Arsenal (Eng)

Location: London, England
Year Founded: 1886
Nickname: The Gunners
Stadium: Emirates Sradium
Capacity: 60000
First Division/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
FA Cup:
Winners (10): 1929–30, 1935–36, 1949–50, 1970–71, 1978–79, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
League Cup:
Winners (2): 1986–87, 1992–93
European Cup Winners' Cup:
Winners (1): 1993–94
Charity Shields and Community Shields:
Winners (12): 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:
Winners (1): 1969–70



Squad Information:

Staff:
Gerry Peyton
Pat Rice
Arsene Wenger

Goalkeepers:
Jens Lehmann
Manuel Almunia
Lukasz Fabianski
Vito Mannone
Wojciech Szczesny

Defenders:
Bakary Sagna
Emmanuel Eboue
Justin Hoyte
Gael Clichy
Kolo Toure
Philippe Senderos
William Gallas
Joe O'Cearuill
Paul Rodgers

Midfielders:
Gilberto Silva
Cesc Fabregas
Mark Randall
Abou Diaby
Alexandr Hleb
Mathieu Flamini
Denilson
Fran Merida
Jay Simpson
Tomas Rosicky
Robin van Persie

Forwards:
Theo Walcott
Emmanuel Adebayor
Nacer Barazite
Nicklas Bendtner
Eduardo Da Silva
Rui Fonte



                                                Team History

                Arsenal Football Club began life when a group of workers at the Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory decided to form a football team in late 1886. The Club played under the name of Dial Square. Their first match was a 6-0 victory over Eastern Wanderers, on December 11, 1886. Soon after, the name Royal Arsenal was adopted and the Club continued playing in friendlies and local cup competitions for the next few years.
               In 1891 the Club turned professional and changed its name to Woolwich Arsenal, finally joining the Football League in 1893. The Gunners moved to their current home at Highbury in 1913, as a Second Division side. Following the First World War Arsenal were voted into the newly expanded First Division, where they have remained ever since.
              Arsenal have finished in either first or second place in the league in eight of Wenger's eleven seasons at the club. They are one of only four teams (along with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea) to have won the Premier League since its formation in 1993, although they have failed to retain the title each time they have been champions. Until recently, Arsenal had never progressed beyond the Champions League quarter-finals; in 2005–06 however, they reached the competition's Final, the first club from London to do so in the competition's fifty-year history, but were beaten 2–1 by FC Barcelona.