球隊(duì)歷史

Arsenal FC were founded in 1886 as Dial Square, and were originally based in south-east London. Shortly after their foundation, they were renamed Royal Arsenal, but once again renamed themselves Woolwich Arsenal after becoming a professional team in 1891. 1913 brought about a move to North London for the club, to the famous Highbury stadium, and it wasn't until a year later that Arsenal dropped the 'Woolwich' part of their name altogether and became Arsenal, like they are today. Although the club only finished in 5th place in the league in 1919, they were chosen to join the First Division.

1925 brought along arguably the most famous manager to ever be in charge of Arsenal. Herbert Chapman signed Cliff Bastin and Alex James, two players who are still regarded as excellent players, and he won the first trophies in the history of Arsenal. The FA Cup was the first major trophy to be won, with the club lifting that trophy in the 1929/30 season. A year later they won their first league title, and two years later came a second title.Sadly, Chapman died of pneumonia in 1934, but his legacy continued under Joe Shaw and George Allison and the club continued to win honours.

Tom Whittaker took over the club after the war period. This lead to another spout of success, although this success soon dried up as in the 1950s and 1960s the club spent the majority of their time trophyless. Physiotherapist Bertie Mee brought back success to the club after his appointment as manager in 1966, including their first league and cup double in the 1970/71 season. The clubs good fortunes under Mee, however, soon started fading away and with 1986 came a new manager to Arsenal.

Former player, George Graham, yet again brought glory to the North London club. A victory in the League Cup in 1986/87 - Graham's first season in charge - lead to great optimism around the club. Two years later came his first league win, and arguably Arsenal's finest moment ever came in 1988/89. In the final game of the season, a last minute goal from Michael Thomas against fellow title contenders Liverpool brought the title and great celebration back to the club. In 1995 his reputation was tattered, as it emerged that he had been paid by an agent to sign certain players.

Graham's replacement, Bruce Rioch, only managed the club for one season before leaving after a dispute with the board.

Rioch's short reign was followed by Arsenal's current manager, Arsene Wenger, taking over in 1996. New training, tactics (and not to mention a lot of French players!) lead to much success from Wenger, and Arsenal's greatest season came under Wengers reign. Some of Arsenal's all time best players, including Henry, Vieira, Adams, Seaman, Pires, Ljungberg, Bergkamp, Keown and Campbell played under Arsene Wenger. During the 2003/04 season Wengers side won the league without losing a single game all season, an incredible feat for any team. This earned the team the nickname 'The Invincibles', although none of the players from that team remain after the last Invincible - Kolo Toure - left the club for Man City in 2009. That unbeaten season contributed to a huge 49 games unbeaten, a English record. Arsene Wenger's team has never retained the league the season after they have won it, although they have finished in either first or second in eight of Wengers' seasons at the club. Wenger took Arsenal to the UEFA Champions League final in 2005/06, becoming the first ever London team to achieve this. Unfortunately they lost out to Barcelona, a Jens Lehmann red card contributing to their eventual 2-1 defeat. Wenger has always favoured playing younger players, choosing to develop youth instead of spending a lot of money on big name players.

July 2006 took the team to a new stadium, The Emirates, although this move wasn't quite as drastic as the last move of location. Highbury - the home of Arsenal for 93 years - was just minutes away from the new stadium. The first match played at the stadium was a testimonial to Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp.

俱樂部信息

Nation - England

Year Founded - 1886

Status - Professional

Reputation - Continental

Chairman Status - Loves the club

Legends – Arsene Wenger, Pat Rice, Tony Adams, Patrick Vieira, Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Herbert Chapman, Cliff Bastin, Bob Wilson, Ian Wright

Icons – David Rocastle, Ken Friar, Martin Keown, Steve Bould, Lee Dixon, Robert Pires, David Seaman, Ray Parlour, Nigel Winterburn, Frank McLintock, Charlie Nicholas, George Graham, Liam Brady, Ted Drake, Charlie George, Marc Overmars, David Jack, David O’Leary, John Radford, Michael Thomas, Paul Person, Alex James and Freddie Ljungberg

Favoured Personnel – Cesc Fabregas, Alan Smith, Gael Clichy

Fierce Rivals - Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Chelsea

Other Rivals - Liverpool, West Ham United

Finances - Rich

Average Ticket Price - £44.90

Average Season Ticket Price - £1.29k

Season Ticket Holders - 40000

Estimated Value - £336million (Loan Debt: £247million)

Continental Competition - European Champions Cup

Media Prediction - 4th

Stadium - Emirates Stadium (London, 60432 all seater)

Training Facilities - Top training facilities

Youth Facilities - Excellent youth facilities + Youth Academy

Expections - Continental Qualification, Title Challenge or Winner

Transfer Budget - £25mil for Continental Qualification, £29mil for Title Challenge, £31.5mil for Winner

Wage Budget - £1.1mil (£953,800 being spent)

陣容分析

GK - Manuel Almunia, Lukasz Fabianski, Vito Mannone

DR - Bacary Sagna, Emmanuel Eboue, Gavin Hoyte

DL - Gael Clichy, Kieran Gibbs, Armand Traore, Thomas Vermaelen, Pedro Botelho

DC - William Gallas, Thomas Vermaelan, Johan Djourou, Philippe Senderos, Mikael Silvestre, Alex Song, Havard Nordtveit, Kyle Bartley

DMC - Alex Song, Denilson, Samir Nasri, Abou Diaby, Francis Coquelin

MR - Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky Jack Wilshere

ML - Samir Nasri, Armand Traore, Andrey Arshavin, Tomas Rosicky, Henri Lansbury

MC - Cesc Fabregas, Aaron Ramsey, Abou Diaby, Denilson, Samir Nasri, Francisco Merida

AMC - Andrey Arshavin, Tomas Rosicky Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Nacer Barazite

ST - Robin van Persie, Eduardo, Carlos Vela, Nicklas Bendtner, Andrey Arshavin, Theo Walcott, Rhys Murphy, Nacer Barazite

Goalkeeper seems to be the weakest position on the team. With Almunia not a particularly brilliant keeper, and aging also, you are left with only the average Lukasz Fabian