Arsenal Women Football Club (Arsenal W.F.C.) is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, North London. It is in the women's team of Premier League side Arsenal Football Club, which was founded in 1886. Originally formed as Arsenal Ladies in 1987, the club became semi-professional in 2002, and adopted its present name in 2017. The team played regional football in London and South East England until the inception of the nationwide Women's Premier League in 1991 and joined the Women's Super League (WSL) upon its formation in 2011. The club have never been relegated and have never finished below fourth place whilst playing in either the Women's Premier League or the WSL. Arsenal is the most successful women' s team in England, having won 15 domestic league titles, and 14 FA Cups.
Arsenal is the only English side to win Europe's women's football competition, the UEFA Women's Champions League, having defeated Swedish side Umeå in the 2007 final and Spanish side Barcelona in the 2025 final. The club also have a successful record in England's main league cup, having won the FA Women's League Cup (formally FA WSL Cup) a record six times, and the FA Women's National League Cup (while it was England's main league cup) ten times. Arsenal is also the most successful team in the now-defunct Women's FA Community Shield.
Key League competitions:
HCL – Home Counties League Division 1, South East England regional amateur league GLFLP – Greater London Women's Football League Premier, London based amateur league Prem South – FA Women's Premier League Southern Division, English joint second division 1991–2010 Prem – FA Women's Premier League National Division/FA Women's Premier League, English first division 1991–2010 WSL – Women's Super League, English first division since 2011
Knock out competitions:
FA Cup – WFA Cup/Women's FA Cup League Cup – England's main league cup; FA Women's National League Cup/FA Women's Premier League Cup (1991–2010) and FA WSL Cup/FA Women's League Cup (since 2011) Comm. Shield – Women's FA Charity Shield/Women's FA Community Shield UWCL – UEFA Women's Cup/UEFA Women's Champions League
Key to colours and symbols: 1st or WWinners2nd or RURunners-up3rd Third place Current Season Promoted Relegated ♦ Top scorer in division
Key to league record: Season = The year and article of the season Pos = Final position Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals scored GA = Goals against Pts = Points
Key to cup record: En-dash (–) = Arsenal did not participate DNE = The club did not enter cup play QR1 = First qualification round QR2 = Second qualification round, etc. Group = Group stage GS2 = Second group stage R1 = First round R2 = Second round, etc. R32 = Round of 32 R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners
Seasons + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFA CupLeague CupCommunity ShieldCompetitionResultPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueOther / EuropeTop goalscorer(s) 1987–88 HCL R1 1988–89 HCL 10 3 3 4 12 21 9 4th R3 R1 1989–90 HCL 11 5 0 6 24 34 10 4th QF 1990–91 GLRWL 14 10 2 2 50 12 22 3rd SF QF 1991–92 Prem South 14 11 3 0 99 11 25 1st R4 W 1992–93 Prem 18 17 0 1 66 8 34 1st W W 1993–94 Prem 18 14 3 1 85 15 45 2nd QF W 1994–95 Prem 18 17 1 0 60 8 52 1st W 1995–96 Prem 18 11 4 3 54 12 37 3rd SF SF League:
League Cup: 1996–97 Prem 18 16 1 1 65 9 49 1st SF R2 League:
League Cup: 1997–98 Prem 18 12 4 2 55 22 40 2nd W W 1998–99 Prem 18 13 4 1 59 15 43 2nd W W 1999–2000 Prem 18 13 2 3 73 13 41 3rd SF W 31 2000–01 Prem 18 17 1 0 88 9 52 1st W WW 44 2001–02 Prem 18 16 1 1 60 15 49 1st QF SFWUEFA Cup QF 26 2002–03 Prem 18 13 1 4 53 21 40 3rd SF RU RUUEFA Cup SF 31 2003–04 Prem 18 15 2 1 65 11 47 1st W SF 29 2004–05 Prem 18 15 3 0 57 13 48 1st SF W RU UEFA Cup SF 23 2005–06 Prem 18 16 2 0 83 20 50 1st W RU W UEFA Cup QF 27 ♦ 2006–07 Prem 22 22 0 0 119 10 66 1st W W W UEFA Cup W 40 ♦ 2007–08 Prem 22 20 2 0 85 15 62 1st W RU UEFA Cup QF 51 ♦ 2008–09 Prem 22 20 1 1 89 14 61 1st W W W UEFA Cup QF 14 2009–10 Prem 22 20 1 1 79 19 61 1st RU SF Champions League QF 24 2011 WSL 14 10 2 2 29 9 32 1st W W Champions League SF 17 2012 WSL 14 10 4 0 39 18 34 1st SF W Champions League SF 23 ♦ 2013 WSL 14 10 3 1 31 11 30 3rd W W Champions League SF 14 2014 WSL 14 6 3 5 24 21 21 4th W RU Champions League QF 7 2015 WSL 14 8 3 3 21 8 27 3rd QF W 10 2016 WSL 16 10 2 4 33 14 32 3rd W SF 6 2017 WSL 8 5 3 0 22 9 18 3rd QF 6 2017–18 WSL 18 11 4 3 38 18 37 3rd RU W 15 2018–19 WSL 20 18 0 2 70 13 54 1st R5 RU 31 ♦ 2019–20 WSL 15 12 0 3 40 13 36 3rd QF RU Champions League QF 29 ♦ 2020–21 WSL 22 15 3 4 63 15 48 3rd RU GS 25 2021–22 WSL 22 17 4 1 65 10 55 2nd SF QF Champions League QF 23 2022–23 WSL 22 15 2 5 49 16 47 3rd R5 W Champions League SF 18League:
FA Cup:
League Cup: 2023–24 WSL 22 16 2 4 53 20 50 3rd R5 W Champions LeagueQR1 182024–25WSL2215346226482ndQFSF Champions League W 20 ♦2025–26WSL2215615314512nd QF SF Champions CupSF 24
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