The World Cup draw took place in Russia on Friday afternoon - and there could be Arsenal involvement in every group.
Three members of our then-squad - Per Mertesacker, Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski - were crowned winners of the tournament in 2014, and the holders have been drawn alongside Mexico, Sweden and South Korea.
Interested in knowing how the rest of the draw panned out from an Arsenal perspective? Make sure you read on - and check out how our stars reached the tournament below:
Group A: Mohamed Elneny
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay
Group B: Hector Bellerin, Santi Cazorla and Nacho Monreal
Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran
Group C: Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Alexandre Lacazette
France, Australia, Peru, Denmark
Group D: Alex Iwobi
Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria
Group E: Granit Xhaka, Joel Campbell
Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia
Group F: Shkodran Mustafi and Mesut Ozil
Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea
Group G: Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck
Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England
Group H: David Ospina and Takuma Asano
Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan
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