From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Aston Villa F.C. seasons
List of Aston Villa F.C. seasons
• W = Games • Div 1 = • R1 = Round 1
won Football • R2 = Round 2
• D = Games League First • R3 = Round 3
drawn Division • R4 = Round 4
• L = Games • Div 2 = • R5 = Round 5
lost Football • QF = Quarter-
• F = Goals for League finals
• A = Goals Second • SF = Semi-
against Division finals
• Pts = Points • Div 3 = • R/U =
• Pos = Final Football Runners-up
position League Third • W= Winners
Division
• Prem =
Premier
League
The Aston Villa team of 1897 that won The Double. • n/a = Not
applicable
This is a list of seasons played by Aston Villa Football • Divisions in
Club in English and European football, from 1879 (the indicate a
year of the club’s first FA Cup entry) to the most recent change in
completed season. Aston Villa football club was founded division.
in March, 1874, by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan
Chapel in Aston. Throughout the 1870s Aston Villa played
a small amount of games. At least one game, against As-
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by rules and the other under football rules.[1] In the 1880s http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/
the game became more formalised and in 1888, William ClubHistory/0,,10265~422987,00.html. Retrieved
McGregor formed the Football League with 11 other 2007-08-31.
clubs.[2] [2] "Villa History 1888–1899". Aston Villa F.C..
The club has won the League Championship seven http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/
times, the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup five times, ClubHistory/0,,10265~423093,00.html. Retrieved
the Charity Shield once (shared), the European Cup once, 2007-06-26.
the European Super Cup once and the Intertoto Cup [3] "Club Honours". AVFC.co.uk.
once.[3] http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/HistoryHonours.
This list details the club’s achievements in all major Retrieved 2011-04-18.
competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top [4] The League Cup was founded in 1961.
scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English [5] The Charity/Community Shield was founded in
league that season. Records of competitions such as the 1908.
Birmingham Senior Cup are not included due to them be- [6] Goals in all competitions (Football League or
ing considered of less importance than the FA Cup and Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and European)
the League Cup. are counted.
[7] Aston Villa was a founding member of the Football
League.
Seasons [8] The Football League expanded to two divisions in
1892, absorbing most of the teams from the
Key Football Alliance. The league previously known
simply as the Football League became the Football
• P = Played • FL = Football • POR = Play- League First Division.
League off round
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Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup League Charity Europe Name Goa
League Cup[4] Shield/
Shield/ Top goalscorer[6
Community
Shield[5]
1879–80 n/a R3
1880–81 n/a R4
1881–82 n/a R4
1882–83 n/a QF
1883–84 n/a QF
1884–85 n/a R3
1885–86 n/a R2
1886–87 n/a Winners
1887–88 n/a R5
1888–89 FL[7] 22 12 5 5 61 42 29 2nd R3 Albert 19
Details Allen
1889–90 FL 22 7 5 10 43 51 19 8th R2 Dennis 11
Details Hodgetts
1890–91 FL 22 7 4 11 45 58 18 9th R2 Arthur 13
Brown
1891–92 FL 26 15 0 11 89 56 30 4th Runners- John Devey 34
up
1892–93 Div 1[8] 30 16 3 11 73 62 35 4th R1 John Devey 19
1893–94 Div 1 30 19 6 5 84 42 44 1st R3 John Devey 22
1894–95 Div 1 30 17 5 8 82 43 39 3rd Winners John Devey 19
1895–96 Div 1 30 20 5 5 78 45 45 1st R1 John Camp- 26
bell
1896–97[9] Div 1 30 21 5 4 73 38 47 1st Winners Fred Whel- 22
don
1897–98 Div 1 30 14 5 11 61 51 33 6th R5 Fred Whel- 23
don
1898–99 Div 1 34 19 7 8 76 40 45 1st R1 John Devey 21
1899–1900 Div 1 34 22 6 6 77 35 50 1st R3 Billy Gar- 30
raty
1900–01 Div 1 34 10 10 14 45 51 30 15th SF John Devey 15
1901–02 Div 1 34 13 8 13 42 40 34 8th R1 Jasper 16
McLuckie
1902–03 Div 1 34 19 3 12 61 40 41 2nd SF Jasper 20
McLuckie
1903–04 Div 1 34 17 7 10 70 48 41 5th R2 Joe Bache 16
1904–05 Div 1 34 19 4 11 63 43 42 4th Winners Harry 22
Hampton
1905–06 Div 1 38 17 6 15 72 56 40 8th R3 Billy Gar- 22
raty
1906–07 Div 1 38 19 6 13 78 52 44 5th R2 Harry 21
Hampton
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1907–08 Div 1 38 17 9 12 77 59 43 2nd R3 [10] Joe Bache 25
1908–09 Div 1 38 14 10 14 58 56 38 7th R1 Joe Bache 11
1909–10 Div 1 38 23 7 8 84 42 53 1st R3 Harry 29
Hampton
1910–11 Div 1 38 22 7 9 69 41 51 2nd R2 Runners-up Harry 21
Hampton
1911–12 Div 1 38 17 7 14 76 63 41 6th R2 Harry 28
Hampton
1912–13 Div 1 38 19 12 17 86 52 50 2nd Winners Harry 30
Hampton
1913–14 Div 1 38 19 6 13 65 50 44 2nd SF Harry 24
Hampton
1914–15 Div 1 38 13 11 14 62 72 37 14th R2 Harry 20
Hampton
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20 Div 1 42 18 6 18 75 73 42 9th Winners Clem 29
Stephenson
1920–21 Div 1 42 18 7 17 63 70 43 10th R4 Billy Walk- 31
er
1921–22 Div 1 42 22 3 17 74 55 47 5th R4 Ian Dickson 28
1922–23 Div 1 42 18 10 14 64 51 46 6th R1 Billy Walk- 23
er
1923–24 Div 1 42 18 13 11 52 37 49 6th Runners- Len 26
up Capewell
1924–25 Div 1 42 13 13 16 58 71 39 15th R3 Billy Walk- 25
er
1925–26 Div 1 42 16 12 14 86 76 44 6th R5 Len 34
Capewell
1926–27 Div 1 42 18 7 17 81 83 43 10th R3 Len 16
Capewell
1927–28 Div 1 42 17 9 16 78 73 43 8th R5 George 27
Cook
1928–29 Div 1 42 23 4 15 98 81 50 3rd SF Pongo 32
Waring
1929–30 Div 1 42 21 5 16 92 83 47 4th QF George 30
Brown
1930–31 Div 1 42 25 9 8 128[11] 78 59 2nd R3 Pongo 50[1
Waring
1931–32 Div 1 42 19 8 15 104 72 46 5th R4 Pongo 30
Waring
1932–33 Div 1 42 23 8 11 92 67 54 2nd R4 George 35
Brown
1933–34 Div 1 42 14 12 16 78 75 40 13th SF Dai Astley 33
1934–35 Div 1 42 14 13 15 74 88 41 13th R3 Dai Astley 21
1935–36 Div 1 42 13 9 20 81 110 35 21st↓ R3 Dai Astley 21
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1936–37 Div 2 42 16 12 14 82 70 44 9th R3 Frank 29
Broome
1937–38 Div 2 42 25 7 10 73 35 57 1st SF Frank 25
Broome
1938–39 Div 1 42 16 9 17 71 60 41 12th R4 Frank 16
Broome
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
1945–46 n/a[13] QF
1946–47 Div 1 42 18 9 15 67 53 45 8th R3 Dicky 13
Dorsett
1947–48 Div 1 42 19 9 14 65 57 47 6th R3 Trevor 18
Ford
1948–49 Div 1 42 16 10 16 60 76 42 10th R4 Trevor 14
Ford
1949–50 Div 1 42 15 12 15 61 61 42 12th R3 Trevor 18
Ford
1950–51 Div 1 42 12 13 17 66 68 37 15th R4 Johnny 16
Dixon
1951–52 Div 1 42 19 9 14 79 70 47 6th R3 Johnny 28
Dixon
1952–53 Div 1 42 14 13 15 63 61 41 11th QF Johnny 14
Dixon
1953–54 Div 1 42 16 9 17 70 68 41 13th R3 Tommy 21
Thompson
1954–55 Div 1 42 20 7 15 72 73 47 6th R4 Tommy 20
Thompson
1955–56 Div 1 42 11 13 18 52 69 35 20th R4 Johnny 18
Dixon
1956–57 Div 1 42 14 15 13 65 55 43 10th Winners Runners-up Peter 19
McParland
1957–58 Div 1 42 16 7 19 73 86 39 14th R3 Peter 17
McParland
1958–59 Div 1 42 11 8 23 58 87 30 21st↓ SF Gerry 18
Hitchens
1959–60 Div 2 42 25 9 8 89 43 59 1st SF Gerry 25
Hitchens
14]
1960–61[14] Div 1 42 17 9 16 78 77 43 9th R5 Winners[15] Gerry 42
Hitchens
1961–62 Div 1 42 18 8 16 65 56 44 7th QF R3 Harry Bur- 20
rows
1962–63 Div 1 42 15 8 19 62 68 38 15th R4 Runners- Harry Bur- 22
up rows
1963–64 Div 1 42 11 12 19 62 71 34 19th R3 R3 Tony Hate- 19
ley
1964–65 Div 1 42 16 5 21 57 82 37 16th R5 SF Tony Hate- 34
ley
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1965–66 Div 1 42 15 6 21 69 80 36 16th R3 QF Tony Hate- 28
ley
1966–67 Div 1 42 11 7 24 54 85 29 21st↓ R4 R2 Lew Chat- 13
terley
1967–68 Div 2 42 15 7 20 54 64 37 16th R4 R2 Brian God- 13
frey
1968–69 Div 2 42 12 14 16 37 48 38 18th R5 R2 Brian God- 7
frey
1969–70 Div 2 42 8 13 21 36 62 29 21st↓ R3 R2 Bruce 6
Rioch
1970–71 Div 3 46 19 15 12 54 46 53 4th R1 Runners- Andy 13
up Lochhead
1971–72 Div 3 46 32 6 8 85 32 70 1st R1 R4 Andy 25
Lochhead
1972–73 Div 2 42 18 14 10 51 47 50 3rd R3 R3 Runners-up Alun Evans 11
1973–74 Div 2 42 13 15 14 48 45 41 14th R5 R2 Sammy 9
Morgan
1974–75 Div 2 42 25 8 9 79 32 58 2nd↑ R5 Winners Ray Gray- 27
don
1975–76 Div 1 42 11 17 14 51 59 39 16th R3 R3 UEFA Cup – R1 Ray Gray- 14
don
1976–77 Div 1 42 22 7 13 76 50 51 4th QF Winners Andy Gray 29
1977–78 Div 1 42 18 10 14 57 42 46 8th R3 R4 UEFA Cup – QF Andy Gray 20
1978–79 Div 1 42 15 16 11 59 49 46 8th R3 R4 John Dee- 10
han
1979–80 Div 1 42 16 14 12 51 50 46 7th QF R3 Gary Shaw 13
1980–81 Div 1 42 26 8 8 72 40 60 1st R3 R3 Peter 21
Withe
16]
1981–82[16] Div 1 42 15 12 15 55 53 57[17] 11th R5 QF Shared[18] European Cup – Peter 17
Winners Withe
1982–83 Div 1 42 21 5 16 62 50 68 6th QF R2 Super Cup – Gary Shaw 24
Winners[19]
European Cup –
QF
Intercontinental
Cup – Runners-
up
1983–84 Div 1 42 17 9 16 59 61 60 10th R3 SF UEFA Cup – R2 Peter 22
Withe
1984–85 Div 1 42 15 11 16 60 60 56 10th R3 R3 Paul Ride- 15
out
1985–86 Div 1 42 10 14 18 51 67 44 16th R4 SF Simon 21
Stainrod
1986–87 Div 1 42 8 12 22 45 79 36 22nd↓ R3 R4 Allan Evans 8
1987–88 Div 2 44 22 12 10 68 41 78 2nd↑ R4 R4 Warren 13
Aspinall
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1988–89 Div 1 38 9 13 16 45 56 40 17th R4 QF Alan McI- 22
nally
1989–90 Div 1 38 21 7 10 57 38 70 2nd QF R3 David Platt 24
1990–91 Div 1 38 9 14 15 46 58 41 17th R3 QF UEFA Cup – R2 David Platt 24
1991–92 Div 1 42 17 9 16 48 44 60 7th QF R2 Dwight 17
Yorke
1992–93 Prem 42 21 11 10 57 40 74 2nd R4 R4 Dean Saun- 16
ders
1993–94 Prem 42 15 12 15 46 50 57 10th R5 Winners UEFA Cup – R2 Dean Saun- 16
ders
1994–95 Prem 42 11 15 16 51 56 48 18th R4 R4 UEFA Cup – R2 Dean Saun- 17
ders
1995–96 Prem 38 18 9 11 52 35 63 4th SF Winners Dwight 25
Yorke
1996–97 Prem 38 17 10 11 47 34 61 5th R4 R4 UEFA Cup – R1 Dwight 20
Yorke
1997–98 Prem 38 17 6 15 49 48 57 7th R5 R3 UEFA Cup – QF Dwight 16
Yorke
1998–99 Prem 38 15 10 13 51 46 55 6th R4 R3 UEFA Cup – R2 Julian 16
Joachim
1999–00 Prem 38 15 13 10 46 35 58 6th Runners- SF Dion 16
up Dublin
2000–01 Prem 38 13 15 10 46 43 54 8th R4 R3 Intertoto Cup – Dion 9
SF Dublin
2001–02 Prem 38 12 14 12 46 47 50 8th R3 R4 Intertoto Cup – Juan Pablo 16
Winners[20] Ángel
UEFA Cup – R1
2002–03 Prem 38 12 9 17 42 47 45 16th R3 QF Intertoto Cup – Dion 14
SF Dublin
2003–04 Prem 38 15 11 12 48 44 56 6th R3 SF Juan Pablo 23
Ángel
2004–05 Prem 38 12 11 15 45 52 47 10th R3 R3 Juan Pablo 9
Ángel
2005–06 Prem 38 10 12 16 42 55 42 16th R5 R4 Milan 12
Baroš
2006–07 Prem 38 11 17 10 43 41 50 11th R3 R4 Gabriel Ag- 10
bonlahor
2007–08 Prem 38 16 12 10 71 51 60 6th R3 R3 John Carew 13
2008–09 Prem 38 17 11 10 54 48 62 6th R5 R3 UEFA Intertoto John Carew 15
Cup – R3[21]
UEFA Cup – R32
2009–10 Prem 38 17 13 8 52 39 64 6th SF Runners- UEFA Europa John Carew 17
up League – POR
2010–11 Prem 38 12 12 14 48 59 48 9th R5 QF UEFA Europa Darren 9
League – POR Bent
Ashley
Young
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Champions Runners-up Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓
[9] In this season Aston Villa was the second team to General
win the double. As of September 2007 it is one of • "FA Cup seasons". Soccerbase.com.
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flight, and for any club in a 42-game season. Aston cup2.sd?competitionid=60. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
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