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Beth Mead Departs Arsenal After 265 Games, 86 Goals

5/12/2026

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Beth Mead Departs Arsenal

Beth Mead will leave Arsenal Women when her contract ends at season’s close.
She logged 265 games and scored 86 goals for Arsenal.
She helped Arsenal win a WSL title, three League Cups, the Champions League and a FIFA Champions Cup.
She assisted Stina Blackstenius’s winner in the Champions League final versus Barcelona, earning Arsenal its first European title in 18 years.

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Mead Wins Champions

Arsenal won the 2025 UEFA Women’s Champions League with Mead’s assist for Stina Blackstenius’s winner and secured FIFA Women’s Champions Cup in February 2026.
Mead became the Women’s Super League’s youngest Golden Boot winner in 2015 and earned her first senior England cap in 2018.
She helped the Lionesses reach the 2019 World Cup semi-finals, recovered from an ACL rupture in November 2022, and contributed to Arsenal’s League Cup win in spring 2024.

History

Historical Context

In April 2007 Arsenal Women became the first English club to win the UEFA Women’s Cup, defeating Sweden’s Umeå IK 1-0 on aggregate after a season that also secured the league, FA Cup and League Cup. The triumph marked the inaugural British victory in a tournament that featured 43 teams, a precedent resurfaced when Arsenal repeated the feat in 2025.

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Beth Mead Departs Arsenal

Beth Mead will leave Arsenal Women when her contract ends at season’s close.
She logged 265 games and scored 86 goals for Arsenal.
She helped Arsenal win a WSL title, three League Cups, the Champions League and a FIFA Champions Cup.
She assisted Stina Blackstenius’s winner in the Champions League final versus Barcelona, earning Arsenal its first European title in 18 years.

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