Aston Villa F.C. seasons

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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 once.^[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.

1 Seasons
2 Key
3 Footnotes
4 References

[edit] Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup^[4]	Charity Shield^[5]	Europe	Top goalscorer^[6]
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup^[4]	Charity Shield^[5]	Europe	Name	Goals
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 Allen	19
1889–90	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
1902–03	Div 1	34	19	3	12	61	40	41	2nd	SF				Jasper McLuckie	20
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 Hampton	22
1905–06	Div 1	38	17	6	15	72	56	40	8th	R3				Billy Garraty	22
1906–07	Div 1	38	19	6	13	78	52	44	5th	R2				Harry Hampton	21
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 Hampton	29
1910–11	Div 1	38	22	7	9	69	41	51	2nd	R2		Runners-up		Harry Hampton	21
1911–12	Div 1	38	17	7	14	76	63	41	6th	R2				Harry Hampton	28
1912–13	Div 1	38	19	12	17	86	52	50	2nd	Winners				Harry Hampton	30
1913–14	Div 1	38	19	6	13	65	50	44	2nd	SF				Harry Hampton	24
1914–15	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
1919–20	Div 1	42	18	6	18	75	73	42	9th	Winners				Clem Stephenson	29
1920–21	Div 1	42	18	7	17	63	70	43	10th	R4				Billy Walker	31
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 Walker	23
1923–24	Div 1	42	18	13	11	52	37	49	6th	Runners-up				Len Capewell	26
1924–25	Div 1	42	13	13	16	58	71	39	15th	R3				Billy Walker	25
1925–26	Div 1	42	16	12	14	86	76	44	6th	R5				Len Capewell	34
1926–27	Div 1	42	18	7	17	81	83	43	10th	R3				Len Capewell	16
1927–28	Div 1	42	17	9	16	78	73	43	8th	R5				George Cook	27
1928–29	Div 1	42	23	4	15	98	81	50	3rd	SF				Pongo Waring	32
1929–30	Div 1	42	21	5	16	92	83	47	4th	QF				George Brown	30
1930–31	Div 1	42	25	9	8	128^[11]	78	59	2nd	R3				Pongo Waring	50^[12]
1931–32	Div 1	42	19	8	15	104	72	46	5th	R4				Pongo Waring	30
1932–33	Div 1	42	23	8	11	92	67	54	2nd	R4				George Brown	35
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
1936–37	Div 2	42	16	12	14	82	70	44	9th	R3				Frank Broome	29
1937–38	Div 2	42	25	7	10	73	35	57	1st	SF				Frank Broome	25
1938–39	Div 1	42	16	9	17	71	60	41	12th	R4				Frank Broome	16
1939–40^[13]	Div 1
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
1945–46	n/a^[14]									QF
1946–47	Div 1	42	18	9	15	67	53	45	8th	R3				Dicky Dorsett	13
1947–48	Div 1	42	19	9	14	65	57	47	6th	R3				Trevor Ford	18
1948–49	Div 1	42	16	10	16	60	76	42	10th	R4				Trevor Ford	14
1949–50	Div 1	42	15	12	15	61	61	42	12th	R3				Trevor Ford	18
1950–51	Div 1	42	12	13	17	66	68	37	15th	R4				Johnny Dixon	16
1951–52	Div 1	42	19	9	14	79	70	47	6th	R3				Johnny Dixon	28
1952–53	Div 1	42	14	13	15	63	61	41	11th	QF				Johnny Dixon	14
1953–54	Div 1	42	16	9	17	70	68	41	13th	R3				Tommy Thompson	21
1954–55	Div 1	42	20	7	15	72	73	47	6th	R4				Tommy Thompson	20
1955–56	Div 1	42	11	13	18	52	69	35	20th	R4				Johnny Dixon	18
1956–57	Div 1	42	14	15	13	65	55	43	10th	Winners		Runners-up		Peter McParland	19
1957–58	Div 1	42	16	7	19	73	86	39	14th	R3				Peter McParland	17
1958–59	Div 1	42	11	8	23	58	87	30	21st	SF				Gerry Hitchens	18
1959–60	Div 2	42	25	9	8	89	43	59	1st	SF				Gerry Hitchens	25
1960–61^[15]	Div 1	42	17	9	16	78	77	43	9th	R5	Winners^[16]			Gerry Hitchens	42
1961–62	Div 1	42	18	8	16	65	56	44	7th	QF	R3			Harry Burrows	20
1962–63	Div 1	42	15	8	19	62	68	38	15th	R4	Runners-up			Harry Burrows	22
1963–64	Div 1	42	11	12	19	62	71	34	19th	R3	R3			Tony Hateley	19
1964–65	Div 1	42	16	5	21	57	82	37	16th	R5	SF			Tony Hateley	34
1965–66	Div 1	42	15	6	21	69	80	36	16th	R3	QF			Tony Hateley	28
1966–67	Div 1	42	11	7	24	54	85	29	21st	R4	R2			Lew Chatterley	13
1967–68	Div 2	42	15	7	20	54	64	37	16th	R4	R2			Brian Godfrey	13
1968–69	Div 2	42	12	14	16	37	48	38	18th	R5	R2			Brian Godfrey	7
1969–70	Div 2	42	8	13	21	36	62	29	21st	R3	R2			Bruce Rioch	6
1970–71	Div 3	46	19	15	12	54	46	53	4th	R1	Runners-up			Andy Lochhead	13
1971–72	Div 3	46	32	6	8	85	32	70	1st	R1	R4			Andy Lochhead	25
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 Morgan	9
1974–75	Div 2	42	25	8	9	79	32	58	2nd	R5	Winners			Ray Graydon	27
1975–76	Div 1	42	11	17	14	51	59	39	16th	R3	R3		UEFA Cup - R1	Ray Graydon	14
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 Deehan	10
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 Withe	21
1981–82^[17]	Div 1	42	15	12	15	55	53	57^[18]	11th	R5	QF	Shared^[19]	European Cup – Winners	Peter Withe	17
1982–83	Div 1	42	21	5	16	62	50	68	6th	QF	R2		Super Cup - Winners^[20] European Cup – QF Intercontinental Cup - Runners-up	Gary Shaw	24
1983–84	Div 1	42	17	9	16	59	61	60	10th	R3	SF		UEFA Cup - R2	Peter Withe	22
1984–85	Div 1	42	15	11	16	60	60	56	10th	R3	R3			Paul Rideout	15
1985–86	Div 1	42	10	14	18	51	67	44	16th	R4	SF			Simon Stainrod	21
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 Aspinall	13
1988–89	Div 1	38	9	13	16	45	56	40	17th	R4	QF			Alan McInally	22
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 Yorke	17
1992–93	Prem	42	21	11	10	57	40	74	2nd	R4	R4			Dean Saunders	16
1993–94	Prem	42	15	12	15	46	50	57	10th	R5	Winners		UEFA Cup - R2	Dean Saunders	16
1994–95	Prem	42	11	15	16	51	56	48	18th	R4	R4		UEFA Cup - R2	Dean Saunders	17
1995–96	Prem	38	18	9	11	52	35	63	4th	SF	Winners			Dwight Yorke	25
1996–97	Prem	38	17	10	11	47	34	61	5th	R4	R4		UEFA Cup - R1	Dwight Yorke	20
1997–98	Prem	38	17	6	15	49	48	57	7th	R5	R3		UEFA Cup - QF	Dwight Yorke	16
1998–99	Prem	38	15	10	13	51	46	55	6th	R4	R3		UEFA Cup - R2	Julian Joachim	16
1999–2000	Prem	38	15	13	10	46	35	58	6th	Runners-up	SF			Dion Dublin	16
2000–01	Prem	38	13	15	10	46	43	54	8th	R4	R3			Dion Dublin	9
2001–02	Prem	38	12	14	12	46	47	50	8th	R3	R4		Intertoto Cup - Winners^[21] UEFA Cup - R1	Juan Pablo Ángel	16
2002–03^[22]	Prem	38	12	9	17	42	47	45	16th	R3	QF			Dion Dublin	14
2003–04	Prem	38	15	11	12	48	44	56	6th	R3	SF			Juan Pablo Ángel	23
2004–05	Prem	38	12	11	15	45	52	47	10th	R3	R3			Juan Pablo Ángel	9
2005–06	Prem	38	10	12	16	42	55	42	16th	R5	R4			Milan Baroš	12
2006–07	Prem	38	11	17	10	43	41	50	11th	R3	R4			Gabriel Agbonlahor	10

[edit] Key

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

FL = Football League
Div 1 = Football League First Division
Div 2 = Football League Second Division
Div 3 = Football League Third Division
Prem = Premier League
n/a = Not applicable
Divisions in bold indicate a change in division.

R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4
R5 = Round 5
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

[edit] Footnotes

^ Aston Villa's history 1874–1887. Aston Villa F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
^ Villa History 1888–1899. Aston Villa F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
^ AVFC club Honours. Aston Villa F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.
^ The League Cup was founded in 1961.
^ The Charity/Community Shield was founded in 1908.
^ Goals in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and European) are counted.
^ Aston Villa was a founding member of the Football League.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ The Charity Shield later known as the FA Community Shield is formed.
^ 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 on 2007-09-10.
^ Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season.
^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled.
^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
^ The League Cup.
^ First winner of the League Cup.
^ When Villa won the European Cup it became the fourth English club to do so.
^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
^ 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.
^ The European Super Cup was played over two legs in January 1983.
^ When winning the Intertoto Cup, you enter the first round of the UEFA Cup for that season.
^ The Charity Shield is renamed the Community Shield.