
Who is the Arsenal Football Club?
This morning Arsenal played Chelsea. The end result was Arsenal 1-0. Who is the Arsenal Football Club?
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly referred to as Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England. The team competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. They are currently at the top of the league with an 11-0 record. Here are three reasons why they are a premier team.
- The team has a long history of success.
Arsenal was founded in 1886 and has since won 13 First Division and Premier League titles (second most in English history), a record 13 FA Cups (most in history), two League Cups, 15 FA Community Shields (second most in history), and one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. The club has also participated in 21 seasons of UEFA competition, reaching five UEFA Champions League finals (losing only in 2006), winning the Europa League twice, and being runners-up in the Europa League once. - The team has a strong infrastructure.
Arsenal’s first-team squad consists of international players representing many nationalities. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The club has built several state-of-the-art training facilities, such as the Emirates Stadium training complex located at London Colney and Hale End Academy training ground located at Walthamstow. Both facilities were completed in time for the start of the 2006–07 season. In addition to these, Arsenal also operate development squads for their academy players aged 16–18 and 19–23 years old that compete semi-professionally throughout the year against other professional development squads from other Premier League and Football League clubs as well as foreign reserve teams from European clubs such as Benfica, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Levante , Sporting CP, Porto and AS Monaco. - The team has a large fan base.
Arsenal F.C.’s fan base is considered by many to extend worldwide due to its consistency to challenge for domestic and European silverware over its 132 year existence despite operating from a relatively small catchment area compared to other clubs throughout Europe; while its fanbase is largely male (two thirds), 48% of its UK fanbase is female which is much higher than most other clubs within England’s top flight with its global fanbase thought to be between 25 million to 27 million people supporting or interested in the club worldwide according to various research studies conducted regarding global football fandom conducted over the past three decades including by ACNielsen ,army study ,globescan poll ,uci survey & Ipsos MORI. As result of this large fanbase that was formed initially out of north London but gradually expanded worldwide following Arsenal’s consistent success on the pitch & investment off it during its formative years as well as due establishment as one of England’s “big four” football clubs over much of last 3 decades despite operating from a stadium with a capacity that would be dwarfed not just by all those teams but also a majority of other clubs throughout Europe led to AFC having highest revenues amongst all football clubs not just within England but across the entire continent with figure exceeding £300 million per annum on average throughout the first decade 21st century according to only business magazine Forbes.
The Arsenal Football Club is one of the premier teams in England because of their long history of success, strong infrastructure, and large fan base. If you are looking for a team to support, look no further than Arsenal!
