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 |
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1 | ![]() | 1959–1976 | 559 (2) | 34 (1) | 61 (0) | 3 (0) | 657 (3) |
2 | ![]() | 1919–1934 | 478 (0) | 53 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 531 (0) |
3 | ![]() | 1976–1985 1988–1991 | 399 (15) | 8 (1) | 40 (4) | 39 (2) | 508 (22) |
4 | ![]() | 1900–1915 | 431 (0) | 42 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 474 (0) |
5 | ![]() | 1977–1989 | 374 (6) | 26 (0) | 42 (1) | 24 (0) | 466 (7) |
6 | ![]() | 1979–1996 | 357 (4) | 28 (0) | 45 (0) | 19 (1) | 449 (5) |
7 | ![]() | 1919–1933 | 405 (0) | 47 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 452 (0) |
8 | ![]() | 1997–2009 | 353 (12) | 19 (2) | 29 (0) | 22 (4) | 423 (18) |
9 | ![]() | 1945–1961 | 392 (0) | 38 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 430 (0) |
10 | ![]() | 1975–1985 | 315 (1) | 21 (0) | 38 (0) | 30 (0) | 404 (1) |
Competitive matches only. Number of appearances in brackets. [20]
Rank | Player | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1919–1933 | 214 (478) | 30 (53) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 244 (531) |
2 | ![]() | 1904–1920 | 215 (339) | 27 (34) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 242 (373) |
3 | ![]() | 1891–1902 | 169 (268) | 18 (38) | 0 (0) | 0 (2) | 187 (308) |
4 | ![]() | 1900–1914 | 168 (431) | 17 (42) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 185 (474) |
5 | ![]() | 1927–1946 | 160 (361) | 10 (31) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 170 (392) |
6 | ![]() | 1928–1935 | 159 (216) | 8 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 167 (226) |
7 | ![]() | 1945–1961 | 132 (263) | 12 (38) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 144 (430) |
8 | ![]() | 1952–1962 | 97 (293) | 19 (36) | 4 (11) | 0 (1) | 120 (341) |
9 | ![]() | 1897–1908 | 96 (224) | 15 (31) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 112 (258) |
10= | ![]() | 1931–1936 | 92 (165) | 8 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 100 (173) |
10= | ![]() | 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]
Fees Paid
Rank | Player | Fee | From | Date | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | £50m | ![]() | July 2024 | [35] |
2 | ![]() | £37.5m | ![]() | June 2024 | [36] |
3 | ![]() | £34.2m (rising to £51.9m) | ![]() | July 2023 | [37] |
4 | ![]() | £33m (rising to £38m) | ![]() | June 2021 | [38] |
5 | ![]() | £31.5m | ![]() | July 2023 | [39] |
6 | ![]() | £30m | ![]() | August 2021 | [40] |
7 | ![]() | £28m (rising to £33m) | ![]() | September 2020 | [41] |
8 | ![]() | £26m | ![]() | May 2022 | [42] |
9 | ![]() | £25m (rising to £30m) | ![]() | August 2021 | [43] |
![]() | £25m | ![]() | January 2022 | [44] |
Fees Received
Rank | Player | Fee | To | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | £100m | ![]() | August 2021 | [34] |
2 | ![]() | £71m | ![]() | January 2025 | [45] |
3 | ![]() | £50.5m | ![]() | July 2024 | [46] |
4 | ![]() | £42.4m | ![]() | June 2024 | [47] |
5 | ![]() | £32.5m | ![]() | July 2015 | [48] |
6 | ![]() | £26m | ![]() | August 2010 | [49] |
7 | ![]() | £20m | ![]() | July 2011 | [50] |
![]() | £20m | ![]() | August 2022 | [51] | |
![]() | £20m | ![]() | January 2025 | [52] | |
10 | ![]() | £19m | ![]() | June 2024 | [53] |
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 | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
European Cup/UEFA Champions League | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 60.87 |
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 |
Intercontinental Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
Total | 112 | 53 | 24 | 35 | 169 | 111 | +58 | 47.32 |
Last updated: 29 January 2025
Source: https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/52683--aston-villa/
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