NICKNAME: The Gunners
FOUNDED: 1886
MANAGER: Arsene Wenger
GROUND: Emirates Stadium, 60,361
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Arsenal FC was founded in 1886 and has long been a power in English football. Known by their supporters as “The Gunners,” the North London side has won the first division title 13 times and the FA Cup 10 times.

Starting in 1913, Arsenal played their home games at Highbury, one of England’s most fabled sporting grounds. In 2006, the club finished construction on Emirates Stadium, which at a capacity of 60,355, is the second largest football club stadium in England.

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Current manager Arsene Wenger has brought in a stylish system that encourages attractive football that has won over many fans. Wenger took over the club in 1996, and has maintained the clubs place among Europe’s elite without high transfer costs. He managed the club’s all-time leader scorer, Thierry Henry, who starred at Arsenal from 1999 until 2007. Henry was a key contributor to the 2003-04 side, which came to be know as “The Invincibles, due to their setting of the English record for consecutive games without a loss at 49.

Arsenal has a fierce rivalry with their North London neighbors, Tottenham. The North London Derby is one of the most intense rivalries in all of football.

Honours

Domestic

First Division (until 1992) and 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
Runners-up (8): 1925–26, 1931–32, 1972–73, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05

Second Division
Runners-up (1): 1903–04

FA Cup
Winners (10): 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
Runners-up (7): 1927, 1932, 1952, 1972, 1978, 1980, 2001

League Cup
Winners (2): 1987, 1993
Runners-up (5): 1968, 1969, 1988, 2007, 2011

FA Community Shield (FA Charity Shield before 2002)
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

UEFA Champions League
Runners-up (1): 2005–06

European Cup Winners' Cup
Winners (1): 1993–94
Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 1994–95

UEFA Cup
Runners-up (1): 1999-00

UEFA Super Cup
Runners-up (1): 1994

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

Individual

European Golden Shoe
Winners (2): Thierry Henry 2003-04, 2004-05