Five Gunners are in England’s squad, while another 10 Arsenal academy players will represent their countries at youth level during the extended break.
Arsenal will have 15 players on senior international duty during the extended September and early October break.
Fifteen come from Mikel Arteta’s first-team group, while academy forward Ceadach O’Neill has retained his place with Northern Ireland after making his senior debut earlier this year.
The Gunners head into the break following their first Premier League defeat of the season at Brighton, and a large part of Arteta’s squad will now spend the next two weeks away before club football resumes.
There are another 10 Arsenal academy players involved at youth level, taking the overall number representing their countries to 26.
Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, Ezri Konsa and Myles Lewis-Skelly - England
Arsenal provide five members of Thomas Tuchel’s 27-man England squad.
Saka, Eze and Konsa remain part of the group following England’s World Cup campaign during the summer, while Lewis-Skelly has returned to the senior squad for the start of the Nations League.
England begin against world champions Spain at Wembley before travelling to Czechia and Croatia. They then return home to meet the Czechs again.
Declan Rice had initially been named in England's squad, but since withdrew from the squad on Monday 21st September.
Fixtures: Spain (H), 26 September; Czechia (A), 29 September; Croatia (A), 3 October; Czechia (H), 6 October.
David Raya, Mikel Merino and Martin Zubimendi - Spain
Three more Arsenal players will be on the opposite side at Wembley.
World Cup winners David Raya, Mikel Merino and Martin Zubimendi are all included by Luis de la Fuente, with Spain beginning their Nations League campaign against England before two meetings with Croatia and a home game against Czechia.
Fixtures: England (A), 26 September; Croatia (H), 29 September; Czechia (H), 3 October; Croatia (A), 6 October.
Gabriel Magalhães and Bruno Guimarães - Brazil
Gabriel and Bruno Guimarães are both in Carlo Ancelotti’s first Brazil squad since the World Cup.
Brazil will play three friendlies during the break, twice facing Australia before travelling to India. Gabriel and Guimarães are among the more established names retained as Ancelotti begins Brazil’s next cycle.
Fixtures: Australia (A), 25 September; Australia (A), 29 September; India (A), 3 October.
Martin Odegaard - Norway
Odegaard remains with Norway after captaining his country through their most successful World Cup campaign.
The Arsenal captain has 73 senior caps and is part of Ståle Solbakken’s 25-man squad for Nations League games against Denmark, Portugal and Wales.
Norway begin with successive home games before finishing the window away.
Fixtures: Denmark (H), 24 September; Portugal (H), 27 September; Wales (A), 1 October; Portugal (A), 4 October.
Viktor Gyökeres - Sweden
Gyökeres will be back in action with Sweden for their Nations League Campaign. The Arsenal striker has struggled to have a significant input for the Gunners since returning from the World Cup. Not registering a goal or assist, whilst being kept out of the starting role in the Premier League by Kai Havertz.
Fixtures: Romania (H), 25 September; Poland (H), 28 September; Bosnia and Herzegovina (A), 2 October; Romania (A), 5 October.
Kai Havertz - Germany
Havertz will only be away for the first half of Germany’s international programme.
Jürgen Klopp has named two different squads for his first window in charge, selecting 44 players across four Nations League fixtures. Havertz is part of the first group and will face the Netherlands and Greece before returning to Arsenal.
Fixtures: Netherlands (A), 24 September; Greece (H), 27 September.
Jurriën Timber - Netherlands
Timber is back in the Netherlands squad having missed their World Cup squad through injury.
New head coach Xavi Hernández has included the Arsenal defender in his first selection, putting Timber in line to face Havertz when the Netherlands open against Germany.
Serbia and Greece complete the group.
Fixtures: Germany (H), 24 September; Serbia (A), 27 September; Greece (A), 1 October; Serbia (H), 4 October.
Christos Tzolis - Greece
Tzolis has retained his place with Greece after joining Arsenal in the summer.
He is one of Ivan Jovanović’s attacking options for four Nations League matches and could come up against two club teammates during the break, with Greece facing Havertz’s Germany and Timber’s Netherlands.
Fixtures: Serbia (A), 24 September; Germany (A), 27 September; Netherlands (H), 1 October; Germany (H), 4 October.
Ceadach O’Neill - Northern Ireland
O’Neill is the one Arsenal academy player heading away with a senior national team.
The 18-year-old made his Northern Ireland debut during the summer and came off the bench in both games against Guinea and France. Michael O’Neill has kept him in the squad for the start of their Nations League campaign.
That means Arsenal have 16 players selected by senior national teams despite O’Neill not yet being part of Arteta’s regular first-team group.
Fixtures: Georgia (A), 25 September; Hungary (H), 28 September; Ukraine (A), 2 October; Georgia (H), 5 October.
Arsenal’s academy internationals
Another 10 Arsenal players will be away representing their countries below senior level.
England's various squads account for six of them.
Max Dowman and Ifeoluwa Ibrahim - England Under-19s
Dowman and Ibrahim are both in England’s Under-19 squad.
Dowman has already spent significant time around Arteta’s first team, including two goals in the Gunners’ Carabao Cup win over Ipswich. But the 16-year-old will return to age-group international football alongside Ibrahim for games against the Republic of Ireland, Norway, the United States and Belgium.
Fixtures: Republic of Ireland, 25 September; Norway, 29 September; USA, 2 October; Belgium, 5 October.
Marli Salmon - England Under-18s
Salmon has been selected for England Under-18s at the UEFA Friendship Cup in Switzerland.
England face Colombia, Egypt and South Korea in their first three games before a final placement match on October 3.
Fixtures: Colombia, 24 September; Egypt, 27 September; South Korea, 30 September; placement match, 3 October.
Charlie Phillips, Mylo Bernard and Vincent Joseph - England Under-17s
Arsenal also have three representatives in Barry Lewtas’ England Under-17 squad.
Goalkeeper Phillips is joined by forwards Bernard and Joseph for four games beginning against the Republic of Ireland before England travel to Germany.
Fixtures: Republic of Ireland, 23 September; Israel, 28 September; Venezuela, 1 October; Germany, 4 October.
Daniel McCarron - Northern Ireland Under-17s
McCarron is with Northern Ireland Under-17s for three friendlies in Spain.
The Arsenal defender is part of a squad preparing for European Championship qualifying later in the year.
Fixtures: Sweden, 23 September; Switzerland, 25 September; Wales, 28 September.
Callan Hamill - Scotland Under-19s
Hamill has been selected in Tam Courts’ first Scotland Under-19 squad.
The defender will spend the break in Spain, where Scotland face Finland, Czechia and Ukraine.
Fixtures: Finland, 24 September; Czechia, 27 September; Ukraine, 30 September.
Axel Donczew - Wales Under-19s
Donczew is part of Wales Under-19s’ squad for a three-game tournament in Marbella.
Wales begin against the United States before facing Norway and Northern Ireland.
Fixtures: USA, 29 September; Norway, 2 October; Northern Ireland, 5 October.
Patrick Stachow - Poland Under-18s
Stachow completes Arsenal’s confirmed youth international contingent.
The defender is one of 22 players called up by Poland Under-18s for a training camp and friendlies against Sweden and Uruguay.
Fixtures: Sweden, 3 October; Uruguay, 6 October.
Arsenal’s current total could yet increase. Piero Hincapié has not been included above because Ecuador had yet to announce Marcelo Gallardo’s first full squad at the time of publication, with their opening game of the break against South Korea on September 24.
As things stand, Arteta will have 15 members of his first-team group playing senior international football, with O’Neill taking Arsenal’s senior representation to 16. The academy call-ups then add another 10 players across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Poland.
