Arsenal football club
Club Information | ||||||||||
| League: Premier League (Eng) | ||||||||||
| Nickname: The Gunners | ||||||||||
| Year Founded: 1886 | ||||||||||
| Location: London, England | ||||||||||
| Stadium: Emirates Stadium | ||||||||||
| Capacity: 60000 | ||||||||||
| Official Website: arsenal.com | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Paid: £15m for Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St Petersburg in 2009 | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Received: £25.4m for Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona in 2011 | ||||||||||
| Average age of players: 25 years | ||||||||||
| Number of foreigners: 32 | ||||||||||
| Longest serving player: Johan Djourou (9 years) | ||||||||||
Squad Information | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee |
Staff | ||||||||||
| - | Steve Bould (Eng) | Coa. | 49 | Stoke-on-Trent | 193 | - | - | 2001 | Un-attached | Hired |
| - | Gerry Peyton (Ire) | Coa. | 55 | Birmingham | - | - | - | 2003 | Fulham (Eng) | Hired |
| - | Pat Rice (N.Ire) | Ast | 63 | Belfast | - | - | 06/2011 | - | - | - |
| - | Arsene Wenger (Fra) | Mgr | 62 | Strasbourg | - | - | 06/2014 | 1996 | Nagoya Grampus Eight (Jap) | Hired |
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Manuel Almunia (Spa) | GK | 34 | Pamplona | 191 | 86 | - | 2004 | Celta Vigo (Spa) | Undisc. |
| 21 | Lukasz Fabianski (Pol) | GK | 27 | Kostrzyn | 190 | 84 | - | 2007 | Legia Warszawa (Pol) | Undisc. |
| - | Wojciech Szczesny (Pol) | GK | 22 | Warsaw | 195 | 83 | Pro | 2007 | Youth | Free |
Defenders | ||||||||||
| 3 | Bacary Sagna (Fra) | RB | 29 | Sens | 176 | 72 | 06/2014 | 2007 | Auxerre (Fra) | Undisc. |
| 27 | Emmanuel Eboue (IvC) | RB | 29 | Abidjan | 178 | 69 | 06/2014 | 2005 | Beveren (Bel) | £1.54m |
| - | Martin Angha (Swi) | RB | 18 | - | - | - | Pro | 2011 | Youth | Free |
| - | Carl Jenkinson (Fin) | RB | 20 | Harlow | 185 | 76 | - | 2011 | Charlton Athletic (Eng) | Undisc. |
| 28 | Kieran Gibbs (Eng) | LB | 22 | Lambeth | 178 | 64 | - | 2007 | Youth | Free |
| - | Pedro Botelho (Bra) | LB | 22 | Salvador | 186 | - | - | 2007 | Figueirense (Bra) | Undisc. |
| - | Andre Santos (Bra) | LB | 29 | - | 180 | 82 | - | 2011 | Fenerbahce (Tur) | Undisc. |
| 4 | Per Mertesacker (Ger) | CD | 27 | Hannover | 198 | 90 | - | 2011 | SV Werder Bremen (Ger) | Undisc. |
| 5 | Thomas Vermaelen (Bel) | CD | 26 | Kapellen | 180 | 73 | - | 2009 | Ajax Amsterdam (Ned) | £8.53m |
| 6 | Laurent Koscielny (Fra) | CD | 26 | Tulle | 185 | 75 | - | 2010 | Lorient (Fra) | Undisc. |
| 18 | Sebastien Squillaci (Fra) | CD | 31 | Toulon | 183 | 76 | - | 2010 | Sevilla (Spa) | Undisc. |
| 20 | Johan Djourou (Swi) | CD | 25 | Ivory Coast | 191 | 85 | 06/2012 | 2003 | Etoile-Carouge (Swi) | £? |
| - | Kyle Bartley (Eng) | CD | 20 | Manchester | 185 | 76 | Pro | 2008 | Youth | Free |
| - | Elton Monteiro (Swi) | CD | 18 | - | - | - | Pro | 2011 | Youth | Free |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 17 | Alexandre Song (Cam) | DM | 24 | Douala | 182 | 74 | 06/2015 | 2006 | Bastia (Fra) | £? |
| - | Kyle Ebecilio (Ned) | CM | 18 | - | - | - | Pro | 2011 | Youth | Free |
| - | Oguzhan Ozyakup (Ned) | CM | 19 | Zaandam | - | - | - | 2008 | AZ (Ned) | £? |
| - | Mark Randall (Eng) | CM | 22 | Milton Keynes | - | - | Pro | 2007 | Youth | Free |
| 2 | Abou Diaby (Fra) | MF | 26 | Paris | 188 | 75 | 06/2012 | 2006 | Auxerre (Fra) | Undisc. |
| 15 | Denilson (Bra) | MF | 24 | Sao Paulo | 178 | 68 | - | 2006 | Sao Paulo (Bra) | Undisc. |
| - | Mikel Arteta (Spa) | MF | 30 | San Sebastian | 176 | 69 | 06/2015 | 2011 | Everton (Eng) | £10m |
| - | Yossi Benayoun (Isr) | MF | 32 | Beer-Sheva | 178 | 70 | 05/2012 | 2011 | Chelsea (Eng) | Loan |
| - | Aaron Ramsey (Wal) | MF | 21 | Caerphilly | 175 | 67 | 06/2015 | 2008 | Cardiff City (Wal) | £5m |
| - | Jack Wilshere (Eng) | MF | 20 | Stevenage | 170 | 65 | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Tomas Rosicky (Cze) | AM | 31 | Prague | 178 | 65 | - | 2006 | Borussia Dortmund (Ger) | Undisc. |
| 23 | Andrei Arshavin (Rus) | AM | 30 | St. Petersburg | 172 | 69 | 06/2013 | 2009 | Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) | £15m |
| - | Thomas Eisfeld (Ger) | AM | 19 | - | - | - | - | 2012 | Borussia Dortmund (Ger) | Undisc. |
| - | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Eng) | WG | 18 | Portsmouth | 180 | 69 | - | 2011 | Southampton (Eng) | £12m |
| - | Sanchez Watt (Eng) | WG | 21 | London | 177 | 70 | Pro | 2008 | Youth | Free |
Forwards | ||||||||||
| - | Marouane Chamakh (Mor) | FW | 28 | Tonneins | 185 | 70 | - | 2010 | Bordeaux (Fra) | Bosman |
| 11 | Robin van Persie (Ned) | ST | 28 | Rotterdam | 183 | 71 | 06/2013 | 2004 | Feyenoord (Ned) | Undisc. |
| 12 | Thierry Henry (Fra) | ST | 34 | Paris | 188 | 83 | STC | 2012 | New York Red Bulls (USA) | Loan |
| 14 | Theo Walcott (Eng) | ST | 23 | Newbury | 170 | 63 | 06/2013 | 2006 | Southampton (Eng) | £5m |
| - | Gervinho (IvC) | ST | 24 | Anyama | 179 | 68 | - | 2011 | Le Mans (Fra) | £5.18m |
| - | Zak Ansah (Eng) | ST | 18 | - | - | - | Pro | 2011 | Youth | Free |
| - | Nacer Barazite (Ned) | ST | - | - | - | - | Pro | 2007 | Un-attached | Free |
| - | Chu-Young Park (SKo) | ST | 26 | Daegu | 180 | 76 | - | 2011 | Monaco (Fra) | Undisc. |
Youth Players | ||||||||||
| - | Thomas Cruise (Eng) | LB | 21 | - | 182 | 81 | - | 2008 | Youth | Free |
| - | Samuel Galindo (Bol) | CM | 20 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 190 | 70 | - | 2010 | Real America (Bol) | £500k |
| - | Luke Freeman (Eng) | ST | 20 | Dartford | - | - | - | 2008 | Gillingham (Eng) | Undisc. |