Arsenal manager wins the award for the first time after ending club’s 22-year wait for the title<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta has been named the Barclays Manager of the Season for the first time after leading Arsenal<\/a> to the Premier League title in 2025\/26.<\/p>\n It is an historic achievement for the Gunners, coming 22 years after their last Premier League title success in 2003\/04 when Arsene Wenger’s “Invincibles” went the entire campaign unbeaten.<\/p>\n Arteta is the first Arsenal boss to win the Manager of the Season award since Wenger, who achieved it in each of his three title-winning campaigns (1997\/98, 2001\/02 and 2003\/04).<\/p>\n After presiding over three consecutive second-place finishes, Arteta and his squad finally went one better this time around, beating Manchester City<\/a> to the title in the penultimate Matchweek.<\/p>\n The Gunners’ success has been built upon solid foundations. They have kept clean sheets in 19 of their 38 matches and conceded only 27 goals \u2014\u00a0both were league-leading totals for the season.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, at the other end of the pitch, they have scored the second-highest tally of goals, 71, bettered only by Man City’s 77.<\/p>\n Arteta is the first manager to win the Premier League with a club that he also played for in the competition, after representing them as a player from 2011 until 2016.<\/p>\n Watch: Arteta’s journey to Premier League title<\/p>\n Aged 44 years and 54 days, Arteta is the third-youngest manager to win the Premier League. The first and second-youngest were both Jose Mourinho, who won the title with Chelsea<\/a> at the age of 42 years and 94 days in 2004\/05, and then 43 years and 93 days in 2005\/06.<\/p>\n Arteta has won the Manager of the Season award after votes by the public were combined with those of a panel of football experts. The six-man shortlist<\/a> also included Brentford<\/a>‘s Keith Andrews, Manchester United<\/a>‘s Michael Carrick, Man City’s Pep Guardiola, AFC Bournemouth<\/a>‘s Andoni Iraola and Sunderland<\/a>‘s Regis Le Bris.<\/p>\n Watch: Arteta’s season highlights<\/p>\n Arsenal will now aim to end their campaign by doing a Premier League and UEFA Champions League double.<\/p>\n They face current holders Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final on Saturday in Budapest, where they will hope to win the competition for the first time.<\/p>\n