Arsenal Football Club

|- | Stage | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Emirates Stadium
(60 432 places) |- |- | President of the club | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Peter Hill-Wood
(since 1982) |- | To manage general | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Arsene Wenger |- | Multitude record | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 73.295 spectators
(March 9th 1935, Sunderland) |- | Seat | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Highbury House
75 Drayton Park, London N5 1BU |- | Player more wrapped | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| David O' Leary: 722 matches |- | Better striker | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Thierry Henry: 226 goals |- | Equipment supplier | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Nike |- |bgcolor=" white" | |bgcolor=" white" | |} Arsenal (the complete name is Arsenal Football Club , also known under the name of The Arsenal or The Gunners ) is a club of Football English founded in 1886 and which evolves/moves in the Championnat of England of football. Arsenal gained 13 championships, 10 cuts of England, a Coupe of the cuts and a UEFA Cup, but does not count yet any success in Ligue of the Champions, in spite of a final in 2006, the first for a London club .

Established since 1913 in the stage of Highbury located in the north of London, the club settled in 2006 in a very new enclosure of 60 000 places: the Emirates Stadium in Ashburton Grove. There exists very old and deep competition with the neighbors Tottenham, with whom they dispute the North London derby each year.

History

Historical reference marks

Arsenal was founded under the name of Dial Square FC in 1886 by workmen of the Royal Arsenal with Woolwich, and renamed Royal Arsenal shortly after. The club adopted finally name Woolwich Arsenal after having obtained the professional statute in 1891.

Gunners began in the Football League the Second Division, and were promoted in Football League First Division in 1904. However the club knew financial problems because of the weak multitudes at the time of the matches, supported by its geographical insulation. In 1913, shortly after their relegation in the Second Division, Gunners crossed the the Thames to settle in a new stage with Highbury, in the north of London. To this change a new denomination was added: Arsenal F.C. . The club only finishes 5th in 1919, but was elected to go up in the first division following the passage of the championship with 22 clubs, with the great despair of its rivals locaux : Tottenham Hotspur . Consequently Arsenal is gone down again never again in lower division.

In 1925 the talented Herbert Chapman became the trainer of Arsenal. It had already gained the championship with Huddersfield Town Football Club in 1924 and 1925, and Arsenal owes him its first period of major successes. Its methods of drive and its qualified tactics of revolutionists, as well as players such as Alex James and Cliff Bastin, are at the origin of the domination of the club in the English football of the years 1930. Between 1930 and 1938, Arsenal gained the championship with five recoveries and by twice the cut. However Chapman died of a Pneumonie in 1934 and could not attend the crowning of its work. It had all the same time to make re-elect the station of subway Gillepsie Road in Arsenal , single London stop bearing the name of a football club.

After the suspension of the championship during the Second world war, Arsenal gained League in 1948 and 1953, as well as the F Cup in 1950. In spite of these successes, the club could not find players of the quality of those which composed its manpower in the years 1930, and gained few trophies before the years 1960. Even the former captain of the team of England of football, Billy Wright, forever known success as managing Arsenal. The second gilded time started in 1966 with the arrival of the physiotherapeutist Bertie Mee as managing. After two finales of League Cup lost, they gained the cut of the Towns of Fairs, their first European trophy, in 1970. This victory was followed of their first doubled cut-championship of England in 1971. In spite of these successes, the decade 1970 was characterized by a great number of missed appointments. They finished seconds of the championship in 1973, lost three finales of cut of England (1972, 1978 and 1980) and were demolished finally Coupe of Europe of the winners of cuts in 1980 at the conclusion of the test of the shootings to the goal. The only great success of the club at that time was a victory in F Cup acquired in 1979 at the last minute of the finale the opponent with Manchester United.

The return of the former player George Graham as managing in 1986 brought a third period of glory. Arsenal gained League Cup in 1987, as of its first season with the club. The championship 1989 was torn off thanks to a victory over a goal registered at the last minute at the time of the last match of the season disputed on the ground of their challenger Liverpool. Tedious Arsenal ( Boring Arsenal ) was again crowned in 1991, by conceding only one defeat, and makes a success of doubled F Cup and League Cup in 1993. Finally Arsenal gained thanks to Graham a second European trophy in 1994, the Coupe of Europe of the winners of cuts. However the reputation of George Graham was tarnished when it was revealed that the agent Rune Hauge had poured to him commissions during the signature of certain players. It was dislocated of its functions in 1995 and suspended during one year by the English federation. Successes of the club starting from end of the year 1990 owe much with the recruitment of the French trainer Arsène Wenger in 1996. It brought a tactical new approach, a new mode of drive and several foreign players (in particular of the French players) supplemented the starting manpower. Arsenal makes a success of two new doubled cut-championship in 1998 then in 2002 ; the club also gained the F Cup in 2003 and 2005. In 2004 Arsenal was crowned champion by not losing any match, and carried the record of invincibility in First League to 49 matches of at a stretch. With this performance, the club is called Arsenal invincible the . Under the control of Arsene Wenger the club always finished with the one of the first two places of the English championship, except for the season 1996-1997 finished in the third place and 2005-2006 finished in the fourth place. Arsenal is regarded as one of the three English clubs most important with Manchester United and Liverpool. However the club did not know the same success on the European scene, in spite of two titles (UEFA Cup in 1970 and Coupe of the cuts in 1994), and although it reached the final of the Ligue of the champions in 2006.

Prize list

League of the Champions :

Finalist: 2006

Cut of Europe of the winners of cut :

Victorious: 1994.
Finalist: 1980 and 1995.

UEFA Cup :

Victorious: 1970.
Finalist: 2000.

Supercoupe of the UEFA :

Finalist: 1995

Championship of England :

Champion (13): 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1971, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004.
Vice-champion (8): 1926, 1932, 1973, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005.

Championship of England de D2

Vice-champion: 1904.

Cut of England :

Victorious (10): 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005.
Finalist (7): 1927, 1932, 1952, 1972, 1978, 1980, 2001.

Cut of the League :

Victorious: 1987 and 1993.
Finalist: 1968, 1969, 1988 and 2007.

Community Shield :

Victorious (12): 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004.

Emirates Cup :

Victorious: 2007

Tournament of Amsterdam :

Victorious: 2005, 2007

With 13 championships of England, Arsenal is the third club more titrated Kingdom, after Liverpool and Manchester United. And with 10 F Cups, it is the second club more titrated in this competition, after Manchester United. Arsenal also succeeded in carrying out 3 " Doubles" (to gain Premierleague and F Cup the same year: in 1971,1998 and 2002), a record divided with Manchester United. Arsenal managed to be the first English team to gain F Cup and League Cup during the same year (1993) and is finally the only club of London to have succeeded in reaching a final of Champion' S League in 2006.

Topicality

The intersaison 2007 was marked by the departure of Thierry Henry to FC Barcelona. The supporters of Gunners thought that the club was going to crumble without its best striker of the history of the club. Of this fact the players of this springtide were motivated than ever and wanted to prove that they did not need " Titi" to succeed. Thus the players of Arsenal carry out a splendid beginning of the season with a Cecs Fàbregas in a state of grace which awakes with the eyes of Europe. There was also a certain release in attack of Adebayor which also carries out a superb beginning of the season to him by registering a superb goal against Tottenham, the sworn enemy of Arsenal. Other players made very a good start of season like Hleb, van Persie, Gallas, Eboué, or Sagna to quote only them. After 12 days of championship, Gunners are first with 27 points. In Champions League Gunners quite as exceptional with in particular one 7-0 are inflicted with the Slavia Prague including two doubled signed Cecs Fàbregas and Walcott.

Colors

Historically, Arsenal raises, in residence, a shirt bright red with white sleeves with white shorts, but that was not always the case. The choice of the red comes in recognition from a charitable donation from Nottingham Forest, shortly after the foundation of the club in 1886. Two of the founding members of Dial Public garden, Fred Beardsley and Morris Bates, which was players of Nottingham Forest, had moved with Woolwich to work. As it was the first time that a team was founded in the sector no kit could not be found, Beardsley and Bates wrote with their former team to receive equipment and balloon. The shirt was darker than the modern colors of the club, which draws more towards the crimson.

In 1933, Herbert Chapman, wanted that its players are more distinctly equipped, it thus improved the behavior by adding white bands and changed the red color dark into a clearer red.

In 1964, a completely red shirt was tested but, in front of the negative reactions of the supporters, the white sleeves made their return as of the following season. Recently, for the last season of Arsenal with Highbury, the colors of the team returned to the crimson of the beginnings. The club will recover its colors at the end of the season 2005-2006.

The colors of Arsenal also inspired at least two other clubs. In 1909, the Sparta Prague adopted a behavior identical to that of Arsenal and in the years 1930, the Hibernian adopted the design of the shirt of Arsenal but by choosing the green or red color. These two teams still carry these colors today.

The colors external of the club are traditionally yellow and blue but they were sometimes green and navy blue in particular in the years 1980. Since the years 1990 and the arrival of the merchandizing of the shirts of football, the external colors change practically every season. For the season 2007-2008, the club introduced a white shirt external in homage to Herbert Chapman as well as a third shirt resembling the colors of FC Barcelona.

Arsenal is Sponsor ized since 1982. The first agreement was signed with JVC and it finished only in 1999. Since, the London club raised the names of SEGA Dreamcast (1999-2002) then of O ² (2002-2006). Since the summer 2006, and this until 2014, Arsenal is sponsored by Emirates. With regard to the equipment suppliers, it is Nike which provides the club since 1994. Before them, Umbro (1978-1986) and Adidas (1986-1994) were responsible for the shirts.

Blazon

Arsenal has one of the most known blazons in the world, as well in the countries where football reigns, England, Brazil, Spain as in the countries where this sport is not top of the list, the USA, Japan. And if this blazon is one of most known in the world, it is thanks to its history, its design and its notation symbolic which is the gun. Its origin goes back to the creation of the club, i.e. there is more than one century, in 1888, the club named then Royal Arsenal. For information, it was officially founded in 1886 (under the name of Dial Square FC), then gathering workmen of the Royal Arsenal with Woolwich, this explaining the presence of the gun.

The first blazon of the Royal Arsenal was thus revealed in 1888. Y appear three gun S seen of top and pointing towards north, pointing out the blazons of Woolwich. They are often confused with chimneys, but the presence of a head of Lion indicates that it is many guns. In 1922, the club adopted its first blazon with only one gun, pointing towards the east and seen side. This one was used only until in 1925, date on which the gun was turned towards the west, its tube thinned, and the nickname The Gunners , registered on its line. In 1949, the club chooses a more modern blazon, representing the same style of gun as previously, the name of the club to the top of the gun in Gothic characters, as well as a stringcourse with the new currency Latin E of the club, Victoria Concordia Crescit (" The victory comes from the harmonie"). A journalist had found one of the seasons of Arsenal so intense and so beautiful that it (Harry Homer) launched to summarize it this Latin short phrase. The blazon for the first time is coloured - red, green and gold.

. In 2002 was selected a new logo, more modern, in a simpler style, of which the royalties were this time recognized. The gun appears always above, and the name of the club is registered in a police force Without-serif with the top of the gun. The green was replaced by dark blue. This last accepted a reception rather mitigated of the supporters, which in particular reproached him for being unaware of part of the history of the club by removing the text in Gothic characters, the currency and the blazon.

Players emblematic

See also: List of the players of Arsenal Football Club

The following table gives the list of the players who marked the club by the number of matches that they disputed or by the titles which they obtained or for other performances like the number of marked goals.

Managers

The following table gives the list of the managers in function for a certain period and with at least 179 matches directed for Arsenal.

Captains

The following table gives the list of the captains of Arsenal since 1962 and the very first captain of the team in 1904.

The first foreign player to have carried the arm-band of captain was Remi Garde in 1996.

Statistics and records

More concerning the records, see the page Records of Arsenal FC

David O' Leary holds the record of appearances under the shirt of Arsenal, with 722 matches played between 1975 and 1993. Then the former captain Tony Adams with 668 matches comes. The record for a guard is with the credit of David Seaman, with 563 appearances. Thierry Henry is the best striker of her history with 226 goals all competitions confused. He exceeds Ian Wright and his 185 goals.

The multitude record of the club is of 73 707 spectators, for a match of League of the Champions against RC Lens the November 25th 1998 at the time which Lens carried it 1 to 0 thanks to a goal of Mickaël Debève with the Wembley Stadium. Arsenal disputed there its European matches because of limited capacity of Highbury. The record with Highbury is of 73 295 spectators, for a tie 0-0 against Sunderland the March 9th 1935.

Arsenal also holds records at the national level, of which in particular that to have disputed the most consecutive seasons in first league (79) and the record of invincibility of 49 matches between May 2003 and October 2004. By including the 38 matches of the season 2003-2004, Arsenal became the second club to remain unconquered during one whole season of championship after Preston North End (which had disputed only 22 matches) in 1888-1889.

At the time of the League of the Champions 2006, Arsenal FC carried out a new record, that consecutively not to box any goal ten matches (precede it record was established by the Milan AC with seven matches) that is to say 995 minutes without only one adversary not finding the way of the nets of Arsenal, it will be necessary to await the inhabitant of Barcelona Samuel Eto' O to put an end to this series for the 76e minute at the time of the finale.

The current team

Manpower

Goalkeepers

1 Jens Lehmann Germany
21 Lukasz Fabianski Poland
24 Manuel Almunia Spain
34 Vito Mannone Italy

side Defenders

3 Bakary Sagna
22 Gaël Clichy France
27 Emmanuel Eboué
31 Justin Hoyte
30 Armand Traoré France

central Defenders

5 Abib Kolo-Touré (vice-captain)
6 Swiss Philippe Senderos
10 William Gallas France (captain)

Defensive mediums

central Mediums

offensive Mediums

7 Tomáš Rosický
13 Alexander Hleb
35 Mark Randall

Assailing

9 Eduardo Da Silva Croatia
11 Robin van Persie Netherlands
25 Emmanuel Adebayor Togo
26 Nicklas Bendtner Denmark
32 Theo Walcott England

Players lent

Matthew Connolly in loan to
Johan Djourou Swiss in loan with
Carlos Vela Mexico in loan with

Source: Manpower first equips

Transfers to the intersaison 2007

Arrivals

Lukasz Fabianski Poland of the
Eduardo Da Silva Croatia of the
Lassana Diarra France of
Bacary Sagna France of
Gilles Sunu France of Chateauroux
Havard Nordtveit Norway de Haugesund

Departures

Jeremie Aliadière France with
Julio Baptista with the
Thierry Henry France with the
Fredrik Ljungberg Sweden with
Arturo Lupoli Italy with the
Fabrice Muamba England with
Mart Poom Estonia with
Jose Antonio Reyes Spain with the

The club and its structures

Stages

Center drive

The center of drive of Arsenal is an ultramodern whole of 58 hectares, installed in the Hertfordshire, close to the village of Shenley. It counts in particular ten football fields, of which two are heated in the event of freezing. The grounds had been traced at the origin with precise measurements of Highbury.

The center, which accommodates the training of all the teams of the club and many matches friendly or amateurs, point of disjunction also Academy. Inaugurated in 1998 for an investment of 10 million pounds sterling (approximately 7 million euros), it replaced the equipment of the Union of the students of the University College off London, of which Arsenal had use since 1961. The team was even accustomed to carrying out her jogging in the streets being neighborly Highbury.

Training center

Arsenal has a training center ( academy in English). The players who appear in it await their turn equips first with it. However these players have of a championship of reserve ( F First Reserve League South ), but also of a cut ( F Youth Cup ) and a championship for less than 18 years ( U18 Lge F U18 Academy League ).

The director of the academy is an old medium ground of the club, Liam Brady, helped by David Court, also a former player of Gunners. Both are responsible for the development of the whole of the boys registered with the academy old from 9 to 21 years.

The examples most famous players of the academy are Ashley Cole, the guard Stuart Taylor and recently Justin Hoyte. Since season 2004/2005, according to a directive of the Federation of England of football, the format of academy changed and will comprise now two teams, less than 18 and less than 16 years.

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Legal and economic aspects

Legal status and legal

The company mother Arsenal Holdings is a Public limited company. However, the statute of Arsenal is considerably different from that of the other football clubs. Only 62 000 actions of Arsenal are distributed and they are not on a market of public exchange like the FTSE or AIM ; nevertheless, they are occasionally exchanged on OFEX, a specialist in the stock exchange actions. In December 2005, the value of Arsenal is estimated at 290 million books, and the club obtained from a tax on the profits 19,3 million books in the financial year 2004-05.

The largest shareholders of the club are a London diamond merchant, Danny Fiszman, like Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith (downward of the marriage of a former president: Sir Bracewell Smith), which respectively holds 24,11% and 15,9% of the emitted actions. Peter Hill-Wood holds some less than 1%. The board of directors of Arsenal thus holds the majority of the actions (to a total value of approximately 45%), but recently, with the advent of the media in the sport, an external organization invested in Arsenal. It is about the Hedge fund Lansdowne Partners (2,7%). The American business man Stan Kroenke has 12,19% of the actions after having repurchased them with ITV.

In 2007, David Dein, following his resignation of the club sells its shares of actions which it held to a total value of 14.58%. At this point in time a few weeks later, following this resignation, that the Red company & White controlled by the Russian Billionaire Alicher Ousmanov, tycoon of gas and steel, near of Vladimir Poutine, enters the capital of the club by repurchasing for 75 million books the shares of David Dein. The Russian Oligarque thus finds second larger shareholder of the club behind Danny Fiszman.

For the time being, the Board of directors of the club continues to affirm not to want to sell the club to foreign investors.

Shares of the capital

Board of directors (Total 45.45%)

Daniel Fiszman 24.11%
Bracewell-Smith Lady 15.9%
Richard Carr 4.4%
Peter Hill-Wood (Flesh) 0.8%
Lord Harris off Peckham 0.09%
Ken Friar 0.07%
Sir Keswick Chips 0.06%
Keith Edelman (MANDELEVIUM) 0.04%

Private investors (33.19%)

Red & White Holdings 21%
Stan Kroenke 12.19%

Board of directors

Hereafter the list of the members of the board of directors also called The Arsenal Board :

Source: Board of directors

Budget of the club

Arsenal forever have the reputation of a very rich club following the example its main competitor Manchester United. Its Turnover was of 138.4 million books in 2005.

Management of the players

The club does not take share either with the escapades concerning the expenditure and the resales on the players. The management of manpower since the era Arsene Wenger watch which the club knew to make of the appreciations on certain players in an impressive way. The most famous example is that of Nicolas Anelka, bought 6 million francs (≈1 million euros), resold with the Real Madrid more than 200 franc million (>30 million euros).

In fact, the Wenger method consists primarily with miser on young players, that is to say by preserving them at the club in the lower teams (like Gaël Clichy and Robin van Persie), or then in loan. That does not exclude either to find the rare pearl like Francesc Fàbregas, formed with the FC Barcelona.

Benefit

In 2005, the club carried out a benefit before tax on 19,3 million books whereas it was only of 10,6 million books in 2004. The support and the development of the methods marketing abroad and in particular in the Asian countries are the main reasons of this success. By comparison, the incomes of the televised rights are assembled to more than 48,6 million books whereas the incomes related to the 27 matches disputed at the stage of Highbury represent a sum of 37,4 million books. The arrival for season 2006/07 of the Emirates Stadium made it possible Arsenal significantly to increase its benefit, the possible total multitude of the new stage is of 22.500 additional people!

Expenditure

Like any football club, the most important costs are related to the wages of the team and staff. This expenditure is assembled to more than 66 million books (whereas in 2004 the figure was of 69.9 million books, but the club underwent the departure of several large players like Robert Pirès or Patrick Vieira). In October 2005, the player best paid club was Thierry Henry which gained more than 114.000 euros per week (except advertizing contracts).

Employees

Table of the employees in 2005:

Source: Annual report of Arsenal FC

Support and image

Supporters

Arsenal has many and faithful supporters, filling the stage with each home match. In 2005-2006, Arsenal had the sixth multitude of England with 38.184 spectators. The fans name themselves " Gooners" , a drifting name of the nickname of the club " The Gunners". Its localization makes Arsenal a club representative of multiple social classes. It is necessary to undoubtedly add to this that the ethnic origin of the supporters of Arsenal is varied from all the clubs of England, this due to the ethnic diversity of the North of London.

Like all the principal English clubs, Arsenal has many clubs of supporters, including the official club of the supporters which is affiliated with the club, and other more independent associations. The supporters publish Fanzine S like The Gooner , Highbury High , least cerebral Gunflash and Up The Arse! . There is also a considerable proportion of Weblog dedicated to the club.

For some time, Arsenal, like many other European clubs, has groups of supporters in the whole world. This phenomenon is with the development of the Satellite television, which allows the creation of sections of supporters in France, in Scandinavia, Asia of South-east and of the East, like to the the United States. In 2005, a report/ratio of Ventures Granada, shareholder of the club to a total value of 9,9%, estimates that Arsenal would have 27 million fans on the whole, placing it in third world position.

The principal rival of Arsenal is its nearer close, Tottenham Hotspur. The matches between the two clubs form the North London derby . The matches with the other London clubs do not miss pas : the matches with Chelsea, Fulham, Charlton Athletic and West Ham United are also derbies, but the competition is not also intense there and history only with Tottenham.

Some songs of supporters of Arsenal can be listened starting from the bonds given in the part Ressources in line .

Certain songs are sometimes completely impromptu… to give an outstanding example, we could quote a match of a London derby (Arsenal vs. Chelsea) in championship at the time of the season 2003-2004. Indeed, Gunners were unconquered at this time in championship there (Re-let us announce that in 2003/2004 Arsenal finished the season without losing only one match) and the only concern of the club was on the question of the financing of the stage which would replace Highbury (named Emirates Stadium later).

The supporters of Chelsea (whose financial means is quasi-unlimited since the president of the club, Roman Abramovitch, is billionaire) thus started to sing, by implying that Arsenal was unable to do it all alone:

" Shall we buy has ground for you? Shall we buy has ground for you? Shall we buy has ground for you? " (Should us buy a ground to you?)

And the supporters of Arsenal immediately retorted, by also implying that Chelsea was unable all alone:

" Shall we win the league for you ? Shall we win the league for you ? Shall we win the league for you ? " (Should gain the championship for you to us?)

Arsenal in the English popular culture

Being one of the most prestigious clubs of England, Arsenal is often present when one tackles the subject of football in the English culture. A film was made in the enclosure of the stade : The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939). This film is focused on a friendly match between Arsenal and an amateur team, of which one of the players is poisoned during the part. Many players of the club had interpreted their own role.

Moreover, the January 22nd 1927, the match Arsenal - Sheffield United is the first match of First League with being diffused on line with the radio. The first match diffused on television will be a friendly meeting opposing Arsenal to its own reserve, the September 16th 1937.

More recently, the book Fever Pitch (1992) of Nick Hornby is a Autobiographie of the author, centered on his relations with football and Arsenal, in particular on the redemption of English football in the years 1990. This work was adapted to the cinema in 1997: yellow Paperboard , centered, him, on the title of 1989.

In the film Ocean' S Twelve , the coveted object is transported in a sport bag of the club towards the end of film.

Arsenal or its players, such Tony Adams, also was the subject of several songs.

Documentation

Official magazine

Each month, the club publishes an official magazine: Arsenal Magazine. (available in English only)

The fans have the possibility of subscribing via the official site of the club.

DVD

Editor: Granada Ventures

Every season starting from 2002 - 2003 are available

Editor: ILC Sport (available in English only)

Finales of F Cup (Cut of England) gained by Arsenal (matches in entirety)

Arsenal vs Sheffield Wednesday 1993 F Final Cup

Arsenal vs Newcastle 1998 F Final Cup

Arsenal vs Manchester United 2005 F Final Cup

Resources on line

Page of statistics ArseWeb
Shirts of Arsenal

Songs

Champions! Champions! Champions!
Red Army ! Red Army! Red Army!
Are you watching Tottenham?
the One-Nile, we happy the Scum 1-0!
Hello, hello, we are Arsenal servant boys!
Seaman! Seaman! Seaman!

See too

External bonds

Official site of the club

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