Arsenal F.C.

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Arsenal F.C.
Full name	Arsenal Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Gunners
Short name	1886 as Dial Square
Founded
Ground	Emirates Stadium (Capacity: 60,355)
Manager	Arsène Wenger
League	Premier League
2008-09	League Two, 4th
Current season

Contents 1 Club honours 1.1 Domestic league 1.2 European competition 2 Current squads 2.1 First Team Squad 2.2 Reserve Squad 2.3 Management and coaching staff 2.4 Past managers 3 External links

[edit] Club honours

[edit] Domestic league

• Premier League

Champions (3): 1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04

Runners-up (5): 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2004-05

• First Division (1892-1992)

Champions (10): 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71, 1988-89, 1990-91

Runners-up (3): 1925-26, 1931-32, 1972-73

• Second Division (1892-1992)

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

• FA Community Shield

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

[edit] European competition

• 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

[edit] Current squads

[edit] First Team Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Manuel Almunia 2 MF Abou Diaby 3 DF Bacary Sagna 4 MF Cesc Fàbregas (captain) 5 DF Kolo Touré (vice-captain) 6 DF Philippe Senderos (at A.C. Milan until June 2009) 7 MF Tomáš Rosický 8 MF Samir Nasri 9 FW Eduardo 10 DF William Gallas 11 FW Robin van Persie 12 FW Carlos Vela 14 FW Theo Walcott 15 MF Denílson 16 MF Aaron Ramsey 17 DF Alexandre Song 18 DF Mikaël Silvestre 19 MF Jack Wilshere 20 DF Johan Djourou 21 GK Łukasz Fabiański 22 DF Gaël Clichy 23 MF Andrei Arshavin 24 GK Vito Mannone

No. Position Player 25 FW Emmanuel Adebayor 26 FW Nicklas Bendtner 27 DF Emmanuel Eboué 28 MF Amaury Bischoff 30 DF Armand Traoré (at Portsmouth until June 2009) 33 MF Nacer Barazite 35 MF Francis Coquelin 38 MF Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 39 FW Rui Fonte 40 DF Kieran Gibbs 41 DF Gavin Hoyte 42 MF Henri Lansbury 43 MF Fran Mérida 45 DF Håvard Nordtveit (at Lillestrøm SK until August 2009) 46 DF Abu Ogogo 47 MF Mark Randall 49 DF Paul Rodgers 50 FW Jay Simpson (at West Bromwich Albion until June 2009) 51 DF Rene Steer 53 GK Wojciech Szczęsny 54 MF Vincent van den Berg (at FC Zwolle until June 2009) 56 MF Emmanuel Frimpong — DF Kerrea Gilbert — MF Pedro Botelho (at Salamanca until June 2009)

[edit] Reserve Squad

[edit] Management and coaching staff

[edit] Past managers

[edit] External links

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