The Invincibles

An unbeaten season

Arsenal completed all 38 league games of the 2003/04 season without defeat, finishing with 26 wins, 12 draws and 0 losses. No side had gone through a 38-game top-flight campaign unbeaten before, and the feat earned Arsène Wenger's team the enduring title of The Invincibles. Thierry Henry was the talisman, scoring goals of pace and precision, while Patrick Vieira drove the team and Robert Pires and Dennis Bergkamp wove the football together. Behind them, Sol Campbell and a settled defence held firm, conceding sparingly across a season of remarkable consistency.

A name that endured

The title was sealed away at Tottenham Hotspur, a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane confirming the championship in the most charged of venues. Yet the lasting legacy was the unbeaten record itself, completed at Highbury and later commemorated with a golden trophy from the Premier League. Henry's goals and Vieira's leadership carried a side that combined artistry with resilience, never beaten across 38 matches. The achievement set a benchmark that, more than two decades on, no other club has matched, and the name Invincibles became part of football's permanent vocabulary.

Timeline

• 2003Arsenal begin a Premier League season they will not lose
• 2004Title sealed with a 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur
• 2004Arsenal finish 26 wins, 12 draws, 0 losses
• 2004The Invincibles complete all 38 games unbeaten

Connected pages

• 2003/04
• Thierry Henry
• Patrick Vieira