arsenal were in the champions league for 20 years.
how many years were arsenal in the champions league?
20
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 became the first london team to appear in a uefa champions league final in 2006. despite having never won the uefa champions league, arsenal have set numerous records in the competition. between 1998–99 and the current season, 2016–17, they participated in nineteen successive seasons, a record only surpassed in europe by real madrid. goalkeeper jens lehmann kept ten consecutive clean sheets in the run-in to arsenal's first uefa champions league final and the defence went 995 minutes until conceding a goal. arsenal were also the first british side to defeat real madrid and borussia dortmund away from home, and both milanese teams: internazionale and milan at the san siro.
list of arsenal f.c. records and statistics
for a time during the 2005–06 season there was a very good chance that the new rules would be invoked for the 2006–07 tournament, as arsenal progressed to the champions league final against spanish side barcelona while languishing in fifth place in the premier league. the team that was in danger of "losing" a champions league place was none other than arsenal's fiercest local rival, tottenham hotspur. spurs had held a top four spot for six months of that season and led arsenal by a point as both clubs went into their final league games. spurs lost that match at west ham (having been only able to field a weakened team due to a number of players succumbing to an intestinal illness the night before), while arsenal defeated wigan athletic to overtake tottenham and secure the fourth 2006–07 champions league spot. arsenal then went on to lose the 2006 champions league final.
liverpool f.c. 2005–06 uefa champions league qualification