Arsenal are a London club founded in 1886. Their honours before the Premier League include 10 First Division championships and 5 FA Cups. A League Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup also appear in that earlier record. Detailed results here run from 1992/93 onwards.
George Graham was in charge at the beginning of the archive, with the opening league campaign ending in 10th place. His tenure ended in February 1995, during the season that brought their lowest finish here. Bruce Rioch followed before Arsène Wenger's appointment in October 1996.
Wenger's first league championship came in 1997/98. The next title followed in 2001/02, before the unbeaten champions finished with 90 points in a later campaign. That latter total remains their highest here. The unbeaten league sequence extended across 49 matches before ending the following autumn.
Highbury's stored ground history ends in May 2006, with Emirates Stadium listed from that July. League finishes remained inside the top four through 2015/16, when the club were runners-up. The final Highbury campaign ended with Arsenal in 4th place, before the first season at the new stadium returned the same position. Points totals subsequently varied even while the club remained inside that group: a later 3rd-place campaign produced 83 points.
Wenger left after the later 6th-place campaign.
Unai Emery's tenure then ran until November 2019. Freddie Ljungberg's short spell preceded Mikel Arteta's appointment the following month.
The early Arteta seasons ended outside the top four before a return to the title's upper places. Consecutive runner-up finishes followed, with the middle campaign producing the club's best goal difference in the archive. The final runner-up campaign returned fewer points than either of the preceding seasons, before the subsequent championship raised that total again. Arsenal took 85 points in the title campaign. The league title returned in 2025/26, their latest completed season.
Coverage Premier League matches only, in the seasons the archive publishes; cups and European matches are not included. Team sheets (line-ups, minutes, cards) are held for 2025/26 only. Aggregate match totals include the in-progress season to the latest published result; finishes and titles count completed seasons only. History and all-time records refer to this archive's coverage, not the club's entire existence. Manager and ground histories may have gaps; no missing spells are inferred.
Sources Football Research Archive data, Wikidata (CC0), Facts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Arsenal F.C.)Figures up to 16 Oct 2026Approved 17 Oct 2026
Head coach, appointed 20 Dec 2019
Record in this archive: 254 league matches, 153 won, 49 drawn, 52 lost (2.00 points per game)
Source: Wikidata (CC0), head coach statement, read 15 Oct 2026. The record counts league matches the archive holds since that date.
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1886Ground Emirates StadiumSeasons held 35
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Q9617, revision 2532381290, checked 15 Oct 2026. The ground comes from the ground history below.
| Ground | When | Seasons here | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| HighburyAlso Arsenal Stadium | until 7 May 2006 | 1992/93 to 2005/06 (14) | Wikidata Q9617, revision 2532381290Wikipedia, “Arsenal F.C.”, revision 1380418399 |
| Emirates Stadium | from 22 Jul 2006 | 2006/07 to 2026/27 (21) | Wikidata Q9617, revision 2532381290Wikipedia, “Arsenal F.C.”, revision 1380418399 |
Dates come from Wikidata's home venue statements where they carry start and end dates, and otherwise from the club's English Wikipedia article. A move between seasons is dated by season. Matches count at a ground by these dates; the archive holds the venue of each match only for 2025/26.
League results for the 35 seasons below. It is not a complete club history: cups and European matches are not included.
| Season | Competition | Position | Ground | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Premier League | Currently 2nd (provisional) | Emirates Stadium | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | |
| 2025/26 | Premier League | 1st of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 85 | Champions |
| 2024/25 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 74 | |
| 2023/24 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 91 | 29 | +62 | 89 | |
| 2022/23 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 84 | |
| 2021/22 | Premier League | 5th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 69 | |
| 2020/21 | Premier League | 8th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 61 | |
| 2019/20 | Premier League | 8th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 56 | |
| 2018/19 | Premier League | 5th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 73 | 51 | +22 | 70 | |
| 2017/18 | Premier League | 6th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 63 | |
| 2016/17 | Premier League | 5th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 77 | 44 | +33 | 75 | |
| 2015/16 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 71 | |
| 2014/15 | Premier League | 3rd of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 71 | 36 | +35 | 75 | |
| 2013/14 | Premier League | 4th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 79 | |
| 2012/13 | Premier League | 4th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 73 | |
| 2011/12 | Premier League | 3rd of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 70 | |
| 2010/11 | Premier League | 4th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 72 | 43 | +29 | 68 | |
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 3rd of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 83 | 41 | +42 | 75 | |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 4th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 72 | |
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 3rd of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 83 | |
| 2006/07 | Premier League | 4th of 20 | Emirates Stadium | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 68 | |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | 4th of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 67 | |
| 2004/05 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 87 | 36 | +51 | 83 | |
| 2003/04 | Premier League | 1st of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 90 | Champions |
| 2002/03 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 85 | 42 | +43 | 78 | |
| 2001/02 | Premier League | 1st of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 79 | 36 | +43 | 87 | Champions |
| 2000/01 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 70 | |
| 1999/00 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 73 | |
| 1998/99 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 78 | |
| 1997/98 | Premier League | 1st of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 78 | Champions |
| 1996/97 | Premier League | 3rd of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 68 | |
| 1995/96 | Premier League | 5th of 20 | Highbury | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 63 | |
| 1994/95 | Premier League | 12th of 22 | Highbury | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 51 | |
| 1993/94 | Premier League | 4th of 22 | Highbury | 42 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 71 | |
| 1992/93 | Premier League | 10th of 22 | Highbury | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 56 |
Positions and points are calculated by the archive from the results, after any sourced points adjustment (*). Promoted and relegated are inferred only by comparing adjacent seasons the archive publishes.
Arsenal finished first 4 times and as low as 12th in 34 completed Premier League seasons held.
| Season | Position | Clubs | Points | Note |
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| 2026/27 | 2nd | 20 | 12 | Provisional |
| 2025/26 | 1st | 20 | 85 | Champions |
| 2024/25 | 2nd | 20 | 74 | Not held |
| 2023/24 | 2nd | 20 | 89 | Not held |
| 2022/23 | 2nd | 20 | 84 | Not held |
| 2021/22 | 5th | 20 | 69 | Not held |
| 2020/21 | 8th | 20 | 61 | Not held |
| 2019/20 | 8th | 20 |
Data cutoff 22 Oct 2026, 15:21 BSTMetrics league position, points
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| 2018/19 | 5th | 20 | 70 | Not held |
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| 2017/18 | 6th | 20 | 63 | Not held |
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| 2016/17 | 5th | 20 | 75 | Not held |
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| 2015/16 | 2nd | 20 | 71 | Not held |
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| 2014/15 | 3rd | 20 | 75 | Not held |
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| 2013/14 | 4th | 20 | 79 | Not held |
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| 2012/13 | 4th | 20 | 73 | Not held |
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| 2011/12 | 3rd | 20 | 70 | Not held |
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| 2010/11 | 4th | 20 | 68 | Not held |
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| 2009/10 | 3rd | 20 | 75 | Not held |
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| 2008/09 | 4th | 20 | 72 | Not held |
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| 2007/08 | 3rd | 20 | 83 | Not held |
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| 2006/07 | 4th | 20 | 68 | Not held |
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| 2005/06 | 4th | 20 | 67 | Not held |
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| 2004/05 | 2nd | 20 | 83 | Not held |
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| 2003/04 | 1st | 20 | 90 | Champions |
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| 2002/03 | 2nd | 20 | 78 | Not held |
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| 2001/02 | 1st | 20 | 87 | Champions |
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| 2000/01 | 2nd | 20 | 70 | Not held |
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| 1999/00 | 2nd | 20 | 73 | Not held |
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| 1998/99 | 2nd | 20 | 78 | Not held |
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| 1997/98 | 1st | 20 | 78 | Champions |
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| 1996/97 | 3rd | 20 | 68 | Not held |
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| 1995/96 | 5th | 20 | 63 | Not held |
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| 1994/95 | 12th | 22 | 51 | Not held |
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| 1993/94 | 4th | 22 | 71 | Not held |
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| 1992/93 | 10th | 22 | 56 | Not held |
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