List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics
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
Football League First Division :[A]
Winners (7): 1894 , 1896 , 1897 , 1899 , 1900 , 1910 , 1981
Runners up (9): 1889 , 1903 , 1908 , 1911 , 1913 , 1914 , 1931 , 1933 , 1990
Premier League :[A]
Football League Second Division :[A]
Football League Third Division :[A]
Cups
Youth
Friendly and exhibition
Player records
Appearances
Most appearances
Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets. [ 16]
Other competitions include European Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup
Goalscorers
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
Competitive matches only. Number of appearances in brackets. [ 20]
Rank
Player
Years
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Other
Total
01 1
Billy Walker
1919–1933
214 (478)
30 (53)
0 (0)
0 (0)
244 (531)
02 2
Harry Hampton
1904–1920
215 (339)
27 (34)
0 (0)
0 (0)
242 (373)
03 3
John Devey
1891–1902
169 (268)
18 (38)
0 (0)
0 (2)
187 (308)
04 4
Joe Bache
1900–1914
168 (431)
17 (42)
0 (0)
0 (1)
185 (474)
05 5
Eric Houghton
1927–1946
160 (361)
10 (31)
0 (0)
0 (0)
170 (392)
06 6
Tom Waring
1928–1935
159 (216)
8 (10)
0 (0)
0 (0)
167 (226)
07 7
Johnny Dixon
1945–1961
132 (263)
12 (38)
0 (0)
0 (0)
144 (430)
08 8
Peter McParland
1952–1962
97 (293)
19 (36)
4 (11)
0 (1)
120 (341)
09 9
Billy Garraty
1897–1908
96 (224)
15 (31)
0 (0)
1 (3)
112 (258)
10 10=
Dai Astley
1931–1936
92 (165)
8 (8)
0 (0)
0 (0)
100 (173)
10 10=
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
Amadou Onana , Aston Villa's record signing (pictured here with Lille in 2021)
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]
Managerial records
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
Goals
Points
Most points in a season:
Fewest points in a season:
Two points for a win:
Three points for a win:
17 points (in 38 matches in the 2015–16 , Premier League).[ 58]
Matches
Firsts
Record wins
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
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
Highest attendance at Villa Park :
Lowest attendance at Villa Park:
Highest attendance at Wellington Road :
Lowest attendance at Wellington Road
Streaks
Longest winning runs (consecutive wins):
Multiple competitions:
League:
Longest unbeaten runs (without loss):
Multiple competitions:
League:
Longest losing run (consecutive losses):
Longest run without a win:
Multiple competitions:
League
National records
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
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
LP = League phase
R32 = Round of 32
R16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
F = Final
Record by competition
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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General
Goodyear, David; Matthews, Tony (1988). Aston Villa A Complete Record 1874–1988 . Breedon Books (1988). ISBN 0-907969-37-2 .
Hayes, Dean (2 October 1997). The Villa Park Encyclopedia: A-Z of Aston Villa . Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85158-959-3 .
Holt, Frank Lee; Bishop, Rob (2010). Aston Villa: The Complete Record . Derby: Derby Books Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-805-1 .
Ward; Griffin, Jeremy (2002). The essential history of Aston Villa . Headline book publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1140-X .
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