That Arsenal squad in full... edit

As of 2 December 2008.[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ESP Manuel Almunia
2 MF   FRA Abou Diaby
3 DF   FRA Bacary Sagna
4 MF   ESP Cesc Fàbregas (captain[3])
5 DF   CIV Kolo Touré
6 DF   SUI Philippe Senderos (at Milan until June 2009)
7 MF   CZE Tomáš Rosický
8 MF   FRA Samir Nasri
9 FW   CRO Eduardo
10 DF   FRA William Gallas
11 FW   NED Robin van Persie
12 FW   MEX Carlos Vela
14 FW   ENG Theo Walcott
15 MF   BRA Denílson
16 MF   WAL Aaron Ramsey
17 MF   CMR Alexandre Song
18 DF   FRA Mikaël Silvestre
19 MF   ENG Jack Wilshere
20 DF   SUI Johan Djourou
21 GK   POL Łukasz Fabiański
22 DF   FRA Gaël Clichy
24 GK   ITA Vito Mannone
25 FW   TOG Emmanuel Adebayor
26 FW   DEN Nicklas Bendtner
27 DF   CIV Emmanuel Eboué
28 MF   POR Amaury Bischoff
30 DF   FRA Armand Traoré (at Portsmouth until June 2009)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 MF   NED Nacer Barazite (at Derby County until December 2008)
34 DF   ENG Kyle Bartley
35 MF   FRA Francis Coquelin
36 DF   ENG Thomas Cruise
37 MF   ENG James Dunne (at Nottingham Forest until January 2009)
38 DF   ENG Jay Emmanuel-Thomas
39 FW   POR Rui Fonte
40 MF   ENG Kieran Gibbs
41 DF   ENG Gavin Hoyte
42 MF   ENG Henri Lansbury
43 MF   ESP Fran Mérida
44 FW   ENG Rhys Murphy
45 DF   NOR Håvard Nordtveit
46 DF   ENG Abu Ogogo (at Barnet until December 2008)
47 MF   ENG Mark Randall
48 MF   DEN Jonas Rasmussen
49 DF   ENG Paul Rodgers
50 FW   ENG Jay Simpson
51 DF   ENG Rene Steer
52 FW   FRA Gilles Sunu
53 GK   POL Wojciech Szczęsny
54 MF   NED Vincent van den Berg (at FC Zwolle until June 2009)
55 FW   ENG Sanchez Watt
56 MF   ENG Emmanuel Frimpong
–– MF   BRA Pedro Botelho (at UD Salamanca until June 2009)
–– DF   ENG Kerrea Gilbert (at Leicester City until June 2009)

Arsenal captains edit

Name Tenure
Bill Julian 1890–1891
Sandy Robertson 1891–1892
Joe Powell 1892–1895
Caesar Jenkyns 1895–1896
Gavin Crawford 1896–1898
Jimmy Jackson 1899?–1905?
John Dick 1898?–1912?
Percy Sands 1902?–1915?
Joe Shaw 1907?–1922?
Billy Blyth 1914?–1924
Alf Baker 1924–1925
Charles Buchan 1925–1928
Tom Parker 1928–1932
Eddie Hapgood 1932?–1939?
Charlie Jones 1928?–1934?
Alex James 1929?–1936/7
George Male 1936?–1939?
Dave Bowen 1957? – 1959?
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Terry Neill   1963? – 1967?
Frank McLintock   August 1967 – June 1973
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Eddie Kelly   August 1974 – May 1976?
Pat Rice   August 1977 – 1980?
John Hollins   ? – ?
David O'Leary   1981 ? – August 1983
Graham Rix   August 1983 – 1986?
Kenny Sansom   ?-March 1988
Tony Adams   March 1988 – May 2002

Arsenal players killed in action edit

WW1
WW2


Arsenal chairmen edit

Name Tenure
W. B. Jackson c. 1891–?
Jack Humble 1997–1998
J.H. Hodgin 1898-1899
George Leavey 1899–1900
Jack Humble 1901–1906
Arthur Kennedy 1906–1907
J. T. Radford 1907–1908
William Craib 1909–1910
George Leavey 1910–1912
Sir Henry Norris 1912–1927
Samuel Hill-Wood 1927–1936
Hugh Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale 1936
Bernard Forbes, Earl of Granard 1936–1939
Robin Vane-Tempest Stewart 1939–1946
Samuel Hill-Wood 1946–1949
Bracewell Smith 1949–1962
Denis Hill-Wood 1962–1982
Peter Hill-Wood 1982–present

Arsenal assistant managers edit

Name Tenure
Joe Shaw 1930-1946?
Tom Whittaker 1946-1947
Jack Crayston 1947-1956?
1956-1958
Ron Greenwood 1958-1962
Les Shannon ? 1962-1966
First-team coach
Dave Sexton 1966-1968
Don Howe 1968-1971
Steve Burtenshaw 1971-1973
Bobby Campbell 1973-1976
Assistant manager
Don Howe? 1976-1983
Wilf Dixon? John Cartwright? Terry Burton? 1983-1986
Theo Foley 1986-1990
Stewart Houston 1990-1996
Pat Rice 1996-

Arsenal reserves managers edit

Name Tenure
Don Howe 1966-1968
George Armstrong 1990-2000
Eddie Niedzwiecki 2000-2004
Neil Banfield 2004-

  1. ^ "First Team Players". Arsenal.com. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  2. ^ "Arsenal FC". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  3. ^ "Arsenal name Fabregas as captain". BBC Sport. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2008-11-24.