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Full name : Arsenal Football Club Academy
Nickname(s): The Gunners
Founded : 1954
Ground : Arsenal FC Training Centre, Shenley
Chairman : Peter Hill-Wood
Head Coach : Steve Bould
League : FA Premier Academy League
Official site: www.arsenal.com
Nickname(s): The Gunners
Founded : 1954
Ground : Arsenal FC Training Centre, Shenley
Chairman : Peter Hill-Wood
Head Coach : Steve Bould
League : FA Premier Academy League
Official site: www.arsenal.com
Arsenal Football Club Academy are the youth team of Arsenal Football Club. They currently play in the FA Premier Academy League, the highest level of youth football in England. The club enters Under-18 and Under-16 teams in the League, but the club operate the academy for boys from the age of nine upwards.
Some of the senior members of the U18 team also play for Arsenal Reserves, and the team are currently coached by former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, while the younger teams are coached by Roy Massey and Steve Gatting. Former Arsenal midfielder and Republic of Ireland international Liam Brady oversees the overall youth development setup at the club with his assistant David Court.
The youth team became founder members of the FA Premier Youth League in 1997-98. The league was initially a single division, and Arsenal won the inaugural title. The following season this was renamed the Premier Academy League and split into an Under-19 and Under-17 section, with the new FA Academy system formally changing Arsenal's youth team to Academy status. Arsenal entered teams in both sections, winning the U17 title in 1999-00 and the U19 in 2001-02, as well as two more FA Youth Cups. Since 2004-05 the FA Premier Academy League has been a single section for Under-18s although an Under-16 section is played with no league table being recorded.
Some of the senior members of the U18 team also play for Arsenal Reserves, and the team are currently coached by former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, while the younger teams are coached by Roy Massey and Steve Gatting. Former Arsenal midfielder and Republic of Ireland international Liam Brady oversees the overall youth development setup at the club with his assistant David Court.
The youth team became founder members of the FA Premier Youth League in 1997-98. The league was initially a single division, and Arsenal won the inaugural title. The following season this was renamed the Premier Academy League and split into an Under-19 and Under-17 section, with the new FA Academy system formally changing Arsenal's youth team to Academy status. Arsenal entered teams in both sections, winning the U17 title in 1999-00 and the U19 in 2001-02, as well as two more FA Youth Cups. Since 2004-05 the FA Premier Academy League has been a single section for Under-18s although an Under-16 section is played with no league table being recorded.
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