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'''Arsenal Football Club Academy''' is the [[youth system]] of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal Football Club]] based in [[Hale End]], [[London]], England. It is often referred to as '''Hale End''' [[Eponym|eponymously]] by the club, sports media, and fans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Breakdown special: Inside Hale End|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/breakdown-special-inside-hale-end|access-date=2021-07-11|website=www.arsenal.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Arsenal's £50m bargain: The Hale End academy revolution underpinning Arteta's rebuild {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/arsenals-50m-bargain-the-hale-end-revolution-underpinning/1xgvp1aerpxzd163ngujhg9hbq|access-date=2021-07-11|website=www.goal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stillman|first=Tim|date=2020-12-17|title=A means to a Hale End|url=https://arseblog.com/2020/12/a-means-to-a-hale-end/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog|language=en-US}}</ref> The academy teams play in the [[Professional Development League]], the highest level of youth [[association football|football]] in England. The club also competes in the [[FA Youth Cup]] and [[UEFA Youth League]] competitions. Former player [[Per Mertesacker]] is the current academy manager.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mertesacker|url=https://www.arsenal.com/academy/staff/mertesacker|website=Arsenal website|date=19 May 2024 }}</ref>

'''Arsenal Under-21s''', previously referred to as the '''Reserves''', is the highest level squad within the setup. They train at the [[Arsenal Training Centre]] and play the majority of their home games at [[Meadow Park (Borehamwood)|Meadow Park]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/youth-sides-set-to-play-at-meadow-park|title=Youth sides to play at Meadow Park|date=30 July 2013}}</ref> which is the home of [[Boreham Wood F.C.|Boreham Wood FC]]. On occasion they also play at Arsenal's [[Emirates Stadium]]. Senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, as in the case when they are recovering from injury.

Arsenal's Academy is one of England's most successful, winning seven [[FA Youth Cup]]s together with six [[Premier Academy League]] titles altogether.<ref name=ArsenalAward /><ref name="Arsenal10" /><ref name="Arsenal09" /> Numerous international players have graduated from the academy and reserve teams.

==History==
===Under-21 team (previously reserve team)===
====Early years (1887–1919)====
Since Arsenal were based in [[Plumstead]] as Royal Arsenal F.C., they had a reserve side which was at first set up in 1887. The club initially played friendlies and cup competitions, winning the [[1889–90 in English football|1889–90]] [[Kent County Football Association|Kent Junior Cup]]. In [[1895–96 in English football|1895–96]], the club which was renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1891, had their reserves join the [[Kent Football League|Kent League]], winning the title the next season but leaving circa 1900.<ref>{{cite web|title=Woolwich Arsenal Reserves |url=https://www.fchd.info/W-ARSEN2.HTM|work=Football Club History Database}}</ref> They later joined the [[London League (football)|London League]] where they won three titles during the 1900s.

From [[1900–01 in English football|1900–01]] to [[1902–03 in English football|1902–03]], the reserves played in the [[Kent County Football Association|West Kent League]], winning the league title in every season they featured within such.<ref name="andykelly"/> As they were at a level higher than their local opponents, in 1903 the team moved to South Eastern League, playing there until [[1914–15 in English football|1914–15]] when football was suspended due to the First World War. Concurrent to this period, the reserves also entered in the [[London League (football)|London League First Division]] in the [[1906–07 in English football|1906–07]], [[1907–08 in English football|1907–08]], [[1908–09 in English football|1908–09]], [[1913–14 in English football|1913–14]] and [[1914–15 in English football|1914–15]] seasons. The club went on to omit the "Woolwich" from their title in 1913, so as to be known only as "Arsenal".

====The Football Combination (1919–1939)====
Following the end of World War I in 1918, Arsenal Reserves took the first team's place in the [[Football Combination|London Combination]] league which was renamed the Football Combination in the summer of 1939.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/post-war-arsenal/highbury-stages-first-live-broadcast?ts=dn|title=Arsenal at war|website=Arsenal.com|date=19 May 2024 }}</ref> For the [[1926–27 in English football|1926–27]] season, the competition was expanded to include teams as far afield as Portsmouth, Swansea, Southend and Leicester. During the inter-war period Arsenal's reserves matched the first team's success, winning the League South A title of 1940 and 1943 as well as being the London league champions of 1942.<ref name=Bio /> Additionally, from 1931 onwards the club's reserves were entered into the [[London Challenge Cup]], winning it twice in [[1933–34 in English football|1933–34]] and as well in [[1935–36 in English football|1935–36]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |date=1998 |title=A-Z of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=1-874427-57-7 |page = 82}}</ref>

To give opportunities to younger players, Arsenal created an 'A' team in 1929. Initially the 'A' team entered the London Professional Mid-Week League and were champions in [[1931–32 in English football|1931–32]].<ref name="andykelly">{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.kelly/stats/stats.htm |title=Complete Honours List |access-date=2006-12-03 |work=Arsenal Pics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408071449/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.kelly/stats/stats.htm |archive-date=2003-04-08 |author=Kelly, Andy |url-status=dead }}</ref> They then competed in the league until the [[1933–34 in English football|1933–34]] footballing season. Wherein, during the summer of 1934, Arsenal had taken on Kent side [[Margate F.C.|Margate]] as their nursery team. Arsenal had agreed to send promising youngsters to Margate to give them experience in the [[Southern Football League]] and were given first choice on any Margate players. The two clubs thus enjoyed being within this relationship which had lasted for four years before Arsenal broke it off in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.sportskeeda.com/football/play-the-margate-way-play-the-lorient-way-play-the-arsenal-way|title=Margate & Lorient: Arsenal's breeding grounds|website=Sports Keeda.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margate-fc.co.uk/history.html|title=Margate FC A History|website=Margate-FC.co.uk}}</ref> Afterwards, Arsenal entered the reserve team in the Southern League in its own right with home games being played at [[Enfield F.C.]]'s stadium at [[Southbury Road]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&it=90|title=Arsenal 0-0 Colchester United|website=coludata.co.uk}}</ref> The club eventually finished in 6th place in the [[1938–39 Southern Football League|league season of 1938–39]].{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

At the start of the 1939–40 season the reserves played two Football Combination games and one Southern League game before football was partly suspended due to the outbreak of the Second World War.<ref name=Bio />

====The Football Combination (1945–1999)====
For the [[1946–47 in English football|1946–47]] season, the Football Combination resumed but the league was split into two divisions with the winners of each division playing in a final to decide the champions. A new competition was introduced&nbsp;– the [[The Football Combination|Football Combination Cup]]. This was the same teams that played in the Football Combination but divided into 4 groups with the winners of each group playing in semi-finals and a final. This format continued until the end of the [[1954–55 in English football|1954–55]] season. From [[1955–56 in English football|1955–56]] the Football Combination continued generally as a normal league format, occasionally consisting of two divisions with promotion and relegation. The Football Combination Cup was discontinued but re-instated for seasons [[1965–66 in English football|1965–66]] to [[1969–70 in English football|1969–70]] inclusive and [[1996–97 in English football|1996–97]]. The reserves continued to be entered in the London FA Challenge Cup until the [[1973–74 in English football|1973–74]] season, with the exception of [[1961–62 in English football|1961–62]] when the first team were entered.

The 'A' team was resurrected at the start of the [[1948–49 in English football|1948–49]] season when a team was entered in the [[Eastern Counties Football League|Eastern Counties League]], Eastern Counties League Cup and East Anglian Cup, winning the Eastern Counties League in 1954–55, after which they left the league (stating that it was so strong that they needed to enter a more competitive team, which would be more expensive),<ref name=MB>Blakeman, M (2010) ''The Official History of the Eastern Counties Football League 1935-2010, Volume II'' {{ISBN|978-1-908037-02-2}}</ref> but continued to play in the East Anglian Cup for the next two seasons. In addition, the 'A' team was also entered in the London Professional Mid-Week League from [[1949–50 in English football|1949–50]] to [[1957–58 in English football|1957–58]], winning a second time in [[1952–53 in English football|1952–53]]. During the summer of 1958, the 'A' team was entered into the [[Metropolitan League]], Metropolitan League Cup and Metropolitan League Professional Cup. This proved a very successful venture until the mid-1960s. Towards the end of the 1960s, the 'A' team struggled against strong amateur teams and the club declined to enter a team after the close of the [[1968–69 in English football|1968–69]] season.

====1999–present====
In 1999 they left the Combination to become founding members of the [[Premier Reserve League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.sportskeeda.com/football/at-last-arsenal-reserves-get-a-breakthrough-of-sorts|title=Arsenal reserves get a breakthrough of sorts|website=Sport Keeda.com}}</ref> They never won the competition, although they did finish as runners-up in the [[2001–02 in English football|2001–02]] and 2010–11 seasons. At the end of the [[2011–12 in English football|2011–12]] season they finished 3rd in Reserve League South, in what would be the competition's final season. Players from the reserve team have also been used extensively in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] since the [[1997–98 in English football|1997–98]] season. At the beginning of the [[2012–13 in English football|2012–13]] season Arsenal's reserve and academy structure received a major overhaul. The reserve team left the [[Premier Reserve League]] and joined the [[Professional Development League]] for the competition's inaugural season. Fundamentally, replacing the reserves with an Under-21 team that has the allowance of three over-age outfield players and one goalkeeper per match day.

At the beginning of the [[2014–15 in English football|2014–15]] season Arsenal's academy coaching structure received a major change with [[Andries Jonker]] being appointed as head of academy on 1 July 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/andries-jonker-appointed-academy-manager|title=Andries Jonker appointed Academy manager|website=www.arsenal.com|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> along with several key changes with in key coaching roles throughout the academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140403/youth-academy-coaches-re-organisation|title=Youth academy coaches re-organisation|website=www.arsenal.com|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> In his time in charge of the academy, he instigated many changes, such as changes to the way the players were educated within the club, therefore helping them spend more time on site with their fellow players. He was also a key part in the new Hale End facility being built,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20170331/new-academy-facility-opens-its-doors|title=New Academy facility formally unveiled|website=www.arsenal.com|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> with three pitches for the academy teams to make use of. In 2016 with the rebranding of the [[Premier League]] the reserve team continued to play in the [[Professional Development League]], but it would now be named the Premier League 2. On 27 February 2017, it was announced the Andries Jonker would leave his role as head of academy to join [[VfL Wolfsburg]] as head coach, alongside former Arsenal player [[Freddie Ljungberg]] as assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20170227/jonker-named-head-coach-at-wolfsburg|title=Jonker named head coach at Wolfsburg|website=www.arsenal.com|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>

===Academy (previously Youth)===
====Arsenal Youth (1954–1998)====
Arsenal have occasionally operated a youth team as far back as [[1893–94 in English football|1893–94]], and there had been an established third team known as Arsenal 'A' for young players from 1929 to 1969.

The club have played in the [[FA Youth Cup]] since the [[1954–55 in English football|1954–55]] season and then entered into the [[South Eastern Counties League|South East Counties Youth Football League]] simultaneously. The following season the league competition was renamed as the South East Counties League.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.middlesexfa.com/AboutUs/History/ | title=The History of the Middlesex County FA }}</ref> Arsenal also featured from [[1954–55 in English football|1955]] into another tournament known as the South East Counties League Cup wherein they stayed within while excluding the [[1967–68 in English football|1968]] and [[1968–69 in English football|1969]] seasons to the [[1997–98 in English football|1997–98 English footballing season]]. Arsenal's Academy altogether was victorious in the Counties League in 1956, 1965, 1972 and 1991. Arsenal's youths also played in the London Minor FA Challenge Cup from [[1954–55 in English football|1955]] to [[1955–56 in English football|1956]]. In [[1959–60 in English football|1960]] they rejoined the competition where they stayed until [[1966–67 in English football|1967]] and was also successful in the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup which they won in [[1955–56 in English football|1956]], [[1971–72 in English football|1972]], [[1974–75 in English football|1975]] and [[1998–99 in English football|1999]].<ref name=ArsenalAward>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/academy/honours|title=Arsenal Academy's Awards|website=Arsenal.com|date=19 May 2024 }}</ref><ref name=South>{{cite web|url=http://scefl.com/archives|title=South East Counties League: Archives|website=SCEFL.com}}</ref>

Arsenal thus became, of youth teams in the country, the winners of seven South East Counties League titles and six South East Counties League Cups of which included three "doubles".<ref name=South />

====Arsenal Academy (1998–present)====
The youth team became founder members of the [[Premier Academy League|FA Premier Youth League]] in [[1997–98 in English football|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 Under-19 and Under-17 sections, 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 in English football|1999–00]] and the U19 title in [[2001–02 in English football|2001–02]] as well as two more FA Youth Cups in [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 2000s|2000]] and [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 2000s|2001]].<ref name=ArsenalAward />

Since [[2004–05 in English football|2004–05]], the FA Premier Academy League has consisted of only a single section for Under-18s, although an Under-16 section is played with no league table being recorded. Arsenal U18s have won their division group (Group A) three times, in [[2007–08 in English football|2007–08]], [[2008–09 in English football|2008–09]] and [[2009–10 in English football|2009–10]]. They went on to win the academy play-off semi-final and final in 2008–09 and 2009–10 to become [[Premier Academy League]] champions. In 2009 they completed their first double by also winning the [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 2000s|2008–09]] FA Youth Cup, having beaten Liverpool 6–2 on aggregate in the final.<ref name=ArsenalAward />

Arsenal got to fourth place of the [[NextGen Series]] in [[2012–13 NextGen Series|2013]]<ref name="NextGen">{{Cite web|title=Arsenal lose in NextGen third-place play-off|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/premier-league/2012-2013/arsenal-lose-in-nextgen-third-place-play-off_sto3691519/story.shtml|date=2013-03-31|website=Eurosport|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> and got to the quarterfinals of the newly created [[UEFA Youth League]] in [[2013–14 UEFA Youth League|2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/arsenal-1-0-cska-moscow-gnabry-grabs-plaudits-dogged-defenders-are-quiet-stars|title=Arsenal 1-0 CSKA Moscow: Gnabry grabs plaudits but dogged defenders are the quiet stars|website=Four Four Two.com|date=26 March 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/news/newsid=2056526.html|title=Clinical Arsenal overcome Shakhtar|website=UEFA.com|date=25 February 2014 }}</ref> In 2016, Arsenal's U21s won the semifinal of the [[Professional Development League]]'s Division 2 playoffs 2–1 against [[Blackburn Rovers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobile.rovers.co.uk/news/article/blackburn-rovers-arsenal-under-21s-play-offs-3092440.aspx|title=Arsenal u21s 2-1 Blackburn Rovers|website=Rovers.co.uk}}</ref> In the final Arsenal beat [[Aston Villa]] by 3 goals to 1 at the [[Emirates Stadium]] so as to become playoff champions.<ref name=Playoff>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/arsenal-3-aston-villa-1-11314715|title= Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 1- Villa youngsters suffer play-off final defeat|newspaper=Birmingham Mail}}</ref>

In April 2017, Arsenal's Under 13 team defeated [[Sunderland F.C.|Sunderland]] to lift the inaugural Premier League National Cup as champions.<ref name=U13s>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20170413/arsenal-u-13s-win-national-cup-final|title=Arsenal's U-13s win national cup final|website=Arsenal.com|date=19 May 2024 }}</ref> As well, in June 2017, Arsenal's Under-14s won the 2016-17 [[Premier League]] Albert Phelan Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/Arsenal/status/877240135905050625|title=Congrats to our Under-14s|website=Arsenal.com}}</ref> On 7 July 2017, it was announced that [[Per Mertesacker]], who retired from football at the end of the 2017–18 season, would take up the role of Arsenal Academy's manager thereafter.<ref name=Per>{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/mertesacker-lead-arsenal-academy|title=Per Mertesacker to lead Arsenal academy|website=Arsenal.com|date=19 May 2024 }}</ref>

==Current squad==
===Under-21s===
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{{Fs player|no=37|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Nathan Butler-Oyedeji]]}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Harrison Dudziak|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Khayon Edwards]] }}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Seb Ferdinand|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=43|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Romari Forde|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Jimi Gower}}
{{Fs player|no=46|nat=NLD|pos=FW|name=[[Ismeal Kabia]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=ALB|pos=DF|name=[[Maldini Kacurri]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=48|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Osman Kamara}}
{{Fs player|no=49|nat=ENG|pos=DF/MF|name=[[Myles Lewis-Skelly]]|other=}}
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{{Fs player|no=50|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Zane Monlouis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=51|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Joshua Nichols|Josh Nichols]]}}
{{Fs player|no=53|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Ethan Nwaneri]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=54|nat=DEN|pos=GK|name=Lucas Martin Nygaard}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Brian Okonkwo }}
{{Fs player|no=56|nat=NLD|pos=MF|name=[[Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand]]}}
{{Fs player|no=57|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=Ismail Oulad M’hand}}
{{Fs player|no=59|nat=CRC|pos=DF|name=[[Elián Quesada-Thorn]]}}
{{Fs player|no=61|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Josh Robinson|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=62|nat=COL|pos=GK|name=[[Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=63|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=Michał Rosiak}}
{{Fs end}}

====Out on loan====
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{{Fs player|no=45|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Jack Henry-Francis|other=on loan to [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]] until November 2024}}
{{Fs player|no=64|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Charles Sagoe Jr.]]|other=on loan to [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] until June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

===Under-18s===
''These players can also play with the Under-21s and the [[Arsenal F.C.|senior squad]].''

====Second-year scholars====
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{{Fs player|no=71|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Jakai Bascoe-Fisher|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=72|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Dan Casey|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=73|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Reece Clairmont|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=74|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=[[Brayden Clarke]]}}
{{Fs player|no=75|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Louie Copley|other=}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=76|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Ayden Heaven]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=EGY|pos=DF|name=Cam'ron Ismail|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=78|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=Max Kuczynski|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=79|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Daniel Oyetunde|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Zacariah Shuaib|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=81|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=William Sweet|other=}}
{{Fs end}}

====First-year scholars====
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{{Fs player|no=82|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Andre Harriman-Annous|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=84|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Sam Chapman|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=85|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Ife Ibrahim|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=86|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Theo Julienne|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=87|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=Alex Marciniak|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=89|nat=NGA|pos=DF|name=Josh Ogunnaike|other=}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat=NIR|pos=FW|name=Ceadach O’Neill}}
{{Fs player|no=91|nat=NGA|pos=DF|name=Samuel Onyekachukwa|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=92|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Jack Porter (footballer)|Jack Porter]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=93|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Khari Ranson|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=94|nat=SRB|pos=FW|name=Louis Zečević-John|other=}}
{{Fs end}}

====Schoolboys (U15/16s)====
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{{Fs player|no=97|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Brando Bailey-Joseph|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=98|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Marli Salmon|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Max Dowman]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=5/U15|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Johanan Lo-Tutala|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Danny Dixon|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Jack Talbot|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=Patrick Stachow|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=Abraham Owusu-Gyasi|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Josiah King|other=}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=CIV|pos=DF|name=Joshua Tahou|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Robert Adams|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Maalik Hashi|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Teshaun Murisa|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Bowen Philipps|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Saurap Sampang|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=Jayden Adetiba|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Marley Frohock|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=7/U15|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Kal Meron|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=8/U15|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Yabsera Meron|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=WAL|pos=FW|name=Leon Scarlett|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=17/U15|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Kyran Thompson|other=}}
{{Fs end}}

==Current staff==
'''Head Coaches:'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Per Mertesacker]] || Academy Manager
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Hobbs|| Head of Coaching
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} Mehmet Ali|| U21 Head Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Adam Birchall]] || U18 Head Coach
|-
| Vacant || U17 Head Coach 
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Donaldson || U16 Head Coach 
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Josh Smith || U15 Head Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Copley || U14 Head Coach 
|-
| {{flagicon|GRD}} Josh Hinckson|| U13 Head Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kieron Lewis || U12 Head Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Lewis Goater || U11 Head Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jhovan Bruce de Rouche || U10 Head Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Derry Hart|| U9 Head Coach
|}

'''Staff:'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Will Oldham || Operations Manager
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Boca || Senior Operations Officer
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Wilson || Kit Manager
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Matt Henly || Head of Education
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Perry Stewart || Head of Performance
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kate Green || Head of Personal Development and Psychology
|-
| {{flagicon|BRB}} [[Matt Joseph]] || Coach Developer
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ken Gillard]] || U21/Loan Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Max Porter (footballer)|Max Porter]] || U21 Assistant Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Adam Pilling || U18 Assistant Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Dominic May || Lead U21 Strength & Conditioning Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Terry Mason || Head of Goalkeeping
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Terpcou || Goalkeeping Coach (U18)
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Matt Doyle || Goalkeeping Lead Coach (U9-U18)
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Reece Ottley || Goalkeeping Lead Coach (U12-U16)
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Herron || Head of Talent ID
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Brown (footballer, born 1966)|Steve Brown]] || Lead Talent ID Coordinator (U8-U16)
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Perkins (footballer)|Chris Perkins]] || Head of Emerging Talent (U17-21)
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Conan Watson || Lead Talent ID Coordinator (U15-U16)
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} Phil Antwi || Lead Talent ID Coordinator (U12-U14)
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ayo Durojaiye || Lead Talent ID Coordinator (U9-U11)
|-
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Niall O'Connor || Lead Analyst
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Josh Brimacombe-Wiard || Academy Analyst & Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Moore || Analyst 
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Mincher || U9-16 Analyst
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Zenon Backhouse || U18 Analyst
|}

==Honours==
;Reserves<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.kelly/stats/stats.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408071449/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.kelly/stats/stats.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-04-08|title=Arsenal Reserves: Honours|website=NTL World.com}}</ref>
*'''[[Football Combination|Football & London Combination]]: 18'''
:1922–23, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1983–84, 1989–90
*'''Football Combination Cup: 3'''
:1952–53, 1967–68, 1969–70
*'''London FA Challenge Cup: 7'''
:1933–34, 1935–36, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1969–70
*'''[[Kent Football League (1894–1959)|Kent League]]: 1'''
:1896–97
*'''West Kent League: 3'''
:1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03
*'''London League First Division: 3'''
:1901–02, 1903–04, 1906–07
*'''Kent Junior Cup: 1'''
:1889–90
*'''London Professional Mid-Week League: 2'''
:1931–32, 1952–53
*'''[[Eastern Counties League]]: 1'''
:1954–55
*'''[[Metropolitan League]]: 3'''
:1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63
*'''[[Metropolitan League Cup]]: 2'''
:1960–61, 1965–66
*'''[[Metropolitan League Professional Cup]]: 2'''
:1960–61, 1961–62

;Academy
*'''[[Professional Development League]] & [[Premier Academy League]]: 6''' '''(record)'''<ref name=ArsenalAward /><ref name=Playoff /><ref name="Arsenal10">{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/172009/youth/arsenal-yth-v-nottm-forest-yth?tab=report|title=Academy Final- Arsenal 5-3 Nottm Forest - Report|work=Arsenal Broadband Limited|access-date=11 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="Arsenal09">{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/3146477/youth/tottenham-hotspur-yth-v-arsenal-yth?tab=report|title=Academy Final- Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal - Report|work=Arsenal Broadband Limited|access-date=17 May 2009}}</ref>
:1997–98 (U18), 1999–00 (U17), 2001–02 (U19), [[2008–09 Premier Academy League|2008–09]] (U18), [[2009–10 Premier Academy League|2009–10]] (U18), [[2015–16 Professional U21 Development League|2015–16 (Play-Off Winners)]] (U21)
*'''[[FA Youth Cup]]: 7'''<ref name=ArsenalAward /> 
:[[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 1960s#1965.E2.80.9366: Arsenal v. Sunderland .285.E2.80.933 aggregate.29|1965–66]], [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 1970s#1970.2F71: Arsenal v. Cardiff City .280-0 and 2-0.2C 2-0 Aggregate.29|1970–71]], [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 1980s#1987.2F88: Arsenal v. Doncaster Rovers .285-0 and 1-1.2C 6-1 Aggregate.29|1987–88]], [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 1990s|1993–94]], [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 2000s|1999–00]], [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 2000s|2000–01]], [[2008–09 FA Youth Cup|2008–09]]
*'''Premier League National Cup: 1'''<ref name=U13s />
:2016–17
*'''[[South East Counties League]]: 4'''
:1955–56, 1964–65, 1971–72, 1990–91
*'''South East Counties League Cup: 6'''
:1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1970–71, 1979–80
*'''Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 5'''
:1962–63, 1965–66, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1997–98
*'''London Minor FA Cup: 1'''
:1966–67
*'''[[NextGen Series]]: [[2012–13 NextGen Series|2012–13]] Fourth place<ref name=NextGen />

==Academy graduates==
This is a list of former Arsenal F.C. academy or Arsenal 'A' graduates who have gone on to represent their country at full international level since the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Players who are still at Arsenal, or play at another club on loan from Arsenal, are highlighted in bold.

;Left Academy before 1980
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* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Forsyth (footballer, born 1952)|Alex Forsyth]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arthur Milton]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charlie George]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[David O'Leary]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Frank O'Neill (footballer, born 1940)|Frank O'Neill]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Frank Stapleton]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Graham Rix]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[John Devine (footballer, born 1958)|John Devine]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Radford (footballer)|John Radford]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Len Shackleton]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Leslie Compton]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Liam Brady]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lionel Smith (footballer)|Lionel Smith]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Mal Griffiths]]
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Pat Rice]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Storey]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ray Daniel (Welsh footballer)|Ray Daniel]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ray Kennedy]]
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Sammy Nelson]]
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Terry Neill]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Tom Walley]]
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;Left Academy between 1980 and 1989
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* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Cole]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Andy Marriott]]
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Colin Hill (footballer)|Colin Hill]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Rocastle]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kevin Campbell (footballer)|Kevin Campbell]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Keown]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Thomas (footballer, born 1967)|Michael Thomas]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Niall Quinn]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Merson]]
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Steve Morrow]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony Adams (footballer)|Tony Adams]]
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;Left Academy between 1990 and 1999
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* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ashley Cole]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Graham Barrett]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Harry Kane]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jermaine Pennant]]
* {{flagicon|BAR}} [[Matt Joseph]]
* {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Narada Bernard]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Pat Scully]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Paul Dickov]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ray Parlour]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Rhys Weston]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Richard Hughes (footballer)|Richard Hughes]]
* {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Stefán Gíslason]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Sidwell]]
* {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Valur Gíslason]]
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;Left Academy between 2000 and 2009
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* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Anthony Stokes]]
* {{flagicon|ATG}} [[Anton Blackwood]]
* {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Armand Traoré]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Carlos Vela]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Cesc Fàbregas]]
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Colin Kazim-Richards]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Bentley]]
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Dean Shiels]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Simek]]
* {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Gavin Hoyte]]
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Georgios Efrem]]
* {{flagicon|TGO}} [[Gilles Sunu]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Hal Robson-Kanu]]
* {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Håvard Nordtveit]]
* {{flagicon|FRO}} [[Ingi Højsted]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Wilshere]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jay Bothroyd]]
* {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Johan Djourou]]
* {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Justin Hoyte]]
* {{flagicon|GUY}} [[Keanu Marsh-Brown]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Keith Fahey]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kieran Gibbs]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Neil Kilkenny]]
* {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Nicklas Bendtner]]
* {{flagicon|COD}} [[Peggy Lokando]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Quincy Owusu-Abeyie]]
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sebastian Larsson]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Szczęsny]]
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;Left Academy between 2010 and 2019
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* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ainsley Maitland-Niles]]
* {{flagicon|KVX}} [[Alban Bunjaku]]
* {{flagicon|RWA}} [[Alfred Mugabo]]
* {{flagicon|GUY}} [[Anthony Jeffrey]]
* {{flagicon|GUY}} [[Bayli Spencer-Adams]]
* {{flagicon|COD}} [[Benik Afobe]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Bukayo Saka]]'''
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Daniel Ballard]]
* {{flagicon|MKD}} [[Dejan Iliev]]
* {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Donyell Malen]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eberechi Eze]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Eddie Nketiah]]'''
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Emile Smith Rowe]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Emiliano Martínez]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Emmanuel Frimpong]]
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Glen Kamara]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Héctor Bellerín]]
* {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Ismaël Bennacer]]
* {{flagicon|MSR}} [[Jernade Meade]]
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Kostas Pileas]]
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kristoffer Olsson]]
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kristopher Da Graca]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Krystian Bielik]]
* {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Nathan Tella]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Nico Yennaris]]
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Oğuzhan Özyakup]]
* {{flagicon|GRD}} [[Reice Charles-Cook]]
* {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Semi Ajayi]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Serge Gnabry]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Yunus Musah]]
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;Left Academy between 2020 and 2029
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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Folarin Balogun]]
* {{flagicon|EST}} '''[[Karl Hein (footballer)|Karl Hein]]'''
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Marcelo Flores]]
* {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Omari Hutchinson]]
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;Currently in Academy
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* {{flagicon|TUN}} '''[[Omar Rekik]]'''
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==References==
'''General'''
*{{cite book | first1=Phil | last1=Soar | first2=Martin | last2=Tyler | title=The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal | publisher=Hamlyn| year=2005 | isbn=978-0-600-61344-2 | name-list-style=amp}}

'''Specific'''
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.arsenal.com/academy Official website]
*[http://www.arseweb.com/current/res_stats.html Information about the reserves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725011347/http://arseweb.com/current/res_stats.html |date=25 July 2008 }} from Arseweb
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080819093227/http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/arsenal-academy Arsenal FC Academy homepage] on Arsenal.com (dated 2009)

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