by this source were estimates and may not be entirely accurate.</ref> Arsenal have the seventh highest average attendance of European football clubs only behind [[Borussia Dortmund]], [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] and [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/ger.1/year/2010/german-bundesliga?cc=5901 |title=German Bundesliga Stats: Team Attendance&nbsp;– 2010–11 |work=[[ESPNsoccernet]] |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026124256/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/ger.1/year/2010/german-bundesliga |archive-date=26 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/noticies/club/temporada10-11/05/17/n110517117527.html |title=Camp Nou league attendances rise by 2.7% |publisher=FC Barcelona |date=17 May 2011 |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708133249/http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/noticies/club/temporada10-11/05/17/n110517117527.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/eng.1/year/2010/barclays-premier-league?cc=5901 |title= Barclays Premier League Stats: Team Attendance&nbsp;– 2010–11 |work=[[ESPNsoccernet]] |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026112107/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/eng.1/year/2010/barclays-premier-league |archive-date=26 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/ESP.1/year/2010/spanish-primera-division?cc=5901 |title=Spanish La Liga Stats: Team Attendance&nbsp;– 2010–11 |work=[[ESPNsoccernet]] |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403134314/http://espnfc.com/stats/attendance/_/league/esp.1/year/2010/spanish-primera-division |archive-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The club's location, adjoining wealthy areas such as [[Canonbury]] and [[Barnsbury]], mixed areas such as [[Islington]], [[Holloway, London|Holloway]], [[Highbury]], and the adjacent [[London Borough of Camden]], and largely working-class areas such as [[Finsbury Park (district)|Finsbury Park]] and [[Stoke Newington]], has meant that Arsenal's supporters have come from a variety of social classes. Much of the Afro-Caribbean support comes from the neighbouring [[London Borough of Hackney]] and a large portion of the South Asian Arsenal supporters commute to the stadium from [[Wembley Park]], North West of the capital. There is also traditionally a large Irish community that followed Arsenal, with the surrounding Islington and particularly the nearby [[Archway, London|Archway]] area having a large community of residents with Irish heritage.

The team's anthem is "[[The Angel (North London Forever)]]" by [[Louis Dunford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/premier-league-leeds-united-mikel-arteta-post-match-interview-emirates-stadium |title=Arteta – It was emotional |last=James |first=Josh |date=8 May 2022 |website=arsenal.com |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923022721/https://www.arsenal.com/premier-league-leeds-united-mikel-arteta-post-match-interview-emirates-stadium |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3300095/2022/05/08/north-london-forever-the-goosebumps-moment-that-captured-the-spirit-of-arsenal-past-present-and-future/ |title='North London forever' – the goosebumps moment that captured the spirit of Arsenal past, present and future |last=Lawrence |first=Amy |date=9 May 2022 |website=theathletic.com |publisher=[[The Athletic]] |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509041803/https://theathletic.com/3300095/2022/05/08/north-london-forever-the-goosebumps-moment-that-captured-the-spirit-of-arsenal-past-present-and-future/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/arsenal-trial-new-anthem-the-23898105 |title=Arsenal trial new anthem 'The Angel' at the Emirates Stadium ahead of Leeds United clash |last=Davison |first=Chris |date=8 May 2022 |website=football.london |publisher= |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510132448/https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/arsenal-trial-new-anthem-the-23898105 |url-status=live }}</ref> The song is typically played at Arsenal home games before a match.

The club mascot is Gunnersaurus Rex, a smiling, seven-foot-tall green dinosaur, who first appeared at a home match against Manchester City in August 1994 (or 1993). He is based on a drawing by then-11-year-old Peter Lovell, whose design and another similar idea won a Junior Gunners contest; his official backstory is that he hatched from an egg found during renovations at Highbury.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Weeks |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/gunnersaurus-explained-the-guy-who-dreamt-up-arsenal39s-mascot-us-translation/ |title=Gunnersaurus Explained: The Guy Who Dreamt Up Arsenal's Mascot |website=Vice Sports |date=30 May 2015 |access-date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009125404/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nzppdk/gunnersaurus-explained-the-guy-who-dreamt-up-arsenal39s-mascot-us-translation |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Phil |last=West |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/07/26/gunnersaurus-arsenals-mascot-kids-drawing-international-fame |title=Gunnersaurus: Arsenal's mascot, from a kid's drawing to international fame |publisher=Major League Soccer |date=26 July 2016 |access-date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010183927/https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/07/26/gunnersaurus-arsenals-mascot-kids-drawing-international-fame |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=McNicholas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1725214/2020/04/07/this-is-gunnersaurus-world-and-were-just-living-in-it/ |title=This is Gunnersaurus' world and we're just living in it |website=The Athletic |date=6 April 2020 |access-date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010002414/https://theathletic.com/1725214/2020/04/07/this-is-gunnersaurus-world-and-were-just-living-in-it/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The same performer, Jerry Quy, has been inside the suit from the start; in early October 2020, as part of cost-cutting brought about by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in England|COVID-19 pandemic]], the club [[Layoff|made him redundant]] from that and his other part-time job in supporter liaison, together with 55 full-time employees, although they later said Gunnersaurus could return after spectators were allowed back in stadiums.<ref name="Ind">{{cite news |first=Ed|last=Cumming|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gunnersaurus-arsenal-gunners-mascot-salary-premier-league-b833399.html|title=Goodbye for now, Gunnersaurus, your departure is a lesson and a warning to us all|newspaper=The Independent|date=6 October 2020|type=opinion|access-date=7 October 2020|archive-date=16 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016233722/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gunnersaurus-arsenal-gunners-mascot-salary-premier-league-b833399.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/4200873/arsenal-axe-gunnersaurus-in-bid-to-save-money-amid-pandemic |title=Arsenal axe Gunnersaurus in bid to save money amid pandemic |publisher=ESPN |date=5 October 2020 |access-date=24 October 2020 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018101737/https://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/4200873/arsenal-axe-gunnersaurus-in-bid-to-save-money-amid-pandemic |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=continue>{{cite news |url=https://www.football365.com/news/gunnersaurus-continue-arsenal-reports-contrary |title=Gunnersaurus to continue Arsenal role despite reports to contrary |website=Football365 |date=6 October 2020 |access-date=9 December 2020 |agency=PA |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026153813/https://www.football365.com/news/gunnersaurus-continue-arsenal-reports-contrary |url-status=live}}</ref> An online fundraiser was begun for Quy,<ref name=continue/> and [[Mesut Özil]] offered to pay his salary himself as long as he remains with Arsenal.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |first1=Heather |last1=Murphy |first2=Tariq |last2=Panja |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/sports/arsenal-gunnersaurus-mesut-ozil.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006200014/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/sports/arsenal-gunnersaurus-mesut-ozil.html |archive-date=6 October 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Arsenal Laid Off Its 'Gunnersaurus' Mascot. A Player Offered to Pay His Salary |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 October 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Nick |last=Ames |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/06/mesut-ozil-offers-to-pay-to-keep-man-inside-gunnersaurus-in-arsenal-job |title=Mesut Özil offers to pay to keep man inside Gunnersaurus in Arsenal job |newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 October 2020 |access-date=24 October 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022181828/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/06/mesut-ozil-offers-to-pay-to-keep-man-inside-gunnersaurus-in-arsenal-job |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2020, in advance of COVID-19 regulations being relaxed to allow supporters to attend home games from 3 December, Arsenal announced that Gunnersaurus would return, to be played by a roster of people that could include Quy if he wished.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-england-ars/arsenals-mascot-gunnersaurus-returns-from-brink-of-extinction-idUKKBN27R0FR |title=Arsenal's mascot Gunnersaurus returns from brink of extinction |publisher=Reuters |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=23 December 2020 |archive-date=23 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223123118/https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-england-ars/arsenals-mascot-gunnersaurus-returns-from-brink-of-extinction-idUKKBN27R0FR |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54895699 |title=Gunnersaurus: Arsenal mascot returns to club after redundancies |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 November 2020 |access-date=23 December 2020 |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110225741/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54895699 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The largest shareholder on the Arsenal board is American sports tycoon [[Stan Kroenke]].<ref name="Arsenal Board">{{cite news |url=http://www.arsenal.com/the-club/corporate-info/the-arsenal-board |title=The Arsenal Board |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=21 May 2017 |archive-date=19 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619041920/http://www.arsenal.com/the-club/corporate-info/the-arsenal-board |url-status=live}}</ref> Kroenke first launched a bid for the club in April 2007,<ref name="kroenke">{{cite news |title=Takeover gains pace at Arsenal with 9.9% sale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/apr/06/newsstory.sport7 |work=The Guardian |author1=Scott, Matt |author2=Allen, Katie |name-list-style=amp |date=6 April 2007 |access-date=11 August 2008 | location=London |archive-date=12 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312020703/http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2051488,00.html | url-status=live}}</ref> and faced competition for shares from Red and White Securities, which acquired its first shares from [[David Dein]] in August 2007.<ref name="usmanov">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6971124.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |title=Russian buys Dein's Arsenal stake| date=30 August 2007| access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112215140/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6971124.stm| url-status=live}}</ref> Red & White Securities was co-owned by Russian billionaire [[Alisher Usmanov]] and London-based Iranian financier [[Farhad Moshiri (businessman)|Farhad Moshiri]], though Usmanov bought Moshiri's stake in 2016.<ref name="Usmanov buys Moshiri">{{cite web|title=Everton confirm sale of 49.9% of club to former Arsenal shareholder Farhad Moshiri|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/27/everton-takeover-arsenal-shareholder-farhad-moshiri|work=The Guardian|date=27 February 2016|access-date=28 March 2016|archive-date=31 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331144005/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/27/everton-takeover-arsenal-shareholder-farhad-moshiri|url-status=live}}</ref> Kroenke came close to the 30% takeover threshold in November 2009, when he increased his holding to 18,594 shares (29.9%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/kroenke-increases-stake-in-arsenal-holdings |title=Kroenke increases stake in Arsenal Holdings |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |date=5 November 2009 |access-date=6 December 2009

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108092200/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/kroenke-increases-stake-in-arsenal-holdings |archive-date=8 November 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kroenke at threshold">{{cite news |title=Kroenke nears Arsenal threshold |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8343943.stm |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 March 2016 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324184223/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8343943.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2011, Kroenke achieved a full takeover by purchasing the shareholdings of [[Nina Bracewell-Smith]] and [[Danny Fiszman]], taking his shareholding to 62.89%.<ref name="Kroenke buys Arsenal, BBC">{{cite news |title=US businessman Stan Kroenke agrees bid to buy Arsenal |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/9453736.stm |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 March 2016 |archive-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907014602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/9453736.stm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kroenke buys Arsenal, Guardian">{{cite web |title=Stan Kroenke takes controlling stake in Arsenal with 62.89% of shares |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/apr/11/stan-kroenke-arsenal-takeover-control |work=The Guardian |date=11 April 2011 |access-date=28 March 2016 |archive-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409092334/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/apr/11/stan-kroenke-arsenal-takeover-control |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2017, Kroenke owned 41,721 shares (67.05%) and Red & White Securities owned 18,695 shares (30.04%).<ref name="Arsenal Board" /> In January 2018, Kroenke expanded his ownership by buying twenty-two more shares, taking his total ownership to 67.09%.<ref>{{cite news |last=Benge |first=James |title=Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke increases stake to 67.09 per cent with £616,000 investment |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-majority-shareholder-stan-kroenke-increases-stake-to-67-09-per-cent-with-ps616-000-investment-a3747426.html |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=Evening Standard |date=23 January 2018 |archive-date=6 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606213238/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-majority-shareholder-stan-kroenke-increases-stake-to-67-09-per-cent-with-ps616-000-investment-a3747426.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, Kroenke bought out Usmanov for £550m. Now owning more than 90% of the shares, he had the required stake to complete the buyout of the remaining shares and become the sole owner.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Billionaire Gets Full Control of Arsenal, Buying Out Russian Rival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/sports/soccer/arsenal-alisher-usmanov-stan-kroenke.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/sports/soccer/arsenal-alisher-usmanov-stan-kroenke.html |archive-date=1 January 2022 |url-access=limited |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 August 2018 |access-date= 7 August 2018|last1=Panja |first1=Tariq }}{{cbignore}}</ref> There has been criticism of Arsenal's poor performance since Kroenke took over, which has been attributed to his ownership.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal's problems lie with Kroenke's ownership rather than Arteta |last=Ronay |first=Barney |newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 December 2020 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/25/arsenals-problems-lie-with-kroenkes-ownership-rather-than-arteta |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225135455/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/25/arsenals-problems-lie-with-kroenkes-ownership-rather-than-arteta |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ivan Gazidis]] was the club's Chief executive from 2009 to 2018.<ref name="Arsenal Board" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal chief Gazidis leaves for Milan |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45558978|access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128033956/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45558978 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Arsenal's parent company, Arsenal Holdings plc, operates as an unlisted [[public limited company]], whose ownership is considerably different from that of other football clubs. Only 62,219 shares in Arsenal have been issued,<ref name="Arsenal Board"/> and they are not traded on a public exchange such as the [[FTSE Group|FTSE]] or [[Alternative Investment Market|AIM]]; instead, they are traded relatively infrequently on the [[ICAP (company)|ICAP]] Securities and Derivatives Exchange, a specialist market. On 29 May 2017, a single share in Arsenal had a [[mid price]] of £18,000, which sets the club's [[market capitalisation]] value at approximately £1,119.9m.<ref name="Arsenal, NEX Exchange">{{cite web |title=Arsenal Holdings plc |url=http://www.nexexchange.com/member?securityid=10092 |website=nexexchange.com |publisher=NEX Exchange |access-date=29 May 2017 |archive-date=26 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526080650/http://www.nexexchange.com/member?securityid=10092 |url-status=live}}</ref> Most football clubs are not listed on an exchange, which makes direct comparisons of their values difficult. Consultants Brand Finance valued the club's brand and intangible assets at $703m in 2015, and consider Arsenal an AAA global brand.<ref name="World Football Brands">{{cite web |title=Football 50 2015 |url=http://brandfinance.com/images/upload/bf_football_50_for_website.pdf |website=brandfinance.com |publisher=Brand Finance |access-date=22 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408143449/http://brandfinance.com/images/upload/bf_football_50_for_website.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2016 }}</ref> Business magazine ''[[Forbes]]'' [[Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs|valued]] Arsenal as a whole at $2.238 billion (£1.69 billion) in 2018, ranked third in English football.<ref name=Forbes2018>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/soccer-valuations/list/#tab:overall |title=The Business of Soccer |last=Ozanian |first=Mike |work=Forbes |access-date=27 June 2018 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820010417/https://www.forbes.com/soccer-valuations/list/#tab:overall |url-status=live }}</ref> Research by the [[Henley Business School]] ranked Arsenal second in English football, modelling the club's value at £1.118&nbsp;billion in 2015.<ref name="Markham 2015">{{cite web |last1=Markham |first1=Tom |title=WHAT'S YOUR CLUB REALLY WORTH? |url=http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2015/08/21/from-man-utd-at-1-8bn-to-cherries-at-104m-whats-your-club-worth-210803/ |website=sportingintelligence.com |publisher=Sporting Intelligence |access-date=28 March 2016 |archive-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408104931/http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2015/08/21/from-man-utd-at-1-8bn-to-cherries-at-104m-whats-your-club-worth-210803/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MMM">{{cite journal |last1=Markham |first1=Tom |title=What is the Optimal Method to Value a Football Club? |journal=SSRN |year=2013 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.2238265 |ssrn=2238265|s2cid=153760884 |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/fd34/9ec29270e2390f0fc782a21be0606b940afd.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227023355/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/fd34/9ec29270e2390f0fc782a21be0606b940afd.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 February 2020 |issn = 1556-5068}}</ref>

Partly due to their proximity to the [[Alexandra Palace television station|Alexandra Palace transmitter]], Arsenal have appeared in a number of media "firsts". On 22 January 1927, their match at Highbury against [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] was the first English League match to be broadcast live on radio.<ref name="FirstsLasts">''Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Football''&nbsp;– Paul Donnelley (Hamlyn, 2010)</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/programme-it-happened-at-highbury| title=It Happened at Highbury: First live radio broadcast| publisher=Arsenal F.C| access-date=11 August 2008| archive-date=24 July 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724071511/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/programme-it-happened-at-highbury| url-status=live}}</ref> A decade later, on 16 September 1937, an exhibition match between Arsenal's first team and the reserves was the first football match in the world to be televised live.<ref name="FirstsLasts"/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/2260280.stm| title=Happened on this day&nbsp;– 16 September| publisher=BBC Sport| date=16 September 2002| access-date=11 August 2008| archive-date=12 January 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112215234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/2260280.stm| url-status=live}}</ref> Arsenal also featured in the first edition of the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Match of the Day]]'', which screened highlights of their match against Liverpool at [[Anfield]] on 22 August 1964.<ref name="FirstsLasts"/><ref name="bbchist">{{cite news | title=History of Match of the Day | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/match_of_the_day/879960.stm | publisher=BBC Sport | date=14 February 2003 | access-date=11 August 2008 | archive-date=12 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112215235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/match_of_the_day/879960.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sky UK|Sky]]'s coverage of Arsenal's January 2010 match against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] was the first live public broadcast of a sports event on [[3D television]].<ref name="FirstsLasts"/><ref>{{cite news | title=Fans trial first live 3D sports event | url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/fans-trial-first-live-3d-sports-event-20100201-n7bo.html | agency=Associated Press | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=1 February 2010 | access-date=16 March 2010 | archive-date=14 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814012223/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/fans-trial-first-live-3d-sports-event-20100201-n7bo.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

As one of the most successful teams in the country, Arsenal have often featured when football is depicted in the arts in Britain. They formed the backdrop to one of the earliest football-related novels, ''[[The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (novel)|The Arsenal Stadium Mystery]]'' (1939), which was [[The Arsenal Stadium Mystery|made into a film]] in the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Redfern |first=Simon |title=The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, by Leonard Gribble |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-arsenal-stadium-mystery-by-leonard-gribble-944709.html |access-date=13 September 2017 |work=The Independent |date=27 September 2008 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140903/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-arsenal-stadium-mystery-by-leonard-gribble-944709.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The story centres on a [[friendly match]] between Arsenal and an amateur side, one of whose players is poisoned while playing. Many Arsenal players appeared as themselves in the film and manager [[George Allison]] was given a speaking part.<ref name="atthemovies"/> The book ''[[Fever Pitch]]'' by [[Nick Hornby]] was an autobiographical account of Hornby's life and relationship with football, and with Arsenal in particular. Published in 1992, it formed part of the revival and rehabilitation of football in British society during the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nick Hornby |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/13/nick.hornby |url-status=live |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=22 July 2008 |access-date=7 September 2008 |quote=Critically acclaimed and commercial dynamite, Fever Pitch helped to make football trendy and explain its appeal to the soccerless |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603140212/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/13/nick.hornby |archive-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> The book was twice adapted for the cinema–the [[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|1997 British film]] focuses on Arsenal's 1988–89 title win, and a [[Fever Pitch (2005 film)|2005 American version]] features a fan of baseball's [[Boston Red Sox]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Levy |first=Glen |title=Fever Pitch |access-date=13 September 2017 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=5 July 2010 |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2010/07/06/top-10-soccer-movies/slide/fever-pitch-1997/ |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927150528/https://entertainment.time.com/2010/07/06/top-10-soccer-movies/slide/fever-pitch-1997/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Arsenal have often been stereotyped as a [[defender (association football)|defensive]] and "boring" side, especially during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/3037789.stm | title=No more boring, boring Arsenal | first=John | last=May |publisher=BBC Sport | date=19 May 2003 | access-date=7 September 2008 | archive-date=12 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112215447/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3037789.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1997 film ''[[The Full Monty]]'' the principal characters move forward in a line and raise their hands, deliberately mimicking the Arsenal defence's [[offside trap]], in an attempt to co-ordinate their [[striptease]] routine.<ref name="atthemovies">{{cite web| url=http://www.arseweb.com/other/movies.html| title=Arsenal at the movies| publisher=Arseweb| access-date=11 August 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080726182708/http://www.arseweb.com/other/movies.html| archive-date= 26 July 2008| url-status=live}}</ref> Fifteen years later, an almost identical scene was included in the 2012 Disney science-fiction film ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' (director and co-writer [[Andrew Stanton]], a notable overseas supporter of the club), along with other visual cues and oblique dialogue hints and references to the club throughout the film.<ref>Dörflinger, M., ''Taschenbuch Fußball: 333x Fußball – Superlative & Kuriositäten. Spannende Fakten und Kurioses über Fußball'' – Geramond Verlag (2019). {{ISBN|978-3964530530}}.</ref> Another film reference to the club's defence comes in the film ''[[Plunkett & Macleane]]'', in which two characters are named Dixon and Winterburn after Arsenal's long-serving full backs – the right-sided [[Lee Dixon]] and the left-sided [[Nigel Winterburn]].<ref name="atthemovies"/>

During 2007 in [[Pleiku]], Vietnam, Arsenal partnered with the [[JMG Academy]] and the [[Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group|Hoang Anh Gia Lai Corporation]] to found a [[Hoang Anh Gia Lai Academy|youth academy]] for the [[V.League 1]] side [[Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC|Hoàng Anh Gia Lai]],<ref>{{cite web |date=6 March 2007 |title=Gunners announce deal with Vietnamese club |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/gunners-announce-deal-with-vietnamese-club |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219062008/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/gunners-announce-deal-with-vietnamese-club |archive-date=19 February 2015 |access-date=1 October 2023 |publisher=Arsenal F.C.}}</ref> which saw a selection of Vietnam-based players train with Arsenal;<ref>{{cite web |date=26 August 2009 |title=Two Hoang Anh Gia Lai's stars to practice at Arsenal |url=http://www.lookatvietnam.com/2009/08/two-hoang-anh-gia-lais-stars-to-practice-at-arsenal.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815192424/http://www.lookatvietnam.com/2009/08/two-hoang-anh-gia-lais-stars-to-practice-at-arsenal.html |archive-date=15 August 2010 |access-date=1 October 2023 |website=lookatvietnam.com}}</ref> the club ended their partnership with the club in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 July 2017 |title=HAGL end Arsenal partnership |url=https://www.aseanfootball.org/v3/hagl-end-arsenal-partnership/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001063442/https://www.aseanfootball.org/v3/hagl-end-arsenal-partnership/ |archive-date=1 October 2023 |access-date=1 October 2023 |publisher=ASEAN Football Federation}}</ref> Additionally, the club formally partnered with a variety of clubs overseas including Virginia based [[Richmond Strikers]] and Cairo based [[Wadi Degla SC|Wadi Degla]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Cavell |first=Nick |date=24 November 2003 |title=Arsenal set up shop in Cairo |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3233360.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001054417/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3233360.stm |archive-date=1 October 2023 |access-date=1 October 2023 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2010 |title=Arsenal announce Richmond Strikers project |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/arsenal-announce-richmond-strikers-project |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009111204/https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/arsenal-announce-richmond-strikers-project |archive-date=9 October 2012 |access-date=1 October 2023 |publisher=Arsenal F.C.}}</ref>

{{updated|24 January 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/men/players |title=Squad: Men |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=1 September 2025}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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{{updated|6 March 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Squad: Academy |url=https://www.arsenal.com/academy/players |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=6 March 2026}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

: Players with at least one first-team appearance for Arsenal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arsenal FC, Players from A-Z |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te127/arsenal-fc/all-players/ |access-date=6 March 2026|website=worldfootball.net}}{{cbignore}}</ref><!-- Only include current Arsenal Academy players who have made a senior appearance for Arsenal -->

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{{Fs player|no=71|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Andre Harriman-Annous]]}}

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{{Fs player|no=78|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Jack Porter (footballer)|Jack Porter]]}}

 

{{Fs player|no=53|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Charles Sagoe Jr]]|other=at [[Kalmar FF|Kalmar]] until 31 December 2026}}

[[File:Mikel Arteta 2021 (cropped).png|thumb|right|Having served as Arsenal's club captain during his playing career, Arteta was appointed as manager in December 2019.<ref name=":3" />]]

[[File:Arsene-Wenger.jpg|thumb|right|[[Arsène Wenger]] managed Arsenal from 1996 to 2018; he is the club's longest serving manager.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arsenal Manager History |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=142&teamTabs=managers |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216060256/https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=142&teamTabs=managers |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

|+ Management and staff as of 19 September 2025<ref name="arsenalpldirectory">{{cite web |title=Arsenal FC Key Personnel & Club Information |url=https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/1/Arsenal/directory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521091733/https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/1/Arsenal/directory |archive-date=21 May 2022 |access-date=5 November 2024 |publisher=Premier League}}</ref>

! style="background-color:#CC0000; color:white;" scope="col" |Position

! style="background-color:#CC0000; color:white;" scope="col" | Name

| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Mikel Arteta]]

| rowspan="2" |Assistant manager

| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Albert Stuivenberg]]

| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miguel Molina (footballer)|Miguel Molina]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miguel Molina |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe825369/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |archive-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428234440/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/miguel-molina/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| First team coach

| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriel Heinze]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabriel Heinze joins coaching team |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/gabriel-heinze-joins-coaching-team |website=Arsenal.com |access-date=8 July 2025 |archive-date=8 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708161935/https://www.arsenal.com/news/gabriel-heinze-joins-coaching-team |url-status=live }}</ref>

| Set-piece coach

| {{flagicon|GER}}{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Jover]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicolas Jover |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe906652/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507225125/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/nicolas-jover/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iñaki Caña]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iñaki Caña |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe825370/inaki-cana/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507225208/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/inaki-cana/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| Head of analysis

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Chadwick

| Head of sports science and performance

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Allen

| Head of sports medicine and performance

| {{flagicon|PAK}}{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Zafar Iqbal (physician)|Zafar Iqbal]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ornstein |first=David |title=Palace's head of sports medicine Iqbal to join Arsenal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5157401/2023/12/22/zafar-iqbal-arsenal-crystal-palace/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 2023 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523130027/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5157401/2023/12/22/zafar-iqbal-arsenal-crystal-palace/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| Lead physical performance coach

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Wilson

| Physical performance coach

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Toby Griffiths

| Fitness coach

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Izan Martín

| Attacking phase coach

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Isa Hussein

|+ Arsenal board as of 19 September 2025

! style="background-color:#CC0000; color:white;" scope="col" |Position

! style="background-color:#CC0000; color:white;" scope="col" | Name

| rowspan="2" |  [[Chairperson|Co-chairman]]

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stan Kroenke]]

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Kroenke]]

| [[Director (business)|Director]]

| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham|Lord Harris of Peckham]]

| rowspan="4" | Non-Executive Director

| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ben Winston]]<ref name="Arsenal F.C"/>

| [[Sporting Director]]

| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Berta]]

| [[Chief Executive Officer]]

| [[Chief Financial Officer]]

Arsenal's tally of 14 League Championships is the [[List of English football champions#Total titles won|third highest]] in English football, after Liverpool (20) and Manchester United (20),<ref name=":8">{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engchamp.html| title=England&nbsp;– List of Champions| publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation| last=Ross| first=James M| date=28 August 2009| access-date=23 October 2009| archive-date=30 July 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730154323/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engchamp.html| url-status=live}}</ref> and they were the first club [[List of English football champions#Football League First Division (1892–1992)|to reach]] a seventh and an eighth League Championship. As of June 2020, they are one of seven teams, the others being Manchester United, [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] and Liverpool, to have won the Premier League since its formation in 1992.<ref name=":8" />

They hold the highest number of FA Cup trophies, with 14.<ref name=":7">{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engcuphist.html| title=England FA Challenge Cup Finals| publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation| last=Ross| first=James M| date=12 June 2009| access-date=23 October 2009| archive-date=13 January 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113115049/http://rsssf.com/tablese/engcuphist.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The club is one of only six clubs to have won the FA Cup twice in succession, in 2002 and 2003, and 2014 and 2015.<ref name=":7" /> Arsenal have achieved three League and FA Cup "[[Double (association football)#England|Doubles]]" (in 1971, 1998 and 2002), a feat only previously achieved by Manchester United (in 1994, 1996 and 1999).<ref name=FCHD/><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/doublerec.html| title=Doing the Double: Countrywise Records| publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation| last=Stokkermans| first=Karel| date=24 September 2009| access-date=23 October 2009| archive-date=26 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126184235/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/doublerec.html| url-status=live}}</ref> They were the first side in English football to complete the FA Cup and League Cup double, in 1993.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2313666/Mourinho-collects-his-consolation-prize.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2313666/Mourinho-collects-his-consolation-prize.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Mourinho collects his consolation prize| first=Roy| last=Collins| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| date=20 May 2007| access-date=6 December 2009| quote=Chelsea's Cup came wrapped in an extra ribbon, only the second team after Arsenal in 1993 to win both domestic cups.| location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Arsenal were also the first London club to reach the final of the UEFA Champions League, in 2006, losing the final 2–1 to [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/arsenal| title=Arsenal Football Club| publisher=Premier League| access-date=11 August 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080913103452/http://www.premierleague.com/page/arsenal| archive-date= 13 September 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref>  and they lost the Champions League final again, in 2026, 3-4 on penalties against [[Paris Saint-Germain|Paris Saint-Germain]], after a 1-1 draw.<ref name="Reuters2026Final">{{cite news |title=PSG retain Champions League title with shoot-out win over Arsenal |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/psg-retain-champions-league-title-with-shoot-out-win-over-arsenal-2026-05-30/ |work=Reuters |date=30 May 2026 |access-date=30 May 2026}}</ref>

Arsenal have one of the best top-flight records in history, having finished below fourteenth only seven times. They have won the second most top flight league matches in English football, and have also accumulated the second most points,<ref name="RSSSF1stLevelAllTime"/> whether calculated by two points per win<ref name="RSSSF1stLevelAllTime"/> or by the contemporary points value.<ref name="All Time Table">{{cite web |title=English Premier League : Full All Time Table |url=http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/all-time-table/full |website=statto.com |access-date=21 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320225558/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/all-time-table/full |archive-date=20 March 2017}}</ref> They have been in the top flight for the most consecutive seasons (98 as of 2023–24).<ref name="RSSSF_Div_Movements"/><ref name="All-time Arsenal">{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/48523/behind-the-numbers- |title=All-time Arsenal |last=James |first=Josh |date=18 June 2013 |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=22 June 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622042610/https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/48523/behind-the-numbers- |archive-date=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Seasons Spent in the Top Flight of English Football by Clubs from 1888–89 to 2023–24 |url=https://www.myfootballfacts.com/england_footy/football-league/seasons-in-top-flight/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209052735/https://www.myfootballfacts.com/england_footy/football-league/seasons-in-top-flight/ |archive-date=9 December 2021 |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=My Football Facts |url-status=live }}</ref> Arsenal also have the highest average league finishing position for the 20th century, with an average league placement of 8.5.<ref name="Independent: Hodgson"/>

Arsenal hold the record for the longest run of unbeaten League matches (49 between May 2003 and October 2004).<ref name="49unbeaten"/> This included all 38 matches of their title-winning [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04]] season, when Arsenal became only the second club to finish a top-flight campaign unbeaten, after [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] (who played only 22 matches) in [[1888–89 in English football|1888–89]].<ref name="invincibles"/><ref name="49 Unbeaten">{{cite web |title=49 Unbeaten |url=https://www.arsenal.com/history/club-records/the-unbeaten-record |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |date=1 June 2017 |access-date=14 April 2018 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010642/https://www.arsenal.com/history/club-records/the-unbeaten-record |url-status=live }}</ref> They also hold the record for the longest top flight win streak.<ref name="EPL Records">{{cite web |title=Records |url=http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/records |website=statto.com |access-date=22 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107021729/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/records |archive-date= 7 November 2011}}</ref> Arsenal set a Champions League record during the 2005–06 season by going ten matches without conceding a goal, beating the previous best of seven set by [[AC Milan]]. They went a record total stretch of 995&nbsp;minutes without letting an opponent score; the streak ended in [[2006 UEFA Champions League Final|the final]], when [[Samuel Eto'o]] scored a 76th-minute equaliser for Barcelona.<ref name="2006ucl">{{cite news

[[David O'Leary]] holds the record for Arsenal appearances, having played 722 first-team matches between 1975 and 1993. Fellow [[centre half]] and former captain [[Tony Adams (footballer)|Tony Adams]] comes second, having played 669 times. The record for a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] is held by [[David Seaman]], with 564 appearances.<ref name="clubrecords">{{cite web |title=Club Records |url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/club-records |url-status=live |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=23 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054109/http://www.arsenal.com/history/club-records |archive-date=5 September 2015}}</ref> [[Thierry Henry]] is the club's top goalscorer with 228 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2012;<ref name="henry">{{cite news |title=Goalscoring Records |url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/club-records/goalscoring-records |url-status=live |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627043634/http://www.arsenal.com/history/club-records/goalscoring-records |archive-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> he surpassed [[Ian Wright]]'s total of 185 in October 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wright salutes Henry's goal feat |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4356664.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 October 2005 |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901165242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4356664.stm |archive-date=1 September 2007}}</ref> Wright's record had stood since September 1997, when he overtook the longstanding total of 178 goals set by winger [[Cliff Bastin]] in 1939.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ward |first=Rupert |title=Arsenal vs Bolton. 13/0<!-- no format change -->9/97 |url=http://www.arseweb.com/97-98/reports/130997.html |url-status=live |publisher=Arseweb |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008220109/http://www.arseweb.com/97-98/reports/130997.html |archive-date=8 October 2015}}</ref> Henry also holds the club record for goals scored in the League, with 175,<ref name="henry"/> a record that had been held by Bastin until February 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal 2–3 West Ham |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4657206.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 February 2006 |access-date=23 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327195228/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4657206.stm |archive-date=27 March 2012}}</ref> [[Declan Rice]] holds the Arsenal record signing price after a deal with [[West Ham United]] was completed in July 2023, for an initial £100 million. This easily surpassed the former record of £72 million for [[Nicolas Pepe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/12913870/declan-rice-arsenal-sign-england-midfielder-from-west-ham-in-club-record-lb105m-deal |title=Declan Rice: Arsenal sign England midfielder from West Ham in club-record £105m deal |publisher=Sky Sports |date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Arsenal's first ever [[Silverware (Sport)|silverware]] was won as the Royal Arsenal in 1890. The [[Kent County Football Association#County Cup Competitions|Kent Junior Cup]], won by Royal Arsenal's reserves, was the club's first trophy, while the first team's first trophy came three weeks later when they won the [[Kent Senior Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=122 years ago today – Arsenal's first Silverware |url=http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/3103 |publisher=The History of Arsenal (AISA Arsenal History Society) |first=Andy |last=Kelly |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-date=29 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329190212/http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/3103 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="aftlu">{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Andy |title=Arsenal first team line ups |url=http://thearsenalhistory.com/stat/aftlu.htm |url-status=live |work=The Arsenal History |access-date=15 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715102949/http://thearsenalhistory.com/stat/aftlu.htm |archive-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> Their first national senior honour came in 1930, when they won the [[FA Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/ggm-36-arsenal-win-their-first-major-trophy |title=GGM 36: Arsenal win their first major trophy |publisher=Arsenal F.C |date=8 August 2007 |access-date=18 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923185120/http://www.arsenal.com/ggm-36-arsenal-win-their-first-major-trophy |archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> The club enjoyed further success in the 1930s, winning another FA Cup and five [[Football League First Division]] titles.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/125-years-of-arsenal-history-1931-35 |title=125 years of Arsenal history – 1931–1935 |publisher=Arsenal F.C |date=7 December 2011 |access-date=18 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930200319/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/125-years-of-arsenal-history-1931-35 |archive-date=30 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/125-years-of-arsenal-history-1936-40 |title=125 years of Arsenal history – 1936–1940 |publisher=Arsenal F.C |date=7 December 2011 |access-date=18 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930230223/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/125-years-of-arsenal-history-1936-40 |archive-date=30 September 2015}}</ref> Arsenal won their first league and cup [[Double (association football)#England|double]] in the [[1970–71 in English football|1970–71 season]] and twice repeated the feat, in [[1997–98 in English football|1997–98]] and [[2001–02 in English football|2001–02]], as well as winning a cup double of the FA Cup and [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] in [[1992–93 in English football|1992–93]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1976840.stm |title=Double top Gunners |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 May 2002 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-date=23 April 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030423214536/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1976840.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season|2003–04]] season was the only 38-match league season [[The Invincibles (football)|unbeaten]] in English football history. A special gold version of the Premier League trophy was commissioned and presented to the club the following season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3724897.stm |title=Special trophy for Gunners |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 May 2004 |access-date=5 June 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821221043/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3724897.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

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| align="left" |[[1930–31 in English football|1930–31]], [[1932–33 in English football|1932–33]], [[1933–34 in English football|1933–34]], [[1934–35 in English football|1934–35]], [[1937–38 in English football|1937–38]], [[1947–48 in English football|1947–48]], [[1952–53 in English football|1952–53]], [[1970–71 in English football|1970–71]], [[1988–89 in English football|1988–89]], [[1990–91 in English football|1990–91]], [[1997–98 FA Premier League|1997–98]], [[2001–02 FA Premier League|2001–02]], [[2003–04 FA Premier League|2003–04]], [[2025–26 Premier League|2025–26]]

| align="left" |[[1994 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1993–94]]

* {{sup|s}} shared record

[[Category:Men's football clubs in England]]