Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal

Full name	Arsenal Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Gunners
Foondit	1886 (1886) as Dial Square
Ground	Emirates Stadium, Holloway, Lunnon
Ground Capacity	60,338
Awner	Arsenal Holdings plc
Chairman	Sir John "Chips" Keswick
Manager	Mikel Arteta
League	Premier League
2018–19	Premier League, 5t o 20
Wabsteid	Club wabsteid
Hame colours Awey colours Third colours

Arsenal Football Club (pronounced /ˈɑrsənəl, ˈɑrsnəl, Woowich, Franchise, Bindis/ ^{(deprecatit template)}; aften kent as Arsenal or The Arsenal, or bi thair nickname The Gunners) is an Inglis professional fitbaw club based in Holloway, North Lunnon. Arsenal plays in the Premier League an is ane o the maist successfu clubs in Inglis fitbaw, haein wan 13 First Division an Premier League titles an 11 FA Cups. Thay haud the record for the langest uninterruptit period in the Inglis tap flight an are the anerlie side tae hae completit a Premier League saison unbeaten.

Arsenal wis foondit in 1886, an in 1893 became the first club frae the sooth o Ingland tae jyn the Football League. In the 1930s thay wan thair first major trophies: five League Championship titles an twa FA Cup trophies. Efter a lean period in the post-war years thay became the seicont club o the 20t yearhunner tae win the League and FA Cup Double, in the 1970–71 saison, an in the 1990s an 2000s recorded a series o successes – durin this time Arsenal wan a Cup Double, twa further League an FA Cup Doubles, an became the first Lunnon club tae reach the UEFA Champions League Final.

The club's colours, tradeetionally reid an white, hae changed ower time. Similarly, the club hae muived location; foondit in Woolwich, sooth-east Lunnon, in 1913 thay muived north across the ceety tae Arsenal Stadium, in Highbury. In 2006 thay made a shorter muive, tae the Emirates Stadium in nearbi Holloway.

Arsenal hae an estimatit 27 million supporters warldwide, an the fans hae lang-standin rivalries wi several ither clubs; the maist notable o these is wi neeburs Tottenham Hotspur, that thay regularly contest the North Lunnon derby. Arsenal ar forby the third maist valuable club in the warld as o 2010, valued at $1.2 billion. The club hae regular featurt in portrayals o fitba in Breetish cultur. Arsenal Ladies ar the maist successful Inglish club in weemen's fitbaw an ar affiliated wi the club.

In 2018, Unai Emery became the new heid coach of Arsenal FC.

First-team squad

(Old Squad)

As o 23 May 2018.

For recent transfers, see 2017–18 Arsenal F.C. season#Transfers.

Note: Banners indicate naitional team as defined unner FIFA eligibility rules. Players mey haud mair nor ane non-FIFA naitionality.

No. Poseetion Player 1 GK Petr Cech 2 DF Mathieu Debuchy 4 DF Per Mertesacker (vice-captain) 5 DF Gabriel 6 DF Laurent Koscielny 8 MF Mikel Arteta (captain) 10 MF Jack Wilshere 11 MF Mesut Özil 12 FW Olivier Giroud 13 GK David Ospina 16 MF Aaron Ramsey

No. Poseetion Player 18 DF Nacho Monreal 19 MF Santi Cazorla (3rd captain) 20 MF Mathieu Flamini 21 DF Calum Chambers 23 FW Danny Welbeck 24 MF Abou Diaby 26 GK Damián Martínez 27 FW Serge Gnabry 35 MF Gedion Zelalem 36 MF Krystian Bielik 38 FW Chuba Akpom 39 DF Héctor Bellerín 42 DF Isaac Hayden

Honours

Further information: Arsenal F.C. seasons

Relatit pages: Arsenal F.C. Reserves § Honours, an Arsenal F.C. Academy § Honours

Domestic

• First Division (till 1992) an 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 (13): 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015. 2017

Runners-up (8): 1927, 1932, 1952, 1972, 1978, 1980, 2001, 2016

• League Cup

Winners (2): 1987, 1993

Runners-up (4): 1968, 1969, 1988, 2007

• FA Community Shield (FA Charity Shield afore 2002)

Winners (13): 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2020

Runners-up (7): 1935, 1936, 1979, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005

European

• UEFA Champions League

Runners-up (1): 2006

• European Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (1): 1994

Runners-up (2): 1980, 1995

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Winners (1): 1970

• UEFA Cup

Runners-up (2): 2000, 2019

• UEFA Super Cup

Runners-up (1): 1994

Arsenal's tally o thirteen League Championships is the third hichtest in Inglis fitbaw, efter Liverpool an Manchester United, while the tot o ten FA Cups is tee'd for hichtest, wi Manchester Unitit. Arsenal hae achievit three League an FA Cup "Doubles" (in 1971, 1998 an 2002), a record shared wi Manchester United, an in 1993 wur the first side in Inglis fitbaw tae complete the FA Cup an League Cup double. Thay wur the first Lunnon club tae reach the feenal o the UEFA Champions League an aw, in 2006.

Arsenal hae ane o the best tap-flicht records in heestory, haein feenished belaw fowerteent anerlie seiven times. Arsenal hae the hichtest average league feenishin poseetion for the period 1900–1999 an aw, wi an average league placin o 8.5. In addeetion, thay are ane o anerlie sax clubs tae hae wan the FA Cup twice in succession, in 2002 an 2003.