Arsenal preseason 2022: Squad list, tour schedule, results, fixtures

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal headed to Germany to begin their preseason preparations as they gear up for 2022/23.

After missing out on Champions League qualification again last campaign, the Gunners are determined to ensure that they are in the best possible shape for when the new season gets underway.

Arsenal started preseason by thrashing Ipswich Town 5-1 in a behind-closed-doors friendly at their training ground and continued their preparations by beating Nurnberg 5-3 in an exhibition match.

Arteta's men are now heading to the United States for games against Everton, Orlando City and Chelsea.

Here is how their preseason is shaping up and who is in their squad.

Arsenal preseason squad list 2022

Arteta has a good selection of players to work with during preseason.

New signing Gabriel Jesus, who recently joined from Manchester City, has linked up with the squad. Young winger Marquinhos is also involved following his arrival from Sao Paulo and goalkeeper Matt Turner has joined from New England Revolution.

Fabio Vieira, who signed from Porto, has also met his new teammates. The midfielder was pictured wearing a protective boot but assured fans that it is just a precaution.

Solid start, boys 👊

📍 Herzogenaurach, Germany pic.twitter.com/pLtOsLpotJ

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) July 6, 2022

There are a host of players who have returned from loan spells such as Hector Bellerin, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Pablo Mari and Reiss Nelson. Some of those players may not be at the club by the time the transfer window closes, but they all featured against Ipswich and could play some part in further preseason games.

Arsenal preseason squad heading to America

Goalkeepers (4) —  Aaron Ramsdale, Bernd Leno, Matt Turner, Arthur Okonkwo, Alex Runarsson

Defenders (11) — Kieran Tierney, Nuno Tavares, Gabriel, Pablo Mari, Ben White, Rob Holding, William Saliba, Hector Bellerin, Cedric Soares, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Reuell Walters

Midfielders (11) — Mohamed Elneny, Lucas Torreira, Thomas Partey, Emile Smith Rowe, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Granit Xhaka, Martin Odegaard, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Fabio Vieira, Reiss Nelson, Oleksandr Zinchenko

Wingers/Forwards (7) — Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Jesus, Nicolas Pepe, Bukayo Saka, Folarin Balogun, Marquinhos

Arsenal preseason schedule 2022

Arsenal preseason results 2022

Arsenal 5-1 Ipswich Town

The Gunners kicked off their preseason with a comfortable win at the Arsenal Training Centre on the back of an Eddie Nketiah hat-trick and goals by Albert Sambi Lokonga and Folarin Balogun. Lineups below courtesy of Arsenal.com:

1st Half: Bernd Leno (GK) — Hector Bellerin, Ben White, Pablo Mari, Cedric — Thomas Partey, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sambi Lokonga — Nicolas Pepe, Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson

2nd Half: Arthur Okonkwo (GK) — Reuell Walters, Alex Kirk, Zach Awe, Lino Sousa — Matt Smith, Salah Oulad M’hand, Charlie Patino — Omari Hutchinson, Folarin Balogun, Marcelo Flores. (Subs: Jack Henry-Francis, Mazeed Ogungbo)

Nurnberg 3-5 Arsenal

For the second game in a row Arsenal scored five goals as Gabriel Jesus netted just 90 seconds after coming on for his debut. Arsenal had been 2-0 down at half-time but the Brazilian came off the bench in the second half and bagged twice. Mohamed Elneny also found the net while two own goals also contributed to the win.

1st Half: Matt Turner (GK) — Kieran Tierney, Reull Walters, Pablo Mari, Hector Bellerin — Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sambi Lokonga — Nicolas Pepe, Reiss Nelson, Emile Smith-Rowe — Eddie Nketiah

Everton 0-2 Arsenal

Optimism around the Gunners' progress continued in Baltimore as they eased to a 2-0 friendly win over Everton. Jesus was again the star, opening the scoring before setting up Bukayo Saka for the second in the space of three first-half minutes. There was a start for Matt Turner in goal and William Saliba impressed at the heart of defence.

1st Half: Matt Turner (GK) — Nuno Tavares, Gabriel Magalhaes, William Saliba, Cedric Soares — Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka — Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka — Gabriel Jesus.

2nd Half: Matt Turner (GK) — Hector Bellerin, Gabriel Magalhaes, William Saliba, Rob Holding — Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka — Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Gabriel Martinelli, Nicolas Pepe — Eddie Nketiah.

Orlando City 1-3 Arsenal

Arsenal's solid preseason continued in Clash of Nations competition as goals from Martinelli, Nketiah and Reiss Nelson secured a 3-1 victory over Orlando City. The American hosts did head into the break all level after Facundo Torres cancelled out Martinelli's early strike though in the end, the former Premier League champions proved too strong for their counterparts.

1st half: Aaron Ramsdale (GK) - Cedric, Rob Holding, Pablo Mari, Nuno Tavares - Mohamed Elneny, Ainsley Maitland-Niles - Nicolas Pepe, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Gabriel Martinelli - Eddie Nketiah.

2nd half: Matt Turner (GK) - Hector Bellerin, Ben White, Gabriel, William Saliba - Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka - Reiss Nelson, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka - Gabriel Jesus.

Arsenal 4-0 Chelsea

An emphatic win over Premier League rivals Chelsea earned Arsenal the Florida Cup title and ended their US tour in impressive style.

In the third and final game of the tour, Jesus scored his fourth goal of pre-season to put Arsenal ahead after 15 minutes.

Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka then netted either side of the interval before Sambi Lokonga added a late fourth.

Oleksandr Zinchenko made his Arsenal debut a day after completing his transfer from Manchester City.

"He was desperate to play and I knew that," said Arteta. "It was a maximum 45 minutes but you could see straight away he was comfortable.

"As you could see, there are a lot of positives to take from the game: the way we played, the intensity we showed, the way we were trying to show who we are as a team."

Arsenal: Ramsdale (GK) (Turner 76) — White (Cedric 76), Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko (Tavares 46) — Partey (Eleney 76), Xhaka (Maitland-Niles 76), Saka (Marquinhos 76), Odegaard (Lokonga 76) – Martinelli (Pepe 76), Jesus (Nketiah 57).

Arsenal 1-2 Brentford

An understrength Arsenal suffered their first loss of preseason against Brentford on July 27. 

The Bees opened the scoring early via Bryan Mbeumo before Eddie Nketiah equalised for the Gunners with his fifth goal of preseason. 

Ryan Trevitt then scored the winner just before the break as Brentford managed to hold off late pressure from Arsenal. 

Arsenal: Turner, Cedric, Walters (Awe 46), Holding, Tavares (Souza 76), Elneny, Lokonga, Maitland-Niles (Patino 85), Marquinhos, Nelson (Sagoe Jr 90), Nketiah.

Arsenal 6-0 Sevilla

The Gunners wrapped up preseason in style with a 6-0 win over La Liga side Sevilla. New signing Gabriel Jesus scored a hat-trick for Arsenal, while Bukayo Saka also bagged a brace. 

Arsenal starting XI: Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Saka, Thomas, Xhaka, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Jesus, Martinelli. 

Arsenal in Premier League 2022/23: TV channels, live streams

UK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and BT Sport streaming and TV platforms, with select matches on Amazon Prime.

USA: Select matches are televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo or Universo (Spanish), and all three channels can be streamed on fuboTV. The rest of the matches are streamed on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers.

Canada: Every Premier League game streams live and on demand exclusively via fuboTV.

Australia: Fans in Australia can stream matches live and on demand on Optus Sport.