2002–03 Arsenal F.C. season
The 2002–03 season was Arsenal Football Club's 11th season in the Premier League and their 77th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club retained the FA Cup, a feat last achieved by Tottenham Hotspur in 1982, but finished runners-up to Manchester United in the Premier League. In the UEFA Champions League, defeat to Valencia in the second group stage meant Arsenal exited the competition at the same round for the second successive year.
Arsenal greet their fans before their game at Auxerre, 2 October 2002
Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger is a French former football manager and player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development. He was the manager of Arsenal from 1996 to 2018, where he was the longest-serving and most successful in the club's history. His contribution to English football through changes to scouting, players' training and diet regimens revitalised Arsenal and aided the globalisation of the sport in the 21st century.
Wenger in 2012
Wenger's manager at RC Strasbourg, Gilbert Gress
Ballon d'Or winner George Weah played under Wenger at Monaco, where he won the Coupe de France.
Argentine striker Ramón Díaz came to Monaco under Wenger in 1989.