2017–18 Arsenal F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Arsenal's 26th in the Premier League and 98th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club participated in the Premier League, the FA Cup (as holders), the EFL Cup, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Europa League.

Arsenal

2017–18 season
Chairman	Sir Chips Keswick
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Stadium	Emirates Stadium
Premier League	6th
FA Community Shield	Winners
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Alexandre Lacazette (14) All: Alexandre Lacazette (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

This was the first season that Arsenal did not participate in the UEFA Champions League since 1997–98. It was the first time they had played in the UEFA Europa League since its rebranding, having last participated in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. A relatively poor season saw Arsenal fail to maintain a consistent challenge for Champions League qualification, with their away form being a major factor, only winning four away games in the league all season with 11 defeats, and they were, until the final game of the season, the only team in England's top 4 divisions to not get a point away from home in the 2018 calendar year. A total of 13 defeats were recorded throughout the league campaign, the highest since the 1994–95 season, which resulted in a 6th-place finish. Furthermore, a shock 4–2 defeat at Nottingham Forest meant that Arsenal were knocked out of the FA Cup third round for the first time since 1996.

Arsenal were runners-up in the League Cup, being defeated 3–0 in the final against Manchester City. Arsenal were close to winning their first European trophy since the Cup Winners' Cup in 1994, but a 2–1 defeat on aggregate against Atlético Madrid in the semi-finals resulted in another season in the Europa League.

The season was the 21st straight and final season under manager Arsène Wenger, who announced his departure from the club on 20 April 2018.[1] This season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Review

July

Arsenal took a 25-man squad to play in Australia. The squad included seven under-23s, including Reiss Nelson and Joe Willock, plus both new signings Sead Kolašinac and Alexandre Lacazette. The first match was on 13 July, which was a 2–0 win over Sydney FC, where captain Per Mertesacker scored an overhead kick and Lacazette scored a debut goal after coming on as a substitute. Two days later, Arsenal faced a second Sydney side, Western Sydney Wanderers, in front of 83,000 people. Arsenal won 3–1 after first-half goals from Olivier Giroud, Aaron Ramsey and Mohamed Elneny. Arsenal then travelled to China to face Bayern Munich in Shanghai in the International Champions Cup. Alex Iwobi scored an equalizer in the dying seconds of the match, which Arsenal would win on penalties 3–2. The 25-man squad travelled up to Beijing to face Premier League rivals Chelsea. The Blues won rather convincingly, scoring three times. On 29 and 30 July, the Emirates Cup was held. Arsenal, Benfica, RB Leipzig and Sevilla all took part in the tournament, which Arsenal won after a 5–2 win over Benfica, but a 2–1 loss to Sevilla. Over the tournament, Theo Walcott was the top scorer with two goals, both against Benfica. Giroud and Iwobi also scored one each against Benfica, while Lacazette scored one against Sevilla.

August

Arsenal concluded their pre-season in the Community Shield, the traditional curtain raiser in English football. New signing Alexandre Lacazette hit the post on his competitive debut in a first half that saw Per Mertesacker replaced after a facial injury, with new signing Sead Kolašinac making his competitive debut as Mertesacker's replacement. After an end to the first half that yielded no goals, Chelsea took an early second half lead through Victor Moses, his close-range strike coming from a poorly defended corner. Several saved shots made it appear Arsenal were going to suffer defeat, until a rash challenge by Chelsea winger Pedro saw him sent off. The resulting free-kick was headed in by Kolašinac for a debut goal, and forced a penalty shootout. Arsenal were victorious 4–1 through goals by Theo Walcott, Nacho Monreal, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Olivier Giroud, with Thibaut Courtois and Álvaro Morata missing penalties in the shootout that introduced the ABBA format. The result secured Arsenal's third FA Community Shield in four seasons.

Arsenal began their Premier League campaign at home to Leicester City, with the Gunners having lost their last two openers, both at home to West Ham and Liverpool. The record looked to be extended when Jamie Vardy and Shinji Okazaki scored for the Foxes after a record equaling 94th-second opener from new signing Lacazette, opening his league debut with his first competitive Arsenal goal with only his second touch of the game. Danny Welbeck drew Arsenal level in the last minute of first-half stoppage time, but Vardy scored a second ten minutes into the second half to put Leicester ahead once more. The Gunners looked set to lose their first match to the Foxes since 1994 when the final ten minutes approached, but a five-minute period of pressure yielded two goals from Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud to make it 4–3, which the Gunners held on to for only their second opening day victory since 2012.

However, Arsenal's form slipped as August began to end. They suffered a 1–0 defeat against Stoke City after a poor defensive performance and a controversially disallowed goal from Alexandre Lacazette. The poor defence form continued as they were crushed 4–0 by Liverpool and failed to register a single shot on target, sending them near the relegation zone, despite the returns of suspended defender Laurent Koscielny and injured forward Alexis Sánchez.

September

Arsenal began September with a 3–0 win over Bournemouth at home in the Premier League. Danny Welbeck scored either side of Alexandre Lacazette for an emphatic win. Five days on the Gunners would play in the Europa League having failed to secure a place for the usual Champions League. They played at home to German minnows FC Cologne and horrendously conceded a 40-yard goal as an unfortunate consequence of a mistake by second choice goalkeeper David Ospina thus were booed off the pitch at half time. However, Arsenal responded in the second half. Sead Kolašinac volleyed in the equaliser then Alexis Sánchez scored to give the Gunners the lead and Héctor Bellerín added a third as the match ended 3–1 in Arsenal's favor. Moreover, the match saw Jack Wilshere return for his first Gunners appearance in over a year. On 17 September Arsenal resumed the Premier League campaign as they played against champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match ended 0–0 despite Aaron Ramsey hitting the post and Chelsea defender David Luiz being sent off on 87 minutes. Three days later Arsenal played in the League Cup third round against League One team Doncaster Rovers at the Emirates. Theo Walcott scored the only goal of the match to send the Gunners into the fourth round but it was an unconvincing performance by Arsenal as they only managed a 1–0 win over a third-tier team. On 25 September Arsenal were at home to West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. The Gunners won 2–0 with Lacazette scoring both goals. To end September Arsenal played the second Europa League match of this season. They took the trip to Belarus and won 4–2 against BATE Borisov. Walcott scored two before a first Arsenal goal for Rob Holding as well as Olivier Giroud's 100th goal for Arsenal as the Gunners took those three points to England.

October

On the 1st of October, the Gunners played the 7th league match of the season against newly promoted Brighton & Hove Albion at the Emirates. Arsenal won the match 2–0 thanks to goals by Nacho Monreal and Alex Iwobi. Two weeks on following an international break the Gunners were away to Watford. Captain Per Mertesacker gave the Gunners a first-half lead but Watford went on to win 2–1: during the second half Troy Deeney converted a penalty which was controversially given by referee Neil Swarbrick. Then in stoppage time former Manchester United and Everton player Tom Cleverley gave Watford the win. On 19 October Arsenal made the trip to Serbia for the third Europa League match against Red Star Belgrade. The Gunners won 1–0 with Olivier Giroud scoring an exceptional overhead kick. Three days sooner Arsenal went to Goodison Park to face struggling Everton. During the first half the out-of-form Toffees took the lead through a shot by Wayne Rooney just outside the 18-yard box but Arsenal equalised with Monreal's rebounded shot five minutes before the break. In the second half Mesut Özil got his first goal of the season, heading home Alexis Sánchez's cross. Then 15 minutes later Everton's Idrissa Gueye was sent off for two yellow cards, which proved to set up the Merseyside team's capitulation as goals by Alexandre Lacazette and Aaron Ramsey put Arsenal 4–1 up. In stoppage time Oumar Niasse scored to give Everton hope following a mistake by Petr Čech who failed to control a tame back pass by Monreal. But then Sánchez scored the fifth goal for Arsenal in the final minute of stoppage time as the match ended 5–2 to the Gunners. Only two days later Arsenal played in the League Cup fourth round at home to Championship team Norwich City. During the first half Norwich grabbed a shock 1–0 lead as the Gunners were booed off on the half time whistle. However, on 85 minutes youngster Eddie Nketiah went off the bench to score an equalizer for Arsenal — his first goal on his home debut — as the match went to extra time where Nketiah scored once more for Arsenal, heading in a set piece delivery to put them 2–1 up. The match ultimately ended 2–1 to take the Gunners into the fifth round. The final match of this October was in the Premier League at home to Swansea City. The Gunners were embarrassed to be 1–0 down at half time for a second consecutive home match but they went on to win 2–1 with goals by Sead Kolašinac and Ramsey to keep the three points in Arsenal's favor.

November

The Gunners played the fourth Europa League match at home to Red Star Belgrade on 2 November but they lacked a cutting edge as they drew 0–0. Next they faced league leaders Manchester City at the Etihad in the Premier League. The Gunners were outplayed from the beginning to end: Kevin De Bruyne handed City the lead and a controversial penalty by Sergio Agüero put them 2–0 up. Sub Alexandre Lacazette gave Arsenal a glimmer of hope but then Gabriel Jesus scored a third Manchester City goal to end the match 3–1 to City. On 18 November following the international break, it was North London derby day in the league as the Gunners played at home to Tottenham. Arsenal won the match 2–0 with first half goals by Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sánchez to give the Gunners' first win over Tottenham in the league since 2014. Five days on Arsenal took the trip to Germany as they played the fifth match of the Europa League schedule against Cologne but despite the Gunners' heavy momentum on the back of the North London derby win they suffered a humiliating 1–0 defeat by the Bundesliga bottom team. Three days sooner Arsenal were away to Burnley in the league. Only a stoppage time penalty by Alexis Sánchez would give the Gunners the lead as the match ended 1–0 to Arsenal. The final match of November would see them play newly promoted Huddersfield at home in the Premier League. Mesut Özil produced a dazzling performance as Arsenal won 5–0 with Alexandre Lacazette scoring the opener, Olivier Giroud scoring the second and fifth, Sánchez scoring the third and Özil himself scoring the fourth. The big win meant that Arsenal would have huge momentum going into the next Premier League match to be played in December — a big one at home to Manchester United.

December

Unfortunately, Arsenal ended up losing 3–1 to Manchester United. Antonio Valencia gave the visitors an early 4th-minute lead then, only 7 minutes later, Jesse Lingard made it 2–0. The Gunners tried to take a goal back before half-time as they dominated much of the first half but United goalkeeper David de Gea produced an outstanding performance to stop them doing this. Alexandre Lacazette hit the bar and just before the break De Gea made a point-blank save to prevent United conceding an own goal. During the second half on 49 minutes the Gunners finally got a goal back as Lacazette made it 2–1 but then, with 27 minutes remaining, Lingard scored a third for United as the Arsenal defense was exposed during a United counterattack. In the 74th minute, Paul Pogba was sent off for a rash challenge but it never proved to change the match as Manchester United won 3–1 and took the three points to Manchester. On 7 December Arsenal bounced back as they hammered BATE Borisov 6–0 in the final Europa League group stage match with goals by Mathieu Debuchy, Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Olivier Giroud and Mohamed Elneny as well as an own goal by one of the BATE Borisov players. The Gunners topped the group and would go on to face Swedish team Östersund in the round of 32 of the Europa League which would be held in February. On 10 December Arsenal went to the South Coast to face Southampton in the league but could only manage a 1–1 draw. Three days later the Gunners faced West Ham United away from home in the Premier League but the match yielded no goals. Three more days later the Gunners played against Newcastle United at the Emirates in a third consecutive Premier League match. The match ended 1–0 to Arsenal with Mesut Özil scoring a stunning volley. On 19 December the Gunners played in the fifth round of the League Cup against West Ham at home. Danny Welbeck scored the only goal of the match to send the Gunners into the semi finals. On 22 December, three days before Christmas, Arsenal faced Liverpool at the Emirates in the Premier League. Philippe Coutinho gave the visitors a first half lead then, 7 minutes into the second half, Mohamed Salah made it 2–0 to Liverpool. However, Arsenal responded in quick fashion as they scored three goals in five minutes. Goals by Alexis Sánchez, Granit Xhaka and Özil turned the match round as they lead 3–2 but then on 71 minutes Roberto Firmino scored a third Liverpool goal to equalise. No further goals occurred as the match ended 3–3 with some describing it as the match of the season. On 28 December the Gunners were away to Crystal Palace in the league and earned a hard-fought 3–2 win with Shkodran Mustafi scoring the opener and Sánchez scoring a brace. Arsenal's final match of 2017 was in the Premier League at West Brom. Baggies midfielder James McClean deflected Sánchez's free kick into his own net to give the Gunners a 1–0 lead on 83 minutes but then Arsenal conceded an 89th-minute penalty which was controversially and wrongly given by referee Mike Dean as the match concluded as a 1–1 draw. 2017 ended in disappointment for the Gunners.

January

The Gunners' first match of the year saw them play at home to Chelsea in the league. The match yielded no goals during the first half but the deadlock was broken by Arsenal 27 minutes before the end. Jack Wilshere put the Gunners into the lead but it lasted only four minutes and Chelsea turned the game round: Eden Hazard scored a penalty and on 84 minutes Marcos Alonso made it 2–1 to Chelsea. It seemed that it was determined for Chelsea to go on and win the match but then in the second minute of stoppage time Arsenal grabbed a late equalizer through Héctor Bellerín. In the dying moments Chelsea nearly bagged a winning goal but Davide Zappacosta hit the woodwork. The match ended 2–2. On 7 January the Gunners began the FA Cup campaign and played in the third round against Nottingham Forest who were troubled and had no manager. Arsenal who were the defending champions of the competition were expected to win this tie comfortably against a team whom they hammered in the League Cup last season but it turned out that the match was a giant killing: Arsenal were humiliated 4–2 by the Championship team and were knocked out of the FA Cup third round for the first time under Arsène Wenger. Three days later the Gunners played in the League Cup semi final first leg against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match was dull and below par and no goals occurred. On 14 January Arsenal resumed the Premier League campaign at Bournemouth. Bellerín gave the Gunners the lead on 52 minutes but Bournemouth went on to win 2–1: a mistake by Petr Čech enabled former Liverpool player Jordon Ibe to equalize in the 70th minute and only four minutes later Callum Wilson struck the winner. On 20 January the Gunners played the next Premier League match at home to Crystal Palace and won 4–1 with first half goals by Nacho Monreal, Alex Iwobi, Laurent Koscielny and Alexandre Lacazette. Four days on Arsenal faced Chelsea at the Emirates in the second leg of the League Cup semi final. During the first half Eden Hazard gave the visitors the lead but the Gunners equalized with Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger diverting Monreal's effort into his own net. Twenty minutes into the second half Granit Xhaka put Arsenal in front and they went on to win 2–1 thus sending the Gunners into the final of the League Cup where they would face Manchester City. On 30 January Arsenal's optimism and enthusiasm were dampened suffering a shock 3–1 defeat at Swansea City in the Premier League – a match which involved a second mistake by Petr Čech of the month. The Czech goalkeeper had failed to keep a clean sheet in seven league matches and was aiming to earn his 200th in the Premier League.

February

On 3 February the Gunners played in the Premier League at home to Everton — a match where Arsenal handed home debuts and first starts for January signings Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, both of whom played together previously for Borussia Dortmund. Arsenal won the match 5–1 with Mkhitaryan bagging three assists, Aaron Ramsey scoring a hat-trick and Aubameyang scoring one. It felt like a new beginning for Arsenal with those new signings — and Mesut Özil's new contract — but it never seemed to be different on 9 February: the Gunners faced Tottenham at Wembley in a Premier League North London derby and lost 1–0 thanks to a goal by Harry Kane. Five days on Arsenal would play the first leg of the Europa League round of 32 at Swedish team Östersund where the Gunners prevailed 3–0. The next Arsenal match would be the second leg of the round at the Emirates where Östersund rallied scoring two goals in the first half. One more goal would even the tie but then in the second half Sead Kolašinac sent the Gunners back into the comfort zone making it 4–2 on aggregate. Arsenal progressed into the next round of the Europa League despite the shock 2–1 home defeat by the Swedish underdogs. On 25 February Arsenal returned to Wembley where they would face Manchester City in the League Cup final. The Gunners were horrendously outplayed by the runaway Premier League leaders and lost 3–0. Sergio Agüero handed Manchester City the lead following a big Arsenal defensive error. On 58 minutes skipper Vincent Kompany made it 2–0 to City and David Silva added a third. Following the Arsenal humiliation former Gunner Ian Wright said that it was 'an insipid performance' by Arsenal.

March

On 1 March Arsenal resumed the Premier League campaign by playing at home to Manchester City. The Gunners failed to avenge the League Cup final defeat and they were beaten 3–0 with first half goals by Bernardo Silva, David Silva and Leroy Sané while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a penalty in the second half. This Arsenal defeat would send City nearer to title triumph and would only inflict more misery on the Gunners and Arsène Wenger. It only got worse for them on 4 March where the Gunners lost 2–1 at Brighton in the Premier League further increasing the pressure on Wenger. However, on 8 March the Gunners responded in the Europa League first leg match where they won 2–0 against A.C. Milan in Italy and three days on they would win 3–0 at home to Watford thanks to goals by Shkodran Mustafi, Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. It was also the match where Petr Čech finally kept his 200th Premier League clean sheet and he had to save Troy Deeney's penalty to ensure this. The Gunners' final match of March was the second leg of the Europa League round at the Emirates. Milan took the lead on 35 minutes but Arsenal went on to win 3–1 with goals by Danny Welbeck and Granit Xhaka with the former scoring a brace. The Gunners won the tie 5–1 on aggregate thus taking them into the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

April

Arsenal's next league encounter was on 1 April 2018, at home to a struggling Stoke City side seemingly bound for relegation. It took Arsenal 75 minutes to break the deadlock, achieved via Pierre–Emerick Aubameyang's penalty, before his terrific volley made it 2–0 in Arsenal's favor with four minutes remaining. Aubameyang then had the chance to complete his hat–trick with another spot–kick awarded at the death, but Aubameyang permitted Alexandre Lacazette to take, and he duly did as Arsenal ultimately won 3–0.

In the next match, Arsenal played host to Russians CSKA Moscow in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter–final. After going ahead via Aaron Ramsey, CSKA levelled via Aleksandr Golovin’s stunning free kick. Lacazette then netted from the spot before one of the goals of the year from Aaron Ramsey, an ingenious back–heeled volley, coupled with Lacazette's second later in the half, sealed a commanding 4–1 first leg triumph.

In their fifth successive home match in all competitions, Arsenal secured a dramatic 3–2 home win over Southampton. After Irishman Shane Long put the Saints ahead, goals from Aubameyang and Welbeck made it 2–1 to the hosts. However, Charlie Austin's equalizer tier up a grand finale, decided via Welbeck's second of the evening on 81 minutes.

Arsenal then progressed to the semi–finals of the Europa League as late goals from Welbeck and Ramsey saw Arsenal overcome a 2–0 deficit and earn a 2–2 draw in the Russian capital, subsequently winning the tie 6–3 on aggregate.

However, despite the recent upturn in results, goals from Ayoze Perez and Matt Ritchie saw Lacazette's early goal rendered worthless at St James Park, with Newcastle United recording a 2–1 victory.

With the pressure mounting, Arsène Wenger announced his resignation as Arsenal boss, so ending a 22-year, trophy–laden association with the club. He would take charge for the remainder of the season prior to the announcement of the new boss.

Against West Ham next time hour, Nacho Monreal had his 52nd-minute strike cancelled out by Marko Arnautović, before Ramsey restores Arsenal's lead late on. A brace later from Lacazette saw Arsenal ultimately secure a 4–1 win and duly keep alive their top four hopes.

However, a damaging 1–1 home draw with Spanish club Atlético Madrid saw Arsenal on the back foot following the first leg of the Europa League semi–final. Despite leading against ten men through Alexandre Lacazette's header, Antoine Griezmann pegged back the Gunners late on.

Things worsened next time out, as, despite Henrikh Mkhitaryan scoring on his return to Old Trafford, goals in either half from Paul Pogba and Marouane Fellaini saw Manchester United earn a 2–1 victory over the struggling Gunners.

May

Things got worse later in the week, as Diego Costa's first–half strike earned Atlético Madrid a 1–0 win at the Wanda Metropolitano and eliminate Arsenal from the tournament, leaving Arsène Wenger's chances of one last trophy at Arsenal quenched.

However, his last home match in charge of Arsenal at least ended in a 5–0 annihilation of Burnley. Pierre–Emerick Aubameyang opened and closed the scoring, with Lacazette, Sead Kolasinac and Alex Iwobi also scoring.

His penultimate game at the helm ended in a disappointing 3–1 defeat at Leicester City, despite Aubameyang levelling for the ten man Gunners shortly before the break.

Arsène Wenger's tenure as Arsenal manager ended as it began all the way back in 1996; with an away clean sheet. Huddersfield Town were the Frenchman's final victims, with Aubameyang grabbing his tenth of the season in the 36th minute to seal a 1–0 victory.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
4	DF		Per Mertesacker	36	EU	2011	221	10	2018	£8.0M	Club captain
6	DF		Laurent Koscielny	35	EU	2010	324	24	2020	£8.5M	Vice captain
7 (77)[lower-alpha 1]	MF		Henrikh Mkhitaryan	32	Non-EU	2018 (Winter)	17	3	2021	—
8	MF		Aaron Ramsey	30	EU	2008	329	58	2019	£4.8M
9	FW		Alexandre Lacazette	29	EU	2017	39	17	2022	£46.5M
10	MF		Jack Wilshere	29	EU	2008	196	14	2018	Youth system
11	MF		Mesut Özil	32	EU	2013	195	37	2021	£42.5M
13	GK		David Ospina	32	Non-EU	2014	70	0	2019	£3.2M
14	FW		Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	31	EU	2018 (Winter)	14	10	2021	£56.0M	Current record signing
16	DF		Rob Holding	25	EU	2016	44	1	2020	£2.0M
17	FW		Alex Iwobi	24	EU	2015	98	9	2020	Youth system
18	DF		Nacho Monreal	34	EU	2013 (Winter)	212	9	2019	£8.5M
19	MF		Santi Cazorla	36	EU	2012	180	29	2018	£12.0M
20	DF		Shkodran Mustafi	28	EU	2016	75	5	2021	£35.0M
21	DF		Calum Chambers	26	EU	2014	83	3	2021	£16.0M
22	MF		Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	23	EU	2016	8	0	2019	Youth system	On loan at Angers
23	FW		Danny Welbeck	30	EU	2014	112	27	2019	£16.0M
24	DF		Héctor Bellerín	25	EU	2013	162	7	2023	Youth system
25	DF		Carl Jenkinson	28	EU	2011	62	1	Undisclosed	£1.0M	On loan at Birmingham City
26	GK		Emiliano Martínez	28	Non-EU	2010	13	0	2022	Youth system	On loan at Getafe
27	DF		Konstantinos Mavropanos	23	EU	2018 (Winter)	3	0	—	£1.8M
28	FW		Lucas Pérez	32	EU	2016	21	7	2020	£17.1M	On loan at Deportivo La Coruña
29	MF		Granit Xhaka	28	EU	2016	94	7	2021	£30.0M
30	MF		Ainsley Maitland-Niles	23	EU	2014	38	0	—	Youth system
31	DF		Sead Kolašinac	27	EU	2017	36	5	2022	Free
32	FW		Chuba Akpom	25	EU	2013	12	0	2019	Youth system	On loan at Sint-Truidense
33	GK		Petr Čech	38	EU	2015	117	0	2019	£10.0M	3rd captain
35	MF		Mohamed Elneny	28	Non-EU	2016 (Winter)	72	2	2020	£7.4M
40	DF		Cohen Bramall	24	EU	2017	0	0	Undisclosed	£40.0K	On loan at Birmingham City
—	FW		Takuma Asano	26	Non-EU	2016	0	0	—	£0.8M	On loan at Stuttgart
—	FW		Joel Campbell	28	Non-EU	2011	41	4	2018	£0.9M	On loan at Real Betis

• Last updated: 13 May 2018
• Source:Arsenal F.C. and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
• Ordered by squad number.

1. Henrikh Mkhitaryan could not wear number 7 in the Europa League as Alexis Sánchez previously wore that number in the competition. He wore the number 77.

Transfers

Transfers in

Arsenal's announced their first summer signing, Sead Kolašinac, on 6 June 2017. The left-back arrived on a free transfer when his contract at Schalke 04 expired.[2] He was joined by Alexandre Lacazette just under a month later, who joined from Lyon for a reported club-record fee of £46.5 million on 5 July.[3] Arsenal's first January transfer window signing was Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina,[4] while acquiring Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan in a swap-deal with Alexis Sánchez on 22 January 2018.[5] The club then reunited Mkhitaryan with former teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in a club-record deal worth £56.0 million on 31 January.[6]

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Team	Source
31	DF	Sead Kolašinac	Schalke 04	Free transfer	6 June 2017	First team	[7]
9	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Undisclosed (~£46,500,000)	5 July 2017		[8]
27	DF	Konstantinos Mavropanos	PAS Giannina	Undisclosed (~£1,800,000)	4 January 2018		[9]
7 (77)	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Manchester United	Swap deal (with Alexis Sánchez)	22 January 2018		[10]
14	FW	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	Undisclosed (~£56,000,000)	31 January 2018	[11]

Total spending: ~£104,300,000

Transfers out

Arsenal released Yaya Sanogo, Stefan O'Connor, Kostas Pilea and Kristopher Da Graca on 9 June 2017. Sanogo's four-year stay only included 11 league appearances for the club, while O'Connor, Pilea and Da Graca never appeared for the first team.[12] Academy product Chris Willock joined Benfica on June 30 upon the expiry of his contract, signing a five-year deal.[13] Kaylen Hinds, another academy product, departed the club on 8 July, joining Wolfsburg for £2.5 million on a three-year deal.[14] Additional reserve players Glen Kamara and Daniel Crowley also departed the club, joining Dundee and Willem II respectively.[15][16] Wojciech Szczęsny, who amassed over 150 appearances for the club during an eight-year stay, joined Italian champions Juventus for £10.0 million after his two-year loan at Roma expired.[17] Meanwhile, club mainstay Kieran Gibbs departed for West Bromwich Albion for a £7.0 million fee, leaving after recording 230 appearances over 11 seasons.[18] On deadline day, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was in the final year of his contract at the club, transferred to Liverpool for a record sale fee of £35.0 million[19] and Donyell Malen returned to the Netherlands to join PSV Eindhoven.[20] In the January window, Arsenal allowed the departures of many first-team players, including Theo Walcott and Francis Coquelin, who left for combined fees of £32.0 million.[21][22] Moreover, Alexis Sánchez departed to Manchester United in a swap-deal which saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan arrive at the Emirates,[5] while also sanctioning the departures of French first-team pair Olivier Giroud and Mathieu Debuchy,[23][24] while academy product Marcus McGuane joined Barcelona. All in all, 22 players departed the club.

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Team	Source
22	FW	Yaya Sanogo	Toulouse	Free transfer (Released)	9 June 2017	First team	[12] [lower-alpha 1]
52	DF	Stefan O'Connor	Newcastle United			Reserves	[12] [lower-alpha 2]
76		Kostas Pilea	Anorthosis Famagusta				[12] [lower-alpha 3]
42		Kristopher Da Graca	IFK Göteborg				[12] [lower-alpha 4]
68	FW	Chris Willock	Benfica	Free transfer	30 June 2017		[27]
48		Kaylen Hinds	Wolfsburg	Undisclosed (~£2,500,000)	8 July 2017		[28]
52	MF	Glen Kamara	Dundee	Undisclosed (~£500,000)	13 July 2017		[15]
42		Daniel Crowley	Willem II	Free transfer	17 July 2017		[16]
1	GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus	Undisclosed (~£10,000,000 each)	19 July 2017	First team	[29]
5	DF	Gabriel	Valencia		18 August 2017		[30]
36	MF	Ismaël Bennacer	Empoli	Undisclosed	21 August 2017	Reserves	[31]
60		Savvas Mourgos	Norwich City		22 August 2017		[32]
66		Jon Toral	Hull City	Undisclosed (~£3,000,000)	24 August 2017		[33]
3	DF	Kieran Gibbs	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed (~£7,000,000)	30 August 2017	First team	[34][35]
15	MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	Liverpool	Undisclosed (~£35,000,000)	31 August 2017		[36]
56	FW	Donyell Malen	PSV Eindhoven	Undisclosed		Reserves	[37]
34	MF	Francis Coquelin	Valencia	Undisclosed (~£12,000,000)	11 January 2018	First team	[38]
14		Theo Walcott	Everton	Undisclosed (~£20,000,000)	17 January 2018		[39]
7	FW	Alexis Sánchez	Manchester United	Swap deal (with Henrikh Mkhitaryan)	22 January 2018		[10]
58	MF	Marcus McGuane	Barcelona	Undisclosed	30 January 2018	Reserves	[40]
12	FW	Olivier Giroud	Chelsea	Undisclosed (~£18,000,000)	31 January 2018	First team	[41]
2	DF	Mathieu Debuchy	Saint-Étienne	Free transfer			[42] [lower-alpha 5]

1. Yaya Sanogo joined Toulouse following his release.[25]
2. Stefan O'Connor joined Newcastle United following his release.[26]
3. Kostas Pilea joined Anorthosis Famagusta following his release.
4. Kristopher Da Graca joined IFK Göteborg following his release.
5. Debuchy's contract was terminated by the club, and he joined Saint-Étienne following his release.

Total income: Undisclosed (~£118,000,000)

Loans out

Takuma Asano had his season-long loan at Stuttgart from the previous season extended for an additional year.[43] Marc Bola later joined Bristol Rovers on a season-long loan. About three weeks later, Emiliano Martínez left for Getafe and Stephy Mavididi went to Preston North End.[44] Meanwhile, English full-back pair Carl Jenkinson and Cohen Bramall were loaned to Birmingham City, while reserve player Kelechi Nwakali departed to join Eredivisie outfit VVV-Venlo.[45][46] On deadline day, fringe players Lucas Pérez and Joel Campbell, who have compiled 34 domestic appearances collectively, joined Spanish outfits Deportivo La Coruña and Real Betis respectively.[47] In January, Stephy Mavididi had his loan cut short from Preston North End and, for the second time, was then loaned out to Charlton Athletic. English duo Tafari Moore and Ben Sheaf were then loaned out to fourth-tier sides Wycombe Wanderers and Stevenage, respectively, while four additional loans were completed on deadline day. Reserve pair Julio Pleguezuelo and Krystian Bielik joined Gimnàstic Tarragona and Walsall, while fringe first-team players Chuba Akpom and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde were also loaned out to conclude Arsenal's transfers for the season.

#	Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Team	Source
—	FW	Takuma Asano	Stuttgart	22 June 2017	30 June 2018	First team	[43]
38	DF	Marc Bola	Bristol Rovers	14 July 2017		Reserves	[44]
26	GK	Emiliano Martínez	Getafe	2 August 2017		First team	[48]
57	FW	Stephy Mavididi	Preston North End	4 August 2017	1 January 2018	Reserves	[49]
25	DF	Carl Jenkinson	Birmingham City	21 August 2017	30 June 2018	First team	[50]
40		Cohen Bramall					[50]
98	MF	Kelechi Nwakali	VVV-Venlo	31 August 2017		Reserves	[51]
28	FW	Lucas Pérez	Deportivo La Coruña			First team	[52]
27		Joel Campbell	Real Betis				[53]
57		Stephy Mavididi	Charlton Athletic	3 January 2018		Reserves	[54]
59	DF	Tafari Moore	Wycombe Wanderers	12 January 2018			[55]
65	MF	Ben Sheaf	Stevenage	26 January 2018			[56]
64	DF	Julio Pleguezuelo	Gimnàstic Tarragona	31 January 2018			[57]
37		Krystian Bielik	Walsall				[58]
22	MF	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	Angers			First team	[59]
32	FW	Chuba Akpom	Sint-Truidense				[60]

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: Undisclosed (~£46,500,000) Winter: Undisclosed (~£57,800,000) Total: Undisclosed (~£104,300,000)

Income Summer: Undisclosed (~£68,000,000) Winter: Undisclosed (~£50,000,000) Total: Undisclosed (~£118,000,000)

Net expenditure Summer: Undisclosed (~£21,500,000) Winter: Undisclosed (~£7,800,000) Total: Undisclosed (~£13,700,000)

Club

Kits

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Fly Emirates

Home[61]

Home alt. 1[62]

Home alt. 2[63]

Home alt. 3[64]

Away[65]

Away alt.[66]

Third[67]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 13 May 2018

Numbers in parenthesis denote appearances as substitute. (R) denotes a reserve player.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europa League		Community Shield		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	DF	GER	Per Mertesacker	4(2)	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	10(2)	2
6	DF	FRA	Laurent Koscielny	25	2	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	33	2
7 (77)[68]	MF	ARM	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	10(2)	2	—	—	0	0	5(1)	1	—	—	14(3)	3
8	MF	WAL	Aaron Ramsey	21(3)	7	0	0	1(1)	0	6	4	0	0	28(4)	11
9	FW	FRA	Alexandre Lacazette	26(6)	14	0	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	33(6)	17
10	MF	ENG	Jack Wilshere	12(8)	1	0	0	5	0	12(1)	1	0	0	29(9)	2
11	MF	GER	Mesut Özil	24(2)	4	0	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	33(2)	5
13	GK	COL	David Ospina	4(1)	0	1	0	5	0	10	0	0	0	20(1)	0
14	FW	GAB	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	12(1)	10	—	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	13(1)	10
16	DF	ENG	Rob Holding	9(3)	0	1	0	4	0	7(1)	1	1	0	22(4)	1
17	FW	NGA	Alex Iwobi	22(4)	3	1	0	3(2)	0	3(3)	0	1	0	30(9)	3
18	DF	ESP	Nacho Monreal	26(2)	5	0	0	2	0	7	1	1	0	36(2)	6
19	MF	ESP	Santi Cazorla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	GER	Shkodran Mustafi	25(2)	3	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	36(2)	3
21	DF	ENG	Calum Chambers	10(2)	0	0	0	4	0	5(3)	0	0	0	19(5)	0
23	FW	ENG	Danny Welbeck	12(16)	5	1	1	2(1)	1	9(1)	3	1	0	25(18)	10
24	DF	ESP	Héctor Bellerín	34(1)	2	0	0	3	0	8	1	1	0	46(1)	3
27	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Mavropanos	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
29	MF	SUI	Granit Xhaka	37(1)	1	0	0	3	1	5(1)	1	1	0	46(2)	3
30	MF	ENG	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	8(7)	0	1	0	3	0	8(1)	0	0	0	20(8)	0
31	DF	BIH	Sead Kolašinac	25(2)	2	0	0	1(2)	0	2(3)	2	0(1)	1	28(8)	5
33	GK	CZE	Petr Čech	34	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	38	0
35	MF	EGY	Mohamed Elneny	11(2)	0	1	0	4(1)	0	9(3)	1	1	0	26(6)	1
43	MF	ENG	Josh Dasilva (R)	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0
54	GK	ENG	Matt Macey (R)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
61	MF	ENG	Reiss Nelson	2(1)	0	1	0	2(1)	0	3(5)	0	0(1)	0	8(8)	0
62	FW	ENG	Eddie Nketiah (R)	0(3)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	2	0(5)	0	0	0	0(10)	2
69	MF	ENG	Joe Willock	1(1)	0	1	0	1(2)	0	3(2)	0	0	0	6(5)	0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
22	MF	FRA	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Carl Jenkinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	ARG	Emiliano Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	CRI	Joel Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ESP	Lucas Pérez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Chuba Akpom	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
40	DF	ENG	Cohen Bramall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	MF	ENG	Ben Sheaf (R)	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(2)	0
—	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold but featured this season
2	DF	FRA	Mathieu Debuchy	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	7	1
7	FW	CHI	Alexis Sánchez	17(2)	7	0	0	1(1)	0	1	1	0	0	19(3)	8
12	FW	FRA	Olivier Giroud	1(15)	4	0	0	3	0	6	3	0(1)	0	10(16)	7
14	FW	ENG	Theo Walcott	0(6)	0	1	0	3	1	5	3	0(1)	0	9(7)	4
15	MF	ENG	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
34	MF	FRA	Francis Coquelin	1(6)	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	7(6)	0
58	MF	ENG	Marcus McGuane (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0

Goalscorers

As of 13 May 2018

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europa League	Community Shield	Total
1	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	14	0	0	3	0	17
2	MF	Aaron Ramsey	7	0	0	4	0	11
3	FW	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	10	0	0	0	0	10
	FW	Danny Welbeck	5	1	1	3	0	10
5	FW	Alexis Sánchez	7	0	0	1	0	8
6	FW	Olivier Giroud	4	0	0	3	0	7
7	DF	Nacho Monreal	5	0	0	1	0	6
8	DF	Sead Kolašinac	2	0	0	2	1	5
	MF	Mesut Özil	4	0	0	1	0	5
10	FW	Theo Walcott	0	0	1	3	0	4
11	DF	Héctor Bellerín	2	0	0	1	0	3
	FW	Alex Iwobi	3	0	0	0	0	3
	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	2	0	0	1	0	3
	DF	Shkodran Mustafi	3	0	0	0	0	3
	MF	Granit Xhaka	1	0	1	1	0	3
16	DF	Laurent Koscielny	2	0	0	0	0	2
	DF	Per Mertesacker	1	1	0	0	0	2
	FW	Eddie Nketiah	0	0	2	0	0	2
	MF	Jack Wilshere	1	0	0	1	0	2
20	DF	Mathieu Debuchy	0	0	0	1	0	1
	MF	Mohamed Elneny	0	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	Rob Holding	0	0	0	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	1	2	0	4
Total			74	2	6	30	1	113

Disciplinary record

As of 13 May 2018

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europa League		Community Shield		Total
1	DF	Konstantinos Mavropanos	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	MF	Granit Xhaka	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
3	MF	Jack Wilshere	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
4	DF	Héctor Bellerín	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
5	DF	Shkodran Mustafi	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
6	DF	Nacho Monreal	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF	Mohamed Elneny	3	0[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8	DF	Rob Holding	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	Sead Kolašinac	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	Laurent Koscielny	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	Mesut Özil	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	FW	Alexis Sánchez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
13	DF	Calum Chambers	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Francis Coquelin	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Mathieu Debuchy	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Aaron Ramsey	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Danny Welbeck	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	FW	Chuba Akpom	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	Petr Čech	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Alex Iwobi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Per Mertesacker	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Reiss Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	David Ospina	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			58	1	4	0	13	0	14	0	1	0	88	1

Clean sheets

As of 13 May 2018

Rank	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Europa League	Community Shield	Total
1	Petr Čech	11	0	0	1	0	12
2	David Ospina	2	0	2	4	0	8
3	Matt Macey	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total		13	0	2	6	0	21

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 9 May 2017, Arsenal announced they would travel to Australia as part of their pre-season schedule and play two matches against Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers.[69] The club also faced Bayern Munich in Shanghai as a part of the International Champions Cup, and Chelsea in Beijing.[70] Arsenal then hosted the 2017 Emirates Cup, and played Benfica and Sevilla as part of the tournament.[71]

Friendlies

13 July 2017	Sydney FC	0–2	Arsenal	Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) 11:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Mertesacker  4' Lacazette  83'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 80,432 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

15 July 2017	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–3	Arsenal	Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) 11:00 BST (UTC+1)	Lustica  57'	Report	Giroud  33' Ramsey  37' Elneny  44'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 83,221 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

International Champions Cup

19 July 2017 2017 ICC (Asia)	Bayern Munich	1–1 (2–3 p)	Arsenal	Shanghai, China
19:20 CST (UTC+8) 12:20 BST (UTC+1)	Lewandowski  9' (pen.) Martínez  22'	Report	Coquelin  19' Elneny  58' Willock  84' Iwobi  90+4'	Stadium: Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 39,208 Referee: Guan Xing (China)
	Penalties
	Alaba Hummels Coman Sanches Bernat		Ramsey Elneny Monreal Iwobi
Note: The match was part of the 2017 Audi Football Summit and the 2017 Audi Summer Tour.

FAW Toyota Exhibition

22 July 2017	Arsenal	0–3	Chelsea	Beijing, China
19:40 CST (UTC+8) 12:40 BST (UTC+1)	Kolašinac  75'	Report	Willian  40' Batshuayi  42', 49'	Stadium: Beijing National Stadium (the Bird's Nest) Attendance: 55,618 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Emirates Cup

29 July 2017	Arsenal	5–2	Benfica	London, England
16:20 BST (UTC+1)	Walcott  25', 33' López  52' (o.g.) Giroud  64' Iwobi  71'	Report	Cervi  12' Eliseu  28' Salvio  40'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 54,538 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

30 July 2017	Arsenal	1–2	Sevilla	London, England
16:20 BST (UTC+1)	Lacazette  62'	Report	Escudero  43' Correa  49' Nzonzi  69' Krohn-Dehli  87'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 57,968 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	050.00
Community Shield	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
EFL Cup	6	4	1	1	6	5	+1	066.67
Europa League	14	8	3	3	30	12	+18	057.14
Total	60	31	11	18	113	73	+40	051.67

Updated to match played 13 May 2018.
Source: Competitions

Community Shield

6 August 2017 Final	Arsenal	1–1 (4–1 p)	Chelsea	Wembley, London
14:00 BST	Bellerín  15' Kolašinac  82'	Report	Azpilicueta  13' Alonso  35' Willian  37' Moses  46' Pedro  80'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 83,325 Referee: Bobby Madley
	Penalties
	Walcott Monreal Oxlade-Chamberlain Giroud		Cahill Courtois Morata

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Liverpool	38	21	12	5	84	38	+46	75	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5	Chelsea	38	21	7	10	62	38	+24	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
6	Arsenal	38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	63
7	Burnley	38	14	12	12	36	39	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	−14	49

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[72]
Notes:

1. Mohamed Elneny's red card against Southampton on 8 April 2018 was overturned by the Football Association following an appeal.
2. Since the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup (Chelsea) and the winners of the 2017–18 EFL Cup (Manchester City) both qualified for European competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 5th-placed team (Europa League group stage) and the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) were passed down the league.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	63	15	2	2	54	20	+34	4	4	11	20	31	−11

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	5	11	16	11	12	7	5	6	5	5	6	6	4	4	5	5	7	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2017, Arsenal's Premier League fixtures were announced, with the first game scheduled at home to Leicester City, and be the sixth season running Arsenal would start their league campaign at home. Also, Arsenal would play in the first Premier League match of the season.[73][74]

11 August 2017 1	Arsenal	4–3	Leicester City	Holloway, London
19:45 BST	Lacazette  2' Welbeck  45+2' Ramsey  83' Giroud  85'	Report	Okazaki  5' Vardy  29', 56' Morgan  90+4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,387 Referee: Mike Dean

19 August 2017 2	Stoke City	1–0	Arsenal	Stoke-on-Trent
17:30 BST	Jesé  47'	Report		Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 29,459 Referee: Andre Marriner

27 August 2017 3	Liverpool	4–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:00 BST	Firmino  17' Lovren  20' Gomez  23' Mané  40' Salah  57' Sturridge  77'	Report	Welbeck  22' Xhaka  40' Özil  49' Holding  73'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,206 Referee: Craig Pawson

9 September 2017 4	Arsenal	3–0	Bournemouth	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Welbeck  6', 50' Lacazette  27'	Report	Francis  76'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,262 Referee: Anthony Taylor

17 September 2017 5	Chelsea	0–0	Arsenal	Fulham, London
13:30 BST	Morata  65' David Luiz  87'	Report	Elneny  84' Kolašinac  90+1' Bellerín  90+3'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,478 Referee: Michael Oliver

25 September 2017 6	Arsenal	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Holloway, London
20:00 BST	Lacazette  20', 67' (pen.) Sánchez  44'	Report	Evans  35' Dawson  49' Krychowiak  56' Nyom  67'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,134 Referee: Robert Madley

1 October 2017 7	Arsenal	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Holloway, London
12:00 BST	Monreal  16' Iwobi  56'	Report	Groß  17' Duffy  39'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,378 Referee: Kevin Friend

14 October 2017 8	Watford	2–1	Arsenal	Watford
17:30 BST	Kabasele  64' Deeney  71' (pen.) Cleverley  90+2'	Report	Mertesacker  39'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

22 October 2017 9	Everton	2–5	Arsenal	Liverpool
13:30 BST	Rooney  12' Williams  16' Gueye  34'  68' Niasse  90+3'	Report	Monreal  40' Özil  53' Lacazette  74' Koscielny  86' Ramsey  90' Sánchez  90+5'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,189 Referee: Craig Pawson

28 October 2017 10	Arsenal	2–1	Swansea City	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Kolašinac  51' Ramsey  58'	Report	Clucas  22'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,493 Referee: Lee Mason

5 November 2017 11	Manchester City	3–1	Arsenal	Manchester
14:15 GMT	De Bruyne  19' Agüero  50' (pen.) Otamendi  73' Gabriel Jesus  74'	Report	Monreal  49' Lacazette  59',  65' Koscielny  67' Xhaka  75' Sánchez  77' Özil  90+1'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,286 Referee: Michael Oliver

18 November 2017 12	Arsenal	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway, London
12:30 GMT	Xhaka  32' Mustafi  36',  48' Sánchez  38',  41' Monreal  73'	Report	Kane  50'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,530 Referee: Mike Dean

26 November 2017 13	Burnley	0–1	Arsenal	Burnley
14:00 GMT	Defour  15' Brady  25'	Report	Sánchez  90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,722 Referee: Lee Mason

29 November 2017 14	Arsenal	5–0	Huddersfield Town	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Lacazette  3' Giroud  68', 87' Sánchez  69' Özil  72'	Report	Mooy  60'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,285 Referee: Graham Scott

2 December 2017 15	Arsenal	1–3	Manchester United	Holloway, London
17:30 GMT	Lacazette  49' Bellerín  72' Koscielny  87' Sánchez  89'	Report	Valencia  4' Lingard  11', 63' Rojo  58' Pogba  74' Herrera  89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,547 Referee: Andre Marriner

10 December 2017 16	Southampton	1–1	Arsenal	Southampton
12:00 GMT	Austin  3' Stephens  82' Romeu  84'	Report	Bellerín  78' Giroud  88' Wilshere  90'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,643 Referee: Bobby Madley

13 December 2017 17	West Ham United	0–0	Arsenal	Stratford, London
20:00 GMT	Lanzini  41' Reid  90+2'	Report		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,921 Referee: Jonathan Moss

16 December 2017 18	Arsenal	1–0	Newcastle United	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Özil  23' Monreal  86' Xhaka  90+2'	Report	Hayden  40'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,379 Referee: Stuart Attwell

22 December 2017 19	Arsenal	3–3	Liverpool	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Sánchez  53' Xhaka  56' Özil  58' Iwobi  58'	Report	Coutinho  26' Salah  52' Firmino  71'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,409 Referee: Martin Atkinson

28 December 2017 20	Crystal Palace	2–3	Arsenal	Selhurst, London
20:00 GMT	Zaha  45+2' Townsend  49' Tomkins  89'	Report	Mustafi  25' Chambers  29' Sánchez  62', 66'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,762 Referee: Michael Oliver

31 December 2017 21	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Arsenal	West Bromwich
16:30 GMT	Evans  34' Brunt  59' Dawson  82' Rodriguez  89' (pen.)	Report	Mustafi  58' McClean  83' (o.g.) Wilshere  88' Čech  90+5'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,223 Referee: Mike Dean

3 January 2018 22	Arsenal	2–2	Chelsea	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Wilshere  31',  63' Holding  53' Özil  67' Bellerín  90+2'	Report	Fàbregas  43' Hazard  67' (pen.) Alonso  84' Courtois  89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,379 Referee: Anthony Taylor

14 January 2018 23	Bournemouth	2–1	Arsenal	Boscombe
13:30 GMT	Gosling  21' Francis  31' Wilson  70' Ibe  74'	Report	Bellerín  52' Xhaka  56' Wilshere  71'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,836 Referee: Kevin Friend

20 January 2018 24	Arsenal	4–1	Crystal Palace	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Monreal  6' Iwobi  10' Koscielny  13' Lacazette  22'	Report	Milivojević  78'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,386 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

30 January 2018 25	Swansea City	3–1	Arsenal	Swansea
19:45 GMT	Clucas  34', 86' Ayew  61'	Report	Monreal  33' Elneny  54' Bellerín  69' Özil  75'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,819 Referee: Lee Mason

3 February 2018 26	Arsenal	5–1	Everton	Holloway, London
17:30 GMT	Ramsey  6', 19', 74' Koscielny  14',  24' Aubameyang  37' Mustafi  50'	Report	Calvert-Lewin  64'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,306 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

10 February 2018 27	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Arsenal	Wembley, London
12:30 GMT	Kane  49' Lamela  79' Dier  90+5'	Report	Mustafi  73'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 83,222 Referee: Anthony Taylor

1 March 2018 28	Arsenal	0–3	Manchester City	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Kolašinac  32'	Report	B. Silva  15' Otamendi  19' D. Silva  28' Sané  33'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,420 Referee: Andre Marriner

4 March 2018 29	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Arsenal	Falmer
13:30 GMT	Dunk  7' Murray  26',  78' Stephens  60' Schelotto  64'	Report	Kolašinac  28' Wilshere  40' Aubameyang  43' Xhaka  54'	Stadium: AMEX Stadium Attendance: 30,620 Referee: Stuart Attwell

11 March 2018 30	Arsenal	3–0	Watford	Holloway, London
13:30 GMT	Mustafi  8',  55' Aubameyang  59' Mkhitaryan  77' Xhaka  90'	Report	Holebas  66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,131 Referee: Martin Atkinson

1 April 2018 31	Arsenal	3–0	Stoke City	Holloway, London
13:30 BST	Elneny  37' Aubameyang  75' (pen.), 86' Lacazette  89' (pen.)	Report	Johnson  66' Allen  90'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,371 Referee: Craig Pawson

8 April 2018 32	Arsenal	3–2	Southampton	Holloway, London
14:15 BST	Aubameyang  28' Welbeck  38', 81' Bellerín  50' Wilshere  90+2' Elneny  90+3'	Report	Long  17' Austin  73' Stephens  90+2' Hoedt  90+6'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,374 Referee: Andre Marriner

15 April 2018 33	Newcastle United	2–1	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
13:30 BST	Pérez  29' Ritchie  68' Slimani  90+1'	Report	Lacazette  14'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,210 Referee: Anthony Taylor

22 April 2018 34	Arsenal	4–1	West Ham United	Holloway, London
13:30 BST	Xhaka  41' Monreal  51' Maitland-Niles  62' Mustafi  74' Ramsey  82' Lacazette  85', 89'	Report	Zabaleta  50' Arnautović  64'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,422 Referee: Lee Mason

29 April 2018 35	Manchester United	2–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:30 BST	Pogba  16' Fellaini  90+1'	Report	Xhaka  24' Mkhitaryan  51'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,035 Referee: Kevin Friend

6 May 2018 36	Arsenal	5–0	Burnley	Holloway, London
16:30 BST	Aubameyang  14', 75' Lacazette  45+3' Kolašinac  54' Iwobi  64'	Report	Tarkowski  44'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,540 Referee: Andre Marriner
Note: As the last home game of the season, the match was also part of Arsène Wenger's farewell ceremony (‘Merci Arsène’).[75][76][77][78] The match was also Per Mertesacker's final game at Emirates Stadium.[79]

9 May 2018 37	Leicester City	3–1	Arsenal	Leicester
19:45 BST	Iheanacho  14' Vardy  76' (pen.) Simpson  78' Mahrez  85',  90'	Report	Mavropanos  15' Aubameyang  53' Holding  75' Xhaka  77'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,095 Referee: Graham Scott

13 May 2018 38	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Arsenal	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Jørgensen  90+3'	Report	Aubameyang  38'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 24,122 Referee: Michael Oliver

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Arsenal entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Nottingham Forest.[80] Arsenal were knocked out in the third round for the first time under Arsène Wenger.

7 January 2018 Third round	Nottingham Forest	4–2	Arsenal	West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
16:00 GMT	Lichaj  20', 44' Brereton  64' (pen.) Dowell  85' (pen.) Worrall  88'  89'	Report	Mertesacker  23',  86' Welbeck  79' Debuchy  84' Ospina  85'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,182 Referee: Jonathan Moss

EFL Cup

Arsenal entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers.[81] The Gunners were drawn at home for the fourth round with Norwich City the confirmed visitors.[82] Arsenal were drawn against West Ham United at home for the quarter-finals.[83] Arsenal drew Chelsea in the semi-finals, with the first leg taking place at Stamford Bridge.[84]

20 September 2017 Third round	Arsenal	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Holloway
19:45 BST	Walcott  25'	Report	Mason  68'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 44,064 Referee: Scott Duncan

24 October 2017 Fourth round	Arsenal	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Norwich City	Holloway
19:45 BST	Elneny  56' Coquelin  68' Wilshere  78' Nketiah  85', 96' Akpom  88'	Report	Murphy  34' Trybull  89' Husband  90'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,444 Referee: Andrew Madley

19 December 2017 Quarter-finals (Fifth round)	Arsenal	1–0	West Ham United	Holloway
19:45 GMT	Welbeck  42'	Report	Hart  71'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 44,741 Referee: Kevin Friend

10 January 2018 Semi-finals – 1st leg	Chelsea	0–0	Arsenal	Fulham, London
20:00 GMT	Kanté  79'	Report	Xhaka  51' Elneny  86'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,097 Referee: Martin Atkinson

24 January 2018 Semi-finals – 2nd leg	Arsenal	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Chelsea	Holloway
20:00 GMT	Rüdiger  12' (o.g.) Xhaka  60' Monreal  66'	Report	Hazard  7'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,964 Referee: Michael Oliver

25 February 2018 Final	Arsenal	0–3	Manchester City	Wembley, London
16:30 GMT	Bellerín  24' Ramsey  32' Chambers  47' Wilshere  88'	Report	Agüero  18' Fernandinho  36' Kompany  58',  80' D. Silva  65'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,671 Referee: Craig Pawson

UEFA Europa League

On 25 August 2017, the group stages were announced with Arsenal drawn out in Group H alongside BATE Borisov, 1.FC Köln and Red Star Belgrade.[85]

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	ZVE	KLN	BATE
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	3–1	6–0
2	Red Star Belgrade	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9			0–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	1. FC Köln	6	2	0	4	7	8	−1	6			1–0	0–1	—	5–2
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	6	16	−10	5			2–4	0–0	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2017 1	Arsenal	3–1	1. FC Köln	Holloway, London
21:05 BST (UTC+1)[86]	Kolašinac  49' Sánchez  67' Bellerín  81'	Report	Córdoba  10'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,359 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

28 September 2017 2	BATE Borisov	2–4	Arsenal	Barysaw
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ivanić  28',  87' Drahun  48' Milunović  64' Gordeichuk  67'	Report	Walcott  9', 22' Holding  25' Giroud  49' (pen.)	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 13,100 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

19 October 2017 3	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	Arsenal	Dedinje, Belgrade
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodić  32'  80' Boakye  60' Le Tallec  63' Borjan  86'	Report	Coquelin  65' Giroud  85' Nelson  90+2'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 50,327 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

2 November 2017 4	Arsenal	0–0	Red Star Belgrade	Holloway, London
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Holding  70'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,285 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

23 November 2017 5	1. FC Köln	1–0	Arsenal	Lindenthal, Cologne
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Klünter  56' Guirassy  62' (pen.),  88'	Report	Debuchy  48'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 45,300 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

7 December 2017 6	Arsenal	6–0	BATE Borisov	Holloway, London
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Debuchy  11' Walcott  37' Wilshere  43' Palyakow  51' (o.g.) Giroud  64' (pen.) Elneny  74'	Report	Valadzko  17'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 25,909 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw was held on 11 December 2017, with Arsenal among the seeded teams (as group winners) drawn against one of the unseeded runners-up, Östersund. The first leg was played away on 15 February 2018, and the second leg was played at home on 22 February 2018.[87]

15 February 2018 First leg	Östersund	0–3	Arsenal	Östersund, Sweden
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Monreal  13' Papagiannopoulos  24' (o.g.) Özil  58'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 7,665 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

22 February 2018 Second leg	Arsenal	1–2 (4–2 agg.)	Östersund	London, England
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Maitland-Niles  44' Kolašinac  47' Mkhitaryan  88'	Report	Aiesh  22' Sema  23' Edwards  79' Widgren  90+4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,405 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Round of 16

8 March 2018 First leg	Milan	0–2	Arsenal	Milan, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Mkhitaryan  15' Ramsey  45+4',  71' Kolašinac  60'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,821 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

15 March 2018 Second leg	Arsenal	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	Milan	London, England
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Welbeck  39' (pen.), 86' Monreal  45+2' Xhaka  71'	Report	Çalhanoğlu  35' G. Donnarumma  39' Romagnoli  42' Borini  42' Suso  61'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,973 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Quarter-finals

5 April 2018 First leg	Arsenal	4–1	CSKA Moscow	London, England
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) 20:05 BST (UTC+1)	Ramsey  9', 28' Lacazette  23' (pen.), 35' Xhaka  57' Bellerín  78'	Report	Golovin  15' Dzagoev  31' Musa  51' Shchennikov  58' Akinfeev  74'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,285 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

12 April 2018 Second leg	CSKA Moscow	2–2 (3–6 agg.)	Arsenal	Moscow, Russia
22:05 MSK (UTC+3) 20:05 BST (UTC+1)	Chalov  39' Nababkin  50' Golovin  86'	Report	Welbeck  75' Ramsey  90+2'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 29,284 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Semi-finals

26 April 2018 First leg	Arsenal	1–1	Atlético Madrid	London, England
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) 20:05 BST (UTC+1)	Lacazette  61'	Report	Vrsaljko  2'  10' Griezmann  82'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,066 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

3 May 2018 Second leg	Atlético Madrid	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Arsenal	Madrid, Spain
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) 20:05 BST (UTC+1)	Costa  45+2',  78' Gabi  52' Saúl  71'	Report	Wilshere  42' Monreal  59' Mustafi  78'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 64,196 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Sponsorship

Lead sponsors	Global sponsors
Emirates (kit sponsor)[88] Puma (kit manufacturer)[89]	BYD[90] Coopertires[91] Cover-More[92] Gatorade[93] Markets.com[94] (ended partnership in January 2018) Vitality[95] WorldRemit[96]

Awards

Arsenal Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Arsenal.com

Month	Player	Votes
August	Sead Kolašinac	50%[97]
September	Nacho Monreal	45%[98]
October	Sead Kolašinac (2)	50%[99]
November	Mesut Özil[100]	59%[101]
December	Mesut Özil (2)	40%[102]
January	Mohamed Elneny	57%[103]
February	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	72%[104]
March	Henrikh Mkhitaryan (2)	58%[105]

Arsenal Player of the Season award

The Player of the Season was awarded to Aaron Ramsey.[106]

Arsenal Goal of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the goal that was chosen by fan voting on Arsenal.com

Month	Player	Competition	Opponent	Votes
August	Olivier Giroud	Premier League	Leicester City	45%[107]
September	Alexis Sánchez	UEFA Europa League	1. FC Köln	52%[108]
October	Olivier Giroud (2)		Red Star Belgrade	79%[109]
November	Shkodran Mustafi	Premier League	Tottenham Hotspur	39%[110]
December	Mesut Özil		Newcastle United	76%[111]
January	Jack Wilshere		Chelsea	51%[112]
February	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang		Everton	59%[113]
March	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	UEFA Europa League	A.C. Milan	63%[114]

Arsenal Goal of the Season award

The Goal of the Season was awarded to Aaron Ramsey with his lobbed volley against CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Europa League.[115]

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