Aston Villa
Full name	Aston Villa Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Villa, The Villans, The Lions
Founded	1874
Ground	Villa Park Aston Birmingham B6 6HE England
Capacity	42,573
Chairman	Randy Lerner
Manager	Martin O'Neill
League	Premier League
2006–07	Premier League, 11th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Aston Villa Football Club (also known as The Villa and The Villans) are an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founding members of the Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992. The club was floated by the previous owner and chairman Doug Ellis, but in 2006 full control of the club was acquired by Randy Lerner.

They are one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times. Villa are also one of only four English clubs to win the European Cup, which they did in 1982. Aston Villa is the fourth most successful club in English football history, having won 21 major honours. They have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with local rivals Birmingham City, their nearest neighbours, who they have played in the Birmingham Derby, also known as the Second City Derby, since 1879.

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