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| Full name | Aston Villa Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Villans, The Villa, The Lions, The Claret & Blue Army | |
| Short name | Villa, AVFC | |
| Founded | 1874 | |
| Ground | Villa Park (Capacity: 42,660) | |
| Owner | Recom Group Ltd. | |
| Chairman |  Dr "Tony" Xia
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| Manager |  Dean Smith
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| Current League | Premier League | |
| 2020–21 | Premier League, 11th | |
| Website | Club home page | |
  
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Aston Villa Football Club (nicknamed Villa, The Villa, The Villans and The Lions) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were one of the founder members of the Football League in 1888 and of the Premier League in 1992. Villa are one of only five English clubs to have won the European Cup, in 1981–82. They have also won the Football League First Division seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup five times, and the UEFA Super Cup once.
Villa have a fierce local rivalry with Birmingham City and the Second City derby between the teams has been played since 1879. The club's traditional kit colours are claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and sky blue socks. Their traditional club badge is of a rampant lion. The club is currently owned by the NSWE group, a company owned by the Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris and the American billionaire Wes Edens.
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Players
First team squad
- As of 3 October 2020
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On Loan
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Under 23s and Academy
Club alumni
Former players
Managers
Club honours
Domestic league
- First Division (1892-1992) / Premier League
- Champions (7): 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
- Second Division (1892-1992) / First Division (1992-2004) / The Championship
- Champions (2): 1937-38, 1959-60
- Third Division (1920-1992) / Second Division (1992-2004) / League One
- Champions (1): 1971-72
Domestic cup
- League Cup
- Winners (5):1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96
- Charity Shield / Community Shield
- Winners (1): 1981 (shared)
European competition
- European Cup / Champions League
- Winners (1): 1981-82
- Super Cup
- Winners (1): 1982
- Intertoto Cup
- Winners (1): 2001
External links
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Villa Park |
| Aston Villa F.C. squad - 2021–22 |
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1 Heaton · 2 Cash · 3 Taylor · 4 Konsa · 5 Mings · 6 Luiz · 7 McGinn · 8 Lansbury · 9 Wesley · 10 Grealish · 11 Watkins · 12 Steer · 14 Hourihane · 15 Traoré · 17 Trézéguet · 18 Targett · 19 Nakamba · 20 Barkley · 21 El Ghazi · 22 Engels · 24 Guilbert · 25 Sanson · 26 Martínez · 27 Elmohamady · 28 Kalinić · 30 Hause · 36 Vassilev · 39 Davis · 41 Ramsey ·
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| Aston Villa F.C. seasons |
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2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · |
| Aston Villa F.C. squad seasons |
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1960-61 · 1961-62 · 1962-63 · 1963-64 · 1964-65 · 1965-66 · 1966-67 · 1967-68 · 1968-69 · 1969-70 · 1970-71 · 1971-72 · 1972-73 · 1973-74 · 1974-75 · 1975-76 · 1976-77 · 1977-78 · 1978-79 · 1979-80 · 1980-81 · 1981-82 · 1982-83 · 1983-84 · 1984-85 · 1985-86 · 1986-87 · 1987-88 · 1988-89 · 1989-90 · 1990-91 · 1991-92 · 1992-93 · 1993-94 · 1994-95 · 1995-96 · 1996-97 · 1997-98 · 1998-99 · 1999-00 · 2000-01 · 2001-02 · 2002-03 · 2003-04 · 2004-05 · 2005-06 · 2006-07 · 2007-08 · 2008-09 · 2009-10 · 2010-11 · 2011-12 · 2012-13 · 2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · |
| Aston Villa F.C. matches - 2021-22 |
| 2021-22 Premier League |
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Arsenal (a) · Arsenal (h) · |
| 2021-22 FA Cup |
| 2021-22 League Cup |
| Friendly |
| Aston Villa F.C. matches images - 2021-22 |
| 2021-22 Premier League |
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Arsenal (a) · Arsenal (h) · |
| 2021-22 FA Cup |
| 2021-22 League Cup |
| Aston Villa Football Club - Managers |
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Ramsay (1884–1926) • Smith (1926–34) • McMullan (1934–35) • Hogan (1936–39) • Massie (1945–50) • Martin (1950–53) • Houghton (1953–58) • Mercer (1958–64) • D. Taylor (1964–67) • Cummings (1967–68) • Docherty (1968–70) • Crowe (1970–74) • Saunders (1974–82) • Barton (1982–84) • Turner (1984–86) • McNeill (1986–87) • G. Taylor (1987–90) • Venglos (1990–91) • Atkinson (1991–94) • Little (1994–98) • Gregory (1998–2002) • G. Taylor (2002–03) • O'Leary (2003–06) • O'Neill (2006–10) • Houllier (2010–11) • McLeish (2011–12) • Lambert (2012–15) • Sherwood (2015) • Garde (2015–16) • Di Matteo (2016) • Bruce (2016–) |
| Premier League 2021–22 |
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| UEFA Super Cup winners |
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1972: Ajax • 1973: Ajax • 1975: Dynamo Kiev • 1976: Anderlecht • 1977: Liverpool • 1978: Anderlecht • 1979: Nottingham Forest • 1980: Valencia • 1982: Aston Villa • 1983: Aberdeen • 1984: Juventus • 1986: Steaua Bucharest • 1987: Porto • 1988: Mechelen • 1989: Milan • 1990: Milan • 1991: Manchester United • 1992: Barcelona • 1993: Parma • 1994: Milan • 1995: Ajax • 1996: Juventus • 1997: Barcelona • 1998: Chelsea • 1999: Lazio • 2000: Galatasaray • 2001: Liverpool • 2002: Real Madrid • 2003: Milan • 2004: Valencia • 2005: Liverpool • 2006: Sevilla • 2007: Milan • 2008: Zenit St. Petersburg • 2009: Barcelona • 2010: Atlético Madrid • 2011: Barcelona • 2012: Atlético Madrid • 2013: Bayern Munich • 2014: Real Madrid • 2015: Barcelona • 2016: Real Madrid • 2017: Real Madrid • 2018: Atlético Madrid • 2019: Liverpool • 2020: Bayern Munich or Sevilla |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup winners |
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1995: Bordeaux & Strasbourg • 1996: Karlsruhe, Guingamp & Silkeborg • 1997: Auxerre, Bastia & Lyon • 1998: Valencia, Werder Bremen & Bologna • 1999: Montpellier, Juventus & West Ham United • 2000: Udinese, Celta Vigo & Stuttgart • 2001: Aston Villa, Paris Saint-Germain & Troyes • 2002: Málaga, Fulham & Stuttgart • 2003: Schalke 04, Villarreal & Perugia • 2004: Lille, Schalke 04 & Villarreal • 2005: Lens, Marseille & Hamburg • 2006: Newcastle United • 2007: Hamburg • 2008: Braga |
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