Arsenal FC Trophies: Every Trophy the Gunners Have Won in Their History

Arsenal have never been a club short of history. From Herbert Chapman’s great side in the 1930s to the Invincibles, from dramatic FA Cup finals to the long-awaited return to the top of English football in 2026, silverware has arrived in very different eras and very different ways.

Arsenal now have 14 English top-flight titles, 14 FA Cups, two League Cups and two European trophies, while the 2026 Community Shield took the club’s total haul to 50 senior men’s honours when the Shield is included.

That number tells one story.

The dates tell another.

Arsenal FC trophies: the complete tally

As of September 2026, Arsenal’s men’s first team has won the following senior honours:

• League Championship/Premier League: 14
• FA Cup: 14
• League Cup: 2
• European Cup Winners’ Cup: 1
• European Fairs Cup: 1
• FA Community Shield: 18, including one shared in 1991

That gives Arsenal 50 senior men’s honours across those competitions.

There is one useful distinction here. If you leave the Community Shield out and count only the league, FA Cup, League Cup and European competitions, Arsenal have 32 major competitive trophies. Add the 18 Community Shields and the total reaches 50. The FA itself confirmed Arsenal’s 18th Community Shield after the 3-0 victory over Manchester City in Cardiff in August 2026.

Here is the list of Arsenal FC trophies in full.

1. Arsenal’s 14 League titles

Arsenal have been champions of England 14 times.

The first came in 1930/31. The latest arrived 95 years later, when Mikel Arteta’s side finally brought the league title back to North London in 2025/26. Arsenal’s fourth Premier League crown was their 14th English championship overall.

The complete list is:

1. 1930/31 – First Division
2. 1932/33 – First Division
3. 1933/34 – First Division
4. 1934/35 – First Division
5. 1937/38 – First Division
6. 1947/48 – First Division
7. 1952/53 – First Division
8. 1970/71 – First Division
9. 1988/89 – First Division
10. 1990/91 – First Division
11. 1997/98 – Premier League
12. 2001/02 – Premier League
13. 2003/04 – Premier League
14. 2025/26 – Premier League

For Arsenal supporters, the league titles are tied to some of the greatest teams the club has ever produced.

The Chapman revolution

The first championship came in the 1930/31 season, just a year after Arsenal lifted their first major trophy, the FA Cup.

Herbert Chapman had transformed Arsenal from a strong London club into a serious national force. The 1930/31 side won the title by setting a remarkable scoring pace, beginning an era that would dominate English football.

Arsenal followed it with three more championships in four seasons: 1932/33, 1933/34 and 1934/35.

Another title arrived in 1937/38, giving the club five First Division championships during the great pre-war era.

The trophies mattered, but so did the way Arsenal won them. Chapman and, later, George Allison established the foundations of a club that expected to compete at the top rather than simply visit it.

The first post-war title

Arsenal’s seventh championship came in 1947/48, with Tom Whittaker overseeing the side.

The club added another title in 1952/53, winning the championship by the astonishingly narrow margin of 0.099 of a goal under the old goal-average system. Arsenal beat Burnley 3-2 on the final day to secure the crown.

Then came a long wait.

Seventeen years passed before Arsenal were champions again.

1970/71: the first Double

Bertie Mee’s Arsenal changed the mood around the club in 1970/71.

The Gunners won the league at White Hart Lane, beating Tottenham 1-0 through a Ray Kennedy header. Four days later, they completed the Double by defeating Liverpool 2-1 in the FA Cup final after extra time, with Charlie George scoring the winner.

For a club that had spent years searching for a return to the top, it was a huge statement.

And Arsenal were not done.

Anfield, 1989

Ask Arsenal fans to name the most dramatic title-clinching moment in the club’s history and there is a very good chance the answer will be Anfield, 26 May 1989.

Arsenal needed to beat Liverpool by two clear goals on the final night of the season to steal the title on goals scored.

Alan Smith scored first.

Then, deep into injury time, Michael Thomas raced through on goal and slipped the ball past Bruce Grobbelaar.

2-0.

Title won.

It remains one of the most famous endings in English football history. Arsenal’s 1988/89 championship was George Graham’s first league title as manager and the club’s first in 18 years.

Two seasons later, Arsenal were champions again, this time with a defence that conceded only 18 league goals.

The Wenger years

Arsène Wenger’s first league title came in 1997/98, during a season that ended with Arsenal completing another Double.

The 2001/02 title followed, but the greatest league campaign of the era was still to come.

In 2003/04, Arsenal went unbeaten throughout the entire Premier League season.

Thirty-eight matches.

Twenty-six wins.

Twelve draws.

Ninety points.

No defeats.

That team became immortalised as the Invincibles.

Arsenal did not win another league title for 22 years.

Then came 2025/26.

The wait finally ended when Arsenal were confirmed as champions after Manchester City drew with Bournemouth in May 2026.

The Gunners finished the season on 85 points, seven ahead of City, and lifted the trophy after beating Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park.

For Arteta, it was his first Premier League title as Arsenal manager.

For the club, it was number 14.

2. Arsenal’s record 14 FA Cups

No club has won the FA Cup more times than Arsenal.

The Gunners have lifted the FA Cup 14 times, with their first triumph coming in 1930 and their most recent in 2020. Arsenal’s 14th success came against Chelsea and extended the club’s record in the competition.

The 14 victories are:

1. 1930 – Huddersfield Town 0-2 Arsenal
2. 1936 – Arsenal 1-0 Sheffield United
3. 1950 – Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool
4. 1971 – Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
5. 1979 – Arsenal 3-2 Manchester United
6. 1993 – Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
7. 1998 – Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle United
8. 2002 – Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea
9. 2003 – Arsenal 1-0 Southampton
10. 2005 – Arsenal 0-0 Manchester United, won 5-4 on penalties
11. 2014 – Arsenal 3-2 Hull City
12. 2015 – Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa
13. 2017 – Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea
14. 2020 – Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

The FA Cup is the competition that most clearly runs through Arsenal’s history.

1930: the beginning

Arsenal’s first major trophy arrived on 26 April 1930.

Alex James and Jack Lambert scored in a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield Town at Wembley. Arsenal had finally got their hands on major silverware after decades of existence.

That victory was the starting point of a relationship with the FA Cup that has lasted nearly a century.

The 1979 late winner

The 1979 final against Manchester United became one of the great Wembley finishes.

Arsenal were 2-0 up through Brian Talbot and Frank Stapleton, only for United to score twice in the closing stages.

Then Alan Sunderland struck in the 89th minute.

3-2.

Chaos.

Arsenal had won their fifth FA Cup.

The 1993 Double

The 1992/93 season produced another important first.

Arsenal won the FA Cup and League Cup in the same campaign, becoming the first English club to complete that particular domestic cup double in the modern era.

The FA Cup final against Sheffield Wednesday was especially strange. After a 1-1 draw in the first match, Andy Linighan scored the winner in the 119th minute of the replay.

Wenger’s FA Cup record

Wenger eventually collected seven FA Cups as Arsenal manager.

His first came in 1998, when Arsenal beat Newcastle 2-0 at Wembley to complete the Double.

The club then won the trophy in 2002 and 2003 before the unforgettable penalty shootout victory over Manchester United in 2005.

There was another long wait.

Then came 2014.

Three FA Cups in four years

Arsenal ended their nine-year trophy drought by beating Hull City 3-2 after extra time in the 2014 final.

They defended the trophy in 2015 with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa.

Two years later, they beat Chelsea 2-1 to claim a record 13th FA Cup.

Arsène Wenger won his seventh.

Then, in 2020, Arsenal faced Chelsea again.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Arsenal came from behind to win 2-1 and secure the club’s 14th FA Cup. It was also Mikel Arteta’s first trophy as Arsenal head coach.

That remains Arsenal’s record.

Fourteen FA Cups.

Nobody has one more.

3. Arsenal’s two League Cups

Arsenal have won the League Cup twice.

The victories came in:

• 1987
• 1993

The first arrived under George Graham, the second under Graham again in a season that also produced the FA Cup.

1987: Rocky and Charlie

The 1986/87 campaign gave Arsenal their first League Cup.

The final was against Liverpool at Wembley.

Arsenal fell behind, but Charlie Nicholas scored twice to produce a 2-1 victory. David Rocastle, still a young player at the time, had already played a memorable role in the run to Wembley.

For George Graham, it was the first trophy of his Arsenal managerial career.

It would not be the last.

1993: another Double

Six years later, Arsenal lifted the League Cup again.

The final was against Sheffield Wednesday, and Steve Morrow scored the only goal in a 2-1 victory.

That season also ended with the FA Cup in Arsenal’s hands.

Two domestic cups in one season.

Only a small number of Arsenal teams can claim that achievement.

4. Arsenal’s European trophies

Arsenal have won two major European trophies.

They are:

• 1970 European Fairs Cup
• 1994 European Cup Winners’ Cup

There is no Champions League trophy in the cabinet.

Arsenal came closest in 2006, reaching the final in Paris before losing 2-1 to Barcelona, and again in 2026, when Paris Saint-Germain won the final on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

But Arsenal’s European history did produce two memorable nights.

1970 European Fairs Cup

Arsenal’s first European trophy came in the 1969/70 European Fairs Cup.

The road to the final included victories over Glentoran, Sporting Lisbon, Rouen, Dinamo Bacau and Ajax.

The semi-final against Ajax was particularly special.

Arsenal won the first leg 3-0 at Highbury, with Charlie George scoring twice and Jon Sammels adding the other goal. Ajax won 1-0 in Amsterdam, but Arsenal progressed 3-1 on aggregate.

The final was against Anderlecht.

Arsenal lost the first leg in Brussels 3-1 and looked in serious trouble.

Then came the second leg at Highbury.

Eddie Kelly.

Jon Sammels.

Charlie George.

Arsenal won 3-0 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate to secure their first European trophy.

It was the club’s first piece of continental silverware.

Twenty-four years later, Arsenal would do it again.

1994 European Cup Winners’ Cup

George Graham’s second European triumph came in 1994.

Arsenal reached the final in Copenhagen and faced Parma.

It was not a match full of chances.

It did not need to be.

In the 21st minute, Alan Smith met a loose ball with a superb left-foot volley and found the net.

1-0 Arsenal.

Parma had Gianfranco Zola, Faustino Asprilla and Roberto Mancini among their attacking options, but Arsenal’s defence held firm.

David Seaman made crucial saves.

Tony Adams and Steve Bould kept things organised.

Smith’s goal stood.

Arsenal were European champions.

That remains Arsenal’s most recent European trophy.

As the years have passed, the Cup Winners’ Cup has only become more nostalgic. But nobody involved in that night in Copenhagen needed reminding how hard Arsenal had worked to get there.

5. Arsenal’s 18 Community Shields

The Community Shield often sits slightly apart from the FA Cup, league and European trophies.

It is a one-off season opener, and Arsenal themselves have described it as a competition distinct from the major honours. But it is still an official piece of silverware, and Arsenal have won it 18 times, according to the FA following the club’s 2026 triumph.

Arsenal’s Community Shield record includes:

• 1930
• 1931
• 1933
• 1934
• 1938
• 1948
• 1953
• 1991 – shared
• 1998
• 1999
• 2002
• 2004
• 2014
• 2015
• 2017
• 2020
• 2023
• 2026

That list spans almost an entire century.

The 1991 shared Shield

One of the strangest entries came in 1991.

Arsenal faced Tottenham Hotspur and the game ended 0-0, so the trophy was shared.

It remains Arsenal’s only shared Community Shield in the current tally.

2002 and 2004

The early Wenger years produced two memorable wins.

In 2002, Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0, with Gilberto Silva scoring the decisive goal on his debut.

Two years later, the Gunners beat Manchester United 3-1 in Cardiff.

These were the sides that would go on to shape the club’s strongest Premier League period.

The 2023 shootout

Arsenal’s previous Shield victory before 2026 came against Manchester City in 2023.

City led until stoppage time, when Leandro Trossard equalised.

The game finished 1-1 and went to penalties.

Arsenal won the shootout 4-1, with Aaron Ramsdale and Fabio Vieira playing major roles in the victory.

It was already a memorable Wembley afternoon.

Then came Cardiff three years later.

2026: the 18th

On 16 August 2026, Arsenal met Manchester City at the Principality Stadium.

This time there was no shootout.

Riccardo Calafiori scored after just 24 seconds.

Kai Havertz added a second before half-time.

Martin Ødegaard made it 3-0 three minutes into the second half.

Arsenal controlled the remainder of the game and lifted the Community Shield for the 18th time.

It was Arsenal’s first trophy of the 2026/27 season.

And it pushed the club’s overall senior men’s honours tally to 50.

Every major Arsenal trophy by year

Looking at all trophies won by Arsenal chronologically gives an even better picture of the club’s story.

1930s: Arsenal become a giant

1930 – FA Cup
1930/31 – First Division
1931 – Community Shield
1933 – First Division and Community Shield
1934 – First Division and Community Shield
1935 – First Division
1936 – FA Cup
1938 – First Division and Community Shield

This was Arsenal’s first great dynasty.

Herbert Chapman had changed the club’s methods, standards and expectations. By the middle of the decade, Arsenal were no longer hoping to compete for trophies. They were expected to win them.

1940s and 1950s: rebuilding and returning to the top

1948 – First Division and Community Shield
1950 – FA Cup
1953 – First Division and Community Shield

The post-war Arsenal teams kept the club among England’s elite.

The 1950 FA Cup win over Liverpool came through two Reg Lewis goals at Wembley. Three years later, Arsenal edged Burnley in one of the closest title races in the club’s history.

1970s: the first European trophy and the first Double

1970 – European Fairs Cup
1971 – First Division and FA Cup
1971 – Community Shield
1979 – FA Cup

The early 1970s changed Arsenal’s place in European football.

The 1970 Fairs Cup was the breakthrough.

The 1971 Double showed that Arsenal could dominate domestically as well.

The 1979 FA Cup final then produced one of Wembley football’s great finishes.

1980s and 1990s: Graham’s trophies

1987 – League Cup
1989 – First Division
1991 – First Division and shared Community Shield
1993 – League Cup and FA Cup
1994 – European Cup Winners’ Cup
1998 – First Premier League title and FA Cup
1999 – Community Shield

George Graham’s Arsenal were built differently from Chapman’s and Wenger’s teams, but the common thread was clear: organisation, discipline and an ability to deliver when the pressure was at its highest.

The 1989 title at Anfield became legend.

The 1991 champions were extraordinarily hard to beat.

The 1993 domestic cup double brought two more trophies.

The 1994 European Cup Winners’ Cup added a second European crown.

Then Wenger arrived.

The Wenger era: 1996 to 2018

1998 – Premier League and FA Cup
1998 – Community Shield
1999 – Community Shield
2002 – Premier League and FA Cup
2002 – Community Shield
2003 – FA Cup
2004 – Premier League and Community Shield
2005 – FA Cup
2014 – FA Cup and Community Shield
2015 – FA Cup and Community Shield
2017 – FA Cup and Community Shield

Wenger’s Arsenal won trophies in bursts.

The 1997/98 Double ended a seven-year league wait.

The 2001/02 Double restored Arsenal’s status as England’s leading challengers to Manchester United.

Then came the 2003/04 Invincibles.

And after the trophy drought began, Arsenal eventually rediscovered their FA Cup touch, winning three FA Cups in four years between 2014 and 2017.

The 2017 final against Chelsea gave Arsenal a record 13th FA Cup at the time. Wenger’s seventh victory in the competition also moved him ahead of George Ramsay as the manager with the most FA Cup wins.

The Arteta era

2020 – FA Cup and Community Shield
2023 – Community Shield
2026 – Premier League and Community Shield

Arteta’s first trophy arrived quickly.

Just seven months after becoming Arsenal head coach, he led the club to the 2020 FA Cup.

A few weeks later, Arsenal beat Liverpool on penalties in the Community Shield.

The next major breakthrough took longer.

Five years later, the wait for the league title was finally over.

2025/26: back on top

Arsenal’s 2025/26 title was the club’s first league championship since the Invincibles campaign.

They were confirmed as champions after Manchester City’s draw at Bournemouth and lifted the trophy at Selhurst Park after beating Crystal Palace 2-1. Arsenal finished seven points clear at the top.

Then, only a few months later, they added another piece of silverware.

The 3-0 victory over Manchester City in Cardiff gave Arsenal their 18th Community Shield.

That makes 2026 one of the most significant years in Arsenal’s modern history.

Arsenal trophies by competition

For anyone searching for a quick reference to Arsenal’s honours, here is the easiest breakdown:

Competition	Arsenal wins
League Championship/Premier League	14
FA Cup	14
League Cup	2
European Fairs Cup	1
European Cup Winners’ Cup	1
Community Shield	18
Total	50

The 14 league titles include Arsenal’s ten First Division championships before the Premier League era and four Premier League titles. The 2025/26 triumph was the fourth Premier League crown and the club’s 14th English championship overall.

Without the Community Shield, Arsenal have won 32 competitive major trophies.

That figure includes every league title, FA Cup, League Cup and European trophy.

Which Arsenal team won the most trophies?

It depends on how the trophies are measured.

Wenger’s reign produced the largest collection of major honours under one manager. His Arsenal won 17 major trophies: seven FA Cups, three Premier League titles, two League Cups, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and four Community Shields if the Shield is included in that managerial tally.

But Wenger’s Arsenal also gave supporters some of the club’s most recognisable teams.

The 1997/98 Double winners.

The 2001/02 Double winners.

The 2003/04 Invincibles.

The 2005 FA Cup winners who survived a penalty shootout against Manchester United.

And, years later, the 2014, 2015 and 2017 FA Cup-winning teams.

George Graham’s reign was shorter, yet his trophy record was remarkable too: two league titles, two FA Cups, two League Cups and the 1994 European Cup Winners’ Cup.

Then there is Herbert Chapman.

Without Chapman’s first great Arsenal side, much of the club’s later culture of winning simply would not have the same foundation.

Arsenal’s most important trophies

Not every trophy carries the same emotional weight.

Ask an Arsenal supporter to choose the most significant, and the answers will usually revolve around a handful.

The 1930 FA Cup matters because it was the club’s first major honour.

The 1970 European Fairs Cup matters because it was Arsenal’s first European trophy.

The 1971 Double matters because it established Arsenal among England’s best sides again.

The 1989 league title matters because of the way it happened.

The 2004 Premier League title matters because Arsenal did something English football had rarely seen: they went through the entire league season unbeaten.

And the 2026 Premier League title matters because of what it ended.

Twenty-two years.

Three consecutive second-place finishes before it.

A generation of supporters who had grown up without seeing Arsenal lift the league trophy.

That one means something different.

What is the one trophy Arsenal have never won?

For all the silverware Arsenal have collected, one prize still stands above the rest as unfinished business.

The UEFA Champions League.

Arsenal reached the final in 2006, taking an early lead against Barcelona after Jens Lehmann was sent off, but Samuel Eto’o and Juliano Belletti turned the game around late on.

In 2026, Arsenal reached the final again and came even closer.

They went all the way to penalties against Paris Saint-Germain after a goalless final, only to lose the shootout 4-3.

So the European Cup is still missing.

And that will remain one of the biggest unfinished chapters in Arsenal history.

The final Arsenal FC trophy count

Here is the number to remember.

Arsenal have won 50 senior men’s honours when the Community Shield is included.

That is made up of:

14 league titles.
14 FA Cups.
2 League Cups.
1 European Fairs Cup.
1 European Cup Winners’ Cup.
18 Community Shields.

Behind those numbers are Michael Thomas at Anfield, Charlie George at Wembley, Alan Smith in Copenhagen, Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira with the Invincibles, Aubameyang scoring twice against Chelsea in 2020, and Martin Ødegaard finally lifting the league trophy in 2026.

The number 50 is impressive.

The history behind it is even better.

And now that the league trophy is back in North London, Arsenal have another chapter to write — with the Champions League still waiting on the other side of the door.

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