Arsenal F.C. records

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This article details all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown see Arsenal F.C. seasons

This page details Arsenal Football Club records.

Contents 1 Player records 1.1 Appearances 1.1.1 Most appearances 1.2 Goalscorers 1.2.1 Top scorers 1.3 International caps 2 Club records 2.1 Wins 2.2 Defeats 2.3 Goals 2.4 Points 2.5 Matches 2.5.1 Firsts 2.5.2 Record wins 2.5.3 Record defeats 2.6 Attendances 3 National records 4 Continental records 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Player records

[edit] Appearances

• Youngest player – Cesc Fàbregas, 16 years 177 days (v. Rotherham United, League Cup, 28 October 2003)
• Oldest player – Jock Rutherford, 41 years 159 days (v. Manchester City, First Division, 20 March 1926)

[edit] Most appearances

As of May 17, 2006. (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):

	Name	Games	Goals
1	David O'Leary	722	14
2	Tony Adams	668	48
3	George Armstrong	621	68
4	Lee Dixon	618	25
5	Nigel Winterburn	584	12
6	David Seaman	563	0
7	Pat Rice	528	22
8	Peter Storey	501	17
9	John Radford	481	149
10	Peter Simpson	477	15
11	Bob John	470	13
12	Ray Parlour	467	32
13	Graham Rix	464	51
14	Martin Keown	449	8
15	Paul Davis	447	37
16	Eddie Hapgood	440	2
17	Paul Merson	425	99
18	Dennis Bergkamp	423	121
19	Patrick Vieira	407	33
20	Frank McLintock	403	32

• Current player with most appearances – Thierry Henry, 357, as of November 18, 2006
• Most consecutive appearances – Tom Parker, 172 (3 April 1926 – 26 December 1929)

[edit] Goalscorers

• Most goals in a season – 44, Ted Drake (1934-35)
• Most League goals in a season – 42, Ted Drake, (1934-35)
• Most goals in a single match – 7, Ted Drake (v. Aston Villa, First Division, 14 December 1935)
• Most goals in a single match at home – 5, Jack Lambert (v. Sheffield United, First Division, 24 December 1932)
• Most goals in the League – 170, Thierry Henry (as of 18 November 2006)
• Most goals in the FA Cup – 26, Cliff Bastin
• Most goals in the League Cup – 29, Ian Wright
• Most goals in European competition – 43, Thierry Henry (as of November 1, 2006)
• Fastest recorded goal – 13 seconds, Alan Sunderland (v. Liverpool, FA Cup, 28 April 1980)
• Youngest goalscorer – Cesc Fàbregas, 16 years 212 days (v. Wolves, League Cup, 2 December 2003)
• Youngest hat-trick scorer – John Radford, 17 years 315 days (v. Wolves, First Division, 2 January 1965)

[edit] Top scorers

As of November 18, 2006 (competitive matches only):

	Name	Goals	Games	Average
1	Thierry Henry [1]	221	357	0.62
2	Ian Wright	185	288	0.64
3	Cliff Bastin	178	396	0.45
4	John Radford	149	481	0.31
5	Ted Drake	139	184	0.76
=	Jimmy Brain	139	232	0.60
7	Doug Lishman	137	244	0.56
8	Joe Hulme	125	374	0.33
9	David Jack	124	208	0.60
10	Dennis Bergkamp	121	423	0.29
11	Reg Lewis	118	176	0.67
12	Alan Smith	115	347	0.33
13	Jack Lambert	109	161	0.68
14	Frank Stapleton	108	300	0.36
15	David Herd	107	180	0.59
16	Joe Baker	100	156	0.64
17	Paul Merson	99	425	0.23
18	Don Roper	95	321	0.30
19	Alan Sunderland	92	281	0.33
20	Cliff Holton	88	217	0.41

[edit] International caps

• First capped Arsenal player – Caesar Jenkyns (for Wales v. Scotland, 21 March 1896)
• First capped Arsenal player for England – Jimmy Ashcroft (v. Ireland, 17 February 1906)
• Most capped Arsenal player – Patrick Vieira, 79 caps for France whilst an Arsenal player
• Most capped Arsenal player for England – Kenny Sansom, 77 caps whilst an Arsenal player
• First Arsenal players to play in a World Cup – Dave Bowen and Jack Kelsey (for Wales v. Hungary, 8 June 1958)
• First Arsenal players to play in a World Cup for England – Graham Rix and Kenny Sansom (v. France, 16 June 1982)
  • Laurie Scott and George Eastham were called up to England squads (1950, and 1962 & 1966, respectively), but did not play.
• First Arsenal players to play in a World Cup Final – Emmanuel Petit and Patrick Vieira (as substitute) (France v. Brazil, 12 July 1998)

[edit] Club records

[edit] Wins

• Most League wins in a season – 29 in 42 matches, First Division, 1970-71
• Fewest League wins in a season – 3 in 38 matches, First Division, 1912-13

[edit] Defeats

• Most League defeats in a season – 23 in 38 matches, First Division, 1912-13
• Fewest League defeats in a season – 0 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2003-04

[edit] Goals

• Most League goals scored in a season – 127 in 42 matches, First Division, 1930-31
• Fewest League goals scored in a season – 26 in 38 matches, First Division, 1912-13
• Most League goals conceded in a season – 86 in 42 matches, First Division, 1926-27 and 1927-28
• Fewest League goals conceded in a season – 17 in 38 matches, Premier League, 1998-99

[edit] Points

• Most points in a League season (2 for a win) – 66 in 42 matches, First Division, 1930-31
• Most points in a League season (3 for a win) – 90 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2003-04
• Fewest points in a League season (2 for a win) – 18 in 38 matches, First Division, 1912-13
• Fewest points in a League season (3 for a win) – 51 in 42 matches, Premier League, 1994-95

[edit] Matches

[edit] Firsts

• First match – v. Eastern Wanderers, Friendly, 11 December 1886 (won 6-0)
• First FA Cup match – v. Lyndhurst, First Qualifying Round, 5 October 1889 (won 11-0)
• First FA Cup match (proper) – v. Derby County, First Round, 17 January 1891 (lost 2-1)
• First League match – v. Newcastle United, Second Division, 2 September 1893 (drew 2-2)
• First First Division match – v. Newcastle United, 3 September 1904 (lost 3-0)
• First match at Highbury – v. Leicester Fosse, Second Division, 16 September 1913 (won 2-1)
• First European match – v. Copenhagen XI ("Stævnet"), Fairs Cup, September 25, 1963 (won 7-1)
• First League Cup match – v. Gillingham, September 13, 1966 (drew 1-1)
• First match at Emirates Stadium – v. Ajax Amsterdam, Friendly, July 22, 2006 (won 2-1)

[edit] Record wins

• Biggest League win – 12-0 (home v. Loughborough Town, Second Division, 12 March 1900)
• Biggest FA Cup win – 12-0 (home v. Ashford United, 14 October 1893)^[2]
• Biggest First Division win – 9-1 (home v. Grimsby Town, 28 January 1931)
• Biggest Premier League win – 7-0 (home v. Everton, 11 May 2005 and home v. Middlesbrough, 14 January 2006)
• Biggest League Cup win – 7-0 (home v. Leeds United, 4 September 1979)
• Biggest away win and Biggest European win – 7-0 (v. Standard Liège, Cup Winners' Cup, 3 November 1993)

[edit] Record defeats

• Biggest League defeat – 0-8 (away v. Loughborough Town, Second Division, 12 December 1896)^[3]
• Biggest home defeat – 0-6 (v. Derby County, FA Cup, 28 January 1899)
• Biggest FA Cup defeat – 0-6 (home v. Derby County, 28 January 1899 and away v. West Ham United, January 5, 1946)
• Biggest First Division defeat – 0-7 (four times, most recent away v. West Ham United, 7 March 1927)
• Biggest Premier League defeat – 1-6 (away v. Manchester United, 25 February 2001)
• Biggest League Cup defeat – 0-5 (home v. Chelsea, 11 November 1999)
• Biggest European defeat – 2-5 (home v. Spartak Moscow, UEFA Cup, 29 September 1982)

[edit] Attendances

• Highest Attendance – 73,707 (v. RC Lens, UEFA Champions League, 25 November 1998) at Wembley Stadium, where Arsenal played their home Champions League matches between 1998 and 1999.
• Highest Attendance at Highbury – 73,295 (v. Sunderland, First Division, 9 March 1935)
• Lowest Attendance at Highbury – 4,554 (v. Leeds United, First Division, 5 May 1966)
• Highest Attendance at Emirates Stadium – 60,110 (v. Liverpool, FA Premier League, November 12, 2006)
• Lowest Attendance at Emirates Stadium – c.54,000 (v. Ajax Amsterdam, Friendly, July 22, 2006)^[4]

[edit] National records

Arsenal hold many English football records, including:

• Most consecutive seasons in English top flight – 80 (record ongoing since 1919, though no League football was played due to war between 1939 and 1946)
• Longest unbeaten sequence in the English top flight – 49 (May 7, 2003 – October 16, 2004)
  • This includes the entire 2003-04 season unbeaten in the League (38 matches)
• Longest unbeaten away sequence in English league football – 27 (5 April 2003 – 25 September 2004)
• Most consecutive scoring league games in English domestic football – 55 (19 May 2001 – 30 November 2002)
• Most consecutive scoring away matches – 27 (19 May 2001 – 23 November 2002)
• Most consecutive away wins in a Premiership season – 8 (23 January 2002 – 8 May 2002)
• Most players from one club in an England starting lineup – 7 (14 November 1934 v. Italy – the so-called "Battle of Highbury")
• Youngest player to play for England – Theo Walcott, 17 years 75 days (May 30, 2006, England v. Hungary)

[edit] Continental records

Arsenal also hold some records in European football:

• Fastest recorded goal in a UEFA Champions League match – 20.07 seconds, Gilberto (v. PSV, 25 September, 2002)
• First British side to defeat Real Madrid at the Bernabéu – 1-0 (UEFA Champions League second round first leg, 21 February 2006)
• Most consecutive matches in the Champions League without conceding a goal – 10 (between 18 October 2005 and 26 April 2006)
• Arsenal are believed to be the first club in Champions League history to have fielded 11 players of different nationality at the same time, in their 2-1 win away to Hamburger SV on 13 September 2006. The Arsenal team, after the 28th minute substitution of Kolo Touré, was:

Jens Lehmann (Germany), Emmanuel Eboué (Ivory Coast), Johan Djourou (Switzerland), Justin Hoyte (England), William Gallas (France), Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Gilberto Silva (Brazil), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Alexander Hleb (Belarus), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Robin van Persie (Netherlands).^[5]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Still playing
2. ^ Arsenal beat Clapton Orient 15-2 in a wartime cup tie on February 8, 1941, but this is not counted as an official first-class match.
3. ^ Arsenal lost 9-0 to Chelsea in a wartime London Combination match on April 21, 1916, but this is not counted as an official first-class match.
4. ^ The capacity of the stadium (60,000) had been deliberately reduced to 54,000 for the match; as a condition of the safety licences, three non-capacity events, of which the Ajax match was one, had to be held at the stadium before a full-capacity events could be permitted.
5. ^ Global Gunners set for place in history. www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved on August 16, 2006.

[edit] References

• Soar, Phil & Tyler, Martin (2005). The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-61344-5.
• Club Records. Arsenal.com. Retrieved on 16 April 2006.
• Arsenal statistics. Arseweb. Retrieved on 30 July 2005.

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