Official Name: Arsenal FC
English Name: Arsenal
Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao often translated into: Arsenal Year of Establishment: 1886
Country: United Kingdom-England
City: London London
Club Coach: Arsene Wenger Arsene Wenger
Club Chairman: Peter Hill-Wood
Home Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Nickname: Gunners Gunners/Arsenal
Address: Emirates Stadium Ashburton Grove London
Official Website: www.arsenal.com
Chinese official website: arsenal.tom.com
Breast advertiser: Fly Emirates
Jersey sponsor: Nike
[edit]Profile of current manager
Name: Arsene Wenger
English name: Arsene Wenger
Date of birth. p>
Date of birth: October 22, 1949 (age 59)
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Height: 1.91 m (6'3")
Nickname: Professor
Currently coaching: Arsenal
Inauguration: September 28, 1996
[edit]Current player information
(as of July 2008)
Number Chinese name Hong Kong translation English name English name Position Date of birth Nationality
1 Amunya Almunia Manuel Almunia Goalkeeper 1977-5-19 Spain
2 Diaby Diaby Abou Diaby Midfielder 19 C?te d'Ivoire
7 Rosicky Tomas Rosicky Midfielder 1980-10-4 Czech Republic
8 Nasri Nasri Samir Nasri Midfielder 1987-6-26 France
9 Eduardo da Silva Forward 1983-2-25 Croatia
10 Croatia
10 Gallas William Gallas Defender 1977-8-17 France
11 Robin van Persie Robin van Persie Striker 1983-8-6 Netherlands
12 Vela Carlos Vela Striker 1989-3-1 Mexico
< p>14 Theo Walcott Striker 1989-3-16 England15 Denilsen Denilsen Midfielder 1988-2-16 Brazil
16 Ramsey Aaron Ramsey Midfielder 1990-12-26 Wales
17 Alexandre Song Midfielder Alexandre Song Midfielder 1987-9-9 Cameroon
18 Mikael Silvestre Mikael Silvestre 1977-8-9 France
19 Wilshere Wilshere Jack Wilshere Striker Midfielder 1992-1-1 England
20 Johan Djourou Defender 1988-2-16 Brazil
16 Ramsey Aaron Ramsey Midfielder 1990-12-26 Wales
17 Alexandre Song Midfield Johan Djourou Defender 1987-1-18 Switzerland Returns
21 Fabianski Fabianski Lukasz Fabianski Goalkeeper 1985-4-18 Poland
22 Clichy Clichy Gael Clichy Defender 1985-7-26 France
24 Vito Mannone Vito Mannone Goalkeeper 1988-3-2 Italy
25 Adebayor Emmanuel Adebayor Striker 1984-2-26 Togo
26 Bendtner Nicklas Bendtner Striker 1988-1-16 Denmark
27 Emmanuel Eboue Eboue Defender 1985-4-18 Poland
22 Clichy Kalichy Gael Clichy Defender 1985-7-26 France
24 Mannone Vinluni Emmanuel Eboue Defender 1983-6-4 C?te d'Ivoire
28 Bischoff Bischoff Amaury Bischoff Midfielder 1987-3-31 Portugal
[edit]Team honors
English Premier League Champions: 3 times (1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04) <
English League Champions: 10 times (1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71, 1988-89, 1990-91)
English FA Cup Champions: 10 times (1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993)
English FA Cup Champions. 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005)
English League Cup winners: 2 (1987, 1993)
English Charity Shield winners: 9 (1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004)
English League Cup winners. 1999, 2002, 2004)
European FA Cup winners: 1 (1970)
European Winners' Cup winners: 1 (1993-94)
Chief's Cup winners: 1 (2007)
Amsterdam Cup: 2 (2007 2008)
[edit]Historical status <
I. The beginning of the team
In the second half of 1886, a group of workers from the arsenal in the London Borough of Woolwich decided to form their own soccer team and participate in matches around the world, initially called "Dial Square", the first match was on December 11, 1886, and the team played 6-0 in the match. The first game was played on December 11, 1886, and the team beat the Eastern Rangers 6-0.
Shortly afterwards, the club changed its name to Royal Arsenal, and for several years played friendly matches and local cup competitions around the country. In 1891, the club was reformed and became a professional club, once again renamed Woolwich Arsenal, and in 1893, the team joined the Football League as a Second Division team. In 1913, Arsenal moved into Highbury Stadium, where it remained for 93 years.
After the First World War, the Football League expanded the First Division and voted to promote Arsenal to the First Division, where they have remained in England's top flight ever since, becoming the only team never to be relegated.
The Gunners
The origin of the nickname Arsenal has to do with the history of the team's founding, which began in the second half of 1886, when a group of workers from the arsenal in the London Borough of Woolwich decided to form their own soccer team and play around in competitions. Due to the team's origins being linked to the arsenal and the guns and weapons, the nickname "Gunners" came to be known, which translates to "gunslingers" in Chinese. Interestingly, the nickname is not unique to Arsenal, as a rugby team in Edinburgh is also known as the Gunners.
The Great Thirties
Before Wenger's arrival, the greatest coach in Arsenal's history was Herbert Chapman, who gave the Gunners their first taste of the title. 1925, Chapman took over as Arsenal's manager, and five years later, in 1930, he led the team all the way into the FA Cup final and beat the old guard. In 1930, he took his team all the way to the final of the FA Cup, beating old rivals Horsfield to lift the trophy, which was also the first trophy in Arsenal's history.
Arsenal were great in the 1930s, the first of a dynasty, winning the First Division for the first time in the 1930-31 season, and the Gunners won three consecutive seasons, from 1933 to 1935, with a "hat-trick" of titles. The Gunners won three consecutive seasons, from 1933 to 1935, with a hat-trick of league titles. Only four teams in the history of English soccer have achieved this feat, and Arsenal should be proud of themselves.
Chapman and the 1930s
Arsenal were saddened by the death in 1934 of Chapman, the Sheffield-born manager who brought the Gunners their earliest glory. Chapman had coached Leeds Horsfield, his coaching philosophy was very advanced at that time, at that time, Arsenal's 334 formation or "WM" formation in the hands of Chapman to play the greatest power, once in a season scored a club record 127 goals. Chapman died at the age of 55 and Arsenal erected a bronze statue of him at Highbury to honor his achievements.
After Chapman's death, George Allison took over, and Arsenal's glory continued, with the Gunners winning the FA Cup again in 1936 and the league in 1938, an era when Arsenal boasted some of the greats that would inspire respect for the generations to come: Ted Drake, the great center-forward who would become one of the greats of 1955, and the great center-forward who would become the great center-forward who would become the great center-forward of 1955. Ted Drake, the Gunners' great center forward, who later became the manager who led Chelsea to the league title in 1955; Cliff Bastin, Arsenal's record goalscorer in the league, which was later broken by Thierry Henry; and Alex James, David Jack, Eddie Hapgood, and Hapgood. Hapgood) and George Male, among others, who made up the first ever fearsome Arsenal team.
Three: Post-war reconstruction and the first double
While Arsenal were carving out an era of their own, the process was interrupted by the Second World War, in which soccer was devastated, with Manchester United's Old Trafford almost blown up, and Highbury suffering varying degrees of damage. After the Second World War, Tom Whittaker became Arsenal manager, struggling to find the lost glory of the 1930s.
Arsenal won the league title twice, in the 1947-48 and 1952-53 seasons, and dominated the FA Cup in 1950. But Arsenal were virtually insulated from the title for the rest of the 1960s, with the Gunners reaching two League Cup finals in 1968 and 1969, both in defeat, the closest they came to a domestic title in the 1960s. In the mid-1960s, Bertie Mee took over the reins and led the team to the club's first ever European tournament title in the 1969-70 season, defeating Belgian side Anderlecht 4-3 on aggregate over two legs in the final of the Fairs Cup, a triumph that had twists and turns, with Arsenal losing 1-3 away in the first leg, but returned home to Highbury to complete a 3-0 comeback.
1971 First double-winning side
Entering the first season of the 1970s (1970-71), Arsenal made a historic breakthrough by winning a league and FA Cup double. In that Gunners team, with Charlie George, George Armstrong, Ray Kennedy and captain Frank McLintock, Arsenal first won the league title at White Hart Lane, home of city rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Then it beat Liverpool in the final at Wembley in extra time to lift the FA Cup.
Betty Mee, the manager who created the double, became Arsenal's boss in 1966, resigned in 1976 and later followed Graham Taylor as Watford's assistant manager in 1978, before Mee died in 2001 at the age of 82.
Under Mee's successor, Terry Neill, Arsenal's FA Cup success continued, with the Gunners winning the Cup for three consecutive seasons in the late 1970s, including a 3-2 victory over Manchester United in the final of the second year in a match that has gone down in history as the "five-minute final" because of the succession of late goals and the drama of the final period. "Arsenal also reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1980, but the team, which featured Graham Rix, Frank Stapleton, Pat Rice (now Arsenal's assistant manager and Arsène Wenger's sidekick), David O'Leary (now Arsenal's assistant manager) and David O'Leary (now Arsenal's assistant manager and Arsène Wenger's sidekick), had to be replaced by a new team, one which was to have been the most successful in the world. David O'Leary, who went on to become Leeds United and Aston Villa boss) and Liam Brady's side, lost the final on penalties to Spain's Valencia.
Four: Graham's Iron Army
George Graham took over as Arsenal manager in 1986, and he built the Gunners into the dominant team they were in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Graham, who played for Arsenal as a player and was part of the 1971 double-winning side, had spent the previous three years in charge of Millwall before arriving at Arsenal to take the team to the next level.
Graham in 1971 and 1990
Graham ruled with an iron bowl and shaped an Arsenal that was tough on the ball and played hard. He bought striker Ian Wright from Crystal Palace, who at one time was the club's record goalscorer, and Graham's managerial hand was well placed, in addition to the offside creation tactics he used to great effect at Arsenal.
Graham led his side to the first League Cup win in the club's history in the 1986-87 season, beating Liverpool 2-1 in the final. Arsenal brought another big surprise two years later when they took the league title from the then English juggernaut Liverpool.
Arsenal followed leaders Liverpool all the way in the 1988-89 season, and in the final round of the league, the two teams faced each other directly at Liverpool's home ground, Anfield, in a battle to decide the league title. The situation before the match was that Arsenal had to beat Liverpool by two goals to snatch the title from their rivals. Facing the Reds, who have a number of talented players such as Barnes and Rush, and away from home at Anfield, the task was really tough.
A timeless classic
The course of the game and the result gave Arsenal one more classic in the history of the club to go down in history. Liverpool has been trying to control the game, Arsenal is all out of attack, the gunners with a 1-0 lead into extra time, see the red army will be on top, the last minute, a miracle happened, the Arsenal striker Michael Thomas (Michael Thomas) single-handedly, scored a legendary goal, this year's league title in an instant change of hands, Arsenal created a last-minute to win the title of the historic classic.
The late 1980s and early 1990s were a gaping period between Liverpool's decline and Manchester United's rise to the top of the table, and Arsenal became England's most feared force in this period. Following the incredible last-minute comeback to win the title in 1989, Graham again led his side to the league title in the 1990-91 season, and the famous Gunners back four were astonishingly good, with only one defeat in a season. Arsenal lost just one league match.
The Gunners
The glory continued as Arsenal became the first team to win two cups in the same season, beating Sheffield Wednesday in both the FA Cup and League Cup finals in 1992-93. The following season, the glory of the Graham era carried over into Europe, where they went all the way to the European Cup Winners' Cup, which they won by beating Italian rivals Parma 1-0 in the final, at which point Arsenal reached the zenith under Graham.
But the year after that was gray. Arsenal lost the 1995 Cup Winners' Cup final to Zaragoza, and Graham left the team at the end of the season, when no one could have imagined that he would later go on to coach at Tottenham Hotspur, which made him a hated figure among Arsenal fans for a while.
V. Wenger's arrival
After Graham's departure, Arsenal entered a brief transition period, with Stewart Houston and Bruce Rioch acting as manager, but neither for long.
In the first half of the 1996-97 season, Arsenal welcomed the first foreign manager in the club's history, Arsene Wenger, who moved from Japan's Nagoya Whale Eight. The urbane-looking Frenchman soon brought glory to Arsenal, leading them to a league and FA Cup double in the 1997-98 season, Wenger's first full season as manager, repeating the magic of the 1970-71 season for the second time in the club's history.
The Legend of the Ice Prince
After his arrival, Wenger revamped the team, with Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp, who joined in 1996, playing a major role, being named the Players' Union's Player of the Year and the Journalists' Association's rated Best in a season that saw him win the double, alongside Wenger's compatriot Petit ( Emmanuel Petit and Patrick Vieira, the same players who helped France win the 1998 World Cup, came to Arsenal to build a strong French gang. In the same season, Arsenal bid farewell to striker legend Ian Wright, who left behind a club record of 185 goals (later broken by Henry).
In each of the next three seasons, Arsenal were runners-up in the Premier League, behind Manchester United. They were also active in the cup competitions. 2000 saw Arsenal reach the final of the European Union Cup, but sadly lost on penalties to Turkey's Galatasaray, and the year after that they went down 1-2 to Liverpool in the FA Cup final, with Owen's two goals completing the turnaround. Also in 2001, Arsenal reached the last eight of the European Champions Cup but were knocked out by Valencia.
After three years of subjugation, Arsenal finally struck back at United in the 2001-02 season. In that year, Wenger led his team to another double, beating Chelsea 2-0 in the FA Cup to claim the title. In the league they created an impressive 13 consecutive victories, undefeated on the road throughout the season, and in May 2002 Arsenal beat United 1-0 at Old Trafford to lock up the league title, the only force that could stand up to the Red Devils in the heyday of the United dynasty.
Arsenal were in good shape in the 2002-03 season, but were eventually overtaken by United. But in that year, they won the FA Cup and became the first team to defend the title in the tournament's last 20 years. It was a season marked by the rapid rise of Thierry Henry, who went from being an erratic, temperamental youngster when he first arrived at Highbury to becoming one of the most feared attackers in the Premier League. 2003 saw Henry voted a double Player of the Year by both the Players' Union and the Journalists' Association, and since then those accolades have become a regular occurrence for him.
Undefeated King of the Gunners
The 2003-04 season was one that Arsenal should be proud of, winning the 13th league trophy in the club's history, and creating an astonishing myth by going undefeated in the league throughout the season. At the end of the season, Arsenal led second-placed Chelsea by as much as 11 points with 90 points, and in August 2004, Arsenal broke the record held by the former Nottingham Forest, creating a new myth of 49 consecutive undefeated league matches in the English top flight.
With the arrival of Abramovich, the rise of Chelsea has given Arsenal a new challenge. In the last two seasons, the Blues have won back-to-back Premier League titles, while Arsenal have won just one FA Cup. However, in the 2005-06 season, the rise of young people let Arsenal see a new hope, Cesc Fabregas and a number of new growth, with the team all the way to the European Champions Cup final, although the 1-2 loss to Barcelona, but this is the gunners closest to the top of Europe once. In the journey ahead, Wenger will still hold fast to his belief in young talent, with the likes of Fabregas, Nasri and Walcott already seen as hopefuls for a repeat of their former glory.
[edit]Arsenal's all-time best
(Statistics as of Aug. 17, 2006)
Appearances
Most appearances
Most appearances:David O'Reilly (722, second to Adams' 669)
Most league appearances:David O'Reilly (558)
Most Premier League appearances : Rey Parlour (333, Shearman 325)
Most European appearances : Thierry Henry (78, Shearman 69, Vieira 68)
Most European Champions League appearances : Thierry Henry (70, Pire 63, Yong Berry 60, Vieira 57, Lauren 53)
Most consecutive appearances:Tom Parker (172, from April 3, 1926 to December 26, 1929)
Youngest record
Youngest appearance:Cesc Fabregas (16 years and 177 days, October 28, 2003, League Cup home to Rotherham)
Former record holder: Jermaine Pennant (16 years and 319 days, November 30, 1999, League Cup away at Middlesbrough)
Youngest league appearance: Jack Wilshere (16 years and 256 days, September 13, 2008, away at Blackburn)
Youngest Premier League (since 1993) appearance: Jack Wilshere (16 years and 256 days, September 13, 2008, away at Blackburn)
Youngest Premier League (since 1993) appearance. and 256 days, September 13, 2008, away at Blackburn)
Youngest European appearance: Jack Wilshere (16 years, 329 days, October 23, 2008, UEFA Champions League Arsenal home to Dinamo Zagreb)
Youngest FA Cup appearance: Stevoer Robson (17 years and 57 days, January 2, 1982, away at Tottenham Hotspur)
Oldest record
Oldest appearance: Yorke Lussford (41 years and 159 days, March 30, 1926, home to Manchester City)
Oldest league appearance: Yorke Lussford (41 years and 159 days, March 30, 1926, home to Manchester City )
Longest Premier League appearance: John Lukic (39 years and 336 days, November 11, 2000, home to Derby County)
Longest European appearance: John Lukic (39 years and 311 days, October 17, 2000, away at Lazio in the Champions Cup)
Goal records
Most goals Total goals: Thierry Henry (226, stats as of October 27, 2007)
Most Premier League goals: Thierry Henry (164, stats as of October 27, 2007)
Most League goals: Thierry Henry (164, second to Clive Bastin's 150)
Most FA Cup goals: Clive Bastin (26 goals)
Most League Cup goals: Ian Wright (29 goals)
Most European goals: Thierry Henry (41 goals)
Most Champions Cup goals: Thierry Henry (35 goals)
Most goals in a single season: Ted Delacroix (42 goals, 1934-35)
Most Premier League goals: Thierry Henry (164, second to Clive Bastin's 150)
Most individual goals in a single game: Ted Drake (7, December 14, 1935; 7-1 away win at Aston Villa)
Most individual goals in a single game at Highbury: Jack Lambert (5 goals, December 24, 1932; 9-2 win over Sheffield United)
Most individual goals in a single game in the FA Cup: Ted Drake (4 goals, February 20, 1937; 7-1 away win over Burnley); Clive Bastin (4 goals, January 9, 1932; 11-1 home win over Darwin)
Most individual goals in a single game in Europe: Alan -Smith (4 goals, 6-1 win over Austria's FK in the Champions Cup, September 18, 1991)
Most Arsenal goals in a single game at Highbury: Bobby Tambling (4 goals, Chelsea's 4-2 win over Arsenal, March 14, 1964)
Fastest goal: Gilberto Silva (20.07 seconds for the opening goal, September 25, 2002 )
Youngest goal scorer: Cesc Fabregas (16 years and 212 days, December 2, 2003, 5-1 home win over Wolves in the League Cup)
Youngest league goal scorer: Cesc Fabregas (17 years and 113 days, August 25, 2004, 3-0 home win over Blackburn)
Youngest league goal scorer: Cesc Fabregas (17 years and 113 days, August 25, 2004, 3-0 home win over Blackburn)
Youngest league goal scorer: Cesc Fabregas (17 years and 113 days, August 25, 2004, 3-0 home win over Blackburn)
Youngest league goal: Gilberto Silva (20.07 seconds in the opening half, 4-0 home win over Blackburn) < /p>
Youngest European goal scorer: Cesc Fabregas (17 years and 217 days, December 7, 2004, 5-1 home win over Rosenborg)
Youngest FA Cup goal scorer: Clive Bastin (17 years and 303 days, January 11, 1930, 2-0 home win over Chelsea)
Youngest hat-trick scored by John Radford (17 years and 315 days, January 2, 1965, 4-1 home win over Wolves in the League)
Wins and losses
Maximum-score home wins: 12-0, Loughbooth Town, March 12, 1900, Second Division; 12-0, Ashford United, October 14, 1893, FA Cup
Maximum Score Away Win: 7-0, Standard Blaze, Nov. 3, 1993, European Cup Winners' Cup
Best Champions League Finish: Runner-Up (05-06)
Maximum Home Crowd 73,295 (1935.3.9, League One)
Highest Transfer Spend: Wiltord (Aug. 2000. Highest transfer income: Anelka (August 1999, ￡23.5 million)
The word "Arsenal" means "arsenal" in English, and Arsenal's achievements over more than a century of hard work have made it England's most famous and oldest soccer team. In 1886, a group of workers in the arsenal in England organized a private football club in Woolwich, south London. In 1886, a group of English workers at the arsenal organized a private soccer club in Woolwich, South London, and named it after one of the factories, the "Standard Battalion", which was the forerunner of today's Arsenal Football Club. Arsenal has grown to become one of the world's top eight clubs!
Ranking of Arsenal's top 50 players
List of Arsenal's top 50 players of all time:
1. Henry
2. Bergkamp
3. Adams
4, Liam Brady
9, Charlie George
10, Pat Jennings
11, Yong Berry
12, Ovimas
13, Kanu
14, David O'Reilly
15, Saul Campbell
16, David Rocastle
< p>17, Pat Rice18, Clive Bastin
19, Parlour
20, Keown
21, Dixon
22, Pettitte
23, Bryan Talbot
24, John Radford
25, Ashley Cole < /p>
26, Merson
27, Alan Smith
28, Charlie Nicklas
29, Anelka
30, Frank McClintock
31, Ted Drake
32, Winterbourne
33, Wiltord
34, Danny Clapton
35, Sammy Nelson
36, Kenny Sassom
37, Michael Thomas
38, Steve Williams
39, Bob Willson
40, George Armstrong
41, George Essam
42, George Graham
43, Andy Ducat
44, Malcolm McDonald
45, Alan Ball
46, Alex James
47, Frank Stapleton
48, Tony Woodcock
49, David Jack
50, Pete Story
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