Arsenal FC UEFA club competition milestones . The 2005/06 season saw Arsenal advance to the European Champion Clubs' Cup final for the first time although they had previously been involved in both UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup finals. Their finest UEFA Champions League campaign culminated on 17 May 2006 with a 2-1 defeat by FC Barcelona, after Sol Campbell had given the London club the lead in Paris.
. Arsenal played in three UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals, triumphing in the 1993/94 season when they overcame Parma FC 1-0 thanks to Alan Smith's 22nd-minute goal. The other finals ended in narrow defeats by Valencia CF and Real Zaragoza in 1979/80 and 1994/95 respectively. Following their elimination from the 1999/00 UEFA Champions League at the end of the group stage, Arsenal advanced to the UEFA Cup final only to lose on penalties to Galatasaray SK at Copenhagen's Parken stadium. UEFA club competition honours . UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1993/94 Ten-year record (including current season) . Arsenal are making their ninth successive attempt at winning the UEFA Champions League with their best performance coming last season. They reached the group stage by defeating NK Dinamo Zagreb in the third qualifying round. The English side and rivals FC Porto both recorded three victories and two draws from their six outings in the group stage, but Arsenal topped the standings due to their better head-to-head record against their Portuguese opponents (a 2-0 victory followed by a scoreless draw). 1997/98: UEFA Cup - first round 1998/99: UEFA Champions League - group stage 1999/00: UEFA Cup - finalists (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League, group stage) 2000/01: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 2001/02: UEFA Champions League - second group stage 2002/03: UEFA Champions League - second group stage 2003/04: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 2004/05: UEFA Champions League - first knockout round 2005/06: UEFA Champions League - runners-up 2006/07: UEFA Champions League - first knockout round 2005/06 season Domestic record: Arsenal's impressive late run saw them leapfrog Tottenham Hotspur FC to finish fourth in the English Premiership. Although finishing 24 points behind champions Chelsea FC, it was enough to earn a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, the first time they had not entered the competition directly. European record: As one of the 16 automatic qualifiers, Arsenal breezed through the group stage with five victories from their opening five engagements. The only blemish to their record came on Matchday 6 when they were held to a scoreless draw by AFC Ajax. They then saw off Real Madrid CF in the first knockout round, 1-0 on aggregate, before a 2-0 two-legged result defeated Juventus in the quarter-finals. Villarreal CF were beaten 1-0 on aggregate in the semi-finals to take Arsenal through to the final at the Stade de France, where they lost 2-1 to Barcelona. Key facts UEFA club competition . Pld: 153 W: 73 D: 41 L: 39 GF: 238 GA: 153 UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) . Pld: 87 W: 39 D: 25 L: 23 GF: 119 GA: 88 European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League . Pld: 99 W: 46 D: 26 L: 27 GF: 145 GA: 99 Records UEFA club competition . Biggest win 0-7: R. Standard de Liège v Arsenal FC 03.11.1993, 1993/94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, second round, second leg . Biggest home win 6-1: Arsenal FC v FK Austria Wien 18.09.1991, 1991/92 European Champion Clubs' Cup, first round, first leg . Biggest away win 0-7: R. Standard de Liège v Arsenal FC (see above for details) . Heaviest defeat 0-3: Arsenal FC v FC Internazionale Milano 17.09.2003, 2003/04 UEFA Champions League, group stage 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal FC 22.11.2000, 2000/01 UEFA Champions League, second group stage 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC 07.11.2000, 2000/01 UEFA Champions League, first group stage 2-5: Arsenal FC v SK Spartak Moskva 29.09.1982, 1982/83 UEFA Cup, first round, second leg . Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Arsenal FC v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) 2-5: Arsenal FC v SK Spartak Moskva (see above for details) . Heaviest away defeat 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) . Biggest win 5-1: Arsenal FC v Rosenborg BK 07.12.2004, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, group stage 1-5: FC Internazionale Milano v Arsenal FC 25.11.2003, 2003/04 UEFA Champions League, group stage 0-4: PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal FC 25.09.2002, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League, group stage . Biggest home win 5-1: Arsenal FC v Rosenborg BK (see above for details) . Biggest away win 1-5: FC Internazionale Milano v Arsenal FC (see above for details) 0-4: PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal FC (see above for details) . Heaviest defeat 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details) . Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Arsenal FC v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) . Heaviest away defeat 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal FC (see above for details) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
