2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season

The 2020–21 season will be Arsenal's 29th season in the Premier League, 104th overall season in the top flight and 101st consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Arsenal will participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Europa League.

Arsenal
2020–21 season
Head coachMikel Arteta
StadiumEmirates Stadium
Premier LeaguePreseason
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
Community ShieldFinal
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage

Squad information
As of 15 August 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed in Signed from Transfer Fee Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Bernd Leno GK (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 2018 Bayer Leverkusen £19.3M[1] 68 0
26 Emiliano Martínez GK (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 2010 Arsenal Academy Academy 37 0
33 Matt Macey GK (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 2013 Arsenal Academy Academy 2 0
Defenders
2 Hector Bellerin RB / RWB (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 2013 Arsenal Academy Academy 204 8
3 Kieran Tierney LB / LWB (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 2019 Celtic £25M[2] 24 1
4 William Saliba CB (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 2019 Saint-Étienne £27M[3] 0 0
5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos CB (1988-06-09) 9 June 1988 2018 Borussia Dortmund £17.7M[4] 69 6
16 Rob Holding CB (1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 2016 Bolton Wanderers £2M[5] 76 2
17 Cédric Soares RB / RWB (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 2020 Southampton Free[6] 5 1
20 Shkodran Mustafi CB (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 2016 Valencia £35M[7] 142 9
21 Calum Chambers CB / RB / DM (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 2014 Southampton £16M[8] 101 4
22 Pablo Marí CB (1993-08-31) 31 August 1993 2020 Flamengo £7.2M[9] 3 0
23 David Luiz CB (1987-04-22) 22 April 1987 2019 Chelsea £8M[10] 43 2
31 Sead Kolasinac LB / LWB (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 2017 Schalke 04 Free[11] 104 5
Midfielders
7 Bukayo Saka LW / LM / LB / RW (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 2016 Arsenal Academy Academy 42 4
10 Mesut Özil AM (1988-10-15) 15 October 1988 2013 Real Madrid £42.5M[12] 254 44
11 Lucas Torreira DM / CM (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 2018 Sampdoria £26M[13] 89 4
15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles CM / RM / RB (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 2014 Arsenal Academy Academy 100 3
25 Mohamed Elneny DM / CM (1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 2016 Basel £5M[14] 89 2
28 Joe Willock CM / AM (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 2015 Arsenal Academy Academy 60 8
29 Matteo Guendouzi CM / DM (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 2018 FC Lorient £7M[15] 82 1
32 Emile Smith Rowe AM / LW / LM (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 2016 Arsenal Academy Academy 12 3
34 Granit Xhaka DM / CM (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 2016 Borussia Mönchengladbach £34.5M[16] 175 12
Forwards
9 Alexandre Lacazette ST (1991-05-28) 28 May 1991 2017 Lyon £46.5M[17] 127 48
12 Willian RW / AM / LW (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 2020 Chelsea Free[18] 0 0
14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C) ST / LW (1989-06-18) 18 June 1989 2018 Borussia Dortmund £56M[19] 109 70
19 Nicolas Pépé RW (1995-05-29) 29 May 1995 2019 Lille £72M[20] 42 8
24 Reiss Nelson RW / LW (1999-12-10) 10 December 1999 2015 Arsenal Academy Academy 38 3
30 Eddie Nketiah ST (1999-05-30) 30 May 1999 2015 Arsenal Academy Academy 36 7
35 Gabriel Martinelli LW / ST (2001-06-18) 18 June 2001 2019 Ituano £6M[21] 26 10
Players on loan
27 Konstantinos Mavropanos CB (1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 2018 PAS Giannina £1.8M[22] 8 0
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan AM / RW / LW (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 2018 Manchester United Swap Deal[23] 59 9

Transfers

Transfers in
Date Position Name From Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2020 LW George Lewis Fram Larvik Free transfer Under-23s [24]
CB Pablo Marí Flamengo £7,200,000 First team [25]
RB Cédric Soares Southampton Free transfer [25]
14 August 2020 RW Willian Chelsea Free transfer [26]

Transfers out
Date Position Name To Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2020 RB Matthew Dennis Norwich City Released Academy [27][28]
LB Tobi Omole Unattached Released Under-23s [27]
LW Nathan Tormey Unattached Released Under-23s [29]
GK Pedro Virgínia FC Porto Undisclosed Academy [30]

Loans out
Date Position Name To End date Team Ref.
16 July 2020 CB Konstantinos Mavropanos VfB Stuttgart 30 June 2021 First team [31]
10 August 2020 CB Zech Medley Gillingham 30 June 2021 Under-23s [32]
10 August 2020 RB Zak Swanson MVV Maastricht 30 June 2021 Under-23s [33]
13 August 2020 AM Trae Coyle Gillingham 30 June 2021 Under-23s [34]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 12 September 2020 May 2021 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup January 2021 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup September 2020 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Community Shield 29 August 2020 Final 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa League 22 October 2020 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: August 2020

Source: Competitions

FA Community Shield
Main article: 2020 FA Community Shield
29 August 2020 FinalArsenalvLiverpoolLondon
16:30 BST (UTC+1) Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Premier League
Main article: 2020–21 Premier League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Burnley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Europa League group stage
First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[35]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: September 2020.
Source:

Results by matchday
Matchday1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on September 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FA Cup
Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

EFL Cup
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes

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