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The following season this was renamed the Premier Academy League and split into Under-19 and Under-17 sections, with the new FA Academy system formally changing Arsenal's youth team to Academy status. Arsenal entered teams in both sections, winning the U17 title in 1999–00 and the U19 title in 2001–02 as well as two more FA Youth Cups in ...
On 11 July 2022, four days after announcing his retirement from playing, Wilshere was announced as head coach of the Arsenal under-18 team. [134] He led the team to the final of the 2022–23 FA Youth Cup in his first season in charge, in which they lost to the West Ham.
Arsenal's Academy under-18 teams play their home matches at Shenley, while the reserves play their games at Meadow Park, [149] which is also the home of Boreham Wood. Both the Academy under-18 team and the reserves occasionally play their big games at the Emirates in front of a crowd reduced to only the lower west stand. [150] [151]
He continued his meteoric rise at Arsenal in early November 2023, being called up by first-team manager Mikel Arteta to join the senior side for training. [7] Obi-Martin made international headlines on 18 November 2023, scoring ten goals as Arsenal beat Liverpool 14–3 at under-16 level.
The league was reorganised yet again in 2004–05 season, with the league being reformed as a single Under-18 competition (players are aged under 18 on the preceding 31 August), with up to 3 Under-19 outfield players and 1 Under-19 goalkeeper allowed per team per match. Teams also competed at an Under-16 level in identically formed groups, but ...
During the 2016–17 season, Nketiah scored 15 goals in 16 appearances for the under-18 team while also scoring 12 goals in 26 appearances for the under-23s. [8] After that season, Nketiah was called up by Arsène Wenger for the first team 's pre-season trip to Australia and China.
Nwaneri started the 2022–23 season playing for Arsenal under-18s, but he was quickly advanced to the club's under-21 side. [6] Having made a sole appearance in the 2022–23 Premier League 2 , he joined the first team for training in September, [ 7 ] and made his first senior matchday squad on 18 September when he was named as a substitute ...
Watt signed his first professional contract with Arsenal in the summer of 2008 after joining as a scholar in 2007. He was a key member of the Arsenal under-18 double winning team during the 2008–09 season, and featured in all eight of Arsenal's FA Youth Cup fixtures, scoring a brace in the semi-final and netting in both legs of the final against Liverpool. [6]