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It also records notable achievements by Arsenal players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Highbury, the Emirates Stadium , the club's home ground since 2006, and Wembley Stadium , their temporary home for UEFA Champions League games between 1998 and 1999, are also ...
Arsenal reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 League Cups, losing 2–1 to Chelsea and Birmingham City respectively. The club had not gained a trophy since the 2005 FA Cup until, spearheaded by club record acquisition Mesut Özil, Arsenal beat Hull City in the 2014 FA Cup Final, coming back from a 2–0 deficit to win the match 3–2. [82]
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]
Most fouls: 633, Gareth Barry (since 2006–07, the first season for which reliable records are available) [166] Most penalties conceded in a season: 5, David Luiz ( Arsenal , 2019–20 ) [ 167 ] Longest ban: 12 matches, Joey Barton – after being dismissed for violent conduct against Manchester City on 13 May 2012, Barton was found guilty of ...
Arsenal never won the UEFA Cup, so the competition name should not be alongside 'Inter-Cities Fairs Cup' in the Honours section. In the Player records\Appearances\International section, there's no need to repeat "while an Arsenal player" in the 3rd and 4th items, after stating that restriction right before the list. Only the first image has alt ...
Record Premier League attendance: 83,222 – Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal played at Wembley Stadium (10 February 2018). Record league attendance at own stadium: 82,905 – Chelsea v Arsenal played at Stamford Bridge First Division (12 October 1935). Record attendance at new Wembley: 89,874 – Portsmouth v Cardiff FA Cup Final (17 May 2008).
Their record against each club faced in these discontinued competitions, in addition to the Football League and Premier League is listed below. Arsenal's first Football League match was against Newcastle United, [8] and they met their 85th and most recent different league opponent, Bournemouth, for the first time in the 2015–16 Premier League ...
The first was Arsenal, who were the Cup Winners' Cup holders, and the second was Chelsea, who had lost the 1994 FA Cup final to double winners Manchester United, who had qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League. Both Arsenal and Chelsea were eliminated from the competition by eventual winners Zaragoza of Spain.