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.Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy; p. 161. 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: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. 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

 League position 
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 Former position 

 Managers 
NameNationalityPeriodPlayedWinDrawLoseWin%HonoursFromToGeorge RamsayAugust 1884May 19266 FA Cups, 6 Division One championshipsJimmy HoganNovember 1936 September 1939Division Two ChampionsEric HoughtonSeptember 1953 November 1958FA Cup winnerJoe MercerDecember 1958 July 1964Division Two Champions, League Cup winnerInducted into the English Football Hall of FameRon SaundersJune 1974 February 19822 League Cups, Division One champions. Also in 2006 was inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame.Tony BartonFebruary 1982 June 1984European Cup, European Super CupJozef VenglošJuly 1990 May 1991First manager not from Britain or Ireland to take charge of a top-flight club in England.Ron AtkinsonJuly 1991 November 1994League Cup winnerBrian LittleNovember 1994 February 1998League Cup winnerJohn GregoryFebruary 1998 January 2002Intertoto Cup winner

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official Aston Villa website
 list of media articles concerning Aston Villa
 Aston Villa Fan site 
 Aston Villa: From the Fans' Perspective
 Heroes and Villains Fanzine
 - Aston Villa fansite made for the fans, by the fans

Category:Premier League clubs
Category:1874 establishments in England