The Aston Villa/The Villans
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Villa Park, Birmingham, England. The club is playing in the Premier League and is one of the founders of Football League clubs (Football League) in 1888 and the Premiership in 1992. Aston Villa is one of the oldest and most successful English clubs.
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Full name: Aston Villa Football Club
Nickname: The Villans
Founded: 1874
Stadium: Villa Park, Birmingham (Capacity 42,553)
Costume: Red Blue-White (cage), Dark Blue-Dark Blue (Kit)
Chairman: Randy Lerner
Manager: Gerard Houllier
PLAYERS SEASON 2010-2011
goalkeeper:
1 Brad Friedel
22 Brad Guzan
33 Andy Marshall
43 Elliot Parish
Defenders: Habib Beye, Richard Dunne, Eric Lichaj, Curtis Davies, Carlos Cuellar, Luke Young, James Collins, Stephen Warnock
Midfielders: Isaiah Osbourne, Stewart Downing, Steve Sidwell,
Moustapha Salifou, Nigel Reo-Coker (vice-captain), Jonathan Hogg, Stiliyan Petrov (captain), Stephen Ireland.
Attacker: Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Ashley Young, John Carew.
ACHIEVEMENT
European Cup Winners: 1982
European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83
Intertoto Cup Winners 2001
Division One champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1909-10, Division Two champions: 1937-38, 1959-60
Division Three champions: 1971-72
FA Cup winners: 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, 1957
League Cup winners: 1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996
Charity Shield Champion: 1981