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LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 26: Mariona Caldentey of Arsenal celebrates with teammate Caitlin Foord … More after scoring her team’s second goal during the UEFA Women’s Champions League Quarter Finals Second Leg match between Arsenal FC and Real Madrid CF at Emirates Stadium on March 26, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC via Getty Images) Arsenal FC via Getty Images European champions Arsenal will play all of their Women’s Super League games at the Emirates Stadium but have opted not to play there in the Champions League group stage. For the first time next season, each of the eleven home matches in the league will be played at their 60,704-capacity stadium in North London, a move that the club hailed as “reaffirming N5 as the main home of Arsenal Women.” However, the number of matches the club have proposed to stage at the Emirates Stadium has not changed since last season. Then, they committed to stage eight WSL games there, plus their three group stage matches in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, should they earn a place there through the qualification rounds. Had they failed to qualify they would have shifted to playing all of their league matches at the Emirates Stadium. The difference is now – having won the Champions League and qualified directly into the new “League Phase” of next season’s competition – they have opted to play their more glamorous European ties at the smaller Meadow Park stadium in Borehamwood, with a capacity of just over 4,000. One of those Champions League home games will be against a top-ranked opponent – FC Barcelona, Lyon, FC Bayern or VfL Wolfsburg. It is likely that the disappointing four-figure crowds recorded during the group stage last season at the Emirates Stadium (5,613 against Vålerenga and 9,963 against…

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