Arsenal F.C. Academy

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Arsenal Academy

Full name

Arsenal Football Club Academy

Nickname(s)

The Gunners

Founded

1954

Ground

Arsenal FC Training Centre, Shenley
(Capacity nil)

Chairman

Peter Hill-Wood

Head Coach

Steve Bould

League

FA Premier Academy League

2006-07

FAPAL Group A, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

Arsenal Football Club Academy are the youth team of Arsenal Football Club. They currently play in the FA Premier Academy League, the highest level of youth football in England. The club enters Under-18 and Under-16 teams in the League, but the club operate the academy for boys from the age of nine upwards.

Some of the senior members of the U18 team also play for Arsenal Reserves, and the team are currently coached by former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, while the younger teams are coached by Roy Massey and Steve Gatting. Former Arsenal midfielder and Republic of Ireland international Liam Brady oversees the overall youth development setup at the club with his assistant David Court.

1 History
- 1.1 Arsenal Youth (1954-1998)
- 1.2 Arsenal Academy (1998-present)
2 Season-by-season playing record
3 Current Squad^{[citation needed]}
4 Honours
5 Footnotes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Arsenal Youth (1954-1998)

Arsenal have occasionally operated a youth team as far back as 1893-94, and there had been an established third team (known as Arsenal 'A') for young players from 1929 to 1969.

In 1954, Arsenal started their own formal youth team. It entered the South Eastern Counties League (re-named the South East Counties League the following season) and the associated South East Counties League Cup from 1954-55 to 1997-98 (excluding 1967-68 and 1968-69). Arsenal youth also played in the FA Youth Cup (from 1954-55 to present), the London Minor FA Challenge Cup from 1954-55 to 1955-56 and 1959-60 to 1966-67), and the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup (from 1955-56 to 1971-72 and 1974-75 to 1998-99).

During this time, Arsenal were one of the most successful youth teams in the country - winning seven South East Counties League titles, six South East Counties League Cups (including three "doubles") and four FA Youth Cups.

[edit] Arsenal Academy (1998-present)

The youth team became founder members of the FA Premier Youth League in 1997-98. The league was initially a single division, and Arsenal won the inaugural title. The following season this was renamed the Premier Academy League and split into an Under-19 and Under-17 section, with the new FA Academy system formally changing Arsenal's youth team to Academy status. Arsenal entered teams in both sections, winning the U17 title in 1999-00 and the U19 in 2001-02, as well as two more FA Youth Cups. Since 2004-05 the FA Premier Academy League has been a single section for Under-18s although an Under-16 section is played with no league table being recorded.

[edit] Season-by-season playing record

Season-by-season record
Season	League									FA Youth Cup	SE Counties League Cup	Southern Junior Floodlit Cup	London Minor FA Challenge Cup	Top scorer^[1]
Season	Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Youth Cup	SE Counties League Cup	Southern Junior Floodlit Cup	London Minor FA Challenge Cup	Top scorer^[1]
1954-55	SE Counties League	20	12	3	5	68	31	27	3rd	Second round	Second round	-	First round	Roy Goulden	18
1955-56	SE Counties League	20	16	2	2	76	23	34	1st	Fifth round	Second round	Second round	First round	David Barrett	20
1956-57	SE Counties League	24	18	2	4	102	36	38	2nd	Fifth round	Second round	Semi-final	-	David Barrett	48
1957-58	SE Counties League	28	18	4	6	90	40	40	4th	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	Runners-up	-	David Dodson	33
1958-59	SE Counties League	30	21	6	3	91	32	48	3rd	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	First round	-	Mike Barber	20
1959-60	SE Counties League	26	16	4	6	78	30	36	2nd	Fourth round	Winners	Second round	First round	Terry Anderson & David Court	19
1960-61	SE Counties League	28	22	3	3	98	36	47	2nd	Semi-finals	Winners	First round	Runners-up	Jon O'Rourke	27
1961-62	SE Counties League	26	15	3	8	66	38	33	2nd	Third round	Winners	Second round	Runners-up	Dunlop	18
1962-63	SE Counties League	30	18	2	10	84	40	38	4th	Fifth round	Second round	Winners	Second round	John Radford	28
1963-64	SE Counties League	30	16	7	7	77	41	39	3rd	Fifth round	Winners	First round	Third round	Doug Baker & Tony Thear	20
1964-65	SE Counties League	30	22	7	1	94	23	51	1st	Runners-up	Second round	First round	Runners-up	David Simmons	22
1965-66	SE Counties League	30	19	6	5	81	39	44	2nd	Winners	Runners-up	Winners	Second round	David Simmons	31
1966-67	SE Counties League	30	7	3	20	40	67	17	14th	Fifth round	First round	Second round	Winners	Charlie George	12
1967-68	SE Counties League	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Third round	-	Runners-up	-	Charlie George	6
1968-69	SE Counties League	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Fourth round	-	Preliminary round	-	Ray Kennedy	4
1969-70	SE Counties League	30	12	5	13	55	45	29	9th	Third round	First round	First round	-	Russell Allen	18
1970-71	SE Counties League	29^[2]	20	4	5	74	21	44	2nd	Winners	Winners	First round	-	Kevin Kennerley	18
1971-72	SE Counties League	30	20	7	3	64	13	47	1st	Semi-finals	Runners-up	First round	-	Kevin Kennerley	20
1972-73	SE Counties League	32	22	6	4	78	31	50	2nd	Fifth round	Semi-finals	-	-	Frank Stapleton	34
1973-74	SE Counties League	32	16	6	10	61	32	38	7th	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	-	-	Frank Stapleton	17
1974-75	SE Counties League	30	15	9	6	58	32	39	3rd	Fifth round	Second round	Second round	-	Warwick Bean	14
1975-76	SE Counties League	30	12	7	11	44	57	31	7th	Fourth round	Second round	Second round	-	Paul Dutton	16
1976-77	SE Counties League	30	10	11	9	31	43	31	4th	Third round	Second round	Preliminary round	-	Cliff Cant	6
1977-78	SE Counties League	30	11	3	16	42	50	25	12th	Third round	First round	Third round	-	Brian McDermott	9
1978-79	SE Counties League	30	15	6	9	49	32	36	4th	Third round	Second round	Second round	-	Brian Sparrow	13
1979-80	SE Counties League	30	15	8	7	48	32	38	3rd	Third round	Winners	Third round	-	Raphael Meade	13
1980-81	SE Counties League	30	15	7	8	49	35	37	3rd	Third round	First round	Semi-finals	-	Colin Hill	11
1981-82	SE Counties League	30	14	2	14	45	44	30	8th	Third round	Second round	Second round	-	Paul Gorman & Terry Lee	7
1982-83	SE Counties League	28	8	7	13	40	59	23	11th	Second round	First round	Third round	-	Martin Hayes	8
1983-84	SE Counties League	30	17	4	9	84	54	38	5th	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	Winners	-	Martin Hayes	28
1984-85	SE Counties League	30	16	1	13	59	45	33	6th	Second round	Runners-up	Second round	-	Lawrence Osborne & Niall Quinn	17
1985-86	SE Counties League	30	18	5	17	57	29	41	4th	Semi-finals	Runners-up	Runners-up	-	Paul Merson	17
1986-87	SE Counties League	30	16	7	7	73	41	39	4th	Second round	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	-	Kevin Campbell	29
1987-88	SE Counties League	30	17	3	10	80	35	34	4th	Winners	Third round	First round^[3]	-	Kevin Campbell	51
1988-89	SE Counties League	30	18	9	3	82	29	45	2nd	Fifth round	First round	Second round	-	Andrew Cole	28
1989-90	SE Counties League	30	17	6	7	66	35	40	3rd	Fourth round	Third round	Runners-up	-	Andrew Cole	33
1990-91	SE Counties League	30	24	4	2	84	30	52	1st	Second round	Semi-finals	Winners	-	Paul Shaw	23
1991-92	SE Counties League	30	19	5	6	85	48	43	2nd	Third round	Semi-finals	Runners-up	-	Paul Read	48
1992-93	SE Counties League	30	16	6	8	65	36	38	3rd	Third round	Third round	Runners-up	-	Matthew Rawlins	20
1993-94	SE Counties League	30	15	7	8	66	42	37	7th	Winners	First round	Third round	-	Matthew Rawlins	28
1994-95	SE Counties League	30	18	3	9	72	39	39	3rd	Fourth round	First round	Runners-up	-	Isaiah Rankin	22
1995-96	SE Counties League	30	19	5	6	64	27	43	4th	Third round	First round	First round	-	Isaiah Rankin	24
1996-97	SE Counties League	30	14	7	9	51	38	35	4th	Second round	First round	Runners-up	-	Terry Bowes	16
1997-98	SE Counties League	30	12	5	13	51	55	41	8th	Fifth round	Second round	Winners	-	Omer Riza	21
1997-98	FAPYL South Conference	22	14	4	4	60	23	46	1st^[4]	Fifth round	Second round	Winners	-	Omer Riza	21
1998-99	FAPAL U–19	22	12	2	8	36	28	38	2nd^[5]	Sixth round	-	-	-	Jay Bothroyd	14
1998-99	FAPAL U–17	22	14	4	4	60	23	46	1st^[6]	Sixth round	-	-	-	Jay Bothroyd	14
1999-2000	FAPAL U–19 Group D	22	14	4	4	50	25	46	1st^[7]	Winners	-	-	-	Jeremie Aliadiere	19
1999-2000	FAPAL U–17 Group D	22	17	4	1	65	12	55	1st^[8]	Winners	-	-	-	Jeremie Aliadiere	19
2000-01	FAPAL U–19 Group C	28	21	4	3	75	24	67	1st^[9]	Winners	-	-	-	Carlin Itonga	20
2000-01	FAPAL U–17 Group D	24	15	2	7	52	22	47	2nd^[10]	Winners	-	-	-	Carlin Itonga	20
2001-02	FAPAL U–19 Group A	27	17	7	3	63	22	58	1st^[11]	Fourth round	-	-	-	Adam Birchall	26
2001-02	FAPAL U–17 Group A	24	13	4	7	48	26	43	2nd^[12]	Fourth round	-	-	-	Adam Birchall	26
2002-03	FAPAL U–19 Group D	28	17	4	7	53	31	55	2nd	Fourth round	-	-	-	Dean McDonald & Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	17
2002-03	FAPAL U–17 Group D	22	12	2	8	53	32	47	2nd^[13]	Fourth round	-	-	-	Dean McDonald & Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	17
2003-04	FAPAL U–19	26	16	4	6	58	29	52	1st^[14]	Fourth round	-	-	-	Anthony Stokes	19
2003-04	FAPAL U–17	26	12	6	8	39	40	42	4th	Fourth round	-	-	-	Anthony Stokes	19
2004-05	FAPAL U–18 Group A	28	13	3	12	45	39	42	3rd	Fifth round	-	-	-	Nicklas Bendtner	14
2005-06	FAPAL U–18 Group A	28	11	5	12	47	47	38	4th	Third round	-	-	-	Marc Elston	11
2006-07	FAPAL U–18 Group A	28	20	5	3	75	38	65	1st^[15]	Semi-finals	-	-	-	Rhys Murphy	21
2007-08^[16]	FAPAL U–18 Group A	20	11	4	5	58	29	37	4th	Fourth round	-	-	-	Nacer Barazite & Jack Wilshere	11

[edit] Current Squad^{[citation needed]}

No.	Position	Player
--	GK	Charlie Mann
--	GK	Daniel Bentley
--	DF	Cedric Evina
--	DF	Oliver Nicholas
--	DF	Rhema Obed
--	DF	Sam Byles
--	DF	Ignasi Miquel
--	DF	Ben Glasgow
--	DF	George Brisnal
--	DF	Daniel Boateng
--	DF	Nico Yennaris
--	MF	Cormac Hegarty
--	MF	Jack Wilshere
--	MF	Conor Henderson
--	MF	Emmanuel Frimpong
--	MF	Oguzhan Özyakup

No.	Position	Player
--	MF	Francis Coquelin
--	MF	Chuks Aneke
--	MF	Rorie Deacon
--	MF	Samir Carruthers
--	MF	Jeffrey Monakana
–-	MF	Alban Bunjaku
--	MF	Joshua Rees
--	FW	Benik Afobe
--	FW	Zac Ansak
--	FW	Jason Banton
--		Ramone Agdomar
--		James Hocking
--		Rhys McKay
--		Callum Webb
--		Steven Smith
	MF	Daniel Surace

[edit] Honours

South East Counties League

1955-56, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1964-65, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1990-91

South East Counties League Cup

1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1970-71, 1979-80

FA Youth Cup

1965-66, 1970-71, 1987-8, 1993-94, 1999-00, 2000-01

Southern Junior Floodlit Cup

1962-63, 1965-66, 1983-84, 1990-91, 1997-98

London Minor FA Cup

1966-67

FA Premier Youth League

1997-98

FA Premier Academy League

U17: 1999-00

U19: 2001-02

[edit] Footnotes

^ Goals in all competitions (South East Counties League, FA Premier Academy League, FA Youth Cup, South East Counties League Cup, Southern Junior Floodlit Cup and London Minor FA Challenge Cup) are counted.
^ The Arsenal v Charlton Athletic fixture was not played.
^ Arsenal were disqualified due to fielding an ineligible player.
^ Arsenal beat Tottenham 2-1 on aggregate in the play-offs final.
^ Arsenal reached the third round in the play-offs.
^ Arsenal reached the third round in the play-offs.
^ Arsenal lost on penalties to West Ham in the play-offs final.
^ Arsenal beat Crewe Alexandra 4-3 on aggregate in the play-offs final.
^ Arsenal lost to Queen's Park Rangers in the play-offs semi-finals.
^ Arsenal lost on penalties to Watford in the third round of the play-offs.
^ Arsenal beat Liverpool in the play-offs Final.
^ Arsenal lost to Newcastle United in the play-offs Quarter Finals.
^ Arsenal lost to Leeds United in the play-offs semi-finals.
^ Arsenal lost to Southampton in the play-offs semi-finals.
^ Arsenal lost to Leicester City in the play-offs semi-finals.
^ Figures correct at 6 March 2008.

[edit] References

Kelly, Andy. Complete Honours List. Arsenal Pics. Archived from the original on 2003-04-08. Retrieved on 2006-12-03.
Soar, Phil & Tyler, Martin (2000). The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-60175-7.
Season by Season Record compiled from Arsenal handbooks