Arsenal FC

Nickname: The Gunners

Founded: 1886 as Dial Square

Ground: Emirates Stadium

Owner: Arsenal Holdings plc.

Chairman: Peter Hill-Wood

Manager: Arsene Wenger

Arsenal are based in North London and also one of the most successful teams clubs in England. They have won 13 First Division titles and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups. They hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in the Premier League, and are the only side to complete a whole PL season unbeaten.

They were founded in 1886 in Woolwich and in 1893 became the first team to join the Football League from the south of England. In 1913, they moved to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. In the 1930's, they won 5 league championship titles and 2 FA Cups. After a period in the post-war years, they won the League and FA Cup double, in the 1970-71 season and in the 1990's and first decade of the 21st Century won 2 more doubles and reached the 2006 Champions League Final.

Arsenal have a long standing rivalry with Tottenham Hotspur, with whom they regularly contest the orth London derby. Arsenal are the third-most valuable Association Football Club in the world as of 2010, valued at $1.2 billion.

Previous Names: Dial Square, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Arsenal.

League Titles: 13, (3 in the PL)

FA Cup: 10

League Cup: 2

In the 2003-04 season, Arsenal became the first team in the English highest league to go an entire season unbeaten, this achievement branded them with the nickname "The Invincibles." They went 49 games without losing, a national record.

CREST
In the middle is the badge that Arsenal have had since 2003, but in the 2011-12 season, Arsenal celebrate their 125th Anniversary. The 15 oak leaves to the right represent the 15 founding members of the club who met in the Royal Oak pub. The laurels represent the design detail of the six-pence pieces paid by the founding fathers to establish the club. The laurel also represents strength.

SQUAD
1. Manuel Almunia

2. Abou Diaby

3. Bacary Sagna

4. Cesc Fabregas

5. Thomas Vermaelen

6. Laurent Koscielny

7. Tomas Rosicky

8. Samir Nasri

10. Robin van Persie

11. Carlos Vela

13. Wojciech Szczesny

14. Theo Walcott

16. Aaron Ramsey

17. Alex Song

18. Sebastien Squillaci

19. Jack Wilshere

20. Johan Djourou

21.Lukasz Fabianski

23. Andrei Arshavin

24. Vito Mannone

27. Emmanuel Eboue

28. Kieran Gibbs

29. Marouane Chamakh

30. Armand Traore

35. Emmanuel Frimpong

40. Craig Eastmond

41. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas

46. Henri Lansbury

52. Nicklas Bendtner

-. Gervinho

-. Carl Jenkinson