List Of Arsenal W.F.C. Seasons
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. 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
Abbreviations, colours and symbols
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League record:
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Cup record:
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Seasons
Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Comm. Shield | UWCL | Ref. | ||||||||
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Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | ||||||
1987–88 | HCL | Results unknown | R1 | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||
1988–89 | HCL | R3 | ||||||||||||
1989–90 | HCL | QF | ||||||||||||
1990–91 | GLFLP | SF | ||||||||||||
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 | NA | |||
1995–96 | Prem | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 12 | 37 | 3rd | SF | SF | |||
1996–97 | Prem | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 9 | 49 | 1st | SF | R2 | |||
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 | |||
2000–01 | Prem | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 9 | 52 | 1st | W | W | W | ||
2001–02 | Prem | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 15 | 49 | 1st | QF | SF | W | QF | |
2002–03 | Prem | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 21 | 40 | 3rd | SF | RU | RU | SF | |
2003–04 | Prem | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 11 | 47 | 1st | W | SF | — | — | |
2004–05 | Prem | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 13 | 48 | 1st | SF | W | RU | SF | |
2005–06 | Prem | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 20 | 50 | 1st | W | RU | W | QF | |
2006–07 | Prem | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 10 | 66 | 1st | W | W | W | W | |
2007–08 | Prem | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 15 | 62 | 1st | W | RU | NA | QF | |
2008–09 | Prem | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 14 | 61 | 1st | W | W | W | QF | |
2009–10 | Prem | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 19 | 61 | 1st | RU | SF | NA | QF | |
2011 | WSL | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 32 | 1st | W | W | SF | ||
2012 | WSL | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 18 | 34 | 1st | SF | W | SF | ||
2013 | WSL | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 30 | 3rd | W | W | SF | ||
2014 | WSL | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 4th | W | RU | QF | ||
2015 | WSL | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 3rd | QF | W | — | ||
2016 | WSL | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 32 | 3rd | W | SF | — | ||
2017 | WSL | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 3rd | QF | NA | — | ||
2017–18 | WSL | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 37 | 3rd | RU | W | — | ||
2018–19 | WSL | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 13 | 54 | 1st | R5 | RU | — | ||
2019–20 | WSL | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 36 | 3rd | QF | RU | QF | ||
2020–21 | WSL | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 15 | 48 | 3rd | RU | GS | — | — | |
2021–22 | WSL | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 10 | 55 | 2nd | SF | QF | NA | QF | |
2022–23 | WSL | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 16 | 47 | 3rd | R5 | W | SF | ||
2023–24 | WSL | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 50 | 3rd | R5 | W | QR1 |
Footnotes
- ^ Results are sourced from an online database produced by former WFA employees.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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); the competition has not been played since. Arsenal won five editions, and were runners-up in 2002 and 2004.
- ^ 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. Arsenal's result history in the competition is sourced from UEFA.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The 2007 Women's FA Community Shield was not played due to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.
- ^ 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. The FA conducted an interim Spring Series between February and May 2017 to support the transition.
- ^ The FA did not host a league cup competition alongside the interim Spring Series.
- ^ 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.