2008–09 Arsenal F.C. season

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Arsenal
2008–09 season
Chairman Peter Hill-Wood
Manager Arsène Wenger
Stadium Emirates Stadium
Premier League 4th
FA Cup Semi-finals
League Cup Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Robin van Persie (11)
All:
Robin van Persie (20)
Highest home attendance 60,109 (vs. West Ham United, 31 January 2009, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 55,641 (vs. Hull City, 17 March 2009, FA Cup)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2008–09 was Arsenal Football Club's 17th consecutive season in the Premier League. This season Arsenal participate in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Events

Players

Squad information

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Spain Almunia 32 EU 2004 125 0 undisclosed[40] £ 0.5m
3 DF France Sagna 26 EU 2007 89 1 2014[41] £ 7.5m
5 DF Ivory Coast Touré (VC) 28 Non-EU 2002 (Winter) 326 14 undisclosed[42] £ 0.15m
10 DF France Gallas 31 EU 2006 109 13 undisclosed[43] Part exchange with
A. Cole+£5m[44]
22 DF France Clichy 23 EU 2003 187 1 2012[45] £ 0.25m
15 MF Brazil Denílson 21 Non-EU 2006 93 5 undisclosed[46] £ 3.4m
4 MF Spain Fàbregas (captain) 22 EU 2003 231 29 2014[47] Free
17 DF Cameroon Song 21 EU 2005 78 3 undisclosed[48] £ 1.0m
8 MF France Nasri 21 EU 2008 44 7 undisclosed[49] £ 12m[50]
25 FW Togo Adebayor 25 Non-EU 2006 (Winter) 142 62 undisclosed[51] £ 3m
11 FW Netherlands v. Persie 25 EU 2004 177 63 2011[52] £ 2.75m
26 FW Denmark Bendtner 21 EU 2004 93 23 2012[53] Youth system
27 MF Ivory Coast Eboué 25 Non-EU 2005 (Winter) 147 6 undisclosed[54] £ 1.54m
2 MF France Diaby 23 EU 2006 (Winter) 98 10 undisclosed[55] £ 2m
14 FW England Walcott 20 EU 2006 (Winter) 106 14 undisclosed[56] £ 9.1m
20 DF SwitzerlandIvory Coast Djourou 22 Non-EU 2003 77 0 undisclosed[57] Youth system
12 FW Mexico Vela 20 Non-EU 2005 29 6 2010 £ 0.5m[58]
18 DF France Silvestre 31 EU 2008 23 2 2010[59] £ 0.75m[59]
16 MF Wales Ramsey 18 EU 2008 22 1 undisclosed £ 4.8m[60]
40 DF England Gibbs 19 EU 2007 23 0 undisclosed[61] Youth system
21 GK Poland Fabiański 24 EU 2007 26 0 undisclosed[62] £ 2.0m
23 MF Russia Arshavin 27 Non-EU 2009 (Winter) 15 6 2012[63] £ 15.0m
19 MF England Wilshere 17 EU 2008 8 1 undisclosed[29] Youth system
9 FW CroatiaBrazil Eduardo 26 Non-EU 2007 35 15 2011[64] £ 7.5m
28 MF PortugalFrance Bischoff 22 EU 2008 4 0 undisclosed[65] Free
24 GK Italy Mannone 21 EU 2005 1 0 undisclosed[66] £ 0.35m
7 MF Czech Republic Rosický 28 EU 2006 61 13 undisclosed[67] £ 6.8m

Transfers

In

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Team Source
16 MF Wales Aaron Ramsey Wales Cardiff City £4,800,000 13 June 2008 First-team [8]
8 MF France Samir Nasri France Marseille £12,000,000 11 July 2008 First-team [10]
28 MF Portugal Amaury Bischoff Germany Werder Bremen Free transfer 30 July 2008 First-team [13]
18 DF France Mikaël Silvestre England Manchester United £750,000 20 August 2008 First-team [18]
23 MF Russia Andrei Arshavin Russia Zenit St. Petersburg £15,000,000 3 February 2009 First-team [30]

Total spending: Decrease £32,550,000

Out

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
1 GK Germany Jens Lehmann Germany VfB Stuttgart Free transfer (Released) 3 June 2008 [4]
16 MF France Mathieu Flamini Italy Milan Free transfer (Released) 1 July 2008 [1]
13 MF Belarus Alexander Hleb Spain Barcelona £11,900,000 16 July 2008 [11]
19 MF Brazil Gilberto Silva Greece Panathinaikos £1,000,000 17 July 2008 [12]
31 DF England Justin Hoyte England Middlesbrough £3,000,000 16 August 2008 [16]

Total income: Increase £15,900,000

Loan Out

Squad # Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires Source
DF England Kerrea Gilbert England Leicester City 11 July 2008 End of the season [68]
30 DF France Armand Traoré England Portsmouth 21 August 2008 End of the season [69]
6 DF Switzerland Philippe Senderos Italy Milan 26 July 2008 End of the season [70]
50 FW England Jay Simpson England West Bromwich Albion 31 December 2008 End of the season [71]

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Decrease £32.55 million

Income

Increase £15.9 million

Net expenditure

Decrease £16.65 million

Squad stats

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain Manuel Almunia 44 0 32+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 12+0 0
2 MF France Abou Diaby 36 4 16+8 3 4+1 0 0+0 0 5+2 1
3 DF France Bacary Sagna 49 0 34+1 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 9+0 0
4 MF Spain Cesc Fàbregas 33 3 22+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 10+0 0
5 DF Ivory Coast Kolo Touré 41 1 26+3 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 9+0 0
7 MF Czech Republic Tomáš Rosický 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF France Samir Nasri 44 7 28+1 6 3+2 0 0+0 0 10+0 1
9 FW Croatia Eduardo 4 3 0+0 0 2+0 3 0+0 0 0+2 0
10 DF France William Gallas 36 6 23+0 2 4+0 1 0+0 0 9+0 3
11 FW Netherlands Robin van Persie 44 20 24+4 11 4+2 4 0+0 0 10+0 5
12 FW Mexico Carlos Vela 29 6 2+12 1 3+1 1 3+0 4 2+6 0
14 FW England Theo Walcott 35 6 16+6 2 2+1 1 0+0 0 9+1 3
15 MF Brazil Denílson 51 3 36+1 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 11+1 0
16 MF Wales Aaron Ramsey 22 1 1+8 0 2+2 0 3+0 0 4+2 1
17 DM Cameroon Alex Song 48 2 23+8 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 8+3 1
18 DF France Mikaël Silvestre 23 2 12+2 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0
19 MF England Jack Wilshere 8 1 0+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 1 0+2 0
20 DF Switzerland Johan Djourou 29 0 13+2 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 6+2 0
21 GK Poland Łukasz Fabiański 18 0 5+1 0 6+0 0 3+0 0 2+1 0
22 DF France Gaël Clichy 41 1 30+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 10+0 0
23 MF Russia Andrei Arshavin 15 6 12+0 6 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 GK Italy Vito Mannone 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Togo Emmanuel Adebayor 37 16 21+5 10 1+1 0 0+0 0 8+1 6
26 FW Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 50 15 17+14 9 3+2 2 2+0 2 5+7 2
27 DF Ivory Coast Emmanuel Eboué 44 4 17+11 3 4+1 1 0+0 0 6+5 0
28 MF Portugal Amaury Bischoff 4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
35 MF France Francis Coquelin [R] 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
39 FW Portugal Rui Fonte [R] 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
40 DF England Kieran Gibbs 21 0 6+2 0 5+1 0 3+0 0 3+1 0
41 DF England Gavin Hoyte [R] 4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
42 MF England Henri Lansbury [R] 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 0+0 0
43 MF Spain Fran Mérida [R] 5 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
47 MF England Mark Randall [R] 6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+2 0
49 DF England Paul Rodgers [R] 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
50 FW England Jay Simpson [R] [L] 3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 2 0+0 0

Source: Arsenal F.C.

Disciplinary record

N
P
Nat.
Name
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Notes
11 FW Netherlands v. Persie 9 0 1
25 FW Togo Adebayor 5 1 0
27 MF Ivory Coast Eboué 3 1 0
22 DF France Clichy 9 0 0
17 DF Cameroon Song 8 0 0
8 MF France Nasri 8 0 0
4 MF Spain Fàbregas 8 0 0
2 MF France Diaby 7 0 0
10 DF France Gallas 5 0 0
3 DF France Sagna 5 0 0
15 MF Brazil Denílson 5 0 0
26 FW Denmark Bendtner 4 0 0
5 DF Ivory Coast Touré 4 0 0
40 DF England Gibbs 2 0 0
20 DF SwitzerlandIvory Coast Djourou 2 0 0
16 MF Wales Ramsey 2 0 0
23 MF Russia Arshavin 2 0 0
47 MF England Randall 1 0 0
43 MF Spain Mérida 1 0 0
12 FW Mexico Vela 1 0 0
18 DF France Silvestre 1 0 0

Last updated: 24 May
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
51 4–4–2 1–13, 15–29, 31–49, 52–53, 57–58, 61
8 4–2–3–1 14, 50–51, 54–56, 59–60
1 4–4–1–1 30[72]

Last updated: 24 May
Source:[citation needed]
Only competitive matches.


Club

Coaching staff

This is Arsène Wenger's 13th seasons with Arsenal.
Position Staff
Manager France Arsène Wenger
Assistant manager Northern Ireland Pat Rice
First team coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Boro Primorac
Goalkeeping coach Republic of Ireland Gerry Peyton
Physiotherapist England Colin Lewin
Fitness coach England Tony Colbert
Chief scout England Steve Rowley
Kit manager England Vic Akers

Last updated: 11 August
Source: Arsenal FC

Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Fly Emirates

Home
Home alt.
Away
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper alt.
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3
Goalkeeper alt.
Goalkeeper alt. 2

Kit information

The completely new set of Arsenal kit was launched.

  • Home The home kit was rather controversial, as Nike ditched the white sleeves the club's well known for. The shirt has a white wide stripe on each sleeve, flanked by two dark red, narrower stripes. It has a red V-neck collar which is the same colour as the primary shirt colour. The shirt is complemented by white shorts with a dark-red trim, and white socks with a red horizontal stripe. Red socks with white horizontal stripe were used in some away games. Arsenal revealed that the kit would be used for two season.
  • Away The away kit harps back to the glory days of the late 80’s which gave the strip a modern touch, where the shirts are yellow with navy sleeves and a red trim. The shorts are navy with red trim and the socks are yellow and blue. It featured red trimmings on the side of the strip.
  • Keeper The three goalkeeper kit, which were all based on Nike's old template, which in turn featured one conspicuous swirl on the kit. The main kit was grey, but the second kit was mint/navy and the third kit black was available, should they be required.

Other information

The Emirates Stadium is the second largest stadium in the Premier League.
Chairman England Peter Hill-Wood
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Emirates Stadium (60,432 / 105x68 meters)

Last updated: 15 June
Source: Arsenal FC and www.footballgroundguide.com

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 4 16 August 24 May
Champions League Third qualifying round Semi-finals 13 August 5 May
Football League Cup 3rd round Quarter finals 23 September 2 December
FA Cup 3rd round Semi-finals 3 January 18 April

Last updated: 24 May
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 28 6 4 68 24 +44 90 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Liverpool 38 25 11 2 77 27 +50 86
3 Chelsea 38 25 8 5 68 24 +44 83
4 Arsenal 38 20 12 6 68 37 +31 72 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Everton 38 17 12 9 55 37 +18 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Aston Villa 38 17 11 10 54 48 +6 62
7 Fulham 38 14 11 13 39 34 +5 53 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Updated to games played on 24 May 2009.
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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 20 12 6 68 37  +31 72 11 5 3 31 16  +15 9 7 3 37 21  +16

Last updated: 24 May.
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 H A H A A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A H A H
Result W L W W W L D W W D L W L L W W D D D W W W D D D D D W W W W W D W W L D W
Position 9 14 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Last updated: 24 May.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

UEFA Champions League

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Third qualifying round

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Group stage

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Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Porto 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12
England Arsenal 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8
Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 0 2 4 4 11 −7 2

Knockout phase

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Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

FA Cup

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Football League Cup

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Pre-season

Last updated: 9 August
Source: Arsenal FC

See also

References

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  42. Arsenal FC | Kolo Toure signs new contract at Arsenal
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  62. Arsenal FC | Polish keeper Lukasz Fabianski joins Arsenal
  63. Daily Mail | No regrets: New Arsenal star Andrei Arshavin insists he won't be a transfer flop at the Emirates
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  65. Sky Sports | Amaury Bischoff
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