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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 ...
FA Cup winner. Inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006. [196] Joe Mercer: 1 December 1958 31 July 1964 282: 120: 63: 99: 42.55: Division Two champions, League Cup winner Inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame [197] Ron Saunders: 4 June 1974 9 February 1982 353: 157: 98: 98: 44.48: 2 League Cups, Division One champions ...
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.
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 English football champions are the winners of the top-level league in English men's football, which since the 1992–93 season has been called the Premier League. Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [ 1 ] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa ...
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
Champions League Wednesday round-up: Prince William watches famous Aston Villa win, Real Madrid suffers shock defeat George Ramsay, CNN October 3, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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.