Aston Villa F.C.

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Aston Villa
Full name	Aston Villa Football Club
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
Manager	Steven Gerrard
Current League	Premier League
2020–21	Premier League, 11th
Website	Club home page
Current season

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.

Players

First team squad

As of 26 September 2021, official first team squad including youth players that have made their senior league debut.

No. Position Player 1 GK Emiliano Martínez 2 DF Matty Cash 3 DF Matt Targett 4 DF Ezri Konsa 5 DF Tyrone Mings (captain) 6 MF Douglas Luiz 7 MF John McGinn 8 MF Morgan Sanson 10 MF Emiliano Buendía 11 FW Ollie Watkins 12 GK Jed Steer 15 FW Bertrand Traoré 16 DF Axel Tuanzebe (on loan from Manchester United)

No. Position Player 17 MF Trézéguet 18 DF Ashley Young 19 MF Marvelous Nakamba 20 FW Danny Ings 21 FW Anwar El Ghazi 30 DF Kortney Hause 31 FW Leon Bailey 32 MF Jaden Philogene-Bidace 33 MF Carney Chukwuemeka 35 FW Cameron Archer 39 FW Keinan Davis 41 MF Jacob Ramsey

On loan

No. Position Player 9 FW Wesley (on loan to Club Brugge until the end of the 2021/22 season) 14 MF Conor Hourihane (on loan to Sheffield United until the end of the 2021/22 season) 24 DF Frédéric Guilbert (on loan to Strasbourg until the end of the 2021/22 season) 28 GK Lovre Kalinić (on loan to Hajduk Split until the end of the 2021/22 season) 34 FW Tyreik Wright (on loan to Salford City until the end of the 2021/22 season) 37 DF Mungo Bridge (on loan to Annecy until the end of the 2021/22 season) 42 MF Arjan Raikhy (on loan to Stockport County until the end of the 2021/22 season) 43 FW Brad Young (on loan to Carlisle United until the end of the 2021/22 season)

No. Position Player GK Ákos Onódi (on loan to Bromsgrove Sporting until the end of the 2021/22 season) DF Kaine Kesler Hayden (on loan to Swindon Town until the end of the 2021/22 season) DF Dominic Revan (on loan to Northampton Town until 1 January 2022) DF Sebastian Revan (on loan to Grimsby Town until the end of the 2021/22 season) MF Finn Azaz (on loan to Newport County until the end of the 2021/22 season) FW Louie Barry (on loan to Ipswich Town until the end of the 2021/22 season) FW Indiana Vassilev (on loan to Inter Miami until 31 December 2021)

Under 23s and Academy

Further information: Aston Villa Under-23s and Academy

Players to have made their senior league debut are listed in the senior squad.

No. Position Player 35 FW Cameron Archer 36 DF Lamare Bogarde 38 GK Viljami Sinisalo 40 MF Aaron Ramsey 44 GK Filip Marschall 45 MF Ben Chrisene 46 FW Caleb Chukwuemeka 47 MF Tim Iroegbunam

No. Position Player 49 MF Hayden Lindley 50 MF Sil Swinkels 54 FW DJ Campton-Sturridge 60 FW Tristan Abldeen-Goodridge 65 DF Patrick Zito DF Myles Sohna MF Chisom Afoka MF Finley Thorndike

Club alumni

Former players

Main List of Aston Villa F.C. players

Managers

Main List of Aston Villa F.C. 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

• FA Cup
  • Winners (7): 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

• 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

• Official website
• Aston Villa News – Sky Sports
• Aston Villa results and records at statto.com

Aston Villa F.C. matches - 2021-22

2021-22 Premier League

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2021-22 FA Cup

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Friendly

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