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List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
The club won their first League Cup in 1987, but a year later failed to retain the trophy as outsiders Luton Town beat them in the final. [29] In 1989, Arsenal won their first league championship in 18 years, courtesy of Michael Thomas' last-minute goal against closest challengers Liverpool in the final game of the season. [30]
Arsenal have won two European honours: the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1970 and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1994. They also reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 2000 and the Europa League in 2019, and became the first London team to appear in a UEFA Champions League final in 2006.
[102] [103] They finished in fifth in the Premier League that year, and qualified for next season's UEFA Europa League. [104] By the 2022–23 season, Arsenal returned to the Champions League by coming second to Manchester City, setting a record for most time spent on top of the table without actually winning the league, ending on 84 points. [105]
Arsenal won the League Cup in 1986–87, the Football League Centenary Trophy in 1988, two League title wins in 1988–89 and 1990–91, the FA Cup and League Cup double in 1992–93 and a second European trophy, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1993–94. However, Graham's reputation was tarnished when it was revealed that he had taken kickbacks for ...
Both ended with 89 points, but Manchester City won the title with a superior goal difference, the first and only time that goal difference has decided the Premier League title. [3] Earliest title win with the most games remaining: 7 games, Liverpool [4] [note 1] Undefeated title win: Arsenal [5]
Arsenal missed out on the chance to regain top spot in the Premier League after suffering a surprise 2-0 home defeat to West Ham on Thursday.
Arsenal, meanwhile, are currently in their longest period without a league title since first becoming English champions in 1931, with their last triumph coming in 2004. Arsenal went 18 years without a title twice, 1953 until 1971, then again until 1989.