2025–26 Arsenal F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is Arsenal Football Club's 34th season in the Premier League, their 100th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, becoming the first team to spend 100 seasons straight in the English top flight, and 109th season in the top flight overall.^[1][2] In addition to the domestic league, Arsenal is also participating in this season's editions of the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League, the latter of which is their 40th European campaign. The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Arsenal F.C.

2025–26 season
Owner	Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
Co-chairmen	Stan Kroenke Josh Kroenke
Manager	Mikel Arteta
Stadium	Emirates Stadium
Premier League	Pre-season
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Review

Background

See also: 2024–25 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal's 2024–25 campaign was heavily affected by injuries and suspensions.^[3][4][5] The club did not sign any player in the winter transfer window, after sporting director Edu Gaspar suddenly resigned midway through the season.^[3][5]

The Gunners won twenty Premier League games in 2024–25, which was eight less than the previous campaign. They dropped 21 points from winning positions in the competition this season, their joint-worst record in a single campaign.^[6] Arsenal lost four Premier League matches this campaign – one less than the previous season. That represented their lowest loss total in a top-flight campaign since 2007–08.^[7] For a second consecutive season, they held the division's best defensive record, conceding a league-low 34 times.^[7] Arteta's side finished as Premier League runners-up for the third consecutive campaign.

Arsenal started their 21st Champions League season since 1992–93 in September 2024. They finished third in the league phase in January 2025 and bypassed February's play-off round to go straight to the last 16.^[8] The Gunners completed a 5–1 aggregate triumph over the reigning Champions League champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, reaching the semi-finals of the competition for the first time since 2008–09.^[9] After a 3–1 aggregate loss to French side Paris Saint-Germain, Arteta's side were eliminated from the Champions League at the semi-final stage.^[10]

Pre-season

On 6 June and 26 June respectively, the club announced that Brazilian defender Gabriel Magalhães^[11][12] and Academy graduate Myles Lewis-Skelly^[13][14] had penned new long-term contracts. The pair featured regularly on the left-side of defence for the club in the previous season and represented important renewals for the club. Gabriel, at the time of signing the contract, was the leading Premier League goalscorer amongst defenders since his debut in 2020;^[11] Lewis-Skelly enjoyed a breakthrough season, becoming the youngest starter for the club in the UEFA Champions League for 13 years.^[13] On 8 August, Arsenal announced the long-term contract renewal of another Academy graduate in Ethan Nwaneri. At the time of his renewal, he remained Arsenal's youngest ever appearance maker at the age of 15 years and 181 days and left a big impression on the first team last season with nine goals in all competitions.^[15][16]

On 8 July, Arsenal announced the appointment of former Argentinian defender Gabriel Heinze as a first team assistant coach,^[17] replacing Carlos Cuesta who departed the club to become the Head Coach of Serie A side Parma on 19 June.^[18] Heinze and Arteta were previously teammates at Paris Saint-Germain in the 2001–02 season.^[19]

Arsenal took part in the Singapore Festival of Football between 23 and 27 July, which consisted of matches against European heavyweights AC Milan and fellow Premier League side Newcastle United in the National Stadium of Singapore. Against the Italian side a first-time cross from Jakub Kiwior, that was tapped in at the back post by Bukayo Saka 8 minutes into the second half, was enough to secure a narrow 1–0 win. In the subsequent mandatory penalty shoot-out, three saves from debutant Kepa Arrizabalaga were not enough to stop Arsenal losing the shootout 6–5, with misses from Martin Ødegaard, Reiss Nelson, Jakub Kiwior and academy centre-back Marli Salmon.^[20] The Gunners then made it back-to-back wins as they ran out as 3–2 victors over Newcastle United. A goal from Mikel Merino and an own goal from Alex Murphy two minutes later, overturned a 6th-minute opener from Anthony Elanga inside the first 35 minutes of the match. A shot from distance was enough for Jacob Murphy to draw the Tyneside club level partway through the second half, before a powerful run from 15-year-old Max Dowman drew a penalty for a push from Joelinton. Ødegaard made no mistake from the spot 6 minutes from time and sealed the one-goal victory.^[21]

Arsenal's Asian Tour then saw the squad travel to Hong Kong to play the first North London derby outside of the UK in the history of the rivalry.^[22] On the stroke of half-time, Myles Lewis-Skelly was dispossessed by Pape Matar Sarr in a crowded midfield. David Raya, who had played the initial pass to Lewis-Skelly, was consequently caught high up the pitch, thus allowing Sarr to execute a well-taken long-range lob.^[23] Despite taking 16 shots on the night, Arsenal were unable to overturn the deficit as Tottenham secured the 1–0 victory, thus condemning The Gunners to their first loss of pre-season.^[24]

The club's pre-season schedule was then rounded off with two home friendlies against Spanish sides Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao.^[25] The first of these friendlies resulted in a second consecutive single-goal loss as goals from Christian Nørgaard, his first for the club, and Martin Ødegaard from the spot, following another penalty-earning action from Max Dowman, were not enough to overturn the deficit created by goals from former Gunner Nicolas Pépé, youngster Karl Etta Eyong and former North London rival Arnaut Danjuma. Following their 3–2 win, The Yellow Submarine also ran out 4–3 winners in the subsequent penalty shoot-out, as despite yet another shoot-out save from Kepa Arrizabalaga, misses from Mikel Merino, Gabriel Magalhães and debutant Noni Madueke proved crucial.^[26] The Emirates Cup fixture against Athletic Bilbao, which occurred eight days before the club's Premier League opener at Old Trafford, then resulted in The Gunners running out as comfortable 3–0 winners.^[27] New signings Martín Zubimendi and Viktor Gyökeres combined for the opening goal, as the Swedish striker planted a header into the far side of the goal following a first-time cross from the Spaniard. Incisive football then saw Gabriel Martinelli put through on goal and set up Bukayo Saka for a calm side foot finish into an unguarded net. Kai Havertz rounded off the scoring with a powerful run and an accomplished left foot strike, low and across the goalkeeper.^[28] The subsequent penalty shootout saw David Raya make one save and Arsenal score six of their seven penalties to win 6–5. The Player of the Match, Martín Zubimendi, scored the decisive winning penalty.^[29]

First team transfers (summer transfer window)

The Premier League summer transfer window ran from 1 June to 10 June (due to an exceptional registration period mandated by FIFA for the Club World Cup), and then between 16 June and 1 September 2025.^[30]

Arsenal confirmed on 4 June that they were to release twenty players,^[31] two of whom, Kieran Tierney and Jorginho, had made 144 and 79 appearances for the Gunners' first team in all competitions respectively.

On 5 June, the club confirmed that Portuguese defender Nuno Tavares, who had spent the entire previous season on loan with Serie A side Lazio, joined the Italian team on a permanent transfer,^[32] for a previously agreed fee reported to be €9 million (£7.6 million).^[33] It was then confirmed four days later that another loan had been made permanent as Brazilian forward Marquinhos, who had been on loan at Série A side Cruzeiro since January 2025, joined the Brazilian club in a permanent transfer for a reported fee of £3 million.^[34][35]

On 1 July, the club confirmed that they had completed their first signing of the summer (and under new Sporting Director Andrea Berta) as 30-year-old Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga joined from London rivals Chelsea on a long-term deal.^[36] The goalkeeper had spent the past two seasons on loan at Real Madrid (where he won La Liga, the Supercopa de España and the UEFA Champions League) and Bournemouth. Arsenal activated a £5 million release clause in his Chelsea contract to complete the deal.^[37] Kepa became the seventeenth Spaniard to play for the club and remained, at the time of his signing, the most expensive goalkeeper ever purchased, after his £72 million move to Chelsea in 2018.^[38]

On 4 July, the club confirmed that a mutual agreement had been reached to terminate the contract of Japanese international Takehiro Tomiyasu twelve months early after injuries had limited the defender's availability on the pitch in the past two seasons. Tomiyasu made 84 appearances at the club and was awarded the club's Player of the Month in both September 2021 and October 2023.^[39]

On 6 July, the club confirmed their second signing of the summer window as 26-year-old Spanish midfielder Martín Zubimendi joined from Basque side Real Sociedad on a long-term deal.^[40] Arsenal agreed to pay €5 million above the stipulated release clause in Zubimendi's contract to enable the transfer fee to be paid in multiple instalments, thus bringing the total figure up to €65 million (£55.8 million).^[41] Zubimendi had connections to multiple club personnel at the time of joining, having been born in the same city and played for the same youth club as manager Mikel Arteta, whilst also having made appearances alongside David Raya, Martin Ødegaard and Mikel Merino (169 with the latter) at club and international level.^[42]

Just four days later the club confirmed their third summer signing as 31-year-old Danish midfielder Christian Nørgaard joined from fellow Premier League and London club Brentford on a long-term contract.^[43] The deal for the Bees' captain was concluded for an initial fee of £10 million with potential performance related add-ons totalling £2 million.^[44] As was the case for the two previous signings of the summer, Nørgaard joined forces with a former teammate, having played alongside David Raya for four years at Brentford.^[45]

The club's fourth signing, and second from Chelsea, of the summer window was confirmed on 18 July, as 23-year-old English forward Noni Madueke joined on a long-term contract.^[46] The Gunners agreed to pay an initial fee of £48.5 million, rising to £52 million with potential add-ons.^[47] Whilst the signing was not initially deemed popular by sections of the fanbase,^[48] manager Mikel Arteta lauded the signing of "one of the most talented wide forward players in the Premier League".^[46]

On 24 July, the club confirmed their fifth signing of the summer window as 21-year-old Spanish defender Cristhian Mosquera joined from La Liga side Valencia on a long-term deal.^[49] The deal was concluded for a total package reported to be under €20 million, consisting of an initial fee of €15 million (£13 million).^[50] Mosquera arrived in North London with experience beyond his years; since becoming the youngest centre back in Valencia's history at the time of his debut, he had gone on to be an almost ever-present feature of their defence for the past two seasons.^[51]

Just two days later, Arsenal confirmed their sixth signing of the summer window at 27-year-old Swedish striker Viktor Gyökeres joined from Portuguese side Sporting on a long-term deal.^[52] After protracted negotiations, the deal was concluded for an initial fee of €63.5 million (£55 million) plus an additional €10 million (£8.7 million) in potential add-ons.^[53] Over the course of his two years at Sporting, Gyökeres became one of the most prolific strikers in Europe, netting 97 times in 102 games, winning the Title and Golden Boot in back-to-back seasons.^[54] Such was the profile of his signing that demand for Gyokeres' number 14 shirt exceeded that of any signing in the club's history, breaking sales records and momentarily crashing the club's official website.^[55]

First team

First team coaching staff

Note: Age as of 17 August 2025.

Position	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Appointed on	Last club/team	Ref.
Manager	Mikel Arteta	Spain	26 Mar 1982 (age 43)[56]	20 Dec 2019	Manchester City (as assistant coach)	[57][58]
Assistant Coaches	Albert Stuivenberg	Netherlands	5 Aug 1970 (age 55)[59]	24 Dec 2019	Wales (as assistant manager)	[60][61]
	Gabriel Heinze	Argentina	19 Apr 1978 (age 47)[62]	8 Jul 2025	Newell's Old Boys (as manager)	[17][19]
	Nicolas Jover	France	28 Oct 1981 (age 43)[63]	5 Jul 2021	Manchester City (as set-piece coach)	[64][65]
	Miguel Molina	Spain	3 Jan 1993 (age 32)[66]	28 Aug 2020	Atlético Madrid	[67][68]
Goalkeeping Coach	Iñaki Caña	Spain	19 Sep 1975 (age 49)[69]	24 Dec 2019	Brentford	[60][61]

First team squad

Notes:

• Squad numbers last updated on 26 July 2025. Age as of 17 August 2025.
• Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may change their FIFA nationalities after the 2025–26 season, and may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
• Player^* – Player who joined Arsenal permanently or on loan during the season.
• Player^† – Player who departed Arsenal permanently or on loan during the season.
• Player^{^} – Player who was registered to Arsenal's U21s or U18s squad but appeared for the first team during the season.
• Player (HG) – Player who fulfils the Premier League's "Home Grown Player" criteria.^[70][71]
• Player (CT) – Player who fulfils UEFA's "club-trained player" criteria.^[72][73]
• Player (AT) – Player who fulfils UEFA's "association-trained player" criteria.^[72][73]

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s) (Footed)	Date of birth (age)	Height	Date signed	Signed from	Transfer fee	Contract ends	Ref.
Goalkeepers
1	David Raya (HG, AT)[a]	ESP	GK (R)	15 Sep 1995 (age 29)	1.83 m[75] (6 ft 0 in)	15 Aug 2023 (loan) 4 Jul 2024	Brentford	£3.0m[76] (loan) £27.0m[77]	2028[78]	[79] [80]
13	Kepa Arrizabalaga*	ESP	GK (R)	3 Oct 1994 (age 30)	1.89 m[81] (6 ft 2 in)	1 Jul 2025	Chelsea	£5.0m[37]	2028[37]	[82] [83]
31	Karl Hein (HG, CT)	EST	GK (R)	13 Apr 2002 (age 23)	1.93 m[84] (6 ft 4 in)	9 May 2019[85]	Arsenal Academy		Undisclosed	[86] [87]
Defenders
2	William Saliba (HG, CT)	FRA	CB (R)	24 Mar 2001 (age 24)	1.92 m[88] (6 ft 4 in)	25 Jul 2019	Saint-Étienne	£27.0m[89]	2027[90]	[91] [92]
3	Cristhian Mosquera*	ESP	CB / RB (R)	27 Jun 2004 (age 21)	1.88 m[93] (6 ft 2 in)	24 Jul 2025	Valencia	£13.0m[50] (initial fee)	2030+1[94]	[95] [96]
4	Ben White (HG, AT)[b]	ENG	RB / CB (R)	8 Oct 1997 (age 27)	1.86 m[98] (6 ft 1 in)	30 Jul 2021	Brighton & Hove Albion	£50.0m[99]	2028[100]	[101] [102]
6	Gabriel Magalhães	BRA	CB (L)	19 Dec 1997 (age 27)	1.90 m[103] (6 ft 3 in)	1 Sep 2020	Lille	£23.1m[104]	2029[12]	[105] [106]
12	Jurriën Timber	NED	RB / LB / CB (R)	17 Jun 2001 (age 24)	1.79 m[107] (5 ft 10 in)	14 Jul 2023	Ajax	£34.3m[108] (initial fee)	2028[108]	[109] [110]
15	Jakub Kiwior	POL	CB / LB (L)	15 Feb 2000 (age 25)	1.89 m[111] (6 ft 2 in)	23 Jan 2023	Spezia	£17.6m[112]	2027+1[112]	[113] [114]
17	Oleksandr Zinchenko	UKR	LB / CM (L)	15 Dec 1996 (age 28)	1.75 m[115] (5 ft 9 in)	22 Jul 2022	Manchester City	£30.0m[116] (initial fee)	2026[117]	[118] [119]
33	Riccardo Calafiori	ITA	LB / CB / RB (L)	19 May 2002 (age 23)	1.88 m[120] (6 ft 2 in)	29 Jul 2024	Bologna	£33.6m[121] (initial fee)	2029[122]	[123] [124]
49	Myles Lewis-Skelly^ (HG, CT)	ENG	LB / DM (L)	26 Sep 2006 (age 18)	1.78 m[125] (5 ft 10 in)	5 Oct 2023[126]	Arsenal Academy		2030[14]	[127] [128]
Midfielders
8	Martin Ødegaard (captain)[129]	NOR	AM / CM (L)	17 Dec 1998 (age 26)	1.78 m[130] (5 ft 10 in)	27 Jan 2021 (loan) 20 Aug 2021	Real Madrid	£1.8m[131] (loan) £30.0m[132]	2028[133]	[134] [135]
16	Christian Nørgaard*	DEN	DM / CM (R)	10 Mar 1994 (age 31)	1.87 m[136] (6 ft 1 in)	10 Jul 2025	Brentford	£10.0m[44] (initial fee)	2027+1[44]	[137] [138]
21	Fábio Vieira	POR	AM / RW (L)	30 May 2000 (age 25)	1.70 m[139] (5 ft 7 in)	21 Jun 2022	Porto	£29.9m[140] (initial fee)	2027[141]	[142] [143]
22	Ethan Nwaneri^ (HG, CT)	ENG	AM / RW (L)	21 Mar 2007 (age 18)	1.76 m[144] (5 ft 9 in)	28 Mar 2024[145]	Arsenal Academy		2030[16]	[146] [147]
23	Mikel Merino	ESP	CM / AM / ST (L)	22 Jun 1996 (age 29)	1.89 m[148] (6 ft 2 in)	27 Aug 2024	Real Sociedad	£27.4m[149] (initial fee)	2028+1[149]	[150] [151]
28	Albert Sambi Lokonga	BEL	CM (R)	22 Oct 1999 (age 25)	1.83 m[152] (6 ft 0 in)	19 Jul 2021	Anderlecht	£17.2m[153]	2026[154]	[155] [156]
36	Martín Zubimendi*	ESP	DM / CM (R)	2 Feb 1999 (age 26)	1.81 m[157] (5 ft 11 in)	6 Jul 2025	Real Sociedad	£55.8m[41]	2030[41]	[158] [159]
41	Declan Rice (HG, AT)[c]	ENG	CM / DM / CB (R)	14 Jan 1999 (age 26)	1.88 m[161] (6 ft 2 in)	15 Jul 2023	West Ham United	£100.0m[162] (initial fee)	2028+1[162]	[163] [164]
Forwards
7	Bukayo Saka (HG, CT)	ENG	RW (L)	5 Sep 2001 (age 23)	1.78 m[165] (5 ft 10 in)	14 Sep 2018[166]	Arsenal Academy		2027[167]	[168] [169]
9	Gabriel Jesus	BRA	ST / LW / RW (R)	3 Apr 1997 (age 28)	1.75 m[170] (5 ft 9 in)	4 Jul 2022	Manchester City	£45.0m[171]	2027[172]	[173] [174]
11	Gabriel Martinelli (HG, CT)	BRA	LW / ST / RW (R)	18 Jun 2001 (age 24)	1.78 m[175] (5 ft 10 in)	2 Jul 2019	Ituano	£6.0m[176]	2027+1[177]	[178] [179]
14	Viktor Gyökeres*	SWE	ST (R)	4 Jun 1998 (age 27)	1.87 m[180] (6 ft 1 in)	26 Jul 2025	Sporting CP	£55.0m[53] (initial fee)	2030[53]	[181] [182]
19	Leandro Trossard	BEL	LW / ST / AM (R)	4 Dec 1994 (age 30)	1.72 m[183] (5 ft 8 in)	20 Jan 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	£21.0m[184] (initial fee)	2027+1[184]	[185] [186]
20	Noni Madueke* (HG, AT)[d]	ENG	RW / LW (L)	10 Mar 2002 (age 23)	1.82 m[188] (6 ft 0 in)	18 Jul 2025	Chelsea	£48.5m[47] (initial fee)	2030[47]	[189] [190]
24	Reiss Nelson (HG, CT)	ENG	RW / LW (R)	10 Dec 1999 (age 25)	1.75 m[191] (5 ft 9 in)	23 Dec 2016[192]	Arsenal Academy		2027+1[193]	[194] [195]
29	Kai Havertz	GER	ST / AM (L)	11 Jun 1999 (age 26)	1.93 m[196] (6 ft 4 in)	28 Jun 2023	Chelsea	£62.0m[197] (initial fee)	2028[197]	[198] [199]

1. Raya graduated from Blackburn Rovers' academy.^[74]
2. White graduated from Brighton & Hove Albion's academy.^[97]
3. Rice graduated from West Ham United's academy.^[160]
4. Madueke graduated from Tottenham Hotspur's academy.^[187]

Squad number changes

Note: Squad numbers last updated on 26 July 2025.^[200]

No.	Current player	Previous player	Notes	Ref.
1	David Raya (previously no. 22)	Aaron Ramsdale	Ramsdale departed the club (August 2024).	[201][202]
3	Cristhian Mosquera (new signing)	Kieran Tierney	Tierney departed the club (June 2025).	[49][31]
13	Kepa Arrizabalaga (new signing)	Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson	Runarsson departed the club (February 2024).	[36][203]
14	Viktor Gyökeres (new signing)	Eddie Nketiah	Nketiah departed the club (August 2024).	[52][204]
16	Christian Nørgaard (new signing)	Rob Holding	Holding departed the club (September 2023).	[43][205]
20	Noni Madueke (new signing)	Jorginho	Jorginho departed the club (June 2025).	[46][206]
22	Ethan Nwaneri (previously no. 53)	David Raya	Raya took the number 1 shirt (July 2025).	[201]
36	Martín Zubimendi (new signing)	Tommy Setford	Setford was re-allocated to the number 35 shirt (July 2025).	[40][207]

Academy

Academy coaching staff

On 4 July 2025, Under-21s Head Coach Mehmet Ali departed the club to take up an Assistant coaching role at Brentford.^[208] Whilst it was initially on an interim basis, Max Porter subsequently replaced Ali on a permanent basis on 15 August 2025. Ken Gillard became his assistant coach.^[209]

Position	Name	Nationality	Year joined	Last club/team	Ref.
Academy Manager	Per Mertesacker	Germany	2018	Arsenal (as player)	[210][211]
Head of Academy Coaching	Luke Hobbs	England	2013	Southend United	[212][213]
Under-21s Head Coach	Max Porter	England	2019	Chelmsford City (as player)	[209][208]
Under-21s Assistant Coach	Ken Gillard	Ireland	2016	Crystal Palace
Under-18s Head Coach	Adam Birchall	Wales	2016	Bromley (as player)	[214][215]

Board and management team

Arsenal board

Position	Name	Ref.
Co-chairman	Stan Kroenke	[216][217]
	Josh Kroenke
Executive Vice-chair	Tim Lewis	[217][218]
Director	Lord Harris of Peckham	[216][217]

Management team

Position	Name	Ref.
Managing Director	Richard Garlick	[219][220]
Sporting Director	Andrea Berta	[221][222]
Director of Football Operations	James King	[223][224]
Head of Sports Medicine	Zafar Iqbal	[225][226]

Contracts and transfers

New contracts

The following Arsenal players signed their first or new professional contracts with the club.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Contract type	Ref.
First team
6 Jun 2025	6	DF	Gabriel Magalhães	Contract extension until 2029[12]	[11]
26 Jun 2025	49	DF	Myles Lewis-Skelly	Contract extension until 2030[14]	[13]
8 Aug 2025	22	MF	Ethan Nwaneri	Contract extension till 2030[16]	[15]
Academy
11 Jul 2025	81	DF	William Sweet	First professional contract	[227]
12 Jul 2025	55	DF	Marcell Washington		[228]
13 Jul 2025	38	MF	Louie Copley		[229]
14 Jul 2025	42	DF	Cam'ron Ismail		[230]
	50	FW	Daniel Oyetunde		[231]
18 Jul 2025	94	FW	Louis Zecevic-John		[232]
	79	GK	Khari Ranson		[233]
8 Aug 2025	71	FW	Andre Harriman-Annous		[234]
16 Aug 2025	43	FW	Ismeal Kabia		[235]

Released

The following players from Arsenal's first team, under-21s and under-18s squads were released by the club.

Note: Excludes players who joined Arsenal on loan in the previous season and returned to their parent clubs this season.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Notes	Ref.
First team
6 Jun 2025	20	MF	Jorginho	Flamengo (Série A)	6 Jun 2025	Contract termination	[206][236]
30 Jun 2025	3	DF	Kieran Tierney	Celtic (Premiership)	1 Jul 2025	End of contract	[31][237]
30 Jun 2025[a]	5	MF	Thomas Partey	Villarreal (La Liga)	7 Aug 2025		[238][239]
4 Jul 2025	18	DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	Unattached in the 2025–26 season		Contract termination	[39]
Academy
30 Jun 2025	37	FW	Nathan Butler-Oyedeji	Lausanne-Sport (Super League)	2 Jul 2025	End of contract	[31][240]
	40	FW	Khayon Edwards	Estoril Praia (Primeira Liga)	4 Jul 2025		[31][241]
	43	FW	Romari Forde	Unattached in the 2025–26 season			[31]
	44	MF	Jimi Gower	Moreirense (Primeira Liga)	5 Aug 2025		[31][242]
	45	MF	Jack Henry-Francis	Shelbourne (Premier Division)	18 Jul 2025		[31][243]
	55	GK	Brian Okonkwo	Unattached in the 2025–26 season			[31]
	56	MF	Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand
	57	MF	Ismail Oulad M'Hand
	59	DF	Elián Quesada-Thorn	Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (Promérica)	19 Jul 2025		[31][244]
30 Jun 2025[a]	63	MF	Michał Rosiak	Unattached in the 2025–26 season			[238]
30 Jun 2025	71	FW	Jakai Fisher				[31]
	73	FW	Reece Clairmont
	78	DF	Max Kuczynski
	80	MF	Zacariah Shuaib	Real Sociedad (La Liga)	15 Jul 2025		[31][245]

1. Whilst the departures of Partey and Rosiak were officially confirmed on 11 July 2025, their contracts expired on 30 June 2025.^[238][31]

Transfers in

The following players joined Arsenal permanently and signed professional contracts with the club.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Transfer fee	Contract ends	Ref.
First team
1 Jul 2025	13	GK	Kepa Arrizabalaga	Chelsea (Premier League)	£5.0m[37]	2028[37]	[36]
6 Jul 2025	36	MF	Martín Zubimendi	Real Sociedad (La Liga)	£55.8m[41]	2030[41]	[40]
10 Jul 2025	16	MF	Christian Nørgaard	Brentford (Premier League)	£10.0m + £2.0m[44]	2027+1[44]	[43]
18 Jul 2025	20	FW	Noni Madueke	Chelsea (Premier League)	£48.5m + £3.5m[47]	2030[47]	[46]
24 Jul 2025	3	DF	Cristhian Mosquera	Valencia (La Liga)	£13.0m + £3.5m[50]	2030+1[94]	[49]
26 Jul 2025	14	FW	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting CP (Primeira Liga)	£55.0m + £8.7m[53]	2030[53]	[52]
Academy
16 Jul 2025	83	DF	Callan Hamill	St Johnstone (Championship)	Undisclosed	2027 (scholarship)[246]	[246][247]
19 Jul 2025		MF	Demiane Agustien	Derby County (Premier League 2)	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[248]
30 Jul 2025	94	GK	Remi Lupinski	Milton Keynes Dons (Youth Alliance)	Undisclosed	2027 (scholarship)[249]	[249]

Total expenditure: £187.3 million (excluding potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)

Transfers out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Transfer fee	Ref.
First team
5 Jun 2025	—	DF	Nuno Tavares	Lazio (Serie A)	£7.6m[33][a]	[32]
9 Jun 2025	27	FW	Marquinhos	Cruzeiro (Série A)	£3.0m[35][b]	[34]

Total income: £10.6 million (excluding potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)

1. Arsenal retain a 25% sell-on clause for any future transfer Tavares makes.^[33]
2. Arsenal retain an undisclosed sell-on clause for any future transfer Marquinhos makes.^[35]

Loans in

The following players joined Arsenal on loan and signed professional contracts with the club.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Loan fee	Ref.

Total expenditure: £0.0 million (excluding purchase options and additional fees)

Loans out

• Date^‡ – Loan was originally scheduled to last to until end of the season but was curtailed.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Loan fee	Ref.

Total income: £0.0 million (excluding undisclosed figures)

Overall transfer activity

Note: All loan fees included. All potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures excluded.

Transfer window	Spending	Income	Net expenditure
Summer 2025	£187.3 million	£10.6 million	£176.7 million
Winter 2025	£0.0 million	£0.0 million	£0.0 million
Total	£187.3 million	£10.6 million	£176.7 million

Kits

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Fly Emirates / Sleeve sponsor: Visit Rwanda

Kits using Adidas's Three Stripes trademark

Home 0

Away 0

Goalkeeper1 0

Goalkeeper2 0

Goalkeeper3 0

Kits using Adidas's Trefoil trademark

Third 0

Goalkeeper3 0

Kit information

This is Adidas's seventh year supplying Arsenal kit, having taken over from Puma at the beginning of the 2019–20 season.^[250][251]

• Home: The club revealed their new home kit for the 2025–26 season on 15 May 2025. The kit uses Arsenal's traditional colours of red and white. The shirt has a red body and white sleeves and is complemented by white shorts and red socks. Red shorts may be used in some away games when there will be a colour clash with the home team's kit. Taken from the "Victoria Concordia Crescit" club crest, first used in the 1949–50 season, the gothic "A" of "Arsenal" is repeated across the body of the shirt.^[252] The kit was launched alongside a film named The pulse of our club.^[253]
• Away: On 21 July, the Gunners released their new away kit, which is a tribute to the ability of the club's supporters to energise the players in to feeling "100ft tall", stand out and own the moment.^[254] The shirt has a dark navy base with a lighter-navy lighting bolt pattern, a signature away-kit design that was inspired by the Royal Arsenal Gatehouse lightning bolt.^[255] The kit is complemented by navy shorts and socks, whereby metallic grey shorts will be used in the away games in which there are a colour clash with the home team's kit. The kit was launched with an accompanying video named Ready for new heights.^[256]
• Third: On 4 August, the club released their new third kit, which is inspired by the 20th anniversary of Arsenal's final season at the "iconic" Highbury Stadium.^[257] The shirt has a white base with off-white details that echo the stadium's distinctive art deco architecture. It also features a polo collar with dark red and gold stripes.^[258] The kit is complemented by dark red shorts and white socks, whereby white shorts will be used in the away games in which there are a colour clash with the home team's kit. The kit was launched with an accompanying video named A tribute to elegance, art and style.^[259]
• Goalkeeper: The new goalkeeper kits are based on Adidas's goalkeeper template for the season.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 31 March 2025, Arsenal announced that they would travel to Hong Kong for the first time since 2012 to partake in the first North London derby on international soil in the history of the fixture. The match took place in the recently opened Kai Tak Sports Park on 31 July.^[260][22] On 11 April, Arsenal announced that they would be travelling to Singapore for the first time since 2018 to play matches against Italian side AC Milan and fellow Premier League side Newcastle United. The matches took place on 23 and 27 July respectively at the National Stadium, and finalised the club's three-match Asian pre-season schedule.^[261] On 5 July 2025, Arsenal announced that the concluding fixtures of the pre-season schedule would feature an Emirates Cup game against Athletic Bilbao on 9 August 2025 and a friendly three days earlier against fellow Spanish side Villareal, both at the Emirates Stadium.^[25]

Arsenal v Milan

23 July 2025 SFOF	Arsenal	1–0 (5–6 p)	Milan	Kallang, Singapore
19:30 SGT (12:30 BST)	Saka 53'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 22,813 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
	Penalties
	Ødegaard Zubimendi Merino Nelson Kiwior Dowman Trossard Nichols Salmon		Gabbia Colombo Chukwueze Liberali Okafor Bondo F. Terracciano Duțu Comotto

Arsenal v Newcastle United

27 July 2025 SFOF	Arsenal	3–2	Newcastle United	Kallang, Singapore
19:30 SGT (12:30 BST)	Merino 33' A. Murphy 35' (o.g.) Zubimendi  38' Ødegaard 84' (pen.)	Report	Elanga 6' Lascelles  45+1' J. Murphy 58'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 38,720 Referee: Clarence Leow (Singapore)

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

31 July 2025 HKFF	Arsenal	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Kowloon, Hong Kong
19:30 HKT (12:30 BST)	Merino  90+3'	Report	Bentancur  36' Sarr 45' Johnson  90+3'	Stadium: Kai Tak Sports Park Attendance: 49,975 Referee: Lau Fong Hei (Hong Kong)

Arsenal v Villarreal

6 August 2025 Friendly	Arsenal	2–3 (3–4 p)	Villarreal	Holloway
18:00 BST	Nørgaard 36' Ødegaard 76' (pen.)	Report	Pépé 16' Etta Eyong 33' Gueye  55' Danjuma 68'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,355 Referee: Sam Barrott (England)
	Penalties
	Ødegaard Rice Merino Zinchenko Gabriel Madueke		Moleiro Suárez Danjuma Comesaña Valou Cabanes

Arsenal v Athletic Bilbao

9 August 2025 Emirates Cup	Arsenal	3–0 (6–5 p)	Athletic Bilbao	Holloway
17:00 BST	Gyökeres 35' Saka 37' Lewis-Skelly  69' Havertz 82'	Report	Berchiche  2'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Robert Jones (England)
	Penalties
	Merino Havertz Madueke Nwaneri Saka Saliba Zubimendi		Guruzeta Navarro Vesga Serrano Sannadi Lekue Boiro

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	17 Aug 2025	24 May 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Cup	Jan 2026	TBD	Third round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	23–25 Sep 2025	TBD	Third round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	16–18 Sep 2025	TBD	League Phase	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: Pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2025–26 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
8	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
9	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Brentford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[262]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Premier League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result
Position
Points

First match(es) will be played on 17 Aug 2025. Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

• Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Weeks (GW), not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 18 June 2025.^[263] A selection of fixtures will be rescheduled for live TV coverage in the UK, or due to clashing with domestic or European cup competitions.

Manchester United v Arsenal

17 August 2025 1	Manchester United	v	Arsenal	Old Trafford
16:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Referee: Simon Hooper

Arsenal v Leeds United

23 August 2025 2	Arsenal	v	Leeds United	Holloway
17:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Liverpool v Arsenal

31 August 2025 3	Liverpool	v	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Anfield

Arsenal v Nottingham Forest

13 September 2025 4	Arsenal	v	Nottingham Forest	Holloway
12:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Arsenal v Manchester City

21 September 2025 5	Arsenal	v	Manchester City	Holloway
16:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Newcastle United v Arsenal

28 September 2025 6	Newcastle United	v	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:30 BST		Report		Stadium: St James' Park

Arsenal v West Ham United

4 October 2025 7	Arsenal	v	West Ham United	Holloway
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Fulham v Arsenal

18 October 2025 8	Fulham	v	Arsenal	Fulham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage

Arsenal v Crystal Palace

25 October 2025 9	Arsenal	v	Crystal Palace	Holloway
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Burnley v Arsenal

1 November 2025 10	Burnley	v	Arsenal	Burnley
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Turf Moor

Sunderland v Arsenal

8 November 2025 11	Sunderland	v	Arsenal	Sunderland
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

22 November 2025 12	Arsenal	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Chelsea v Arsenal

29 November 2025 13	Chelsea	v	Arsenal	Fulham
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge

Arsenal v Brentford

3 December 2025 14	Arsenal	v	Brentford	Holloway
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Aston Villa v Arsenal

6 December 2025 15	Aston Villa	v	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Villa Park

Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers

13 December 2025 16	Arsenal	v	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Holloway
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Everton v Arsenal

20 December 2025 17	Everton	v	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Everton Stadium

Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

27 December 2025 18	Arsenal	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Holloway
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Arsenal v Aston Villa

30 December 2025 19	Arsenal	v	Aston Villa	Holloway
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Bournemouth v Arsenal

3 January 2026 20	Bournemouth	v	Arsenal	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Dean Court

Arsenal v Liverpool

7 January 2026 21	Arsenal	v	Liverpool	Holloway
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal

17 January 2026 22	Nottingham Forest	v	Arsenal	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: City Ground

Arsenal v Manchester United

24 January 2026 23	Arsenal	v	Manchester United	Holloway
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Leeds United v Arsenal

31 January 2026 24	Leeds United	v	Arsenal	Leeds
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Elland Road

Arsenal v Sunderland

7 February 2026 25	Arsenal	v	Sunderland	Holloway
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Brentford v Arsenal

11 February 2026 26	Brentford	v	Arsenal	Brentford
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

21 February 2026 27	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Arsenal	Tottenham
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Arsenal v Chelsea

28 February 2026 28	Arsenal	v	Chelsea	Holloway
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal

4 March 2026 29	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Arsenal	Brighton and Hove
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium

Arsenal v Everton

14 March 2026 30	Arsenal	v	Everton	Holloway
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal

21 March 2026 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium

Arsenal v Bournemouth

11 April 2026 32	Arsenal	v	Bournemouth	Holloway
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Manchester City v Arsenal

18 April 2026 33	Manchester City	v	Arsenal	Manchester
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium

Arsenal v Newcastle United

25 April 2026 34	Arsenal	v	Newcastle United	Holloway
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Arsenal v Fulham

2 May 2026 35	Arsenal	v	Fulham	Holloway
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

West Ham United v Arsenal

9 May 2026 36	West Ham United	v	Arsenal	Stratford
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: London Stadium

Arsenal v Burnley

17 May 2026 37	Arsenal	v	Burnley	Holloway
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Crystal Palace v Arsenal

24 May 2026 38	Crystal Palace	v	Arsenal	Selhurst
16:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

As a Premier League side, Arsenal will enter the FA Cup in the third round.

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

The Gunners will enter the EFL Cup in the third round as one of the Premier League teams participating in UEFA competitions.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League

League phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase

Arsenal's UEFA club coefficient was 98.000 points at the end of the previous campaign.^[264]

Statistics

Keys

Final score	The score at full time; Arsenal's listed first.	(N)	The game was played at a neutral site.
(H)	Arsenal were the home team.	(A)	Arsenal were the away team.
Opponent	The opponent team without a flag is English.
Player*	Player who joined Arsenal permanently or on loan during the season
Player†	Player who departed Arsenal permanently or on loan during the season
Player^	Arsenal U21s or U18s player who appeared for the first team during the season
Player#	Arsenal academy player who was registered as an U21 or U18 player during the season

Appearances

Includes all competitions for senior teams. When two Arsenal players make their first team debuts at the same time, the Heritage number goes in order of who joined the club earlier.^[265]

As of pre-season

2025–26 season									Career club total	Ref.
Squad number	Heritage number	Pos.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Season total
1	901	GK	David Raya	0	0	0	0	0	96	[80]
2	887	DF	William Saliba	0	0	0	0	0	134	[92]
3		DF	Cristhian Mosquera*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[96]
4	882	DF	Ben White	0	0	0	0	0	160	[102]
6	872	DF	Gabriel Magalhães	0	0	0	0	0	210	[106]
7	862	FW	Bukayo Saka	0	0	0	0	0	263	[169]
8	879	MF	Martin Ødegaard	0	0	0	0	0	198	[135]
9	888	FW	Gabriel Jesus	0	0	0	0	0	96	[174]
11	867	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	0	0	0	0	0	225	[179]
12	899	DF	Jurriën Timber	0	0	0	0	0	51	[110]
13		GK	Kepa Arrizabalaga*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[83]
14		FW	Viktor Gyökeres*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[182]
15	897	DF	Jakub Kiwior	0	0	0	0	0	68	[114]
16		MF	Christian Nørgaard*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[138]
17	889	DF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	0	0	0	0	0	91	[119]
19	895	FW	Leandro Trossard	0	0	0	0	0	124	[186]
20		FW	Noni Madueke*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[190]
21	890	MF	Fábio Vieira	0	0	0	0	0	49	[143]
22	893	MF	Ethan Nwaneri^	0	0	0	0	0	39	[147]
23	910	MF	Mikel Merino	0	0	0	0	0	44	[151]
24	844	FW	Reiss Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	90	[195]
28	881	MF	Albert Sambi Lokonga	0	0	0	0	0	39	[156]
29	898	FW	Kai Havertz	0	0	0	0	0	87	[199]
31	894	GK	Karl Hein	0	0	0	0	0	1	[87]
33	903	DF	Riccardo Calafiori	0	0	0	0	0	29	[124]
36		MF	Martín Zubimendi*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[159]
41	900	MF	Declan Rice	0	0	0	0	0	103	[164]
49	905	MF	Myles Lewis-Skelly^	0	0	0	0	0	39	[128]

Goals

Includes all competitions for senior teams.

As of pre-season

2025–26 season									Career club total	Ref.
Rk.	No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Season total
—	1	GK	David Raya	0	0	0	0	0	0	[80]
	2	DF	William Saliba	0	0	0	0	0	7	[92]
	3	DF	Cristhian Mosquera*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[96]
	4	DF	Ben White	0	0	0	0	0	6	[102]
	6	DF	Gabriel Magalhães	0	0	0	0	0	20	[106]
	7	FW	Bukayo Saka	0	0	0	0	0	70	[169]
	8	MF	Martin Ødegaard	0	0	0	0	0	41	[135]
	9	FW	Gabriel Jesus	0	0	0	0	0	26	[174]
	11	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	0	0	0	0	0	51	[179]
	12	DF	Jurriën Timber	0	0	0	0	0	2	[110]
	13	GK	Kepa Arrizabalaga*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[83]
	14	FW	Viktor Gyökeres*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[182]
	15	DF	Jakub Kiwior	0	0	0	0	0	3	[114]
	16	MF	Christian Nørgaard*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[138]
	17	DF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	0	0	0	0	0	3	[119]
	19	FW	Leandro Trossard	0	0	0	0	0	28	[186]
	20	FW	Noni Madueke*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[190]
	21	MF	Fábio Vieira	0	0	0	0	0	3	[143]
	22	MF	Ethan Nwaneri^	0	0	0	0	0	9	[147]
	23	MF	Mikel Merino	0	0	0	0	0	9	[151]
	24	FW	Reiss Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	8	[195]
	28	MF	Albert Sambi Lokonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	[156]
	29	FW	Kai Havertz	0	0	0	0	0	29	[199]
	31	GK	Karl Hein	0	0	0	0	0	0	[87]
	33	DF	Riccardo Calafiori	0	0	0	0	0	3	[124]
	36	MF	Martín Zubimendi*	0	0	0	0	0	0	[159]
	41	MF	Declan Rice	0	0	0	0	0	16	[164]
	49	MF	Myles Lewis-Skelly^	0	0	0	0	0	1	[128]
Total				0	0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions for senior teams.

As of pre-season

2025–26 season									Career club total	Ref.
Rk.	No.	Goalkeeper	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Season total	Season percentage
—	1	David Raya	0	0	0	0	0	—	39	[80]
	13	Kepa Arrizabalaga*	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	[83]
	31	Karl Hein	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	[87]
Total			0	0	0	0	0	—