This is a list of seasons played by Aston Villa Football Club in English and European football, from 1879 (the year of the club's first FA Cup entry) to the most recent completed season. Aston Villa football club was founded in March, 1874, by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel in Aston. Throughout the 1870s Aston Villa played a small number of games. At least one game, against Aston Brook St Mary's was played with one half under Rugby rules and the other under football rules.[1] In the 1880s the game became more formalised and in 1888, William McGregor formed the Football League with eleven other clubs.[2]
This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season. Records of competitions such as the Birmingham Senior Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
^In this season Aston Villa became the second team to win the double and are one of eight clubs that have done it as of 2019.
^English record goals total for any club in the top flight, and for any club in a 42-game season. Aston Villa's 86 goals scored at home this season is a record for any club in the top division.[4]
^Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season.
^The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
^Villa became the fourth English club to lift the European Cup.
^The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
^From 1939 to 1993, in the event of a draw, the Charity Shield would be shared between the two competing teams, with each team having possession of the trophy for six months.