Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club (nicknamed Villa),[4] is an English football club based in Birmingham. They have played at Villa Park, in Aston, since 1897. They were one of the teams that started the English Football League in 1888. They were also one of the teams that started the Premier League in 1992.[5] They are one of five English clubs to have won the European Cup. They won this in 1982. They have also won the Football League First Division seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup five times, and the European Super Cup once.

Aston Villa
Full nameAston Villa Football Club
Nickname(s)Villa
The Lions
The Claret & Blue Army
Short nameVilla, AVFC
Founded21 November 1874 (1874-11-21)[1]
StadiumVilla Park
Capacity42,680[2]
Owner(s)Nassef Sawiris
Wes Edens
ChairmanNassef Sawiris[3]
Head coachUnai Emery
LeaguePremier League
2023–24Premier League, 4th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Villa have a large rivalry with nearby team Birmingham City. This is called the Second City Derby, and they have been playing against each other since 1879.[6] The team's main home colours are claret and light blue. Their badge is a claret lion (having changed from a yellow lion in 2023).[7][8] The club is owned by the NWSE group (owned by Egyptian Nassef Sawiris) and American Wes Edens.

Club honours

Aston Villa have won European and domestic league trophies. The club's last English trophy was in 1996 when they won the League Cup, and most recently they won the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Domestic
League Titles
Champions:[B] 1893–94, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1909–10, 1980–81
Champions:[B] 1937–38, 1959–60
Play-off Winners: 2018–19[10]
Champions:[B] 1971–72
Cups
Winners: 1886–87, 1894–95, 1896–97, 1904–05, 1912–13, 1919–20, 1956–57
Winners: 1960–61, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1993–94, 1995–96
Winners: 1981
  • Sheriff of London Charity Shield: 2
Winners: 1899, 1901

European
Winners: 1981–82
Winners: 1982
  • Intertoto Cup: 1
Winners: 2001[A]

League position
SeasonLeaguePosition
2000/01Premier League8th
2001/02Premier League8th
2002/03Premier League16th
2003/04Premier League6th
2004/05Premier League10th
2005/06Premier League16th
2006/07Premier League11th
2007/08Premier League6th
2008/09Premier League6th
2009/10Premier League6th
2010/11Premier League9th
2011/12Premier League16th
2012/13Premier League15th
2013/14Premier League15th
2014/15Premier League17th
2015/16Premier League20th
2016/17EFL Championship13th
2017/18EFL Championship4th
2018/19EFL Championship5th
2019/20Premier League17th
2020/21Premier League11th

Former position

Managers
Name Nationality Period Played Win Draw Lose Win%[C] Honours
From To
George Ramsay  Scotland August 1884 May 1926 1,327 658 414 255 049.59 6 FA Cups, 6 Division One championships
Jimmy Hogan  England November 1936 September 1939 124 57 26 41 045.97 Division Two Champions
Eric Houghton  England September 1953 November 1958 250 88 65 97 035.20 FA Cup winner
Joe Mercer  England December 1958 July 1964 282 120 63 99 042.55 Division Two Champions, League Cup winner
Inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame
Ron Saunders  England June 1974 February 1982 353 157 98 98 044.48 2 League Cups, Division One champions. Also in 2006 was inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame.
Tony Barton  England February 1982 June 1984 130 58 24 48 044.62 European Cup, European Super Cup
Jozef Vengloš  Czechoslovakia July 1990 May 1991 49 16 15 18 032.65 First manager not from Britain or Ireland to take charge of a top-flight club in England.[11]
Ron Atkinson  England July 1991 November 1994 178 77 45 56 043.26 League Cup winner
Brian Little  England November 1994 February 1998 164 68 45 51 041.46 League Cup winner
John Gregory  England February 1998 January 2002 190 82 52 56 043.16 Intertoto Cup winner

References
  1. "Aston Villa Football Club information". BBC Sport. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
  2. https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2020/05/27/e9b03ff0-4f09-443e-b934-64ada14679a5/2019-20-PL-Handbook-270520.pdf
  3. "Aston Villa: Wes Edens & Nassef Sawiris to make 'significant investment' in club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. "Premiership club-by-club guide". BBC Sport. 8 August 2005. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  5. Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy; p. 161.
  6. Matthews, Tony (2000). "Aston Villa". The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-9539288-0-4.
  7. Woodhall, Dave (2007). The Aston Villa Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-905326-17-4.
  8. "Introducing our badge for 2016/17". Aston Villa Football Club. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  9. Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League. At the same time, the Second Division was renamed the First Division, and the Third Division was renamed the Second Division.
  10. "Report: Championship Play-Off Final".
  11. "Venglos first foreign coach". BBC. 1998-07-17. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

Other websites
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.