List of Arsenal F.C. players

List of Arsenal F.C. players

This is a list of notable players who have played for Arsenal Football Club. Arsenal were founded as "Dial Square" in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, but were renamed "Royal Arsenal" shortly afterwards. They renamed themselves again to "Woolwich Arsenal" after turning professional in 1891. The club made their debut in the FA Cup in 1889 and joined the Football League in 1893. They were renamed "Arsenal" in 1914, a year after their move across London to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury.

List of players

The following list includes all Arsenal players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club since 1886, in any first-class competition — Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup or any European competition such as the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are excluded.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Statistics are correct as of 11 May 2008.

Key to positions

References

*"Statistics for players whose Arsenal careers ended on or before 1995 sourced from:" cite book | author=Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.)| title=Arsenal Who's Who | publisher=Independent UK Sports| year=1995| id=ISBN 1-899429-03-4
*"Statistics for players whose Arsenal careers ended between 1996 and 2006 sourced from:" cite web | url=http://jkarlsson.netfirms.com/players/ | title=Gunnermania - Arsenal Player Archive | accessdate=2008-03-18
*"Statistics for players whose Arsenal careers ended after 2006, or are still playing for Arsenal, sourced from:" cite web | url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players.sd | title=Soccerbase - The Internet Soccer Database | accessdate=2008-03-18


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