Have Arsenal ever won the Champions League? Results and overall record in elite UEFA competition
Arsenal are aiming to add to their rich history in European football after reaching the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 2016/17 season.
The Gunners first played in the competition back in 1971 and are taking part for the 22nd time, winning more games than they have lost in 16 of those campaigns.
Legendary striker Thierry Henry is their top scorer in the Champions League with 35 goals, followed by another formidable forward, Robin van Persie, with 20.
Did either player win the Champions League with Arsenal, and how has the club fared across the decades? The Sporting News has the details.
What is Arsenal's record in the Champions League knockouts?
Arsenal have never won the Champions League, but they did reach the final with the help of five Henry goals during the 2005/06 season.
They won their group and beat Real Madrid, Juventus and Villarreal during the knockout stage that season, guided by revered former manager Arsene Wenger.
When Sol Campbell gave them a 37th-minute lead in the final against Barcelona in Paris, Arsenal's unbeaten run in the Champions League that season was on course to continue in glorious fashion.
But after Jens Lehmann's earlier red card, Samuel Eto'o equalised in the 76th minute and Juliano Belletti scored the winner five minutes later as Wenger's players narrowly missed out in a finale that was cruel on the English club and their fans at the Stade de France.
Arsenal were ever-present in the knockout stage between the 2003/04 and 2016/17 seasons, recording the second semifinal appearance in their history in 2008/09 when they were knocked out 4-1 on aggregate by Manchester United, who then lost to Barca in the final.
A quarterfinal appearance the following season was
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