Post by Salem6 on Sept 15, 2011 10:02:28 GMT
This week Arsenal statistician Josh James takes a look at Club’s record in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League.
Arsenal’s draw with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night was the Club’s 150th match in the European Cup or Champions League.
The Gunners have won just under half (74) of those games, drawing 36 (24 per cent) and losing the other 40 (27 per cent). Some 140 of the games have been in the UEFA Champions League, the other ten were in the forerunner to that competition – the European Cup – in 1971/72 and 1991/92. The Club have a 50 per cent win record from those ten games with one draw and four defeats.
Arsenal have scored 244 goals from the 150 matches, at an average of 1.63 per game, and conceded 148 (0.99 per game). The total goal difference so far is +96.
This is the Gunners’ 14th consecutive season in the Champions League (ever-present since 1998/99) and 16th season in Europe’s premier club competition overall, following the two years in the European Cup.
The most wins Arsenal have recorded in a single campaign is eight, which they managed in the run to the final in 2005/06, remaining unbeaten through 12 games before losing 2-1 to Barcelona in Paris. That season Arsenal also set a Champions League record for ten consecutive clean sheets.
Season-by-season record
1971/72
W - 4
D - 0
L - 2
1991/92
W - 1
D - 1
L - 2
1998/99
W - 2
D - 2
L - 2
1999/2000
W - 2
D - 2
L - 2
2000/01
W - 7
D - 3
L - 4
2001/02
W - 5
D - 1
L - 6
2002/03
W -4
D - 5
L - 3
2003/04
W -5
D - 2
L - 3
2004/05
W - 3
D - 4
L - 1
2005/06
W - 8
D - 4
L - 1
2006/07
W -5
D - 3
L - 2
2007/08
W -7
D - 3
L - 2
2008/09
W - 7
D - 3
L - 4
2009/10
W -7
D - 2
L - 3
2010/11
W -5
D - 0
L - 3
2011/12
W -2
D - 1
L - 0
HOME AND AWAY
A look at the differences between the home and away records underlines how difficult it is to pick up results on the road in Europe.
The Gunners’ success rate at home is 65 per cent, compared to 36 per cent in away games. The team have scored at a rate of more than two a game in home matches (152 in 74) and conceded just 57.
The home stats can be broken down further to reflect the three different ‘home’ venues that the Club has used in the European Cup or Champions League. For the first two seasons of the Champions League, home games were staged at Wembley Stadium. Arsenal lost more games (50 per cent) than they won there, and so returned to Highbury in 2000/01.
The first year back at Highbury was also the first year Arsenal completed an unbeaten home campaign in the European Cup or Champions League (something that’s been repeated four times at Emirates Stadium). Then, six seasons later, the Club moved to its current home. The record here has been exceptional, winning 22 of the 29 games (76 per cent), losing just once. They have scored 73 goals (at 2.5 per game) and conceded just 15.
The Club’s biggest ever Champions League victory was also recorded at Emirates – 7-0 over Slavia Prague on October 23, 2007.
In addition, there was one game – the 2006 Final – played on neutral territory.
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Arsenal’s first ever appearance in the European Cup came on the back of the Double-winning season in 1970/71.
Bertie Mee’s Gunners met Stromgodset of Norway on September 15, 1971, returning to north London with a 3-1 win. The goals came from Peter Simpson, Peter Marinello and Eddie Kelly.
Arsenal reached the Quarter-Finals were they were eliminated by eventual winners Ajax – in the days of Johan Neeskens and Johan Cruyff.
Twenty years later the Gunners were back at the top table under the guidance of George Graham, and celebrated with a 6-1 home win over Austria Memphis - Alan Smith grabbed four. Benfica ended Arsenal’s hopes though just before the group stages.
In 1998/99 Arsène Wenger led the team into the Champions League for the first time, where they have remained ever since. The debut match was a 1-1 draw away to Lens on September 16, 1998. Marc Overmars scored the Club’s first ever goal in the competition under its current guise, only for Tony Vairelles to strike a last-minute equaliser.
In terms of appearances, Thierry Henry leads the way with 77 - featuring in more than half of the total games the Club played in the tournament. He also is the top scorer in the European Cup/Champions League for the Club - by a considerable margin.
Henry notched 35 in the Champions League (and a further seven in one UEFA Cup campaign), and has more than twice as many as Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie. The Dutchman’s goal on Tuesday was his 17th in the Champions League.
Top appearances
Thierry Henry 77
Freddie Ljungberg 65
Kolo Toure 65
Robert Pires 63
Cesc Fabregas 63
Top scorers
Thierry Henry 35
Robin van Persie 17
Cesc Fabregas 17
Freddie Ljungberg 15
Robert Pires 11
OTHER COMPETITIONS
As well as the European Cup/Champions League, Arsenal have participated in the Inter Cities Fairs Cup/European Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup, European Cup Winners’ Cup and European Super Cup, playing 78 games cumulatively in these competitions.
The overall record for continental competition is P228 W115 D54 L59 F383 A221, giving a win percentage of just over 50.
Arsenal have reached six European Finals (1970, 1980, 1994, 1995, 2000 and 2006), winning the Fairs Cup (1970) and the Cup Winners’ Cup (1994).
Josh James also provides the stats for the Arsenal Analysis pages of the matchday programme
www.arsenal.com/news/ladies-news/behind-the-numbers
Arsenal’s draw with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night was the Club’s 150th match in the European Cup or Champions League.
The Gunners have won just under half (74) of those games, drawing 36 (24 per cent) and losing the other 40 (27 per cent). Some 140 of the games have been in the UEFA Champions League, the other ten were in the forerunner to that competition – the European Cup – in 1971/72 and 1991/92. The Club have a 50 per cent win record from those ten games with one draw and four defeats.
Arsenal have scored 244 goals from the 150 matches, at an average of 1.63 per game, and conceded 148 (0.99 per game). The total goal difference so far is +96.
This is the Gunners’ 14th consecutive season in the Champions League (ever-present since 1998/99) and 16th season in Europe’s premier club competition overall, following the two years in the European Cup.
The most wins Arsenal have recorded in a single campaign is eight, which they managed in the run to the final in 2005/06, remaining unbeaten through 12 games before losing 2-1 to Barcelona in Paris. That season Arsenal also set a Champions League record for ten consecutive clean sheets.
Season-by-season record
1971/72
W - 4
D - 0
L - 2
1991/92
W - 1
D - 1
L - 2
1998/99
W - 2
D - 2
L - 2
1999/2000
W - 2
D - 2
L - 2
2000/01
W - 7
D - 3
L - 4
2001/02
W - 5
D - 1
L - 6
2002/03
W -4
D - 5
L - 3
2003/04
W -5
D - 2
L - 3
2004/05
W - 3
D - 4
L - 1
2005/06
W - 8
D - 4
L - 1
2006/07
W -5
D - 3
L - 2
2007/08
W -7
D - 3
L - 2
2008/09
W - 7
D - 3
L - 4
2009/10
W -7
D - 2
L - 3
2010/11
W -5
D - 0
L - 3
2011/12
W -2
D - 1
L - 0
HOME AND AWAY
A look at the differences between the home and away records underlines how difficult it is to pick up results on the road in Europe.
The Gunners’ success rate at home is 65 per cent, compared to 36 per cent in away games. The team have scored at a rate of more than two a game in home matches (152 in 74) and conceded just 57.
The home stats can be broken down further to reflect the three different ‘home’ venues that the Club has used in the European Cup or Champions League. For the first two seasons of the Champions League, home games were staged at Wembley Stadium. Arsenal lost more games (50 per cent) than they won there, and so returned to Highbury in 2000/01.
The first year back at Highbury was also the first year Arsenal completed an unbeaten home campaign in the European Cup or Champions League (something that’s been repeated four times at Emirates Stadium). Then, six seasons later, the Club moved to its current home. The record here has been exceptional, winning 22 of the 29 games (76 per cent), losing just once. They have scored 73 goals (at 2.5 per game) and conceded just 15.
The Club’s biggest ever Champions League victory was also recorded at Emirates – 7-0 over Slavia Prague on October 23, 2007.
In addition, there was one game – the 2006 Final – played on neutral territory.
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Arsenal’s first ever appearance in the European Cup came on the back of the Double-winning season in 1970/71.
Bertie Mee’s Gunners met Stromgodset of Norway on September 15, 1971, returning to north London with a 3-1 win. The goals came from Peter Simpson, Peter Marinello and Eddie Kelly.
Arsenal reached the Quarter-Finals were they were eliminated by eventual winners Ajax – in the days of Johan Neeskens and Johan Cruyff.
Twenty years later the Gunners were back at the top table under the guidance of George Graham, and celebrated with a 6-1 home win over Austria Memphis - Alan Smith grabbed four. Benfica ended Arsenal’s hopes though just before the group stages.
In 1998/99 Arsène Wenger led the team into the Champions League for the first time, where they have remained ever since. The debut match was a 1-1 draw away to Lens on September 16, 1998. Marc Overmars scored the Club’s first ever goal in the competition under its current guise, only for Tony Vairelles to strike a last-minute equaliser.
In terms of appearances, Thierry Henry leads the way with 77 - featuring in more than half of the total games the Club played in the tournament. He also is the top scorer in the European Cup/Champions League for the Club - by a considerable margin.
Henry notched 35 in the Champions League (and a further seven in one UEFA Cup campaign), and has more than twice as many as Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie. The Dutchman’s goal on Tuesday was his 17th in the Champions League.
Top appearances
Thierry Henry 77
Freddie Ljungberg 65
Kolo Toure 65
Robert Pires 63
Cesc Fabregas 63
Top scorers
Thierry Henry 35
Robin van Persie 17
Cesc Fabregas 17
Freddie Ljungberg 15
Robert Pires 11
OTHER COMPETITIONS
As well as the European Cup/Champions League, Arsenal have participated in the Inter Cities Fairs Cup/European Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup, European Cup Winners’ Cup and European Super Cup, playing 78 games cumulatively in these competitions.
The overall record for continental competition is P228 W115 D54 L59 F383 A221, giving a win percentage of just over 50.
Arsenal have reached six European Finals (1970, 1980, 1994, 1995, 2000 and 2006), winning the Fairs Cup (1970) and the Cup Winners’ Cup (1994).
Josh James also provides the stats for the Arsenal Analysis pages of the matchday programme
www.arsenal.com/news/ladies-news/behind-the-numbers
