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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Players, Managers and Honours

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 January 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Position Player
1 Spain GK Manuel Almunia
2 France MF Abou Diaby
3 France DF Bacary Sagna
4 Spain MF Cesc Fàbregas (captain)
5 Belgium DF Thomas Vermaelen
6 France DF Laurent Koscielny
7 Czech Republic MF Tomáš Rosický
8 France MF Samir Nasri
10 Netherlands FW Robin van Persie (vice-captain)
14 England FW Theo Walcott
15 Brazil MF Denílson
17 Cameroon MF Alex Song

No.
Position Player
18 France DF Sébastien Squillaci
19 England MF Jack Wilshere
20 Switzerland DF Johan Djourou
21 Poland GK Łukasz Fabiański
22 France DF Gaël Clichy
23 Russia MF Andrei Arshavin
27 Côte d'Ivoire MF Emmanuel Eboué
28 England DF Kieran Gibbs
29 Morocco FW Marouane Chamakh
35 Ghana MF Emmanuel Frimpong
52 Denmark FW Nicklas Bendtner
53 Poland GK Wojciech Szczęsny
For recent transfers, see 2010–11 Arsenal F.C. season.

Reserve squad

As of 3 February 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Position Player
34 England MF Chuks Aneke
37 Ghana DF Daniel Boateng
38 England DF Thomas Cruise
39 England FW Roarie Deacon
44 Republic of Ireland MF Conor Henderson
48 Spain DF Ignasi Miquel

No.
Position Player
49 England FW Rhys Murphy
51 Netherlands MF Oğuzhan Özyakup
55 Republic of Ireland GK James Shea
56 England FW Luke Freeman
58 England DF Nicholas Yennaris
59 Argentina GK Damian Martinez

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Position Player
11 Mexico FW Carlos Vela (at West Bromwich Albion until July 2011)
16 Wales MF Aaron Ramsey (at Cardiff City until 26 February 2011)
24 Italy GK Vito Mannone (at Hull City until July 2011)
30 France DF Armand Traoré (at Juventus until July 2011)
33 England FW Benik Afobe (at Huddersfield Town until July 2011)
40 England DF Craig Eastmond (at Millwall until July 2011)
41 England MF Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (at Cardiff City until July 2011)
45 England DF Gavin Hoyte (at Lincoln City until July 2011)
46 England MF Henri Lansbury (at Norwich City until July 2011)

No.
Position Player
54 England MF Mark Randall (at Rotherham United until July 2011)
57 France FW Gilles Sunu (at Lorient until July 2011)
England DF Kyle Bartley (at Rangers until July 2011)
France MF Francis Coquelin (at Lorient until July 2011)
England MF Sanchez Watt (at Leeds United until July 2011)
Brazil DF Pedro Botelho (at FC Cartagena until July 2011)
Brazil FW Wellington Silva (at Levante until July 2011)
Japan FW Ryo Miyaichi (at Feyenoord until July 2011)

Notable players

Current technical staff

Arsène Wenger, who has been managing Arsenal since 1996
As of 23 October 2009.
Position Name
Manager Arsène Wenger
Assistant manager Pat Rice
First team coach Boro Primorac
Reserve team coach Neil Banfield
Youth team coach Steve Bould
Goalkeeping coach Gerry Peyton
Fitness coach Tony Colbert
Physiotherapist Colin Lewin
Club doctor Gary O'Driscoll
Kit manager Vic Akers
Chief scout Steve Rowley
Head of youth development Liam Brady

Managers

There have been eighteen permanent and five caretaker managers of Arsenal since the appointment of the club's first professional manager, Thomas Mitchell in 1897. The club's longest-serving manager as of 2009, in terms of both length of tenure and number of games overseen, is Arsène Wenger, who was appointed in 1996. Wenger is also Arsenal's only manager from outside Great Britain and Ireland. Two Arsenal managers have died in the job – Herbert Chapman and Tom Whittaker.

Honours

Domestic

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
Runners-up (8): 1925–26, 1931–32, 1972–73, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05
Runners-up (1): 1903–04
Winners (10): 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
Runners-up (7): 1927, 1932, 1952, 1972, 1978, 1980, 2001
Winners (2): 1987, 1993
Runners-up (4): 1968, 1969, 1988, 2007
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

European

Runners-up (1): 2006
Winners (1): 1994
Runners-up (2): 1980, 1995
Winners (1): 1970
Runners-up (1): 2000
Runners-up (1): 1994
Arsenal's tally of thirteen League Championships is the third highest in English football, after Liverpool and Manchester United, while the total of ten FA Cups is the second highest, after Manchester United. Arsenal have achieved three League and FA Cup "Doubles" (in 1971, 1998 and 2002), a record shared with Manchester United, and in 1993 were the first side in English football to complete the FA Cup and League Cup double. They were also the first London club to reach the final of the UEFA Champions League, in 2006.
Arsenal have one of the best top-flight records in history, having finished below fourteenth only seven times. Arsenal also have the highest average league finishing position for the period 1900–1999, with an average league placing of 8.5. In addition, they are one of only six clubs to have won the FA Cup twice in succession, in 2002 and 2003.
 

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