Arsenal season by season

Every Arsenal league season since the club entered the Football League in 1893: league record, final position, cup runs, European campaigns and the top scorer. Premier League seasons open a full match-by-match page.

Season	Div	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Top scorer (goals)
2026-27	Prem											Champions League:
2025-26	Prem	38	26	7	5	71	27	85	1st	QF	RU	Champions League: RU	Viktor Gyökeres (21)
2024-25	Prem	38	20	14	4	69	34	74	2nd	R3	SF	Champions League: SF	Kai Havertz (15)
2023-24	Prem	38	28	5	5	91	29	89	2nd	R3	R4	Champions League: QF	Bukayo Saka (20)
2022-23	Prem	38	26	6	6	88	43	84	2nd	R4	R3	Europa League: R16	Gabriel Martinelli Martin Ødegaard Bukayo Saka (15)
2021-22	Prem	38	22	3	13	61	48	69	5th	R3	SF		Bukayo Saka (12)
2020-21	Prem	38	18	7	13	55	39	61	8th	R4	QF	Europa League: SF	Alexandre Lacazette (17)
2019-20	Prem	38	14	14	10	56	48	56	8th	W	R4	Europa League: R32	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (29)
2018-19	Prem	38	21	7	10	73	51	70	5th	R4	QF	Europa League: RU	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (31)
2017-18	Prem	38	19	6	13	74	51	63	6th	R3	RU	Europa League: SF	Alexandre Lacazette (17)
2016-17	Prem	38	23	6	9	77	44	75	5th	W	QF	Champions League: R16	Alexis Sánchez (30)
2015-16	Prem	38	20	11	7	65	36	71	2nd	QF	R4	Champions League: R16	Olivier Giroud (24)
2014-15	Prem	38	22	9	7	71	36	75	3rd	W	R3	Champions League: R16	Alexis Sánchez (25)
2013-14	Prem	38	24	7	7	68	41	79	4th	W	R4	Champions League: R16	Olivier Giroud (22)
2012-13	Prem	38	21	10	7	72	37	73	4th	R5	QF	Champions League: R16	Theo Walcott (21)
2011-12	Prem	38	21	7	10	74	49	70	3rd	R5	QF	Champions League: R16	Robin van Persie (37)
2010-11	Prem	38	19	11	8	72	43	68	4th	QF	RU	Champions League: R16	Robin van Persie (22)
2009-10	Prem	38	23	6	9	83	41	75	3rd	R4	QF	Champions League: QF	Cesc Fàbregas (19)
2008-09	Prem	38	20	12	6	68	37	72	4th	SF	QF	Champions League: SF	Robin van Persie (20)
2007-08	Prem	38	24	11	3	74	31	83	3rd	R5	SF	Champions League: QF	Emmanuel Adebayor (30)
2006-07	Prem	38	19	11	8	63	35	68	4th	R5	RU	Champions League: R16	Robin van Persie (13)
2005-06	Prem	38	20	7	11	68	31	67	4th	R4	SF	Champions League: RU	Thierry Henry (33)
2004-05	Prem	38	25	8	5	87	36	83	2nd	W	QF	Champions League: R16	Thierry Henry (30)
2003-04	Prem	38	26	12	0	73	26	90	1st	SF	SF	Champions League: QF	Thierry Henry (39)
2002-03	Prem	38	23	9	6	85	42	78	2nd	W	R3	Champions League: GS2	Thierry Henry (32)
2001-02	Prem	38	26	9	3	79	36	87	1st	W	QF	Champions League: GS2	Thierry Henry (32)
2000-01	Prem	38	20	10	8	63	38	70	2nd	RU	R3	Champions League: QF	Thierry Henry (22)
1999-00	Prem	38	22	7	9	73	43	73	2nd	R4	R4	Champions League: Group UEFA Cup: RU	Thierry Henry (26)
1998-99	Prem	38	22	12	4	59	17	78	2nd	SF	R4	Champions League: Group	Nicolas Anelka (19)
1997-98	Prem	38	23	9	6	68	33	78	1st	W	SF	UEFA Cup: R1	Dennis Bergkamp (22)
1996-97	Prem	38	19	11	8	62	32	68	3rd	R4	R4	UEFA Cup: R1	Ian Wright (30)
1995-96	Prem	38	17	12	9	49	32	63	5th	R3	SF		Ian Wright (22)
1994-95	Prem	42	13	12	17	52	49	51	12th	R3	QF	Cup Winners' Cup: RU Super Cup: RU	Ian Wright (30)
1993-94	Prem	42	18	17	7	53	28	71	4th	R4	R4	Cup Winners' Cup: W	Ian Wright (35)
1992-93	Prem	42	15	11	16	40	38	56	10th	W	W		Ian Wright (30)
1991-92	Div 1	42	19	15	8	81	46	72	4th	R3	R3	European Cup: R2	Ian Wright (26)
1990-91	Div 1	38	24	13	1	74	18	83	1st	SF	R4		Alan Smith (27)
1989-90	Div 1	38	18	8	12	54	38	62	4th	R4	R4		Alan Smith (13)
1988-89	Div 1	38	22	10	6	73	36	76	1st	R3	R3	Football League Centenary Trophy: W	Alan Smith (25)
1987-88	Div 1	40	18	12	10	58	39	66	6th	QF	RU		Alan Smith (16)
1986-87	Div 1	42	20	10	12	58	35	70	4th	QF	W		Martin Hayes (24)
1985-86	Div 1	42	20	9	13	49	47	69	7th	R5	QF		Charlie Nicholas (18)
1984-85	Div 1	42	19	9	14	61	49	66	7th	R4	R3		Tony Woodcock (13)
1983-84	Div 1	42	18	9	15	74	60	63	6th	R3	R4		Tony Woodcock (23)
1982-83	Div 1	42	16	10	16	58	56	58	10th	SF	SF	UEFA Cup: R1	Tony Woodcock (21)
1981-82	Div 1	42	20	11	11	48	37	71	5th	R3	R4	UEFA Cup: R2	Alan Sunderland (12)
1980-81	Div 1	42	19	15	8	61	45	53	3rd	R3	R4		Frank Stapleton (16)
1979-80	Div 1	42	18	16	8	52	36	52	4th	RU	QF	Cup Winners' Cup: RU	Alan Sunderland (29)
1978-79	Div 1	42	17	14	11	61	48	48	7th	W	R2	UEFA Cup: R3	Frank Stapleton (28)
1977-78	Div 1	42	21	10	11	60	37	52	5th	RU	SF		Malcolm Macdonald (26)
1976-77	Div 1	42	16	11	15	64	59	43	8th	R5	QF		Malcolm Macdonald (29)
1975-76	Div 1	42	13	10	19	47	53	36	17th	R3	R2		Brian Kidd (11)
1974-75	Div 1	42	13	11	18	47	49	37	16th	QF	R2		Brian Kidd (23)
1973-74	Div 1	42	14	14	14	49	51	42	10th	R4	R2	London Challenge Cup: SF	Ray Kennedy (13)
1972-73	Div 1	42	23	11	8	57	43	57	2nd	SF	QF	London Challenge Cup: R1	John Radford (19)
1971-72	Div 1	42	22	8	12	58	40	52	5th	RU	R4	European Cup: QF London Challenge Cup: R2	Ray Kennedy (19)
1970-71	Div 1	42	29	7	6	71	29	65	1st	W	R4	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: QF London Challenge Cup: R2	Ray Kennedy (26)
1969-70	Div 1	42	12	18	12	51	49	42	12th	R3	R3	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: W London Challenge Cup: W	John Radford (19)
1968-69	Div 1	42	22	12	8	56	27	56	4th	R5	RU	London Challenge Cup: R1	John Radford (19)
1967-68	Div 1	42	17	10	15	60	56	44	9th	R5	RU	London Challenge Cup: R1	George Graham (21)
1966-67	Div 1	42	16	14	12	58	47	46	7th	R5	R3	London Challenge Cup: R2	George Graham (12)
1965-66	Div 1	42	12	13	17	62	75	37	14th	R3	DNE	London Challenge Cup: RU	Joe Baker (13)
1964-65	Div 1	42	17	7	18	69	75	41	13th	R4	DNE	London Challenge Cup: R1	Joe Baker (25)
1963-64	Div 1	42	17	11	14	90	82	45	8th	R5	DNE	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: R2 London Challenge Cup: R2	Geoff Strong (31)
1962-63	Div 1	42	18	10	14	86	77	46	7th	R5	DNE	London Challenge Cup: W	Joe Baker (31)
1961-62	Div 1	42	16	11	15	71	72	43	10th	R4	DNE	London Challenge Cup: W	Alan Skirton (23)
1960-61	Div 1	42	15	11	16	77	85	41	11th	R3	DNE	London Challenge Cup: RU	David Herd (30)
1959-60	Div 1	42	15	9	18	68	80	39	13th	R3	—	London Challenge Cup: R2 Southern Floodlight Challenge Cup: SF	David Herd (14)
1958-59	Div 1	42	21	8	13	88	68	50	3rd	R5	—	London Challenge Cup: SF Southern Floodlight Challenge Cup: W	David Herd (21)
1957-58	Div 1	42	16	7	19	73	85	39	12th	R3	—	London Challenge Cup: W Southern Floodlight Challenge Cup: R1	David Herd (24)
1956-57	Div 1	42	21	8	13	85	69	50	5th	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: SF Southern Floodlight Challenge Cup: SF	Derek Tapscott (32)
1955-56	Div 1	42	18	10	14	60	61	46	5th	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: SF	Derek Tapscott (21)
1954-55	Div 1	42	17	9	16	69	63	43	9th	R4	—	London Challenge Cup: W	Doug Lishman (19)
1953-54	Div 1	42	15	13	14	75	73	43	12th	R4	—	London Challenge Cup: W	Doug Lishman (20)
1952-53	Div 1	42	21	12	9	97	64	54	1st	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Doug Lishman (25)
1951-52	Div 1	42	21	11	10	80	61	53	3rd	RU	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Doug Lishman (29)
1950-51	Div 1	42	19	9	14	73	56	47	5th	R5	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Doug Lishman (17)
1949-50	Div 1	42	19	11	12	79	55	49	6th	W	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Reg Lewis (24)
1948-49	Div 1	42	18	13	11	74	44	49	5th	R4	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Reg Lewis (18)
1947-48	Div 1	42	23	13	6	81	32	59	1st	R3	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Ronnie Rooke (33)
1946-47	Div 1	42	16	9	17	72	70	41	13th	R3	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Reg Lewis (29)
1938-39	Div 1	42	19	9	14	55	41	47	5th	R3	—	London Challenge Cup: SF	Ted Drake (16)
1937-38	Div 1	42	21	10	11	77	44	52	1st	R5	—	London Challenge Cup: SF	Ted Drake (18)
1936-37	Div 1	42	18	16	8	80	49	52	3rd	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: RU	Ted Drake (27)
1935-36	Div 1	42	15	15	12	78	48	45	6th	W	—	London Challenge Cup: W	Ted Drake (27)
1934-35	Div 1	42	23	12	7	115	46	58	1st	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Ted Drake (44)
1933-34	Div 1	42	25	9	8	75	47	59	1st	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: W	Cliff Bastin (15)
1932-33	Div 1	42	25	8	9	118	61	58	1st	R3	—	London Challenge Cup: SF	Cliff Bastin (33)
1931-32	Div 1	42	22	10	10	90	48	54	2nd	RU	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Jack Lambert (26)
1930-31	Div 1	42	28	10	4	127	59	66	1st	R4	—	London Challenge Cup: W	Jack Lambert (39)
1929-30	Div 1	42	14	11	17	78	66	39	14th	W	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Jack Lambert (23)
1928-29	Div 1	42	16	13	13	77	72	45	9th	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	David Jack (26)
1927-28	Div 1	42	13	15	14	82	86	41	10th	SF	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Jimmy Brain (29)
1926-27	Div 1	42	17	9	16	77	86	43	11th	RU	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Jimmy Brain (34)
1925-26	Div 1	42	22	8	12	87	63	52	2nd	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: RU	Jimmy Brain (37)
1924-25	Div 1	42	14	5	23	46	58	33	20th	R1	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Jimmy Brain (15)
1923-24	Div 1	42	12	9	21	40	63	33	19th	R2	—	London Challenge Cup: W	Harry Woods (12)
1922-23	Div 1	42	16	10	16	61	62	42	11th	R1	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Bob Turnbull (21)
1921-22	Div 1	42	15	7	20	47	56	37	17th	QF	—	London Challenge Cup: W	Henry White (22)
1920-21	Div 1	42	15	14	13	59	63	44	9th	R1	—	London Challenge Cup: R3	Fred Pagnam (18)
1919-20	Div 1	42	15	12	15	56	58	42	10th	R2	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Henry White (15)
1914-15	Div 2 ↑	38	19	5	14	69	41	43	5th	R2	—	London Challenge Cup: RU	Harry King (29)
1913-14	Div 2	38	20	9	9	54	38	49	3rd	R1	—	London Challenge Cup: SF	Pat Flanagan (12)
1912-13	Div 1 ↓	38	3	12	23	26	74	18	20th	R2	—	London Challenge Cup: R1	Charles Lewis (4)
1911-12	Div 1	38	15	8	15	55	59	38	10th	R1	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Alf Common (19)
1910-11	Div 1	38	13	12	13	41	49	38	10th	R2	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Jackie Chalmers (16)
1909-10	Div 1	38	11	9	18	37	67	31	18th	R2	—	London Challenge Cup: R2	Charles Lewis (8)
1908-09	Div 1	38	14	10	14	52	49	38	6th	R2	—	London Challenge Cup: SF	Thomas Fitchie (10)
1907-08	Div 1	38	12	12	14	51	63	36	15th	R1	—		Peter Kyle (9)
1906-07	Div 1	38	20	4	14	66	59	44	7th	SF	—		Charlie Satterthwaite (19)
1905-06	Div 1	38	15	7	16	62	64	37	12th	SF	—		Tim Coleman (15)
1904-05	Div 1	34	12	9	13	36	40	33	10th	R1	—		Charlie Satterthwaite (11)
1903-04	Div 2 ↑ Lon Lge	3412	216	72	64	9124	2219	4914	2nd 3rd	R2	—		Tommy Shanks (25)
1902-03	Div 2 Lon Lge	3410	206	80	64	6614	3010	4812	3rd 3rd	R1	—		Tim Coleman (22)
1901-02	Div 2 Lon Lge	3416	182	62	104	509	2613	426	4th 5th	R1	—		Tommy Briercliffe (12)
1900-01	Div 2	34	15	6	13	39	35	36	7th	R2	—		Ralph Gaudie (8)
1899-00	Div 2 S Comb	3416	168	41	147	6127	4322	3617	8th 4th	QR3	—		Ralph Gaudie (17)
1898-99	Div 2 United	3420	1810	54	116	7240	4130	3124	7th 3rd	R1	—		Fergus Hunt (26)
1897-98	Div 2 United	3016	168	55	93	6935	4924	3721	5th 3rd	R1	—		Fergus Hunt (16)
1896-97	Div 2 United	3014	136	43	135	6828	7034	3015	10th 3rd	QR5	—		Patrick O'Brien (20)
1895-96	Div 2	30	14	4	12	58	42	32	7th	R1	—		Henry Boyd (13)
1894-95	Div 2	30	14	6	10	75	58	34	8th	R1	—		Peter Mortimer (14)
1893-94	Div 2	28	12	4	12	52	55	28	9th	R1	—		James Henderson (19)

W = winners, RU = runners-up, SF/QF = semi/quarter-final, R3 = third round, Group = group stage.

Sources: Wikipedia, List of Arsenal F.C. seasons (CC BY-SA 4.0); openfootball (public domain). How this data is built.