| Arsenal Football Club (pronounced /ˈɑrsənl, ˈɑrsnəl/) (often simply known as Arsenal or The Arsenal, or by their nickname The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cups. They hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the English top flight and are the only Premier League side to have completed a season unbeaten. Arsenal were founded in 1886 and were the first Southern club to join the Football League, in 1893. They won their first major trophies in the 1930s, with five League Championship titles and two FA Cups. After a lean period in the post-war years they became the second club of the 20th century to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1970–71, and during the past twenty years have recorded a series of successes – in this time Arsenal have won a Cup Double, two further League and FA Cup Doubles, and became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League Final. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, which have evolved through history. Similarly, the club have changed location over time; the team were initially founded in Woolwich, south-east London, and in 1913 they moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. In 2006 they made a less drastic move to their current home, the Emirates Stadium in nearby Holloway. Arsenal have a large fanbase, who hold a string of long-standing rivalries with several other clubs; the most notable of these is with neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, with whom they regularly contest the North London derby. Arsenal are one of the richest clubs in English football (valued at over £600m as of 2008), and thanks to their stature, have regularly featured in portrayals of football in British culture. Arsenal Ladies are the most successful English club in women's football and are also affiliated with the club. List of Arsenal F.C. 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.[88] The longest-running manager in terms of time is George Allison (1934–1947) while the longest-running in terms of games is current manager Arsène Wenger (1996–). Wenger is also Arsenal's only manager from outside Great Britain or Ireland and is Arsenal's most successful permanent manager in terms of percentage of wins with 57.36% (as of 11 May 2008), while Leslie Knighton is Arsenal's least successful (34.46%).Two Arsenal managers have died in the job – Herbert Chapman and Tom Whittaker.
As of 3 October 2009. Spain GK Manuel Almunia
France MF Abou Diaby
France DF Bacary Sagna
Spain MF Cesc Fàbregas (captain)
Belgium DF Thomas Vermaelen
Switzerland DF Philippe Senderos
Czech Republic MF Tomáš Rosický
France MF Samir Nasri
Croatia FW Eduardo
France DF William Gallas
Netherlands FW Robin van Persie
Mexico FW Carlos Vela
England FW Theo Walcott
Brazil MF Denílson
Wales MF Aaron Ramsey No. Position Player
Cameroon DF Alexandre Song
France DF Mikaël Silvestre
England MF Jack Wilshere
Switzerland DF Johan Djourou
Poland GK Łukasz Fabiański
France DF Gaël Clichy
Russia MF Andrei Arshavin
Italy GK Vito Mannone
Côte d'Ivoire MF Emmanuel Eboué
England DF Kieran Gibbs
France DF Armand Traoré
Spain MF Fran Mérida
Denmark FW Nicklas Bendtner
Poland GK Wojciech Szczęsny
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