Aston Villa F.C.
association football club in Birmingham, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aston Villa Football Club (nicknamed Villa),[4] 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.[5] 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.
Full name | Aston Villa Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Villa The Lions The Claret & Blue Army | |||
Short name | Villa, AVFC | |||
Founded | 21 November 1874; 149 years ago (1874-11-21)[1] | |||
Stadium | Villa Park | |||
Capacity | 42,680[2] | |||
Owner(s) | Nassef Sawiris Wes Edens | |||
Chairman | Nassef Sawiris[3] | |||
Head coach | Unai Emery | |||
League | Premier League | |||
2023–24 | Premier League, 4th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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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.[6] 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).[7][8] The club is owned by the NWSE group (owned by Egyptian Nassef Sawiris) and American Wes Edens.