This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Arsenal F.C. seasons .
Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Islington , London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Dial Square before being renamed as Royal Arsenal, and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1893.
[1] In 1914, the club's name was shortened to Arsenal F.C. after moving to Highbury a year earlier.
[2] After spending their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies, Arsenal became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893.
[3] In spite of finishing fifth in theSecond Division in 1919, the club was voted to rejoin the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur .
[4] Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of theEnglish football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight.
[5] The club remained in the Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League , of which they were an inaugural member.
[6]Thierry Henry became Arsenal's record goalscorer in October 2005
The list encompasses the honours won by Arsenal at national, regional, county and friendly level, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Arsenal players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Highbury, the Emirates Stadium , the club's home ground since 2006, and Wembley Stadium, their temporary home for UEFA Champions League games between 1998 and 1999, are also included.
Arsenal have won 13 top-flight titles, and hold the record for the most FA Cup wins, with 14. The club's record appearance maker is David O'Leary , who made 722 appearances between 1975 and 1993. Thierry Henry is Arsenal's record goalscorer, scoring 228 goals in total.All figures are correct as of 29 August 2020 .Honours and achievements The Premier League commissioned a unique gold trophy to commemorate Arsenal's unbeaten season of 2003–04.
Arsenal's first ever silverware was won as the Royal Arsenal in 1890. The 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 .[7]
[8] Their first national senior honour came in 1930, when they won the FA Cup . [9] The club enjoyed further success in the 1930s, winning another FA Cup and five
Football League First Division titles. [10]
[11] Arsenal won their first league and cup double in the 1970–71 season and twice repeated the feat, in 1997–98 and 2001–02 , as well as winning a cup double of the FA Cup and League Cup in 1992–93 .[12] In 2003–04 , Arsenal recorded an unbeaten top-flight league season, something achieved only once before by Preston North End in 1888–89 , who only had to play 22 games.[13] To mark the achievement, a special gold version of the Premier League trophy was commissioned and presented to the club the following season. [14] Their most recent success came in 2020 , when newcomer Mikel Arteta led the club to a 5–4 victory on penalties over Liverpool to secure their 16th Community Shield title. [15]
Arsenal's honours and achievements include the following: [a]
EFL and Premier League
First Division (until 1992) and
Premier League
Winners (13): 1930–31 , 1932–33 ,
1933–34 , 1934–35 , 1937–38 , 1947–48 , 1952–53 , 1970–71 , 1988–89 ,
1990–91 , 1997–98 , 2001–02 , 2003–04
Runners-up (9): 1925–26 , 1931–32 ,
1972–73 , 1998–99 , 1999–2000 ,
2000–01 , 2002–03 , 2004–05 , 2015–16
Second Division (until 1992)
Runners-up (1): 1903–04
EFL Cup
Winners (2): 1986–87 , 1992–93
Runners-up (6): 1967–68 , 1968–69 ,
1987–88 , 2006–07 , 2010–11 , 2017–18
League Centenary Trophy
Winners (1): 1988 (record)
The FA
FA Cup
Winners (14): 1929–30 , 1935–36 ,
1949–50 , 1970–71 , 1978–79 , 1992–93 , 1997–98 , 2001–02 , 2002–03 ,
2004–05 , 2013–14 , 2014–15 , 2016–17 , 2019–20 (record)
Runners-up (7): 1926–27 , 1931–32 ,
1951–52 , 1971–72 , 1977–78 , 1979–80 , 2000–01
FA Community Shield (FA Charity Shield before 2002)
Winners (16): 1930 , 1931 , 1933,
1934 , 1938 , 1948 , 1953, 1991 (shared), 1998 , 1999 , 2002 , 2004 ,
2014 , 2015 , 2017 , 2020
Runners-up (7): 1935, 1936 , 1979 ,
1989 , 1993 , 2003 , 2005
UEFA
UEFA Champions League (European Cup before 1992)
Runners-up (1): 2005–06
UEFA Europa League (UEFA Cup before 2009)
Runners-up (2): 1999–2000 , 2018–19
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (European Cup Winners' Cup before 1994)
Winners (1): 1993–94
Runners-up (2): 1979–80 , 1994–95
UEFA Super Cup (European Super Cup before 1995)
Runners-up (1): 1994
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup [b]
Winners (1): 1969–70
Regional honours
County FAs
London FA
London Senior Cup [24][25]
Winners (1): 1890–91
Runners-up (1): 1889–90
London Challenge Cup [26][27][28]
Winners (11): 1921–22, 1923–24, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1969–70 (record)
Runners-up (6): 1914–15, 1925–26, 1936–37, 1960–61, 1965–66
London Charity Cup [24]
Winners (1): 1889–90
Kent County FA
Kent Senior Cup [24]
Winners (1): 1889–90
Other
Wartime
London Wartime League [29][30]
Winners (2): 1941–42 , 1942–43
(shared record)
South Regional Wartime League A[31]
Winners (1): 1939–40
Football League War Cup
Runners-up (2): 1940–41 , 1942–43
Football League Southern War Cup [32]
Winners (1): 1942–43 (shared record)
Mid-season
Zenith Data Systems British Championship[33]
Winners (2): 1953, 1989 (shared record)
Runners-up (1): 1933
Sheriff of London Charity Shield [34]
[35][c]
Winners (4): 1931, 1933, 1965, 1966
(shared record)
Southern Professional Floodlit Cup
Winners (1): 1958–59 (shared record)
Jean Bernard-Levy Trophy[36][37]
Winners (2): 1951, 1954 (record)
Will Mather Manor House Hospital Memorial Trophy[8]
Winners (2): 1949, 1950
Mayor of Colchester's Cup [38]
Winners (1): 1939
Bath Coronation Cup [39]
Winners (1): 1937
Footballers' Battalion Charity Fund Match [8]
Winners (1): 1915
London Professional Footballers' Association Charity Fund Match[8]
Winners (5): 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914 (record)
Runners-up (2): 1909, 1913
Southern Professional Charity Cup [40]
Winners (1): 1905–06
Runners-up (1): 1903–04
Pre-season
Emirates Cup [41]
Winners (5): 2007 , 2009, 2010 , 2015 ,
2017 (record)
Runners-up (2): 2014, 2019
FAW Toyota Cup [42]
Runners-up (1): 2017
Audi Football Summit Shanghai [43]
Winners (1): 2017
Super Match[44][45]
Winners (2): 2013 , 2016
Runners-up (1): 2012
MLS All-Star Game [46]
Winners (1): 2016
Premier League Asia Trophy [47]
Winners (1): 2015
New York Cup [48]
Runners-up (1): 2014
Saitama City Cup [49]
Winners (1): 2013
Indonesia Cup [50]
Winners (1): 2013
Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust Challenge Cup [51]
Winners (1): 2012 (shared)
Malaysia Cup [52][53]
Winners (2): 2011, 2012
Markus Liebherr Memorial Cup [54]
Winners (1): 2012
Eusébio Cup
Runners-up (1): 2011
Amsterdam Tournament [49]
Winners (3): 2005 , 2007, 2008
Herbert Chapman Memorial Trophy[55]
Winners (1): 2008
Maurice Lacroix Trophy[56][57]
Winners (1): 2002
Wembley International Tournament [49]
Winners (3): 1988, 1989, 1994
(shared record)
Runners-up (2): 1990, 1991
United Bank International Soccer Festival[8]
Winners (1): 1993
Caltex Cup [58][59]
Winners (2): 1990, 1991 (record)
Zenith Data Systems Challenge Trophy[60]
Winners (1): 1989
Bielefeld Tournament [49]
Winners (1): 1984
City of Edinburgh Cup [33]
Winners (1): 1941
Norfolk & Norwich Hospital Cup [61]
[62]
Winners (2): 1914, 1935
Northampton Hospital Charity Shield [63]
Winners (3): 1930, 1931, 1932
Southend Hospital Cup [64]
Winners (2): 1920–21, 1921–22
Metropolitan Hospital Cup [64]
Winners (1): 1920–21