Arsenal’s unbeaten 2003-04 Premier League campaign—P38 W26 D12 L0—remains unique in the competition, and Mikel Arteta’s side are the first Arsenal team to win the league since Arsène Wenger’s Invincibles 22 years ago, according to the source text.
Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann played all 38 league matches that season, shared the Golden Glove with Edwin van der Sar with 15 clean sheets and conceded 26 goals. Lehmann later joined Stuttgart, made a surprise return for a final outing in 2011, worked as an assistant at Augsburg in 2019, was appointed to the Hertha Berlin board in 2020 before being sacked over a racially charged message to a pundit, and currently appears as a football analyst on German television, according to the source text.
Left-back Ashley Cole made 32 league appearances in the Invincibles year and was a key part of the left wing. He moved controversially to Chelsea in 2006, won the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League there, had spells with Roma and LA Galaxy, and retired at Derby County in 2019. Cole moved into coaching with roles in Derby’s academy and as an assistant with England’s U21s and senior team, and is currently coach of Serie B side Cesena, according to the source text.
Sol Campbell, listed in the source text as an academy product and captain of Arsenal’s rivals Tottenham Hotspur, made 35 league appearances in 2003-04 and later won an FA Cup with Portsmouth after spells at Notts County, Newcastle United and a return to Arsenal. He moved into management with Macclesfield and Southend United and publicly criticised the lack of diversity in English football’s managerial ranks; he also made an unsuccessful bid to be Mayor of London, according to the source text.
Kolo Touré made 37 league appearances in the Invincibles season as Arsenal conceded 26 goals. He later won the Premier League with Manchester City, played for Liverpool and finished his playing career at Celtic. Touré coached the Ivory Coast U23s, assisted Brendan Rodgers at Celtic and Leicester, had a nine-game spell in charge of Wigan Athletic in 2023, and is noted in the source text as currently an assistant coach under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
Right-back Lauren made 32 appearances in 2003-04, left Arsenal in 2007 and had spells at Portsmouth and Córdoba before retiring; he lives in Spain, works as a FIFA technical analyst and serves as an Arsenal club ambassador. Robert Pires made 36 appearances and scored 14 goals that season, went on to play for Villarreal, Aston Villa and FC Goa, and is listed as an Arsenal club ambassador and regular at the Emirates Stadium, according to the source text.
The supplied text begins to note that Patrick Vieira was the Invincibles captain and had an injury-hit campaign, but does not provide further details in the material provided.
