Arsenal Trophies: How Many Have Arsenal Won Since 1886? Full Honours List After the Fleetwood Shock

Arsenal trophies number 51 major honours since the club was founded in 1886, yet the one that keeps slipping away is the League Cup. On Tuesday night, 27 October 2026, the Premier League champions were knocked out of the Carabao Cup fourth round by League Two Fleetwood Town, 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood.

So how many trophies have Arsenal won, which competitions do they own, and why is this cup still their weak spot? Here is the full honours list, checked against the club’s records.

Fleetwood 1-1 Arsenal (5-3 pens): what happened

Mikel Arteta made ten changes from the weekend win over Everton, and it showed. Aaron Loupalo-Bi gave Fleetwood the lead after 21 minutes, beating 17-year-old Marli Salmon to the ball and poking past debutant goalkeeper Illan Meslier. Viktor Gyökeres equalised five minutes after half-time, turning in a cross from 18-year-old Ceadach O’Neill for his first goal of the season.

Arsenal had 26 shots and 78% of the ball, according to the BBC match report, but Fleetwood keeper Jay Lynch kept them out, including a late goal-line block from Ben White. On 85 minutes, 16-year-old Max Dowman was sent off after reacting to a heavy challenge from Harrison Neal. That red card brings a three-match domestic ban, which you can track on our daily injury and suspension updates.

In the shootout, Martin Ødegaard, Kai Havertz and Gyökeres all scored, but Bruno Guimarães saw Arsenal’s fourth kick saved by Lynch. Fleetwood scored all five, with 19-year-old defender Conor Haughey smashing the winner into the top corner. Fleetwood, who sit just two points above the League Two drop zone, were a non-league club as recently as 2012.

Arsenal trophies at a glance: the honours table

Arsenal have won 51 major trophies since 1886: 49 domestic honours and 2 European trophies, with a record 14 FA Cups and 14 league titles at the heart of the collection.

Notes on the count

• The domestic total of 49 matches the Wikipedia list of FA and league honours, which counts every Community Shield and the 1988 Centenary Trophy.
• The official Arsenal honours page lists every final, but its headline figure of 49 has not been updated to add the two European trophies on the same page.
• The 1991 Community Shield was shared with Tottenham after a 0-0 draw. It counts as an honour for both clubs.
• Friendlies, pre-season tournaments and youth or women’s trophies are not included.

How Arsenal compare with England’s most decorated clubs

Counting the three big domestic competitions (the league, the FA Cup and the League Cup), Arsenal are the third most successful club in English football. Manchester United lead with 39 and Liverpool have 38, with Arsenal on 30, ahead of Manchester City (27) and Chelsea (19). Arsenal’s strength is the FA Cup, where they lead everyone, while United and Liverpool pull ahead through their 20 league titles each and, in Liverpool’s case, a record 10 League Cups. That last figure shows exactly what Arsenal’s poor League Cup record has cost them in the all-time rankings.

League titles: 14 champions of England

Arsenal’s first league title came in 1930/31, and the 1930s side won five in eight seasons (1931, 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1938). More followed in 1947/48 and 1952/53, before the 1970/71 team won the league and FA Cup double.

The modern era brought titles in 1988/89, 1990/91, 1997/98, 2001/02 and 2003/04, when Arsenal went the whole 38-game season unbeaten. Then came a 22-year wait, ended in May 2026 when Arsenal sealed the 2025/26 Premier League title with a game to spare. Only Liverpool and Manchester United, with 20 each, have more English titles. For this season’s race, see our {A(U+”/2026/10/16/today-premier-league-match/”,”Premier League fixtures and table”)}.

FA Cup: the record holders with 14

No club has won the FA Cup more often than Arsenal. The first came in 1930 against Huddersfield, and the most recent in 2020, when they beat Chelsea 2-1 in an empty Wembley. In between came wins in 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015 and 2017. Chelsea have been beaten in three of those finals, more than any other opponent.

Arsenal League Cup record: 2 wins, 7 lost finals

This is where the Fleetwood exit stings most. Arsenal have reached nine League Cup finals and won only two: 2-1 against Liverpool in 1987 and 2-1 against Sheffield Wednesday in 1993. They have lost seven, including two of the competition’s great shocks against lower-league sides, Swindon in 1969 and Luton in 1988.

The latest defeat came only seven months ago, a 2-0 loss to Manchester City at Wembley on 22 March 2026. Even before that final, Arsenal had the worst win rate in finals of any club that has lifted the trophy. That gap of 33 years without the trophy will now reach 34. City meet Brighton in tonight’s tie, and you can follow the rest of the round on our scores and fixtures page.

European honours: the Fairs Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup

Arsenal’s first European trophy was the 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the forerunner of the UEFA Cup and today’s Europa League. Trailing Anderlecht 3-1 after the first leg, they won 3-0 at Highbury to take the final 4-3 on aggregate. It was the club’s first trophy in 17 years.

The second came in 1994, when Alan Smith’s volley beat Parma 1-0 in Copenhagen to win the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. Arsenal reached the final again the next year but lost to Real Zaragoza. Follow this season’s European campaign on our Champions League table and results page.

Community Shields and the Centenary Trophy

Arsenal have lifted the Charity Shield, now the Community Shield, 18 times, one of them shared. Three of the last six were won on penalties: 2017, 2020 and 2023. The latest, in Cardiff on 16 August 2026, was a 3-0 win over Manchester City, with goals from Riccardo Calafiori, Havertz and Ødegaard. The one-off Football League Centenary Trophy was won in 1988 with a 2-1 final win over Manchester United.

What the Fleetwood exit means for Arsenal’s season

Losing the League Cup leaves three trophies on the table this season: the Premier League title defence, the FA Cup and the Champions League. The bigger worry is short-term. With Dowman banned and Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke and Christos Tzolis all injured, Arteta is short of wingers for Sunday’s game against Liverpool. Our latest Arsenal transfer news covers whether a winger is a January target, and the Man City match guide shows how the title rivals are shaping up.

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