Arsenal football club is a professional English football club based in North London. Arsenal competes in the prestigious Premier League, considered one of the most competitive leagues in the world. They have come first and won the Premier league 13 times, with once being completely undefeated in the 2003/2004 “Invincibles” season with 38 games played, 26 wins and 12 draws. The club has also won 14 FA cups, a record number, more than any club in England. With a further 17 FA Community Shields won and 2 League Cups, they are the third most successful club in English football.
The “Gunners” were founded in 1886 by Munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal, a factory which manufactured ammunition, proofing, armaments and explosive research for the British Armed Forces. In 1913 the club moved and situated themselves in the Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, becoming close neighbors to the club Tottenham Hotspur, foreshadowing an intense rivalry between the two clubs and creating the North London Derby, the name given to the event whenever the fierce rivals meet and compete.
In 2006, Arsenal moved on from the stadium in Highbury and moved to the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal is considered the be the 10th most valuable football club in the world, estimated by Forbes to be worth 2.26 billion dollars. The motto of the club is Victoria Concordia Crescit, Latin for “Victory Through Harmony”.