2009–10 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal

2009–10 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Ground	Emirates Stadium
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Cesc Fàbregas (15) All: Cesc Fàbregas (19)
Highest home attendance	60,103 (31 October vs Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	56,592 (22 September vs West Bromwich Albion, League Cup)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Arsenal Football Club's 18th season in the Premier League. Arsenal's 2009–10 Premier League season began with a 6–1 victory away to Everton. Arsenal suffered back-to-back Premier League losses on four occasions this season, but finished the season third in the Premier League. Arsenal also advanced to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, but were knocked out by reigning champions Barcelona in a two-legged tie, having first eliminating Scottish club Celtic 5–1 on aggregate in the play-off round, finishing top their group, which included Greek club Olympiacos, Belgian club Standard Liège, and Dutch club AZ, with 13 points during the group stage, and overcoming a first-leg deficit to beat FC Porto 6–2 on aggregate in the first knockout round.

The side's continuing sportsmanship was acknowledged at the end of the season with Arsenal winning the Barclays Fair Play Award.^[1]

Contents 1 Key events 2 Players 2.1 Squad information 2.2 Reserve squad 2.3 Transfers in / out 2.3.1 In 2.3.2 Out 2.4 Squad stats 2.5 Scorers 2.5.1 All 2.5.2 League 2.5.3 Champions League 2.5.4 FA Cup 2.5.5 Carling Cup 2.6 Disciplinary record 3 Club 3.1 Coaching staff 3.2 Kit 3.3 Other information 4 Competitions 4.1 Overall 4.2 Premier League 4.2.1 Classification 4.2.2 Results summary 4.2.3 Results by round 4.3 UEFA Champions League 4.3.1 Group Stage 5 Matches 5.1 Competitive 5.1.1 Premier League 5.1.2 UEFA Champions League 5.1.3 FA Cup 5.1.4 League Cup 5.2 Pre-season 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Key events

• 12 June: Goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[2]
• 19 June: Defender Thomas Vermaelen signs for Arsenal from Ajax.^[3]
• 30 June: Midfielder Amaury Bischoff's and striker Rui Fonte's contracts expire and both leave Arsenal. Youth Team goalkeeper James Shea and defenders Luke Ayling, Craig Eastmond, and Cedric Evina all sign professional contracts with Arsenal. Youth team defenders Abu Ogogo, Paul Rodgers, Rene Steer, and Anton Blackwood; midfielders James Dunne, Jonas Rasmussen, and Vincent van den Berg all leave the club.^[4]
• 1 July: Defenders Philippe Senderos and Armand Traoré; reserve team defenders Gavin Hoyte, Kerrea Gilbert, and Pedro Botelho; midfielder Nacer Barazite; and striker Jay Simpson all return from loan.
• 1 July: Midfielder Aaron Ramsey signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[5]
• 2 July: Midfielder Jack Wilshere signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[6]
• 3 July: Defender Kieran Gibbs becomes the third player in as many days to sign a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[7]
• 8 July: Striker Robin van Persie signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[8]
• 13 July: Striker Robin van Persie is voted as the O2/Arsenal.com Player of the Season with 35.3% of the votes.^[9]
• 18 July: Tomáš Rosický plays 45 minutes during Arsenal's pre-season friendly against Barnet, following an absence of 18 months due to successive injuries. Thomas Vermaelen also makes his debut in the match.^[10]
• 18 July: Emmanuel Adebayor joins Manchester City for a fee of £25 million.^[11]
• 21 July: Midfielder Samir Nasri fractures his right fibula during a training session. He is expected to miss the next two to three months while recovering.^[12]
• 29 July: Defender Kolo Touré joins Manchester City for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.^[13][14]
• 1 September: UEFA ban Eduardo for two Champions League matches for "deceiving the referee" in Arsenal's play-off match against Celtic.^[15] Two days later, Arsenal confirm they are to appeal against the ban, saying UEFA's decision was "completely flawed."^[16]
• 2 September: Striker Nicklas Bendtner signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[17]
• 2 September: Midfielder Denílson signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[18]
• 4 September: Defender Johan Djourou undergoes surgery on his left knee cartilage after picking up the injury while on international duty in August. He is expected to miss six to eight months while recovering.^[19][20]
• 12 September: Midfielder Tomáš Rosický comes on after 51 minutes in the defeat at Manchester City, marking his return to competitive football with a goal and an assist.^[21]
• 14 September: Eduardo's two match Champions League ban for "deceiving the referee" is annulled by the UEFA Appeals Body after it was not established to the panel's satisfaction that the referee had been deceived in taking his decision on the penalty.^[22][23]
• 14 November: Striker Robin van Persie sufferes ankle ligament damage during an international friendly. He is expected to miss four to five months while recovering from ligament reconstruction surgery.^[24][25]
• 18 November: Striker Eduardo signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[26]
• 24 November: Midfielder Alexandre Song signs a new contract that will keep him at Arsenal until at least 2014.^[27]
• 10 December: Striker Carlos Vela signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[28]
• 31 December: Midfielder Abou Diaby signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[29]
• 4 January: Midfielder Tomáš Rosický signs a new contract with Arsenal.^[30]
• 16 January: Arsenal confirm defender Sol Campbell has rejoined the club until the end of the season.^[31]
• 25 January: Goalkeeper Vito Mannone signs a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal.^[32]
• 27 February: Midfielder Aaron Ramsey sustains fractures to his right tibia and fibula in a tackle by Ryan Shawcross in Arsenal's 3–1 win over Stoke City. The following day, Arsenal confirm Ramsey has undergone surgery, and will certainly miss the rest of the season.^[33]
• 6 April: Arsenal are knocked out of the UEFA Champions League, losing to Barcelona 4–1 on the night, 6–3 on aggregate.^[34]

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	ESP	Almunia	34	EU	2004	161	0	undisclosed[35]	£0.5M[36]
3	DF	FRA	Sagna	29	EU	2007	133	1	2014[37]	£7.5M[38]
10	DF	FRA	Gallas	34	EU	2006	141	17	2010[39]	Part exchange with A. Cole + £5M[40]
5	DF	BEL	Vermaelen	26	EU	2009	45	8	undisclosed[3]	£10.0M[41]
22	DF	FRA	Clichy	26	EU	2003	220	1	2012[42]	£0.25M[43]
17	MF	CMR	Song	24	EU	2005	116	4	2014[27]	£1.0M[44]
4	MF	ESP	Fàbregas	24	EU	2003	267	48	2015[45]	Free
2	MF	FRA	Diaby	25	EU	2006 (Winter)	138	17	undisclosed[29]	£2M[46]
8	MF	FRA	Nasri	24	EU	2008	78	12	undisclosed[47]	£12M[48]
23	MF	RUS	Arshavin	30	Non-EU	2009 (Winter)	54	18	2012[49]	£15M[50]
52	FW	DEN	Bendtner	24	EU	2004	124	36	undisclosed[17]	Youth system
27	MF	CIV	Eboué	28	Non-EU	2005 (Winter)	188	9	undisclosed[51]	£1.54M[52]
7	MF	CZE	Rosický	31	EU	2006	94	16	undisclosed[30]	£6.8M[53]
9	FW	CRO	Eduardo	29	Non-EU	2007	67	20	undisclosed[26]	£7.5M[54]
14	FW	ENG	Walcott	22	EU	2006 (Winter)	136	18	undisclosed[55]	£9.1M[56]
16	MF	WAL	Ramsey	21	EU	2008	51	5	undisclosed[5]	£4.8M[57]
15	MF	BRA	Denílson	24	Non-EU	2006	121	10	undisclosed[18]	£3.5M[58]
11	FW	NED	van Persie (VC)	28	EU	2004	197	73	undisclosed[8]	£2.75M[59]
18	DF	FRA	Silvestre	34	EU	2008	43	3	2010[60]	£0.75M[60]
12	FW	MEX	Vela	23	Non-EU	2005	49	8	undisclosed[28]	£0.5M[61]
30	DF	FRA	Traoré	22	EU	2005	30	0	undisclosed[62]	Youth system
21	GK	POL	Fabiański	26	EU	2007	36	0	undisclosed[2]	£2M[63]
24	GK	ITA	Mannone	24	EU	2005	9	0	undisclosed[32]	£0.35M[64]
32	MF	ESP	Mérida	22	EU	2009	16	2	2010[65]	£2.2M[66]
28	DF	ENG	Gibbs	22	EU	2007	30	0	undisclosed[7]	Youth system
19	MF	ENG	Wilshere	20	EU	2008	15	1	undisclosed[6]	Youth system
6	DF	SUI	Senderos	27	EU	2003	117	4	2010[67]	£0.5M[68]
53	GK	POL	Szczęsny	21	EU	2007	1	0	undisclosed[69]	Youth system
20	DF	SUI	Djourou	25	EU	2003	78	0	undisclosed[70]	Youth system

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Arsenal F.C. and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by starting 11, then appearances, then games started.
*Sol Campbell made 197 appearances and scored 11 goals during his time at Arsenal between 2001 and 2006.

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 33 MF Nacer Barazite* 34 DF Kyle Bartley* 35 MF Francis Coquelin* 36 DF Thomas Cruise* 37 DF Craig Eastmond* 38 MF Jay Emmanuel-Thomas* 39 DF Cedric Evina 40 FW Luke Freeman 41 MF Emmanuel Frimpong

No. Position Player 42 DF Kerrea Gilbert* 43 MF Conor Henderson 45 MF Henri Lansbury* 46 DF Luke Ayling 47 FW Rhys Murphy 48 MF Mark Randall* 49 GK James Shea 51 FW Gilles Sunu* 54 FW Sanchez Watt*

• Played for the first team.

Transfers in / out

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF	BEL	Vermaelen	23	EU	Ajax	Transferred	Summer	undisclosed	£8.45M rising to £10.1M	Arsenal F.C. AFC Ajax
6	DF	SUI	Senderos	24	EU	Milan	End of loan	Summer		n/a
30	DF	FRA	Traoré	19	EU	Portsmouth	End of loan	Summer		n/a
33	MF	NED	Barazite	19	EU	Derby County	End of loan	Summer		n/a
44	DF	ENG	Hoyte	19	EU	Watford	End of loan	Summer		n/a
42	DF	ENG	Gilbert	22	EU	Leicester City	End of loan	Summer		n/a
50	FW	ENG	Simpson	20	EU	West Brom	End of loan	Summer		n/a
	DF	BRA	Botelho	19	Non-EU	Salamanca	End of loan	Summer		n/a
	DF	NOR	Nordtveit	19	EU	Lillestrøm	End of loan	Summer		n/a
31	DF	ENG	Campbell	35	EU	Free Agent	Transfer	Winter	2010	Free	Arsenal F.C.
	MF	BOL	Galindo	17	Non-EU	Real America	Transfer	Winter		undisclosed	Arsenal F.C.

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
28	MF	POR	Bischoff	22	EU	Académica	Contract ended	Summer	n/a	Arsenal F.C.
39	FW	POR	Fonte	19	EU	Sporting CP	Contract ended	Summer	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Portugoal
49	DF	ENG	Rodgers	19	EU	Northampton Town	Contract ended	Summer	n/a	Arsenal F.C.
25	FW	TOG	Adebayor	25	Non-EU	Manchester City	Transferred	Summer	£25M	Arsenal F.C. Manchester City F.C.
	DF	BRA	Botelho	19	Non-EU	Celta de Vigo	Loaned out for entire season	Summer	n/a	Celta de Vigo Sky Sports
	DF	NOR	Nordtveit	19	EU	1. FC Nuremberg	Loaned out for entire season	Summer	n/a	Arsenal F.C. 1. FC Nürnberg
5	DF	CIV	Touré	28	Non-EU	Manchester City	Transferred	Summer	£16M	Arsenal F.C. Manchester City F.C.
38	MF	ENG	Emmanuel-Thomas	18	EU	Blackpool	Loaned out until 17 Nov 2009	Summer	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Blackpool F.C.
45	MF	ENG	Lansbury	18	EU	Watford	Loaned out for entire season	Summer	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Watford F.C.
50	FW	ENG	Simpson	20	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Loaned out for entire season	Summer	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Queens Park Rangers F.C.
44	DF	ENG	Hoyte	19	EU	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loaned out for entire season		n/a	Arsenal F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
53	GK	POL	Szczęsny	19	EU	Brentford	Loaned out for rest of season		n/a	Arsenal F.C. Brentford F.C.
47	FW	ENG	Murphy	19	EU	Brentford	Loaned out until 24 Feb 2010		n/a	Arsenal F.C. Brentford F.C.
48	MF	ENG	Randall	20	EU	Milton Keynes Dons	Loaned out for rest of season	Winter	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
42	DF	ENG	Gilbert	22	EU	Peterborough United	Loaned out for rest of season	Winter	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Peterborough United F.C.
6	DF	SUI	Senderos	24	EU	Everton	Loaned out for rest of season	Winter	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Everton F.C.
19	MF	ENG	Wilshere	18	EU	Bolton Wanderers	Loaned out for rest of season	Winter	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Bolton Wanderers F.C.
54	MF	ENG	Watt	18	EU	Southend	Loaned out until 28 Feb 2010	Winter	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Southend United F.C.
34	DF	ENG	Bartley	18	EU	Sheffield United	Loaned out until 12 May 2010	Winter	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Sheffield United F.C.
51	FW	FRA	Sunu	18	EU	Derby County	Loaned out for rest of season	Winter	n/a	Arsenal F.C. Derby County F.C.
38	MF	ENG	Emmanuel-Thomas	19	EU	Doncaster Rovers	Loaned out for rest of season		n/a	Arsenal F.C. Doncaster Rovers F.C.
46	DF	ENG	Ayling	18	EU	Yeovil Town	Loaned out for rest of season		n/a	Arsenal F.C.
54	MF	ENG	Watt	19	EU	Leeds United	Loaned out for rest of season		n/a	Arsenal F.C. Leeds United F.C.

Last updated: 25 March

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	Manuel Almunia	36	0	29+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	7+0	0
2		MF	Abou Diaby	40	7	26+3	6	0+1	0	0+0	0	9+1	1
3		DF	Bacary Sagna	44	0	31+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	7+1	0
4		MF	Cesc Fàbregas	36	19	26+1	15	1+0	0	0+0	0	8+0	4
5		DF	Thomas Vermaelen	45	8	33+0	7	1+0	0	0+0	0	11+0	1
6		DF	Philippe Senderos	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
7		MF	Tomáš Rosický	33	3	14+11	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	5+2	0
8		MF	Samir Nasri	34	5	22+4	2	0+1	0	1+0	0	6+0	3
9		FW	Eduardo	32	5	13+11	2	1+1	1	1+0	0	2+3	2
10		DF	William Gallas	35	5	26+0	3	1+0	1	0+0	0	8+0	1
11		FW	Robin van Persie	20	10	14+2	9	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
12		FW	Carlos Vela	20	2	1+10	1	2+0	0	1+1	1	2+3	0
14		FW	Theo Walcott	30	4	12+11	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+4	1
15		MF	Denílson	28	5	19+1	3	1+0	1	0+0	0	5+2	1
16		MF	Aaron Ramsey	29	4	7+11	3	1+1	1	3+0	0	1+5	0
17		DM	Alexandre Song	38	1	25+1	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	10+0	0
18		DF	Mikaël Silvestre	20	1	9+3	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+1	0
19		MF	Jack Wilshere	7	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+2	0
20		DF	Johan Djourou	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21		GK	Łukasz Fabiański	10	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
22		DF	Gaël Clichy	33	0	23+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	9+0	0
23		MF	Andrei Arshavin	39	12	25+5	10	0+1	0	0+0	0	7+1	2
24		GK	Vito Mannone	8	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
27		DF	Emmanuel Eboué	36	3	17+8	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	6+4	2
28		DF	Kieran Gibbs	7	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
30		DF	Armand Traoré	12	0	9+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
31		DF	Sol Campbell	14	1	10+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
32		MF	Fran Mérida	8	2	0+4	1	1+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
33		MF	Nacer Barazite	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
34		DF	Kyle Bartley	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35		MF	Francis Coquelin	3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
36		DF	Thomas Cruise	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
37		DF	Craig Eastmond	7	0	2+2	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
38		MF	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42		DF	Kerrea Gilbert	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
45		MF	Henri Lansbury	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
48		MF	Mark Randall	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
51		FW	Gilles Sunu	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
52		FW	Nicklas Bendtner	31	12	13+10	6	0+0	0	1+0	1	7+0	5
53		GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
54		MF	Sanchez Watt	3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	1	0+0	0

Source: Arsenal F.C.

Scorers

All Scorer Goals Cesc Fàbregas 19 Nicklas Bendtner 12 Andrei Arshavin Robin van Persie 10 Thomas Vermaelen 8 Abou Diaby 7 Samir Nasri 5 Eduardo da Silva Denílson Aaron Ramsey 4 William Gallas Theo Walcott Tomáš Rosický 3 Emmanuel Eboué Fran Mérida 2 Carlos Vela Alexandre Song 1 Sanchez Watt Sol Campbell Mikaël Silvestre

League Scorer Goals Cesc Fabregas 15 Andrei Arshavin 10 Robin van Persie 9 Thomas Vermaelen 7 Abou Diaby 6 Nicklas Bendtner Denilson 4 William Gallas 3 Aaron Ramsey Tomáš Rosický Eduardo da Silva Theo Walcott Samir Nasri 2 Emmanuel Eboué 1 Fran Mérida Alexandre Song Mikaël Silvestre Carlos Vela

Champions League Scorer Goals Nicklas Bendtner 5 Cesc Fàbregas 4 Samir Nasri 3 Eduardo da Silva 2 Andrei Arshavin Emmanuel Eboué Robin van Persie 1 Abou Diaby Thomas Vermaelen William Gallas Denílson Sol Campbell Theo Walcott

FA Cup Scorer Goals Eduardo da Silva 1 Aaron Ramsey Denílson Carling Cup Scorer Goals Sanchez Watt 1 Carlos Vela Fran Mérida Nicklas Bendtner

As of games played 9 May 2010

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Y	YY	R	Notes
5	DF	BEL	Vermaelen	4		1
17	MF	CMR	Song	13
4	MF	ESP	Fàbregas	8
22	DF	FRA	Clichy	7
27	MF	CIV	Eboué	7
11	FW	NED	v. Persie	5
15	MF	BRA	Denílson	4
2	MF	FRA	Diaby	4
30	DF	FRA	Traoré	3
3	DF	FRA	Sagna	3
52	FW	DEN	Bendtner	3
23	MF	RUS	Arshavin	3
18	DF	FRA	Silvestre	3
31	DF	ENG	Campbell	3
16	MF	WAL	Ramsey	2
10	DF	FRA	Gallas	2
7	MF	CZE	Rosický	2
8	MF	FRA	Nasri	2
19	MF	ENG	Wilshere	1
37	DF	ENG	Eastmond	1
1	GK	ESP	Almunia	1
6	DF	SUI	Senderos	1
12	FW	MEX	Vela	1
24	GK	ITA	Mannone	1
28	DF	ENG	Gibbs	1
32	MF	ESP	Mérida	1
21	GK	POL	Fabiański	1

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Club

Coaching staff

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

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Arsenal F.C.

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Fly Emirates

Home

Away

Third

Last updated: 1 July 2009.
Source: home, away and third

Other information

Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Emirates Stadium (60,355 / 113x76 meters)

Last updated: 19 February 2010
Source: Arsenal F.C.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	3rd	15 August 2009	9 May 2010
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round	Quarter-finals	18 August 2009	6 April 2010
Football League Cup	3rd round	5th round	22 September 2009	2 Dec 2009
FA Cup	3rd round	4th round	3 January 2010	24 January 2010

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	38	27	5	6	103	32	+71	86	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United (Q)	38	27	4	7	86	28	+58	85
3	Arsenal (Q)	38	23	6	9	83	41	+42	75
4	Tottenham Hotspur (Q)	38	21	7	10	67	41	+26	70	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Manchester City (Q)	38	18	13	7	73	45	+28	67	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round

Updated to games played on 9 May 2010
Source: Premier League
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	23	6	9	83	41	+42	75	15	2	2	48	15	+33	8	4	7	35	26	+9

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: 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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W
Position	1	1	5	8	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Last updated: 9 May 2010.
Source: competitive matches
Notes: Premier League fixture not listed due to copyright. Results will be shown..
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Champions League

Group Stage

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	4	5	−1	10
Standard Liège	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
AZ	6	0	4	2	4	7	−3	4

Last updated: 19 February 2010
Source: competition article

Matches

Competitive

Premier League

1 15 August 2009	Everton	1–6	Arsenal	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Saha  90'	Report	26' Denílson  37' Vermaelen  41' Gallas  48', 70' Fàbregas  89' Eduardo	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,309 Referee: Mark Halsey

2 22 August 2009	Arsenal	4–1	Portsmouth	London
15:00 BST	Diaby  18', 22' 90' Gallas  51' Ramsey  69'	Report	37' Kaboul	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,049 Referee: Steve Bennett

3 29 August 2009	Manchester United	2–1	Arsenal	Manchester
17:15 BST	35' Evra  59' (pen.) 62' Rooney 62' Brown  64' (o.g.) Diaby	Report	23' Song 32' Gallas  40' Arshavin 45' v. Persie 58' Almunia 71' Eboué 75' Sagna	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,095 Referee: Mike Dean

4 12 September 2009	Manchester City	4–2	Arsenal	Manchester
15:00 BST	14' Lescott  20' (o.g.) Almunia  72' Bellamy  80' 81' Adebayor  84' Wright-Phillips	Report	19' Sagna  63' v. Persie 72' Song  88' Rosický	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,339 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

5 19 September 2009	Arsenal	4–0	Wigan Athletic	London
15:00 BST	25', 49' Vermaelen  59' 23' Eboué  90' Fàbregas 40' Song	Report	53' Gómez 65' Scharner	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,103 Referee: Mike Jones

6 26 September 2009	Fulham	0–1	Arsenal	London
17:30 BST	26' Murphy 45' Zamora 70' Pantsil 79' Konchesky	Report	52' v. Persie	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,700 Referee: Martin Atkinson

7 4 October 2009	Arsenal	6–2	Blackburn Rovers	London
13:30 BST	17' Vermaelen  33' 45' v. Persie  37' Arshavin  57' Fàbregas  75' Walcott  89' Bendtner	Report	4' N'Zonzi  30' Dunn 11' Di Santo	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,431 Referee: Peter Walton

8 17 October 2009	Arsenal	3–1	Birmingham City	London
15:00 BST	16' v. Persie  18' Diaby  84' Arshavin 73' Song	Report	38' Bowyer 58' Hart 63' Ridgewell	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,082 Referee: Lee Probert

9 25 October 2009	West Ham United	2–2	Arsenal	London
16:15 GMT	74' Cole  80' (pen.) Diamanti  78', 85' Parker 71' Hines 78' Collison	Report	16' v. Persie  37' Gallas 77' Eboué 80' Mannone	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,442 Referee: Chris Foy

10 31 October 2009	Arsenal	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	London
12:45 GMT	42', 60' v. Persie  43' Fàbregas 78' Vermaelen	Report	62' Crouch	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,103 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

11 7 November 2009	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–4	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
17:30 GMT	89' Craddock 27' Ebanks-Blake 60' Milijaš	Report	28' (o.g.) Zubar  36' (o.g.) Craddock  45' Fàbregas  66' 40' Arshavin 10' Gallas 59' Gibbs	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 28,937 Referee: Steve Bennett

12 21 November 2009	Sunderland	1–0	Arsenal	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	71' Bent 84' Bardsley 90' Richardson	Report	90' Traoré	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,918 Referee: Alan Wiley

13 29 November 2009	Arsenal	0–3	Chelsea	London
16:00 GMT	26' Traoré 90+5' Fàbregas	Report	41', 86' 37' Drogba  45' (o.g.) Vermaelen 70' Mikel	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,067 Referee: Andre Marriner

14 5 December 2009	Arsenal	2–0	Stoke City	London
15:00 GMT	26' Arshavin  79' Ramsey 20' Fàbregas	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,041 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

15 13 December 2009	Liverpool	1–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	41' Kuyt 44' Aurélio 55' Mascherano 85' Lucas	Report	50' (o.g.) Johnson  58' 81' Arshavin 24' Denílson 82' Fàbregas	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,853 Referee: Howard Webb

16 16 December 2009	Burnley	1–1	Arsenal	Lancashire
19:45 GMT	28' (pen.) Alexander 40' Eagles 88' Caldwell	Report	7' Fàbregas	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,309 Referee: Mike Dean

17 19 December 2009	Arsenal	3–0	Hull City	London
17:30 GMT	45+4' Denílson  59' Eduardo  80' Diaby 45' Nasri	Report	45' Barmby 45' Hunt 45+2' Zayatte 45+5' Boateng 90+3' Olofinjana	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,006 Referee: Steve Bennett

18 27 December 2009	Arsenal	3–0	Aston Villa	London
13:30 GMT	65', 81' Fàbregas  90+1' Diaby 67' Song	Report	55' A. Young 76' Cuéllar 90+4' Delph	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,056 Referee: Phil Dowd

19 30 December 2009	Portsmouth	1–4	Arsenal	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	74' Belhadj 45+2' Mokoena 86' Hughes	Report	28' Eduardo  42' Nasri  69' Ramsey  81' Song	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,404 Referee: Alan Wiley

20 9 January 2010	Arsenal	2–2	Everton	London
15:00 GMT	28' Denílson  90+2' Rosický 87' Sagna	Report	12' Osman  81' 90+1' Pienaar	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,053 Referee: Peter Walton

21 17 January 2010	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Arsenal	Bolton
16:00 GMT	35' Robinson	Report	28' Fábregas  78' Mérida 37' Rosický 77' Vermaelen	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 23,893 Referee: Phil Dowd

22 20 January 2010	Arsenal	4–2	Bolton Wanderers	London
19:45 GMT	43' Rosický  52' Fábregas  65' Vermaelen  85' Arshavin 87' Clichy	Report	7' Cahill  28' (pen.) Taylor 47' Muamba 68' McCann	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,084 Referee: Alan Wiley

23 27 January 2010	Aston Villa	0–0	Arsenal	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	55' Heskey 90+3' Dunne	Report	13' Vermaelen 84' Clichy	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,601 Referee: Lee Probert

24 31 January 2010	Arsenal	1–3	Manchester United	London
16:00 GMT	80' Vermaelen 17' Song	Report	33' (o.g.) Almunia  37' Rooney  52' Park	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,091 Referee: Chris Foy

25 6 February 2010	Chelsea	2–0	Arsenal	London
16:00 GMT	8', 23' Drogba 88' Zhirkov 88' J. Cole	Report	83' Song 84' Fábregas	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,794 Referee: Mike Dean

26 10 February 2010	Arsenal	1–0	Liverpool	London
19:45 GMT	72' Diaby 40' Clichy 64' Bendtner 90+5' Fábregas	Report	41' Maxi 62' Degen	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,045 Referee: Howard Webb

27 20 February 2010	Arsenal	2–0	Sunderland	London
15:00 GMT	27' Bendtner  90+3' (pen.) Fábregas 50' Fábregas	Report	34' Cana 44' Turner 58' Richardson 71' Mensah 90+2' Ferdinand	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,083 Referee: Steve Bennett

28 27 February 2010	Stoke City	1–3	Arsenal	Stoke-on-Trent
17:30 GMT	8' Pugh  66' Shawcross	Report	32' Bendtner  90+1' (pen.) Fábregas  90+4' Vermaelen 62' Song	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,011 Referee: Peter Walton

29 6 March 2010	Arsenal	3–1	Burnley	London
15:00 GMT	34' Fábregas  60' Walcott  90+4' Arshavin	Report	50' Nugent 27' McDonald 48' Paterson 69' Carlisle 72' Elliott	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,043 Referee: Chris Foy

30 13 March 2010	Hull City	1–2	Arsenal	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT	28' (pen.) Bullard 39' Dawson  41', 45+1'Boateng	Report	14' Arshavin  90+3' 40' Bendtner 28' Campbell	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 25,023 Referee: Andre Marriner

31 20 March 2010	Arsenal	2–0	West Ham United	London
17:30 GMT	5' Denílson  83' (pen.) Fábregas  44' Vermaelen 39' Campbell	Report	38' 44' Diamanti 45+1' Kovac 62' Upson 90+1' Daprela	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,077 Referee: Martin Atkinson

32 27 March 2010	Birmingham City	1–1	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	90+2' Phillips 73' Ferguson 85' Gardner 89' Carr	Report	81' Nasri 16' Song 25' Clichy	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 27,039 Referee: Howard Webb

33 3 April 2010	Arsenal	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	90+4' Bendtner	Report	66' Henry 64' Jarvis 79' Mancienne	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,067 Referee: Andre Marriner

34 14 April 2010	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Arsenal	London
20:00 BST	10' Rose  47' Bale 33' Modrić 36' Kaboul 83' Dawson	Report	85' Bendtner 36' Denílson	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,041 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

35 18 April 2010	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Arsenal	Wigan
13:30 BST	80' Watson  89' 68' Bramble  90+1' N'Zogbia 24' Diamé	Report	41' Walcott  48' Silvestre 37' Nasri	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 22,113 Referee: Lee Mason

36 24 April 2010	Arsenal	0–0	Manchester City	London
17:30 BST	42' Silvestre 51' Diaby 67' Song 82' van Persie	Report	81' Bellamy 83' Zabaleta	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,086 Referee: Mike Dean

37 3 May 2010	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Arsenal	Blackburn
17:00 BST	Grella 25' Dunn  44' Pedersen 59' Samba  68'	Report	13' van Persie 65' Silvestre 90' Campbell	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,138 Referee: Martin Atkinson

38 9 May 2010	Arsenal	4–0	Fulham	London
16:00 BST	Arshavin  21' van Persie  26' Baird  37' (o.g.) Eboué 68' Fabiański 69' Vela  84'	Report	65' Dempsey 90+3' Kelly	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,039 Referee: Mike Jones

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Arsenal F.C.
Note: Premier League fixtures not listed due to copyright

UEFA Champions League

Play Off

1st leg 18 August 2009	Celtic	0 – 2	Arsenal	Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 BST	52' Fox 58' N'Guemo 86' Loovens	Report	43' Gallas  71' (o.g.) Caldwell 84' Clichy	Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca

2nd leg 26 August 2009	Arsenal	3 – 1 (5 – 1 agg.)	Celtic	Emirates Stadium, London
19:45 BST	28' (pen.) Eduardo  53' 53' Eboué  74' Arshavin 83' Denílson	Report	90' Donati 33' Caldwell 56' McGeady 83' Brown	Attendance: 59,962 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Group Stage

1 16 September 2009	Standard Liège	2 – 3	Arsenal	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45 CEST	2' Mangala  5' (pen.) Jovanović 68' Witsel 76' Nicaise	Report	45' Bendtner  78' Vermaelen  81' Eduardo 34' Clichy	Attendance: 58,100 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez

2 29 September 2009	Arsenal	2 – 0	Olympiacos	Emirates Stadium, London
19:45 BST	78' 52' v. Persie  86' Arshavin 90' Fàbregas	Report	52' Zewlakow 66' Dudu 80' Torosidis 89' Bravo	Attendance: 59,884 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

3 20 October 2009	AZ	1 – 1	Arsenal	DSB Stadion, Alkmaar
20:45 CEST	90' Mendes Da Silva 89' Lens	Report	36' Fàbregas 48' v. Persie 66' Clichy 77' Vela	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Martin Hansson

4 4 November 2009	Arsenal	4 – 1	AZ	Emirates Stadium, London
19:45 GMT	25', 52' Fàbregas  43' Nasri  72' Diaby	Report	82' Lens 66' Moisander	Attendance: 59,345 Referee: Alain Hamer

5 24 November 2009	Arsenal	2 – 0	Standard Liège	Emirates Stadium, London
19:45 GMT	35' Nasri  45+2' Denílson 87' Fàbregas	Report	86' Carcela 68' Mulemo 70' Mangala	Attendance: 59,941 Referee: Konrad Plautz

6 9 December 2009	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Arsenal	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
21:45 EET	47' 24' Leonardo	Report	40' Mérida	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista

Round of 16

1st leg 17 February 2010	Porto	2 – 1	Arsenal	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
19:45 WET	11' (o.g.) Fabiański  51' Falcao 34' B. Alves 64' Fucile 78' Á Pereira 84' Fernando	Report	18' Campbell 31' Diaby	Attendance: 45,600 Referee: Martin Hansson

2nd leg 9 March 2010	Arsenal	5 – 0 (6 – 2 agg.)	Porto	Emirates Stadium, London
19:45 GMT	10', 25', 90+1' (pen.) 44' Bendtner  63' Nasri  66' Eboué 38' Vermaelen	Report	24' Falcao 59' Pereira	Attendance: 59,661 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere

Quarter-finals

1st leg 31 March 2010	Arsenal	2 – 2	Barcelona	Emirates Stadium, London
19:45 BST	69' Walcott  85' (pen.) 44' Fàbregas 21' Arshavin 40' Song 74' Eboué 79' Diaby	Report	46', 59' Ibrahimović  84' Puyol 72' Piqué	Referee: Massimo Busacca

2nd leg 6 April 2010	Barcelona	4 – 1 (6 – 3 agg.)	Arsenal	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 CEST	21', 37', 42', 88' Messi	Report	18' Bendtner 31' Denílson 45' Rosický 67' Eboué	Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Last updated: 7 April 2010
Source: Arsenal F.C.

FA Cup

Third round 3 January 2010	West Ham United	1–2	Arsenal	Boleyn Ground, London
16:15 GMT	45+1' Diamanti 45' Daprelà	Report	78' Ramsey  83' Eduardo 27' Song	Attendance: 25,549 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Fourth round 24 January 2010	Stoke City	3–1	Arsenal	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
13:30 GMT	2', 78' Fuller  86' Whitehead	Report	42' Denílson	Attendance: 19,735 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Last updated: 24 January 2010
Source: Arsenal F.C.

League Cup

Third round 22 September 2009	Arsenal	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Emirates Stadium, London
19:45 BST	68' Watt  76' Vela 32' Senderos 57' Ramsey	Report	37' Thomas 38' Cox	Attendance: 56,592 Referee: Lee Mason

Fourth round 28 October 2009	Arsenal	2–1	Liverpool	Emirates Stadium, London
19:45 GMT	19' Mérida  50' Bendtner	Report	26' Insúa	Attendance: 60,004 Referee: Alan Wiley

Fifth round 2 December 2009	Manchester City	3–0	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
19:45 GMT	50' Tévez  69' Wright-Phillips  89' Weiss 82' Kompany 83' Bellamy	Report	38' Traoré 39' Eastmond 58' Silvestre 77' Wilshere 79' Song 82' Ramsey	Attendance: 46,015 Referee: Chris Foy

Last updated: 6 May 2010
Source: Arsenal F.C.

Pre-season

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	18 July	Friendly		A	Barnet	2 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Report link 15:00 BST 5,099                                        Arsenal  43' Arshavin  51' Barazite Barnet  45' Yakubu  83' Charles
2	21 July	Friendly			SC Columbia	7 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Report link 18:30 CEST 6,900                                        Arsenal  36' Bendtner  39' Ramsey  44' Bendtner  56' (pen) v. Persie  73' v. Persie  77' Gallas  83' Ramsey SC Columbia  35' Lehner
3	27 July	Friendly		A	Szombathelyi Haladás	5 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 19:00 CEST                                        Arsenal  17' Bendtner  24' Eduardo  40' Eduardo  43' Bendtner  66' (pen) v. Persie Szombathelyi Haladás
4	29 July	Friendly		A	Hannover 96	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Report link 18:00 CEST 31,412                                        Arsenal  8' Fàbregas Bendtner v. Persie Sagna Hannover 96 Balitsch Haggui
5	1 August	Emirates Cup	1	H	Atlético Madrid	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:15 BST 54,224 Mark Clattenburg                                        Arsenal  86' Arshavin  90' Arshavin Atlético Madrid  88' Pachecho Juanito Ujfaluši
6	2 August	Emirates Cup	2	H	Rangers	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:15 BST 56,758 Mike Dean                                          Arsenal  2' Wilshere  11' Eduardo  72' Wilshere Rangers McCulloch
7	8 August	Friendly		A	Valencia	0 – 2	Report Kick off Report link 21:30 CEST                                          Arsenal Valencia  75' Míchel  90' Villa

Last updated: 9 August 2009
Source: Arsenal F.C.
¹Arsenal goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Arsenal.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

See also

• 2009–10 in English football
• List of Arsenal F.C. seasons

References

External links

• Arsenal 2009-10 on statto.com

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