Arsenal Women FC

Arsenal WFC
Basic data
Surname	Arsenal Women Football Club
Seat	London
General manager	Clare Wheatley
First soccer team
Head coach	Joe Montemurro
Venue	Meadow Park
Places	5000
league	FA WSL
2019/20	3rd place
home Away Alternatively

The Arsenal Football Club Women (Arsenal WFC, or Arsenal FC Women) was founded in 1987 as Arsenal Ladies founded. The first team has played in the top English league since the FA Women's Super League was founded in 2011.

In the 2006/07 season, Arsenal became the first club in the history of women's football to win the European sextuple consisting of the English Championship , English Cup , UEFA Women's Champions League , FA Women's Community Shield , Women's League Cup and the London Women's Cup .

history

In 1987 the Arsenal Women Football Club (Arsenal WFC, until July 2017: Arsenal Ladies Football Club or Arsenal LFC) was founded. The club was founded by Vic Akers , then a kit manager for the men's professional team and then general manager of the Arsenal WFC for many years. The club did not originally belong directly to the main club Arsenal, but was incorporated in 2017.

Arsenal WFC is the most successful English women's football club. By winning the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007, Arsenal for the first association was that both in men and in women's football a European Cup won.

National successes

In 1993, 2001 and 2007 the club achieved the triple of championship, cup and league cup. In the 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons, the team was undefeated champions. In the 2006/07 season, the team even won all league games. In 2008, after a 4-1 win against Chelsea LFC, the club won the tenth championship in the club's history. Between November 7, 2002 and March 29, 2009, the team remained unbeaten in 108 championship games in a row until the Everton LFC ended this series with a 3-0 victory.

Arsenal WFC in Europe

The Arsenal WFC represented the English colors five times in the UEFA Women's Champions League . They always reached at least the quarter-finals. The greatest successes at European level were reaching the semi-finals in 2003 and 2005 . In 2003 they failed clearly against the Danish champions Fortuna Hjørring , in 2005 they were only barely defeated by the Swedish champions Djurgårdens IF / Älvsjö . After a 1: 1 in the first leg, they lost 0: 1 in the second leg on their own place. 2007 saw the greatest success to date at European level. Arsenal FC defeated Swedish champions Umeå IK in the final of the UEFA Women's Cup and became the first English club to win the European Cup.

Stadion

Arsenal Women FC's home venue is Meadow Park in Borehamwood , Hertfordshire . The facility offers 5000 seats, 500 of which are covered in the main grandstand. The back straight is also covered and has 1200 seats. The Arsenal Women share the stadium with the owner FC Boreham Wood from the National League and the reserve team of Watford FC and youth teams from FC Arsenal . The women of the Arsenal WFC play a home game at the Emirates Stadium each season .

Personal details

Squad season 2020/21

As of August 17, 2020

No.	Nat.	Surname	in the team since
goal
1		Manuela Zinsberger	2019
18th		Lydia Williams	2020
24		Fran Stenson	2019
Defense
5		Jennifer Beattie	2019
6th		Leah Williamson	2014
12		Steph Catley	2020
4th		Lisa Doorn	2018
15th		Katie McCabe	2018
16		Noelle Maritz	2020
20th		Leonie Maier	2019
22nd		Viktoria Schnaderbeck	2018
midfield
7th		Daniëlle van de Donk	2015
8th		Jordan Nobbs	2011
10		Kim Little	2018
13		Lia Wälti	2017
14th		Jill Roord	2019
21st		Malin good	2020
Storm
9		Beth Mead	2016
11		Vivianne Miedema	2017
17th		Soraya Verhoeve	2018
19th		Caitlin Foord	2019

Change to the 2020/21 season

Accesses
time	player	Previous club
Summer 2020	Noelle Maritz	VfL Wolfsburg
	Steph Catley	without a club
	Malin good	Grasshopper Club Zurich
	Lydia Williams	Melbourne City FC

Departures
time	player	New club
Summer 2020	Stephanie Bukovec	unknown
	Louise Quinn	AC Florence
	Pauline Peyraud-Magnin	Atlético Madrid
	Emma Mitchell	Reading FC Women
	Danielle Carter	Reading FC Women
	Katrine Veje	FC Rosengård

Coaching team

Trainer
Trainer	Joe Montemurro
Assistant coach	Aaron D'Antino
Goalkeeping coach	Leanne Hall

Coach history

Surname	Period
Vic Akers	July 1, 1987 - May 10, 2009
Tony Gervaise	July 22, 2009 - February 11, 2010
Laura Harvey	February 11, 2010 - January 2013
Shelley Kerr	February 1, 2013 - June 1, 2014
Pedro Losa	August 29, 2014 - November 6, 2017
Joe Montemurro	since November 7, 2017

successes

International

• UEFA Women's Cup winner: 2007

National

• FA WSL : 3

2011, 2012, 2018/19

• FA Women's Premier League National Division: 12

1992/93, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10

• FA Women's Cup : 14

1992/93, 1994/95, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2013 / 14, 2015/16

• FA WSL Continental Cup: 5th

2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018

• FA Women's Premier League Cup: 10

1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2004/05, 2006/07, 2008/09

• FA Women's Community Shield: 5

2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

• London County FA Women's Cup: 10

1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1999/2000, 2003/04, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11

• FA Women's Premier League Southern Division: 1

1991/92

• Highfield Cup: 1st

1990/91

• Reebok Cup: 2nd

1991/92, 1995/96

• AXA Challenge Cup: 1st

1998/99

Web links

• official page

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arsenal Women History arsenal.com, accessed August 17, 2020
2. ↑ Important update from our women's team arsenal.com, accessed August 18, 2020
3. ↑ womensoccer.de: Everton ends Arsenal's dream series .
4. ↑ Squad of Arsenal WFC soccerdonna.de, accessed on August 17, 2020
5. ↑ Player Profiles arsenal.com, accessed August 17, 2020