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CLUB INFORMATION
 Year
Club Formed: 1886
Previous Names:
1886, Dial Square; 1886-91, Royal Arsenal; 1891-1914,
Woolwich Arsenal
Club Nickname: The Gunners
Ground:
Emirates Stadium
Year
Opened: 2006
Current
Capacity: 60,338
Record Attendance:
60,161 v Manchester United, 03/11/2007, Premier League
Previous Grounds: 1886-87,
Plumstead Common; 1887-88, Sportsman Ground; 1888-90, Manor
Ground; 1890-93, Invicta Ground; 1893-1913,
Manor Ground; 1913-2006,
Highbury
Shirt Sponsor:
Fly Emirates
Kit Manufacturer: Puma
2016/17 Home
Kit Colours: Red shirts with white sleeves and trim, white shorts with
red trim and red socks with white trim.
2016/17 Away Kit Colours:
TBC
2016/17 Third Kit Colours:
TBC
Address:
Arsenal FC, Highbury House, 75 Drayton Park, London, N5 1BU.
Telephone No: 020 7619 5003
General Enquiries: ask@arsenal.co.uk
Ticket Enquiries: boxoffice@arsenal.co.ukOfficial
Website: www.arsenal.com
Official Twitter Account: @Arsenal
Official Facebook Account:
www.facebook.com/Arsenal
Official Youtube Account: www.youtube.com/ArsenalTourWikipedia: Arsenal
Unofficial Websites:
Arsenal Shorts
: Arsenal Times :
Arsenal Vision : Arseweb
:
Arsenal World
: The Gooner
: The History of Arsenal
:
Vital Arsenal
Messageboards:
Arsenal Mania
: Arsenal Times : GoonersWorld
: Gooner 2 Gooner
: One more in the Tolly
MAJOR HONOURS
Click on season / year for more details
FA PREMIER
LEAGUE
Winners: 1997/98; 2001/02; 2003/04
(3)
Runners-up: 1998/99; 1999/2000; 2000/01; 2002/03; 2004/05; 2015/16 (6)
FOOTBALL
LEAGUE
(First Tier)
Division One (Old) Champions: 1930/31; 1932/33; 1933/34; 1934/35; 1937/38; 1947/48; 1952/53; 1970/71; 1988/89; 1990/91
(10)
Division One (Old) Runners-up:
1925/26; 1931/32; 1972/73
(3)
(Second Tier)
Division Two (Old) Runners-up: 1903/04
(1)
THE FA CUP
Winners:
1929/30; 1935/36; 1949/50; 1970/71; 1978/79; 1992/93; 1997/98; 2001/02; 2002/03; 2004/05; 2013/14;
2014/15
(12)
Runners-up: 1926/27; 1931/32; 1951/52; 1971/72; 1977/78; 1979/80; 2000/01
(7)
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP
Winners: 1986/87; 1992/93
(2)
Runners-up:
1967/68;
1968/69;
1987/88;
2006/07;
2010/11 (5)
THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CHARITY / COMMUNITY SHIELD
Winners:
1930; 1931; 1933; 1934; 1938; 1948; 1953; 1998; 1999; 2002; 2004; 2014; 2015 (13)
Runners-up: 1935; 1936; 1979; 1989; 1993; 2003; 2005
(7)
Shared:
1991
(1)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Runners-up: 2005/06
(1)
EUROPEAN FAIRS CUP
Winners: 1970
(1)
UEFA CUP
Runners-up: 2000
(1)
EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP
Winners:
1994 (1)
Runners-up:
1980; 1995
(2)
UEFA SUPER CUP
Runners-up: 1994
(1)
CLUB
RECORDS
First League Game: 2nd September 1893, Newcastle United (H) Second
Division, 2-2
Biggest League Win: 12-0
v Loughborough Town (H) Second
Division, 12th March 1900
Worst League Defeat: 0-8 v Loughborough
Town (A) Second Division, 12th December 1896
Biggest Cup Win:
12-0 v Ashford United (H) FA Cup 1st qualifying round, 14th October 1893
Worst Cup Defeat:
0-6 v Derby County (H) FA Cup 1st round, 28th January 1899 & West Ham United
(A) FA Cup 3rd round 1st leg, 5th January 1946
Most
League Points (2 for a win): 66, First Division, 1930/31
Most League Points (3 for a win):
90, Premier League, 2003/04
Most Appearances
(all competitions): David O'Leary, 683+41 subs
Most Appearances
(league): David O'Leary, 523+35 subs
Leading Goalscorer
(all competitions): Thierry Henry, 228
Leading Goalscorer
(league): Thierry Henry, 175
Most League Goals In A
Season: 42, Ted Drake, First Division, 1934/35
Most
Capped Player: Thierry Henry, 81, France
Highest Transfer Fee Paid:
£42,500,000 to Real Madrid for Mesut Özil,
September 2013
Highest Transfer Fee Received:
£29,800,000 (with an extra £5,300,000 due dependent on clauses) from
Barcelona for Cesc Fàbregas,
August 2011
Football League Timeline:
1893
Elected to Second Division;
1904-13
First Division;
1913-19
Second
Division; 1919-92 First Division; 1992-Date FA Premier
League
Manager History:
1897-98 Thomas Mitchell;
1898-99 William Elcoat;
1899-1904 Harry Bradshaw;
1904-08 Phil Kelso;
1908-15 George Morrell; 1915-19 James McEwen; 1919-25
Leslie Knighton; 1925-34 Herbert Chapman; 1934 Joe
Shaw (caretaker); 1934-47 George Allison; 1947-56 Tom
Whittaker; 1956-58 Jack Crayston; 1958-62 George Swindin;
1962-66 Billy Wright; 1966-76 Bertie Mee; 1976-83 Terry
Neill; 1983-86 Don Howe; 1986 Steve Burtenshaw (caretaker);
1986-95 George Graham; 1995 Stewart Houston (caretaker);
1995-96 Bruce Rioch; 1996 Stewart Houston (caretaker); 1996
Pat Rice (caretaker); 1996-Date Arsène Wenger
LAST TEN SEASONS
|
Season |
Div |
Pos |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Av. Att |
FAC |
LC |
Top League Scorer |
|
|
2015-16 |
Premier League |
2 |
38 |
20 |
11 |
7 |
65 |
36 |
71 |
59,944 |
QF |
4 |
Giroud |
16 |
|
2014-15 |
Premier League |
3 |
38 |
22 |
9 |
7 |
71 |
36 |
75 |
59,992 |
W |
3 |
Sanchez |
16 |
|
2013-14 |
Premier League |
4 |
38 |
24 |
7 |
7 |
68 |
41 |
79 |
60,013 |
W |
4 |
Giroud |
16 |
|
2012-13 |
Premier League |
4 |
38 |
21 |
10 |
7 |
72 |
37 |
73 |
60,079 |
5 |
QF |
Walcott |
14 |
|
2011-12 |
Premier League |
3 |
38 |
21 |
7 |
10 |
74 |
49 |
70 |
60,000 |
5 |
QF |
van Persie |
30 |
|
2010-11 |
Premier League |
4 |
38 |
19 |
11 |
8 |
72 |
43 |
68 |
60,025 |
QF |
RU |
van Persie |
18 |
|
2009-10 |
Premier League |
3 |
38 |
23 |
6 |
9 |
83 |
41 |
75 |
59,927 |
4 |
QF |
Fabregas |
15 |
|
2008-09 |
Premier League |
4 |
38 |
20 |
12 |
6 |
68 |
37 |
72 |
60,040 |
SF |
QF |
van Persie |
11 |
|
2007-08 |
Premier League |
3 |
38 |
24 |
11 |
3 |
74 |
31 |
83 |
60,045 |
5 |
SF |
Adebayor |
24 |
|
2006-07 |
Premier League |
4 |
38 |
19 |
11 |
8 |
63 |
35 |
68 |
38,184 |
5 |
RU |
van Persie |
11 |
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