Aston Villa is a football club founded in 1874 in Birmingham. The team has stayed at their current stadium Villa Park since 1897. The first match Aston Villa took part in was against Aston Brook St. Mary’s team and the sides played the first half under rugby rules ant the second half under football rules. The badge of the club depicts a gold lion on blue background with the motto ‘Prepared’ underneath. ‘The Villa’, ‘Villans’ and ‘Lions’ are the nicknames the supporters use to call their team.
During the 1880s Aston Villa established itself as the strongest team in England celebrating victories in three FA Cups and clinching five League titles. After a glorious spell Villa went through a period of decline when they were relegated to Division Two.
The time Villa appeared again at the high level was 1957 when it claimed in the FA Cup. Although the following season the club gained the Football League Cup, the team saw a gradual slump and during the 1960s and early 1970s was playing in Division Two and Division Three.
It was not until 1975 that the Lions returned to the top League and in several years built a first class squad that was crowned League 1 champions in 1981 and outclassed Bayern Munich in the 1981 European Cup final 1-0. The last major trophy of the team was European Super Cup in 1982.
Throughout the 1990s Villa showed remarkable performance though only two League Cups were the trophies the club achieved. In the season 2011/2012 Villa finished 16th and secured a place in the Premier League.
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№ | Name and surname | Role | Ranking | Age | Weight | Height | Country |
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1 | Pepe Reina | goalkeeper |
1 516 |
41 years | 89 kg | 188 cm | Spain |
2 | Christopher Samba | defender |
220 |
40 years | 102 kg | 193 cm | Congo |
3 | James Chester | defender |
0 |
35 years | 75 kg | 177 cm | Wales |
4 | Neil Taylor | defender |
1 |
35 years | 64 kg | 175 cm | Wales |
5 | Danny Drinkwater | midfielder |
2 |
34 years | 70 kg | 178 cm | England |
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