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The Arsenal lineup before a match in February 2020

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. [1] Originally formed as Arsenal Ladies in 1987, [2] the club became semi-professional in 2002, [3] and adopted its present name in 2017. [4] 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. [5]

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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. [6] 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. [7] Arsenal is also the most successful team in the now-defunct Women's FA Community Shield. [8]

Key

League competitions:

Knock out competitions:

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
SeasonLeague FA Cup [upper-alpha 1] League Cup [upper-alpha 2] Comm. Shield [upper-alpha 3] UWCL [upper-alpha 4] Ref.
DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos
1987–88 HCL Results unknown R1 NANANA [15]
1988–89 HCL R3 [16]
1989–90 HCL QF [17]
1990–91 GLFLP SF [18]
1991–92 Prem South 1411309911251st R4 W [19]
1992–93 Prem 181701668341st W W [20]
1993–94 Prem 1814318515452nd QF W [21]
1994–95 Prem 181710608521st W NA [upper-alpha 5] [23]
1995–96 Prem 1811435412373rd SF SF [24]
1996–97 Prem 181611659491st SF R2 [25]
1997–98 Prem 1812425522402nd W W [26]
1998–99 Prem 1813415915432nd W W [27]
1999–2000 Prem 1813237313413rd SF W [28]
2000–01 Prem 181710889521st W W W [29]
2001–02 Prem 1816116015491st QF SF W QF [30]
2002–03 Prem 1813145321403rd SF RU RU SF [31]
2003–04 Prem 1815216511471st W SF [32]
2004–05 Prem 1815305713481st SF W RU SF [33]
2005–06 Prem 1816208320501st W RU W QF [34]
2006–07 Prem 22220011910661st W W W W [35]
2007–08 Prem 2220208515621st W RU NA [upper-alpha 6] QF [36]
2008–09 Prem 2220118914611st W W W QF [37]
2009–10 Prem 2220117919611st RU SF NA QF [38]
2011 WSL [upper-alpha 7] 141022299321st W W SF [41]
2012 WSL 1410403918341st SF W SF [42]
2013 WSL 1410313111303rd W W SF [43]
2014 WSL 146352421214th W RU QF [44]
2015 WSL 14833218273rd QF W [45]
2016 WSL 1610243314323rd W SF [46]
2017 WSL 8530229183rd QF NA [upper-alpha 8] [47]
2017–18 WSL 1811433818373rd RU W [48]
2018–19 WSL 2018027013541st R5 RU [49]
2019–20 WSL [upper-alpha 9] 1512034013363rd QF RU QF [51]
2020–21 WSL 2215346315483rd RU GS [52]
2021–22 WSL 2217416510552nd SF QF NA QF [53]
2022–23 WSL 2215254916473rd R5 W SF [54]

Footnotes

  1. Results are sourced from an online database produced by former WFA employees. [9]
  2. Including Arsenal's result history in both competitions that have served as England's main League Cup competition. Editions where Arsenal were finalists are sourced from Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. [7]
  3. The Women's FA Community Shield was created in 2000 as the FA Women's Charity Shield and was renamed to the FA Community Shield in 2002. The super cup was later discontinued in 2008, but was revived for a single edition in 2020 (Arsenal did not qualify); [10] the competition has not been played since. Arsenal won five editions, [8] and were runners-up in 2002 and 2004. [11] [12]
  4. The UEFA Women's Champions League was previously known as the UEFA Women's Cup from the competition's formation in 2001 to 2009, when it was renamed ahead of the 2009–10 season. [13] Arsenal's result history in the competition is sourced from UEFA. [14]
  5. The FA banned all National Premier League sides from playing in the Women's Premier League Cup, to help make England players available to prepare for the 1995 UEFA Women's Championship. [22]
  6. The 2007 Women's FA Community Shield was not played due to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. [8]
  7. Between 2011 and 2017, the WSL played each league season within the calendar year instead of the traditional European domestic season. In 2017, the Football Association transitioned the WSL to the traditional season starting in September 2017 and ending in May 2018. [39] The FA conducted an interim Spring Series between February and May 2017 to support the transition. [40]
  8. The FA did not host a league cup competition alongside the interim Spring Series. [7]
  9. The 2019–20 WSL season was postponed mid-season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was later ended prematurely on 25 May 2020. Arsenal were awarded third place based on the points per game of their 15 games played. [50]

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