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Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1886Ground Emirates StadiumSeasons held 35
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1886Ground Emirates StadiumSeasons held 35
Season statistics: Wikipedia. The archive holds no team sheets for 1996/97, so these are Arsenal's league figures according to the club-season article on English Wikipedia, in the article's order. Players link to their page where the archive holds them, matched through Wikidata.
| Player | Pos. | Apps | Starts | Sub | Goals | All apps | All goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Seaman | GK | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Lee Dixon | DF | 32 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 2 |
| Nigel Winterburn | DF | 38 | 38 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 45 |
| 0 |
| Patrick Vieira | MF | 31 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 2 |
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| Steve Bould | DF | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
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| Tony Adams | DF | 28 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 3 |
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| David Platt | MF | 28 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 5 |
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| Ian Wright | FW | 35 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 41 | 30 |
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| Paul Merson | FW | 33 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 9 |
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| Dennis Bergkamp | FW | 29 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 14 |
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| Glenn Helder | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Nicolas Anelka | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Andy Linighan | DF | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
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| Martin Keown | DF | 33 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
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| Ray Parlour | MF | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 36 | 2 |
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| John Hartson | FW | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 4 |
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| David Hillier | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Steve Morrow | DF | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
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| Rémi Garde | DF | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
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| Ian Selley | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Paul Dickov | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| John Lukic | GK | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
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| Scott Marshall | DF | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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| Lee Harper | GK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Paul Shaw | FW | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
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| Stephen Hughes | MF | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
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| Gavin McGowan | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Matthew Rose | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Total | 484 | 62 |
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Arsenal scored 62 league goals that season by the archive's results. A dash means the article gives no figure, not zero.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1996–97 Arsenal F.C. season”, revision 1369856790, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
| Player | Years | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ballard | from 2018 | Not held | Not held |
| Emile Smith Rowe | from 2017 | Not held | Not held |
| Gabriel Jesus | 2022–2026 | 84 | 21 |
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | 2022–2026 | 69 | 2 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | 2019–2026 | 191 | 41 |
| Reiss Nelson | 2017–2026 | 50 | 4 |
| Ayden Heaven | 2024–2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Ramsdale | 2021–2024 | 78 | 0 |
| Eddie Nketiah | 2017–2024 | Not held | Not held |
| Granit Xhaka | 2016–2023 | 225 | 17 |
| Bernd Leno | 2018–2022 | 101 | 0 |
| Konstantinos Mavropanos | 2018–2022 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Willock | 2017–2021 | 40 | 1 |
| Emiliano Martínez | 2010–2020 | 15 | 0 |
| Alex Iwobi | 2015–2019 | 100 | 11 |
| Danny Welbeck | 2014–2019 | 88 | 16 |
| Josh Dasilva | 2007–2018 | Not held | Not held |
| Mikel Arteta | 2011–2016 | 110 | 14 |
| Freddie Ljungberg | 1998–2007 | 216 | 46 |
| Patrick Vieira | 1996–2005 | 406 | 33 |
| George Graham | 1966–1972 | 227 | 60 |
Not limited to the season above, and not the club's full list: only people who appear elsewhere in this archive are listed. Years and figures are the spells' own, across all competitions, as Wikidata records them.
| Date | Player | From | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 1996 | Valur Gíslason | KR Reykjavík | Transfer |
| 26 Jul 1996 | John Lukic |   Leeds United | Transfer |
| 14 Aug 1996 | Rémi Garde | RC Strasbourg | Transfer |
| 14 Aug 1996 | Patrick Vieira | AC Milan | Transfer |
| 22 Feb 1997 | Nicolas Anelka | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer |
| Date | Player | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Aug 1996 | Paul Dickov |   Manchester City | Transfer |
| 31 Oct 1996 | Eddie McGoldrick | Manchester City | Transfer |
| 1 Nov 1996 | David Hillier |   Portsmouth | Transfer |
| 21 Jan 1997 | Andy Linighan |   Crystal Palace | Transfer |
| 14 Feb 1997 | John Hartson |   West Ham United | Transfer |
| 27 Mar 1997 | Steve Morrow |   Queens Park Rangers | Transfer |
According to Wikipedia: the transfer tables of the club-season article. Fees are held but not shown.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1996–97 Arsenal F.C. season”, revision 1369856790, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.