2007–08 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
2007–08 season
Chairman Peter Hill-Wood
Manager Arsène Wenger
Premier League 3rd
FA Cup Fifth Round
Carling Cup Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Emmanuel Adebayor (24)
All:
Emmanuel Adebayor (30)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2007-08 season was Arsenal Football Club's 16th year in the Premier League. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the season.

Contents

Events

Players

Squad information

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
24 GK ESP Almunia 30 EU 2004 81 0 undisclosed £0.5M
3 RB FRA Sagna 29 EU 2007 40 1 Undisclosed £6M
5 CB CIV Touré (VC1) 30 Non-EU 2002 (Winter) 277 13 undisclosed £0.15M
10 CB FRA Gallas (captain) 34 EU 2006 71 7 2010 Part exchange with
A. Cole + £5M
22 LB FRA Clichy 26 EU 2003 145 0 undisclosed £0.25M
27 RM CIV Eboué 28 Non-EU 2005 (Winter) 107 2 2009 £1.54M
16 DM FRA Flamini 27 EU 2004 152 8 2008 Free
4 CM ESP Fàbregas 24 EU 2003 198 25 2014 Free
13 AM BLR Hleb 30 Non-EU 2005 129 11 2009 £5.025M to £10.8M
25 CF TOG Adebayor 28 Non-EU 2006 (Winter) 105 45 undisclosed £3.0M
9 CF CROBRA Eduardo 29 Non-EU 2007 31 12 2011 £9M
26 CF DEN Bendtner 24 EU 2005 43 9 2012 Youth system
32 CF ENG Walcott 22 EU 2006 (Winter) 71 8 2008 £5M to £12M
19 DM BRA Gilberto (VC2) 35 Non-EU 2002 232 23 2009 £4.5M
6 CB SUI Senderos 27 Non-EU 2003 115 3 2010 £0.5M
2 CM FRA Diaby 25 EU 2006 (Winter) 61 6 2012 £3M
7 AM CZE Rosický 31 EU 2006 56 13 2010 £6.8M
11 CF NED Van Persie 28 EU 2004 133 43 2011 £2.75M
15 CM BRA Denílson 24 Non-EU 2006 41 2 undisclosed £3.4M
31 RB ENG Hoyte 27 EU 2003 68 1 undisclosed Youth system
17 DM CMR Song 24 Non-EU 2006 30 1 undisclosed £1M
1 GK GER Lehmann 42 EU 2003 199 0 2008 £1.5M
8 CM FRA Diarra 26 EU 2007 7 0 undisclosed undisclosed Transferred in January
30 LB FRA Traoré 22 EU 2005 18 0 undisclosed Nominal
21 GK POL Fabiański 26 EU 2007 8 0 Undisclosed £2M
20 CB SUICIV Djourou 25 Non-EU 2004 48 0 undisclosed Youth system
35 CM ENG Randall 22 EU 2006 5 0 Youth system Out on loan in January
42 AM ESP Mérida 21 EU 2007 3 0 Youth system Out on loan in January
34 LM ENG Gibbs 22 EU 2007 2 0 Youth system Out on loan in January
43 AM NED Barazite 21 EU 2007 2 0 Youth system
39 CM ENG Lansbury 21 EU 2007 1 0 Youth system
RB ENG Gilbert 25 EU 2004 9 0 Youth system
GK ITA Mannone 24 EU 2006 0 0 £0.35M

Last updated: 11 May
Source: Arsenal FC (for country, number, position, age and since), ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by Starting 11 then appearances.
Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
Squad size is unlimited.

Squad stats

No. Nat Pos Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Jens Lehmann 13 0 6+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
2 MF Abou Diaby 28 4 9+6 1 2+0 0 4+1 1 5+1 2
3 DF Bacary Sagna 40 1 29+0 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 7+1 0
4 MF Cesc Fàbregas 45 13 32+0 7 2+0 0 0+1 0 9+1 6
5 DF Kolo Touré 41 2 29+1 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 9+0 0
6 DF Phillipe Senderos 32 2 14+3 2 2+1 0 3+0 0 8+1 0
7 MF Tomáš Rosický 24 7 15+3 6 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+2 1
8 MF Lassana Diarra 13 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+2 0
9 FW Eduardo 31 12 13+4 4 2+1 1 3+2 4 4+2 3
10 DF William Gallas 42 4 31+0 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 0
11 FW Robin van Persie 23 9 13+2 7 0+0 0 1+0 0 6+1 2
13 MF Alexander Hleb 42 4 29+2 2 1+1 0 1+0 0 8+0 2
15 MF Denílson 23 2 4+9 0 1+0 0 5+0 2 3+1 0
16 MF Mathieu Flamini 40 3 30+0 3 1+1 0 0+0 0 8+0 0
17 DM Alexandre Song 15 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 2+1 0
19 MF Gilberto Silva 36 1 12+11 1 2+1 0 3+0 0 3+4 0
20 DF Johan Djourou 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK Łukasz Fabiański 8 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Gaël Clichy 49 0 37+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 10+0 0
24 GK Manuel Almunia 38 0 29+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 9+0 0
25 FW Emmanuel Adebayor 48 30 32+4 24 1+1 2 0+1 1 7+2 3
26 FW Nicklas Bendtner 40 9 7+20 5 2+0 1 5+0 1 3+3 2
27 DF Emmanuel Eboué 36 0 20+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 8+2 0
30 FW Jérémie Aliadière 23 4 4+7 0 2+2 0 6+0 4 0+2 0
31 DF Justin Hoyte 15 0 2+3 0 2+1 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
32 FW Theo Walcott 39 7 11+14 4 1+0 0 4+0 1 4+5 2
33 DF Matthew Connolly 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
34 DF Kieran Gibbs 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
38 MF Mark Randall 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
39 MF Henri Lansbury 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
42 MF Fran Mérida 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 0+0 0
43 MF Nacer Barazite 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
45 DF Armand Traoré 11 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
DF Kerrea Gilbert 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Vito Mannone 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Source: Arsenal F.C.

Starting 11

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
GS Notes
24 GK ESP Almunia 38
3 RB FRA Sagna 38
5 CB CIV Touré 40
10 CB FRA Gallas 42
22 LB FRA Clichy 48
27 RM CIV Eboué 31
16 CM FRA Flamini 39
4 CM ESP Fàbregas 43
13 LM BLR Hleb 39
9 FW CRO Eduardo 22
25 FW TOG Adebayor 40
.
.

Last updated: 21 November 2011
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Players in / out

In

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Team Source
21 GK Łukasz Fabiański Legia Warszawa £2,000,000 02007-05-2626 May 2007 First-team [21]
9 FW Eduardo da Silva Dinamo Zagreb £2,000,000 02007-07-033 July 2007 First-team [22]
55 DF Håvard Nordtveit FK Haugesund Undisclosed 02007-07-033 July 2007 First-team [23]
3 DF Bacary Sagna AJ Auxerre £6,000,000 02007-07-1212 July 2007 First-team [24]
8 MF Lassana Diarra Chelsea £4,000,000 02007-08-3131 August 2007 First-team [25]

Out

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Status
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
DM Muamba EU ENG
COD
19 Transferred Y Birmingham City Summer £4M BBC
21 GK Poom EU EST 35 Contract ended Y Watford Summer Free BBC
14 FW Henry EU FRA 29 Transferred Y Barcelona Summer £16.1M BBC
30 FW Aliadière EU FRA 24 Transferred Y Middlesbrough Summer £2M BBC
FW Lupoli EU ITA 20 Contract ended Y Fiorentina Summer Free BBC
CB Connolly EU ENG 19 Loaned out Y Colchester United Summer n/a BBC
8 RM Ljungberg EU SWE 30 Transferred Y West Ham United Summer £3M BBC
9 LM Reyes EU ESP 23 Transferred Y Atlético Madrid Summer £6M
RB Gilbert EU ENG 20 Loaned out Y Southend United Summer n/a
CB Garry EU ENG 23 Contract ended Y Bournemouth Summer Free
20 DM Djourou Non-EU SUI
CIV
20 Loaned out Y Birmingham City Summer n/a
FW Vela Non-EU MEX 18 Loaned out Y Osasuna Summer n/a
LB Pedro Botelho Non-EU BRA 17 Loaned out Y Salamanca Summer n/a
CB Connolly EU ENG 19 Transferred Y Queens Park Rangers Winter Undisclosed BBC
42 AM Mérida EU ESP 17 Loaned out Y Real Sociedad Winter n/a Sky
8 DM Diarra EU FRA 22 Transferred Y Portsmouth Winter Undisclosed BBC
38 CM Randall EU ENG 17 Loaned out Y Burnley Winter n/a BBC
34 LM Gibbs EU ENG 17 Loaned out Y Norwich City Winter n/a Sky

Last updated: 30 January
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Arsène Wenger
Assistant manager Pat Rice
First team coach Boro Primorac
Goalkeeping coach Gerry Peyton
Physiotherapist Gary Lewin
Fitness coach Tony Colbert
Chief scout Steve Rowley

Last updated: 20 July
Source: Arsenal FC

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Fly Emirates

Source: arsenal.com

Other information

Chairman Peter Hill-Wood
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Emirates Stadium (60,355 / 114x71 yards)

Last updated: 2 December
Source: Arsenal F.C. and Emirates Stadiium

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 3rd 12 August 11 May
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Quarter-finals 15 August 8 April
Football League Cup 3rd round Semi-finals 24 September 22 January
FA Cup 3rd round 5th round 6 January 16 February

Last updated: 11 May
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 27 6 5 80 22 +58 87 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Chelsea 38 25 10 3 65 26 +39 85
3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 +43 83 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 +39 76

Updated to games played on 11 May
Source: Premier League 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 24 11 3 74 31 +43 83 14 5 0 37 11 +26 10 6 3 37 20 +17

Last updated: 11 May
Source: Barclays Premier League

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A H H A H A H H A H A H A A A H H A A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A
Result W D W W W W W W W D D W W W D L W W D W W D W W W W D D D D L W D L W W W W

Last updated: 11 May.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Top scorers

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group Stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

FA Cup

League Cup

Pre-season

Match
Date
Competition or tour
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Scorers
GD
1 14 July Friendly A Barnet 2 - 0 Adebayor 18'
Barazite 66'
2
2 19 July Austria Tour N Gençlerbirliği 3 - 0 Van Persie 45', 65'
Walcott 51'
3
3 25 July Austria Tour A Red Bull Salzburg 0 - 1 Janocko 75' -1
4 28 July Emirates Cup H Paris Saint-Germain 2 - 1 Flamini 45'
Bendtner 70'
1
5 29 July Emirates Cup H Internazionale 2 - 1 Hleb 67'
van Persie 85'
1
6 2 August Amsterdam Tournament N Lazio 2 - 1 Bendtner 19'
Eduardo 56'
1
7 4 August Amsterdam Tournament A Ajax 1 - 0 Van Persie 88' 1

Last updated: 4 August
Source: Arsenal
1Arsenal goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Arsenal.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

See also

References

  1. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Arsenal | Fabianski completes Arsenal move
  2. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Middlesbrough | Aliadiere completes Boro switch
  3. ^ Arsenal.com
  4. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Arsenal | Arsenal snap up striker Da Silva
  5. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Arsenal | Auxerre's Sagna signs for Arsenal
  6. ^ Sky Sports | Football | Primera Division | Atletico Madrid | Atletico strike Reyes deal
  7. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Arsenal 3-0 Sparta Prague (5-0)
  8. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Arsenal | Arsenal take Diarra from Chelsea
  9. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Arsenal | Wenger signs new deal at Arsenal
  10. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Arsenal 7-0 Slavia Prague
  11. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Middlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal
  12. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Portsmouth clinch Diarra signing
  13. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | League Cup | Tottenham 5-1 Arsenal
  14. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | FA Cup | Man Utd 4-0 Arsenal
  15. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Eduardo intent on swift recovery
  16. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | AC Milan 0-2 Arsenal (agg 0-2)
  17. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Bolton 2-3 Arsenal
  18. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
  19. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Liverpool 4-2 Arsenal (agg 5-3)
  20. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Arsenal | Flamini seals switch to AC Milan
  21. ^ "Fabianski completes Arsenal move". BBC Sport. 26 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6695079.stm. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  22. ^ "Eduardo da Silva completes Arsenal move". Arsenal F.C.. 3 July 2007. http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=first%20team&article=474738&cpid=703&title=Eduardo+da+Silva+completes+Arsenal+move. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  23. ^ "Nordtveit joins Arsenal from FK Haugesund". Arsenal F.C.. 3 July 2007. http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/nordtveit-joins-arsenal-from-fk-haugesund. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  24. ^ "Auxerre's Sagna signs for Arsenal". BBC Sport. 3 July 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6895921.stm. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  25. ^ "Arsenal take Diarra from Chelsea". BBC Sport. 31 August 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6973572.stm. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  26. ^ Premier_League_2007-08#Stadia

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