Aston Villa

Full name	Aston Villa Football Club	Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were one of the founder members of the Football League in 1888 and of the Premier League in 1992. Villa are one of the five English clubs to have won the European Cup, in 1981–82. They have also won the Football League First Division seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup five times, and the European (UEFA) Super Cup once. The club are currently ranked 5th in the all-time English top flight table, since its creation in 1888. Villa have a fierce local rivalry with Birmingham City and the Second City derby between the teams has been played since 1879. The club's traditional kit colours are claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and sky blue socks. Their traditional club badge is of a rampant lion. The club is currently owned by the NSWE group, a company owned by the Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris and the American billionaire Wes Edens.
Nickname(s)	The Villans
	The Lions
	The Claret & Blue Army
Short name	Villa, AVFC
Founded	1874; 148 years ago
Ground	Villa Park
Capacity	42,749
Owner(s)	Nassef Sawiris
Owner(s)	Wes Edens
Chairman	Nassef Sawiris
Head coach	Steven Gerrard
League	Premier League
2021–22	Premier League, 14th of 20