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To complete Arsenal's pre-season calendar, in early-July, Arsenal announced their pre-season opening fixture against RC Lens of Ligue 2 to be played 15 days after the announcement date. It was hence confirmed that the club's pre-season fixture list would stretch from 22 July to 7 August 2016 (six days before the start of the Premier League season).
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
Arsenal Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4. Kelly, Andy (29 July 2015). "Every Arsenal player in chronological order". The Arsenal History. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 "Arsenal first team line-ups". The Arsenal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016
2016 January 2016 [11] Liverpool: 6 Leah Williamson 29 March 1997 (20) 2014 July 2015 [12] Homegrown: 8 Jordan Nobbs 8 December 1992 (24) 2010 February 2016 [13] Sunderland: 10 Kim Little 29 June 1990 (26) 2016 October 2016 [14] Seattle Reign: 11 Carla Humphrey 15 December 1996 (20) 2015 February 2015 [15] Homegrown: 17
In April 2016, Arsenal announced plans to play two pre-season friendlies against Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia ahead of the 2017–18 season. [18] It was the first time Arsenal played in Australia since 1977, when the team visited as part of the World of Soccer Cup . [ 19 ]
A year later, Arsenal completed another victorious FA Cup campaign, [84] and became the most successful club in the tournament's history by winning their 13th FA Cup in 2016–17. However, in that same season Arsenal finished fifth in the league, the first time they had finished outside the top four since before Wenger arrived in 1996. [85]
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In the 2022–23 season, Arteta led Arsenal to a second place finish in the league, the club's highest since the 2016 season, qualifying for a place in the following season's UEFA Champions League for the first time in seven years.