Have Arsenal ever won the Champions League? Results and overall record in elite UEFA competition

Arsenal fell agonizingly short of securing their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League final in nearly 20 years in 2024/25, as they were halted in the semifinals by Paris Saint-Germain by a 3-1 aggregate score.

A year later, they reached the promised land. A 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in the semifinal second leg secured a 2-1 aggregate win to take them to the showpiece in Budapest to faced reigning champions PSG.

The Gunners first played in the competition back in 1971 and this season are taking part for the 23rd time. They have long looked like one of the favourites to lift the trophy, having topped the league-phase standings to set themselves up with a kinder draw than they had last season.

Iconic striker Thierry Henry is their top scorer in the Champions League with 35 goals, followed by another formidable forward, Robin van Persie, with 20.

Did either player win the Champions League with Arsenal? The Sporting News has the details on how the club has fared across the decades in Europe's top competition.

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Have Arsenal ever won the Champions League?

Arsenal have never won the Champions League, but they have reached the final on two occasions.

They did so first with the help of five Henry goals during the 2005/06 season. They won their group and beat Real Madrid, Juventus and Villarreal during the knockout stage, guided by revered former manager Arsene Wenger.

When Sol Campbell gave them a 37th-minute lead in the final against Barcelona in Paris, Arsenal's unbeaten run in the Champions League that season was on course to continue in glorious fashion.

But after Jens Lehmann's earlier red card, Samuel Eto'o equalised in the 76th minute and Juliano Belletti scored the winner five minutes later as Wenger's players narrowly missed out in a finale that was cruel on the English club and their fans at the Stade de France.

Arsenal were ever-present in the knockout stage between the 2003/04 and 2016/17 seasons, recording the second semifinal appearance in their history in 2008/09 when they were knocked out 4-1 on aggregate by Manchester United, who then lost to Barca in the final.

A quarterfinal appearance the following season was Arsenal's fourth at that stage and as good as it got until they reached the last four in 2024/25.

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The first of Arsenal's runs to the quarterfinals was in the first of their two appearances in the European Cup — the predecessor to the Champions League — in 1971/72.

The path to the quarterfinals was less arduous that year as the format of the competition only required two victories to reach that stage, and Arsenal rattled in 12 goals across the first two rounds, before losing 3-1 to an Ajax side who would lift the trophy with the help of joint-competition top scorer Johan Cruyff.

They got to the quarterfinals again in 2024, but Bayern Munich just edged the tie over the two legs, winning 1-0 in Germany after a 2-2 draw in north London.

In the 2025/26 season, Arsenal secured a fourth-ever semifinal spot, and second straight for the first time in club history. Now, they are back in the biggest club game in European football once more.

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Arsenal Champions League history and results

* Three knockout qualifying rounds; two group phases
* Two knockout qualifying rounds; group stage with group winners and best two runners-up advancing
*** Three knockout qualifying rounds
**** Immediate knockout format