Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Royal Arsenal before it was renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. They became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies. The club's name was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury. In spite of finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1915, Arsenal rejoined the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur when football resumed after the First World War. Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight. The club remained in the Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League, of which they were an inaugural member. In 2003–04, Arsenal completed a league season without a single defeat, something achieved only once before in English football, by Preston North End in 1888–89.

Arsenal's first team have competed in a number of national, and in the early part of the club's history, regionally contested leagues such as the United League, the Southern District Combination and the London League Premier Division. Their record against each club faced in these discontinued competitions, in addition to the Football League and Premier League is listed below. Arsenal's first Football League match was against Newcastle United, and they met their 85th and most recent different league opponent, Bournemouth, for the first time in the 2015–16 Premier League season. The team that Arsenal have played most in league competition is Manchester United, who they first met in the 1894–95 Football League season; the 83 defeats from 204 meetings is more than they have lost against any other club. Liverpool have drawn 52 league encounters with Arsenal, more than any other club. Arsenal have recorded more league victories against Everton than against any other club, having beaten them 100 times out of 202 attempts and becoming the first team in English history to attain a century of wins against another club.

Key The table includes results of matches played by Arsenal (including under the former names of Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Arsenal) in the United League, the Southern District Combination, the London League Premier Division, the Football League and the Premier League. Matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season are excluded, as are the games in the various wartime competitions. The name used for each opponent is the name they had when Arsenal most recently played a league match against them. Results against each opponent include results against that club under any former name. For example, results against Birmingham City include matches played against Small Heath (1888–1905) and Birmingham (1905–1945). The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Arsenal played league matches against each opponent. Pld = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are Arsenal's divisional rivals in the current season. Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are defunct.

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 18 October 2021.

+Arsenal F.C. league record by opponentClubPldWDLPldWDLPldWDLWin%FirstLastNotes Home Away TotalAston Villa 88481723872722381904–052020–21Barnsley980191171898–891997–98Birmingham City6240184621715301893–942010–11Blackburn Rovers5431158542115181904–052011–12Blackpool372782371313111896–972010–11Bolton Wanderers5936167591516281899–19002011–12 550042112015–162019–20Bradford City11623113351903–042000–01Bradford Park Avenue330032101913–141920–21Brentford 513161051935–362021–22Brighton & Hove Albion 642072231979–802020–21Brighton United 110010101898–991898–99Bristol City168441611231898–991979–80Burnley 493199502411151897–982020–21Burton Swifts 861183051893–941900–01Burton United 320130031901–021903–04Burton Wanderers 321031021894–951896–97Bury1612221615101894–951928–29Cardiff City17953176651921–222018–19Carlisle United110010011974–751974–75Charlton Athletic2616552616641936–372006–07Chatham110011001899–19001899–1900Chelsea 83382322822526311907–082021–22Chesterfield Town550052121899–19001903–04Coventry City 3420953417981967–682000–01Crewe Alexandra330031201893–941896–97Crystal Palace 2014422010821969–702020–21Darwen540152121894–951898–99Derby County49271012491410251904–052007–08Doncaster Rovers220021011901–021902–03Everton 98661616983126411904–052020–21Fulham 2924502915591903–042020–21Gainsborough Trinity880083231895–961904–05Glossop761076011899–19001914–15Grimsby Town2116412146111893–941958–59Huddersfield Town34179834121481913–142018–19Hull City 742176011913–142016–17Ipswich Town 2614662613491954–552001–02Kettering Town321032011896–971898–99Leeds City 220020201913–141914–15Leeds United50271013501114251924–252020–21Leicester City6340166631921231894–952020–21Leyton Orient321031021913–141962–63Lincoln City131030133461893–941914–15Liverpool 95403322962419531893–942020–21Loughborough 770073131895–961899–1900Luton Town221732226881896–971991–92Manchester City 91532216923422361893–942020–21Manchester United 1005519261011529571894–952020–21Middlesbrough6037176602215231899–19002016–17Middlesbrough Ironopolis 110011001893–941893–94Millwall923492251896–971989–90New Brighton Tower 330031021898–991900–01Newcastle United 84451722852519411893–942020–21Northampton Town101010101965–661965–66Northwich Victoria110010101893–941893–94Norwich City2617722571171960–612019–20Nottingham Forest 462614646198191904–051998–99Notts County2211562262141893–941991–92Oldham Athletic10451101631910–111993–94Oxford United321030211985–861987–88Portsmouth34189734111491899–19002009–10Port Vale981093241893–941956–57Preston North End362010636117181901–021960–61Queens Park Rangers2719622787121899–19002014–15Reading541054101898–992012–13Rushden Town 330032011896–971898–99Rotherham Town 321031111893–941895–96Sheffield United47308948814261904–052020–21Sheffield Wednesday5431158541515241899–19001999–2000Southampton4529142451510201897–982020–21Stockport County660061321900–011914–15Stoke City473755471116201904–052017–18Sunderland70391715701723291904–052016–17Swansea City941495041981–822017–18Swindon Town101011001993–941993–94Tottenham Hotspur 91472420892527371896–972020–21Walsall743071061893–941900–01Watford12714136161982–832019–20Wellingborough Town330031021896–971898–99West Bromwich Albion64401410642515241902–032020–21West Ham United64351316642821151901–022020–21Wigan Athletic870185212005–062012–13Wimbledon 14473149141986–871999–2000Wolverhampton Wanderers5027158502011191904–052020–21

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