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Football: Arsenal factfile

Published: 29 May 2015 - 01:06 pm | Last Updated: 13 Jan 2022 - 07:48 pm


London - Factfile on Arsenal, who defend the FA Cup against Premier League rivals Aston Villa in the 2014-15 final at Wembley on Saturday:

Name: Arsenal Football Club

Founded: 1886 (as Dial Square)

Stadium: Emirates Stadium, London (capacity: 60,338)

Nickname: The Gunners

Colours: red shirts with white sleeves, white shorts, white socks

Chairman: John 'Chips' Keswick (ENG)

Chief executive: Ivan Gazidis (RSA)

Manager: Arsene Wenger (FRA)

Assistant manager: Steve Bould (ENG)

Captain: Mikel Arteta (ESP)

Honours

English First Division/Premier League (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 (11): 1929-30, 1935-36, 1949-50, 1970-71, 1978-79, 1992-93, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2013-14

League Cup (2): 1986-87, 1992-93

FA Community Shield (13): 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1993-94

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1): 1969-70

Most appearances

David O'Leary (IRL): 722

Most goals

Thierry Henry (FRA): 228

Record transfer fee paid

Mesut Ozil (GER), £42.5 million ($65.4 million, 60 million euros) to Real Madrid/ESP, September 2013

Record transfer fee received

Cesc Fabregas (ESP), £29.8 million ($45.9 million, 42.1 million euros) from Barcelona/ESP, August 2011

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