About Club
Arsenal were founded in 1886, though they won their first major trophies in the 1930s, with five League Championship titles and two FA Cups. After a lean period in the post-war years they became only the second club of the 20th century to win the Double in 1970-71, and during the past twenty years they have been one of the most successful clubs in English football - in this time Arsenal won two further Doubles, the Premier League in 2003-04 unbeaten, and in 2005-06 became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League final.
The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history. Similarly, the club have changed location over time; the team were initially founded in Woolwich, south-east London, but in 1913 they moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. In 2006 they made a less drastic move to their current home, the Emirates Stadium in nearby Holloway.
Arsenal have a large fanbase, who hold a string of long-standing rivalries with several other clubs; the most notable of these is with neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, with whom they regularly contest the North London derby. Arsenal are one of the richest clubs in English football (worth over £600m as of 2007), and thanks to their stature, have regularly featured in portrayals of football in British culture. Arsenal Ladies are the most successful English club in women's football and are also affiliated with the club.
Current Squad
Arsenal Players
No. Position Player
1 GK Jens Lehmann
2 MF Abou Diaby
3 DF Bacary Sagna
4 MF Cesc Fabregas
5 DF Kolo Toure (vice-captain)
6 DF Philippe Senderos
7 MF Tomas Rosicky
9 FW Eduardo da Silva
10 DF William Gallas (captain)
11 FW Robin van Persie
13 MF Aliaksandr Hleb
15 MF Denilson
16 MF Mathieu Flamini
17 MF Alexandre Song
19 MF Gilberto Silva (vice-captain)
20 DF Johan Djourou
21 GK Luukasz Fabianski
22 DF Gael Clichy
24 GK Manuel Almunia
25 FW Emmanuel Adebayor
26 FW Nicklas Bendtner
27 DF Emmanuel Eboue
30 DF Armand Traore
31 DF Justin Hoyte
32 FW Theo Walcott
35 DF Havard Nordtveit
37 DF Paul Rodgers
39 MF Henri Lansbury
40 GK Vito Mannone
41 DF Gavin Hoyte
43 MF Nacer Barazite
44 DF Abu Ogogo
45 MF James Dunne
46 DF Kerrea Gilbert
47 DF Rene Steer
Out on loan
34 MF Kieran Gibbs (at Norwich City until April 2008)
36 MF Mark Randall (at Burnley until May 2008)
38 FW Jay Simpson (at Millwall until May 2008)
42 MF Fran Merida (at Real Sociedad until June 2008)
-- MF Pedro Botelho (at Salamanca until June 2008)
-- MF Vincent van den Berg (at Go Ahead Eagles until June 2008)
-- FW Carlos Vela (at Osasuna until June 2008)
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Manager
Manager
Arsène Wenger OBE (born October 22, 1949 in Strasbourg) is a French football manager, in charge of Arsenal Football Club since 1997. He is the most successful manager in the history of Arsenal in terms of trophies, but he is also the club's longest-serving manager in terms of matches played (exactly 650 as of 12th January 2008). Wenger is the only non-British manager to win the Double in England, having done so in 1998 and 2002. In 2004, he became the only manager in FA Premier League history to go through the entire season without defeat. Wenger is widely regarded as one of the world's best managers after the success he has enjoyed at AS Monaco FC and Arsenal. Wenger has a degree in law from Strasbourg University and is fluent in French, Alsatian, German and English; he also speaks some Italian, Spanish and Japanese.
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Domestic
First Division and Premier League
Winners (13): 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04
Runners-up (8): 1925-26, 1931-32, 1972-73, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2004-05
Second Division
Runners-up (1): 1903-04
FA Cup
Winners (10): 1929-30, 1935-36, 1949-50, 1970-71, 1978-79, 1992-93, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05
Runners-up (7): 1926-27, 1931-32, 1951-52, 1971-72, 1977-78, 1979-80, 2000-01
League Cup
Winners (2): 1986-87, 1992-93
Runners-up (4): 1967-68, 1968-69, 1987-88, 2006-07
Charity Shields and Community Shields
Winners (12): 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
Runners-up (7): 1935, 1936, 1979, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005
European
UEFA Champions League
Runners-up (1): 2005-06
European Cup Winners' Cup
Winners (1): 1993-94
Runners-up (2): 1979-80, 1994-95
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Winners (1): 1969-70
UEFA Cup
Runners-up (1): 1999-2000
UEFA Super Cup
Runners-up (1): 1994
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Official Arsenal site
- Official Site
- All club news.
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