The 2025–26 season is Arsenal Women's Football Club's 39th season of competitive football. The club participated in the Women's Super League, the FA Cup, the League Cup, the Champions League and the inaugural Champions Cup, winning the latter after defeating South American champions Corinthians 3–2 in the final on 1 February 2026.
On 10 June 2025, the club announced that Emirates Stadium will host all 11 WSL home games for the first time, alongside Champions League knockout phase games (apart from the knockout phase play-offs) subject to qualification. League phase and knockout phase play-offs games of the Champions League, and all domestic cup home matches, will continue to be played at Meadow Park, which was upgraded to meet UEFA regulations.
Squad information & statistics First team squad
No. Name Date of birth (age) Since Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Manuela Zinsberger 2019 January 2024 Bayern Munich 13 Barbora Votíková 2026 February 2026 Slavia Prague (loan) 14 Daphne van Domselaar 2024 July 2024 Aston Villa 28 Anneke Borbe 2025 July 2025 VfL Wolfsburg 40 Naomi Williams 2023 June 2023 Homegrown Defenders 2 Emily Fox 2024 January 2024 North Carolina Courage 3 Lotte Wubben-Moy 2020 April 2025 University of North Carolina 5 Laia Codina 2023 August 2023 Barcelona 6 Leah Williamson (vc) 2014 April 2026 Homegrown 7 Steph Catley 2020 April 2026 Melbourne City 11 Katie McCabe 2015 September 2023 Shelbourne 24 Taylor Hinds 2025 July 2025 Liverpool 26 Katie Reid 2024 October 2024 Homegrown 31 Smilla Holmberg 2026 January 2026 Hammarby 44 Sophie Harwood 2026 January 2026 Homegrown Midfielders 8 Mariona Caldentey 2024 July 2024 Barcelona 10 Kim Little (c) 2016 March 2026 Seattle Reign 12 Frida Maanum 2021 May 2025 Linköpings FC 21 Victoria Pelova 2023 January 2023 Ajax 32 Kyra Cooney-Cross 2023 September 2023 Hammarby Forwards 9 Beth Mead 2017 December 2022 Sunderland 15 Olivia Smith 2025 July 2025 Liverpool 18 Chloe Kelly 2025 July 2025 Manchester City 19 Caitlin Foord 2020 June 2023 Sydney FC 23 Alessia Russo 2023 September 2025 Manchester United 25 Stina Blackstenius 2022 April 2026 BK Häcken 29 Michelle Agyemang 2024 May 2024 Homegrown
Statistics Statistics as of 16 May 2026
Appearances and goals
No. Name Total Goals Goals Goals Goals Goals Goals Goalkeepers 1 Manuela Zinsberger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Barbora Votíková 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Daphne van Domselaar 14 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0+1 0 24+1 0 28 Anneke Borbe 8 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 17 0 40 Naomi Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders 2 Emily Fox 18+2 0 2+1 0 1 0 9+3 1 1 0 31+6 1 3 Lotte Wubben-Moy 14+3 0 2 0 1+1 0 10+1 0 2 1 29+5 1 5 Laia Codina 7+5 0 1+2 0 2 1 3+4 0 1+1 0 14+12 1 6 Leah Williamson 2+4 1 1 0 1 0 3+2 0 0 0 7+6 1 7 Steph Catley 15+1 0 2 0 0+1 0 7+1 0 1 0 25+3 0 11 Katie McCabe 18+3 1 2+1 0 2 0 10+2 0 1+1 0 33+7 1 22 Jenna Nighswonger 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 24 Taylor Hinds 6+10 0 1+1 0 1 0 4+6 0 1 0 13+17 0 26 Katie Reid 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6+1 0 31 Smilla Holmberg 5+4 2 1+2 0 0+1 0 1+5 0 1+1 0 8+13 2 36 Cecily Wellesley-Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Sophie Harwood 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 Midfielders 8 Mariona Caldentey 20+2 4 3 0 1 0 12 2 2 1 38+2 7 10 Kim Little (c) 17+1 0 3 2 0+2 0 7+3 0 1+1 0 28+7 2 12 Frida Maanum 11+7 6 1+2 1 2 0 4+7 2 1+1 1 19+17 10 21 Victoria Pelova 7+10 0 0+2 1 2 0 4+3 0 1+1 0 14+16 1 32 Kyra Cooney-Cross 3+3 0 0 0 1 0 4+3 0 0 0 8+6 0 38 Maddy Earl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forwards 9 Beth Mead 12+9 2 2 0 0+2 0 6+2 3 2 0 22+13 5 15 Olivia Smith 15+5 5 2+1 0 2 0 8+3 3 2 2 29+9 10 18 Chloe Kelly 4+12 5 2 0 0 0 5+3 1 0+2 0 11+17 6 19 Caitlin Foord 12+8 2 1+2 0 2 0 6+5 0 0+2 1 21+17 3 23 Alessia Russo 21+1 13 2+1 0 1 0 11+1 9 1+1 2 36+4 24 25 Stina Blackstenius 8+12 10 2+1 1 1+1 1 5+5 1 2 1 18+19 14
Goalscorers
Rank Position Name Total 1 23 FW Alessia Russo 13 0 0 9 2 24 2 25 FW Stina Blackstenius 10 1 1 1 1 14 3 15 FW Olivia Smith 5 0 0 3 2 10 12 MF Frida Maanum 6 1 0 2 1 10 5 8 MF Mariona Caldentey 4 0 0 2 1 7 6 18 FW Chloe Kelly 5 0 0 1 0 6 7 9 FW Beth Mead 2 0 0 3 0 5 8 19 FW Caitlin Foord 2 0 0 0 1 3 9 10 MF Kim Little 0 2 0 0 0 2 31 DF Smilla Holmberg 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 2 DF Emily Fox 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 DF Lotte Wubben-Moy 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 DF Laia Codina 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 DF Leah Williamson 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 DF Katie McCabe 1 0 0 0 0 1 21 MF Victoria Pelova 0 1 0 0 0 1 Own goal 2 0 0 2 0 4 Total 53 5 2 24 9 93
Disciplinary record
Rank Position Name Total 1 15 FW Olivia Smith 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 1 2 18 FW Chloe Kelly 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 21 MF Victoria Pelova 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 DF Emily Fox 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 DF Katie McCabe 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 FW Caitlin Foord 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 3 DF Lotte Wubben-Moy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 MF Mariona Caldentey 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9 FW Beth Mead 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 GK Daphne van Domselaar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 DF Taylor Hinds 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 5 DF Laia Codina 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 DF Leah Williamson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 DF Steph Catley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 MF Frida Maanum 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Total 20 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 37 1
Clean sheets
Rank Name Total 1 28 Anneke Borbe 6 2 1 2 1 12 2 14 Daphne van Domselaar 5 0 0 2 0 7 Total 11 2 1 4 1 19
Transfers, loans and other signings
Transfers in No. PositionPlayer From club 2 July 2025 18 FW Chloe Kelly Manchester City 7 July 2025 24 DF Taylor Hinds Liverpool 15 July 2025 28 GK Anneke Borbe VfL Wolfsburg 17 July 2025 15 FW Olivia Smith Liverpool 5 January 2026 31 DF Smilla Holmberg Hammarby
Loans in No. PositionPlayer From club 3 February 2026 13 GK Barbora Votíková Slavia Prague
Contract extensions No. Position Player At Arsenal since 5 September 2025 23 FW Alessia Russo 2023 9 January 2026 Coach Renée Slegers 2025 26 March 2026 10 MF Kim Little 2016 21 April 2026 25 FW Stina Blackstenius 2022 28 April 2026 7 DF Steph Catley 2020 30 April 2026 6 DF Leah Williamson 2014
Transfers out Announcement date No. PositionPlayer To club 8 May 2025 17 FW Lina Hurtig Fiorentina 8 May 2025 28 DF Amanda Ilestedt Eintracht Frankfurt 8 May 2025 29 DF Teyah Goldie London City Lionesses 23 July 2025 56 MF Freya Godfrey London City Lionesses 15 August 2025 26 DF Laura Wienroither Manchester City 4 September 2025 13 MF Lia Wälti Juventus
Loans out Announcement date No. PositionPlayer To club On loan until 11 August 2025 16 FW Rosa Kafaji Brighton & Hove Albion End of season 19 August 2025 29 FW Michelle Agyemang Brighton & Hove Albion January 2026 25 August 2025 30 MF Laila Harbert Portland Thorns 2 September 2025 40 GK Naomi Williams Bristol City 3 September 2025 33 FW Jessie Gale Portsmouth 3 September 2025 37 FW Vivienne Lia Nottingham Forest February 2026 4 September 2025 38 MF Maddy Earl Ipswich Town 4 September 2025 36 DF Cecily Wellesley-Smith Leicester City January 2026 10 January 2026 33 FW Jessie Gale Bristol City End of season 10 January 2026 22 DF Jenna Nighswonger Aston Villa 28 January 2026 30 MF Laila Harbert Everton 2 February 2026 36 DF Cecily Wellesley-Smith FC Rosengård December 2026 5 February 2026 38 MF Maddy Earl Glasgow City F.C. End of season 9 February 2026 37 FW Vivienne Lia HammarbyDecember 2026
Suspensions No. Position Player Games suspended Reason 15 FW Olivia Smith v. Chelsea, 24 January 2026 Red card (two yellows) vs. Manchester United v. OH Leuven, 18 February 2026 Accumulation of three UWCL league phase / knock-out phase yellow cards
Club
Kits Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Fly Emirates / Sleeve sponsor: Visit Rwanda + +
Kit information This is Adidas's seventh year supplying Arsenal kit, having taken over from Puma at the beginning of the 2019–20season.
Home: The club revealed their new home kit for the 2025–26 season on 15 May 2025. The kit uses Arsenal's traditional colours of red and white. The shirt has a red body and white sleeves and is complemented by white shorts and red socks. Red shorts may be used in some away games when there will be a colour clash with the home team's kit. Taken from the "Victoria Concordia Crescit" club crest, first used in the 1949–50 season, the gothic "A" of "Arsenal" is repeated across the body of the shirt. The kit was launched alongside a film named The pulse of our club. Away: On 21 July, the Gunners released their new away kit, which is a tribute to the ability of the club's supporters to energise the players in to feeling "100ft tall", stand out and own the moment. The shirt has a dark navy base with a lighter-navy lightning bolt pattern, a signature away-kit design that was inspired by the Royal Arsenal Gatehouse lightning bolt. The kit is complemented by navy shorts and socks, whereby metallic grey shorts will be used in the away games in which there are a colour clash with the home team's kit. The kit was launched with an accompanying video named Ready for new heights. Third: On 4 August, the club released their new third kit, which is inspired by the 20th anniversary of Arsenal's final season at the "iconic" Highbury Stadium. The shirt has a white base with off-white details that echo the stadium's distinctive art deco architecture. It also features a polo collar with dark red and gold stripes. The kit is complemented by dark red shorts and white socks, whereby white shorts will be used in the away games in which there are a colour clash with the home team's kit. The kit was launched with an accompanying video named A tribute to elegance, art and style. Goalkeeper: The new goalkeeper kits are based on Adidas's goalkeeper template for the season.
Pre-season
Competitions
Overall record
Women's Super League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
FA Cup
As a member of the top tier, Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the fourth round.
League Cup
Having qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase, Arsenal entered the League Cup at the quarter-final stage.
Knockout stage
UEFA Women's Champions League
As winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League, Arsenal entered this season's competition at the league phase.
League phase
Knockout phase
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
FIFA Women's Champions Cup
As winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League, Arsenal were UEFA's representative in the inaugural competition and entered in the semi-finals.
Semi-finals
Final
References
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