Arsenal Football Club History, Facts & Records

A Brief History of Arsenal Football Club

Founded: 1886

Nickname: The Gunners

Arsenal won their first major trophies in the 1930’s under the stewardship of Herbert Chapman.

In 1970/71 Arsenal became only the second club in the 20th Century to win the League and FA Cup double.

Arsene Wenger won a league and cup double in his first full season in charge, 1997/98 and went on to win a second double in 2001/02.

In addition to winning 28 major domestic trophies, Arsenal hold the record for longest unbeaten streak and longest run in the top flight of English football

Emirates Stadium

Stadium Capacity: 60,704

Stadium Info:

The Emirates Stadium (known as Ashburton Grove prior to sponsorship, and as Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions) is located in Holloway, London, England

With a capacity of 60,704 it is the fourth-largest football stadium in England

In 1997, Arsenal explored the possibility of relocating to a new stadium, having been denied planning permission by Islington Council to expand its home stadium, Highbury.

After considering various options (including purchasing Wembley Stadium), the club bought an industrial and waste disposal estate in Ashburton Grove in 2000.

A year later, they received the council’s approval to build a stadium on the site; manager Arsène Wenger described this as the “biggest decision in Arsenal’s history” since the board appointed Herbert Chapman.

Relocation began in 2002, but financial difficulties delayed work until February 2004. The entire stadium project was completed in 2006 at a cost of £390 million.

The stadium has undergone a process of “Arsenalisation” since 2009 with the aim of restoring Arsenal’s heritage and history. The stadium has hosted international fixtures and music concerts.

The club’s former stadium was redeveloped as Highbury Square, an apartment complex.

Stadium Naming Rights

The naming rights of the Stadium were sold in 2004 for a projected £100M to Emirates Airline. The 15 year deal also included an 8 year shirt sponsorship deal starting in 2006/07

Highest Attendance: 60,161
Arsenal 2 – 2 Manchester United
Premier League 3 November 2007

Arsenal Manager: Mikel Arteta

Appointed: November 2019

Mikel Arteta was appointed as the club’s new manager, on a three-and-a-half year deal, in November 2019.

The 37-year-old who had no prior experience as a head coach, although had worked under Pep Guardiola, as assistant coach, at Manchester City.

Arteta had previously played for Arsenal for five years and was club captain during that time, so he fully knows what’s expected at the club.

Arsenal Chairman: Chips Keswick

Appointed: June 2013

Sir John Chippendale “Chips” Lindley Keswick is a British merchant banker and member of the Keswick family who control Jardine Matheson, founded by William Jardine. In June 2013, he became Chairman of Arsenal football club

Arsenal Captain: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Appointed: November 2019

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has worn the armband for the Gunners since Granit Xhaka was stripped of the captaincy in November 2019

Arsenal Club Mascot: Gunnersaurus

Gunnersaurus made his debut at Highbury for the match against Manchester City in the League on 20th August, 1993. Arsenal won 3–0

Arsenal Football Kits 2019/20 Season

Kit Sponsor: Fly Emirates

Kit Manufacturer: Adidas agrees reported £300 million deal to produce Arsenal Football kits. The £60 million per year deal that Arsenal will receive makes the deal the third highest in history

Home Kit

Away Kit

3rd Kit

Arsenal’s Premier League History

Arsenal have been Premier League Champions three times and have been Runners-Up on six occasions

Year	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Position
2018/19	38	21	7	10	73	51	70	5th
2017/18	38	19	6	13	74	51	63	6th
2016/17	38	23	6	9	77	44	75	5th
2015/16	38	20	11	7	65	36	71	Runners-Up
2014/15	38	22	9	7	71	36	75	3rd
2013/14	38	24	7	7	68	41	79	4th
2012/13	38	21	10	7	72	37	73	4th
2011/12	38	21	7	10	74	49	70	3rd
2010/11	38	19	11	8	72	43	68	4th
2009/10	38	23	6	9	83	41	75	3rd
2008/09	38	20	12	6	68	37	72	4th
2007/08	38	24	11	3	74	31	83	3rd
2006/07	38	19	11	8	63	35	68	4th
2005/06	38	20	7	11	68	31	67	4th
2004/05	38	25	8	5	87	36	83	Runners-Up
2003/04	38	26	12	0	73	26	90	Champions
2002/03	38	23	9	6	85	42	78	Runners-Up
2001/02	38	26	9	3	79	36	87	Champions
2000/01	38	20	10	8	63	38	70	Runners-Up
1999/00	38	22	7	9	73	43	73	Runners-Up
1998/99	38	22	12	4	59	17	78	Runners-Up
1997/98	38	23	9	6	68	33	78	Champions
1996/97	38	19	11	8	62	32	68	3rd
1995/96	38	17	12	9	49	32	63	5th
1994/95	42	13	12	17	52	49	51	12th
1993/94	42	18	17	7	53	28	71	4th
1992/93	42	15	11	16	40	38	56	10th

Premier League Table 2019/20

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Points
C	Liverpool	38	32	3	3	85	33	+52	99
2	Manchester City	38	26	3	9	102	35	+67	81
3	Manchester United	38	18	12	8	66	36	+30	66
4	Chelsea	38	20	6	12	69	54	+15	66
5	Leicester City	38	18	8	12	67	41	+26	62
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	11	11	61	47	+14	59
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	14	9	51	40	+11	59
8	Arsenal	38	14	14	10	56	48	+8	56
9	Sheffield United	38	14	12	12	39	39	0	54
10	Burnley	38	15	9	14	43	50	-7	54
11	Southampton	38	15	7	16	51	60	-9	52
12	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	56	-12	49
13	Newcastle United	38	11	11	16	38	58	-20	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	11	10	17	31	50	-19	43
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	14	15	39	54	-15	41
16	West Ham United	38	10	9	19	49	62	-13	39
17	Aston Villa	38	9	8	21	41	67	-26	35
18	Bournemouth	38	9	7	22	40	65	-25	34
19	Watford	38	8	10	20	36	64	-28	34
20	Norwich City	38	5	6	27	26	75	-49	21

Arsenal’s FA Cup Wins

Arsenal are currently the most successful FA Cup Winning Team and they lead the way with 13 Wins

Year	Winner	Runners-Up	Score	Info
2017	Arsenal	Chelsea	2-1
2015	Arsenal	Aston Villa	4-0
2014	Arsenal	Hull City	3-2	Extra Time
2005	Arsenal	Manchester United	0-0	5-4 on Pens
2003	Arsenal	Southampton	1-0
2002	Arsenal	Chelsea	2-0
1998	Arsenal	Newcastle United	2-0
1993	Arsenal	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Replay & Extra Time
1979	Arsenal	Manchester United	3-2
1971	Arsenal	Liverpool	2-1	Extra Time
1950	Arsenal	Liverpool	2-0
1936	Arsenal	Sheffield United	1-0
1930	Arsenal	Huddersfield Town	2-0

Arsenal’s Football League Cup Wins

Year	Winner	Runners-Up	Score	Info
1993	Arsenal	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Coca-Cola Cup
1987	Arsenal	Liverpool	2-1	Littlewoods Challenge Cup

Arsenal In European Competition

**UEFA’s club competition trophies**
The UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Europa League ©UEFA

Year	Competition	Winner	Runner-Up	Score
1993	European Cup Winners’ Cup	Arsenal	Parma	1-0
1970	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Arsenal	Anderlecht	4-3 Agg

Arsenal’s Record Appearances: David O’Leary

Club Appearances: 722

David O’Leary broke numerous appearance records at Arsenal; he was the youngest person to reach the 100 and 200 match milestones, and he made his 400th appearance while still only 26. He passed George Armstrong’s all-time record of 621 first-team games in November 1989.

Top 10 Arsenal Player Appearances

722 David O’Leary
669 Tony Adams
621 George Armstrong
619 Lee Dixon
584 Nigel Winterburn
564 David Seaman
528 Pat Rice
501 Peter Storey
481 John Radford
477 Peter Simpson

Competitive matches only

Arsenal’s Record Goal Scorer: Thierry Henry

Total Goals: 228

League Goals 175
FA Cup Goals 8
League Cup Goals 2
European Goals 42

Thierry Henry is the all-time top goalscorer for Arsenal and was Arsenal’s leading goalscorer for seven consecutive seasons, from 1999/00 to 2005/06