Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1886Ground Emirates StadiumSeasons held 35
Season statistics: Wikipedia. The archive holds no team sheets for 2008/09, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Almunia | GK | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Abou Diaby | MF | 24 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 36 |
| 4 |
| Bacary Sagna | DF | 35 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
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| Cesc Fàbregas | MF | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 3 |
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| Kolo Touré | DF | 29 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
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| Tomáš Rosický | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Samir Nasri | MF | 29 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 7 |
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| Eduardo | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
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| William Gallas | DF | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 6 |
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| Robin van Persie | FW | 28 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 20 |
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| Carlos Vela | FW | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 6 |
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| Theo Walcott | FW | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 6 |
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| Denílson | MF | 37 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 3 |
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| Aaron Ramsey | MF | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
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| Alex Song | DM | 31 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 48 | 2 |
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| Mikaël Silvestre | DF | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
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| Jack Wilshere | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
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| Johan Djourou | DF | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
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| Łukasz Fabiański | GK | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
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| Gaël Clichy | DF | 31 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
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| Andrey Arshavin | MF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 6 |
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| Vito Mannone | GK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Emmanuel Adebayor | FW | 26 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 16 |
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| Nicklas Bendtner | FW | 31 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 15 |
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| Emmanuel Eboué | DF | 28 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 4 |
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| Amaury Bischoff | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Francis Coquelin | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Rui Fonte | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Kieran Gibbs | DF | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
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| Gavin Hoyte | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Henri Lansbury | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Fran Mérida | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Mark Randall | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Paul Rodgers | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Jay Simpson | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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| Total | 513 | 64 |
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Arsenal scored 68 league goals that season by the archive's results. A dash means the article gives no figure, not zero.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“2008–09 Arsenal F.C. season”, revision 1376274818, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not held | Aaron Ramsey | Transfer | |
| Not held | Samir Nasri | Marseille | Transfer |
| Not held | Amaury Bischoff | Werder Bremen | Transfer |
| Not held | Mikaël Silvestre | Transfer | |
| Not held | Andrey Arshavin | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Transfer |
| Date | Player | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2008 | Nacer Barazite | Loan | |
| Not held | Jens Lehmann | VfB Stuttgart | Released |
| Not held | Mathieu Flamini | Milan | Released |
| Not held | Alexander Hleb | Barcelona | Transfer |
| Not held | Gilberto Silva | Panathinaikos | Transfer |
| Not held | Justin Hoyte | ![]() Middlesbrough | Transfer |
| Not held | Kerrea Gilbert | Loan | |
According to Wikipedia: the transfer tables of the club-season article. Fees are held but not shown.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“2008–09 Arsenal F.C. season”, revision 1376274818, 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.
| Philippe Senderos |
| Milan |
| Loan |
| Not held | Armand Traoré | Loan |
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| Not held | Jay Simpson | Loan |
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