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Aston Villa F.C. in European football

Aston Villa celebrating their historic 1982 European Cup victory
Club	Aston Villa
Seasons played	18
First entry	1975-76 UEFA Cup
Latest entry	2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Titles
Champions League	1982
Intertoto Cup	2001
Super Cup	1982

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, 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, 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.

List of Aston Villa games in Europe

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	—	0–1	—
			Italy	Juventus	0–0	—	—
			Germany	RB Leipzig	—	3–2	—
			France	Monaco	—		—
			Scotland	Celtic		—	—

References

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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