1982–83 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1982–83 season was Aston Villa's 83rd season in the Football League. Tony Barton was manager after Ron Saunders had resigned in the previous season.

Aston Villa
1982–83 season
Chairman Doug Ellis
ManagerTony Barton
StadiumVilla Park
First Division6th
European Super CupWinners
FA CupSixth round
League CupSecond round
European CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Peter Withe (16 goals)
All:
Peter Withe (18 goals)

Villa qualified for the European Cup as holders and reaching the quarter-finals, and also won the European Super Cup in a two-legged contest with FC Barcelona of Spain. They finished the season sixth in the league.

First Division
Main article: 1982–83 Football League § First Division

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 24 10 8 87 37 +50 82 Qualification for the European Cup
2 Watford 42 22 5 15 74 57 +17 71 Qualification for the UEFA Cup
3 Manchester United 42 19 13 10 56 38 +18 70 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Tottenham Hotspur 42 20 9 13 65 50 +15 69 Qualification for the UEFA Cup
5 Nottingham Forest 42 20 9 13 62 50 +12 69
6 Aston Villa 42 21 5 16 62 50 +12 68
7 Everton 42 18 10 14 66 48 +18 64
8 West Ham United 42 20 4 18 68 62 +6 64
9 Ipswich Town 42 15 13 14 64 50 +14 58
10 Arsenal 42 16 10 16 58 56 +2 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 15 12 15 51 49 +2 57
12 Southampton 42 15 12 15 54 58 −4 57
13 Stoke City 42 16 9 17 53 64 −11 57
14 Norwich City 42 14 12 16 52 58 −6 54
15 Notts County 42 15 7 20 55 71 −16 52
16 Sunderland 42 12 14 16 48 61 −13 50
17 Birmingham City 42 12 14 16 40 55 −15 50
18 Luton Town 42 12 13 17 65 84 −19 49
19 Coventry City 42 13 9 20 48 59 −11 48
20 Manchester City (R) 42 13 8 21 47 70 −23 47 Relegation to the Second Division
21 Swansea City (R) 42 10 11 21 51 69 −18 41
Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 2]
Relegation to the Second Division
22 Brighton & Hove Albion (R) 42 9 13 20 38 68 −30 40 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1982–83 FA Cup winners.
  2. Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1983 Welsh Cup winners.

European Super Cup
Main article: 1982 European Super Cup
19 January 1983 (1983-01-19) First leg Barcelona 1–0 Aston Villa Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 CET Marcos Alonso 52' Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
26 January 1983 (1983-01-26) Second leg Aston Villa 3–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 agg.)		 Barcelona Villa Park, Birmingham
19:30 GMT Shaw 80'
Cowans 100'
McNaught 104'		 Report Attendance: 31,570
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

European Cup
Main article: 1982–83 European Cup

Aston Villa played in 1982–83 European Cup as champions. The club reached the quarter-finals but lost to eventual runners-up Juventus of Italy.

First round
15 September 1982 First leg Aston Villa 3–1 Beşiktaş Villa Park, Birmingham
Morley 6'
Withe 9'
Mortimer 29'		 Ekşi 61' Referee:
29 September 1982 Second leg Beşiktaş 0–0
(1–3 agg.)		 Aston Villa
Referee:

Second round
20 October 1982 First leg Dinamo Bucuresti 0–2 Aston Villa
Shaw 11', 17' Referee:
3 November 1982 Second leg Aston Villa 4–2
(6–2 agg.)		 Dinamo Bucuresti Villa Park, Birmingham
Shaw 5', 52', 67'
Walters 87'		 Mulţescu 30'
Iordache 71'		 Referee:

Quarter-final
7 March 1983 First leg Aston Villa 1–2 Juventus Villa Park, Birmingham
Cowans 53' Rossi 1'
Boniek 82'		 Referee:
16 March 1983 Second leg Juventus 3–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Aston Villa
Platini 14', 68'
Tardelli 27'		 Withe 81' Referee:

References
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