Overview

• Arsenal have included Dowman in their Champions League group squad, with the opener away to Athletic Club, and he is 15 years, 259 days old.
• He has six league-phase opportunities before Dec. 31 to feature and set the youngest-player mark; a seventh game on Jan. 20 would come when he is 16 years, 20 days, older than the record age.
• The current youngest Champions League player is Borussia Dortmund’s Youssoufa Moukoko, who debuted at 16 years, 18 days on Dec. 8, 2020.
• Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal holds the youngest-starter record at 16 years, 68 days from 2023.
• Dowman already appeared in the Premier League earlier this season, becoming the competition’s second-youngest player.