Founded in 1874, Aston Villa's stored home location is Aston. Before the Premier League, the club had won 7 First Division titles and 7 FA Cups. Their European Cup victory came in 1981/82, followed by the European Super Cup. This archive's detailed league coverage starts with 1992/93.

Runners-up at Villa Park

Villa began the Premier League era in 2nd place. The opening campaign's 74 points remain their highest season total in the archive, with Villa Park their home throughout the period covered.

An 18th-place finish followed in the later campaign containing their 7–1 victory against Wimbledon at home. The next season brought a return to the top four. Later finishes repeatedly placed Villa in the upper half, including consecutive 6th places at the end of the following decade.

The run into those later top-half seasons included a campaign with a goal difference of plus 20, Villa's best balance in the archive. Their points return then increased in each of the following campaigns, even as the final league position stayed unchanged. The sequence ended with a lower placing the next year.

Decline and the end of the first spell

Alex McLeish's recorded tenure covered the campaign that ended in 16th place. Further lower-half finishes followed, and the final season of that uninterrupted Premier League spell included a winless sequence lasting 19 matches.

Relegation came in 2015/16, with Villa bottom of the table. That ended a spell reaching back to the archive's first season.

Smith's return and Emery's top-four seasons

Dean Smith was in charge for the return to the division, which ended with Villa placed 17th. His later departure preceded Steven Gerrard's appointment in November 2021.

Unai Emery arrived after Gerrard's tenure ended, and the league finish rose to 7th in his opening campaign. The next season brought 4th place before a lower finish the following year. Villa were back in 4th in 2025/26, the latest completed campaign held here.