page_title: List of Arsenal F.C. players
section_title: Players
hierarchical_section_title: List of Arsenal F.C. players / Players
caption_attribution_description: English: Cesc Fabregas Warm-Up 30-01-2008, Emirates Stadium, London, UK.
context_page_description: Arsenal Football Club, an association football club based in Islington, London, was founded in 1886 as Royal Arsenal. 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, which shortly changed to Woolwich Arsenal, was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury. Despite finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1914–15, 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. The club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.
  David O'Leary holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Arsenal. Between 1975 and 1993 the Irish defender played 722 times for the club.
context_section_description: Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Arsenal.
caption: Cesc Fàbregas is Arsenal's youngest-ever goalscorer, and captained the side from 2008 to 2011.
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