Team Preview: Arsenal Football Club

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Arsenal FC

History

The club was formed in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal, and the team was first known as Dial Square. Since 1913, they have been called the "Arsenal Football Club." They are also known as "The Gunners."

Team Colors

Red and white.

Playing Stadium

Emirates Stadium. Capacity of over 60,400.

Team Honors

English First Division/Premier League Champions: 13 times.
FA Cup: 10 times.
League Cup: 2 times.
Community and/or Charity Shield: 12 times.
UEFA Cup Winner's Cup: 2 times.

European Players of the Year

None.

Ownership

Arsenal Holdings plc (public limited company). Arsenal is not publicly traded; however, shares are held privately and traded on a special exchange.

Chairman

Mr. Peter Hill-Wood.

Head Coach

Mr. Arsene Wenger.

2007-2008 European Competition

Group phase of the Champions League.

Team roster and image courtesy of Wikipedia under the terms of their GNU Free Documentation License.

Current roster as of 01 September 2007:

No. Position Player 1 GK Jens Lehmann 2 MF Abou Diaby 3 DF Bacary Sagna 4 MF Cesc Fàbregas 5 DF Kolo Touré (vice-captain) 6 DF Philippe Senderos 7 MF Tomáš Rosický 8 MF Lassana Diarra 9 FW Eduardo da Silva 10 DF William Gallas (captain) 11 FW Robin van Persie 13 MF Aliaksandr Hleb 15 MF Denílson

No. Position Player 16 MF Mathieu Flamini 17 MF Alexandre Song 19 MF Gilberto Silva (vice-captain) 21 GK Łukasz Fabiański 22 DF Gaël Clichy 24 GK Manuel Almunia 25 FW Emmanuel Adebayor 26 FW Nicklas Bendtner 27 DF Emmanuel Eboué 30 DF Armand Traoré 31 DF Justin Hoyte 32 FW Theo Walcott — MF Mark Randall