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]
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.
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]
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]
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 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.
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]
^
abcPaul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005, Yore Publications, p143,
ISBN0954783042
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]
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.
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]
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]
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 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.
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]
^
abcPaul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005, Yore Publications, p143,
ISBN0954783042