Arsenal F.C.
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Arsenal Football Club is an Inglis professional fitba club based in Islington, North Lunnon. Arsenal play in the Premier League, the tap flicht o Inglis fitba. The club has wan 13 league titles (including een wi nae defeats), a record 14 FA Cups, twa League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, een European Cup Winners' Cup, an een Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms o trophies wan, it is the third-maist successful club in Inglis fitba.
Full name | Arsenal Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Gunners | |||
Foondit | 1886; 138 years ago (1886) as Dial Square | |||
Ground | Emirates Stadium, Holloway, Lunnon | |||
Ground Capacity | 60,338[1] | |||
Awner | Arsenal Holdings plc | |||
Manager | Mikel Arteta | |||
League | Premier League | |||
2022–23 | Premier League, 2nt o 20 | |||
Wabsteid | Club wabsteid | |||
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Arsenal wis the erest club fae the Sooth of England tae jyne the Football League in 1893, an they reakit the First Division in 1904. Relegated anely ance, in 1913, they conteena the langest streak in the tap division, an hae wan the seicont-maist tap-flight matches in Inglis fitba history. In the 1930s, Arsenal wan five League Championships an twa FA Cups, an anither FA Cup and twa Championships efter the war. In 1970–71, they wan their erest League and FA Cup Double. Atween 1989 an 2005, they wan five League titles an five FA Cups, including twa mair Doubles. They completit the 20th century wi the maist high average league position. Atween 1998 and 2017, Arsenal qualified for the UEFA Champions League for nineteen consecutive seasons.
In 1886, munitions wirkers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich foondit the club as Dial Square. In 1913 the club crosst the city tae Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, becoming close neebours o Tottenham Hotspur, and creatin the North London derby. Herbert Chapman, wha changed the fortunes o Arsenal foriver, won the club its erest sillerware, an his legacy led the club tae dominate the 1930s. He helpt introduce the WM formation, floodlights, an shirt nummers; he addit the white sleeves an brichter reid tae the club's jersey an aw. Arsène Wenger is the langest-serving heid-bummer an wan the maist trophies. He wan a record seiven FA Cups, an his title-wanning team set an Inglis record fir the maist lang tap-flicht unbeaten league run at 49 games atween 2003 an 2004, receiving the eik-name The Invincibles.
In 2006, the club flittit tae the near aboots Emirates Stadium. Wi an annual revenue of £367.1m in the 2021–22 season, Arsenal wis estimated tae be wirth US$2.26 billion by Forbes, makin it the warld's tenth maist vailuable fitba club, while it is een o the maist follit on social media. The motto o the club is Victoria Concordia Crescit, Latin fir "Veectory Throu Hermony".