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Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger (born 22 October 1949) is a French former football manager and player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development. He was the manager of Arsenal from 1996 to 2018, where he was the longest-serving and most successful in the club's history.
On 20 April 2018, Wenger announced he would step down as Arsenal manager at the end of the 2017–18 season. [96] This season saw Wenger's Arsenal get knocked out of the FA Cup at the Third round stage for the first and only time in his 22 seasons at the club, while Arsenal made it through to the 2018 League Cup Final where they lost to ...
The 2005–06 season was Arsenal Football Club's 14th season in the Premier League and their 80th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] It was the final season in which home matches were played at the club's Highbury stadium after 93 years; Arsenal intended to move to its new 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium in time for the following season.
Ted Drake holds the record for most competitive goals in a single season for Arsenal; he scored 44 during the 1934–35 campaign. The table details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Records of reserve team and World War II competitions such as the London Combination and the London War Cup are ...
Arsenal had finished the previous season as runners-up in the Premier League, overhauled by Manchester United in the final ten weeks of the season. [5] The club did, however, retain the FA Cup, with a 1–0 win against Southampton. [6] Such was Arsenal's effective start to the 2002–03 campaign, manager Arsène Wenger suggested his team could ...
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. [84] In his 21st and final season, Arsenal under Arsene Wenger finished sixth and won the FA Community Shield. [85] [86] Wenger departed Arsenal following the end of the season on 13 May ...
The 2004–05 season was Arsenal Football Club's 13th season in the Premier League and their 79th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The club ended the campaign as FA Cup winners, but failed to retain their Premier League title as they finished second to Chelsea .
In 1997 Akers became Arsenal men's team kit manager, a position he left subsequent to the departure of Arsène Wenger in 2018. [1] [2] [3] During his first season as Arsenal's kit manager he stepped down as manager of the women's team but returned for the 1998–99 season. [4] As a player, he played as a left back.