This page contains everything you need to know about Arsenal’s 2025-26 European campaign. It will be updated after each matchweek, with the latest news and highlights.
Arsenal go into the knockout stages of this year’s UEFA Women’s Champions League as one of the favourites.
The Gunners entered the quarterfinals through the playoff round, but appear to be peaking at the right time in the season as they look to defend their European crown.
The north London side lifted their second-ever UWCL title last season, beating European heavyweights OL Lyonnes in the semifinal and perennial winners Barcelona in the final.
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They remain the only English side to have won the competition. Can they go back-to-back?
Arsenal match highlights:
Round 1: Arsenal 1-2 OL Lyonnes
Round 2: Benfica 0-2 Arsenal
Round 3: Bayern Munich 3-2 Arsenal
Round 4: Arsenal 2-1 Real Madrid
Round 5: Arsenal 1-0 Twente
Round 6: OH Leuven 0-3 Arsenal
Playoff 1st leg: OH Leuven 0-4 Arsenal
Playoff 2nd leg: Arsenal 3-1 OH Leuven
Arsenal Fixtures
March 24 – Chelsea (H)
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April 1 – Chelsea (A)
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Arsenal factsheet:
Coach: Renée Slegers
Captain: Kim Little
Stadium: The Emirates/Meadow Park
Last season’s showing: Winners
UWCL trivia: Arsenal’s first-ever Champions League triumph came in 2007, when they defeated Swedish side Umeå 1-0. The final was played across two legs, with Arsenal scoring the only goal in second-half stoppage-time time in the first leg.
The goalscorer? Alex Scott. The former England international is one of the Disney+ presenters for the competition this year!
– Full list of presenters, commentators and analysts for UWCL on Disney+
Player to watch: Alessia Russo
Alessia Russo is the top-scorer in the competition this year with seven goals.
The England international is an integral part of the Gunners frontline, with her work off the ball as important as her goalscoring nous.
She was a central figure in Arsenal’s UWCL triumph last season, scoring seven goals and assisting two in 11 matches.
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Her brace led the comeback against Real Madrid in the quarterfinals, and she got on the scoresheet in the semifinal second leg against OL Lyonnes too.
Following a summer in which she won the Euros with England, Russo finished third in the Ballon d’Or rankings last year.
