List of Aston Villa F.C. seasons

For details of the current season, see 2015–16 Aston Villa F.C. season.
The Aston Villa team of 1897 that won The Double.

This is a list of seasons played by Aston Villa Football Club in English and European football, from 1879 (the year of the club's first FA Cup entry) to the most recent completed season. Aston Villa football club was founded 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 Aston Brook St Mary's was played with one half under Rugby rules and the other under football rules.[1] In the 1880s the game became more formalised and in 1888, William McGregor formed the Football League with 11 other clubs.[2]

The club has won the League Championship seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup five times, the Charity Shield once (shared), the European Cup once, the European Super Cup once and the Intertoto Cup twice.[3]

This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season. Records of competitions such as the Birmingham Senior Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Seasons

Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup League
Cup
[4]
Charity Shield/
Community Shield[5]
Europe Name Goals
League Top goalscorer[6]
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
Details
FL[7] 22 12 5 5 61 42 29 2nd R3 Albert Allen 19
1889–90
Details
FL 22 7 5 10 43 51 19 8th R2 Dennis Hodgetts 11
1890–91 FL 22 7 4 11 45 58 18 9th R2 Arthur Brown 13
1891–92 FL 26 15 0 11 89 56 30 4th Runners-up John Devey 34
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 Campbell 26
1896–97[9] Div 1 30 21 5 4 73 38 47 1st Winners Fred Wheldon 22
1897–98 Div 1 30 14 5 11 61 51 33 6th R5 Fred Wheldon 23
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 Garraty 30
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 McLuckie 16
190203 Div 1 34 19 3 12 61 40 41 2nd SF Jasper McLuckie 20
190304 Div 1 34 17 7 10 70 48 41 5th R2 Joe Bache 16
190405 Div 1 34 19 4 11 63 43 42 4th Winners Harry Hampton 22
190506 Div 1 38 17 6 15 72 56 40 8th R3 Billy Garraty 22
190607 Div 1 38 19 6 13 78 52 44 5th R2 Harry Hampton 21
190708 Div 1 38 17 9 12 77 59 43 2nd R3 [10] Joe Bache 25
190809 Div 1 38 14 10 14 58 56 38 7th R1 Joe Bache 11
190910 Div 1 38 23 7 8 84 42 53 1st R3 Harry Hampton 29
191011 Div 1 38 22 7 9 69 41 51 2nd R2 Runners-up Harry Hampton 21
191112 Div 1 38 17 7 14 76 63 41 6th R2 Harry Hampton 28
191213 Div 1 38 19 12 17 86 52 50 2nd Winners Harry Hampton 30
191314 Div 1 38 19 6 13 65 50 44 2nd SF Harry Hampton 24
191415 Div 1 38 13 11 14 62 72 37 14th R2 Harry Hampton 20
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
191920 Div 1 42 18 6 18 75 73 42 9th Winners Clem Stephenson 29
192021 Div 1 42 18 7 17 63 70 43 10th R4 Billy Walker 31
192122 Div 1 42 22 3 17 74 55 47 5th R4 Ian Dickson 28
192223 Div 1 42 18 10 14 64 51 46 6th R1 Billy Walker 23
192324 Div 1 42 18 13 11 52 37 49 6th Runners-up Len Capewell 26
192425 Div 1 42 13 13 16 58 71 39 15th R3 Billy Walker 25
192526 Div 1 42 16 12 14 86 76 44 6th R5 Len Capewell 34
192627 Div 1 42 18 7 17 81 83 43 10th R3 Len Capewell 16
192728 Div 1 42 17 9 16 78 73 43 8th R5 George Cook 27
192829 Div 1 42 23 4 15 98 81 50 3rd SF Pongo Waring 32
192930 Div 1 42 21 5 16 92 83 47 4th QF George Brown 30
193031 Div 1 42 25 9 8 128[11] 78 59 2nd R3 Pongo Waring 50[12]
193132 Div 1 42 19 8 15 104 72 46 5th R4 Pongo Waring 30
193233 Div 1 42 23 8 11 92 67 54 2nd R4 George Brown 35
193334 Div 1 42 14 12 16 78 75 40 13th SF Dai Astley 33
193435 Div 1 42 14 13 15 74 88 41 13th R3 Dai Astley 21
193536 Div 1 42 13 9 20 81 110 35 21st↓ R3 Dai Astley 21
193637 Div 2 42 16 12 14 82 70 44 9th R3 Frank Broome 29
193738 Div 2 42 25 7 10 73 35 57 1st SF Frank Broome 25
193839 Div 1 42 16 9 17 71 60 41 12th R4 Frank Broome 16
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
194546 n/a[13] QF
194647 Div 1 42 18 9 15 67 53 45 8th R3 Dicky Dorsett 13
194748 Div 1 42 19 9 14 65 57 47 6th R3 Trevor Ford 18
194849 Div 1 42 16 10 16 60 76 42 10th R4 Trevor Ford 14
194950 Div 1 42 15 12 15 61 61 42 12th R3 Trevor Ford 18
195051 Div 1 42 12 13 17 66 68 37 15th R4 Johnny Dixon 16
195152 Div 1 42 19 9 14 79 70 47 6th R3 Johnny Dixon 28
195253 Div 1 42 14 13 15 63 61 41 11th QF Johnny Dixon 14
195354 Div 1 42 16 9 17 70 68 41 13th R3 Tommy Thompson 21
195455 Div 1 42 20 7 15 72 73 47 6th R4 Tommy Thompson 20
195556 Div 1 42 11 13 18 52 69 35 20th R4 Johnny Dixon 18
195657 Div 1 42 14 15 13 65 55 43 10th Winners Runners-up Peter McParland 19
195758 Div 1 42 16 7 19 73 86 39 14th R3 Peter McParland 17
195859 Div 1 42 11 8 23 58 87 30 21st↓ SF Gerry Hitchens 18
195960 Div 2 42 25 9 8 89 43 59 1st SF Gerry Hitchens 25
196061[14] Div 1 42 17 9 16 78 77 43 9th R5 Winners[15] Gerry Hitchens 42
196162 Div 1 42 18 8 16 65 56 44 7th QF R3 Harry Burrows 20
196263 Div 1 42 15 8 19 62 68 38 15th R4 Runners-up Harry Burrows 22
196364 Div 1 42 11 12 19 62 71 34 19th R3 R3 Tony Hateley 19
196465 Div 1 42 16 5 21 57 82 37 16th R5 SF Tony Hateley 34
196566 Div 1 42 15 6 21 69 80 36 16th R3 QF Tony Hateley 28
196667 Div 1 42 11 7 24 54 85 29 21st↓ R4 R2 Lew Chatterley 13
196768 Div 2 42 15 7 20 54 64 37 16th R4 R2 Brian Godfrey 13
196869 Div 2 42 12 14 16 37 48 38 18th R5 R2 Brian Godfrey 7
196970 Div 2 42 8 13 21 36 62 29 21st↓ R3 R2 Bruce Rioch 6
197071 Div 3 46 19 15 12 54 46 53 4th R1 Runners-up Andy Lochhead 13
197172 Div 3 46 32 6 8 85 32 70 1st R1 R4 Andy Lochhead 25
197273 Div 2 42 18 14 10 51 47 50 3rd R3 R3 Runners-up Alun Evans 11
197374 Div 2 42 13 15 14 48 45 41 14th R5 R2 Sammy Morgan 9
197475 Div 2 42 25 8 9 79 32 58 2nd↑ R5 Winners Ray Graydon 27
197576 Div 1 42 11 17 14 51 59 39 16th R3 R3 UEFA CupR1 Ray Graydon 14
197677 Div 1 42 22 7 13 76 50 51 4th QF Winners Andy Gray 29
197778 Div 1 42 18 10 14 57 42 46 8th R3 R4 UEFA CupQF Andy Gray 20
197879 Div 1 42 15 16 11 59 49 46 8th R3 R4 John Deehan 10
197980 Div 1 42 16 14 12 51 50 46 7th QF R3 Gary Shaw 13
198081 Div 1 42 26 8 8 72 40 60 1st R3 R3 Peter Withe 21
198182[16] Div 1 42 15 12 15 55 53 57[17] 11th R5 QF Shared[18] European Cup Winners Peter Withe 17
198283 Div 1 42 21 5 16 62 50 68 6th QF R2 Super CupWinners[19]
European CupQF
Intercontinental CupRunners-up
Gary Shaw 24
198384 Div 1 42 17 9 16 59 61 60 10th R3 SF UEFA CupR2 Peter Withe 22
198485 Div 1 42 15 11 16 60 60 56 10th R3 R3 Paul Rideout 15
198586 Div 1 42 10 14 18 51 67 44 16th R4 SF Simon Stainrod 21
198687 Div 1 42 8 12 22 45 79 36 22nd↓ R3 R4 Allan Evans 8
198788 Div 2 44 22 12 10 68 41 78 2nd↑ R4 R4 Warren Aspinall 13
198889 Div 1 38 9 13 16 45 56 40 17th R4 QF Alan McInally 22
198990 Div 1 38 21 7 10 57 38 70 2nd QF R3 David Platt 24
199091 Div 1 38 9 14 15 46 58 41 17th R3 QF UEFA CupR2 David Platt 24
199192 Div 1 42 17 9 16 48 44 60 7th QF R2 Dwight Yorke 17
199293 Prem 42 21 11 10 57 40 74 2nd R4 R4 Dean Saunders 16
199394 Prem 42 15 12 15 46 50 57 10th R5 Winners UEFA CupR2 Dean Saunders 16
199495 Prem 42 11 15 16 51 56 48 18th R4 R4 UEFA CupR2 Dean Saunders 17
199596 Prem 38 18 9 11 52 35 63 4th SF Winners Dwight Yorke 25
199697 Prem 38 17 10 11 47 34 61 5th R4 R4 UEFA CupR1 Dwight Yorke 20
199798 Prem 38 17 6 15 49 48 57 7th R5 R3 UEFA CupQF Dwight Yorke 16
199899 Prem 38 15 10 13 51 46 55 6th R4 R3 UEFA CupR2 Julian Joachim 16
199900 Prem 38 15 13 10 46 35 58 6th Runners-up SF Dion Dublin 16
200001 Prem 38 13 15 10 46 43 54 8th R4 R3 Intertoto CupSF Dion Dublin 9
200102 Prem 38 12 14 12 46 47 50 8th R3 R4 Intertoto CupWinners[20]
UEFA CupR1
Juan Pablo Ángel 16
200203 Prem 38 12 9 17 42 47 45 16th R3 QF Intertoto CupSF Dion Dublin 14
200304 Prem 38 15 11 12 48 44 56 6th R3 SF Juan Pablo Ángel 23
200405 Prem 38 12 11 15 45 52 47 10th R3 R3 Juan Pablo Ángel 9
200506 Prem 38 10 12 16 42 55 42 16th R5 R4 Milan Baroš 12
200607 Prem 38 11 17 10 43 41 50 11th R3 R4 Gabriel Agbonlahor 10
200708 Prem 38 16 12 10 71 51 60 6th R3 R3 John Carew 13
200809 Prem 38 17 11 10 54 48 62 6th R5 R3 Intertoto Cup – Co-winners[21]
UEFA CupR32
John Carew 15
200910 Prem 38 17 13 8 52 39 64 6th SF Runners-up UEFA Europa LeaguePOR John Carew 17
201011 Prem 38 12 12 14 48 59 48 9th R5 QF UEFA Europa LeaguePOR Darren Bent

Ashley Young

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201112 Prem 38 7 17 14 37 53 38 16th R4 R3 Darren Bent 10
201213 Prem 38 10 11 17 47 69 41 15th R4 SF Christian Benteke 23
201314 Prem 38 10 8 20 39 61 38 15th R3 R3 Christian Benteke 11
201415 Prem 38 10 8 20 31 57 38 17th Runners-up R2 Christian Benteke 15

Key

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position

  • POR = Play-off round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • R/U = Runners-up
  • W= Winners

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

References

Specific
  1. "Aston Villa's history 18741887". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. "Villa History 18881899". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
  3. "Club Honours". AVFC.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  4. The League Cup was founded in 1961.
  5. The Charity/Community Shield was founded in 1908.
  6. Goals in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and European) are counted.
  7. Aston Villa was a founding member of the Football League.
  8. The Football League expanded to two divisions in 1892, absorbing most of the teams from the Football Alliance. The league previously known simply as the Football League became the Football League First Division.
  9. In this season Aston Villa was the second team to win the double. As of September 2007 it is one of six English clubs to have done so.
  10. The Charity Shield later known as the FA Community Shield is formed.
  11. English record goals total for any club in the top flight, and for any club in a 42-game season. Aston Villa's 86 goals scored at home this season is a record for any club in the top division. "Football League Records: Goals". The Football League. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
  12. Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season.
  13. The FA Cup was contested in 194546 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  14. The League Cup.
  15. First winner of the League Cup.
  16. When Villa won the European Cup it became the fourth English club to do so.
  17. The 198182 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  18. From 1939 to 1993, in the event of a draw, the Charity Shield would be shared between the two competing teams, with each team having possession of the trophy for six months.
  19. The European Super Cup was played over two legs in January 1983.
  20. Intertoto Cup winners entered the first round of the UEFA Cup this season.
  21. Winners of this season's Intertoto Cup entered the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, the outright winners were Braga who progressed furthest in the UEFA Cup.
General

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