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. They are one of the oldest football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times. In 1982, the club became one of only six English clubs to win the European Cup.
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

Aston Villa have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. Their most recent domestic honour was a League Cup win in 1996.

European

European Cup:
* Winners : 1982
European Super Cup:
* Winners : 1982–83
Intertoto Cup:
* Winners : 2001
* Co-winners : 2008

Domestic

League

Football League First Division:
* Winners : 1894, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1910, 1981
* Runners up : 1889, 1903, 1908, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1931, 1933, 1990
Premier League:
* Runners up : 1993
Football League Second Division:'
* Winners : 1938, 1960
* Runners up : 1975, 1988
*Play-Offs : [2019 EFL Football League Championship|Championship play-off Final|2019]
Football League Third Division:'
* Winners : 1972

Cups

FA Cup:
* Winners : 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, 1957
* Runners up : 1892, 1924, 2000, 2015
Football League Cup:
* Winners : [1961 Football Football League Cup|League Cup Final|1961], 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996
* Runners up : 1963, 1971, 2010, 2020
FA Charity Shield:
* Winners : 1981
* Runners up : 1910, 1957, 1972
Sheriff of London Charity Shield:
* Winners : 1899, 1901
* Runners up : 1900
Football League War Cup:
* Winners : 1944

Youth

FA Youth Cup:
* Winners : 1972, 1980, 2002, 2021, 2025
FA Premier League Cup
* Winners : 2018
HKFC Soccer Sevens
*Winners : 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2023
NextGen Cup:
* Winners : 2013

Friendly and exhibition

Football World Championship
* Winners : 1887, 1894, 1900
West Bromwich Charity Cup
* Winners : 1890
Bass Charity Vase
* Winners : 1893, 1894, 2018
Dublin Tournament
* Winners : 2003
Peace Cup:
* Winners : 2009
Cup of Traditions
*Winners : 2017
Queensland Champions Cup
*Winners : 2022
Al Wahda Challenge Cup
*Winners : 2022
Orange Trophy
*Winners : 2023
Trofeo de La Cerámica
*Winners : 2025

Player records

Appearances

Youngest first-team player: Andy Hunter, 15 years 134 days
Youngest league player: Jimmy Brown, 15 years 349 days.
Oldest first-team player: Brad Friedel, 40 years 4 days.

Most appearances

Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.

Rank

Player

Years

League

FA Cup

League Cup

Other

Total

Goalscorers

Most goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 50 goals in 1930-31 season.
Most league goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 49 goals in 1930-31 season.
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.
Youngest goalscorer: Andy Hunter, 15 years 134 days
Oldest goalscorer: Peter Schmeichel, 37 years and 336 days

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only. Number of appearances in brackets.

Rank

Player

Years

League

FA Cup

League Cup

Other

Total

International

''This section refers only to caps and honours won while an Aston Villa player. Players in bold are still active professionally''

Most capped international players

Note: internationals with over 50 international caps.

John McGinn, 74 caps for Scotland between 2018 to present.
Olof Mellberg, 69 caps for Sweden between 2001 and 2008.
Steve Staunton, 64 caps for Republic of Ireland between 1991 and 1998 and 2001 and 2002.
Emiliano Martinez, 57 caps for Argentina between 2021 to present.
Paul McGrath 51 caps for Republic of Ireland between 1989 and 1996.

England

First capped players for England: Arthur Alfred Brown and Howard Vaughton on 18 February 1882.
Most capped player for England: Gareth Southgate, 42 caps.

World Cup

First player to play at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Czechoslovakia on 8 June 1958.
First player to score at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Argentina on 11 June 1958.
First player to score in a World Cup for England: David Platt for England against Belgium on 26 June 1990.
Most World Cup finals goals: Peter McParland, 5.
Most World Cup appearances: Paul McGrath, 9, Steve Staunton, 8, Olof Mellberg, 8.
Most successful players at the World Cup:
*Winner: Emi Martínez.
*3rd Place: Alpay Özalan, Ron Vlaar.
*4th Place: David Platt.

Record transfer fees

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. 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.

Fees Paid

Rank

Player

Fee

From

Date

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Managerial records

First manager/secretary of the club: George Ramsay, in charge of 1327 games from August 1884 to 5 May 1926.
Longest serving manager: George Ramsay.
Most successful manager: George Ramsay, 6 League Championships and 6 FA Cups.

Club records

Goals

Most league goals scored in a season: 128.
Fewest league goals scored in a season: 27 goals.
Most league goals conceded in a season: 110 goals.
Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 32 goals.

Points

Most points in a season:
* Two points for a win: 70 points.
* Three points for a win: 83 points.
Fewest points in a season:
* Two points for a win:
** 18 points.
** 29 points.
* Three points for a win:
** 17 points.

Matches

Firsts

First match: Aston Villa 1-0 Aston Brook St Mary's, March 1874.
First league match: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa, 8 September 1888.
First match at Villa Park: friendly; 3-0, Blackburn Rovers, on 17 April 1897.
First FA Cup match: Stafford Road Works 1-1 Aston Villa, 13 December 1879. Aston Villa won the replay 3-1 on 24 January 1880.
First League Cup match: Aston Villa 4-1 Huddersfield Town, 12 October 1960.
First European match: Royal Antwerp 4-1 Aston Villa, 17 September 1975, UEFA Cup.

Record wins

Record Football League win: 12-2.
Record Premier League win: 7-1.
Record FA Cup win: 13-0.
Record League Cup win: 8-1.
Record European win: 5-0.

Record defeats

Record defeat: 0–8.
Record FA Cup defeat: 1-8.
Record League Cup defeat: 1-6.
Record European defeat: 1-4.

Attendances

Highest attendance at Villa Park:
* League game: 69,492.
* FA Cup game: 76,588.
* As an all-seater stadium: 43,157.
Lowest attendance at Villa Park:
* League game: 2,900.
Highest attendance at Wellington Road:
*League game: 20,000.
*FA Cup game: 26,849.
Lowest attendance at Wellington Road
*League game: 600.

Streaks

Longest winning runs :
*Multiple competitions:
**11 games in the 1896–97 Football League, 1897–98 Football League and 1896–97 FA Cup
**11 games in the 1913–14 Football League and 1913–14 FA Cup
**11 games in the 2025–26 Premier League and 2025–26 UEFA Europa League
*League:
**10 games in the 2018–19 EFL Championship
Longest unbeaten runs :
*Multiple competitions:
**22 games in the 1896–97 Football League, 1897–98 Football League, and 1896–97 FA Cup
* League:
**13 games in the 1898–99 Football League
**13 games in the 2008–09 Premier League
Longest losing run :
*11 games in the 1962–63 Football League
*11 games in the 2015–16 Premier League
Longest run without a win:
* Multiple competitions:
** 16 games in the 2015–16 Premier League, 2015–16 FA Cup and 2015–16 Football League Cup

National records

Most League Cup matches played and won
All-Time record for the most top-flight goals scored in a season, scoring 128 in season 1930–31.
First football club in the world to appoint a paid manager, George Ramsay in 1886.
First top-flight club to appoint a manager from outside the British Isles, Jozef Vengloš in July 1990.
Villa Park was the first English stadium to stage international football in three different centuries.
Villa Park has hosted more FA Cup Semi-Finals than any other ground, 55 to date.
Highest FA Cup attendance : 121,919
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.
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.
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. Aston Villa's scores are noted first in both results columns.

List of matches

;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