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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.
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]
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 | Charlie Aitken | 1959–1976 | 559 (2) | 34 (1) | 61 (0) | 3 (0) | 657 (3) |
2 | Billy Walker | 1919–1934 | 478 (0) | 53 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 531 (0) |
3 | Gordon Cowans | 1976–1985 1988–1991 | 399 (15) | 8 (1) | 40 (4) | 39 (2) | 508 (22) |
4 | Joe Bache | 1900–1915 | 431 (0) | 42 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 474 (0) |
5 | Allan Evans | 1977–1989 | 374 (6) | 26 (0) | 42 (1) | 24 (0) | 466 (7) |
6 | Nigel Spink | 1979–1996 | 357 (4) | 28 (0) | 45 (0) | 19 (1) | 449 (5) |
7 | Tommy Smart | 1919–1933 | 405 (0) | 47 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 452 (0) |
8 | Gareth Barry | 1997–2009 | 353 (12) | 19 (2) | 29 (0) | 22 (4) | 423 (18) |
9 | Johnny Dixon | 1945–1961 | 392 (0) | 38 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 430 (0) |
10 | Dennis Mortimer | 1975–1985 | 315 (1) | 21 (0) | 38 (0) | 30 (0) | 404 (1) |
Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[20]
Rank | Player | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Billy Walker | 1919–1933 | 214 (478) | 30 (53) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 244 (531) |
2 | Harry Hampton | 1904–1920 | 215 (339) | 27 (34) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 242 (373) |
3 | John Devey | 1891–1902 | 169 (268) | 18 (38) | 0 (0) | 0 (2) | 187 (308) |
4 | Joe Bache | 1900–1914 | 168 (431) | 17 (42) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 185 (474) |
5 | Eric Houghton | 1927–1946 | 160 (361) | 10 (31) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 170 (392) |
6 | Tom Waring | 1928–1935 | 159 (216) | 8 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 167 (226) |
7 | Johnny Dixon | 1945–1961 | 132 (263) | 12 (38) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 144 (430) |
8 | Peter McParland | 1952–1962 | 97 (293) | 19 (36) | 4 (11) | 0 (1) | 120 (341) |
9 | Billy Garraty | 1897–1908 | 96 (224) | 15 (31) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 112 (258) |
10= | Dai Astley | 1931–1936 | 92 (165) | 8 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 100 (173) |
10= | Len Capewell | 1921–1930 | 88 (143) | 12 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 100 (156) |
This section refers only to caps won while an Aston Villa player.
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 initial fee Aston Villa have ever paid for a player was £50 million for Belgian midfielder Amadou Onana from Everton in July 2024.[35]
Rank | Player | Fee | From | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Amadou Onana | £50m | Everton | July 2024 | [35] |
2 | Ian Maatsen | £37.5m | Chelsea | June 2024 | [36] |
3 | Moussa Diaby | £34.2m (rising to £51.9m) | Bayer Leverkusen | July 2023 | [37] |
4 | Emiliano Buendía | £33m (rising to £38m) | Norwich City | June 2021 | [38] |
5 | Pau Torres | £31.5m | Villarreal | July 2023 | [39] |
6 | Leon Bailey | £30m | Bayer Leverkusen | August 2021 | [40] |
7 | Ollie Watkins | £28m (rising to £33m) | Brentford | September 2020 | [41] |
8 | Diego Carlos | £26m | Sevilla | May 2022 | [42] |
9 | Danny Ings | £25m (rising to £30m) | Southampton | August 2021 | [43] |
Lucas Digne | £25m | Everton | January 2022 | [44] |
Fees Paid
Rank | Player | Fee | To | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Grealish | £100m | Manchester City | August 2021 | [34] |
2 | Moussa Diaby | £50.5m | Al-Ittihad | July 2024 | [45] |
3 | Douglas Luiz | £42.4m | Juventus | June 2024 | [46] |
4 | Christian Benteke | £32.5m | Liverpool | July 2015 | [47] |
5 | James Milner | £26m | Manchester City | August 2010 | [48] |
6 | Stewart Downing | £20m | Liverpool | July 2011 | [49] |
Carney Chukwuemeka | £20m | Chelsea | August 2022 | [50] | |
8 | Omari Kellyman | £19m | Chelsea | June 2024 | [51] |
9 | Cameron Archer | £18m | Sheffield United | August 2023 | [52] |
10 | Ashley Young | £17m | Manchester United | June 2011 | [53] |
Fees Received
As of July 2023, Aston Villa are one of only six English clubs to have won the European Cup, doing so in 1982.[5][89] Aston Villa's scores are noted first in both results columns.
Competition | Record | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
European Cup/UEFA Champions League | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 64.71 |
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League | 56 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 42.86 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 57.14 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 37.50 |
UEFA Super Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00 |
FIFA Intercontinental Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
Total | 106 | 50 | 23 | 33 | 160 | 105 | +55 | 47.17 |
Last updated: 2 October 2024
Source: https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/52683--aston-villa/
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