ARSENAL PLAYERS

First-team squad

As of 18 February 2012.^[106]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Manuel Almunia 2 MF Abou Diaby 3 DF Bacary Sagna 4 DF Per Mertesacker 5 DF Thomas Vermaelen (vice-captain) 6 DF Laurent Koscielny 7 MF Tomáš Rosický 8 MF Mikel Arteta 9 FW Park Chu-Young 10 FW Robin van Persie (captain) 11 DF André Santos 13 GK Wojciech Szczęsny 14 FW Theo Walcott 15 FW Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 16 MF Aaron Ramsey

No. Position Player 17 MF Alex Song 18 DF Sébastien Squillaci 19 MF Jack Wilshere 20 DF Johan Djourou 21 GK Łukasz Fabiański 25 DF Carl Jenkinson 26 MF Emmanuel Frimpong 27 FW Gervinho 28 DF Kieran Gibbs 29 FW Marouane Chamakh 30 MF Yossi Benayoun (on loan from Chelsea) 31 FW Ryo Miyaichi 39 MF Francis Coquelin 52 FW Nicklas Bendtner

For recent transfers, see 2011–12 Arsenal F.C. season.

Players signing at end of current season:

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player FW Lukas Podolski

Reserve squad

See Arsenal F.C. Reserves and Arsenal F.C. Academy

As of 17 March 2012.^[107][108]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 35 FW Zak Ansah 37 DF Daniel Boateng 38 DF George Brislen-Hall 44 MF Conor Henderson 45 DF Gavin Hoyte 47 GK Sean McDermott

No. Position Player 48 MF Jernade Meade 49 DF Ignasi Miquel 51 FW Nigel Neita 53 MF Oğuzhan Özyakup 61 MF Josh Rees 62 GK James Shea

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 23 MF Andrei Arshavin (at Zenit Saint Petersburguntil the end of the 2011–12 season)[109] 24 GK Vito Mannone (at Hull City until the end of the 2011–12 season)[110] 33 FW Benik Afobe (at Reading until the end of the 2011–12 season)[111] 34 MF Chuks Aneke (at Preston North End until the end of the 2011–12 season)[112] 40 MF Craig Eastmond (at Wycombe Wanderersuntil the end of the 2011–12 season)[113] 43 DF Sead Hajrović (at Barnet until the end of the 2011–12 season)[114] 46 MF Henri Lansbury (at West Ham United until the end of the 2011–12 season)[115]

No. Position Player 50 FW Rhys Murphy (at Preston North End until the end of the 2011–12 season)[116] 55 MF Sanchez Watt (at Crawley Town until the end of the 2011–12 season)[117] 56 MF Nico Yennaris (at Notts County until the end of the 2011–12 season)[118] — DF Kyle Bartley (at Rangers until the end of the 2011–12 season)[119] — FW Joel Campbell (at Lorient until the end of the 2011–12 season)[120] — MF Denílson (at São Paulo until the end of the 2011–12 season)[121] — FW Carlos Vela (at Real Sociedad until the end of the 2011–12 season)[122]