Arsenal F.C.
Full name: Arsenal Football Club
Nickname: The Gunners
Founded: 1886
Ground: Emirates Stadium
(Capacity: 60,355)
Owner: Arsenal Holdings plc
Chairman: Peter Hill-Wood
Manager: Arsène Wenger
Home colours: Red/White
Away colours: Yellow/Black
Arsenal F.C.
- English Champion (13x): 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1971, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004
- League Cup (x2): 1987, 1993
- FA Cup (x10): 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
- Charity Shield (x12): 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
- UEFA Cup: 1970
- Cup Winners Cup: 1994
Arsenal were founded in 1886 as Dial Square, which was a department within the Royal Arsenal armaments factory in the neighborhood of Woolwich in South London. A year later the name was changed to Royal Arsenal to incorporate the entire factory. Five years later another name change to Woolwich Arsenal to reflect the entire neighborhood and a final change to just Arsenal in 1914 after the club moved to the North London neighborhood of Highbury.
The Gunners nickname is a reference to the cannon in the club's emblem and their origins in an armaments factory while fans are often referred to as Gooners, a pun on the typical Gunners nickname.
The red jerseys were adopted after a charitable donation from red-clad Nottingham Forest. The white sleeves were introduced in the 1930s by legendary manager Herbert Chapman.
