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The 2016–17 season was Arsenal's 25th in the Premier League, their 91st consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 100th season in the top flight overall. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The club participated in the Premier League , FA Cup , EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League .
The season began on 13 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017. [4] Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 15 June 2016. [5] Chelsea won their fifth Premier League title, and sixth English title, with two matches to spare following a 1–0 away win over West Bromwich Albion on 12 May. [6]
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]
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 Heather O'Reilly 2 January 1985 (27) 2017 January 2017 [16] Kansas City: 20 Dominique Janssen 17 January 1995 (22) 2015 April 2016 [17] SGS Essen
Between the 1998–99 and 2016–17 seasons, they participated in nineteen successive editions, a record only surpassed in Europe by Real Madrid. [98] Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann kept ten consecutive clean sheets in the run-in to Arsenal's first UEFA Champions League final and the defence went 995 minutes until conceding a goal. [99]
A turn of Jurrien Timber’s head, and maybe a first real twist in the title race. Arsenal’s 2-0 win followed enough twists on the night itself. From a position at half-time where it looked like ...
The 2016 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 29th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the sixth edition of the FA WSL, England's top flight for women's football since 2011. Arsenal also played in the FA Women's Cup and the FA WSL Cup, winning the final of the former against Chelsea in May. This was the last full WSL ...
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