This article is about the men's football club based in England. For the women's team, see
Arsenal W.F.C.
For other uses, see
Arsenal
.
Arsenal Football Club
[2]
is an
English
football
club based in
London
that currently plays in the
English Premier League
.
The club was founded in
1886
and was originally called Dial Square F.C. named after a
sundial
on the side of a factory.
[3]
[4]
The team plays in a traditional red and white kit. They played at
Highbury
in North
London
from
1913
-
2006
, but now they play at the
Emirates Stadium
. The current captain of the side is
Martin Ødegaard
. Their biggest rivals are
Tottenham Hotspur
, and the two play against each other in what is called the
North London Derby
.
Arsenal have won the
First Division
and
Premier League
13 times and the
FA Cup
10 times. They are the only British club to have been the subject of a feature film.
The Evelina approach was the main reason Arsenal were able to achieve this, first implemented by manager
Arsene Wenger
.
Arsenal are also the team who have gone the longest in the Premier League without being relegated. They were last relegated during
WW1
over 100 years ago.
Bust of
Arsene Wenger
at the Emirates Stadium
Arsenal changed a lot under the management of Arsene Wenger, who was appointed in 1996. Attacking football,
[5]
an overhaul of dietary and fitness practices,
[a]
and efficiency with money
[b]
have defined his reign. Buying key players from Wenger's homeland, like
Patrick Vieira
and
Thierry Henry
, Arsenal won a second League and Cup double in
1997?98
and a third in
2001?02
. In addition, the club reached the final of the
1999?2000 UEFA Cup
, won in both the 2003 and 2005 FA Cups, and won the Premier League in
2003?04
without losing a single match, which earned the side the nickname "The Invincibles".
[14]
This latter feat came within a run of 49 league matches unbeaten from 7 May 2003 to 24 October 2004, a national record.
[15]
After completing the only unbeaten
Premier League
season, a unique gold trophy was commissioned to Arsenal
Arsenal finished in either first or second place in the league in eight of Wenger's first nine seasons at the club, although on no occasion were they able to retain the title.
[16]
The club had never gotten beyond the quarter-finals of the
Champions League
until 2005?06; in that season they became the first club from
London
in the competition's fifty-year history to reach the final, in which they were beaten 2?1 by
Barcelona
.
[17]
In July 2006, they moved into the
Emirates Stadium
, after 93 years at Highbury.
[18]
The club had not gained a trophy since the 2005 FA Cup until, led by then club-record signing
Mesut Ozil
, Arsenal beat
Hull City
in the 2014 FA Cup Final, coming back from 2?0 to win the match 3?2.
[19]
A year later, Arsenal completed another victorious FA Cup campaign,
[20]
and became the most successful club in the tournament's history by winning their 13th FA Cup in 2016?17. However, in that same season, Arsenal finished in the fifth position in the league, the first time they had finished outside the top four since Wenger arrived in 1996.
[21]
After another average league season the following year, Wenger departed Arsenal on 13 May 2018.
[22]
After transforming the club's operating model to occur with Arsene Wenger leaving, Basque-Spaniard
Unai Emery
was named as the club's new head coach on 23 May 2018.
[23]
[24]
In Emery's first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the
Europa League
.
[25]
[26]
On 29 November 2019, Emery was sacked and former player and assistant first team coach
Freddie Ljungberg
was appointed as interim head-coach.
[27]
[28]
[29]
On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former midfielder and club captain
Mikel Arteta
as the new head coach.
[30]
[31]
Arsenal finished the
league
season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994?95, but beat Chelsea 3?1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup title.
[32]
After the season, Arteta's title was changed from head coach to manager.
[33]
On 16 April 2021, Arsenal were announced as a founding club of the breakaway European competition
The Super League
;
[34]
they withdrew from the competition two days later amid near-universal criticism.
[35]
Arsenal finished the season in 8th place once again, and with no European competition next season for the first time in 26 years.
[36]
The current manager of Arsenal is Mikel Arteta. The assistant manager is
Fredrik Ljungberg
. Their new
Emirates Stadium
was opened on the
27th of October
2006
, by
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
. Arsenal also has a
women's
team called
Arsenal Women F.C.
. The ladies team is the only team in women's football history to have ever won four trophies in one season. The most famous, and successful, Arsenal manager before Wenger is thought to be
Herbert Chapman
. Chapman won the
First Division
with Arsenal twice and the
FA Cup
once.
- 1886 - 1886
Dial Square
- 1886 - 1891
Royal Arsenal
- 1891 - 1914
Woolwich Arsenal
- 1914 - present
Arsenal F.C.
- Premier League
: 3
- 1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04.
- First Division
: 10
- 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71, 1988-89, 1990-91.
- As of 10 January 2023
[37]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- As of 9 January 2022
[38]
- Players to have featured in a first-team matchday squad for Arsenal
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- ↑
These changes have received contemporary attention,
[6]
and later praise
and skepticism.
[8]
For context of the broader use of science in English football, see
Soccer Science
.
[9]
- ↑
Several analyses indicate strong league performance across the Wenger period, given Arsenal's footballing outlays, including a
regression analysis
on wage bills,
[10]
regression on transfer spending,
[11]
regression on both,
[12]
and a
bootstrapping
approach for the period 2004?09.
[13]
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(PDF)
. Premier League. p. 4.
Archived
(PDF)
from the original on 12 April 2021
. Retrieved
12 April
2021
.
- ↑
FC is an
acronym
. FC stands for "Football Club".
- ↑
Soar, Phil; Tyler, Martin (2005).
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. Hamlyn. pp.
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?22.
ISBN
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- ↑
"Arsenal"
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2009-10-04
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- ↑
Palmer, Myles (31 March 2011).
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. Random House. pp. ix, 21, 90, 123, 148.
ISBN
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- ↑
"The menu for World Cup success"
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11 July
2016
.
- ↑
Ronay, Barney (5 August 2010). "Chapter 30 ? The Enlightenment".
The Manager: The absurd ascent of the most important man in football
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ISBN
978-0-7481-1770-3
.
- ↑
Anthony, Strudwick (7 June 2016). "Part 1: Foundations of Soccer Science".
Soccer Science
. Human Kinetics. pp. 3?36.
ISBN
978-1-4504-9679-7
.
- ↑
Kuper, Simon; Szymanski, Stefan (24 May 2012). "Chapter 6: Do managers matter? The cult of the white messiah".
Soccernomics
(Revised and Expanded ed.). HarperCollins Publishers.
ISBN
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.
- ↑
Slaton, Zach (16 July 2012).
"The 2011/12 Update to the All-Time Best Managers Versus the m£XIR Model | Pay As You Play"
.
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11 July
2016
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- ↑
Rodriguez, Placido; Kesenne, Stefan; Garcia, Jaume (30 September 2013). "Chapter 3: Wages transfers and the variation of team performance in the English Premier League".
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ISBN
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- ↑
Bell, Adrian; Brooks, Chris; Markham, Tom (1 January 2013).
"The performance of football club managers: skill or luck?"
(PDF)
.
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:
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.
hdl
:
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.
ISSN
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.
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.
- ↑
Hughes, Ian (15 May 2004).
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- ↑
Fraser, Andrew (25 October 2004).
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.
BBC Sport
.
- ↑
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.
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. Richard Rundle.
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.
- ↑
"2005/06: Ronaldinho delivers for Barca"
. UEFA. 17 May 2007.
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11 August
2008
.
- ↑
Aizlewood, John (23 July 2006).
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.
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- ↑
Hytner, David (18 May 2014).
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.
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- ↑
Taylor, Daniel (30 May 2015).
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.
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.
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McNulty, Phil.
"Arsenal beat 10-man Chelsea to a win record 13th FA Cup"
.
BBC Sport
. Retrieved
27 May
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.
- ↑
Critchley, Mark (13 May 2018).
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.
The Independent
. Retrieved
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- ↑
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. Sky Sports
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- ↑
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.
- ↑
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.
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- ↑
"Chelsea win the 2019 UEFA Europa League"
.
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. Retrieved
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2019
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2019
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.
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.
ISSN
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. Retrieved
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.
- ↑
"Arsenal sack Emery after worst run in 27 years"
.
ESPN.com
. 29 November 2019
. Retrieved
2019-11-29
.
- ↑
"Mikel Arteta joining as our new head coach"
. Arsenal. 20 December 2019
. Retrieved
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2019
.
- ↑
"Mikel Arteta asks for Arsenal patience but aims for 'top trophies' as manager"
.
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. 20 December 2019
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.
- ↑
"FA Cup final 2020: Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea"
. 1 August 2020.
- ↑
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.
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- ↑
"The Super League"
.
thesuperleague.com
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(Press release). Arsenal F.C. 20 April 2021
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- ↑
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.
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- ↑
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"Academy"
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