The 2017 FA Community Shield was the 95th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was held at Wembley Stadium on 6 August 2017. The match was played between Chelsea, champions of the 2016–17 Premier League and Arsenal, who beat their opponents to win the 2017 FA Cup Final. Watched by a crowd of 83,325, Arsenal won the Shield 4–1 on penalties, after the match finished 1–1 after 90 minutes. The shoot-out was notable as the ABBA system was trialled for the first time in English football; the format sees teams take back-to-back penalties rather than alternating.
The match programme cover
The Premier League trophy (left), the FA Community Shield and the FA Cup displayed on the Wembley Stadium pitch
Per Mertesacker was substituted in the first half, having suffered a head injury.
Thibaut Courtois missed his penalty in the shoot-out, sending the ball over the crossbar.
The Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. In domestic football, Arsenal has won 13 league titles, a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields and a Football League Centenary Trophy. In European football, they have one European Cup Winners' Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
Royal Arsenal squad in 1888. Original captain David Danskin sits on the right of the bench.
A bronze bust of Herbert Chapman stands inside the Emirates Stadium.
Tony Adams statue outside the Emirates Stadium
After completing the only unbeaten Premier League season, a unique gold trophy was commissioned to Arsenal.
