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List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics

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]

The Aston Villa team of the late 19th century

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

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]

RankPlayerYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
1 Charlie Aitken1959–1976559 (2)34 (1)61 (0)3 (0)657 (3)
2 Billy Walker1919–1934478 (0)53 (0)0 (0)0 (0)531 (0)
3 Gordon Cowans1976–1985
1988–1991		399 (15)8 (1)40 (4)39 (2)508 (22)
4 Joe Bache1900–1915431 (0)42 (0)0 (0)1 (0)474 (0)
5 Allan Evans1977–1989374 (6)26 (0)42 (1)24 (0)466 (7)
6 Nigel Spink1979–1996357 (4)28 (0)45 (0)19 (1)449 (5)
7 Tommy Smart1919–1933405 (0)47 (0)0 (0)0 (0)452 (0)
8 Gareth Barry1997–2009353 (12)19 (2)29 (0)22 (4)423 (18)
9 Johnny Dixon1945–1961392 (0)38 (0)0 (0)0 (0)430 (0)
10 Dennis Mortimer1975–1985315 (1)21 (0)38 (0)30 (0)404 (1)
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, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[20]

RankPlayerYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
011 Billy Walker1919–1933214 (478)30 (53)0 (0)0 (0)244 (531)
022 Harry Hampton1904–1920215 (339)27 (34)0 (0)0 (0)242 (373)
033 John Devey1891–1902169 (268)18 (38)0 (0)0 (2)187 (308)
044 Joe Bache1900–1914168 (431)17 (42)0 (0)0 (1)185 (474)
055 Eric Houghton1927–1946160 (361)10 (31)0 (0)0 (0)170 (392)
066 Tom Waring1928–1935159 (216)8 (10)0 (0)0 (0)167 (226)
077 Johnny Dixon1945–1961132 (263)12 (38)0 (0)0 (0)144 (430)
088 Peter McParland1952–196297 (293)19 (36)4 (11)0 (1)120 (341)
099 Billy Garraty1897–190896 (224)15 (31)0 (0)1 (3)112 (258)
1010= Dai Astley1931–193692 (165)8 (8)0 (0)0 (0)100 (173)
1010= Len Capewell1921–193088 (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

Moussa Diaby, Aston Villa's record signing. (Pictured here with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022)

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 fee Aston Villa have ever paid for a player was £51.9 million, for French winger Moussa Diaby from Bayer Leverkusen in July 2023.[35]


Fees Paid

RankPlayerFeeFromDateRef.
1 Moussa Diaby096£51.9m Bayer Leverkusen2023-07July 2023[35]
2 Emiliano Buendía096£33m (rising to £38m) Norwich City2021-06June 2021[36]
3 Pau Torres096£31.5m Villarreal2023-07July 2023[37]
4 Leon Bailey096£30m Bayer Leverkusen2021-08August 2021[38]
5 Ollie Watkins096£28m (rising to £33m) Brentford2020-09September 2020[39]
6 Diego Carlos096£26m Sevilla2022-05May 2022[40]
7 Danny Ings096£25m (rising to £30m) Southampton2021-08August 2021[41]
Lucas Digne096£25m Everton2022-01January 2022[42]
9 Wesley 096£22m Club Brugge2019-06June 2019[43]
10 Tyrone Mings096£20m Bournemouth2019-07July 2019[44]

Fees Received

RankPlayerFeeToDateRef.
1 Jack Grealish096£100m Manchester City2021-08August 2021[34]
2 Christian Benteke096£32.5m Liverpool2015-07July 2015[45]
3 James Milner096£26m Manchester City2010-08August 2010[46]
4 Stewart Downing096£20m Liverpool2011-07July 2011[47]
Carney Chukwuemeka096£20m Chelsea2022-08August 2022[48]
6 Cameron Archer096£18m Sheffield United2023-08August 2023[49]
7 Ashley Young096£17m Manchester United2011-06June 2011[50]
8 Matt Targett096£15m Newcastle United2022-06June 2022[51]
9 Dwight Yorke096£12.6m Manchester United1998-08August 1998[52]
10 Danny Ings096£12m (rising to £15m) West Ham United2023-01January 2023[53]
Gareth Barry096£12m Manchester City2009-06June 2009[54]
Aaron Ramsey096£12m Burnley2023-08August 2023[55]

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

Matches

Firsts

Record wins

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).[69]

Attendances

Streaks

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.[83]
  • First football club in the world to appoint a paid manager, George Ramsay in 1886.[84]
  • First top-flight club to appoint a manager from outside the British Isles, Jozef Vengloš in July 1990.[85]
  • Villa Park was the first English stadium to stage international football in three different centuries.[86]
  • Villa Park has hosted more FA Cup Semi-Finals than any other ground, 55 to date.[87]
  • Highest FA Cup attendance (pre-World War I): 121,919 (Aston Villa vs Sunderland, Final at Crystal Palace, 19 April 1913)[88]
  • 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.[89]
  • 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.[90]
  • 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][91] Aston Villa's scores are noted first in both results columns.

SeasonCompetitionRoundCountryOpponentHomeAway
1975–76UEFA Cup1R  BelgiumAntwerp0–11–4
1977–78UEFA Cup1R  TurkeyFenerbahçe4–02–0
2R  PolandGórnik Zabrze2–01–1
3R  SpainAthletic Bilbao2–01–1
QF  SpainBarcelona2–21–2
1981–82European Cup (Winners)1R  IcelandValur5–02–0
2R  East GermanyDynamo Berlin0–12–1
QF  Soviet UnionDynamo Kyiv2–00–0
SF  BelgiumAnderlecht1–00–0
F  West GermanyBayern Munich1–0
1982–83UEFA Super Cup (Winners)F  SpainBarcelona3–00–1
Intercontinental CupF  UruguayPeñarol0–2
European Cup1R  TurkeyBeşiktaş3–10–0
2R  RomaniaDinamo București4–22–0
QF  ItalyJuventus1–21–3
1983–84UEFA Cup1R  PortugalVitória de Guimarães5–00–1
2R  Soviet UnionSpartak Moscow1–22–2
1990–91UEFA Cup1R  CzechoslovakiaBaník Ostrava3–12–1
2R  ItalyInter Milan2–00–3
1993–94UEFA Cup1R  SlovakiaSlovan Bratislava2–10–0
2R  SpainDeportivo La Coruña0–11–1
1994–95UEFA Cup1R  ItalyInter Milan1–00–1
2R  TurkeyTrabzonspor2–10–1
1996–97UEFA Cup1R  SwedenHelsingborg1–10–0
1997–98UEFA Cup1R  FranceBordeaux1–00–0
2R  SpainAthletic Bilbao2–10–0
3R  RomaniaSteaua București2–01–2
QF  SpainAtlético Madrid2–10–1
1998–99UEFA Cup1R  NorwayStromsgodset3–23–0
2R  SpainCelta Vigo1–31–0
2000–01Intertoto Cup3R  Czech RepublicDukla Pribram3–10–0
SF  SpainCelta Vigo1–20–1
2001–02Intertoto Cup (Winners)3R  CroatiaSlaven Belupo2–01–2
SF  FranceRennes1–02–1
F   SwitzerlandBasel4–11–1
UEFA Cup1R  CroatiaVarteks2–31–0
2002–03Intertoto Cup3R   SwitzerlandZürich3–00–2
SF  FranceLille0–21–1
2008–09Intertoto Cup (Co-winners)3R  DenmarkOdense1–02–2
UEFA Cup2QR  IcelandFimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar1–14–1
1R  BulgariaLitex Lovech1–13–1
GS  NetherlandsAjax2–1
 Czech RepublicSlavia Prague1–0
 SlovakiaŽilina1–2
 GermanyHamburger SV1–3
R32  RussiaCSKA Moscow1–10–2
2009–10Europa LeagueP/O  AustriaRapid Wien2–10–1
2010–11Europa LeagueP/O  AustriaRapid Wien2–31–1
2023–24Europa Conference LeagueP/O  ScotlandHibernian3–05–0
GS  PolandLegia Warsaw2–12–3
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaZrinjski Mostar1–01–1
 NetherlandsAZ2–14–1
R16  NetherlandsAjax4–00–0
QF  FranceLille2–11–2
SF  GreeceOlympiacos
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

CompetitionRecord
PldWDLGFGAGDWin %
European Cup159332410+14060.00
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League562414187959+20042.86
UEFA Europa Conference League128222710+17066.67
UEFA Intertoto Cup166462117+4037.50
UEFA Super Cup210131+2050.00
FIFA Intercontinental Cup100102−2000.00
Total10248233115499+55047.06

Footnotes

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.[92]
D ^ The home team are listed first.

References

Specific
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.

External links

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