The Gunners were once a constant fixture in Europe's elite competition before a steady slump over the past decade.
Arsenal's last outing in the Champions League came during the 2016/17 season which was their 17th consecutive campaign competing for UEFA's ultimate prize.
But now after Arsene Wenger's retirement and Unai Emery's struggles, Mikel Arteta has finally dragged the club back to the top.
Have Arsenal ever won the Champions League?
Arsenal have never lifted the Champions League or European Cup in any of its iterations.
A record six English clubs have won a total of 15 titles, with Manchester City becoming the latest following their win over Inter Milan.
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City have joined Liverpool, Chelsea, neighbours Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa in scooping Europe's top honour.
During Arsenal's 17-season consecutive stay in the Champions League, they only reached the final once.
However, the Gunners fell to a 2-1 defeat to Barcelona in the 2005/06 campaign and eight of the next 11 years yielded round of 16 exits.
How many European Cups do Arsenal have?
The Gunners have never won any of UEFA's current three competitions including the Champions League, Europa League or the Europa Conference League.
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But the north Londoners do still have two European honours to their names.
Arsenal have won the 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup - widely considered a pre-cursor to the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) although it was not a UEFA-sanctioned competition
The Emirates outfit have also claimed the more prestigious European Cup Winners' Cup under George Graham in 1994.
The competition, which as abolished in 1999, was for the winners of European cup competitions which Arsenal qualified for having won the FA Cup the year before.
At the time, it was considered the second most important tournament UEFA offered after the European Cup.