In the 202223 Premier League season, Arsenal returned to the Champions League with Arteta, after leading the league for most of the season, though succumbing to defending champions Manchester City. The team wore a similar kit (but with redcurrant socks) during the. [238], Arsenal's record home attendance is 73,707, for a UEFA Champions League match against RC Lens on 25 November 1998 at Wembley Stadium, where the club formerly played home European matches because of the limits on Highbury's capacity. The club had never progressed beyond the quarter-finals of the Champions League until 200506; in that season they became the first club from London to reach the final in the competition's fifty-year history, but were beaten 21 by Barcelona. [198] In the 200910 season Arsenal announced that they had raised a record breaking 818,897 for the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. [103] [2] Red & White bought the stake held by former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein, as well as stakes owned by Lansdowne and many other minor shareholders, and as of September 2011 own 18,204 shares (29.25%) of the club. Where are they now? Arsenal's XI of 11 different nationalities v [21][20]:112149 Businessmen Henry Norris and William Hall became involved in the club, and sought to move them elsewhere. [196] An ex-professional and celebrity football team associated with the club also raised money by playing charity matches. [43], In November 2015, USM invested US$100million in competitive video game esports team Virtus Pro. At the same time, he said he had made an investment in "Chinese low-cost smartphone maker Xiaomi", saying it is a "future technology giant", and that he is looking to invest in India, particularly the online trade sector. [62], In August 2006, Usmanov began to invest in media. As of June 2020, they are one of seven teams, the others being Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Manchester City, Leicester City and Liverpool, to have won the Premier League since its formation in 1992. The Premier League currently has 12 billionaire club owners including The Glazer Family, Roman Abramovich, and Stan Kroenke. Telephone Number 020 7619 5000. [58] He subsequently disposed of his shares in early 2014. Yellow shirt with blue trim and blue shorts are Arsenal's traditional away colours. [4] Between 1998 and 2017, Arsenal qualified for the UEFA Champions League for nineteen consecutive seasons. Usmanov eventually teamed up with Yuri Milner[6] and became the largest investor of Digital Sky Technologies ("DST"). Wright's record had stood since September 1997, when he overtook the longstanding total of 178 goals set by winger Cliff Bastin in 1939. Usmanov was named in the Official Journal of the European Union, the publication of record of the EU, as a "pro-Kremlin oligarch with particularly close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin [who is] one of Vladimir Putin's favorite oligarchs." There was also traditionally a large Irish community that followed Arsenal, with the nearby Archway area having a particularly large community, but Irish migration to North London is much lower than in the 1960s or 1970s. [70] Red and White Holdings confirmed that it was the club's largest shareholder, and the company said it "has the necessary funding to increase its stake further [but] it has no current intention to make a full takeover bid for Arsenal for six months. During WWII, Arsenal won several of these. [197] The club launched the Arsenal for Everyone initiative in 2008 as an annual celebration of the diversity of the Arsenal family. [98] [179], Partly due to their proximity to the Alexandra Palace transmitter, Arsenal have appeared in a number of media "firsts". Arsenal Holdings Limited is 100% owned by KSE UK INC. KSE UK INC is 100% owned by E. Stanley Kroenke. [103], On 12 December 2011, following the 2011 Russian protests regarding vote-rigging in parliamentary elections, the weekly Kommersant Vlast magazine ran an unflattering issue on Vladimir Putin titled "Victory of United ballot-stuffers" a pun on Putin's United Russia party. Norris owned the club for the next nineteen years, moving it to Arsenal Stadium in Highbury in 1913. Upon joining the Football League in 1893, the club returned to the Manor Ground and installed stands and terracing, upgrading it from just a field. [77] As of October 2013, he owned over 30% of the club. [75], Usmanov increased his Arsenal share beyond 29% in June 2011. Sport, Suffrage and Society in Edwardian Britain", "How Arsenal's Name Changed Arsenal F.C. [42] His work was left to Joe Shaw and George Allison, who saw out a hat-trick with the 193334 and 193435 titles, and then won the 1936 FA Cup and 193738 title. [125] Some fans referred to the ground as Ashburton Grove, or the Grove, as they did not agree with corporate sponsorship of stadium names. Later that year, The Arsenal started dropping "The" in official documents, gradually shifting its name for the final time towards Arsenal, as it is generally known today. Kroenke owns . He gave all the artwork to the Russian state, where it is housed in the Konstantinovsky Palace near St.Petersburg. Accumulating key players from Wenger's homeland, such as Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry, Arsenal won a second League and Cup double in 199798 and a third in 200102. [28] Suddenly, in the middle of the 193334 season, Chapman died of pneumonia. [9] The motto of the club has long been Victoria Concordia Crescit, Latin for "Victory Through Harmony". [189][190] In the 1997 film The Full Monty the principal characters move forward in a line and raise their hands, deliberately mimicking the Arsenal defence's offside trap, in an attempt to co-ordinate their striptease routine. The richest owners in the Premier League are by far the Newcastle owners, the Saudi Public Investment Fund is worth a jaw dropping 320 billion. [105] [56] Graham's Arsenal won another title in 199091, losing only one match, won the FA Cup and League Cup double in 1993, and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1994. [104] On 14 December 60 journalists from the Kommersant newspaper signed an open letter to Usmanov, saying, "We are being compelled to be cowards, which is unworthy and unproductiveWe regard [Kovalsky's] dismissal as an act of intimidation aimed at preventing any critical words about Vladimir PutinWe take particular offense at the attempt to present the dismissal of a man for his professional position as a fight for the purity of the Russian language. In 2020 MegaFon expanded their commercial agreement with Everton to become the main sponsor of the women's team. [46] Although Arsenal were competitive during these years, their fortunes had waned; the club spent most of the 1950s and 1960s in mid-table mediocrity. The reinvestment has seen Arsenal sit at the top of the Premier league table. Watervliet (/ w t r v l i t / waw-tr-VLEET or / w t r v l i t / waw-tr-v-LEET) is a city in northeastern Albany County, in the U.S. state of New York.The population was 10,375 as of the 2020 census. In 2000, he was eventually rehabilitated by the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan, which ruled that the case against him was trumped up and no crime had been committed. He was president of the Russian Fencing Federation from 2001 to 2009. Club owner nationality not important - Jeremy Hunt A special gold version of the Premier League trophy was commissioned and presented to the club the following season. Arsenal Stan Kroenke chats to Arsene Wenger ( Image: Getty) Owner (or majority shareholder): Stan Kroenke Nationality: American Net worth: 6.17billion Background: Real estate, sports. In addition there will be a return meeting on 8 September 2018 at the Emirates stadium where proceeds will go towards the Arsenal foundation. [78][79] In Emery's first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. 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[122] The project was initially delayed by red tape and rising costs,[123] and construction was completed in July 2006, in time for the start of the 200607 season. Consequently, Arsenal have a significant number of fans from beyond London and all over the world; in 2007, 24 UK, 37 Irish and 49 other overseas supporters clubs were affiliated with the club. New signings Nigel Winterburn, Lee Dixon and Steve Bould had joined the club by 1988 to complete the "famous Back Four", led by homegrown player Tony Adams. These include Arsenal Football Club plc (the football club itself), Arsenal (Emirates Stadium) Limited (which develops and owns Arsenal's Emirates Stadium), Arsenal Stadium Management Company (which manages the stadium on matchdays), and Arsenal Overseas Ltd (which manages retail operations). [144], Arsenal's longest-running and deepest rivalry is with their nearest major neighbour, Tottenham Hotspur; matches between the two are referred to as the North London derby. [69][233] They also hold the record for the longest top flight win streak. [3], Usmanov worked as the Deputy General Director of Intercross JSC from 1990 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1998, he headed Interfin Interbank Investment and Finance Company. They have won the second most top flight league matches in English football, and have also accumulated the second most points,[3] whether calculated by two points per win[3] or by the contemporary points value. [199], Save the Children has been Arsenal global charity partner since 2011 and have worked together in numerous projects to improve safety and well-being for vulnerable children in London and abroad. In 2015 Usmanov commissioned the third Dilbar, the current largest yacht in the world by gross tonnage (15,917 gt) and the 6th largest yacht by length measuring 156.0m (512ft). [18], A rival bid for the club came from Red & White Holdings, which was co-owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov and London-based financier Farhad Moshiri. [86][87] In 2021, Usmanov was re-elected by acclamation to a fourth term, for which he was congratulated by Vladimir Putin. [241] Arsenal's first first-team trophy was a County Cup, the inaugural Kent Senior Cup. [2][231][232] Arsenal also have the highest average league finishing position for the 20th century, with an average league placement of 8.5. In 1886, munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich founded the club as Dial Square. [51] This marked a premature high point of the decade; the Double-winning side was soon broken up and the rest of the decade was characterised by a series of near misses, with Arsenal finishing as FA Cup runners up in 1972, and First Division runners-up in 197273. They completed the 20th century with the highest average league position. Arsenal owner Kroenke apology to Mikel Arteta over Super League [60], In September 2018, it was reported that Mail.ru would enter into a $2 billion joint venture with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.[61] The agreement would merge the online marketplaces of both companies in the Russian market and was backed by the Kremlin via the Russian Direct Investment Fund. However, in that same season, Arsenal finished fifth in the league, the first time they had finished outside the top four since before Wenger arrived in 1996. [112], Before joining the Football League, Arsenal played briefly on Plumstead Common, then at the Manor Ground in Plumstead, then spent three years between 1890 and 1893 at the nearby Invicta Ground. [120], Expansion of Highbury was restricted because the East Stand had been designated as a Grade II listed building and the other three stands were close to residential properties. [117][118], In November it was reported that the Uzbek government had lobbied the EU to lift sanctions on Usmanov, stating that the sanctions were restricting his ability to invest in his home nation. [96], On 2 September 2007, Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan referred to Usmanov's criminal conviction,[97] claiming that Usmanov "was in no sense a political prisoner, but a gangster and racketeer who rightly did six years in jail"[98] and his pardon was the work of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov on the instructions of Uzbekistani power broker and alleged drug trafficker Gafur Rakhimov. [186], In August 2022, Amazon Prime Video released an eight-episode docuseries called All or Nothing: Arsenal. Usmanov has a 49% economic interest and 100% voting rights in USM, a global conglomerate with its main investments in metals and mining industry, telecommunications, technology, and media. The club had had more players killed than any top flight club,[44] and debt from reconstructing the North Bank Stand bled Arsenal's resources. Arsenal have achieved three League and FA Cup "Doubles" (in 1971, 1998 and 2002), a feat only previously achieved by Manchester United (in 1994, 1996 and 1999). Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (Uzbek: Alisher Usmonov, Russian: ; born 9 September 1953) is an UzbekRussian businessman and oligarch. [3], Arsenal Holdings plc, operates as a non-quoted public limited company, whose ownership is considerably different from that of other football clubs. They registered their new name, Woolwich Arsenal, with The Football League when the club ascended later that year. [52] With new signings like Malcolm Macdonald and Pat Jennings, and a crop of talent in the side like Liam Brady and Frank Stapleton, the club reached a trio of FA Cup finals (1978 FA Cup, 1979 FA Cup and 1980 FA Cup), and lost the 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final on penalties. Consultants Brand Finance valued the club's brand and intangible assets at $703m in 2015, and consider Arsenal an AAA global brand. [71][227] When Nike took over from Adidas as Arsenal's kit provider in 1994, Arsenal's away colours were again changed to two-tone blue shirts and shorts. rivalry, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, List of Arsenal F.C. The Arsenal Supporters' Trust promotes greater participation in ownership of the club by fans. [104] Usmanov sacked the editor, Maxim Kovalsky, and the head of the publisher's holding company, Andrei Galiyev, saying there had been an "ethical breach" and that the issue "bordered on petty hooliganism". [31] The record attendance for an Arsenal match at Highbury is 73,295, for a 00 draw against Sunderland on 9 March 1935,[235] while that at Emirates Stadium is 60,161, for a 22 draw with Manchester United on 3 November 2007. [165][166] In April 2011, Kroenke achieved a full takeover by purchasing the shareholdings of Nina Bracewell-Smith and Danny Fiszman, taking his shareholding to 62.89%. [164] Kroenke came close to the 30% takeover threshold in November 2009, when he increased his holding to 18,594 shares (29.9%). KROENKE first go involved with Arsenal in 2007 when Granada Ventures sold its 9.9 per cent stake to the American's company. [2] During this period the designs have been either all blue designs, or variations on the traditional yellow and blue, such as the metallic gold and navy strip used in the 200102 season, the yellow and dark grey used from 2005 to 2007, and the yellow and maroon of 2010 to 2013. World War II meant The Football League was suspended for seven years, but Arsenal returned to win it in the second post-war season, 194748. He accepted Zuckerberg's conditions and gave up the voting rights on those shares to him. Until 2014, the away kit was changed every season, and the outgoing away kit became the third-choice kit if a new home kit was being introduced in the same year. [43] However, the war had taken its toll on Arsenal. Many Arsenal players appeared as themselves in the film and manager George Allison was given a speaking part. Attacking football,[60] an overhaul of dietary and fitness practices,[d] and efficiency with money[e] [3][4] He is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which consolidated in 2006 JSC Metalloinvest's assets (Mikhailovsky GOK and Ural Steel) with those of Gazmetall JSC (Lebedinsky GOK and the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant). In the 201718 season, Puma released a new color scheme for the away and third kits. Who is the richest sports club owner? [37] Through USM and as an individual investor, Usmanov owns diverse interests including stakes in iron ore and steel, media, and internet companies. [1] By 2022, Usmanov had an estimated net worth of $19.5 billion and was among the world's 100 wealthiest people. . [69] This feat came within a run of 49 league matches unbeaten from 7 May 2003 to 24 October 2004, a national record. In 1887 a Board of Ordnance Officers recommended the arsenal as the site of a cannon factory, and in 1888-89 a Gun Factory Board prepared a report on the manufacture of cannon. List of Arsenal F.C. managers - Wikipedia [2], His sister Saodat Narzieva owns 27 Swiss bank accounts through which billions of dollars pass. The celebrations included a modified version of the current crest worn on their jerseys for the season. [51], Usmanov as of March 2022 was the majority shareholder of Russia's second-largest mobile telephone operator, MegaFon. [171] Ivan Gazidis was the club's Chief executive from 2009 to 2018. [8], As an amateur club, Royal Arsenal FC, Arsenal started out as a mutually owned club but after turning professional, converted to a limited liability company in 1893. [131] In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football. [11] Samuel Hill-Wood's shares passed first to his son Denis and then his grandson and former Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood; he sold much of his family's shareholdings in the 1980s to David Dein, who sold some of them on to Danny Fiszman (a London diamond dealer). The club's only trophy during this time was the 1979 FA Cup, achieved with a last-minute 32 victory over Manchester United, in a final is widely regarded as a classic. Who owns Arsenal? Stan Kroenke's investment in club, net worth and In 2013, he was awarded the Order for Service to the Fatherland IV class in recognition of his services to the state, as well as his community and charitable activities. Several villas on the Bavarian Tegernsee are said to belong to the oligarch. He and his business partner Farhad Moshiri bought the stake in the club owned by former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein for 75million.