Arsenal

FM10 Update

Club
172Reputation
4Last season
—Squad value
60361Capacity

Squad strength

FMDB calculation
50Players
—Average age
—Under 21
121Average ability
164Average potential
—Squad value
£1,065,848Wage bill per week
18Nationalities
—Home-grown
—Expiring contracts
157CA16
174PA16

These are the FMDB's own figures over all 50 registered members of the primary team, not just the rows listed below; hover a figure for the population it was computed from. The wage bill is the sum of recorded contract wages, not an asserted payroll. This version's export records no game start year, so ages and the contract-expiry window cannot be computed. CA16 and PA16 are the means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials; a coded potential enters PA16 at its band's midpoint and the figure says how many did. Home-grown counts players whose person_trained_status names this club.

Best eleven

FMDB calculation
The FMDB's own selection: the highest recorded current ability per slot of the supplied 4-3-3, each player used once, and only where player_position.competency for that slot is at least 10. Mean ability of the eleven 161, from the 50 strongest squad members.

Club

Full name
Arsenal
Short name
Arsenal
Nickname
—
Nation
England
City
—
Current division
English Premier Division
Continental competition
—
Founded
1886
Reputation
172
Colours
#FFFFFF #E00000
Vice-captain
Robin van Persie
Other teams
—

Finances

Partial export
Balance
—
Transfer budget
—
Wage budget
—
Debt
—
Club value
—
Financial status
—
Owner
—
Shirt sponsor
—

Balance is club_finance_detail.cash and Debt its basic_loan_debt, as authored. Every other club_finance row — loans, gifts and FFP totals — is listed by the source family loan_source_type gives it, with the amount's meaning on hover, rather than summed into a figure the source does not state. Club value, a named owner and a shirt sponsor are not established by the export.

Squad

50 people with a club_squad_number row for this teamSet-piece takers
Squad members with number, position, age, nationality, ability, contract, wage, value and last season
No start year CA PA Value Apps (Gls) 2008–09 HG Not in this export
1Manuel Rivero AlmuniaGK—Spain1521552013-06-30£38,000—32 (0)—
2Vassiriki Abou DiabyMC—France1401702015-06-30£40,000—24 (3)—
3Bakary SagnaDR—France1611682014-06-30£40,000—35 (0)—
4Francesc Fàbregas SolerMC—Spain1761862014-06-30£60,000—22 (3)—
5Thomas VermaelenDC—Belgium1531642013-06-30£40,000—30 (4)—
6Philippe Sylvain SenderosDC—Switzerland1431602010-06-30£28,000—15 (1)—
7Tomas RosickyAMC—Czech Republic1581702011-06-30£45,000—0 (0)—
8Samir Ben Saïd NasriAMC—France1581752012-06-30£35,000—29 (6)—
9EduardoFC—Croatia1581632014-06-30£45,000—0 (0)—
10William Eric GallasDC—France1641752010-06-30£75,000—23 (2)—
11Robin van PersieFC—Holland1701762014-06-30£80,000—28 (11)—
12Carlos Alberto Vela GarridoFC—Mexico1331742015-06-30£25,000—14 (1)—
14Theodore James WalcottFC—England1481722013-06-30£45,000—22 (2)—
15DenílsonMC—Brazil1421602014-06-30£38,000—37 (3)—
16Aaron RamseyMC—Wales135-102014-06-30£15,000—9 (0)—
17Alexandre Song BillongDMC—Cameroon1511672015-06-30£40,000—31 (1)—
18Mikaël Samy SilvestreDC—France1391652010-06-30£40,000—14 (2)—
19Jack WilshereAMC—England116-92014-06-30£15,000—1 (0)—
20Johannes Agwawandre DjourouDC—Switzerland1421662013-06-30£25,000—15 (0)—
21Lukasz FabianskiGK—Poland1351572014-06-30£20,000—6 (0)—
22Gaël ClichyDL—France1611722012-06-30£35,000—31 (1)—
23Andrey Sergeyevich ArshavinAMC—Russia1731752012-06-30£65,000—39 (12)—
24Vito MannoneGK—Italy1021352014-06-30£5,000—1 (0)—
27Emmanuel EbouéDR—Ivory Coast1481562012-06-30£30,000—28 (3)—
28Kieran GibbsML—England1241602014-06-30£11,000—8 (0)—
30Armand TraoréML—France1251522012-06-30£10,000—18 (1)—
31Sulzeer CampbellDC—England1331822010-06-30£20,000—32 (0)—
32Francisco Mérida PérezMC—Spain114-82010-06-30£5,000—2 (0)—
33Nacer BaraziteAMC—Holland111-82013-06-30£2,500—30 (1)—
34Kyle BartleyDC—England88-82010-06-30£1,500—0 (0)—
35Francis CoquelinDMC—France90-82010-06-30£1,000—0 (0)—
36Thomas CruiseDL—England69-52010-06-30£1,000—0 (0)—
37Craig EastmondDMC—England88-72015-06-30£5,000—0 (0)—
38Jay Emmanuel-ThomasDMC—England102-82014-06-30£5,000—0 (0)—
39Cedric EvinaDL—France62-52011-06-30£1,000—0 (0)—
40Luke FreemanFC—England74-82011-06-30£1,499—0 (0)—
41Emmanuel FrimpongMC—England84-82012-06-30£1,500—0 (0)—
42Kerrea Kuche GilbertDR—England991272010-06-30£2,000—34 (1)—
43Conor HendersonMC—Republic of Ireland58-72011-06-30£999—0 (0)—
44Gavin HoyteDC—England98-72013-06-30£4,000—7 (0)—
45Henri LansburyMC—England123-82014-06-30£7,000—15 (4)—
46Luke AylingDC—England75-72011-06-30£1,250—0 (0)—
47Rhys MurphyFC—England91-82015-06-30£5,000—0 (0)—
48Mark RandallMC—England1131422010-06-30£5,000—1 (0)—
49James SheaGK—Republic of Ireland63-62011-06-30£1,100—0 (0)—
50Jay-Alistaire Frederick SimpsonFC—England114-72013-06-30£5,000—13 (1)—
51Gilles SunuFC—France84-72010-06-30£1,000—0 (0)—
52Nicklas BendtnerFC—Denmark1441662014-06-30£40,000—32 (9)—
53Wojciech SzczesnyGK—Poland100-82011-06-30£1,000—0 (0)—
54Herschel Sanchez WattFC—England88-72012-06-30£2,500—0 (0)—

Sort by clicking a column header. Hide columns you do not need; the choice is remembered in this browser. Apps (Gls) is the 2008–09 season, the latest player_history season recorded for anyone in this squad; it is named explicitly because no database records the date the game starts on.

Highest potential

FMDB calculation
Highest recorded potential ability across every team the club owns
Player Pos Age CA PA Value
Francesc Fàbregas SolerMC—176186—
Sulzeer CampbellDC—133182—
Robin van PersieFC—170176—
William Eric GallasDC—164175—
Andrey Sergeyevich ArshavinAMC—173175—
Samir Ben Saïd NasriAMC—158175—

The highest recorded player.potential_ability across all 1 of this club's team, one row per person. A negative potential is a coded band rather than a fixed ability and is shown as the code it is, never ranked as a number. Ages are season-start ages where the export records a start year; the list is ranked on potential alone, so it is not an age-filtered wonderkid list.

Facilities

Training only in the export
  • Training facilities19
  • Youth facilities—
  • Youth recruitment—
  • Junior coaching—
  • Corporate facilities—
Training ground
—
Academy
—
Morale
12
Season ticket holders
40000
Average attendance
60040
Lowest and highest
30000 / 75000

club_facility carries training facilities only, in every version: youth facilities, youth recruitment, junior coaching and academy category are not in the export. The training ground is the stadium row that club_server names.

Key staff

Chairman
—
Managing Director
—
Director of Football
—
Assistant Manager
Patrick James Rice
Head of Youth Development
—

Roles held now from staff_history. "Unknown person" is a spell whose person uid this version does not contain.

League position by season

25 seasons on this page
Arsenal league position by season1612 1984–851988–891992–931996–972000–012004–052008–09English Premier Division, 1984–85: position 7 of 22English Premier Division, 1985–86: position 7 of 22English Premier Division, 1986–87: position 4 of 22English Premier Division, 1987–88: position 6 of 21English Premier Division, 1988–89: position 1 of 20English Premier Division, 1989–90: position 4 of 20English Premier Division, 1990–91: position 1 of 20English Premier Division, 1991–92: position 4 of 22English Premier Division, 1992–93: position 10 of 22English Premier Division, 1993–94: position 4 of 22English Premier Division, 1994–95: position 12 of 22English Premier Division, 1995–96: position 5 of 20English Premier Division, 1996–97: position 3 of 20English Premier Division, 1997–98: position 1 of 20English Premier Division, 1998–99: position 2 of 20English Premier Division, 1999–00: position 2 of 20English Premier Division, 2000–01: position 2 of 20English Premier Division, 2001–02: position 1 of 20English Premier Division, 2002–03: position 2 of 20English Premier Division, 2003–04: position 1 of 20English Premier Division, 2004–05: position 2 of 20English Premier Division, 2005–06: position 4 of 20English Premier Division, 2006–07: position 4 of 20English Premier Division, 2007–08: position 3 of 20English Premier Division, 2008–09: position 4 of 20
Finishing position as recorded, 1 at the top, from the 25 season rows on this page.
Arsenal league position by season
SeasonCompetitionPosition
2008–09English Premier Division4
2007–08English Premier Division3
2006–07English Premier Division4
2005–06English Premier Division4
2004–05English Premier Division2
2003–04English Premier Division1
2002–03English Premier Division2
2001–02English Premier Division1
2000–01English Premier Division2
1999–00English Premier Division2
1998–99English Premier Division2
1997–98English Premier Division1
1996–97English Premier Division3
1995–96English Premier Division5
1994–95English Premier Division12
1993–94English Premier Division4
1992–93English Premier Division10
1991–92English Premier Division4
1990–91English Premier Division1
1989–90English Premier Division4
1988–89English Premier Division1
1987–88English Premier Division6
1986–87English Premier Division4
1985–86English Premier Division7
1984–85English Premier Division7

Honours

FMDB calculation
13English Premier Division2004, 2002, 1998, 1991, 1989, 1971, 1953, 1948 +5 more
12English Community Shield2004, 2002, 1999, 1998, 1991, 1953, 1948, 1938 +4 more
10English FA Cup2005, 2003, 2002, 1998, 1993, 1979, 1971, 1950 +2 more

Competitions won by any of this club's 1 recorded team, counted from comp_history. Every recorded season in this version. It records no cancelled, abandoned or joint-winner flags, so none are excluded. The newer nation_cup_history export covers national-team tournament runs; it does not establish club cup-run coverage.

Transfers

Exported; UI pending
Record signing
—
Record sale
—
Net spend
—
Date Player From or to Fee
————

Modern exports separate completed transfer events, agreed future moves and club fee records. This panel has not integrated them. Unknown fees and incomplete coverage cannot establish full net spend.

Stadium

In the export
Capacity
60361
Seated
60361
Expandable to
60361
Built
2006-07-01
Pitch
105 × 68
Roof
—
Owner
—

Affiliates

Not in this export
Club Relationship Terms
———

Affiliations from club_link in both directions, with the yearly cost, dates, loan counts and wage share the row records. link_type_id has no lookup table in the catalog, so the relationship is shown as its code rather than given a name. Owned teams are listed separately under Other teams.

Fans

Not in this export
Supporter profile
—
Expectation
—
Season ticket waiting list
—

Supporter values are the researched 1–20 figures in club_supporter_profile; the expectation is the media's predicted finish in club_media_expectation; ticket prices are from club_finance_detail. Supporter-type percentages and a waiting list are not exported.

Across versions

Recorded
Arsenal reputation across versions05K10K CM0102 RFM06 RFM10 RFM13 RFM16 RFM19 RFM22 RFM26 UReputation, CM0102 Release: 18 Reputation, CM0203 Release: 18 Reputation, CM0304 Release: 18 Reputation, CM0304 Update: 18 Reputation, FM05 Release: 180 Reputation, FM05 Update: 176 Reputation, FM06 Release: 176 Reputation, FM07 Release: 176 Reputation, FM07 Update: 176 Reputation, FM08 Release: 176 Reputation, FM09 Release: 177 Reputation, FM09 Update: 177 Reputation, FM10 Release: 172 Reputation, FM10 Update: 172 Reputation, FM11 Release: 172 Reputation, FM11 Update: 172 Reputation, FM12 Release: 173 Reputation, FM12 Update: 173 Reputation, FM13 Release: 167 Reputation, FM13 Update: 165 Reputation, FM14 Release: 165 Reputation, FM14 Update: 171 Reputation, FM15 Release: 171 Reputation, FM15 Update: 171 Reputation, FM16 Release: 171 Reputation, FM16 Update: 173 Reputation, FM17 Release: 175 Reputation, FM17 Update: 175 Reputation, FM18 Release: 172 Reputation, FM18 Update: 8,600 Reputation, FM19 Release: 172 Reputation, FM19 Update: 8,600 Reputation, FM20 Release: 171 Reputation, FM20 Update: 8,100 Reputation, FM21 Release: 162 Reputation, FM21 Update: 8,100 Reputation, FM22 Release: 8,050 Reputation, FM23 Release: 8,050 Reputation, FM24 Release: 8,450 Reputation, FM26 Release: 8,650 Reputation, FM26 Update: 8,650
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.

Current staff

17 spells
Roles held now, from staff_history spells with no end date or one still in the future
Role Person Joined Until Rating FMDB calculation
Invalid JobBoro Primorac1997-03-05——
CoachTony Colbert1998-07-01——
CoachLiam Brady1998-07-02——
CoachDavid Court2000-07-01——
CoachCraig Gant2001-01-01——
PhysioColin Lewin1995-06-01——
PhysioDavid Wales2001-01-01——
PhysioJon Cooke2002-09-01——
ScoutFrancisco Cagigao Souto2002-07-01——
ScoutGilles Grimandi2004-12-01——
ManagerDon Givens———
ManagerArsène Wenger1996-09-28——
ManagerNeil Banfield2005-07-01——
ManagerSteve Bould2006-07-01——
Assistant ManagerPatrick James Rice1996-09-01——
Goalkeeping CoachGerry Peyton2003-07-01——
Goalkeeping CoachMart Poom2009-07-01——

Playing spells belong to a career and are shown on the person's own page. A further 0 current spells point at a person uid this version does not contain.

Season records

Points as stored, never recomputed
League seasons, as stored: points include any deduction applied at the time
Season Competition Pos Of P W D L GF GA Pts
2008–09English Premier Division4203820126683772
2007–08English Premier Division3203824113743183
2006–07English Premier Division4203819118633568
2005–06English Premier Division4203820711683167
2004–05English Premier Division220382585873683
2003–04English Premier Division1203826120732690
2002–03English Premier Division220382396854278
2001–02English Premier Division120382693793687
2000–01English Premier Division2203820108633870
1999–00English Premier Division220382279734373
1998–99English Premier Division2203822124591778
1997–98English Premier Division120382396683378
1996–97English Premier Division3203819118623268
1995–96English Premier Division5203817129493263
1994–95English Premier Division122242131217524951
1993–94English Premier Division4224218177532871
1992–93English Premier Division102242151116403856
1991–92English Premier Division4224219158814672
1990–91English Premier Division1203824131741883
1989–90English Premier Division4203818812543862
1988–89English Premier Division1203822106733676
1987–88English Premier Division62140181210583966
1986–87English Premier Division42242201012583570
1985–86English Premier Division7224220913494769
1984–85English Premier Division7224219914614966

Club records

More record types
Club records
Record type Holder Name as recorded Value
————

record_type is a raw code; the two rows read as most appearances and most goals. Attendance record, biggest win and heaviest defeat belong here too.

Derbies and partnerships

Derbies involving this club
Derby Opponent W Needs data D L First match Needs data Reputation
———————

No partnerships recorded

club_partnership is empty or near-empty in most versions of the source.

Kits

Season and slots
  • Kit 1, style 101, -1
  • Kit 1, style 2, -1
  • Kit 1, style 101, -1
  • Kit 1, style 212, -1
  • Kit 1, style 201, -1
  • Kit 1, style -1, -1
  • Kit 1, style -1, -1
  • Kit 1, style —, -1

Showing up to 8 of 25 loaded kit rows. Legacy colour slots are shown. Modern kit-part and style exports now describe the parts, but these drawings have not integrated them.

Data wishlist for this page

20 data pointsWhole site
  • export_meta.game_start_year Season-start ages, under-21 count and this season's expiring contracts Now liveAges are taken at 1 July of the exported game start year and the expiry window closes on 30 June of the next; the convention is stated on every figure because no .dat database stores an in-game date. CSV-era versions carry no start year and say so.
  • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability over the squad CA16 and PA16 Now liveFMDB means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials in the primary squad; a coded potential is counted at its band midpoint (config/potential.php) and the figure says how many were.
  • player over club_squad_number Squad ability, potential, value and recorded wage totals Now liveFigures cover the whole primary-team squad with recorded-value coverage. League-relative ability stars are not implemented.
  • player.current_ability and player_position Best eleven Now liveFMDB selects eligible players for a fixed 4-3-3 from at most 60 candidates. Empty positions stay blank and a team average requires eleven filled slots.
  • person_trained_status, person_days_at_location Training days and home-grown squad status Partial exportThe squad table and the home-grown count show recorded trained-at-club and trained-in-nation relationships where the version exports them. Rule codes are not interpreted and training days are not shown; neither is a ruling on eligibility under a competition rule.
  • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability Squad member ability and potential Now liveThe squad table displays stored figures where recorded; coded potential is not a fixed ability.
  • player_history Squad appearances and goals for a named season Now liveThe page uses the latest season recorded for anyone in the squad, not an inferred last season relative to a game date.
  • player.potential_ability across the club teams Highest potential at the club Now livePlayers are deduplicated across the club teams. This is not an age-based wonderkid list.
  • club_finance, club_finance_source, club_finance_detail, club_director Balance, budgets, debt rows, embargo and directors Partial exportCash balance, basic loan debt, the embargo flag and directors are displayed, and every other finance row is listed by its loan_source_type family with the amount meaning on hover. Club valuation, a named owner, a financial-status label and a shirt sponsor are not established: owner type, financial state and income type are raw codes.
  • club_facility, club_server.training_ground_stadium_uid Youth facilities, recruitment, junior coaching and academy status Needs source dataOnly training_facilities is present in any version; the training ground is shown where club_server names one. A corporate revenue field is not a facilities rating.
  • club identity Club nickname Needs source dataThe current club catalog has no nickname column; a short name is not a nickname.
  • transfer_event, future_transfer, club_transfer_record Transfers and record signing or sale Exported; UI pendingCompleted FM24/FM26 events, agreed future moves and recorded club fee records now have separate tables. They are not integrated into this panel; incomplete or unknown fees cannot support complete net-spend totals.
  • club_link Affiliations and agreement terms Partial exportLinks in both directions are displayed with cost, dates, loan counts and wage share. link_type_id, flags and reasons have no lookup, so the relationship is shown as a code; club_partnership is a player-pair relation.
  • comp_history for every recorded club team Confirmed titles with competition and years Now liveThe honours calculation covers all recorded club teams, with edition and stage checks where available. nation_cup_history describes national-team tournament runs, not club cup coverage.
  • stadium Stadium capacity, build date, pitch dimensions, roof and owner Now liveThese fields are rendered where recorded. Pitch type and heating remain available source fields not shown in this club panel.
  • staff_history, staff_ability, staff_coaching Staff quality by recorded job Now liveFMDB computes role-specific attribute means with coverage thresholds; these are not stored scouting stars or a staff-subtype census.
  • club_supporter_profile, club_media_expectation Supporter loyalty, passion, patience, affluence, temperament, expectations and media prediction Now liveResearched FM23+ supporter values and the predicted league finish are displayed where exported; computed supporter-type percentages are deliberately absent.
  • derby Derby record and history Now liveRecorded results are oriented to this club; dates and reputation remain missing where unrecorded.
  • club across versions Reputation across versions Partial exportRaw reputation history is live. Squad value and average ability across versions are not implemented; reputation-scale integration is also pending.
  • club_kit, club_kit_part, kit_display_type, kit_style Kit seasons, parts and patterns Partial exportThe page shows legacy kit rows and colour slots. Modern exports now identify parts, goalkeeper kits and style lookups; drawings have not integrated them, and numbering differs by era.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.