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The 2024–25 season is Arsenal Football Club's 33rd season in the Premier League, their 99th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, and 108th season in the top flight overall. In addition to the domestic league, Arsenal will also participate in this season's editions of the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

First-team transfers (summer transfer window)
The Premier League summer transfer window runs from 14 June to 30 August 2024.

First-team squad
As of 3 June 2024, there were twenty-five players in the first-team squad: two goalkeepers, nine defenders, eight midfielders, and six forwards.

Notes:
 * Squad numbers last updated on 15 February 2024.
 * Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
 * Player* – Player who joined Arsenal permanently or on loan during the season.
 * Player† – Player who departed Arsenal permanently or on loan during the season.
 * Player (HG) – Player who fulfils the Premier League's "Home Grown Player" criteria.
 * Player (CT) – Player who fulfils UEFA's "club-trained player" criteria.
 * Player (AT) – Player who fulfils UEFA's "association-trained player" criteria.

New contracts
The following Arsenal players signed their first or new professional contracts with the club.

Released
The following players from Arsenal's first team, under-21s and under-18s squads were released by the club.

Transfers in
Total expenditure: £0.0 million (excluding potential add-ons and bonuses)

Transfers out
Total income: £0.0 million (excluding potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)

Loans in
Total expenditure: £0.0 million (excluding further fees)

Loans out

 * Date‡ – Loan was originally scheduled to last to until end of the season but was curtailed.

Total income: £0.0 million (excluding undisclosed figures)

Overall transfer activity
Note: All loan fees included. All potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures excluded.

Kits
Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Fly Emirates / Sleeve sponsor: Visit Rwanda

Kit information
This is Adidas's sixth year supplying Arsenal kit, having taken over from Puma at the beginning of the 2019–20 season.


 * Home: On 16 May 2024, the club revealed their new home kit for the 2024–25 season. 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. This is the first time the club's iconic cannon has featured outside the crest on the home shirt since 1989–90. The kit was launched alongside a film named The Year of the Cannon.
 * Away:
 * Third:
 * Goalkeeper: The new goalkeeper kits are based on Adidas's goalkeeper template for the season.

Pre-season and friendlies
On 23 February 2024, Arsenal announced that they would travel to the United States in July to play friendlies against Manchester United and Liverpool.

Matches
The league fixtures will be announced on 18 June 2024.

FA Cup
As a Premier League side, Arsenal will enter the FA Cup in the third round in January 2025.

EFL Cup
The Gunners will enter the EFL Cup in the third round in September 2024 as one of the Premier League teams participating in UEFA competitions.

League phase
Arsenal's UEFA club coefficient was 72.000 points at the end of the last campaign. They would be in Pot 2 for the league phase draw.

Appearances
The following players made their appearances for Arsenal's first team during the season.

''Includes all competitions for senior teams. Players with no appearances not included in the list.''

Goals
The following players scored for Arsenal's first team during the season.

''Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total goals are equal.''



Clean sheets
''Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.''

Captains
''Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total number of games where a player started as captain are equal. Players with no games started as captain not included in the list.''