List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics
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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.
Honours
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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
[edit]- European Cup:
- Winners (1): 1982
- European Super Cup:
- Winners (1): 1982–83
Domestic
[edit]League
[edit]- Football League First Division:[A]
- Premier League:[A]
- Runners up (1): 1993
- Football League Second Division:[A]
- Football League Third Division:[A]
- Winners (1): 1972
Cups
[edit]- FA Cup:
- Football League Cup:
- FA Charity Shield:
- Sheriff of London Charity Shield:
- Football League War Cup:
- Winners (1): 1944
Youth
[edit]- FA Youth Cup:
- Winners (4): 1972, 1980, 2002, 2021
- FA Premier League Cup
- Winners (1): 2018
- HKFC Soccer Sevens
- Winners (7): 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2023
- NextGen Cup:
- Winners (1): 2013
Friendly and exhibition
[edit]- Football World Championship
- West Bromwich Charity Cup
- Winners (1): 1890 (shared)[8]
- Bass Charity Vase
- Winners (3): 1893, 1894, 2018
- Dublin Tournament
- Winners (1): 2003[9]
- Peace Cup:
- Winners (1): 2009
- Cup of Traditions
- Queensland Champions Cup
- Winners (1): 2022[12]
- Al Wahda Challenge Cup
- Winners (1): 2022[13]
- Orange Trophy
- Winners (1): 2023[14]
Player records
[edit]Appearances
[edit]- Youngest first-team player: Jimmy Brown, 15 years 349 days (v. Bolton Wanderers, Division Two, 17 September 1969).[15]
- Oldest first-team player: Brad Friedel, 40 years 4 days (v. Liverpool, Premier League, 22 May 2011).
Most appearances
[edit]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) |
- Other competitions include European Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup
Goalscorers
[edit]- Most goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 50 goals in 1930–31 season.[17]
- Most league goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 49 goals in 1930–31 season.[18]
- In the 1899–1900 season Billy Garraty became the top goalscorer in world football scoring 27 goals in just 33 league games and a total 30 goals in 39 league and cup games.
- Most consecutive matches scored in: Len Capewell, 8 games, 1925–26 season.[19]
Top goalscorers
[edit]Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear 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) |
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International
[edit]This section refers only to caps won while an Aston Villa player.
- First capped players for England: Arthur Alfred Brown and Howard Vaughton on 18 February 1882.[22]
- Most capped international player: Olof Mellberg, 69 caps for Sweden between July 2001 and July 2008.[23][24][25]
- Most capped player for England: Gareth Southgate, 42 caps.[26]
- First player to play at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Czechoslovakia on 8 June 1958.[27]
- First player to score at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Argentina on 11 June 1958.
- First player to score in a World Cup for England: David Platt for England against Belgium on 26 June 1990.
- Most World Cup appearances: Paul McGrath, 9 (1990 and 1994),[28] Steve Staunton, 8 (1994 and 2002), Olof Mellberg, 8 (2002 and 2006).
- Most successful players at the World Cup:
- Most World Cup finals goals: Peter McParland, 5 (1958).[27]
Record transfer fees
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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] |
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£25m | ![]() |
January 2022 | [44] |
Fees Received
Rank | Player | Fee | To | Date | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() |
£100m | ![]() |
August 2021 | [34] |
2 | ![]() |
£50.5m | ![]() |
July 2024 | [45] |
3 | ![]() |
£42.4m | ![]() |
June 2024 | [46] |
4 | ![]() |
£32.5m | ![]() |
July 2015 | [47] |
5 | ![]() |
£26m | ![]() |
August 2010 | [48] |
6 | ![]() |
£20m | ![]() |
July 2011 | [49] |
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£20m | ![]() |
August 2022 | [50] | |
8 | ![]() |
£19m | ![]() |
June 2024 | [51] |
9 | ![]() |
£18m | ![]() |
August 2023 | [52] |
10 | ![]() |
£17m | ![]() |
June 2011 | [53] |
Managerial records
[edit]- First manager/secretary of the club: George Ramsay, in charge of 1327 games from August 1884 to 5 May 1926.[18]
- Longest serving manager: George Ramsay.[18]
- Most successful manager: George Ramsay, 6 League Championships and 6 FA Cups.[18]
Club records
[edit]Goals
[edit]- Most league goals scored in a season: 128 (in 42 matches in the 1930–31 season, Division One).[54]
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 27 goals (in 38 matches in the 2015–16 season, Premier League).[55]
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 110 goals (in 42 matches in the 1935–36 season, Division One).[55]
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 32 goals (in 46 matches in the 1971–72 season, Division Three).[56]
Points
[edit]- Most points in a season:
- Two points for a win: 70 points (in 46 matches in the 1971–72 season, Division Three).[57]
- Three points for a win: 83 points (in 46 matches in the 2017–18 season, Championship).
- Fewest points in a season:
- Two points for a win:
- 18 points (in 22 matches in the 1890–91 season, Division One).[57]
- 29 points (in 42 matches in the 1966–67 season, Division One / 1969–70 season, Division Two).[57]
- Three points for a win:
- Two points for a win:
Matches
[edit]Firsts
[edit]- First match: Aston Villa 1–0 Aston Brook St Mary's, March 1874.[59]
- First league match: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Aston Villa, 8 September 1888.[59]
- First match at Villa Park: friendly; 3–0, Blackburn Rovers, on 17 April 1897.[60]
- First FA Cup match: Stafford Road Works 1–1 Aston Villa, 13 December 1879. Aston Villa won the replay 3–1 on 24 January 1880.[59]
- First League Cup match: Aston Villa 4–1 Huddersfield Town, 12 October 1960.[61]
- First European match: Royal Antwerp 4–1 Aston Villa, 17 September 1975, UEFA Cup.[62]
Record wins
[edit]- Record Football League win: 12–2 (v. Accrington, 12 March 1892).[18]
- Record Premier League win: 7–1 (v. Wimbledon, 11 February 1995).[63]
- Record FA Cup win: 13–0 (v. Wednesbury Old Athletic, 1st round, 3 October 1886).[64]
- Record League Cup win: 8–1 (v. Exeter City, 2nd round, 9 October 1985).[18]
- Record European win: 5–0 (v. Valur in the European Cup, 16 September 1981, v. Vitória de Guimarães in the UEFA Cup, 28 September 1983 and v. Hibernian in the Europa Conference League, 23 August 2023).[65][66]
Record defeats
[edit]- Record defeat: 0–8 (v. Chelsea, Premier League, 23 December 2012).
- Record FA Cup defeat: 1–8 (v. Blackburn Rovers, 3rd round, 16 February 1889).[18]
- Record League Cup defeat: 1–6 (v. West Bromwich Albion, 2nd round, 14 September 1966).[5]
- Record European defeat: 1–4 (v. Royal Antwerp, 1st round UEFA Cup, on 17 September 1975).[67]
Attendances
[edit]- Highest attendance at Villa Park:
- League game: 69,492 (v. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 27 December 1949).[68]
- FA Cup game: 76,588 (v. Derby County, sixth round, 2 March 1946).[18]
- As an all-seater stadium: 42,788 (v. Manchester United, 10 February 2010).[69]
- Lowest attendance at Villa Park:
- League game: 2,900 (v. Bradford City, Division One, 13 February 1915).[68]
- Highest attendance at Wellington Road:
- League game: 20,000 (v. Sunderland, 5 October 1895; v. Everton, 26 September 1896).[70]
- FA Cup game: 26,849 (v. Preston North End, fifth round, 7 January 1888).[70]
- Lowest attendance at Wellington Road
- League game: 600 (v. Accrington, 27 October 1888).[70]
Streaks
[edit]- Longest winning runs (consecutive wins):
- Multiple competitions:
- 11 games in the 1896–97 Football League, 1897–98 Football League and 1896–97 FA Cup (20 March – 18 September 1897)[71]
- League:
- 10 games in the 2018–19 EFL Championship (2 March 2019 – 22 April 2019)[72]
- Multiple competitions:
- Longest unbeaten runs (without loss):
- Multiple competitions:
- 22 games in the 1896–97 Football League, 1897–98 Football League, and 1896–97 FA Cup (16 January 1897 – 18 September 1897)[73]
- League:
- 13 games in the 1898–99 Football League (17 September 1898 – 24 December 1898)[74][75]
- 13 games in the 2008–09 Premier League (9 November 2008 – 7 February 2009)[76]
- Multiple competitions:
- Longest losing run (consecutive losses):
- 11 games in the 1962–63 Football League (23 March 1963 – 20 April 1963)[77]
- 11 games in the 2015–16 Premier League (14 February 2016 – 30 April 2016)[78]
- Longest run without a win:
- Multiple competitions:
- 16 games in the 2015–16 Premier League, 2015–16 FA Cup and 2015–16 Football League Cup (22 September 2015 – 12 January 2016[79]
- League
- 19 games in the 2015–16 Premier League (14 August 2015 – 1 January 2016)[80]
- Multiple competitions:
National records
[edit]- Most League Cup matches played (252) and won (148)
- All-Time record for the most top-flight goals scored in a season, scoring 128 in season 1930–31.[81]
- First football club in the world to appoint a paid manager, George Ramsay in 1886.[82]
- First top-flight club to appoint a manager from outside the British Isles, Jozef Vengloš in July 1990.[83]
- Villa Park was the first English stadium to stage international football in three different centuries.[84]
- Villa Park has hosted more FA Cup Semi-Finals than any other ground, 55 to date.[85]
- Highest FA Cup attendance (pre-World War I): 121,919 (Aston Villa vs Sunderland, Final at Crystal Palace, 19 April 1913)[86]
- First football club to have a player score in every round of the FA Cup, when captain Archie Hunter led the club to its first FA Cup trophy in 1887.
- First football club to pay more than £100 for a player, for Willie Groves in 1893.
- First English football club to have a Black player on the scoresheet in the English Football League, when Willie Clarke scored on Christmas Day 1901, in a 3–2 victory over Everton.[87]
- First English club to have a player score a hat-trick of penalty kicks in a league match, Billy Walker doing so in a 7–1 win against Bradford City in November 1921.[88]
- First football club to have a player win both the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA Players' Player of the Year in the same season, Andy Gray in 1976–77.
Aston Villa in UEFA competitions
[edit]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.
- Key
- 2QR = Second qualifying round
- P/O = Play-off round
- 1R = First round
- 2R = Second round
- 3R = Third round
- GS = Group stage
- R32 = Round of 32
- R16 = Round of 16
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- F = Final
Record by competition
[edit]Competition | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
European Cup/UEFA Champions League | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 60.00 |
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 | 104 | 48 | 23 | 33 | 156 | 105 | +51 | 46.15 |
Last updated: 9 May 2024
Source: https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/52683--aston-villa/
Footnotes
[edit]- 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.[90]
- D ^ The home team are listed first.
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