1982–83 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
1982–83 season
ChairmanEngland 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)

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.

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
4 Tottenham Hotspur 42 20 9 13 65 50 +15 69 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
Source:[citation needed]

European Super Cup[]

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

1982-09-15 First leg Aston Villa England 3–1 Turkey Beşiktaş Villa Park, Birmingham
Morley Goal 6'
Withe Goal 9'
Mortimer Goal 29'		 Ekşi Goal 61' Referee:
1982-09-29 Second leg Beşiktaş Turkey 0–0
(1–3 agg.)		 England Aston Villa
Referee:

Second round[]

1982-10-20 First leg Dinamo Bucuresti Romania 0–2 England Aston Villa
Shaw Goal 11', Goal 17' Referee:
1982-11-03 Second leg Aston Villa England 4–2
(6–2 agg.)		 Romania Dinamo Bucuresti Villa Park, Birmingham
Shaw Goal 5', Goal 52', Goal 67'
Walters Goal 87'		 Mulţescu Goal 30'
Iordache Goal 71'		 Referee:

Quarter-final[]

1983-03-07 First leg Aston Villa England 1–2 Italy Juventus Villa Park, Birmingham
Cowans Goal 53' Rossi Goal 1'
Boniek Goal 82'		 Referee:
1983-03-16 Second leg Juventus Italy 3–1
(5–2 agg.)		 England Aston Villa
Platini Goal 14', Goal 68'
Tardelli Goal 27'		 Withe Goal 81' Referee:

References[]

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