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Arsenal's first ever silverware was won as the Royal Arsenal in 1890. The Kent Junior Cup, won by Royal Arsenal's reserves, was the club's first trophy, while the first team's first trophy came three weeks later when they won the Kent Senior Cup. [7] [8] Their first national major honour came in 1930, when they won the FA Cup. [9]
The Football League Centenary Trophy marked The Football League's 100th birthday, in the 1988–89 season. [9] The European governing body UEFA was founded in 1954, and created their first and most prestigious competition, the European Cup, the next year. It was expanded and renamed in 1992 as the UEFA Champions League.
For the purposes of this article, "intercontinental competitions" are competitions organized between two or more confederations or by FIFA.Competitions organized between two or more national federations on different continents such as the Copa Iberoamericana are not included, nor are competitions that are only available to teams from part of each continent such as the Arab Club Champions Cup.
Held from 1985 to 1992. For the first season, the Football League Super Cup above was a higher competition for which six clubs qualified instead, but the season is included here for completeness. [27] [28] FLCT Football League Centenary Trophy (discontinued). [29] [10] Held during the 1988–89 season to celebrate Football League's 100th ...
When the FA Cup was the only national football association competition available to Arsenal, the other football association competitions were County Cups, and they made up many of the matches the club played during a season. [270] Arsenal's first first-team trophy was a County Cup, the inaugural Kent Senior Cup. [17]
Arsenal won the League Cup in 1986–87, the Football League Centenary Trophy in 1988, two League title wins in 1988–89 and 1990–91, the FA Cup and League Cup double in 1992–93 and a second European trophy, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1993–94. However, Graham's reputation was tarnished when it was revealed that he had taken kickbacks for ...
List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]