2017–18 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal 2017–18
Club information
Manager	Arsène Wenger
League Season information
Final League position	6th
Highest position	4th
lowest position	16th
Points	63
Goals for	74
Goals against	51
Goals difference	+23
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Runners-up
Europa League	Semi-finals
Community Shield	Winners
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Alexandre Lacazette (14)
Biggest home win	Arsenal 4–3 Leicester City
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The 2017–18 season is Arsenal's 26th in the Premier League and 98th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club will participate in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, the FA Community Shield, and UEFA Europa League. This will be the first season that Arsenal will not be participating in the UEFA Champions League since 1997–98. It will be the first time they have played in the UEFA Europa League since its rebranding, having last participated in the UEFA Cup in 1999-2000. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
2	DF	FRA	Debuchy, MathieuMathieu Debuchy	39	EU	2014	23	1	2019	£12M
3	DF	ENG	Gibbs, KieranKieran Gibbs	35	EU	2007	230	6	2018	Youth system
4	DF	GER	Mertesacker, PerPer Mertesacker	40	EU	2011	210	8	2018	£8M	Club captain
5	DF	BRA	Gabriel, Gabriel	34	Non-EU	2015 (Winter)	65	1	2019	£11.3M
6	DF	FRA	Koscielny, LaurentLaurent Koscielny	39	EU	2010	291	22	2020	£8.5M	Vice captain
7	FW	CHI	Sanchez, AlexisAlexis Sánchez	36	Non-EU	2014	145	72	2018	£30M
8	MF	WAL	Ramsey, AaronAaron Ramsey	34	EU	2008	297	47	2018	£4.8M
9	FW	FRA	Lacazette, AlexandreAlexandre Lacazette	33	EU	2017	0	0	2022	£46.5M
10	MF	ENG	Wilshere, JackJack Wilshere	33	EU	2008	159	12	2018	Youth system
11	MF	GER	Ozil, MesutMesut Özil	36	EU	2013	162	32	2018	£42.5M
12	FW	FRA	Giroud, OlivierOlivier Giroud	38	EU	2012	227	98	2019	£12.8M
13	GK	COL	Ospina, DavidDavid Ospina	36	Non-EU	2014	50	0	2019	£3.2M
14	FW	ENG	Walcott, TheoTheo Walcott	36	EU	2006 (Winter)	381	104	2019	£9M
15	MF	ENG	Oxlade-Chamberlain, AlexAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain	31	EU	2011	194	20	2018	£12M
16	DF	ENG	Holding, RobRob Holding	29	EU	2016	18	0	2020	£2M
17	FW	NGA	Iwobi, AlexAlex Iwobi	28	Non-EU	2015	59	6	2020	Youth system
18	DF	ESP	Monreal, NachoNacho Monreal	39	EU	2013 (Winter)	174	3	2019	£8.5M
19	MF	ESP	Cazorla, SantiSanti Cazorla	40	EU	2012	180	29	2018	£12M
20	DF	GER	Mustafi, ShkodranShkodran Mustafi	33	EU	2016	37	2	2021	£35M
21	DF	ENG	Chambers, CalumCalum Chambers	30	EU	2014	60	3	2020	£16M
22	MF	FRA	Reine-Adélaïde, JeffJeff Reine-Adélaïde	27	EU	2016	8	0	2019	Youth system
23	FW	ENG	Welbeck, DannyDanny Welbeck	34	EU	2014	69	17	2019	£16M
24	DF	ESP	Bellerín, HéctorHéctor Bellerín	30	EU	2013	115	4	2023	Youth system
25	DF	ENG	Jenkinson, CarlCarl Jenkinson	33	EU	2011	62	1	2018	£1M
26	GK	ARG	Martínez, EmilianoEmiliano Martínez	32	Non-EU	2010	13	0	undisclosed	Youth system
28	FW	ESP	Pérez, LucasLucas Pérez	36	EU	2016	21	7	2020	£17.1M
29	MF	SUI	Xhaka, GranitGranit Xhaka	32	EU	2016	46	4	2021	£30M
30	MF	ENG	Maitland-Niles, AinsleyAinsley Maitland-Niles	27	EU	2014	10	0	—	Youth system
31	DF	BIH	Kolašinac, SeadSead Kolašinac	31	EU	2017	0	0	2022	Free
32	FW	ENG	Akpom, ChubaChuba Akpom	29	EU	2013	10	0	2019	Youth system
33	GK	CZE	Cech, PetrPetr Čech	42	EU	2015	79	0	2019	£10M	Vice captain
34	MF	FRA	Coquelin, FrancisFrancis Coquelin	33	EU	2008	148	0	2021	Youth system
35	MF	EGY	Elneny, MohamedMohamed Elneny	32	Non-EU	2016 (Winter)	41	1	2020	£7.4M
—	FW	CRI	Campbell, JoelJoel Campbell	32	Non-EU	2011	41	4	2018	£0.9M
—	FW	JPN	Asano, TakumaTakuma Asano	30	Non-EU	2016	0	0	undisclosed	£0.8M	On loan at Stuttgart

Last updated: 19 July 2017
Source: Arsenal F.C. and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by squad number.

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. 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. Arsenal's first January transfer window signing was Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina, while acquiring Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan in a swap-deal with Alexis Sánchez on 22 January 2018. The club then reunited Mkhitaryan with former teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in a club-record deal worth £56 million on 31 January.

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Team
31	!DF	Kolasinac, Sead ! Sead Kolašinac	Schalke 04	Free transfer	02017-06-06-6 June 2017	First team
9	!FW	Lacazette, Alexandre ! Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Undisclosed (~£46,500,000)	02017-07-05-5 July 2017
27	!DF	Mavropanos, Konstantinos ! Konstantinos Mavropanos	PAS Giannina	Undisclosed (~£1,800,000)	02018-01-04-4 January 2018
7 (77)	!MF	Mkhitaryan, Henrikh ! Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Manchester United	Swap deal (with Alexis Sánchez)	02018-01-22-22 January 2018
14	!FW	Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick ! Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	Undisclosed (~£56,000,000)	02018-01-31-31 January 2018

Total spending: Undisclosed (~£104,300,000)

Transfers out

Arsenal released Yaya Sanogo, Stefan O'Connor, Kostas Pileas and Kristopher Da Graca on 9 June 2017. Sanogo's four-year stay only included 11 league appearances for the club, while O'Connor, Pileas and Da Graca never appeared for the first team. Academy product Chris Willock joined Benfica on June 30 upon the expiry of his contract, signing a five-year deal. Kaylen Hinds, another academy product, departed the club on 8 July, joining VfL Wolfsburg for £2.5 million on a three-year deal. Additional reserve players Glen Kamara and Daniel Crowley also departed the club, joining Dundee and Willem II respectively. Wojciech Szczęsny, who amassed over 150 appearances for the club during an eight-year stay, joined Italian champions Juventus for £10 million after his two-year loan at Roma expired. Meanwhile, club mainstay Kieran Gibbs departed for West Bromwich Albion for a £7 million fee, leaving after recording 230 appearances over 11 seasons. 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 £40 million and Donyell Malen returned to the Netherlands to join PSV. 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 £32m. Moreover, Alexis Sánchez departed to Manchester United in a swap-deal which saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan arrive at the Emirates, while also sanctioning the departures of French first-team pair Olivier Giroud and Mathieu Debuchy, while academy product Marcus McGuane joined Barcelona. All in all, 22 players departed the club.

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Team
22	!FW	Sanogo, Yaya ! Yaya Sanogo	Toulouse	Free transfer (Released)	02017-06-09-9 June 2017	First team
52	!DF	O'Connor, Stefan ! Stefan O'Connor	Newcastle United			Reserves
76		Pileas, Kostas ! Kostas Pilea	Anorthosis Famagusta
42		Da Graca, Kristopher ! Kristopher Da Graca	IFK Göteborg
68	!FW	Willock, Chris ! Chris Willock	Benfica	Free transfer	02017-06-30-30 June 2017
48		Hinds, Kaylen ! Kaylen Hinds	VfL Wolfsburg	Undisclosed (~£2,500,000)	02017-07-08-8 July 2017
52	!MF	Kamara, Glen ! Glen Kamara	Dundee	Undisclosed (~£500,000)	02017-07-13-13 July 2017
42		Crowley, Dan ! Daniel Crowley	Willem II	Free transfer	02017-07-17-17 July 2017
1	!GK	Szczęsny, Wojciech ! Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus	Undisclosed (~£10,000,000 each)	02017-07-19-19 July 2017	First team
5	!DF	Gabriel ! Gabriel	Valencia		02017-08-18-18 August 2017
36	!MF	Bennacer,Ismaël ! Ismaël Bennacer	Empoli	Undisclosed	02017-08-21-21 August 2017	Reserves
60		Mourgos, Savvasl ! Savvas Mourgos	Norwich City		02017-08-22-22 August 2017
66		Toral, Jon ! Jon Toral	Hull City	Undisclosed (~£3,000,000)	02017-08-24-24 August 2017
3	!DF	Gibbs, Kieran ! Kieran Gibbs	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed (~£7,000,000)	02017-08-30-30 August 2017	First team
15	!MF	Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex ! Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	Liverpool	Undisclosed (~£40,000,000)	02017-08-31-31 August 2017
56	!FW	Malen, Donyell ! Donyell Malen	PSV	Undisclosed		Reserves
34	!MF	Coquelin, Francis ! Francis Coquelin	Valencia	Undisclosed (~£12,000,000)	02018-01-11-11 January 2018	First team
14		Walcott, Theo ! Theo Walcott	Everton	Undisclosed (~£20,000,000)	02018-01-17-17 January 2018
7	!FW	Sánchez, Alexis ! Alexis Sánchez	Manchester United	Swap deal (with Henrikh Mkhitaryan)	02018-01-22-22 January 2018
58	!MF	McGuane, Marcus ! Marcus McGuane	Barcelona	Undisclosed	02018-01-30-30 January 2018	Reserves
12	!FW	Giroud, Olivier ! Olivier Giroud	Chelsea	Undisclosed (~£18,000,000)	02018-01-31-31 January 2018	First team
2	!DF	Debuchy, Mathieu ! Mathieu Debuchy	Saint-Étienne	Free transfer

Total spending: Undisclosed (~£123,000,000)

Loans out

Takuma Asano had his season-long loan at VfB Stuttgart from the previous season extended for an additional year. 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. 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. On deadline day, fringe players Lucas Pérez and Joel Campbell, who have compiled 34 domestic appearances collectively, joined Spanish outfits Deportivo de La Coruña and Real Betis respectively. In January, Stephy Mavididi had his loan cut short from Preston North End and, for the second time, was then loaned out to Charlton. 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 de 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
—	!FW	Asano, Takuma ! Takuma Asano	VfB Stuttgart	02017-06-22-22 June 2017	02018-06-30-30 June 2018	First team
38	!DF	Bola, Marc ! Marc Bola	Bristol Rovers	02017-07-14-14 July 2017		Reserves
26	!GK	Martínez, Emiliano ! Emiliano Martínez	Getafe	02017-08-02-2 August 2017		First team
57	!FW	Mavididi, Stephy ! Stephy Mavididi	Preston North End	02017-08-04-4 August 2017	02018-01-01-1 January 2018	Reserves
25	!DF	Jenkinson, Carl ! Carl Jenkinson	Birmingham City	02017-08-21-21 August 2017	02018-06-30-30 June 2018	First team
40		Bramall, Cohen ! Cohen Bramall
98	!MF	Nwakali, Kelechi ! Kelechi Nwakali	VVV-Venlo	02017-08-31-31 August 2017		Reserves
28	!FW	Pérez, Lucas ! Lucas Pérez	Deportivo La Coruña			First team
27		Campbell, Joel ! Joel Campbell	Real Betis
57		Mavididi, Stephy ! Stephy Mavididi	Charlton	02018-01-03-3 January 2018		Reserves
59	!DF	Moore, Tafari ! Tafari Moore	Wycombe Wanderers	02018-01-12-12 January 2018
65	!MF	Sheaf, Ben ! Ben Sheaf	Stevenage	02018-01-26-26 January 2018
64	!DF	Pleguezuelo, Julio ! Julio Pleguezuelo	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	02018-01-31-31 January 2018
37		Bielik, Krystian ! Krystian Bielik	Walsall
22	!MF	Reine-Adélaïde, Jeff ! Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	Angers			First team
32	!FW	Akpom, Chuba ! Chuba Akpom	Sint-Truidense

Overall transfer activity

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

Income Summer: Undisclosed (~£73,000,000) Winter: (~£50,000,000) Total: Undisclosed (~£123,000,000)

Net expenditure Summer: Undisclosed (~£26,500,000) Winter: Undisclosed (~£7,800,000) Total: Undisclosed (~£18,700,000)

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season

On 9 May 2017, Arsenal announced they will travel to Australia as part of their pre-season schedule and play two matches against Sydney and Western Sydney Wanderers. As part of the International Champions Cup, the club will also face Bayern Munich in Shanghai and Chelsea in Beijing. Arsenal will then host the Emirates Cup, and will play S.L. Benfica and Sevilla FC as part of the tournament.

Friendlies

13 July 2017	Sydney	0–2	Arsenal	Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST		Report	Mertesacker  4' Lacazette  83'	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 80,432 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

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

22 July 2017	Chelsea	3–0	Arsenal	Beijing, China
19:40 CST	Willian  40' Batshuayi  42', 49'	[ Report]		Stadium: Beijing National Stadium Referee: Fu Ming (China PR)

International Champions Cup

19 July 2017	Bayern Munich	1–1 (2–3 pen)	Arsenal	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
19:20 CST	Lewandowski  9' (pen.)	Report	Iwobi  90+4'	Attendance: 55,891 Referee: Guan Xing (China)
	Penalties
	Alaba Hummels Coman Sanches Bernat		Ramsey Elneny Monreal Iwobi

Emirates Cup

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

30 July 2017	Arsenal	1–2	Sevilla	Holloway, London
16:20 BST	Lacazette  62'	Report	Correa  49' N'Zonzi  69'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 57,968 Referee: Andre Marriner

Competitions

Community Shield

Main article: 2017 FA Community Shield

The details for the 2017 FA Community Shield were confirmed on 15 June 2017. Arsenal would face Premier League champions Chelsea after beating them in the FA Cup final.

Final 6 August 2017 (2017-08-06)	Arsenal	1–1 (4–1 pen)	Chelsea	Wembley, London
14:00 BST	Kolašinac  82'	Report	Moses  46'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 83,325 Referee: Bobby Madley (West Yorkshire)
		Penalties
	Walcott Monreal Oxlade-Chamberlain Giroud		Cahill Courtois Morata

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	32	4	2	106	27	+79	100	Qualification for the  Champions League group stage
2	Manchester Utd  (Q)	38	25	6	7	68	28	+40	81
3	Tottenham  (Q)	38	23	8	7	74	36	+38	77
4	Liverpool  (Q)	38	21	12	5	84	38	+46	75
5	Chelsea  (Q)	38	21	7	10	62	38	+24	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Arsenal  (Q)	38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	63
7	Burnley  (Q)	38	14	12	12	36	39	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	−14	49
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	47
10	Newcastle Utd	38	12	8	18	39	47	−8	44
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	45	55	−10	44
12	Bournemouth	38	11	11	16	45	61	−16	44
13	West Ham Utd	38	10	12	16	48	68	−20	42
14	Watford	38	11	8	19	44	64	−20	41
15	Brighton	38	9	13	16	34	54	−20	40
16	Huddersfield Town	38	9	10	19	28	58	−30	37
17	Southampton	38	7	15	16	37	56	−19	36
18	Swansea City  (R)	38	8	9	21	28	56	−28	33	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Stoke City  (R)	38	7	12	19	35	68	−33	33
20	West Brom  (R)	38	6	13	19	31	56	−25	31

Updated to games played on 13 May 2018
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Result summary

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	&0000000000000004.0000004	&0000000000000002.0000002	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000007.0000007	&0000000000000008.0000008	−1	&0000000000000050.00000050.00
FA Cup	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
EFL Cup	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
Europa League	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000001.0000001	+2	&0000000000000100.000000100.000
Community Shield	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000001.0000001	+0	&0000000000000100.000000100.000
Total	&0000000000000006.0000006	&0000000000000004.0000004	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000011.00000011	&0000000000000010.00000010	+1	&0000000000000066.67000066.67

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

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: 11v11.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 14 June 2017, Arsenal's Premier League fixtures were announced. The Gunners' first game would be at home to 2015-16 Premier League champions Leicester, and would be the fifth season running Arsenal would start their league campaign at home.

1 11 August 2017	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'	Attendance: 59,387 Referee: Mike Dean

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

3 27 August 2017	Liverpool	4–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:00 BST	Mané  40' Salah  57' Sturridge  77'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,206 Referee: Craig Pawson

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

5 17 September 2017	Chelsea	0–0	Arsenal	Fulham, London
13:30 BST	Luiz  87'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,478 Referee: Michael Oliver

6 25 September 2017	Arsenal	2–0	West Brom	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

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

8 14 October 2017	Watford	2–1	Arsenal	Watford
15:00 BST	Kabasele 64' Deeney  71' (pen.) Cleverley  90+2'	Report	Mertesacker  39'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

9 22 October 2017	Everton	2–5	Arsenal	Liverpool
13:30 BST	Rooney  12' Williams 16' Gueye  34', 68' Niasse  90+3'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41625741	Monreal  40' Özil  53' Lacazette  74' Koscielny 86' Ramsey  90' Sánchez  90+5'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,189 Referee: Craig Pawson

10 28 October 2017	Arsenal	2–1	Swansea City	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Kolašinac  51' Ramsey  58'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41703866	Clucas  22'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,493 Referee: Lee Mason

11 5 November 2017	Manchester City	3–1	Arsenal	Manchester
14:15 GMT	De Bruyne  19' Agüero  50' (pen.) Otamendi 73' Gabriel Jesus  74'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41792812	Monreal 49' Lacazette 59',  65' Koscielny 67' Xhaka 75' Sánchez 77' Özil 90+1'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,286 Referee: Michael Oliver

12 18 November 2017	Arsenal	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway, London
12:30 GMT	Xhaka 32' Mustafi  36', 48' Sánchez 38',  41' Monreal 73'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41951916	Kane 50'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,530 Referee: Mike Dean

13 26 November 2017	Burnley	0–1	Arsenal	Burnley
14:00 GMT	Defour 15' Brady 25'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42042017	Sánchez  90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,722 Referee: Lee Mason

14 29 November 2017	Arsenal	5–0	Huddersfield Town	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Lacazette  3' Giroud  68', 87' Sánchez  69' Özil  72'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42075942	Mooy 60'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,285 Referee: Graham Scott

15 2 December 2017	Arsenal	1–3	Manchester United	Holloway, London
17:30 GMT	Lacazette  49' Bellerín 72' Koscielny 87' Sánchez 89'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/40955700	Valencia  4' Lingard  11', 63' Rojo 58' Pogba  74' Herrera 89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,547 Referee: Andre Marriner

16 10 December 2017	Southampton	1–1	Arsenal	Southampton
12:00 GMT	Austin  3' Stephens 82' Romeu 84'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42212590	Bellerín 78' Giroud  88' Wilshere 90'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,643 Referee: Bobby Madley

17 13 December 2017	West Ham United	0–0	Arsenal	Olympic Park, London
20:00 GMT	Lanzini 41' Reid 90+2'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42247114		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,921 Referee: Jonathan Moss

18 16 December 2017	Arsenal	1–0	Newcastle United	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Özil  23' Monreal 86' Xhaka 90+2'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42290592	Hayden 40'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,379 Referee: Stuart Attwell

19 22 December 2017	Arsenal	3–3	Liverpool	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Sánchez  53' Xhaka  56' Özil  58' Iwobi 58'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42362392	Coutinho  26' Salah  52' Firmino  71'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,409 Referee: Martin Atkinson

20 28 December 2017	Crystal Palace	2–3	Arsenal	Selhurst, London
20:00 GMT	Zaha 45+2' Townsend  49' Tomkins  89'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42410931	Mustafi  25' Chambers 29' Sánchez  62', 66'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,762 Referee: Michael Oliver

21 31 December 2017	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Arsenal	West Bromwich
16:30 GMT	Evans 34' Brunt 59' Dawson 82' Rodriguez  89' (pen.)	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/41765374	Mustafi 58' McClean  83' (o.g.) Wilshere 88' Čech 90+5'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,223 Referee: Mike Dean

22 3 January 2018	Arsenal	2–2	Chelsea	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Wilshere 31',  63' Holding 53' Özil 67' Bellerín  90+2'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/42139186	Fàbregas 43' Hazard  67' (pen.) Alonso  84' Courtois 89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,379 Referee: Anthony Taylor

23 14 January 2018	Bournemouth	2–1	Arsenal	Boscombe
13:30 GMT	Gosling 21' Francis 31' Wilson  70' Ibe  74'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42594402	Bellerín  52' Xhaka 56' Wilshere 71'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,836 Referee: Kevin Friend

24 20 January 2018	Arsenal	4–1	Crystal Palace	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Monreal  6' Iwobi  10' Koscielny  13' Lacazette  22'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42672226	Milivojević  78'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,386 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

25 30 January 2018	Swansea City	3–1	Arsenal	Swansea
19:45 GMT	Clucas  34', 86' Ayew  61'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42784104	Monreal  33' Elneny 54' Bellerín 69' Özil 75'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,819 Referee: Lee Mason

26 3 February 2018	Arsenal	5–1	Everton	Holloway, London
17:30 GMT	Ramsey  6', 19', 74' Koscielny  14', 24' Aubameyang  37' Mustafi 50'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42842344	Calvert-Lewin  64'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,306 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

27 10 February 2018	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Arsenal	Wembley, London
12:30 GMT	Kane  49' Lamela 79' Dier 90+5'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42927831	Mustafi 73'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 83,222 Referee: Anthony Taylor

28 1 March 2018	Arsenal	0–3	Manchester City	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Kolašinac 32'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43150331	B. Silva  15' Otamendi 19' D. Silva  28' Sané  33'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,420 Referee: Andre Marriner

29 4 March 2018	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Arsenal	Falmer
13:30 GMT	Dunk  7' Murray  26', 78' Stephens 60' Schelotto 64'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43186393	Kolašinac 28' Wilshere 40' Aubameyang  43' Xhaka 54'	Stadium: AMEX Stadium Attendance: 30,620 Referee: Stuart Attwell

30 11 March 2018	Arsenal	3–0	Watford	Holloway, London
13:30 GMT	Mustafi  8', 55' Aubameyang  59' Mkhitaryan  77' Xhaka 90'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43275529	Holebas 66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,131 Referee: Martin Atkinson

31 1 April 2018	Arsenal	3–0	Stoke City	Holloway, London
13:30 BST	Elneny 37' Aubameyang  75' (pen.), 86' Lacazette  89' (pen.)	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43530417	Johnson 66' Allen 90'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,371 Referee: Craig Pawson

32 8 April 2018	Arsenal	3–2	Southampton	Holloway, London
14:15 BST	Aubameyang  28' Welbeck  38', 81' Bellerín 50' Wilshere 90+2' Elneny  90+3'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43609100	Long  17' Austin  73' Stephens  90+2' Hoedt 90+6'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,374 Referee: Andre Marriner

33 15 April 2018	Newcastle United	2–1	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
13:30 BST	Pérez  29' Ritchie  68' Slimani 90+1'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43686474	Lacazette  14'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,210 Referee: Anthony Taylor

34 22 April 2018	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'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43772469	Zabaleta 50' Arnautović  64'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,422 Referee: Lee Mason

35 29 April 2018	Manchester United	2–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:30 BST	Pogba  16' Fellaini  90+1'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43854104	Xhaka 24' Mkhitaryan  51'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,035 Referee: Kevin Friend

36 6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)	Arsenal	5–0	Burnley	Holloway, London
16:30 BST	Aubameyang  14', 75' Lacazette  45+3' Kolašinac  54' Iwobi  64'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43939015	Tarkowski 44'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,540 Referee: Andre Marriner

37 9 May 2018	Leicester City	3–1	Arsenal	Leicester
19:45 BST	Iheanacho  14' Vardy  76' (pen.) Simpson 78' Mahrez 85',  90'	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43353979	Mavropanos  15' Aubameyang  53' Holding 75' Xhaka 77'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,095 Referee: Graham Scott

38 13 May 2018	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

Main article: 2017–18 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

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

Third round 02018-01-07-7 January 2018	Nottingham Forest	4–2	Arsenal	West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
16:00 GMT	Lichaj  20', 44' Brereton  64' (pen.) Dowell  85' (pen.) Worall  88', 89'	Report	Mertesacker  23', 86' Welbeck  79' Debuchy 84' Ospina 85'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,182 Referee: Jonathan Moss

EFL Cup

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup

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

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

Fourth round 24 October 2017	Arsenal	2–1	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

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

Semi-finals, 1st leg 10 January 2018	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

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

Final 25 February 2018	Arsenal	0–3	Manchester City	Wembley
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

Main article: 2017–18 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.

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

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

2 28 September 2017	BATE Borisov	2–4	Arsenal	Barysaw
19:00 CET	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)

3 19 October 2017	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	Arsenal	Dedinje, Belgrade
19:00 CET	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)

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

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

6 7 December 2017	Arsenal	6–0	BATE Borisov	Holloway, London
21:05 CET	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

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

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

      Win       Draw       Loss

First leg 15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)	Östersund	0–3	Arsenal	Östersund, Sweden
19:00 CET		Report	Monreal  13' Papagiannopoulos  24' (o.g.) Özil  58'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 7,665 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Second leg 22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)	Arsenal	1–2 (4–2 agg.)	Östersund	London, England
21:05 CET	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

First leg 8 March 2018 (2018-03-08)	Milan	0–2	Arsenal	Milan, Italy
19:00 CET		Report	Mkhitaryan  15' Ramsey  45+4', 71' Kolašinac 60'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,821 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Second leg 15 March 2018 (2018-03-15)	Arsenal	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	Milan	London, England
21:05 CET	Welbeck  39' (pen.), 86' Monreal 45+2' Xhaka  71'	Report	Çalhanoğlu  35' Donnarumma 39' Romagnoli 42' Borini 42' Suso 61'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,973 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Quarter-finals

First leg 5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)	Arsenal	4–1	CSKA Moscow	London, England
21:05 CEST	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)

Second leg 12 April 2018 (2018-04-12)	CSKA Moscow	2–2 (3–6 agg.)	Arsenal	Moscow, Russia
22:05 MSK	Chalov  39' Nababkin  50' Golovin 86'	Report	Welbeck  75' Ramsey  90+2'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 29,284 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Semi-finals

First leg 26 April 2018 (2018-04-26)	Arsenal	1–1	Atlético Madrid	London, England
21:05 CEST	Lacazette  61'	Report	Vrsaljko  2', 10' Griezmann  82'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,066 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Second leg 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)	Atlético Madrid	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Arsenal	Madrid, Spain
21:05 CEST	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)

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