2019–20 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal 2019–20
Club information
Manager	Unai Emery (until 29 November) Freddie Ljungberg (Interim since 29 November)
Stadium	Emirates Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Group Stage
Season statistics
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The 2019–20 season is Arsenal's 28th season in the Premier League, 104th overall season in the top flight and 100th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club are participating in the Premier League, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup.

Review

Pre-season

July

Arsenal began their off-season by completing some squad alterations. Bernd Leno, Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock, Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith Rowe and Matt Macey all received new squad numbers, the latter five being promoted to the first team from the academy.

Arsenal’s pre-season tour in America got off to a shaky start with club captain, Laurent Koscielny, refusing to travel. He believed that over his 9 years of service to the club, he had earned the right to terminate his contract despite still having a year left. This lead to the club taking disciplinary actions, which included stripping Koscielny of the club captaincy.

Arsenal’s first summer signing was young Brazilian forward, Gabriel Martinelli, for a £6,000,000 fee. The summer was dominated by headlines stating that Arsenal’s transfer budget was only £45,000,000. Despite lots of major outlets reporting on this, it was revealed that the budget was actually closer to £100,000,000. The lack of budget and ambition from owner Stan Kroenke, lead many fans to grow infuriated, and begin protesting his ownership with the hashtag #WeCareDoYou.

On 15 July Arsenal began the pre-season tour with an emphatic 3–0 friendly win over Colorado Rapids with Martinelli scoring on his non-competitive debut. The Arsenal players featured were mostly youth players with Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also involved, being introduced from the bench.

On 17 July, Arsenal played against Bayern Munich in California in the 2019 International Champions Cup and prevailed 2–1 with Eddie Nketiah scoring the winning goal. Three days later the Gunners continued this winning form with a 3–0 victory over Fiorentina in Charlotte with a brace by Nketiah and a goal by Joe Willock. Three more days later Arsenal faced Real Madrid in Landover in the Gunners' third and final International Champions Cup match. Arsenal were leading 2–0 through Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but Real hit back with the troubled Gareth Bale halving the deficit and Marco Asensio scoring the equaliser. The match ended 2–2 thus resulting in a penalty shootout with the Gunners subsequently losing 3–2. In addition both teams ended the match with 10 men. This meant that Arsenal finished in 3rd place, their best ever result in the competition.

On 25 July, Arsenal completed the signing of French teenage centre-back William Saliba from Saint-Étienne for a reported fee of £27 million. However, he was loaned back to the French club for the 2019–20 season. Arsenal also completed a season-long loan deal for Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos from Real Madrid.

On 26 July, Arsenal pair Mesut Özil and Sead Kolašinac were involved in a carjacking attempt by a gang of armed robbers in London near Golders Green, where there was footage of Kolašinac chasing the gangsters. Both players were targeted by the gang but it was confirmed by the club that the pair escaped uninjured and were safe.

On 28 July, Arsenal played in the Emirates Cup for the first time since 2017 but lost 1–2 at home to French team Lyon. The Gunners failed to win the Emirates Cup for the first time since 2014.

On 31 July, Arsenal played a friendly game against Angers who were celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French club's establishment. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, meaning a penalty shootout had to decide the winner. The Gunners won the shootout 4–3 with Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez saving the decisive spot-kick from ex-Arsenal player Jeff Reine-Adelaïde.

August

On 1 August, Arsenal made the signing of Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pépé from Ligue 1 team Lille for a club record £72 million.

On 4 August, Arsenal also played against Barcelona on the Joan Gamper Trophy at the Camp Nou. The Gunners lost 2–1 with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring the only goal in the first half giving Arsenal the lead going into half time. However, a horrible own goal from Ainsley Maitland-Niles and a 90th minute winner from Luis Suárez gave Barcelona the win in Arsenal's final pre-season fixture.

On 6 August, then-captain Laurent Koscielny left Arsenal to join Ligue 1 club Bordeaux for a reported fee of £4.6 million after nine years at the club.

On 7 August, Carl Jenkinson left the club and joined Nottingham Forest for a fee of £2 million. The following day, transfer deadline day, the Gunners signed left-back Kieran Tierney from Celtic for a reported £25,000,000 fee and centre-back David Luiz from Chelsea for a reported £8,000,000 fee three hours later.

Players

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	GER	Leno, BerndBernd Leno	32	EU	2018	36	0	2023	£22.5M
2	DF	ESP	Bellerín, HéctorHéctor Bellerín	29	EU	2013	181	7	2023	Academy
3	DF	SCO	Tierney, KieranKieran Tierney	26	EU	2019	0	0	2024	£25.0M
4	MF	EGY	Elneny, MohamedMohamed Elneny	31	Non-EU	2016 (Winter)	89	2	2022	£7.4M
5	DF	GRE	Papastathopoulos, SokratisSokratis Papastathopoulos	35	EU	2018	40	3	2021	£17.6M
7	MF	ARM	Mkhitaryan, HenrikhHenrikh Mkhitaryan	35	Non-EU	2018 (Winter)	56	9	2021	Swap deal
8	MF	ESP	Ceballos, DaniDani Ceballos	27	EU	2019	0	0	2020	Loan	On loan from Real Madrid
9	FW	FRA	Lacazette, AlexandreAlexandre Lacazette	32	EU	2017	88	36	2022	£46.5M
10	MF	GER	Ozil, MesutMesut Özil	35	EU	2013	231	43	2021	£42.5M	Vice-captain
11	MF	URU	Torreira, LucasLucas Torreira	28	EU	2018	50	2	2023	£26.4M
14	FW	GAB	Aubameyang, Pierre-EmerickPierre-Emerick Aubameyang	34	EU	2018 (Winter)	65	41	2021	£56.0M
15	MF	ENG	Maitland-Niles, AinsleyAinsley Maitland-Niles	26	EU	2014	68	2	2023	Academy
16	DF	ENG	Holding, RobRob Holding	28	EU	2016	60	1	2023	£2.0M
18	DF	ESP	Monreal, NachoNacho Monreal	38	EU	2013 (Winter)	248	10	2020	£8.5M	Vice-captain
19	FW	CIV	Pépé, NicolasNicolas Pépé	28	EU	2019	0	0	2024	£72.0M	Current record signing
20	DF	GER	Mustafi, ShkodranShkodran Mustafi	32	EU	2016	115	8	2021	£35.0M
21	DF	ENG	Chambers, CalumCalum Chambers	29	EU	2014	83	3	2022	£16.0M
23	DF	BRA	Luiz, DavidDavid Luiz	36	EU	2019	0	0	2021	£8.0M
24	FW	ENG	Nelson, ReissReiss Nelson	24	EU	2015	16	0	2022	Academy
26	GK	ARG	Martínez, EmilianoEmiliano Martínez	31	Non-EU	2010	14	0	2022	Academy
27	DF	GRE	Mavropanos, KonstantinosKonstantinos Mavropanos	26	EU	2018 (Winter)	7	0	2023	£1.9M
28	MF	ENG	Willock, JoeJoe Willock	24	EU	2015	17	3	2022	Academy
29	MF	FRA	Guendouzi, MatteoMatteo Guendouzi	25	EU	2018	48	1	2022	£7.0M
30	FW	ENG	Nketiah, EddieEddie Nketiah	24	EU	2015	19	3	2022	Academy	On loan at Leeds United
31	DF	BIH	Kolašinac, SeadSead Kolašinac	30	EU	2017	72	5	2022	Free
32	MF	ENG	Smith Rowe, EmileEmile Smith Rowe	23	EU	2016	6	3	2023	Academy
33	GK	ENG	Macey, MattMatt Macey	29	EU	2013	2	0	2022	Academy
34	MF	SUI	Xhaka, GranitGranit Xhaka	31	EU	2016	134	11	2023	£30.0M	Captain
35	FW	BRA	Martinelli, GabrielGabriel Martinelli	22	EU	2019	0	0	2024	£6.0M
—	DF	FRA	Saliba, WilliamWilliam Saliba	23	EU	2019	0	0	2024	£27.0M	On loan at Saint-Étienne

Last updated: 8 August 2019
Source: Arsenal FC and FootballDatabase (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team
2 July 2019	LW		Gabriel Martinelli	Ituano	£6,000,000	First team
	GK		James Hillson	Reading	Free transfer	Academy
8 July 2019	CB		Jason Sraha	Chelsea	Free transfer	Academy
	AM		Cătălin Cîrjan	Viitorul Domnesti	Free transfer	Academy
25 July 2019	CB		William Saliba	Saint-Étienne	£27,000,000	First team
8 August 2019	LB		Kieran Tierney	Celtic	£25,000,000	First team
	CB		David Luiz	Chelsea	£8,000,000	First team

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Team
25 July 2019	CM		Dani Ceballos	Real Madrid	30 June 2020	First team

Transfer out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team
1 July 2019	LB		Cohen Bramall	Free agent	Released	Academy
	GK		Petr Čech	Retired		First team
	RB		Vontae Daley-Campbell	Leicester City	Released	Academy
	DM		Charlie Gilmour	Free agent	Released	Academy
	RB		Stephan Lichtsteiner	Free agent	Released	First team
	CB		Julio Pleguezuelo	FC Twente	Released	Academy
	CM		Aaron Ramsey	Juventus	Released	First team
	CB		Bayli Spencer-Adams	Watford	Released	Academy
	CF		Danny Welbeck	Free agent	Released	First team
4 July 2019	GK		David Ospina	Napoli	£5,000,000	First team
8 July 2019	CM		Yunus Musah	Free agent	Released	Academy
28 July 2019	RW		Xavier Amaechi	Hamburger SV	£2,200,000	Academy
2 August 2019	CB		Krystian Bielik	Derby County	£10,000,000	Academy
4 August 2019	SS		Takuma Asano	Partizan Belgrade	£900,000	First team
6 August 2019	CB		Laurent Koscielny	Bordeaux	£4,600,000	First team
7 August 2019	RB		Carl Jenkinson	Nottingham Forest	£2,000,000	First team
8 August 2019	LB		Dominic Thompson	Brentford	£3,000,000	Academy
	LW		Alex Iwobi	Everton	£40,000,000	First team

Loans Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Team
1 July 2019	RB		Jordi Osei-Tutu	VfL Bochum	30 June 2020	Academy
3 July 2019	CB		Daniel Ballard	Swindon Town	30 June 2020	Academy
12 July 2019	DM		Ben Sheaf	Doncaster Rovers	30 June 2020	Academy
13 July 2019	GK		Dejan Iliev	ŠKF Sereď	30 June 2020	Academy
25 July 2019	CB		William Saliba	Saint-Étienne	30 June 2020	First team

Club

Kits

Adidas were announced as Arsenal's kit supplier as of the start of the season. This marks the first time since the 1993-94 season that Adidas have been the kit supplier to the club.

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

Home

Away

Third

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 4 July 2019

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Europa League		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Germany	Bernd Leno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Spain	Héctor Bellerín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Egypt	Mohamed Elneny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Greece	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	France	Laurent Koscielny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Armenia	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	France	Alexandre Lacazette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Germany	Mesut Özil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Uruguay	Lucas Torreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Gabon	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	England	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	England	Rob Holding	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Nigeria	Alex Iwobi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Spain	Nacho Monreal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Germany	Shkodran Mustafi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	England	Calum Chambers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	England	Reiss Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	England	Carl Jenkinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	Argentina	Emiliano Martínez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Greece	Konstantinos Mavropanos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	England	Joe Willock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	France	Matteo Guendouzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	England	Eddie Nketiah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sead Kolašinac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	England	Emile Smith Rowe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	England	Matt Macey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	Switzerland	Granit Xhaka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	Brazil	Gabriel Martinelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	Japan	Takuma Asano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pre-season

Friendlies

6 July 2019	Boreham Wood	3–3	Arsenal	Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England
15:00 BST	Marsh  3', Mingoia  15', McDonnell  44'	Report	Smith  40', John-Jules  60', 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 2,766

15 July 2019	Colorado Rapids	0–3	Arsenal	Commerce City, Colorado
19:00 MDT		Report	Saka  13' Olayinka  29' Martinelli  61'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park

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

International Champions Cup

Main article: 2019 International Champions Cup

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

ICC 20 July 2019	Arsenal	3–0	Fiorentina	Charlotte, North Carolina
18:00 EDT	Nketiah  15', 65' Willock  89'	Report		Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 34,902 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira (United States)

ICC 23 July 2019	Real Madrid	2–2 (3–2 pen)	Arsenal	Washington D.C., United States
19:00 EDT	Bale  56' Asensio  59'	Report	Lacazette  10' (pen.) Aubameyang  24'	Stadium: FedExField Attendance: 52,826 Referee: Timothy Ford (United States)
	Penalties
	Bale Isco Varane Vinícius		Nelson Xhaka Saka Monreal Burton

Emirates Cup

Main article: 2019 Emirates Cup

28 July 2019	Arsenal	1–2	Lyon	London, England
15:15 BST	Aubameyang  35'	https://www.arsenal.com/fixture/arsenal/2019-jul-28/lyon	Dembélé  66', 75'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Jonathan Moss (England)

Joan Gamper Trophy

Main article: 2019 Joan Gamper Trophy

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

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	&0000000000000021.00000021	&0000000000000006.0000006	&0000000000000009.0000009	&0000000000000006.0000006	&0000000000000028.00000028	&0000000000000030.00000030	−2	&0000000000000028.57000028.57
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	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000010.00000010	&0000000000000005.0000005	+5	&0000000000000050.00000050.00
Europa League	&0000000000000006.0000006	&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000014.00000014	&0000000000000007.0000007	+7	&0000000000000050.00000050.00
Total	&0000000000000029.00000029	&0000000000000010.00000010	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000007.0000007	&0000000000000052.00000052	&0000000000000042.00000042	+10	&0000000000000034.48000034.48

Last updated: 1 January 2020
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool  (C)	38	32	3	3	85	33	+52	99	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	38	26	3	9	102	35	+67	81
3	Manchester United	38	18	12	8	66	36	+30	66
4	Chelsea	38	20	6	12	69	54	+15	66
5	Leicester City	38	18	8	12	67	41	+26	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	11	11	61	47	+14	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	14	9	51	40	+11	59
8	Arsenal	38	14	14	10	56	48	+8	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
8	Sheffield United	38	14	12	12	39	39	0	54
10	Burnley	38	15	9	14	43	50	−7	54
11	Southampton	38	15	7	16	51	60	−9	52
12	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	56	−12	49
13	Newcastle United	38	11	11	16	38	58	−20	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	11	10	17	31	50	−19	43
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	14	15	39	54	−15	41
16	West Ham United	38	10	9	19	49	62	−13	39
17	Aston Villa	38	9	8	21	41	67	−26	35
18	Bournemouth  (R)	38	9	7	22	40	65	−25	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Watford  (R)	38	8	10	20	36	64	−28	34
20	Norwich City  (R)	38	5	6	27	26	75	−49	21

Updated to games played on 26 July 2020
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

a. Manchester City were initially banned from all UEFA club competitions for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 14 February 2020 due to alleged breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 26 February 2020. That appeal was heard on 8 June 2020. The appeal was upheld on 13 July 2020, and the ban was overturned.
b. Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, have qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) is passed down to the sixth-placed team.

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

Last updated: 1 January 2020.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.

1 11 August 2019	Newcastle United	0–1	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
14:00 BST		Report	Aubameyang  58'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 47,635 Referee: Martin Atkinson

2 17 August 2019	Arsenal	2–1	Burnley	Holloway, London
12:30 BST	Lacazette  13' Aubameyang  64'	Report	Barnes  43'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,214 Referee: Mike Dean

3 24 August 2019	Liverpool	3–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Matip  41' Salah  49' (Pen), 58'	Report	Torreira  85'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,298 Referee: Anthony Taylor

4 1 September 2019	Arsenal	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway, London
16:30 BST	Lacazette  45+1' Aubameyang  71'	Report	Eriksen  10' Kane  40' (pen.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,333 Referee: Martin Atkinson

5 15 September 2019	Watford	2–2	Arsenal	Watford
16:30 BST	Cleverley  53' Pereyra  81' (Pen)	Report	Aubameyang  21', 32'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 21,360 Referee: Anthony Taylor

6 22 September 2019	Arsenal	3–2	Aston Villa	Holloway, London
16:30 BST	Maitland-Niles  11', 41' Pépé  59' (Pen) Chambers  81' Aubameyang  84'	Report	McGinn  20' Wesley  60'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,331 Referee: Jonathan Moss

7 30 September 2019	Manchester United	1–1	Arsenal	Manchester
20:00 BST	McTominay  45'	Report	Aubameyang  58'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,201 Referee: Kevin Friend

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

9 21 October 2019	Sheffield United	1–0	Arsenal	Sheffield
20:00 BST	Mousset  30'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 30,775 Referee: Mike Dean

10 27 October 2019	Arsenal	2–2	Crystal Palace	Holloway, London
16:30 BST	Papastathopoulos  7' David Luiz  9'	Report	Milivojević  32' (Pen) J Ayew  52'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,345 Referee: Martin Atkinson

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

12 9 November 2019	Leicester City	2–0	Arsenal	Leicester
17:30 BST	Vardy  68' Maddison  75'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,209 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

13 23 November 2019	Arsenal	2–2	Southampton	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Lacazette  18', 90+6'	Report	Ings  8', 31' Ward-Prowse  71'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,295 Referee: Stuart Attwell

14 1 December 2019	Norwich City	2–2	Arsenal	Norwich
14:00 BST	Pukki  21' Cantwell  45+2'	Report	Aubameyang  29' (pen.), 57'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,067 Referee: Paul Tierney

15 5 December 2019	Arsenal	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Holloway, London
20:15 BST	Lacazette  50'	Report	Webster  36' Maupay  80'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,164 Referee: Graham Scott

16 7 December 2019	West Ham United	1–3	Arsenal	Stratford, London
15:00 BST	Ogbonna  38'	Report	Martinelli  60' Pépé  66' Aubameyang  69'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,936 Referee: Mike Dean

17 15 December 2019	Arsenal	0–3	Manchester City	Holloway, London
16:30 BST		Report	De Bruyne  2', 40' Sterling  15'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,031 Referee: Paul Tierney

18 21 December 2019	Everton	0–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,336 Referee: Kevin Friend

19 26 December 2019	Bournemouth	1–1	Arsenal	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Gosling  35'	Report	Aubameyang  63'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,234 Referee: Stuart Attwell

20 28 December 2019	Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Aubameyang  13'	Report	Jorginho  83' Abraham  87'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,309 Referee: Craig Pawson

21 1 January 2020	Arsenal	2–0	Manchester United	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Pépé  8' Papastathopoulos  42'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,328 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

22 11 January 2020	Crystal Palace	v	Arsenal	Selhurst
12:30 BST				Stadium: Selhurst Park

23 18 January 2020	Arsenal	v	Sheffield United	Holloway, London
15:00 BST				Stadium: Emirates Stadium

24 22 January 2020	Chelsea	v	Arsenal	Chelsea, London
19:45 BST				Stadium: Stamford Bridge

25 1 February 2020	Burnley	v	Arsenal	Burnley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Turf Moor

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 2 December 2019.

Third round 6 January 2020	Arsenal	v	Leeds United	Holloway, London
19:56 GMT				Stadium: Emirates Stadium

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

Third round 24 September 2019	Arsenal	5–0	Nottingham Forest	Holloway
19:45 BST	Martinelli  31', 90+2' Holding  71' Willock  77' Nelson  84'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 53,160 Referee: Darren England

Fourth round 30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)	Liverpool	5–5 (5–4 pen)	Arsenal	Anfield, Liverpool
19:30 BST	Mustafi  6' (o.g.) Milner  43' (pen.) Oxlade-Chamberlain  58' Origi  62', 90+4'	Report	Torreira  19' Martinelli  26', 36' Maitland-Niles  54' Willock  70'	Attendance: 52,694 Referee: Andre Marriner
		Penalties
	Milner Lallana Brewster Origi Jones		Bellerín Guendouzi Martinelli Ceballos Maitland-Niles

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Arsenal entered the competition in the group stages as a result for their fifth place finish in the 2018–19 season. The Gunners were drawn with Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liège and Vitória.

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Arsenal	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9
Standard Liège	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
Vitória de Guimarães	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

1 19 September 2019	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	Arsenal	Frankfurt am Main, Germany
18:55 CEST	Kohr  79'	BBC Report UEFA Report	Willock  38' Saka  85' Aubameyang  87'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2 3 October 2019	Arsenal	4–0	Standard Liège	London, England
20:00 BST	Martinelli  13', 16' Willock  22' Ceballos  57'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,725 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

3 24 October 2019	Arsenal	3–2	Vitória de Guimarães	London, England
20:00 BST	Martinelli  32' Pépé  80', 90+2'	Report	Edwards  8' Duarte da Silva  36'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,195 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

4 6 November 2019	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Arsenal	Guimarães, Portugal
16:50 CET	Duarte da Silva  90+1'	Report	Mustafi  80'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 17,822 Referee: Halis Özkahya

5 28 November 2019	Arsenal	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	London, England
20:00 GMT	Aubameyang  45+2'	Report	Kamada  55', 63'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

6 12 December 2019	Standard Liège	2–2	Arsenal	Liège, Belgium
18:55 CET	Bastien  47' Amallah  69'	UEFA Report	Lacazette  78' Saka  81'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The draw for the Round of 32 was confirmed on 16 November.

Round of 32

First leg 20 February 2020 (2020-02-20)	Olympiacos	0–1	Arsenal	Piraeus, Greece
22:00 EET		Report	Lacazette  81'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 31,456 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Second leg 27 February 2020 (2020-02-27)	Arsenal	1–2 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Olympiacos	London, England
20:00 GMT	Aubameyang  113'	Report	Cissé  53' El-Arabi  120'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,242 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)