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2018–19 Arsenal W.F.C. Season
The 2018–19 season was Arsenal Women's Football Club's 32nd season of competitive football. The club participated in the Women's Super League, the FA Cup and the League Cup. This was the first full season of the club under Australian coach Joe Montemurro. The club qualified for the Champions League by securing a top two spot in the league with three games to go. In the penultimate game of the season, Arsenal secured the top spot of the league and was English champions once more after a seven-year wait. The Gunners finished runners-up in the League Cup and lost in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Review Pre Season Before the first friendlies in pre-season, the squad saw some changes. Midfielders Viktoria Schnaderbeck, Lia Wälti, defender Tabea Kemme (coming from the German Bundesliga) and goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (from the French Division 1) joined the squad, while Arsenal legend Alex Scott retired to focus on her media career, Heather O'Reilly moved back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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An arsenal is a place where weapon, arms and ammunition are made, maintenance, repair, and operations, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether Private property, privately or state-owned, publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly regarded as synonyms, although subtle differences in usage exist. A sub-armory is a place of temporary storage or carrying of weapons and ammunition, such as any temporary post or patrol vehicle that is only operational in certain times of the day. Etymology The term in English entered the language in the 16th century as a loanword from , itself deriving from the term , which in turn is thought to be a corruption of , , meaning "manufacturing shop". Types A lower-class arsenal, which can furnish the materiel and equipment of a small army, may contain a laboratory, gun and carriage factories, small-arms ammunition, small-arms, harness, saddlery tent and powder facto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chips Keswick
Sir John Chippendale "Chips" Lindley Keswick (2 February 1940 – 17 April 2024) was a British merchant banker and member of the Keswick family who control Jardine Matheson, founded by William Jardine. He was chairman of Arsenal Football Club from June 2013 until his retirement in May 2020. Early life and education Part of the Keswick family business dynasty, John Keswick was born on 2 February 1940, as the son of Sir William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick (1903–1990) and Mary Lindley, and the grandson of Henry Keswick. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Aix-Marseilles. Business career Keswick was chairman of Hambros Bank from 1986 to 1998. He was knighted for services to banking in the 1993 New Year Honours. He was a director of Arsenal Football Club from November 2005, and the chairman from August 2013, when he succeeded Peter Hill-Wood, until his retirement in May 2020. Personal life Keswick married Lady Sarah Ramsay, daughter of the 16th Earl of Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juventus F
Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1897 by a group of Turinese students, the club played in different grounds around the city, and plays now in Juventus Stadium. Nicknamed ("the Old Lady"), it has won 36 official league titles, 15 Coppa Italia trophies and nine Italian Super Cups, being the record holder for all these competitions; they also hold two Intercontinental Cups, two European Cup / UEFA Champions Leagues, one European Cup Winners' Cup, three UEFA Cups (Italian record), two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup (Italian record). Consequently, the side leads the historical Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) classification, whilst on the international stage the club occupies the sixth position in Europe and the twelfth in the world for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren James
Lauren Elizabeth James (born 29 September 2001) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League (WSL) club Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea and the England women's national football team, England women's national team. James started her senior career with Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal in 2017 before joining Manchester United W.F.C., Manchester United in 2018 and winning the Women's Championship (England), Championship. Since joining Chelsea in 2021, she has won four WSL titles and two Women's FA Cup, FA Cups with the club, and was awarded the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year for the 2022–23 Chelsea F.C. Women season, 2022–23 season. James represented England at England women's national under-17 football team, U17 and England women's national under-19 football team, U19 level, making her first senior appearance in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, 2023 World Cup qualification. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Moorhouse
Anna Victoria Moorhouse (born 30 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the England national team. She previously played in England for Everton, Durham, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Arsenal and West Ham United, as well as French Division 1 Féminine team Bordeaux. Youth career At the age of 11, Moorhouse joined the Chadderton Grasshoppers boys' team where she spent three years before no longer being allowed to play on a boys' team. She switched to Chaddy End girls before spells with Rocs FC and Oldham Athletic. In 2011, Moorhouse was scouted by Manchester United at the age of 16 and spent a year with the team's Regional Talent Club. Club career Everton Due to Manchester United's lack of a senior women's team, Moorhouse moved to Everton to begin her senior career a year later. She did not make an appearance for Everton in two seasons behind Rachel Brown and Danielle Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather O'Reilly
Heather Ann O'Reilly (born January 2, 1985) is an American former professional women's soccer player who played as a midfielder. She played for the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT), with whom she won three Olympic gold medals and a FIFA Women's World Cup. From 2003 to 2006, she played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). During her club career, O'Reilly played for the New Jersey Wildcats ( USL W-League), Sky Blue FC ( WPS), Boston Breakers ( WPSL Elite and NWSL), FC Kansas City (NWSL), Arsenal ( FA WSL), North Carolina Courage (NWSL), and Shelbourne ( WNL). Upon her initial retirement from international play in September 2016, she is one of the world's most capped soccer players with over 230 international appearances to her name. She is a skilled flank player, currently tied for fifth with Julie Foudy in USWNT history for assists. She is also the eighth most capped player in USWNT history. On October 27, 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Scott (footballer, Born 1984)
Alexandra Virina Scott (born 14 October 1984) is an English sports presenter, pundit and former association football, professional footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back. She has been the current presenter of ''Football Focus'' since 2021. At club level, Scott has had three separate spells with Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal, punctuated with a season at Birmingham City W.F.C., Birmingham City in the 2004–05 season and three years in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) with the Boston Breakers. She scored the winning goal for Arsenal in the 2007 UEFA Women's Cup final. At international level, she made 140 appearances for the England women's national football team, England national team and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, represented Great Britain women's Olympic football team, Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Scott was inducted to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2019, and was inducted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Peyraud-Magnin
Pauline Camille Peyraud-Magnin (born 17 March 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club Juventus and the France national team. Club career Peyraud-Magnin had two spells with Lyon in the D1 Féminine, the top division of football in France, in between that she had spells with Issy, Saint-Étienne and Marseille. After three league titles with Lyon, English club Arsenal signed the player for an undisclosed fee and contract length in July 2018. Her first appearance for them was on the opening day of the season, keeping a clean sheet in a 5–0 win over Liverpool on 9 September. On 1 July 2020, Peyraud-Magnin was announced at Atlético Madrid on a two year contract. On 2 July 2021, Peyraud-Magnin joined Juventus. International career Peyraud-Magnin was called up to the France squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. On 30 May 2022, Peyraud-Magnin was called up to the France squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. Peyraud-Magnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabea Kemme
Tabea Kemme (born 14 December 1991) is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back or winger for Frauen-Bundesliga 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam for twelve years and for Arsenal of the FA Women's Super League. During her youth career and the first two seasons of her senior career, Kemme played as an attacker. She switched to more defensive playing positions while playing for Germany U20 during the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Two of Kemme's goals for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, both long-range shots, were included in the 10 best goals of the German Football Association's Women's ''Goal of the Season 2014–2015'' shortlist. Kemme combined her football career with her police studies at Brandenburg's police training college. Early life Kemme attended the ''Friedrich Ludwig Jahn'' Potsdam Sport School, which has an elite program for girls' football. The school has very close links with the FFC Turbine Potsdam club. Club career In 2006, Kemme started training and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lia Wälti
Lia Joëlle Wälti (; born 19 April 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Arsenal and captains the Switzerland national team. Before signing for Arsenal in July 2018, she played for Nationalliga A club YB Frauen from 2009 until 2013 and for Bundesliga club Turbine Potsdam from 2013 until 2018. She has been a member of the Switzerland national team since August 2011. As an Under-19 international she played the 2009 U-19 European Championship and the 2010 U-20 World Cup. Club career Early career In her childhood, Wälti played ice hockey as well as football. In 2002, at the age of 8, she started playing for FC Langnau, a boys football team coached by her father. In 2007 she was admitted to the Huttwill Training Centre and, half a year later, she joined Team Bern West. In 2009 she moved to BSC Young Boys, where she played for a year in the U16 boys' team. FC Köniz (2008–2009) At the same time she played for Team Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktoria Schnaderbeck
Viktoria Schnaderbeck (born 4 January 1991) is an Austrian former professional footballer who last played for Arsenal in the FA WSL. She was the captain of the Austrian national team. She previously played for FC Bayern Munich in Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, LUV Graz in Austria's ÖFB-Frauenliga, and most recently for Tottenham Hotspur on loan from Arsenal in the FA WSL. Club career Schnaderbeck was with FC Bayern Munich since 2010, winning the league in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons. She made 5 appearances in the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. On 18 April 2016, Schnaderbeck extended her contract until 2018. After her contract with the German side ran out, she signed for Arsenal in May 2018. In January 2022, it was announced that Schnaderbeck had joined Tottenham Hotspur on loan for the rest of the 2021–22 season. On 10 August 2022 in a joint press conference with Lisa Makas, Schanderbeck announced her retirement from professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The competition was first played in 2001–02 under the name ''UEFA Women's Cup'', and renamed the Champions League for the 2009–10 edition. The most significant changes in 2009 were the inclusion of runners-up from the top eight ranked nations, a one-off final as opposed to the two-legged finals in previous years, and – until 2018 – playing the final in the same city as the men's UEFA Champions League final. In the 2021–22 season, the competition proper included a group stage for the first time in the Women's Champions League era, which will evolve into a league phase from the 2025–26 season onward. Lyon is the most successful club in the competition's history, winning the title eight times, including five consecutive titles fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
