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
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:

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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