2023–24 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal 2023–24
Club information
Manager	Mikel Arteta
Stadium	Emirates Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League 2nd
Highest position	1st
lowest position	5th
Points	89
Goals for	91
Goals against	29
Goals difference	+62
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round Lost 2–0 to Liverpool
EFL Cup	Fourth round Lost 3–1 to West Ham Utd
Champions League	Quarter-finals Lost 3–1 on aggregate to Bayern Munich
Community Shield	Winners
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Bukayo Saka (16)
Biggest home win	6–0 v Lens (29 November 2023)
Biggest away win	6–0 v West Ham United (11 February 2024)
Biggest home attendance	60,374 v Liverpool (4 February 2024)
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The 2023–24 season was the 138th season in the history of Arsenal Football Club and the club's 105th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Arsenal also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League, the latter of which will be returning to the top-premier tournament after six-year absence.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Review

Background

See also: 2022–23 Arsenal F.C. season

The 2022–23 campaign was a breakthrough season for Arsenal. Their primary goal at the start of the campaign was to qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League. At the halfway stage of the league season, the Gunners recorded their best-ever start to a Premier League campaign with 16 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss and 50 points from the first 19 games. Arsenal led the league for a long time, but ultimately their challenge collapsed, as they collected just 12 points from their final 9 matches (3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses). Arteta's side finished second in the Premier League, returning to Champions League football for the first time since the 2016–17 season.

Arsenal were the second-youngest team in the 2022–23 Premier League with an average starting age of 25 years and 52 days, 11 days older than relegated Southampton, and 2 years and 201 days younger than champions Manchester City. Four first-team players who were aged 24 or under on 1 July 2022 – Gabriel Magalhães, Gabriel Martinelli, Aaron Ramsdale and Bukayo Saka – signed new long-term contracts with the club during the campaign.

Pre-season

First-team transfers (summer transfer window)

The summer transfer window opened on 14 June 2023. The Gunners announced on 16 June that they were to release thirteen players, one of whom, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, had made 132 appearances for Arsenal's first-team in all competitions. On June 28, it was confirmed that Arsenal had signed Kai Havertz from Chelsea for around £65M.

New contracts and transfers

New contracts

The following Arsenal players signed their first or new professional contracts with the club during the campaign.

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Contract type	Team
6 July 2023	68	DF		Elian Quesada-Thorn	First professional contract	Academy
	70	DF		Josh Robinson
	24	FW		Reiss Nelson	Contract extension till 2027	First team
7 July 2023	51	MF		Jimi Gower	First professional contract	Academy
	66	MF		Ismail Oulad M'Hand
	2	DF		William Saliba	Contract extension till 2027	First team

Transfers in

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Team
28 June 2023	29	MF		Kai Havertz	Chelsea	£65m	First team
14 July 2023	12	DF		Jurriën Timber	Ajax (Eredivisie)	£34.0m
July 2023	41	MF		Declan Rice	West Ham United (Premier League)	£105m

Total expenditure: £204 million (excluding add-ons and undisclosed figures)

Transfers out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Transfer fee
First team
30 June 2023	22	DF	Pablo Marí	Monza (Serie A)	£6.0m
6 July 2023	34	MF	Granit Xhaka	Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga)	£21.4m
3 August 2023	32	DF	Auston Trusty	Sheffield United (Premier League)	£5.0m
9 August 2023	30	GK	Matt Turner	Nottingham Forest (Premier League)	£10.0m
30 August 2023	26	FW	Folarin Balogun	Monaco (Ligue 1)	£25.8m + £8.6m
1 September 2023	16	DF	Rob Holding	Crystal Palace (Premier League)	£1.0m + £2.5m
Academy
20 June 2023	62	FW	Nikolaj Möller	St. Gallen (Super League)	Undisclosed
28 June 2023	65	DF	Mazeed Ogungbo	Barrow (League Two)
1 August 2023	44	MF	Ben Cottrell	Mura (PrvaLiga)
6 September 2023	37	DF	Ryan Alebiosu	Kortrijk (Pro League)
10 September 2023	49	MF	Marcelo Flores	Tigres (Liga MX)
11 September 2023	36	MF	Tim Akinola	Al Bidda (Second Division)

Total income: £69.2 million (excluding potential add-ons and undisclosed figures)

Loans in

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Loaned from	On loan until
First team
15 August 2023	22	GK	David Raya	Brentford (Premier League)	End of season	£3.0m

Total expenditure: £3.0 million (excluding further fees)

Loans out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Loan fee
First team
12 August 2023	27	FW	Marquinhos	Nantes (Ligue 1)	End of season	Undisclosed
18 August 2023	13	GK	Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson	Cardiff City (Championship)
27 August 2023	3	DF	Kieran Tierney	Real Sociedad (La Liga)		£1.2m
1 September 2023	23	MF	Albert Sambi Lokonga	Luton Town (Premier League)		Undisclosed
	33	GK	Arthur Okonkwo	Wrexham (League Two)
	—	DF	Nuno Tavares	Nottingham Forest (Premier League)		£1.0m
Academy
26 June 2023	43	MF	Cătălin Cîrjan	Rapid București (Liga I)	End of season	Undisclosed
18 July 2023	40	MF	Mauro Bandeira	Colchester United (League Two)
20 July 2023	75	FW	Billy Vigar	Eastbourne Borough (National League South)
21 July 2023	52	GK	Hubert Graczyk	Slough Town (National League South)
3 August 2023	64	FW	Mika Biereth	Motherwell (Premiership)
11 August 2023	67	MF	Charlie Patino	Swansea City (Championship)
24 August 2023	62	DF	Brooke Norton-Cuffy	Millwall (Championship)
25 August 2023	57	FW	Tyreece John-Jules	Derby County (League One)	January 2024
31 August 2023	65	MF	Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand	Den Bosch (Eerste Divisie)	End of season
1 September 2023	42	FW	Nathan Butler-Oyedeji	Cheltenham Town (League One)
	56	DF	Henry Jeffcott	Derby County (League One)
	69	DF	Omar Rekik	Wigan Athletic (League One)	January 2024
	90	GK	Brian Okonkwo	Leatherhead (Isthmian League South Central)		Work experience
4 September 2023	58	DF	Alex Kirk	Bromley (National League)	End of season	Undisclosed
	74	FW	Kido Taylor-Hart

Total income: £2.2 million (excluding undisclosed figures)

Overall transfer activity

Transfer window	Spending	Income	Net expenditure
Summer 2023	£208.6 million	£42.4 million	£166.2 million
Winter 2024	£0.0 million	£0.0 million	£0.0 million
Total	£208.6 million	£42.4 million	£166.2 million

Note: All undisclosed figures excluded.

Kits

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

Home

Away

Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Kit information

This is Adidas's fifth year supplying Arsenal kit, having taken over from Puma at the beginning of the 2019–20 season. On 2 August 2023, Arsenal and Emirates announced that they had extended their partnership to 2028 – the longest-running front-of-shirt sponsorship in Premier League history.

• Home: The club confirmed on 26 May 2023 that their new home kit for the 2023–24 season would debut in the final home game of the 2022–23 season. The home kit uses Arsenal's traditional colours of red and white. The shirt has a red body and white sleeves, and is complemented by white shorts and white socks. The new kit pays tribute to the 20th anniversary of the 2003–04 Invincibles season, as the Gunners' crest, Adidas' logo and three stripes feature in gold, while a lightning bolt pattern appears on the socks. Red shorts may be used in some home games when there will be a colour clash with the away team's kit.
• Away: The new men's team away kit was revealed on 18 July, one day before the 2023 Major League Soccer All-Star Game. The shirt features black lines inspired by the map of Islington, Arsenal's home borough. A yellow base colour is complemented by light blue accents on the collars and sleeves. The shirt is partnered with black shorts and yellow socks. Yellow shorts may be used in some away games when there will be a colour clash with the home team's kit.
• Goalkeeper: The new goalkeeper kits are based on Adidas's goalkeeper template for the season.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 21 March 2023, Arsenal announced that they would travel to the United States in July to compete against the MLS All-stars, lead by D.C. United head coach Wayne Rooney. On 28 April, a further US tour friendly was confirmed against Manchester United in New Jersey in July. On 12 May, Arsenal announced their third and final pre-season fixture in the US this summer, against Barcelona at SoFi Stadium, the home to the National Football League (NFL)'s Los Angeles Rams which is also owned by Kroenke Sports and Entertainment. The Gunners confirmed on 8 June that they would travel to Germany to face 1. FC Nürnberg as part of a pre-season training camp at the Adidas headquarters in July, before heading to the US. A day later, the club announced the return of the Emirates Cup with Monaco confirmed as opponents.

Friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 8 July 2023	Arsenal	1–1	Watford	London
				Stadium: London Colney

Friendly 13 July 2023	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Arsenal	Nuremberg, Germany
19:00 CEST 18:00 BST	Jorginho  62' (o.g.)	Report	Saka  7'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Michael Bacher

Friendly 22 July 2022	Arsenal	0–2 (3–5 pen)	Manchester United	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
17:00 EDT 22:00 BST		Report	Fernandes  30' Sancho  37'	Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 82,262 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
		Penalties
	Ødegaard Trossard Vieira Jorginho		Casemiro Dalot Lindelöf Rashford Eriksen

Friendly 26 July 2023	Arsenal	5–3	Barcelona	Los Angeles, United States
19:30 PDT 03:30 BST	Saka  13', 22' Trossard  55', 78' Havertz  43' Vieira  89'	Report	Lewandowski  7' Raphinha  34' Torres  88'	Stadium: SoFi Stadium Attendance: 70,223 Referee: Alex Chilowicz (United States)

MLS All-Star Game

Main article: 2023 MLS All-Star Game

MLS All-Star Game 19 July 2023	MLS All-Stars	0–5	Arsenal	Washington, United States
20:30 EDT 01:30 BST +1		Report	Gabriel Jesus  5' Trossard  23' Jorginho  48' (pen.) Martinelli  84' Havertz  89'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 20,621 Referee: Ted Unkel

Emirates Cup

Main article: 2023 Emirates Cup

2023 Emirates Cup 2 August 2023	Arsenal	1–1 (5–4 pen)	Monaco	Holloway
18:00 BST	Nketiah  43'	Report	Fofana  31'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Anthony Taylor
		Penalties
	Odegaard Jorginho Havertz Vieira Gabriel		Henrique Fofana Diatta Minamino Volland

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	12 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	2nd	700138000000000000038	700128000000000000028	70005000000000000005	70005000000000000005	700191000000000000091	700129000000000000029	+62	0700173680000000000073.68
FA Cup	7 January 2024		Third round	Third round	70001000000000000001	50000000000000000000	50000000000000000000	70001000000000000001	50000000000000000000	70002000000000000002	−2	0050000000000000000000.00
EFL Cup	27 September 2023	1 November 2023	Third round	Fourth round	70002000000000000002	70001000000000000001	50000000000000000000	70001000000000000001	70002000000000000002	70003000000000000003	−1	0700150000000000000050.00
FA Community Shield	6 August 2023		Final	Winners	70001000000000000001	50000000000000000000	70001000000000000001	50000000000000000000	70001000000000000001	70001000000000000001	+0	0050000000000000000000.00
UEFA Champions League	20 September 2023	17 April 2024	Group stage	Quarter-finals	700110000000000000010	70005000000000000005	70002000000000000002	70003000000000000003	700119000000000000019	70008000000000000008	+11	0700150000000000000050.00
Total					700152000000000000052	700134000000000000034	70008000000000000008	700110000000000000010	7002113000000000000113	700143000000000000043	+70	0700165379000000000065.38

Source: Soccerway

FA Community Shield

Main article: 2023 FA Community Shield

Arsenal, as Premier League runners-up in the previous season, will play against Manchester City in the 2023 FA Community Shield, who themselves won the League and FA Cup double.

6 August 2023 (2023-08-06)	Arsenal	1–1 (4–1 pen)	Manchester City	Wembley Stadium, London
16:00 BST	Trossard  90+11'	Report	Palmer  77'	Attendance: 81,145 Referee: Stuart Attwell (Birmingham)
		Penalties
	Ødegaard Trossard Saka Vieira		De Bruyne Silva Rodri

Premier League

Main article: 2023–24 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
2	Manchester City  (C)	38	28	7	3	94	33	+61	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
1	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	+62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	+45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	+15	68
5	Tottenham	38	20	6	12	74	61	+13	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	+14	63	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Newcastle Utd	38	18	6	14	85	62	+23	60
8	Manchester Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	−1	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
9	West Ham Utd	38	14	10	14	60	74	−14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	−1	49
11	Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	−7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	−13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	−6	47
14	Wolves	38	13	7	18	49	63	−14	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	−11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	−9	39
17	Nottm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	−18	32
18	Luton Town  (R)	38	6	8	24	52	85	−33	26	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Burnley  (R)	38	5	9	24	41	78	−37	24
20	Sheffield Utd  (R)	38	3	7	28	35	104	−69	16

Source: 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

• Everton were deducted eight points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. They were originally deducted 10 points but this was reduced to six after an appeal. The club were then deducted an additional two points for further PSR breaches.
• Nottingham Forest were deducted 4 points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. The club appealed the decision but were unsuccessful.

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	28	5	5	91	29	+62	89	15	2	2	48	16	+32	13	3	3	43	13	+30

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	4	3	5	5	4	5	3	2	3	2	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2
Points	3	6	7	10	13	14	17	20	21	24	24	27	30	33	36	36	39	40	40	40	43	46	49	52	55	58	61	64	65	65	68	71	74	77	80	83	86	89

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

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

The league fixtures were announced on 15 June 2023.

1 12 August 2023	Arsenal	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Holloway
13:00 BST	Nketiah  26' Saka  32'	Report	Awoniyi  82'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,984 Referee: Michael Oliver

2 21 August 2023	Crystal Palace	0–1	Arsenal	Selhurst
20:00 BST		Report	Ødegaard  53' (Pen) Tomiyasu  67'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,189 Referee: David Coote

3 26 August 2023	Arsenal	2–2	Fulham	Holloway
15:00 BST	Saka  70' Nketiah  72'	Report	Pereira  1' Bassey  50', 83' Palhinha  87'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,961 Referee: Paul Tierney

4 2 September 2023	Arsenal	3–1	Manchester United	Holloway
15:00 BST	Ødegaard  28' Rice  90+6' Gabriel Jesus  90+11'	Report	Rashford  27'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,192 Referee: Anthony Taylor

5 17 September 2023	Everton	0–1	Arsenal	Walton
16:30 BST		Report	Trossard  69'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,217 Referee: Simon Hooper

6 24 September 2023	Arsenal	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway
14:00 BST	Romero  26' (og) Saka  54' (Pen)	Report	Son Heung-min  42', 55'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,156 Referee: Robert Jones

7 30 September 2023	Bournemouth	0–4	Arsenal	Dorset
15:00 BST		Report	Saka  17' Havertz  53' (pen.) Ødegaard  44' (pen.) White  90+3'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 11,193 Referee: Michael Salisbury

8 8 October 2023	Arsenal	1–0	Manchester City	Holloway
16:30 BST	Martinelli  86'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,233 Referee: Michael Oliver

9 21 October 2023	Chelsea	2–2	Arsenal	Fulham
17:30 BST	Palmer  15' (pen.) Mudryk  48'	Report	Rice  77' Trossard  84'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,723 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

10 28 October 2023	Arsenal	5–0	Sheffield United	Holloway
15:00 BST	Nketiah  20', 50', 58' Vieira  88' (pen.) Tomiyasu  90+6'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,153 Referee: Tim Robinson

11 4 November 2023	Newcastle United	1–0	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Gordon  64'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,194 Referee: Stuart Attwell

12 11 November 2023	Arsenal	3–1	Burnley	Holloway
15:00 GMT	Trossard  45+1' Saliba  57' Zinchenko  74' Vieira  83'	Report	Brownhill  54'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,232 Referee: Michael Oliver

13 25 November 2023	Brentford	0–1	Arsenal	Brentford
15:00 GMT		Report	Havertz  89'	Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium Attendance: 17,201 Referee: Tim Robinson

14 2 December 2023	Arsenal	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Holloway
15:00 GMT	Saka  6' Ødegaard  13'	Report	Matheus Cunha  86'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,262 Referee: Peter Bankes

15 5 December 2023	Luton Town	3–4	Arsenal	Luton
20:15 GMT	Osho  25' Adebayo  49' Barkley  57'	Report	Martinelli  20' Gabriel Jesus  45' Havertz  60' Rice  90+7'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 11,112 Referee: Samuel Barrott

16 9 December 2023	Aston Villa	1–0	Arsenal	Aston
17:30 GMT	McGinn  7'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Jarred Gillett

17 17 December 2023	Arsenal	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Holloway
14:00 GMT	Gabriel Jesus  53' Havertz  87'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,257 Referee: Tim Robinson

18 23 December 2023	Liverpool	1–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
17:30 GMT	Salah  29'	Report	Gabriel  4'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 57,548 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

19 28 December 2023	Arsenal	0–2	West Ham United	Holloway
20:15 GMT		Report	Souček  13' Mavropanos  55'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,261 Referee: Michael Oliver

20 31 December 2023	Fulham	2–1	Arsenal	Fulham
14:00 GMT	Jiménez  29' Decordova-Reid  59'	Report	Saka  5'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,444 Referee: Josh Smith

21 20 January 2024	Arsenal	5–0	Crystal Palace	Holloway
12:30 GMT	Gabriel  11', 37' Trossard  59' Martinelli  90+4', 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,284 Referee: Paul Tierney

22 30 January 2024	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Arsenal	West Bridgford
19:30 GMT	Awoniyi  89'	Report	Gabriel Jesus  65' Saka  72'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,387 Referee: Simon Hooper

23 3 February 2024	Arsenal	3–1	Liverpool	Holloway
15:00 GMT	Saka  14' Martinelli  67' Trossard  90+2'	Report	Gabriel  45+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,374 Referee: Anthony Taylor

24 11 February 2024	West Ham United	0–6	Arsenal	Stratford
14:00 GMT		Report	Saliba  32' Saka  41' (pen.), 63' Gabriel  44' Trossard  45+2' Rice  65'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 62,474 Referee: Craig Pawson

25 17 February 2024	Burnley	0–5	Arsenal	Burnley
15:00 GMT		Report	Ødegaard  4' Saka  41' (pen.), 47' Trossard  66' Havertz  78'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,311 Referee: Jarred Gillett

26 24 February 2024	Arsenal	4–1	Newcastle United	Holloway
15:00 GMT	Botman  18' (o.g.) Havertz  24' Saka  65' Kiwior  69'	Report	Willock  84'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,298 Referee: Paul Tierney

27 4 March 2024	Sheffield United	0–6	Arsenal	Sheffield
20:00 GMT		Report	Ødegaard  5' Bogle  13' (o.g.) Martinelli  15' Havertz  25' Rice  39' White  58'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 29,980 Referee: Samuel Barrott

28 9 March 2024	Arsenal	2–1	Brentford	Holloway
17:30 GMT	Rice  19' Havertz  86'	Report	Wissa  45+4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,331 Referee: Robert Jones

30 31 March 2024	Manchester City	0–0	Arsenal	Manchester
16:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,422 Referee: Anthony Taylor

31 2 April 2024	Arsenal	2–0	Luton Town	Holloway
15:00 BST	Ødegaard  24' Hashioka  44' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,262 Referee: Craig Pawson

32 6 April 2024	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–3	Arsenal	Falmer
15:00 BST		Report	Saka  33' (pen.) Havertz  62' Trossard  86'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 31,677 Referee: John Brooks

33 13 April 2024	Arsenal	0–2	Aston Villa	Holloway
15:00 BST		Report	Bailey  84' Watkins  87'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,350 Referee: David Coote

34 20 April 2024	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST		Report	Trossard  45' Ødegaard  90+5'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,621 Referee: Paul Tierney

29 Postponed	Arsenal	5–0	Chelsea	Holloway
15:00 GMT	Trossard  4' White  52', 70' Havertz  57', 65'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,238 Referee: Simon Hooper

35 27 April 2024	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Arsenal	Tottenham
15:00 BST	Romero  64' Son Heung-min  87' (pen.)	Report	Højbjerg  15' (o.g.) Saka  27' Havertz  38'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 61,554 Referee: Michael Oliver

36 4 May 2024	Arsenal	3–0	Bournemouth	Holloway
15:00 BST	Saka  45' (pen.) Trossard  70' Rice  90+7'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,348 Referee: David Coote

37 11 May 2024	Manchester United	0–1	Arsenal	Manchester
15:00 BST		Report	Trossard  20'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,600 Referee: Paul Tierney

38 19 May 2024	Arsenal	2–1	Everton	Holloway
15:00 BST	Tomiyasu  43' Havertz  89'	Report	Gueye  40'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,312 Referee: Michael Oliver

FA Cup

Main article: 2023–24 FA Cup

As a Premier League side, Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round. They were drawn at home to Premier League side Liverpool.

Third round January 2024	Arsenal	0–2	Liverpool	Holloway
16:30 GMT		Report	Kiwior  80' (o.g.) Díaz  90+5'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,538 Referee: John Brooks

EFL Cup

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup

The Gunners entered the EFL Cup in the third round as one of the Premier League teams participating in UEFA competitions. They were drawn away to fellow Premier League sides Brentford and West Ham United in the third and fourth round respectively.

Third round 27 September 2023	Brentford	0–1	Arsenal	Brentford
19:45 BST		Report	Nelson  8'	Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium Attendance: 16,688 Referee: Darren Bond

Fourth round 1 November 2023	West Ham United	3–1	Arsenal	Stratford
19:30 GMT	White  16' (o.g.) Kudus  50' Bowen  60'	Report	Ødegaard  90+6'	Stadium: London Stadium Referee: Simon Hooper

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage

Arsenal's UEFA club coefficient was 76.000 points at the end of the last campaign. They were in Pot 2 for the 2023–24 Champions League group stage draw, which was held on 31 August 2023. Arsenal were drawn into Group B alongside Sevilla, PSV Eindhoven and Lens.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Arsenal (Q)	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13	Advance to knockout phase
PSV Eindhoven (Q)	6	2	3	1	8	10	−2	9
Lens	6	2	2	2	6	11	−5	8	Transfer to Europa League
Sevilla	6	0	2	4	7	12	−5	2

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 20 September 2023	Arsenal	4–0	PSV Eindhoven	London, England
20:00 BST	Saka  8' Trossard  20' Gabriel Jesus  38' Ødegaard  70'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,860 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

2 3 October 2023	Lens	2–1	Arsenal	Lens, France
21:00 CEST 20:00 BST	Thomasson  25' Wahi  69'	Report	Gabriel Jesus  14'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,040 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

3 24 October 2023	Sevilla	1–2	Arsenal	Seville, Spain
21:00 CEST 20:00 BST	Gudelj  58'	Report	Martinelli  45+4' Gabriel Jesus  53'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 39,595 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

4 8 November 2023	Arsenal	2–0	Sevilla	London, England
20:00 GMT	Trossard  29' Saka  64'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,024 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

5 29 November 2023	Arsenal	6–0	Lens	London, England
20:00 GMT	Havertz  13' Gabriel Jesus 21' Saka 23' Martinelli  27' Ødegaard  45+1' Jorginho  86' (Pen)	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,987 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

6 12 December 2023	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Arsenal	Eindhoven, Netherlands
18:45 CET 17:45 GMT	Vertessen  50'	Report	Nketiah  42'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

As a result of finishing top of the group, Arsenal were seeded for the round of 16 draw which took place on 18 December 2023, and would play the second leg at home. They were drawn against Portuguese side Porto, who finished second in Group H, level on points with Barcelona.

First leg 21 February 2024	Porto	1–0	Arsenal	Porto, Portugal
20:00 WET (20:00 GMT)	Galeno  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,111 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Second leg 12 March 2024	Arsenal	1–0 (1–1 agg.) (4–2 pen)	Porto	London, England
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,257 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
		Penalties
	Ødegaard Havertz Saka Rice		Pepê Wendell Grujić Galeno

Quarter-finals

The draw for the remaining knockout rounds of the competition was held on 15 March 2024. Arsenal were drawn to face Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich with the home leg first. Bayern Munich won Group A and progressed past Lazio 3–1 on aggregate in the Round of 16.

First leg 9 April 2024	Arsenal	2–2	Bayern Munich	London, England
20:00 BST	Saka  12' Trossard  76'	Report	Gnabry  18' Kane  32' (pen.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,221 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Second leg 17 April 2024	Bayern Munich	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	Arsenal	Bavaria, Germany
21:00 CEST (20:00 BST)	Kimmich  63'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Statistics

Keys

Rk.	Rank	No.	Squad number	Pos.	Position
Opponent	The opponent team without a flag is English.			(N)	The game was played at a neutral site.
(H)	Arsenal were the home team.			(A)	Arsenal were the away team.
Player*	Player who joined Arsenal permanently or on loan during the season
Player†	Player who departed Arsenal permanently or on loan during the season
Player#	Player from Arsenal's under-21s or under-18s squad

Appearances

The following twenty-six players made their appearances for Arsenal's first team during the season.

Includes all competitions for senior teams. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

2023–24 season									Career club total
No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Community Shield	Champions League	Season total
1	GK	Aaron Ramsdale	6	1	2	1	1	11	89
2	DF	William Saliba	38	1	0	1	10	50	83
4	DF	Ben White	35+2	1	2	1	7+3	46+5	134
5	MF	Ghana Thomas Partey	9+5	0	0	1	0+1	10+6	115
6	DF	Gabriel Magalhães	34+2	1	2	1	10	48+2	168
7	FW	Bukayo Saka	35	1	0+1	1	9	46+1	226
8	MF	Martin Ødegaard	35	1	0+2	1	8+1	45+3	153
9	FW	Gabriel Jesus	17+10	0	0+1	0	4+4	21+15	69
10	MF	Emile Smith Rowe	3+10	0+1	1	0+1	0+3	4+15	115
11	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	24+11	0+1	0+1	1	6	31+13	174
12	DF	Jurriën Timber*	1+1	0	0	1	0	2+1	3
14	FW	Eddie Nketiah	10+17	0+1	2	0+1	1+5	13+24	168
15	DF	Jakub Kiwior	11+9	1	2	0	4+3	18+12	38
17	DF	Cédric Soares	0+3	0	0+1	0	1	1+4	64
18	DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	10+12	0	1+1	0	5+1	16+14	83
19	FW	Leandro Trossard	18+16	0+1	1	0+1	6+3	25+21	68
20	MF	Jorginho	10+14	1	2	0	6+3	19+17	52
21	MF	Fábio Vieira	2+9	0	1	0+1	0+3	3+13	49
22	GK	David Raya*	32	0	0	0	9	41	41
24	FW	Reiss Nelson	1+14	1	2	0	1+4	5+18	89
25	MF	Mohamed Elneny	0+3	0	0+1	0	1+1	1+5	161
29	MF	Kai Havertz*	30+7	1	2	1	9+1	43+8	51
35	DF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	20+7	0	1+1	0	3+3	24+11	68
41	MF	Declan Rice*	37+1	1	0+1	1	9+1	48+3	51
63	MF	Ethan Nwaneri#	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+1	2
Players who departed the club on loan but featured this season
3	DF	Kieran Tierney†	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	124
71	FW	Charles Sagoe Jr.†#	0	0	1	0	0	1	1

Goals

The following seventeen players scored for Arsenal's first team during the season.

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total goals are equal. Players with no goals not included in the list.

2023–24 season										Career club total
Rk.	No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Community Shield	Champions League	Season total
1	7	FW	Bukayo Saka	16	0	0	0	4	20	58
2	19	FW	Leandro Trossard	12	0	0	1	4	17	18
3	29	MF	Kai Havertz*	13	0	0	0	1	14	14
4	8	MF	Martin Ødegaard	8	0	1	0	2	11	35
5	9	FW	Gabriel Jesus	4	0	0	0	4	8	19
	11	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	6	0	0	0	2	8	41
7	41	MF	Declan Rice*	7	0	0	0	0	7	7
8	14	FW	Eddie Nketiah	5	0	0	0	1	6	38
9	4	DF	Ben White	4	0	0	0	0	4	6
	6	DF	Gabriel Magalhães	4	0	0	0	0	4	15
11	2	DF	William Saliba	2	0	0	0	0	2	5
	18	DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
13	15	DF	Jakub Kiwior	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
	20	MF	Jorginho	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
	21	MF	Fábio Vieira	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
	24	FW	Reiss Nelson	0	0	1	0	0	1	8
	35	DF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Own goal(s)				5	0	0	0	0	5
Total				91	0	2	1	19	113

Hat-tricks

Includes all competitions for senior teams. Players with no hat-tricks not included in the list.

Keys

• Score – The score at the time of each goal. Arsenal's score listed first.
• Final score – The score at full time; Arsenal's listed first.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Score	Final score	Opponent	Competition
28 October 2023	14	FW	Eddie Nketiah	1–0, 2–0, 3–0 (H)	5–0 (H)	Sheffield United	Premier League

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by red cards, then yellow cards (and by squad number when total cards are equal). Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rk.	No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Community Shield			Champions League			Total
1	21	MF	Fábio Vieira	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	18	DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	29	MF	Kai Havertz*	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	0
4	4	DF	Ben White	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0
5	9	FW	Gabriel Jesus	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
6	41	MF	Declan Rice*	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
7	2	DF	William Saliba	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
8	5	MF	Ghana Thomas Partey	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	6	DF	Gabriel Magalhães	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	7	FW	Bukayo Saka	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	14	FW	Eddie Nketiah	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	35	DF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
13	8	MF	Martin Ødegaard	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	12	DF	Jurriën Timber*	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	15	DF	Jakub Kiwior	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	19	FW	Leandro Trossard	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	20	MF	Jorginho	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	22	GK	David Raya*	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	11	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24	FW	Reiss Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				62	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	13	0	0	81	1	1

Clean sheets

Raya won his first Premier League Golden Glove, keeping 16 clean sheets in 31 league matches this season following his loan move from Brentford in August 2023. He became the third Arsenal goalkeeper to claim the award since its inception during the 2004–05 season, after Wojciech Szczęsny and Petr Čech. Raya was the third Spaniard to win the accolade after Pepe Reina and David de Gea.

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

2023–24 season									Career club total
Rk.	No.	Goalkeeper	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Community Shield	Champions League	Season total
1	22	David Raya*	16	0	0	0	4	20	20
2	1	Aaron Ramsdale	2	0	1	0	0	3	32
Total			18	0	1	0	4	23

Captains

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total number of games where a player started as captain are equal. Players with no games started as captain not included in the list.

2023–24 season										Career club total
Rk.	No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Community Shield	Champions League	Season total
1	8	MF	Martin Ødegaard	35	1	0	1	8	45	83
2	20	MF	Jorginho	2	0	2	0	2	6	6
3	7	FW	Bukayo Saka	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total				38	1	2	1	10	52

International call-ups

The following twenty Arsenal players (excluding players who departed the club permanently or on loan) were named in their respective countries' senior squads for international fixtures during the season.

The list is sorted by national team and player, respectively. Players with no senior national team call-ups not included in the list.

As of 26 March 2024

National team	Player	Pos.	Debut	Caps	Goals	Latest call-up	Notes
First team
Belgium	Leandro Trossard	FW	2020	32	7	March 2024
Brazil	Gabriel Jesus	FW	2016	64	19	November 2023
	Gabriel Magalhães	DF	2023	6	1	March 2024	Made senior international debut on 8 September 2023. Scored first senior international goal on 12 October 2023.
	Gabriel Martinelli	FW	2022	9	1	November 2023	Scored first senior international goal on 16 November 2023.
Egypt	Mohamed Elneny	MF	2011	101	8	January 2024
England	Eddie Nketiah	FW	2023	1	0	October 2023	First call-up to England senior squad on 31 August 2023. Made senior international debut on 13 October 2023.
	Aaron Ramsdale	GK	2021	4	0	March 2024
	Declan Rice*	MF	2019	50	3		As England's captain for a friendly in March 2024.
	Bukayo Saka	FW	2020	32	11
Estonia	Karl Hein	GK	2020	29	0	March 2024	As Estonia's captain for a friendly in March 2024.
France	William Saliba	DF	2022	13	0	March 2024
Germany	Kai Havertz*	MF	2018	44	15	March 2024
Ghana	Thomas Partey	MF	2016	47	13	October 2023	As Ghana's captain for friendlies in October 2023.
Italy	Jorginho	MF	2016	52	5	March 2024
Japan	Takehiro Tomiyasu	DF	2018	41	1	January 2024
Norway	Martin Ødegaard	MF	2014	57	3	March 2024	As Norway's captain.
Poland	Jakub Kiwior	DF	2022	21	1	March 2024
Spain	David Raya*	GK	2022	4	0	March 2024
Ukraine	Oleksandr Zinchenko	MF	2015	60	9	March 2024	As Ukraine's captain for UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches in October 2023 and March 2024.
Academy
Costa Rica	Elián Quesada-Thorn	DF	—	0	0	September 2023	First call-up to Costa Rica senior squad.

Squad

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Aaron Ramsdale	William Saliba	Ben White	Thomas Partey	Gabriel Magalhães	Bukayo Saka
Martin Ødegaard	Gabriel Jesus	Emile Smith-Rowe	Gabriel Martinelli	Jurriën Timber	Eddie Nketiah
Jakub Kiwior	Cédric Soares	Takehiro Tomiyasu	Leandro Trossard	Jorginho	Fábio Vieira
David Raya	Albert Lokonga	Reiss Nelson	Mohamed Elneny	Marquinhos	Kai Havertz
Karl Hein	Arthur Okonkwo	Ole Zinchenko	Declan Rice	Mikel Arteta	Khayon Edwards
Amario Cozier-Duberry	James Hillson	Bradley Ibrahim	Lino Sousa	Ethan Nwaneri

External links

• Official website