Wenger is 75! The manager’s era at Arsenal: 17 trophies and four matches with Shakhtar

On the day of the Arsenal – Shakhtar match and the 75th anniversary of the French specialist, Sport Arena remembers all the trophies won by Arsenal in less than 22 years under the leadership of Arsene Wenger

October 22, 2024 Arsenal will play Shakhtar within the third round group stage of the Champions League. On this day of yours Celebrates 75th anniversary one of the iconic personalities in the history of the club – French coach Arsenal Wenger. A mentor who spent 22 years of his career with Arsenal and played with Shakhtar four times.

Under the Frenchman’s leadership, Arsenal played 1,234 matches, winning 715 of them. In twenty-one seasons, Arsene won 17 trophies with the club.

Trophy Quantity (season)
English Championship 3 (1997/98, 2001/02, 2003/04)
FA Cup 7 (1997/98, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2016/17)
English Super Cup 7 (1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017)
Best Coach of the Year 4 (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Premier League Manager of the Month 15 (Mar ’98, April ’98, Oct ’00, April ’02, Sept ’02, Aug ’03, Feb ’04, Aug ’04, Sept ’07, Dec ’07, Feb ’11, Feb ’12, Sept ’13, March ’15, October ’15)
Premier League manager of the season 3 (1998, 2002, 2004)

Arsenal and Wenger celebrated their first success in the 1997/98 season. Then the team won the Premier League and also triumphed in the FA Cup. And a few months later she also won the Super Cup match.

Impact ending to the 1997/98 season, Wenger’s first golden double

The Super Cup was also won the following season, but big victories had to wait two years – in the 2001/02 season, Arsenal again achieved a golden double (EPL and FA Cup).

Arsene Wenger celebrates winning the 2001/02 league title, Getty Images

Arsene Wenger became the 3-time champion of England in the 2003/04 season – his Arsenal scored 90 points and did not lose a single match. For the Frenchman, this was the ninth trophy at the head of the London club.

Thierry Henry and Arsene Wenger with the 2003/04 league title

The tenth trophy is the 2004 Super Cup. And Arsenal managed to finish that 2004/05 season with a victory in the FA Cup.

Arsene Wenger and the FA Cup, 2005, Getty Images

The following years were not easy for Arsenal. The construction of the stadium triggered the decline as a result. The team’s trophy-free streak lasted nine years until the team won the FA Cup in the 2013/14 season.

The long-awaited trophy – victory in the FA Cup 2014, Getty Images

Two more Cup victories followed, as well as three Super Cups won. But nothing more – the nuclear submarine never submitted to Arsen again.

Wenger’s last (so far) trophy at Arsenal was the 2017 Super Cup, Getty Images

Just as the main European tournament, the Champions League, did not submit. The closest Arsene Wenger came to victory was in the 2005/06 season, but then lost in the final to Barcelona. In recent years, everything in the Champions League has been too predictable for Wenger’s Arsenal – seven consecutive eliminations in the 1/8 finals.

Arsene never won the Champions League with Arsenal, Getty Images

As for Wenger’s personal trophies, during his time at Arsenal he won the title of Best Manager of the Month from the Premier League 15 times, became the best manager of the season in the Premier League three times, and also won the title of best coach of the year four times.

March 1998. Arsene Wenger became Premier League Coach of the Month for the first time

Wenger also met Shakhtar four times in the Champions League. He won two matches and lost two.

Source: Sportarena

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