Arsenal’s 2004 Premier League-winning ‘Invincibles’ team

Arsenal’s 22-year wait for the Premier League title is over after Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth.

Here, the Press Association looks at the starting line-up of the last Gunners team to clinch the championship following a 2-2 draw at Tottenham in April 2004, what they have been up to since and where they are now.

Jens Lehmann

Lehmann left Arsenal in 2008 and retired two years later. Later a member of Arsene Wenger’s backroom staff, Lehmann controversially purchased the ‘Invincibles’ trademark – associated with Arsenal’s historic unbeaten 2003/2004 Premier League season – in 2024. Now works as a football pundit in Germany.

Lauren

The former Cameroon right-back had short stints at Portsmouth and Cordoba after he left Arsenal in 2007. Lauren lives in Seville, and now works as an ambassador for the club.

Campbell won the title twice with Arsenal following a contentious free transfer from rivals Spurs. He headed to Portsmouth in 2006 – and won the FA Cup – before moving to Notts County, returning briefly to Arsenal, spending a season at Newcastle, and then retiring in 2011. Brief managerial dabbles at Macclesfield and Southend, and an unsuccessful political career, followed.

Playing stints at Manchester City, Liverpool and Celtic all followed for Toure after he left the Gunners in 2009. He took charge of Wigan in November 2022 but was sacked after failing to win any of his nine matches in charge. He is now Pep Guardiola’s assistant at City.

A product of Arsenal’s youth academy, Cole won two league titles and three FA Cups at Arsenal before a controversial transfer to Chelsea in 2006. The England left-back won it all with the Blues and, after coaching roles at Derby, Everton and England Under-21s, he is now in his first manager’s job, with Serie B side, Cesena.

Ray Parlour

Parlour left Arsenal in 2004 and closed his career with Middlesbrough and then Hull. He now works as a pundit for talkSPORT.

Arsenal’s ‘Captain Fantastic’ departed the club for Juventus in 2005 before heading to Inter Milan and then returning to the Premier League for one season with Manchester City. He has since managed New York City FC, Nice, Crystal Palace, Strasbourg and Genoa. He is currently without a club and appears as an occasional pundit for Sky Sports.

Gilberto Silva

Gilberto departed Arsenal in 2008 and retired six years later after stints with Panathinaikos, Gremio and Atletico Mineiro. He has since worked for both the Gunners and FIFA as an ambassador.

Joined Villarreal in 2006 and returned to the Premier League with Aston Villa for nine matches. Now in an ambassadorial role for Arsenal, and is a regular at the Emirates Stadium.

The north London club’s greatest-ever scorer joined Barcelona in 2007 and then headed Stateside with the New York Red Bulls before scoring on his short Arsenal comeback in the FA Cup against Leeds in 2012. Landed coaching roles with Monaco and Montreal and oversaw France’s run to a home Olympics final in 2024, where they lost to Spain. Currently works as a pundit for American network CBS.

Dennis Bergkamp

Retired in 2006 and his testimonial against Ajax that summer marked the first game to be played at the Emirates Stadium. Bergkamp has been away from the football spotlight since ending his coaching role with Ajax in 2017.