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List of Arsenal F . managers

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List of Arsenal F . managers

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Islington, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Dial Square before it was shortly renamed to Royal Arsenal, and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. They became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies. The club's name was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury. In spite of finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1915, Arsenal rejoined the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur when football resumed after the First World War. Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight. There have been twenty permanent and eight caretaker managers of Arsenal since 1897; Stewart Houston has managed the club in two separate spells as caretaker. The most successful person to manage Arsenal is Arsène Wenger, who won three Premier League titles, seven FA Cups and seven Community Shields between 1996 and 2018. Wenger is the club's longest-serving manager; he surpassed George Allison's record of 13 years in October 2009. Two Arsenal managers have died in the job – Herbert Chapman and Tom Whittaker. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Arsenal since their foundation in 1886. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

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List of Arsenal F . managers · Managers
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
Name
Thomas Mitchell
Nationality
Scotland
From
30 March 1897
To
10 March 1898
M
45
W
23
D
8
L
14
GF
106
GA
79
Win %
051
Unknown †
Unknown †
Name
Unknown †
From
11 March 1898
To
April 1898
M
9
W
6
D
2
L
1
GF
21
GA
8
Win %
066
William Elcoat
William Elcoat
Name
William Elcoat
Nationality
England
From
11 April 1898
To
16 February 1899
M
44
W
21
D
6
L
17
GF
86
GA
67
Win %
047
Arthur Kennedy †
Arthur Kennedy †
Name
Arthur Kennedy †
Nationality
England
From
21 February 1899
To
29 April 1899
M
15
W
8
D
3
L
4
GF
31
GA
17
Win %
053
Harry Bradshaw
Harry Bradshaw
Name
Harry Bradshaw
Nationality
England
From
30 June 1899
To
30 April 1904
M
235
W
118
D
44
L
73
GF
403
GA
237
Win %
050
Phil Kelso
Phil Kelso
Name
Phil Kelso
Nationality
Scotland
From
1 May 1904
To
9 February 1908
M
152
W
63
D
31
L
58
GF
225
GA
229
Win %
041
George Morrell
George Morrell
Name
George Morrell
Nationality
Scotland
From
10 February 1908
To
13 April 1915
M
309
W
113
D
74
L
122
GF
392
GA
428
Win %
036
James McEwen †
James McEwen †
Name
James McEwen †
Nationality
England
From
19 April 1915
To
24 May 1919
M
2
W
1
D
0
L
1
GF
7
GA
3
Win %
050
Leslie Knighton
Leslie Knighton
Name
Leslie Knighton
Nationality
England
From
25 May 1919
To
16 May 1925
M
286
W
105
D
63
L
118
GF
367
GA
401
Win %
036
Herbert Chapman
Herbert Chapman
Name
Herbert Chapman
Nationality
England
From
11 June 1925
To
6 January 1934
M
411
W
204
D
97
L
110
GF
879
GA
616
Win %
049
Honours
First Division champions: 1930–31, 1932–33 FA Cup winners: 1929–30 Charity Shield winners: 1930, 1931, 1933
Joe Shaw †
Joe Shaw †
Name
Joe Shaw †
Nationality
England
From
6 January 1934
To
28 May 1934
M
23
W
14
D
3
L
6
GF
44
GA
29
Win %
060
Honours
First Division champions: 1933–34
George Allison
George Allison
Name
George Allison
Nationality
England
From
28 May 1934
To
31 May 1947
M
279
W
129
D
74
L
76
GF
534
GA
327
Win %
046
Honours
First Division champions: 1934–35, 1937–38 FA Cup winners: 1935–36 Charity Shield winners: 1934, 1938
Tom Whittaker
Tom Whittaker
Name
Tom Whittaker
Nationality
England
From
2 June 1947
To
24 October 1956
M
430
W
203
D
106
L
121
GF
802
GA
568
Win %
047
Honours
First Division champions: 1947–48, 1952–53 FA Cup winners: 1949–50 Charity Shield winners: 1948, 1953
Jack Crayston ‡
Jack Crayston ‡
Name
Jack Crayston ‡
Nationality
England
From
24 October 1956
To
19 May 1958
M
81
W
34
D
17
L
30
GF
148
GA
151
Win %
041
George Swindin
George Swindin
Name
George Swindin
Nationality
England
From
21 June 1958
To
1 May 1962
M
186
W
76
D
43
L
67
GF
336
GA
330
Win %
040
Billy Wright
Billy Wright
Name
Billy Wright
Nationality
England
From
1 May 1962
To
13 June 1966
M
182
W
70
D
43
L
69
GF
336
GA
330
Win %
038
Bertie Mee ‡
Bertie Mee ‡
Name
Bertie Mee ‡
Nationality
England
From
20 June 1966
To
4 May 1976
M
539
W
241
D
148
L
150
GF
739
GA
542
Win %
044
Honours
First Division champions: 1970–71 FA Cup winners: 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winners: 1969–70
Terry Neill
Terry Neill
Name
Terry Neill
Nationality
Northern Ireland
From
9 July 1976
To
16 December 1983
M
416
W
187
D
117
L
112
GF
601
GA
446
Win %
044
Honours
FA Cup winners: 1978–79
Don Howe ‡
Don Howe ‡
Name
Don Howe ‡
Nationality
England
From
16 December 1983
To
22 March 1986
M
117
W
54
D
32
L
31
GF
187
GA
142
Win %
046
Steve Burtenshaw †
Steve Burtenshaw †
Name
Steve Burtenshaw †
Nationality
England
From
23 March 1986
To
14 May 1986
M
11
W
3
D
2
L
6
GF
7
GA
15
Win %
027
George Graham
George Graham
Name
George Graham
Nationality
Scotland
From
14 May 1986
To
21 February 1995
M
460
W
225
D
133
L
102
GF
711
GA
403
Win %
048
Honours
First Division champions: 1988–89, 1990–91 FA Cup winners: 1992–93 Football League Cup winners: 1986–87, 1992–93 Charity Shield winners: 1991 (shared) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners: 1993–94
Stewart Houston †
Stewart Houston †
Name
Stewart Houston †
Nationality
Scotland
From
21 February 1995
To
15 June 1995
M
19
W
7
D
3
L
9
GF
29
GA
25
Win %
036
Bruce Rioch
Bruce Rioch
Name
Bruce Rioch
Nationality
Scotland
From
15 June 1995
To
12 August 1996
M
47
W
22
D
15
L
10
GF
67
GA
37
Win %
046
Stewart Houston †
Stewart Houston †
Name
Stewart Houston †
Nationality
Scotland
From
12 August 1996
To
13 September 1996
M
6
W
2
D
2
L
2
GF
11
GA
10
Win %
033
Pat Rice †
Pat Rice †
Name
Pat Rice †
Nationality
Northern Ireland
From
13 September 1996
To
30 September 1996
M
4
W
3
D
0
L
1
GF
10
GA
4
Win %
075
Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger
Name
Arsène Wenger
Nationality
France
From
1 October 1996
To
13 May 2018
M
1,235
W
707
D
280
L
248
GF
2,156
GA
1,147
Win %
057
Honours
Premier League champions: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04 FA Cup winners: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17 Charity/Community Shield winners: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017
Unai Emery
Unai Emery
Name
Unai Emery
Nationality
Spain
From
23 May 2018
To
29 November 2019
M
78
W
43
D
16
L
19
GF
152
GA
100
Win %
055
Freddie Ljungberg (interim)
Freddie Ljungberg (interim)
Name
Freddie Ljungberg (interim)
Nationality
Sweden
From
29 November 2019
To
21 December 2019
M
6
W
1
D
3
L
2
GF
8
GA
10
Win %
016
Mikel Arteta
Mikel Arteta
Name
Mikel Arteta
Nationality
Spain
From
22 December 2019
To
Present
M
352
W
213
D
66
L
73
GF
661
GA
333
Win %
060
Honours
Premier League champions: 2025–26 FA Cup winners: 2019–20 Community Shield winners: 2020, 2023
Name
Nationality
From
To
M
W
D
L
GF
GA
Win %
Honours
Thomas Mitchell
Scotland
30 March 1897
10 March 1898
45
23
8
14
106
79
051
Unknown †
11 March 1898
April 1898
9
6
2
1
21
8
066
William Elcoat
England
11 April 1898
16 February 1899
44
21
6
17
86
67
047
Arthur Kennedy †
England
21 February 1899
29 April 1899
15
8
3
4
31
17
053
Harry Bradshaw
England
30 June 1899
30 April 1904
235
118
44
73
403
237
050
Phil Kelso
Scotland
1 May 1904
9 February 1908
152
63
31
58
225
229
041
George Morrell
Scotland
10 February 1908
13 April 1915
309
113
74
122
392
428
036
James McEwen †
England
19 April 1915
24 May 1919
2
1
0
1
7
3
050
Leslie Knighton
England
25 May 1919
16 May 1925
286
105
63
118
367
401
036
Herbert Chapman
England
11 June 1925
6 January 1934
411
204
97
110
879
616
049
First Division champions: 1930–31, 1932–33 FA Cup winners: 1929–30 Charity Shield winners: 1930, 1931, 1933
Joe Shaw †
England
6 January 1934
28 May 1934
23
14
3
6
44
29
060
First Division champions: 1933–34
George Allison
England
28 May 1934
31 May 1947
279
129
74
76
534
327
046
First Division champions: 1934–35, 1937–38 FA Cup winners: 1935–36 Charity Shield winners: 1934, 1938
Tom Whittaker
England
2 June 1947
24 October 1956
430
203
106
121
802
568
047
First Division champions: 1947–48, 1952–53 FA Cup winners: 1949–50 Charity Shield winners: 1948, 1953
Jack Crayston ‡
England
24 October 1956
19 May 1958
81
34
17
30
148
151
041
George Swindin
England
21 June 1958
1 May 1962
186
76
43
67
336
330
040
Billy Wright
England
1 May 1962
13 June 1966
182
70
43
69
336
330
038
Bertie Mee ‡
England
20 June 1966
4 May 1976
539
241
148
150
739
542
044
First Division champions: 1970–71 FA Cup winners: 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winners: 1969–70
Terry Neill
Northern Ireland
9 July 1976
16 December 1983
416
187
117
112
601
446
044
FA Cup winners: 1978–79
Don Howe ‡
England
16 December 1983
22 March 1986
117
54
32
31
187
142
046
Steve Burtenshaw †
England
23 March 1986
14 May 1986
11
3
2
6
7
15
027
George Graham
Scotland
14 May 1986
21 February 1995
460
225
133
102
711
403
048
First Division champions: 1988–89, 1990–91 FA Cup winners: 1992–93 Football League Cup winners: 1986–87, 1992–93 Charity Shield winners: 1991 (shared) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners: 1993–94
Stewart Houston †
Scotland
21 February 1995
15 June 1995
19
7
3
9
29
25
036
Bruce Rioch
Scotland
15 June 1995
12 August 1996
47
22
15
10
67
37
046
Stewart Houston †
Scotland
12 August 1996
13 September 1996
6
2
2
2
11
10
033
Pat Rice †
Northern Ireland
13 September 1996
30 September 1996
4
3
0
1
10
4
075
Arsène Wenger
France
1 October 1996
13 May 2018
1,235
707
280
248
2,156
1,147
057
Premier League champions: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04 FA Cup winners: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17 Charity/Community Shield winners: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017
Unai Emery
Spain
23 May 2018
29 November 2019
78
43
16
19
152
100
055
Freddie Ljungberg (interim)
Sweden
29 November 2019
21 December 2019
6
1
3
2
8
10
016
Mikel Arteta
Spain
22 December 2019
Present
352
213
66
73
661
333
060
Premier League champions: 2025–26 FA Cup winners: 2019–20 Community Shield winners: 2020, 2023

References

  1. A club located in the southern counties of England. Initially these were amateur clubs, as professionalism in football w
  2. Although the club's official website credits Sam Hollis as Arsenal's first "manager" in 1894, other sources claim he was
  3. Ferguson was offered the Arsenal job after Howe's departure, but his commitment to the Scotland national team as tempora
  4. Though not officially named secretary-manager, McEwen was in charge of first team-affairs at Arsenal and thus de facto m
  5. Joe Shaw was appointed caretaker manager, while John Peters was appointed caretaker secretary.
  6. Whittaker was taken ill in early 1956, and although he officially remained in charge at the start of the 1956–57 season,
  7. Although Wenger's appointment was announced before Arsenal's match against Sunderland on 28 September 1996, Pat Rice rem
  8. Wenger's statistics include the FA Cup match played against Sheffield United on 13 February 1999; Arsenal won 2–1 but th
  9. Soar & Tyler (2011), p. 24.
  10. A Dictionary of Sports Studies
    https://books.google.com/books?id=r_Ujf9-TmBUC&pg=PA196
  11. 1895: Drama, Disaster and Disgrace in Late Victorian Britain
    https://books.google.com/books?id=vYhvAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT39
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  15. "Club profile – Arsenal"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160415030152/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/clubs/profile.tickets.html/arsenal
  16. "When the Arsenal team was selected by a committee!"
    http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/4020
  17. "Arsenal's Post-war Directors"
    http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/?p=9275
  18. Joy (1952), p. 11: "Arsenal's trainer, Hollis, however, was true to the nineteenth century pattern."
  19. Roper (2004), p. 120: "After their humiliating defeat the Arsenal FC directors decided to appoint their first profession
  20. Soar & Tyler (2005), p. 30: "A disastrous FA Cup defeat by non-League Millwall (2–4 away) on 16 January 1896 proved one
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