2019–20 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal F.C.
2019–20 season
Owner	Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
Chairman	Chips Keswick; (until 28 May)
Head coach	Unai Emery; (until 29 November); Freddie Ljungberg; (interim, until 20 December); Mikel Arteta; (from 20 December)
Stadium	Emirates Stadium
Premier League	8th
FA Cup	Winners
EFL Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (22); All: ; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (29)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Arsenal's 28th season in the Premier League, their 94th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and 103rd season in the top flight overall.^[4]^[5] The club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Despite finishing eighth and enduring one of their most turbulent seasons in modern history, Arsenal ended the season with silverware, winning the FA Cup for a record fourteenth time.

Review[edit]

Throughout the summer transfer window, Arsenal completed the signings of forwards Gabriel Martinelli and club-record signing Nicolas Pepe; midfielder Dani Ceballos on a one-year loan; and defenders Kieran Tierney, David Luiz, and William Saliba, the latter of which was sent back to former club AS Saint-Etienne on a one-year loan. What the Arsenal fanbase viewed as lack of budget and ambition from owner Stan Kroenke led many to protest his ownership with the social media hashtag "#WeCareDoYou".^[6] Arsenal released first-team players Stephan Lichtsteiner, Aaron Ramsey, and Danny Welbeck, sold David Ospina, Takuma Asano, Laurent Koscielny, Carl Jenkinson, Alex Iwobi, and Nacho Monreal, and loaned out Eddie Nketiah, Mohamed Elneny, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Emile Smith Rowe, and Konstantinos Mavropanos.

During the preseason, Arsenal competed in the International Champions Cup, finishing 3rd, and the Emirates Cup and Joan Gamper Trophy finals, losing both. Arsenal started the Premier League with a 1–0 win against Newcastle United, and continued a consistent form of results, standing third at the table at the time of the October international break, as well as advancing to the fourth round of the EFL Cup. However, their results began to deteriorate, losing to Liverpool in the fourth round of the EFL Cup and winning only once in 9 games since the end of the international break. As a result, head coach Unai Emery was sacked on 29 November, and former player Freddie Ljungberg took over as caretaker manager. He led Arsenal to the round of 32 in the Europa League, but had only won once in 5 games, and was replaced on 20 December by Manchester City assistant coach and former captain Mikel Arteta.^[7]

Results showed an improvement following Arteta's third game in charge against Manchester United, which Arsenal had won 2–0, and Arteta had signed defenders Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares on loans with options to buy in the winter transfer window. Arsenal beat Leeds United and Bournemouth to move to the fifth round of the FA Cup, and remained undefeated in all competitions in 2020 until 27 February, when Greek club Olympiacos knocked them out of the round of 32 of the Europa League on away goals by winning 2–1 at the Emirates. Arsenal remained consistent domestically, advancing to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after defeating Portsmouth but remaining in roughly the same mid-table position in the Premier League.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused all competitions to be suspended from March until 17 June, when Arsenal played Manchester City in a game originally scheduled to take place on 11 March, and lost 3–0.^[8] Further defeats to Brighton, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa condemned Arsenal to an eight-place finish, far from a European qualification spot. However, victories in the FA Cup against Sheffield United in the quarter-finals and Manchester City in the semi-finals put Arsenal in the final, where they beat Chelsea 2–1 on 1 August to win their only silverware of the season and gain qualification to the Europa League.^[9]

Players[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Bernd Leno	28	EU	2018	68	0	2023	£22.5M
2	DF	Héctor Bellerín	25	EU	2013	204	8	2023	Academy	Vice-captain
3	DF	Kieran Tierney	23	EU	2019	24	1	2024	£25.0M
4	MF	Mohamed Elneny	27	Non-EU	2016 (Winter)	89	2	2022	£7.4M	On loan at Beşiktaş
5	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	32	EU	2018	69	6	2021	£17.6M
7	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	31	Non-EU	2018 (Winter)	59	9	2021	Swap deal	On loan at A.S. Roma
8	MF	Dani Ceballos	23	EU	2019	37	2	2020	Loan	On loan from Real Madrid
9	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	29	EU	2017	127	48	2022	£46.5M	3rd captain
10	MF	Mesut Özil	31	EU	2013	254	44	2021	£42.5M	4th captain
11	MF	Lucas Torreira	24	EU	2018	89	4	2023	£26.4M
14	FW	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	31	EU	2018 (Winter)	109	70	2021	£56.0M	Captain
15	MF	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	22	EU	2014	100	3	2023	Academy
16	DF	Rob Holding	24	EU	2016	76	2	2023	£2.0M
17	DF	Cédric Soares	28	EU	2020 (Winter)	5	1	2024
19	FW	Nicolas Pépé	25	EU	2019	42	8	2024	£72.0M
20	DF	Shkodran Mustafi	28	EU	2016	142	9	2021	£35.0M
21	DF	Calum Chambers	25	EU	2014	101	4	2022	£16.0M
22	DF	Pablo Marí	26	EU	2020	3	0	2024	£7.2M
23	DF	David Luiz	33	EU	2019	43	2	2021	£8.0M
24	FW	Reiss Nelson	20	EU	2017	38	3	2023	Academy
26	GK	Emiliano Martínez	27	Non-EU	2012	37	0	2022	Academy
27	DF	Konstantinos Mavropanos	22	EU	2018 (Winter)	8	0	2023	£1.9M	On loan at Nürnberg
28	MF	Joe Willock	20	EU	2017	60	8	2024	Academy
29	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	21	EU	2018	82	1	2022	£7.0M
30	FW	Eddie Nketiah	21	EU	2017	36	7	2022	Academy
31	DF	Sead Kolašinac	27	EU	2017	104	5	2022	Free
32	MF	Emile Smith Rowe	19	EU	2018	12	3	2023	Academy	On loan at Huddersfield Town
33	GK	Matt Macey	25	EU	2014	2	0	2020	Academy
34	MF	Granit Xhaka	27	EU	2016	175	12	2023	£34.5M
35	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	19	EU	2019	26	10	2024	£6.0M
77	MF	Bukayo Saka	19	EU	2018	42	4	2025	Academy
	DF	William Saliba	19	EU	2019	0	0	2024	£27.0M	On loan at Saint-Étienne

Last updated: 01 Aug 2020
Source: Arsenal FC and FootballDatabase (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
2 July 2019	LW	Gabriel Martinelli	Ituano	£6,000,000	First team	^[10]
2 July 2019	GK	James Hillson	Reading	Free transfer	Academy	^[11]
8 July 2019	CB	Jason Sraha	Chelsea	Free transfer	Academy	^[12]
8 July 2019	AM	Cătălin Cîrjan	Viitorul Domnești	Free transfer	Academy	^[12]
25 July 2019	CB	William Saliba	Saint-Étienne	£27,000,000	First team	^[13]
1 August 2019	RW	Nicolas Pépé	Lille	£72,000,000	First team	^[14]
8 August 2019	LB	Kieran Tierney	Celtic	£25,000,000	First team	^[15]
8 August 2019	CB	David Luiz	Chelsea	£8,000,000	First team	^[16]

Loans in[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Team	Ref.
25 July 2019	CM	Dani Ceballos	Real Madrid	30 June 2020	First team	^[17]
29 January 2020	CB	Pablo Marí	Flamengo	30 June 2020	First team	^[18]
31 January 2020	RB	Cédric Soares	Southampton	30 June 2020	First team	^[19]

Transfers out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	LB	Cohen Bramall	Colchester United	Released	Academy	^[20]
	GK	Petr Čech	Retired		First team	^[21]
	RB	Vontae Daley-Campbell	Leicester City	Released	Academy	^[22]^[23]
	DM	Charlie Gilmour	Norwich City	Released	Academy	^[24]^[25]
	RB	Stephan Lichtsteiner	FC Augsburg	Released	First team	^[26]^[27]
	CB	Julio Pleguezuelo	FC Twente	Released	Academy	^[22]^[28]
	CM	Aaron Ramsey	Juventus	Released	First team	^[29]
	CB	Bayli Spencer-Adams	Watford	Released	Academy	^[20]^[30]
	CF	Danny Welbeck	Watford	Released	First team	^[31]^[32]
4 July 2019	GK	David Ospina	Napoli	£3,000,000	First team	^[33]
8 July 2019	CM	Yunus Musah	Valencia	Released	Academy	^[34]
28 July 2019	RW	Xavier Amaechi	Hamburger SV	£2,250,000	Academy	^[35]
2 August 2019	CB	Krystian Bielik	Derby County	£10,000,000	Academy	^[36]
4 August 2019	SS	Takuma Asano	Partizan Belgrade	£900,000	First team	^[37]
6 August 2019	CB	Laurent Koscielny	Bordeaux	£4,600,000	First team	^[38]
7 August 2019	RB	Carl Jenkinson	Nottingham Forest	£2,000,000	First team	^[39]
8 August 2019	LB	Dominic Thompson	Brentford	£3,000,000	Academy	^[40]
8 August 2019	LW	Alex Iwobi	Everton	£28,000,000^[1]	First team	^[41]
31 August 2019	LB	Nacho Monreal	Real Sociedad	£250,000	First team	^[42]
2 September 2019	AM	Kelechi Nwakali	SD Huesca	Released	Academy	^[43]
27 January 2020	AM	Stan Flaherty	Newcastle United	Released	Academy
18 February 2020	CM	Robbie Burton	Dinamo Zagreb	£800,000	Academy	^[44]

Notes[edit]

1.^ Fee could rise to £35,000,000.^[45]

Loans out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	End date	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	RB	Jordi Osei-Tutu	VfL Bochum	30 June 2020	Academy	^[46]
3 July 2019	CB	Daniel Ballard	Swindon Town	16 August 2019	Academy	^[47]^[48]
12 July 2019	DM	Ben Sheaf	Doncaster Rovers	30 June 2020	Academy	^[49]^[50]
13 July 2019	GK	Dejan Iliev	ŠKF Sereď	14 January 2020	Academy	^[51]
25 July 2019	CB	William Saliba	Saint-Étienne	30 June 2020	First team	^[13]
8 August 2019	CF	Eddie Nketiah	Leeds United	1 January 2020	First team	^[52]
13 August 2019	GK	Tom Smith	Salisbury	September 2019	Academy	^[53]
31 August 2019	DM	Mohamed Elneny	Beşiktaş	30 June 2020	First team	^[54]
2 September 2019	AM	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	A.S. Roma	30 June 2020	First team	^[55]
10 January 2020	CF	Tyreece John-Jules	Lincoln City	30 June 2020	Under-23s	^[56]
10 January 2020	LM	Emile Smith Rowe	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2020	First team	^[57]
13 January 2020	CB	Konstantinos Mavropanos	1. FC Nürnberg	30 June 2020	First team	^[58]
14 January 2020	GK	Dejan Iliev	Jagiellonia Bialystok	30 June 2020	Academy	^[59]
27 January 2020	CM	James Olayinka	Northampton Town	30 June 2020	Academy	^[60]
13 February 2020	CB	Joseph Olowu	Cork City	1 November 2020	Academy	^[61]

Club[edit]

Kits[edit]

Adidas were announced as Arsenal's kit supplier as of the start of the season. This marked the first time since the 1993–94 season that Adidas have been the kit supplier to the club.^[62]

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

Home^[63]
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Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 1 August 2020

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europa League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Bernd Leno	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	32	0
2	DF	ESP	Héctor Bellerín	13(2)	1	3	0	1(1)	0	3	0	20(3)	1
3	DF	SCO	Kieran Tierney	12(3)	1	3	0	1(1)	0	4	0	20(4)	1
5	DF	GRE	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	19	2	3(2)	1	0	0	4(1)	0	26(3)	3
8	MF	ESP	Dani Ceballos	18(6)	0	2(3)	1	0(2)	0	3(3)	1	23(14)	2
9	FW	FRA	Alexandre Lacazette	22(8)	10	4	0	0	0	4(1)	2	30(9)	12
10	MF	GER	Mesut Özil	18	1	1	0	2	0	1(1)	0	22(1)	1
11	MF	URU	Lucas Torreira	17(12)	1	1(1)	0	2	1	3(3)	0	23(16)	2
14	FW	GAB	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	35(1)	22	2	4	0	0	4(2)	3	41(3)	29
15	MF	ENG	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	15(5)	0	3(2)	0	1	1	4(2)	0	23(9)	1
16	DF	ENG	Rob Holding	6(2)	0	2(3)	0	2	1	3	0	13(5)	1
17	DF	POR	Cédric	3(2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(2)	1
19	FW	CIV	Nicolas Pépé	22(9)	5	5	1	0	0	2(4)	2	29(13)	8
20	DF	GER	Shkodran Mustafi	13(2)	0	3	0	2	0	7	1	25(2)	1
21	DF	ENG	Calum Chambers	13(1)	1	0	0	1	0	2(1)	0	16(2)	1
22	DF	ESP	Pablo Marí	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23	DF	BRA	David Luiz	32(1)	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	42(1)	2
24	FW	ENG	Reiss Nelson	7(10)	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	12(10)	3
26	GK	ARG	Emiliano Martínez	8(1)	0	6	0	2	0	6	0	22(1)	0
28	MF	ENG	Joe Willock	8(21)	1	3(2)	0	2	2	7(1)	2	20(24)	5
29	MF	FRA	Matteo Guendouzi	19(5)	0	3	0	0(1)	0	2(4)	0	24(10)	0
30	FW	ENG	Eddie Nketiah	7(6)	2	2(2)	2	0	0	0	0	9(8)	4
31	DF	BIH	Sead Kolašinac	19(7)	0	2(2)	0	1	0	1	0	23(9)	0
33	GK	ENG	Matt Macey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	SUI	Granit Xhaka	30(1)	1	5(1)	0	0	0	4	0	39(2)	1
35	FW	BRA	Gabriel Martinelli	6(8)	3	2(1)	0	2	4	5(2)	3	15(11)	10
77	FW	ENG	Bukayo Saka	19(7)	1	3(1)	1	1(1)	0	6	2	29(9)	4
Players loaned out but featured this season
7	MF	ARM	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0
27	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Mavropanos	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
32	MF	ENG	Emile Smith Rowe	1(1)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5(1)	0
Players sold but featured this season
18	DF	ESP	Nacho Monreal	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 1 August 2020

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	22	4	0	3	29
2	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	10	0	0	2	12
3	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	3	0	4	3	10
4	FW	Nicolas Pépé	5	1	0	2	8
5	MF	Joe Willock	1	0	2	2	5
6	FW	Eddie Nketiah	2	2	0	0	4
6	FW	Bukayo Saka	1	1	0	2	4
8	FW	Reiss Nelson	1	1	1	0	3
8	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	2	1	0	0	3
10	MF	Dani Ceballos	0	1	0	1	2
	DF	David Luiz	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Lucas Torreira	1	0	1	0	2
13	DF	Héctor Bellerín	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Cédric	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Calum Chambers	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Rob Holding	0	0	1	0	1
	MF	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	Shkodran Mustafi	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Mesut Özil	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Granit Xhaka	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Kieran Tierney	1	0	0	0	1
Total			56	11	10	16	93

Assists[edit]

As of 1 August 2020

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	Bukayo Saka	5	1	1	5	12
2	MF	Nicolas Pépé	6	2	0	2	10
3	DF	Calum Chambers	1	0	3	0	4
	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	4	0	0	0	4
	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	0	1	0	3	4
	FW	Reiss Nelson	0	2	1	1	4
	DF	Kieran Tierney	1	1	0	2	4
7	MF	Mesut Özil	2	0	1	0	3
7	FW	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	3	0	0	0	3
9	MF	Dani Ceballos	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	1	0	1	0	2
	DF	Sead Kolašinac	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Granit Xhaka	2	0	0	0	2
14	DF	Héctor Bellerín	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	David Luiz	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Shkodran Mustafi	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Lucas Torreira	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Joe Willock	1	0	0	0	1
Total			33	4	8	13	58

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 27 July 2020

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europa League		Total
Rank	Position	Name
1	DF	David Luiz	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
2	DF	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
3	FW	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
4	FW	Eddie Nketiah	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	MF	Granit Xhaka	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
6	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
7	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
8	DF	Sead Kolašinac	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
	FW	Bukayo Saka	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	Lucas Torreira	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
11	DF	Calum Chambers	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	DF	Shkodran Mustafi	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	0
	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
14	FW	Nicolas Pépé	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	MF	Joe Willock	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
16	DF	Héctor Bellerín	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17	DF	Rob Holding	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	GK	Bernd Leno	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	GK	Emiliano Martínez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Reiss Nelson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Kieran Tierney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF	Dani Ceballos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Mesut Özil	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			86	5	3	0	4	0	14	0	107	5

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 18 July 2020

Rank	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europa League	Total
1	Emiliano Martinez	3	3	1	2	9
2	Bernd Leno	7	0	0	1	8
Total		10	3	1	3	17

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

15 July 2019	Colorado Rapids	0–3	Arsenal	Commerce City, United States
19:00 MDT	Opare 44'	Report	Saka 13' Olayinka 29' Martinelli 61' Kolašinac 88'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Referee: Chris Penso (United States)

31 July 2019	Angers	1–1 (3–4 p)	Arsenal	Angers, France
19:30 CEST	El Melali 13'	Report	Medley 37' Nelson 49' Willock 74' Maitland-Niles 89'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)
	Penalties
	Manceau Capelle Thomas Kanga Reine-Adélaïde		Maitland-Niles Willock Xhaka Aubameyang Mkhitaryan

International Champions Cup[edit]

17 July 2019 ICC	Arsenal	2–1	Bayern Munich	Carson, United States
20:00 PDT	Poznański 49' (o.g.) Nketiah 88'	Report	Lewandowski 71'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 26,704 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

20 July 2019 ICC	Arsenal	3–0	Fiorentina	Charlotte, United States
18:00 EDT	Nketiah 15', 65' Mkhitaryan 64' Maitland-Niles 82' Willock 89' Xhaka 90'	Report	Saponara 43' Terracciano 56'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 34,902 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira (United States)

23 July 2019 ICC	Real Madrid	2–2 (3–2 p)	Arsenal	Landover, United States
19:00 EDT	Nacho 5' 9' Carvajal 26' Bale 56' Asensio 59'	Report	Lacazette 10' (pen.) Aubameyang 24' Papastathopoulos 38' 40'	Stadium: FedExField Attendance: 52,826 Referee: Timothy Ford (United States)
	Penalties
	Bale Isco Varane Vinícius		Nelson Xhaka Saka Monreal Burton

Emirates Cup[edit]

28 July 2019	Arsenal	1–2	Lyon	Holloway, London
15:15 BST	Aubameyang 35'	Report	Dembélé 66', 75'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Jonathan Moss (England)

Joan Gamper Trophy[edit]

4 August 2019	Barcelona	2–1	Arsenal	Barcelona, Spain
20:00 CEST	Alba 23' Wagué 67' Maitland-Niles 69' (o.g.) Lenglet 74' Suárez 90'	Report	Aubameyang 36' Papastathopoulos 74' Guendouzi 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,812 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

Mid-season friendlies[edit]

6 June 2020	Arsenal	6–0	Charlton Athletic	Holloway, London
	Lacazette Aubameyang Nketiah Willock	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 0

10 June 2020	Arsenal	2–3	Brentford	Holloway, London
	Willock 40' Lacazette 77'	Report	Fosu 73' Dervişoğlu 80' Baptiste 88'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 0

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	14	14	10	56	48	+8	036.84
FA Cup	6	6	0	0	11	3	+8	100.00
EFL Cup	2	1	1	0	10	5	+5	050.00
Europa League	8	4	2	2	16	9	+7	050.00
Total	54	25	17	12	93	65	+28	046.30

Updated to match played 1 August 2020
Source: Competitions

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	11	11	61	47	+14	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	14	9	51	40	+11	59
8	Arsenal	38	14	14	10	56	48	+8	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
9	Sheffield United	38	14	12	12	39	39	0	54
10	Burnley	38	15	9	14	43	50	−7	54

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^[64]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.
^ Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 FA Cup winners.

Results by Matchday[edit]

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W
Position	7	2	3	5	7	4	4	3	5	5	5	6	8	8	10	9	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	8	7	8	9	9	10	8

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.^[65]

11 August 2019 1	Newcastle United	0–1	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
14:00 BST	Almirón 18'	Report	Nelson 25' Mkhitaryan 37' Aubameyang 58' Xhaka 81'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 47,635 Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

17 August 2019 2	Arsenal	2–1	Burnley	Holloway, London
12:30 BST	Lacazette 13' Aubameyang 38', 64' David Luiz 90+1'	Report	Barnes 43', 90+5'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,214 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on BT Sport

24 August 2019 3	Liverpool	3–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Matip 41' Salah 49' (pen.), 58' Fabinho 90+3'	Report	David Luiz 48' Torreira 85'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,298 Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: Live on Sky Sports

1 September 2019 4	Arsenal	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway, London
16:30 BST	Lacazette 45+1', 63' Aubameyang 71' Papastathopoulos 87' Xhaka 90+2'	Report	Eriksen 10', 57' Rose 28' Lamela 32' Kane 40' (pen.) Winks 74' Sánchez 78'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,333 Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

15 September 2019 5	Watford	2–2	Arsenal	Watford
16:30 BST	Holebas 45+2' Cleverley 54' Femenía 56' Pereyra 81' (pen.) Capoue 90+2'	Report	Aubameyang 21', 32' Kolašinac 43' Guendouzi 45+2' Leno 77'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 21,360 Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: Live on Sky Sports

22 September 2019 6	Arsenal	3–2	Aston Villa	Holloway, London
16:30 BST	Maitland-Niles 11' 41' Xhaka 35' Guendouzi 44' Pépé 59' (pen.), 85' Chambers 81' Aubameyang 84', 90+5' Leno 90+2'	Report	McGinn 20' Wesley 60' Engels 83'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,331 Referee: Jonathan Moss

30 September 2019 7	Manchester United	1–1	Arsenal	Manchester
20:00 BST	Rashford 27' Pereira 32' Young 41' McTominay 45' Lingard 68'	Report	Chambers 10' Aubameyang 58' Xhaka 77'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,201 Referee: Kevin Friend
Note: Live on Sky Sports

6 October 2019 8	Arsenal	1–0	Bournemouth	Holloway, London
14:00 BST	David Luiz 9' Martinelli 72'	Report	Billing 13' Stacey 29'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,326 Referee: Martin Atkinson

21 October 2019 9	Sheffield United	1–0	Arsenal	Sheffield
20:00 BST	Fleck 15' Mousset 30' O'Connell 39' McGoldrick 66' Henderson 75'	Report	Saka 35' Kolašinac 67' Papastathopoulos 86' Chambers 90+4'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 30,775 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on Sky Sports

27 October 2019 10	Arsenal	2–2	Crystal Palace	Holloway, London
16:30 GMT	Papastathopoulos 7' David Luiz 9' Chambers 51' Guendouzi 90+7'	Report	Milivojević 32' (pen.) Ayew 52'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,345 Referee: Martin Atkinson

2 November 2019 11	Arsenal	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Aubameyang 21'	Report	Saïss 67' Jiménez 76' Jota 89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,383 Referee: Michael Oliver

9 November 2019 12	Leicester City	2–0	Arsenal	Leicester
17:30 GMT	Evans 55' Vardy 68' Maddison 75'	Report	Bellerín 88'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,209 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

23 November 2019 13	Arsenal	2–2	Southampton	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Lacazette 18', 90+6', 45+2' Torreira 23' Papastathopoulos 28' Pépé 65' Tierney 69' Guendouzi 89'	Report	Ings 8', 31' Ward-Prowse 71' Bertrand 81'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,295 Referee: Stuart Attwell

1 December 2019 14	Norwich City	2–2	Arsenal	Norwich
14:00 GMT	Pukki 21' Krul 26' McLean 44' Cantwell 45+2'	Report	Aubameyang 29' (pen.), 57' Chambers 66'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,067 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

5 December 2019 15	Arsenal	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Holloway, London
20:15 GMT	Bellerín 20' Papastathopoulos 45+1' Lacazette 50' David Luiz 68'	Report	Webster 36' Groß 60' Maupay 80'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,164 Referee: Graham Scott

9 December 2019 16	West Ham United	1–3	Arsenal	Stratford, London
20:00 GMT	Snodgrass 24' Ogbonna 38' Cresswell 49'	Report	Martinelli 60' Pépé 66' Aubameyang 69'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,936 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on Sky Sports

15 December 2019 17	Arsenal	0–3	Manchester City	Holloway, London
16:30 GMT	Papastathopoulos 72'	Report	De Bruyne 2', 40' Sterling 15' Fernandinho 17' Rodri 34' Gündoğan 61' Mendy 62'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,031 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

21 December 2019 18	Everton	0–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
12:30 GMT	Davies 45' Sigurðsson 75'	Report	Saka 28' Chambers 87' Willock 90+2'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,336 Referee: Kevin Friend
Note: Live on BT Sport

26 December 2019 19	Bournemouth	1–1	Arsenal	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Gosling 35' Lerma 53' Mepham 84' L. Cook 85' C. Wilson 90+4'	Report	Torreira 54' Maitland-Niles 55' Aubameyang 63', 64' Lacazette 90+3'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,234 Referee: Stuart Attwell

29 December 2019 20	Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea	Holloway, London
14:00 GMT	Guendouzi 10' Aubameyang 13' David Luiz 47' Torreira 73' Lacazette 77' Maitland-Niles 90+1'	Report	Mount 30' Kanté 30' Rüdiger 34' Jorginho 55', 83' Abraham 87'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,309 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

1 January 2020 21	Arsenal	2–0	Manchester United	Holloway, London
20:00 GMT	Kolašinac 3' Pépé 8' Papastathopoulos 42' Saka 82'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,328 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on BT Sport

11 January 2020 22	Crystal Palace	1–1	Arsenal	Selhurst
12:30 GMT	Ayew 54' McCarthy 71' Tomkins 85'	Report	Aubameyang 12', 67' Pépé 44' Maitland-Niles 51' Lacazette 90'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,468 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on BT Sport

18 January 2020 23	Arsenal	1–1	Sheffield United	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Martinelli 45' Xhaka 90+1'	Report	Norwood 4' Baldock 51' Fleck 83'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,310 Referee: Mike Dean

21 January 2020 24	Chelsea	2–2	Arsenal	Chelsea, London
20:15 GMT	Emerson 21' Jorginho 28' (pen.) Christensen 59' Azpilicueta 84'	Report	David Luiz 26' Martinelli 63' Guendouzi 76' Bellerín 87'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,577 Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: Live on BT Sport

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 25	Burnley	0–0	Arsenal	Burnley
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2019–20 Arsenal F.C. season

Review[edit]

Players[edit]

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

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Notes[edit]

Loans out[edit]

Club[edit]

Kits[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Assists[edit]

Disciplinary record[edit]

Clean sheets[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

International Champions Cup[edit]

Emirates Cup[edit]

Joan Gamper Trophy[edit]

Mid-season friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Results by Matchday[edit]

Matches[edit]

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