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Aston Villa F.C. in European football

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Aston Villa F.C. in European football
Aston Villa celebrating their historic 1982 European Cup victory
ClubAston Villa
Seasons played18
First entry1975-76 UEFA Cup
Latest entry2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Titles
Champions League1982
Intertoto Cup2001
Super Cup1982

Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club, based in Birmingham. The club first played in Europe in the UEFA Cup in the 1975–76 season, losing in the first round to Royal Antwerp, with their first match being a 4–1 loss on the 17th of September, 1975. Aston Villa are one of the 6 clubs from England to have won the European Cup,[1][2] winning in 1982, beating Bayern Munich in the final, after winning the 1980-81 English First Division. In the same year, they won the 1982 European Super Cup against 1982 Cup Winners' Cup champions, Barcelona,[3] and played in the 1982 Intercontinental Cup, against Copa Libertadores holders, Peñarol, although they lost this 2–0. Aston Villa was also one of the winners of the 2001 Intertoto Cup. Including the 2024-25 Champions League, Aston Villa has played in 19 seasons of UEFA competitions, although the 2024-25 Champions League is the first time Aston Villa is playing in the Champions League or European Cup since the 1982-83 European Cup.[4]

List of Aston Villa games in Europe

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Season Competition Round Country Opponent Home Away Agg.
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R  Belgium Royal Antwerp 0–1 1–4 1–5
1977–78 UEFA Cup 1R  Turkey Fenerbahçe 4–0 2–0 6–0
2R  Poland Górnik Zabrze 2–0 1–1 3–1
3R  Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–0 1–1 3–1
QF  Spain Barcelona 2–2 1–2 3–4
1981–82 European Cup (Winners) 1R  Iceland Valur 5–0 2–0 7–0
2R  East Germany Dynamo Berlin 0–1 2–1 2–2 (a)
QF  Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 0–0 2–0
SF  Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 0–0 1–0
F  West Germany Bayern Munich 1–0
1982–83 UEFA Super Cup (Winners) F  Spain Barcelona 3–0 0–1 3–1
Intercontinental Cup F  Uruguay Peñarol 0–2
European Cup 1R  Turkey Beşiktaş 3–1 0–0 3–1
2R  Romania Dinamo Bucharest 4–2 2–0 7–0
QF  Italy Juventus 1–2 1–3 2–5
1983–84 UEFA Cup 1R  Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 5–0 0–1 5–1
2R  Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 1–2 2–2 3–4
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R  Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 3–1 2–1 5–2
2R  Italy Inter Milan 2–0 0–3 2–3
1993–94 UEFA Cup 1R  Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–1 0–0 2–1
2R  Spain Deportivo La Coruña 0–1 1–1 1–2
1994–95 UEFA Cup 1R  Italy Inter Milan 1–0 0–1 1–1 (4–3 p)
2R  Turkey Trabzonspor 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
1996–97 UEFA Cup 1R  Sweden Helsingborg 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
1997–98 UEFA Cup 1R  France Bordeaux 1–0 0–0 1–0
2R  Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 0–0 2–1
3R  Romania Steaua Bucharest 2–0 1–2 3–2
QF  Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1R  Norway Strømsgodset 3–2 3–0 6–2
2R  Spain Celta Vigo 1–3 1–0 2–3
2000–01 Intertoto Cup 3R  Czech Republic Dukla Příbram 3–1 0–0 3–1
SF  Spain Celta Vigo 1–2 0–1 1–3
2001–02 Intertoto Cup (Winners) 3R  Croatia Slaven Belupo 2–0 1–2 3–2
SF  France Rennes 1–0 2–1 3–1
F   Switzerland Basel 4–1 1–1 5–2
UEFA Cup 1R  Croatia Varteks 2–3 1–0 3–3 (a)
2002–03 Intertoto Cup 3R   Switzerland Zürich 3–0 0–2 3–2
SF  France Lille 0–2 1–1 1–3
2008–09 Intertoto Cup (Co-winners) 3R  Denmark Odense 1–0 2–2 3–2
UEFA Cup 2QR  Iceland FH 1–1 4–1 5–2
1R  Bulgaria Litex Lovech 1–1 3–1 4–2
GS  Netherlands Ajax 2–1 — —
 Czech Republic Slavia Prague — 1–0 —
 Slovakia Žilina 1–2 — —
 Germany Hamburg — 1–3 —
R32  Russia CSKA Moscow 1–1 0–2 1–3
2009–10 Europa League P/O  Austria Rapid Vienna 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2010–11 Europa League P/O  Austria Rapid Vienna 2–3 1–1 3–4
2023–24 Europa Conference League P/O  Scotland Hibernian 3–0 5–0 8–0
GS  Poland Legia Warsaw 2–1 2–3 —
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–0 1–1 —
 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar 2–1 4–1 —
R16  Netherlands Ajax 4–0 0–0 4–0
QF  France Lille 2–1 1–2 3–3 (4–3 p)
SF  Greece Olympiacos 2–4 0–2 2–6
2024–25 Champions League LP   Switzerland Young Boys — 3–0 —
 Germany Bayern Munich 1–0 — —
 Italy Bologna 2–0 — —
 Belgium Club Brugge — —
 Italy Juventus — —
 Germany RB Leipzig — —
 France Monaco — —
 Scotland Celtic — —

References

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  1. ^ "Aston Villa". Football Club History Database (FCHD). Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ "England: Honours by clubs". UEFA. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. ^ "1981-82 Super Cup". rsssf.org. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  4. ^ "When was the last time Aston Villa played in the Champions League". tntsports.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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