Arsenal W.F.C.

This article is about the women's football club based in England. For the men's team, see Arsenal F.C. For other teams called Arsenal, see Arsenal (disambiguation) § Football.

Arsenal
Full nameArsenal Women Football Club
Nickname(s)The Gunners
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987) as Arsenal Ladies
GroundEmirates Stadium (from 2024–25 season)
Meadow Park (other home games)
Capacity60,704 (all seated)
Emirates Stadium[1]
4,500 (1,700 seated)
Meadow Park
OwnerKroenke Sports & Entertainment
Head coachRenée Slegers (interim)
LeagueWomen's Super League
2023–24WSL, 3rd of 12
Websitehttps://www.arsenal.com/women
Current season
Departments of Arsenal
Men's Football Women's Football
Men's Academy Women's Academy

Arsenal Women Football Club, commonly referred to as just Arsenal,[2][3] is an English professional women's football club based in Islington, London, England. The club plays in the Women's Super League, the top tier of English women's football. Arsenal were founded in 1987 following an initiative by Vic Akers, who became the club's first, longest-serving, and most successful manager. He guided Arsenal to continued success until his departure in 2009, winning the most top-flight matches in English football history. The club have sustained this record,[4] and have won the most doubles and trebles in English football history. Arsenal have also completed a record seven unbeaten league seasons, setting a number of English records for longest top-flight unbeaten run, for goals scored, and points won.[5][6]

Arsenal are statistically the most successful club in English women's football, holding the records for most titles won in each domestic competition they have played. The club have won 15 league titles, 14 Women's FA Cups, 7 Women's League Cups, 10 Women's National League Cups, 5 Women's FA Community Shields, and are the only English club to win the UEFA Women's Champions League. They are also the only English club to win the continental treble while going undefeated in all competitions played that same season. In the 2006–07 season, the club became the first in the history of women's football to achieve the continental European sextuple.[7]

Arsenal play their home games primarily at the Emirates Stadium, and others at Meadow Park in Borehamwood. In the 2023–24 season, Arsenal sold out the 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium three times against Chelsea, Manchester United, and North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur; and broke the WSL record attendance three times in total during the season. Current plans for the club are for all matches to be played at the Emirates Stadium,[8] beginning with all league matches, and then qualifying rounds of the champions league, with domestic cup games to follow.[9]

  1. ^ "Emirates Stadium Arsenal FC, Info & Map". Premierleague.com. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Important update from our women's team". Arsenal Media. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Women's Super League One : Arsenal drop 'Ladies' from name". BBC Sport. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Arsenal WFC – Records and Statistics". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Arsenal Women – History". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ "England – Arsenal WFC". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  7. ^ Miller, Nick (25 December 2017). "Barcelona, Arsenal Ladies lead teams with single-season trophy hauls". ESPN. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Arsenal Women sell out Emirates Stadium for North London Derby". Gooners. 2 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Emirates Stadium to host more AWFC matches". Arsenal Media. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.