The Aston Villa team of the late 19th century

Aston Villa Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and were founding members of the Football League in 1888, as well as the Premier League in 1992.[1] They are one of the oldest football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times.[2] In 1982, the club became one of only six English clubs to win the European Cup.[3]

This list encompasses the honours won by Aston Villa and the records set by the players and the club. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. Attendance records at Villa Park are also included in the list.

Honours

The 1982 European Cup winning squad celebrate the 25th anniversary of their win.
The Aston Villa team of 1896–97 with the First Division Championship and the FA Cup

Aston Villa have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. Their most recent domestic honour was a League Cup win in 1996.[4][5]

European

Domestic

League

Cups

Youth

Friendly and exhibition

Player records

See also: List of Aston Villa F.C. players

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.[16]

Rank Player Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1 Scotland Charlie Aitken 1959–1976 559 (2) 34 (1) 61 (0) 3 (0) 657 (3)
2 England Billy Walker 1919–1934 478 (0) 53 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 531 (0)
3 England Gordon Cowans 1976–1985
1988–1991		 399 (15) 8 (1) 40 (4) 39 (2) 508 (22)
4 England Joe Bache 1900–1915 431 (0) 42 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 474 (0)
5 Scotland Allan Evans 1977–1989 374 (6) 26 (0) 42 (1) 24 (0) 466 (7)
6 England Nigel Spink 1979–1996 357 (4) 28 (0) 45 (0) 19 (1) 449 (5)
7 England Tommy Smart 1919–1933 405 (0) 47 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 452 (0)
8 England Gareth Barry 1997–2009 353 (12) 19 (2) 29 (0) 22 (4) 423 (18)
9 England Johnny Dixon 1945–1961 392 (0) 38 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 430 (0)
10 England Dennis Mortimer 1975–1985 315 (1) 21 (0) 38 (0) 30 (0) 404 (1)
Other competitions include European Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[20]

Rank Player Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
011 England Billy Walker 1919–1933 214 (478) 30 (53) 0 (0) 0 (0) 244 (531)
022 England Harry Hampton 1904–1920 215 (339) 27 (34) 0 (0) 0 (0) 242 (373)
033 England John Devey 1891–1902 169 (268) 18 (38) 0 (0) 0 (2) 187 (308)
044 England Joe Bache 1900–1914 168 (431) 17 (42) 0 (0) 0 (1) 185 (474)
055 England Eric Houghton 1927–1946 160 (361) 10 (31) 0 (0) 0 (0) 170 (392)
066 England Tom Waring 1928–1935 159 (216) 8 (10) 0 (0) 0 (0) 167 (226)
077 England Johnny Dixon 1945–1961 132 (263) 12 (38) 0 (0) 0 (0) 144 (430)
088 Northern Ireland Peter McParland 1952–1962 97 (293) 19 (36) 4 (11) 0 (1) 120 (341)
099 England Billy Garraty 1897–1908 96 (224) 15 (31) 0 (0) 1 (3) 112 (258)
1010= Wales Dai Astley 1931–1936 92 (165) 8 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 100 (173)
1010= England Len Capewell 1921–1930 88 (143) 12 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 100 (156)
Olof Mellberg, one of only three Villa players to play in two World Cups while at the club, alongside Steve Staunton and Paul McGrath. Also Villa's most internationally capped player and captain of Sweden during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[21]

International

This section refers only to caps won while an Aston Villa player.

Record transfer fees

Moussa Diaby, Aston Villa's record signing. (Pictured here with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022)

This section lists the record transfer fees paid by the club for a player. The highest transfer fee received by the club is the £100 million fee paid by Manchester City for Jack Grealish in August 2021. The sale at the time was a British transfer record.[34] The highest fee Aston Villa have ever paid for a player was £51.9 million, for French winger Moussa Diaby from Bayer Leverkusen in July 2023.[35]


Fees Paid

Rank Player Fee From Date Ref.
1 France Moussa Diaby 096£51.9m Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2023-07July 2023 [35]
2 Argentina Emiliano Buendía 096£33m (rising to £38m) England Norwich City 2021-06June 2021 [36]
3 Spain Pau Torres 096£31.5m Spain Villarreal 2023-07July 2023 [37]
4 Jamaica Leon Bailey 096£30m Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2021-08August 2021 [38]
5 England Ollie Watkins 096£28m (rising to £33m) England Brentford 2020-09September 2020 [39]
6 Brazil Diego Carlos 096£26m Spain Sevilla 2022-05May 2022 [40]
7 England Danny Ings 096£25m (rising to £30m) England Southampton 2021-08August 2021 [41]
France Lucas Digne 096£25m England Everton 2022-01January 2022 [42]
9 Brazil Wesley 096£22m Belgium Club Brugge 2019-06June 2019 [43]
10 England Tyrone Mings 096£20m England Bournemouth 2019-07July 2019 [44]

Fees Received

Rank Player Fee To Date Ref.
1 England Jack Grealish 096£100m England Manchester City 2021-08August 2021 [34]
2 Belgium Christian Benteke 096£32.5m England Liverpool 2015-07July 2015 [45]
3 England James Milner 096£26m England Manchester City 2010-08August 2010 [46]
4 England Stewart Downing 096£20m England Liverpool 2011-07July 2011 [47]
England Carney Chukwuemeka 096£20m England Chelsea 2022-08August 2022 [48]
6 England Cameron Archer 096£18m England Sheffield United 2023-08August 2023 [49]
7 England Ashley Young 096£17m England Manchester United 2011-06June 2011 [50]
8 England Matt Targett 096£15m England Newcastle United 2022-06June 2022 [51]
9 Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke 096£12.6m England Manchester United 1998-08August 1998 [52]
10 England Danny Ings 096£12m (rising to £15m) England West Ham United 2023-01January 2023 [53]
England Gareth Barry 096£12m England Manchester City 2009-06June 2009 [54]
England Aaron Ramsey 096£12m England Burnley 2023-08August 2023 [55]

Managerial records

See also: List of Aston Villa F.C. managers

Club records

Goals

Points

Matches

Firsts

Record wins

Record defeats

Attendances

Streaks

National records

Aston Villa in UEFA competitions

As of July 2023, they are one of only six English clubs to have won the European Cup, which they did in 1982.[5][91] Aston Villa's scores are noted first in both results columns.

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R  Belgium Royal Antwerp 0–1 1–4
1977–78 UEFA Cup 1R  Turkey Fenerbahçe 4–0 2–0
2R  Poland Górnik Zabrze 2–0 1–1
3R  Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–0 1–1
QF  Spain Barcelona 2–2 1–2
1981–82 European Cup (Winners) 1R  Iceland Valur 5–0 2–0
2R  East Germany Dynamo Berlin 0–1 2–1
QF  Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 0–0
SF  Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 0–0
F  West Germany Bayern Munich 1–0
1982–83 UEFA Super Cup (Winners) F  Spain Barcelona 3–0 0–1
Intercontinental Cup F  Uruguay Peñarol 0–2
European Cup 1R  Turkey Beşiktaş 3–1 0–0
2R  Romania Dinamo București 4–2 2–0
QF  Italy Juventus 1–2 1–3
1983–84 UEFA Cup 1R  Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 5–0 0–1
2R  Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 1–2 2–2
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R  Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 3–1 2–1
2R  Italy Internazionale 2–0 0–3
1993–94 UEFA Cup 1R  Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–1 0–0
2R  Spain Deportivo La Coruña 0–1 1–1
1994–95 UEFA Cup 1R  Italy Internazionale 1–0 0–1
2R  Turkey Trabzonspor 2–1 0–1
1996–97 UEFA Cup 1R  Sweden Helsingborg 1–1 0–0
1997–98 UEFA Cup 1R  France Bordeaux 1–0 0–0
2R  Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 0–0
3R  Romania Steaua București 2–0 1–2
QF  Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1R  Norway Stromsgodset 3–2 3–0
2R  Spain Celta Vigo 1–3 1–0
2000–01 Intertoto Cup 3R  Czech Republic Dukla Pribram 3–1 0–0
SF  Spain Celta Vigo 1–2 0–1
2001–02 Intertoto Cup (Winners) 3R  Croatia Slaven Belupo 2–0 1–2
SF  France Rennes 1–0 2–1
F   Switzerland Basel 4–1 1–1
UEFA Cup 1R  Croatia Varteks 2–3 1–0
2002–03 Intertoto Cup 3R   Switzerland Zürich 3–0 0–2
SF  France Lille 0–2 1–1
2008–09 Intertoto Cup (Co-winners) 3R  Denmark Odense 1–0 2–2
UEFA Cup 2QR  Iceland Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1–1 4–1
1R  Bulgaria Litex Lovech 1–1 3–1
GS  Netherlands Ajax 2–1
 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1–0
 Slovakia Žilina 1–2
 Germany Hamburg 1–3
R32  Russia CSKA Moscow 1–1 0–2
2009–10 Europa League P/O  Austria Rapid Wien 2–1 0–1
2010–11 Europa League P/O  Austria Rapid Wien 2–3 1–1
2023–24 Europa Conference League P/O  Scotland Hibernian 3–0 5–0
GS  Poland Legia Warsaw 2–1 2–3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–0 1–1
 Netherlands AZ 2–1 4–1
R16  Netherlands Ajax 4–0 0–0
QF  France Lille 2–1
Key

Record by competition

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
European Cup 15 9 3 3 24 10 +14 060.00
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League 56 24 14 18 79 59 +20 042.86
UEFA Conference League 11 8 2 1 26 8 +18 072.73
UEFA Intertoto Cup 16 6 4 6 21 17 +4 037.50
UEFA Super Cup 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 050.00
FIFA Intercontinental Cup 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Total 101 48 23 30 153 97 +56 047.52

Last updated: 11 April 2024
Source: https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/52683--aston-villa/

Footnotes

A. ^ The Premier League took over from the First Division as the top tier of the English football league system upon its formation in 1992. The First Division then became the second tier of English football, the Second Division became the third tier, and so on. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship, while the Second Division is now known as Football League One.
B ^ In 1981, the Charity Shield was shared in the event of a draw.
C ^ Aston Villa won their 3rd round, final tie of the 2008 Intertoto Cup and were named a co-winner of the tournament, as a result they qualified for the 2008-09 UEFA Cup. The outright winner of the Intertoto Cup was the team that progressed furthest in the UEFA Cup that season, which was SC Braga.[92]
D ^ The home team are listed first.

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