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 looked to be 90 minutes away from reaching their second successive Women's Champions League final after a 2-1 first leg win in the semifinals, but eight-time record winners OL Lyonnes had other plans.
The north London side lifted the UWCL title last season, beating European heavyweights OL Lyonnes in the semifinal and perennial winners Barcelona in the final, but their title defence came to an end.
Lyonnes got their revenge for last season's semifinal, as they mounted a comeback in the second leg, to come away with a 4-3 aggregate score which saw them clinch a 12th final in the competition.
The Gunners entered this season's quarterfinals through the playoff round, then saw off Chelsea 3-2 across two legs in the quarterfinals.
But their mission to become the first English side to reach back-to-back European finals came to a heartbreaking end.
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
Quarterfinal 1st leg: Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea
Quarterfinal 2nd leg: Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal
Semifinal 1st leg: Arsenal 2-1 OL Lyonnes
Semifinal 2nd leg: OL Lyonnes 3-1 Arsenal
Arsenal factsheet:
Coach: Renée Slegers
Captain: Kim Little
Stadium: The Emirates/Meadow Park
Last season's showing: Winners
This season's showing: Semifinalists
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+
Standout performer: Alessia Russo
Alessia Russo is the top scorer in the competition this year with nine goals, after she netted Arsenal's only goal in the second leg of the semifinals. No English player has ever scored more in a single season of the competition.
The England international was 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.
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.