Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club (nicknamed Villa), 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. 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. 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. 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). 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 First Division / Premier League: 7 Champions: 1893–94, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1909–10, 1980–81 Second Division / First Division / Championship: 2 Champions: 1937–38, 1959–60 Play-off Winners: 2018–19 Third Division / Second Division / League One: 1 Champions: 1971–72 Cups FA Cup: 7 Winners: 1886–87, 1894–95, 1896–97, 1904–05, 1912–13, 1919–20, 1956–57 League Cup / EFL Cup: 5 Winners: 1960–61, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1993–94, 1995–96 FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield: 1 Winners: 1981 Sheriff of London Charity Shield: 2 Winners: 1899, 1901 European European Cup / UEFA Champions League: 1 Winners: 1981–82 European Super Cup / UEFA Super Cup: 1 Winners: 1982 Intertoto Cup: 1 Winners: 2001 UEFA Europa League: 1 Winners: 2025-26 League position Former position Managers References Other websites Official Aston Villa website list of media articles concerning Aston Villa Aston Villa Fan site Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine Aston Villa: From the Fans' Perspective Heroes and Villains Fanzine - Aston Villa fansite made for the fans, by the fans