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The entrance of The Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal Football Club have used persistent squad numbers since 1993, and team numbers since 1928.

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. They currently play at The Emirates Stadium in Holloway.[1]

History

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The first time numbers were used in association football was 25 August 1928, when Arsenal and Chelsea played in numbered shirts. Numbers were traditionally assigned based on a player's position on the field, with the starting 11 players wearing 1-11, (starting numerically with the goalkeeper wearing number 1), and the substitutes wearing higher numbers.

In 1993 The Football Association (FA) switched to persistent squad numbers, abandoning the mandatory use of 1–11 for the starting line-up. The first league event to feature this was the 1993 Football League Cup Final between Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday in April, and then again in the 1993 FA Cup Final[2][3] at the tail end of the 1992/93 season. Persistent squad numbering became standard in the Premier League at the start of the 1993/94 season in August, along with names printed above the numbers. Most European top leagues adopted the system over the next five years. During this time English clubs continued to use the mandatory 1–11 for European matches.

Style

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Initially, all clubs were supplied with name and number sets by their kit supplier. In the 1992/93 and 1993/94 seasons, Arsenal wore Adidas, and wore numbers with the early nineties "Adidas Equipment" logo.[4] The font for both letters and numbers were identical to all other Premier League clubs that wore Adidas.[5]

Starting in the 1994/95 season Arsenal wore Nike and, for three seasons 1994/95, 1995/96 and 1996/97, wore numbers that sometimes featured the Nike swoosh[6], and sometimes did not.[7] Again, the font was identical to all other Premier League clubs that wore Nike.

Before the start of the 1997/98 season, the Premier League introduced a standard font. These names and numbers were designed by Chris Kay[8] and featured the Premier League's lion logo within the number. Matches not bound by the FA, such as pre-season friendlies or European matches, used the same Chris Kay numbers without the Premier League logo.[9]

In 2007, in an effort to combat counterfeit replica kits the Premier League refreshed their standard font with a new Chris Kay design and introduced it, along with a new Premier League logo, for the 2007/08 season.[10]

Starting in the 2005/06 season Arsenal abandoned the standard Chris Kay font for European matches and began experimenting with different styles.[11][12] These included numbers with the Arsenal crest during 2007/08[13], and lowercase letters with numbers incorporating the Champions League logo, similar to that used by Chelsea, during 2008/09[14]

1990s

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Number 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000
1
(GK)
Seaman Seaman Seaman Seaman Seaman Seaman Seaman Seaman
2 Dixon Dixon Dixon Dixon Dixon Dixon Dixon Dixon
3 Winterburn Winterburn Winterburn Winterburn Winterburn Winterburn Winterburn Winterburn
4 Davis Davis Vieira Vieira Vieira Vieira
5 Linighan Linighan Linighan Bould Bould Bould Bould Keown
6 Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams
7 Campbell Campbell Campbell Platt Platt Platt Vivas Vivas
8 Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Ljungberg Ljungberg
9 Smith Smith Smith Merson Merson Anelka Anelka Suker
10 Merson Merson Merson Bergkamp Bergkamp Bergkamp Bergkamp Bergkamp
11 Parlour McGoldrick McGoldrick Helder Helder Overmars Overmars Overmars
12 Bould Bould Linighan Linighan Wreh Wreh Wreh
13 Miller (GK) Bartram (GK) Bartram (GK) Bartram (GK) Manninger (GK) Manninger (GK) Manninger (GK)
14 Davis Keown Keown Keown Keown Keown Keown Henry
15 Morrow Limpar Schwarz Parlour Parlour Parlour Parlour Parlour
16 Hartson Hartson Hartson Hughes Silvinho
17 Jensen Jensen Jensen Hillier Hillier Petit Petit Petit
18 Hillier Hillier Morrow Morrow Grimandi Grimandi Grimandi
19 Carter Carter Jensen Garde Garde Garde Malz
20 Lydersen Lydersen Upson Upson Upson
21 Morrow Morrow McGoldrick McGoldrick Boa Morte Boa Morte Boa Morte
22 O'Leary Selley Selley Selley Selley Selley Grondin Luzhny
23 Parlour Parlour Dickov Dickov Mendez Mendez Mendez
24 Flatts Dickov Flatts Lukic (GK) Lukic (GK) Lukic (GK) Lukic (GK)
25 Heaney Flatts Marshall Marshall Marshall Kanu Kanu
26 Will (GK) Harper (GK) Harper (GK) Harper (GK) Bartram (GK) Caballero
27 Dickov Shaw Shaw Shaw Diawara
28 Hughes Hughes Hughes Hughes Hughes
29 Clarke Clarke Clarke Pennant
30 McGowan McGowan McGowan Crowe Vernazza
31 Kiwomya Kiwomya Kiwomya Kiwomya Vernazza Taylor (GK)
32 Rankin Riza Weston

[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

2000s

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Number 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
1
(GK)
Seaman Seaman Seaman Lehmann Lehmann Lehmann Lehmann Lehmann Almunia Almunia
2 Dixon Dixon Diaby Diaby Diaby Diaby Diaby
3 Stepanovs Cole Cole Cole Cole Cole Sagna Sagna Sagna
4 Vieira Vieira Vieira Vieira Vieira Fabregas Fabregas Fabregas Fabregas
5 Keown Keown Keown Keown Toure Toure Toure Vermaelen
6 Adams Adams Senderos Senderos Senderos Senderos
7 Pires Pires Pires Pires Pires Pires Rosicky Rosicky Rosicky Rosicky
8 Ljungberg Ljungberg Ljungberg Ljungberg Ljungberg Ljungberg Ljungberg Diarra Nasri Nasri
9 Jeffers Jeffers Reyes Reyes Reyes Baptista Eduardo Eduardo Eduardo
10 Bergkamp Bergkamp Bergkamp Bergkamp Bergkamp Bergkamp Gallas Gallas Gallas Gallas
11 Wiltord Wiltord Wiltord Wiltord v. Persie v. Persie v. Persie v. Persie v. Persie v. Persie
12 Lauren Lauren Lauren Lauren Lauren Lauren Lauren Vela Vela
13 Manninger (GK) Taylor (GK) Taylor (GK) Taylor (GK) Taylor (GK) Hleb Hleb Hleb
14 Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Walcott Walcott
15 Parlour Parlour Parlour Parlour Fabregas Fabregas Denilson Denilson Denilson Denilson
16 Silvinho Bronckhorst Bronckhorst Flamini Flamini Flamini Flamini Ramsey Ramsey
17 Edu Edu Edu Edu Song Song Song Song Song
18 Grimandi Grimandi Cygan Cygan Cygan Cygan Silvestre Silvestre
19 Malz Inamoto Gilberto Gilberto Gilberto Gilberto Gilberto Gilberto Wilshere Wilshere
20 Upson Upson Upson & Warmuz (GK) [24] Senderos Senderos Senderos Djourou Djourou Djourou Djourou
21 Danilevicius Pennant Pennant Pennant Pennant Poom (GK) Poom (GK) Fabianski (GK) Fabianski (GK) Fabianski (GK)
22 Luzhny Luzhny Luzhny Clichy Clichy Clichy Clichy Clichy Clichy Clichy
23 Vivas Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Arshavin Arshavin
24 Lukic (GK) Wright (GK) Shaaban (GK) Shaaban (GK) Almunia (GK) Almunia (GK) Almunia (GK) Almunia (GK) Mannone (GK) Mannone (GK)
25 Kanu Kanu Kanu Kanu Adebayor Adebayor Adebayor Adebayor
26 Stepanovs Stepanovs Stepanovs Bendtner Bendtner
27 Wreh Tavlaridis Tavlaridis Tavlaridis Eboue Eboue Eboue Eboue Eboue Eboue
28 Barrett Toure Toure Toure Toure Bischoff Gibbs
29 Cole Volz Larsson Larsson Larsson
30 Vernazza Aliadiere Aliadiere Aliadiere Aliadiere Aliadiere Traore Traore Traore
31 Taylor (GK) Aliadiere Svard Svard Hoyte Hoyte Hoyte Hoyte Campbell
32 Weston Papadopulos Svard Walcott Walcott Walcott Merida
52 Bendtner

[20] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]

2010s

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Number 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
1
(GK)
Almunia Szczesny
2 Diaby Diaby
3 Sagna Sagna Sagna
4 Fabregas Mertesacker Mertesacker
5 Vermaelen Vermaelen Vermaelen
6 Koscielny Koscielny Koscielny
7 Rosicky Rosicky Rosicky
8 Nasri Nasri[35] &
Arteta
Arteta
9 J.Y. Park Podolski
10 v. Persie v. Persie Wilshere
11 Vela A.Santos A.Santos
12 Henry Giroud
13 Szczesny (GK)
14 Walcott Walcott Walcott
15 Denilson Chamberlain Chamberlain
16 Ramsey Ramsey Ramsey
17 Song Song
18 Squillaci Squillaci Squillaci
19 Wilshere Wilshere Cazorla
20 Djourou Djourou Djourou
21 Fabianski (GK) Fabianski (GK) Fabianski (GK)
22 Clichy Coquelin
23 Arshavin Arshavin Arshavin
24 Mannone (GK) Mannone (GK) Mannone (GK)
25 Jenkinson Jenkinson
26 Frimpong Frimpong
27 Eboue Gervinho Gervinho
28 Gibbs Gibbs Gibbs
29 Chamakh Chamakh Chamakh
30 Traore Traore[36] &
Benayoun
J.Y. Park
31 Miyaichi Miyaichi
32
52 Bendtner Bendtner Bendtner

[37] [38] [39] [40] [41]

References

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  1. ^ Club history, at arsenal.com
  2. ^ www.soccertrivia.org.uk
  3. ^ www.sleepfootball.com
  4. ^ Peter Rapley's Arsenal shirts, at picasaweb
  5. ^ Liverpool v. Crystal Palace, December 11, 1994, at gettyimages.com
  6. ^ Peter Rapley's Arsenal shirts
  7. ^ Peter Rapley's Arsenal shirts
  8. ^ www.sporting-id.com
  9. ^ Peter Rapley's Arsenal shirts
  10. ^ www.football-shirts.co.uk
  11. ^ www.wiggysports.co.uk
  12. ^ Rapley's Arsenal shirts
  13. ^ Peter Rapley's Arsenal shirts
  14. ^ www.wiggysports.co.uk
  15. ^ 1993 Coca Cola Cup Final, at gettyimages.com
  16. ^ 1993 FA Cup Final, at gettyimages.com
  17. ^ 1993 FA Cup Final, at arsenal.com
  18. ^ 1993 FA Cup Final DVD, at whsmith.co.uk
  19. ^ 1993 FA Cup Final screencap, at imageshack
  20. ^ a b jkarlsson.netfirms.com
  21. ^ www.footballnotmuggybonehead.com
  22. ^ Peter Rapley's Arsenal shirts
  23. ^ Kiwomya 31, at classicfootballshirts.co.uk
  24. ^ 2002/2003, at jkarlsson.netfirms.com
  25. ^ "SILVINHO", at gettyimages.com
  26. ^ "BRONCKHORST", at gettyimages.com
  27. ^ "v. PERSIE", at gettyimages.com
  28. ^ 2003/04 Arsenal squad stats (Barclays Premier League), at soccernet
  29. ^ 2004/05 Arsenal squad stats (Barclays Premier League), at soccernet
  30. ^ 2005/06 Arsenal squad stats (Barclays Premier League), at soccernet
  31. ^ 2006/07 Arsenal squad stats (Barclays Premier League), at soccernet
  32. ^ 2007/08 Arsenal squad stats (Barclays Premier League), at soccernet
  33. ^ 2008/09 Arsenal squad stats (Barclays Premier League), at soccernet
  34. ^ 2009/10 Arsenal squad stats (Barclays Premier League), at soccernet
  35. ^ Arsenal 0 - 2 Liverpool, August 20, 2011, at soccernet
  36. ^ Manchester United 8 - 2 Arsenal, August 28, 2011, at soccernet
  37. ^ "J.Y. PARK", at metro.co.uk
  38. ^ "A.SANTOS", atzimbio.com
  39. ^ 2010/11 Arsenal squad stats (Barclays Premier League), at soccernet
  40. ^ Arsenal, at soccernet
  41. ^ First team, at arsenal.com