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·19 May 2026
Arsenal End 22 Year Wait to Reclaim Premier League Crown

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·19 May 2026

Arsenal are Premier League champions again, ending 22 years of longing, near misses and painful rebuilds with a title secured before the final day.
Mikel Arteta’s side were confirmed as champions after Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth on Tuesday night, leaving Arsenal four points clear with one game remaining. After three straight second place finishes, this was the season when promise finally became proof.

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Arsenal have led the Premier League for much of the campaign, combining control, resilience and attacking authority. Their challenge wobbled in April when City closed the gap and a 2-1 defeat at the Etihad appeared to shift momentum back towards Pep Guardiola’s side.
Yet Arsenal responded like champions. They steadied themselves, won key matches and refused to let another title race slip away. This triumph ends a six year wait for silverware and gives Arteta his second major honour as Arsenal manager.
Arsenal’s last Premier League title came in 2003/04, when Arsene Wenger’s Invincibles completed an unbeaten league season with 26 wins and 12 draws. That team became part of football folklore, a standard every Arsenal side since has had to live beneath.
Now, after more than two decades, a new generation has written its own chapter. This title may not carry the unbeaten aura of 2004, but it carries weight of a different kind, patience rewarded, ambition realised and belief restored in north London.
Arsenal will receive the Premier League trophy after their final match of the season at Crystal Palace on Sunday. Selhurst Park will stage the coronation, but the celebrations may not end there.
Arteta’s team still have the Champions League final to come, facing defending champions PSG in Budapest on Saturday May 30. Arsenal have never won Europe’s biggest club prize, and victory there would turn a magnificent season into the greatest in the club’s modern history.
For now, the Premier League belongs to Arsenal again.







































