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The 1981–82 English football season was Aston Villa's 82nd season in the Football League. In May 1982, just three months after being appointed manager, Tony Barton guided Villa to a 1–0 victory over Bayern Munich in the European Cup final in Rotterdam. As of December 2023, Villa remain one of only six English teams to have won the European ...
Aston Villa was also one of the winners of the 2001 Intertoto Cup. Including the 2024–25 Champions League, Aston Villa has played in 19 seasons of UEFA competitions, although the 2024–25 Champions League is the first time Aston Villa is playing in the Champions League or European Cup since the 1982–83 European Cup. [4]
The 1982 European Cup final was played on 26 May 1982 at the end of the 1981–82 European Cup season. Football League First Division winners Aston Villa defeated Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to win their first (and to date only) European Cup; this continued the streak of English teams winning the competition in six straight seasons.
The 1981–82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich.It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition.
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. They are one of the oldest football clubs in England, having won the First ...
Champions Aston Villa finished a disappointing 11th but made up for this by triumphing in the European Cup at the first attempt. Liverpool made up for the previous season's slip in league form by winning the league championship for the 13th time in their history, fighting off competition from Ipswich Town, Manchester United and Spurs.
Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
With Lerner still on board, in the 2014–15 season Aston Villa scored just 12 goals in 25 league games, the lowest in Premier League history, and Lambert was sacked on 11 February 2015. [66] He was replaced by Tim Sherwood, [67] who saved Villa from relegation in the 2014–15 season and took them to the 2015 FA Cup Final. [68] [69]