Club: | Arsenal F.C. |
Season: | 2019–20 |
Owner: | Kroenke Sports & Entertainment |
Chairman: | Chips Keswick (until 28 May)[1] |
Manager: | Unai Emery (until 29 November)[2] Freddie Ljungberg (interim, until 20 December) Mikel Arteta (from 20 December)[3] |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Stadium: | Emirates Stadium |
League: | Premier League |
League Result: | 8th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Winners |
Cup2: | EFL Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Fourth round |
Cup3: | UEFA Europa League |
Cup3 Result: | Round of 32 |
League Topscorer: | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (22) |
Season Topscorer: | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (29) |
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The 2019–20 season was Arsenal's 28th season in the Premier League, their 94th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and 103rd season in the top flight overall.[4] [5] The club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League.
Despite finishing eighth and enduring one of their most turbulent seasons in modern history, Arsenal ended the season with silverware, winning the FA Cup for a record fourteenth time.
Throughout the summer transfer window, Arsenal completed the signings of forwards Gabriel Martinelli and club-record signing Nicolas Pepe; midfielder Dani Ceballos on a one-year loan; and defenders Kieran Tierney, David Luiz, and William Saliba, the latter of which was sent back to former club AS Saint-Etienne on a one-year loan. What the Arsenal fanbase viewed as lack of budget and ambition from owner Stan Kroenke led many to protest his ownership with the social media hashtag "#WeCareDoYou".[6] Arsenal released first-team players Stephan Lichtsteiner, Aaron Ramsey, and Danny Welbeck, sold David Ospina, Takuma Asano, Laurent Koscielny, Carl Jenkinson, Alex Iwobi, and Nacho Monreal, and loaned out Eddie Nketiah, Mohamed Elneny, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Emile Smith Rowe, and Konstantinos Mavropanos.
During the preseason, Arsenal competed in the International Champions Cup, finishing 3rd, and the Emirates Cup and Joan Gamper Trophy finals, losing both. Arsenal started the Premier League with a 1–0 win against Newcastle United, and continued a consistent form of results, standing third at the table at the time of the October international break, as well as advancing to the fourth round of the EFL Cup. However, their results began to deteriorate, losing to Liverpool in the fourth round of the EFL Cup and winning only once in 9 games since the end of the international break. As a result, head coach Unai Emery was sacked on 29 November, and former player Freddie Ljungberg took over as caretaker manager. He led Arsenal to the round of 32 in the Europa League, but had only won once in 5 games, and was replaced on 20 December by Manchester City assistant coach and former captain Mikel Arteta.[7]
Results showed an improvement following Arteta's third game in charge against Manchester United, which Arsenal had won 2–0, and Arteta had signed defenders Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares on loans with options to buy in the winter transfer window. Arsenal beat Leeds United and Bournemouth to move to the fifth round of the FA Cup, and remained undefeated in all competitions in 2020 until 27 February, when Greek club Olympiacos knocked them out of the round of 32 of the Europa League on away goals by winning 2–1 at the Emirates. Arsenal remained consistent domestically, advancing to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after defeating Portsmouth but remaining in roughly the same mid-table position in the Premier League.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused all competitions to be suspended from March until 17 June, when Arsenal played Manchester City in a game originally scheduled to take place on 11 March, and lost 3–0.[8] Further defeats to Brighton, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa condemned Arsenal to an eight-place finish, far from a European qualification spot. However, victories in the FA Cup against Sheffield United in the quarter-finals and Manchester City in the semi-finals put Arsenal in the final, where they beat Chelsea 2–1 on 1 August to win their only silverware of the season and gain qualification to the Europa League.[9]
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Date | Position | Name | From | Fee | Team | Ref. |
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2 July 2019 | LW | Gabriel Martinelli | Ituano | £6,000,000 | First team | [10] |
GK | James Hillson | Reading | Free transfer | Academy | [11] | |
8 July 2019 | CB | Jason Sraha | Chelsea | Free transfer | Academy | [12] |
AM | Cătălin Cîrjan | Viitorul Domnești | Free transfer | Academy | ||
25 July 2019 | CB | William Saliba | Saint-Étienne | £27,000,000 | First team | [13] |
1 August 2019 | RW | Nicolas Pépé | Lille | £72,000,000 | First team | [14] |
8 August 2019 | LB | Kieran Tierney | Celtic | £25,000,000 | First team | [15] |
CB | David Luiz | Chelsea | £8,000,000 | First team | [16] |
Date | Position | Name | From | End date | Team | Ref. | |
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25 July 2019 | CM | Dani Ceballos | Real Madrid | 30 June 2020 | First team | [17] | |
29 January 2020 | CB | Pablo Marí | Flamengo | 30 June 2020 | First team | [18] | |
31 January 2020 | RB | Cédric Soares | Southampton | 30 June 2020 | First team | [19] |
Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Team | Ref. | |
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1 July 2019 | Released | [20] | |||||
Retired | [21] | ||||||
Released | [22] [23] | ||||||
Released | [24] [25] | ||||||
Released | [26] [27] | ||||||
Released | [28] | ||||||
Released | [29] | ||||||
Released | [30] | ||||||
Released | [31] [32] | ||||||
4 July 2019 | £3,000,000 | [33] | |||||
8 July 2019 | Released | [34] | |||||
28 July 2019 | £2,250,000 | [35] | |||||
2 August 2019 | £10,000,000 | [36] | |||||
4 August 2019 | £900,000 | [37] | |||||
6 August 2019 | £4,600,000 | [38] | |||||
7 August 2019 | £2,000,000 | [39] | |||||
8 August 2019 | Dominic Thompson | £3,000,000 | [40] | ||||
£28,000,000 | [41] | ||||||
31 August 2019 | £250,000 | [42] | |||||
2 September 2019 | Released | [43] | |||||
27 January 2020 | Stan Flaherty | Released | |||||
18 February 2020 | £800,000 | [44] |
1. Fee could rise to £35,000,000.[45]
Adidas were announced as Arsenal's kit supplier as of the start of the season. This marked the first time since the 1993–94 season that Adidas have been the kit supplier to the club.[62]
Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Fly Emirates / Sleeve sponsor: Visit Rwanda
Name | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europa League | Total | ||||||||||
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Goals | Goals | Goals | Goals | Goals | |||||||||||
1 | GK | Bernd Leno< | --Premier League--> | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | Héctor Bellerín< | --Premier League--> | 13(2) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20(3) | 1 | ||
3 | DF | Kieran Tierney< | --Premier League--> | 12(3) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20(4) | 1 | ||
5 | DF | Sokratis Papastathopoulos< | --Premier League--> | 19 | 2 | 3(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 26(3) | 3 | ||
8 | MF | Dani Ceballos< | --Premier League--> | 18(6) | 0 | 2(3) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 3(3) | 1 | 23(14) | 2 | ||
9 | FW | Alexandre Lacazette< | --Premier League--> | 22(8) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 2 | 30(9) | 12 | ||
10 | MF | Mesut Özil< | --Premier League--> | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 22(1) | 1 | ||
11 | MF | Lucas Torreira< | --Premier League--> | 17(12) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3(3) | 0 | 23(16) | 2 | ||
14 | FW | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang< | --Premier League--> | 35(1) | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 3 | 41(3) | 29 | ||
15 | MF | Ainsley Maitland-Niles< | --Premier League--> | 15(5) | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4(2) | 0 | 23(9) | 1 | ||
16 | DF | Rob Holding< | --Premier League--> | 6(2) | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13(5) | 1 | ||
17 | DF | Cédric< | --Premier League--> | 3(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 1 | ||
19 | FW | Nicolas Pépé< | --Premier League--> | 22(9) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2(4) | 2 | 29(13) | 8 | ||
20 | DF | Shkodran Mustafi< | --Premier League--> | 13(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 25(2) | 1 | ||
21 | DF | Calum Chambers< | --Premier League--> | 13(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 16(2) | 1 | ||
22 | DF | Pablo Marí< | --Premier League--> | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | David Luiz< | --Premier League--> | 32(1) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42(1) | 2 | ||
24 | FW | Reiss Nelson< | --Premier League--> | 7(10) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12(10) | 3 | ||
26 | GK | Emiliano Martínez< | --Premier League--> | 8(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22(1) | 0 | ||
28 | MF | Joe Willock< | --Premier League--> | 8(21) | 1 | 3(2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7(1) | 2 | 20(24) | 5 | ||
29 | MF | Matteo Guendouzi< | --Premier League--> | 19(5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(4) | 0 | 24(10) | 0 | ||
30 | FW | Eddie Nketiah< | --Premier League--> | 7(6) | 2 | 2(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(8) | 4 | ||
31 | DF | Sead Kolašinac< | --Premier League--> | 19(7) | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23(9) | 0 | ||
33 | GK | Matt Macey< | --Premier League--> | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
34 | MF | Granit Xhaka< | --Premier League--> | 30(1) | 1 | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39(2) | 1 | ||
35 | FW | Gabriel Martinelli< | --Premier League--> | 6(8) | 3 | 2(1) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5(2) | 3 | 15(11) | 10 | ||
77 | FW | Bukayo Saka< | --Premier League--> | 19(7) | 1 | 3(1) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29(9) | 4 | ||
Players loaned out but featured this season | |||||||||||||||
7 | MF | Henrikh Mkhitaryan< | --Premier League--> | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | ||
27 | DF | Konstantinos Mavropanos< | --Premier League--> | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
32 | MF | Emile Smith Rowe< | --Premier League--> | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | ||
Players sold but featured this season | |||||||||||||||
18 | DF | Nacho Monreal< | --Premier League--> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Rank | Position | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europa League | Total | |
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1 | FW | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 29 | ||
2 | FW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||
3 | FW | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||
4 | FW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
5 | MF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
6 | FW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
8 | FW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
10 | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
13 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 56 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 93 |
As of 1 August 2020
Rank | Position | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europa League | Total | |
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1 | FW | Bukayo Saka | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
2 | MF | Nicolas Pépé | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
3 | DF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
FW | Alexandre Lacazette | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
FW | Gabriel Martinelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
FW | Reiss Nelson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
DF | Kieran Tierney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
7 | MF | Mesut Özil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
FW | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
9 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
MF | Matteo Guendouzi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
DF | Sead Kolašinac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
MF | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
MF | Granit Xhaka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
14 | DF | Héctor Bellerín | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | David Luiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | Shkodran Mustafi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | Lucas Torreira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | Joe Willock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 33 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 58 |
Rank | Position | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europa League | Total | ||||||
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1 | DF | David Luiz< | --Premier League--> | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
2 | DF | Ainsley Maitland-Niles< | --Premier League--> | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
3 | FW | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang< | --Premier League--> | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
4 | FW | Eddie Nketiah< | --Premier League--> | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | MF | Granit Xhaka< | --Premier League--> | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
6 | FW | Alexandre Lacazette< | --Premier League--> | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
7 | MF | Matteo Guendouzi< | --Premier League--> | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
8 | DF | Sead Kolašinac< | --Premier League--> | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
FW | Bukayo Saka< | --Premier League--> | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
MF | Lucas Torreira< | --Premier League--> | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
11 | DF | Calum Chambers< | --Premier League--> | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
DF | Shkodran Mustafi< | --Premier League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | Sokratis Papastathopoulos< | --Premier League--> | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
14 | FW | Nicolas Pépé< | --Premier League--> | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
MF | Joe Willock< | --Premier League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
16 | DF | Héctor Bellerín< | --Premier League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
17 | DF | Rob Holding< | --Premier League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
GK | Bernd Leno< | --Premier League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | Gabriel Martinelli< | --Premier League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
GK | Emiliano Martínez< | --Premier League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | Reiss Nelson< | --Premier League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | Kieran Tierney< | --Premier League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
23 | MF | Dani Ceballos< | --Premier League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Henrikh Mkhitaryan< | --Premier League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | Mesut Özil< | --Premier League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 86 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 107 | 5 |
Rank | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europa League | Total | |
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1 | Emiliano Martinez | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
2 | Bernd Leno | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
Total | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
See main article: 2019 International Champions Cup.
See main article: 2019 Emirates Cup.
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TotalPremier LeagueSee main article: 2019–20 Premier League. MatchesOn 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.[63] FA CupSee main article: 2019–20 FA Cup. EFL CupSee main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup. UEFA Europa LeagueSee main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. Arsenal entered the competition in the group stages as a result for their fifth-place finish in the 2018–19 season. The Gunners were drawn with Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liège and Vitória.[64] Knockout phaseSee main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase. The draw for the Round of 32 was confirmed on 16 December.[65] Round of 32AwardsArsenal Player of the Month awardArsenal Player of the Month award winners were chosen via open-access polls on the club's official website.
Arsenal Goal of the Month awardArsenal Goal of the Month award winners were chosen via open-access polls on the club's official website.
Arsenal Player of the Season awardArsenal Player of the Season award winner was chosen via open-access polls on the club's official website.
Arsenal Goal of the Season awardArsenal Goal of the Season award winners [85] were chosen via open-access polls [86] on the club's official website.
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