Arsenal Ladies F.C.
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| Full name | Arsenal Women Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Gunners, Arsenal |
| Founded | 1987 as Arsenal Ladies F.C. |
| Ground |
Meadow Park Borehamwood, Hertfordshire |
| Capacity | 4,502 (1,700 seated) |
| Chairman | Ivan Gazidis |
| General Manager | Clare Wheatley |
| Manager | Pedro Martínez Losa |
| League | FA WSL 1 |
| 2016 | 3rd |
| Website | Club website |
Arsenal Women Football Club, formerly known as Arsenal Ladies Football Club, is an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal Football Club. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 43 major trophies to date; which are 2 FA WSL titles, 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 14 FA Women's Cups, ten Women's Premier League Cups, 4 FA WSL Continental Cups and one UEFA Women's Champions League (formerly the UEFA Women's Cup).
The club was founded in 1987 as Arsenal Ladies Football Club by Vic Akers, the kit manager for the Arsenal men's team, who remained the club's manager until his retirement in 2009. They won their first major honour, the Women's League Cup in 1991–92. Later in 1992 they won promotion to the FA Women's Premier League and won the title at the first time of asking. As of 2010 they have won 12 of the 17 League titles, finishing as runners–up three times and won a record seven titles in a row between 2004 and 2010.
As of 2016 Arsenal have won the FA Women's Cup fourteen times, and the Women's League Cup ten times. This includes eight League and FA Women's Cup Doubles; in 1992–93, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09, and four domestic Trebles, in 1992–93, 2000–01 and 2006–07, 2008–09. Arsenal have represented England a total of seven times in the UEFA Women's Champions League (formerly the UEFA Women's Cup), and had previously reached the semi-finals twice (in 2002–03 and 2004–05).
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