List of Arsenal W.F.C. seasons
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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.{{Cite web |date=10 May 2017 |title='Royal Arsenal' formed in Woolwich |url=https://www.arsenal.com/history/laying-the-foundations/-royal-arsenal-formed-in-woolwich |access-date=14 January 2024 |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725142641/https://www.arsenal.com/history/laying-the-foundations/-royal-arsenal-formed-in-woolwich |url-status=live }} Originally formed as Arsenal Ladies in 1987,{{Cite web |last=Kessel |first=Anna |date=4 May 2008 |title=The invincibles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/04/sportfeatures.gender |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210524060758/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/04/sportfeatures.gender |url-status=live }} the club became semi-professional in 2002,{{Cite web |last=Leighton |first=Tony |date=15 May 2002 |title=Banks stays with semi-pro Gunners |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1988624.stm |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=5 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105112346/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1988624.stm |url-status=live }} and adopted its present name in 2017.{{Cite web |date=28 July 2017 |title=Women's Super League One: Arsenal drop 'Ladies' from name |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40757808 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614230806/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40757808 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Cootes |first=Isobel |date=25 November 2023 |title=Arsenal 'need more trophies' this season after early Champions League exit, title drought |url=https://sport.optus.com.au/news/womens/os66553/arsenal-need-more-trophies-this-season-after-champions-league-exit-title-drought |access-date=16 January 2024 |publisher=Optus Sport |archive-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116122611/https://sport.optus.com.au/news/womens/os66553/arsenal-need-more-trophies-this-season-after-champions-league-exit-title-drought |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web |last=Stokkermans |first=Karel |date=15 June 2023 |title=UEFA Club Championship (Women) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec-wom.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |website= |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114122831/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec-wom.html |url-status=live }} 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
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Abbreviations, colours and symbols
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|+ {{sronly|Colour key}} | scope="row" bgcolor=gold align="center" |1st or W | Winners |
| scope="row" bgcolor=#DCDCDC align="center"| 2nd or RU
| Runners-up |
| scope="row" bgcolor=#CC9966 align="center"| 3rd
| Third place |
| scope="row" bgcolor=#F0FFF0 align="center"| {{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}}
| Promoted |
| scope="row" {{n/a|NA}}
| No competition |
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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 for
- GA = Goals against
- Pts = Points
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Cup record:
- En-dash (–) = Arsenal did not participate
- QR1 = First qualifying round
- GS = Group stage
- R1 = First round
- R2 = Second round, etc.
- R16 = Round of 16
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- RU = Runners-up
- W = Winners
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Seasons
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|+ Results of league and cup competitions by season ! rowspan="2" width="55" scope="col" |Season ! colspan="9" |League ! rowspan="2" width="60" scope="col" |FA Cup{{Efn|Results are sourced from an online database produced by former WFA employees.{{cite web |title=Women's F.A. Cup – Arsenal |url=http://www.womensfacup.co.uk/history/index.php?od=3&yd=0&tid=3 |website=womensfacup.co.uk |access-date=9 January 2024 |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109030950/http://www.womensfacup.co.uk/history/index.php?od=3&yd=0&tid=3 |url-status=live }}|group=upper-alpha}} ! rowspan="2" width="60" scope="col" |League Cup{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|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.{{cite web |last1=Di Maggio |first1=Roberto |last2=Garin |first2=Erik |last3=Schöggl |first3=Hans |title=England – List of Women League Cup Winners |date=22 November 2022 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-womleagcuphist.html |access-date=11 January 2024 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408023949/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-womleagcuphist.html |url-status=live }}}} ! rowspan="2" width="60" scope="col" |Comm. Shield{{Efn|name=|group=upper-alpha|The Women's FA Community Shield was created in [[2000 FA Women's Charity Shield| 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);{{cite web |title=The Women's Community Shield returns on Saturday, as Chelsea take on Manchester City |last=Dean |first=Tom |publisher=The Football Association |date=27 August 2020 |url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/aug/27/chelsea-v-manchester-city-womens-fa-community-shield-preview-270820 |access-date=9 January 2024 |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109022916/https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/aug/27/chelsea-v-manchester-city-womens-fa-community-shield-preview-270820 |url-status=live }} the competition has not been played since. Arsenal won five editions,{{cite web |last=Whyatt |first=Katie |url-access=subscription |title=Exclusive: Women's Community Shield to return and take place on same day before men's equivalent |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/08/10/exclusivewomens-community-shield-return-take-place-mens-equivalent/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=9 January 2024 |date=10 August 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128083938/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/08/10/exclusivewomens-community-shield-return-take-place-mens-equivalent/ |url-status=live }} and were runners-up in 2002 and 2004.{{cite web|last=Rice|first=Ben|title=Shield win is spot on for Fulham|date=9 August 2002|url=http://www.thefa.com/Womens/TheFAWomensShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/08/21067.htm|access-date=9 January 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010025101/http://www.thefa.com/Womens/TheFAWomensShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/08/21067.htm|archive-date=10 October 2004|publisher=The Football Association}}{{cite web|title=Shield glory for Charlton|last=Leighton|first=Tony|publisher=The Football Association|url=http://www.thefa.com/Womens/TheFAWomensShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/07/MatchReport_Aug_2004.htm|access-date=9 January 2024|date=11 August 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041011172420/http://www.thefa.com/Womens/TheFAWomensShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/07/MatchReport_Aug_2004.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2004}}}} ! rowspan="2" width="60" scope="col" |UWCL{{efn|group=upper-alpha|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.{{cite web|last=Saffer|first=Paul|title=Women's Champions League launches in 2009|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01d4-0e10c6854f62-41bfd3fad702-1000--women-s-champions-league-launches-in-2009/|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=11 December 2008|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629035824/https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01d4-0e10c6854f62-41bfd3fad702-1000--women-s-champions-league-launches-in-2009/|url-status=live}} Arsenal's result history in the competition is sourced from UEFA.{{cite web |title=Arsenal {{!}} Matches played |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/history/clubs/81199--arsenal/ |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=9 January 2024 |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109021826/https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/history/clubs/81199--arsenal/ |url-status=live }}}} ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|reference(s)}} |
| width="72" scope="col" |Division
! width="20" scope="col" |Pld ! width="20" scope="col" |W ! width="20" scope="col" |D ! width="20" scope="col" |L ! width="20" scope="col" |GF ! width="20" scope="col" |GA ! width="20" scope="col" |Pts ! width="20" scope="col" |Pos |
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| scope="row" | 1987–88
| HCL | colspan="8" rowspan="4" {{n/a|Results unknown}} | R1 | rowspan="4" {{n/a|NA}} | rowspan="13" {{n/a|NA}} | rowspan="14" {{n/a|NA}} |
| scope="row" | 1988–89
| HCL | R3 |
| scope="row" | 1989–90
| HCL | QF |
| scope="row" | 1990–91
| GLFLP | SF |
| scope="row" | 1991–92
| bgcolor="honeydew" | Prem South {{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 11 | 25 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | R4 | bgcolor="gold" | W |
| scope="row" | 1992–93
| Prem | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 8 | 34 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W |
| scope="row" | 1993–94
| Prem | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 15 | 45 | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | QF | bgcolor="gold" | W |
| scope="row" | 1994–95
| Prem | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 8 | 52 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | {{n/a|NA}}{{Efn|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.{{Cite magazine |last=Connolly |first=Kevin |date=20 August 1994 |title=Girls return from tour and wait for final |url=https://thearsenalcollection.org.uk/?page_id=1995 |access-date=9 January 2024 |magazine=Arsenal Official Programme |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |page=16 |via=The Arsenal Collection |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109093816/https://thearsenalcollection.org.uk/?page_id=1995 |url-status=live }}|group=upper-alpha}} |
| scope="row" | 1995–96
| Prem | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 12 | 37 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | SF | SF ---- League Cup: {{Cite magazine |last=Connolly |first=Kevin |date=17 August 1996 |title=Ladies |url=https://thearsenalcollection.org.uk/?page_id=3236 |access-date=9 January 2024 |magazine=Arsenal Official Programme |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |page=15 |via=The Arsenal Collection |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109102544/https://thearsenalcollection.org.uk/?page_id=3236 |url-status=live }} |
| scope="row" | 1996–97
| Prem | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 9 | 49 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | SF | R2 ---- League Cup: {{Cite magazine |last=Connolly |first=Kevin |date=4 December 1996 |title=Girl Gunners seek speedy revenge |url=https://thearsenalcollection.org.uk/?page_id=3290 |access-date=9 January 2024 |magazine=Arsenal Official Programme |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |page=21 |via=The Arsenal Collection |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109103352/https://thearsenalcollection.org.uk/?page_id=3290 |url-status=live }} |
| scope="row" | 1997–98
| Prem | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 22 | 40 | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W |
| scope="row" | 1998–99
| Prem | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 15 | 43 | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W |
| scope="row" | 1999–2000
| Prem | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 13 | 41 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | SF | bgcolor="gold" | W |
| scope="row" | 2000–01
| Prem | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 9 | 52 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" |W |
| scope="row" | 2001–02
| Prem | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 15 | 49 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | QF | SF | bgcolor="gold" |W | QF |
| scope="row" | 2002–03
| Prem | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 21 | 40 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | SF | bgcolor="silver" | RU | bgcolor="silver" | RU | SF |
| scope="row" | 2003–04
| Prem | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 11 | 47 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | SF |{{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" | 2004–05
| Prem | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 13 | 48 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | SF | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="silver" | RU | SF |
| scope="row" | 2005–06
| Prem | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 20 | 50 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="silver" | RU | bgcolor="gold" | W | QF |
| scope="row" | 2006–07
| Prem | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 10 | 66 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W |
| scope="row" | 2007–08
| Prem | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 15 | 62 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="silver" | RU | {{n/a|NA}}{{Efn|The 2007 Women's FA Community Shield was not played due to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.|group=upper-alpha}} | QF |
| scope="row" | 2008–09
| Prem | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 14 | 61 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W | QF |
| scope="row" | 2009–10
| Prem | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 19 | 61 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="silver" | RU | SF | rowspan="11" {{n/a|NA}} | QF |
| scope="row" | 2011
| WSL{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|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.{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Louise |title=FA Women's Super League to switch to winter season from 2017 |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/12/fa-womens-super-league-winter-season-2017 |access-date=9 January 2024 |date=13 July 2016 |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109082050/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/12/fa-womens-super-league-winter-season-2017 |url-status=live }} The FA conducted an interim Spring Series between February and May 2017 to support the transition.{{cite web|title=FA Women's Super League to move to new calendar in 2017 |date=12 July 2016 |url=http://www.fawsl.com/news/fa_womens_super_league_to_move_to_new_calendar_in_2017.html |access-date=9 January 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707231222/http://www.fawsl.com/news/fa_womens_super_league_to_move_to_new_calendar_in_2017.html |archive-date=7 July 2018 |website=fawsl.com}}|name=WSL}} | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 32 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W | SF |
| scope="row" | 2012
| WSL | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 18 | 34 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | SF | bgcolor="gold" | W | SF |
| scope="row" | 2013
| WSL | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 30 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="gold" | W | SF |
| scope="row" | 2014
| WSL | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 4th | bgcolor="gold" | W | bgcolor="silver" | RU | QF |
| scope="row" | 2015
| WSL | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 27 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | QF | bgcolor="gold" | W | {{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" | 2016
| WSL | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 32 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | bgcolor="gold" | W | SF | {{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" | 2017
| WSL | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 18 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | QF | {{n/a|NA}}{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|The FA did not host a league cup competition alongside the interim Spring Series.}} | {{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" | 2017–18
| WSL | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 37 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | bgcolor="silver" | RU | bgcolor="gold" | W | {{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" | 2018–19
| WSL | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 13 | 54 | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | R5 | bgcolor="silver" | RU | {{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" | 2019–20
| WSL{{Efn|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.{{cite web |title=Chelsea named Women's Super League champions, Liverpool relegated |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52907395 |date=5 June 2020 |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=15 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915170927/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52907395 |url-status=live }}|group=upper-alpha}} | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 36 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | QF | bgcolor="silver" | RU | QF |
| scope="row" | 2020–21
| WSL | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 15 | 48 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | bgcolor="silver" | RU | GS | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" | 2021–22
| WSL | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 10 | 55 | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | SF | QF | rowspan="3" {{n/a|NA}} | QF |
| scope="row" | 2022–23
| WSL | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 16 | 47 | bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3rd | R5 | bgcolor="gold" | W | SF ---- FA Cup: {{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Emma |date=26 February 2023 |title=Chelsea 2–0 Arsenal |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64757696 |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=11 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111044529/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64757696 |url-status=live }} ---- League Cup: {{Cite web |last=Sanders |first=Emma |date=5 March 2023 |title=Arsenal 3–1 Chelsea |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64826554 |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514070056/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64826554 |url-status=live }} |
| scope="row" |2023–24
| WSL | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 50 | bgcolor="#CC9966"| 3rd | R5 | bgcolor="gold"| W |QR1 |
Footnotes
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References
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