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    Aston Villa are seven-time champions of England, seven-time FA Cup winners, European Cup winners and more. The club boasts a large fanbase and rich heritage.

    Aston Villa are an English football club based in Birmingham, in the West Midlands, who compete in the Premier League. They play their home games at Villa Park with a capacity of 42,276.

    Affectionately known as 'Villa', 'the Villa' or 'the Villans', they were founded in 1876 and are the fifth-most successful team domestically with seven league titles in the top tier of English soccer - their last being in 1980/81 - seven FA Cups and five League Cups.

    Villa are also one of only five English clubs to have won the European Cup, later renamed as the UEFA Champions League, in 1982 with a famous victory over German giants Bayern Munich.

    Tony Barton was in charge of Villa's only European Cup triumph having taken over from Ron Saunders at the quarter-final phase following the latter's shock resignation from the club.

    Peter Withe scored the sole goal to secure victory for Villa and the commentary from Brian Moore for the goal is displayed on a banner across the North Stand at Villa Park.

    It says the following: "Shaw, Williams, prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe." The following year, Villa won the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-0 victory over Barcelona.

    Villa were among the founding members of the Premier League, and won the League Cup twice in the 1990s. However, they have found silverware hard to come by in recent years and even dropped out of the top flight in 2015/16.

    They clawed their way back into the Premier League at the end of the 2018/19 season under Dean Smith.

    Under Unai Emery, Aston Villa secured seventh place and European football for the first time in 13 years at the end of the 2022/23 season.

    Villa's early history

    Post-war era and resurgence in late '50s

    From Division Three to a European Cup win

    Villa in the Premier League era

    Relegation to the Championship and returning to the Premier League

    Back into Europe

    Aston Villa's biggest rivals

    Aston Villa and their fanbase

    Villa's ownership and finances

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