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
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
Cup record:
- En-dash (–) = Arsenal did not participate
- 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
Seasons
| Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Comm. Shield | UWCL | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||