2007–08 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 2007–08 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 133rd season in English football. It was the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and 16th consecutive season in the Premier League. The season saw Martin O'Neill continue as manager as the club impressed in league competition, but struggled in both domestic cup competitions – being knocked out in the third round of both.

Aston Villa
2007–08 season
ChairmanRandy Lerner
ManagerMartin O'Neill
Premier League6th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Carew (13)
All: John Carew (13)
Highest home attendance42,640 (vs. Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance25,956 (vs. Leicester City)
Second City Derby
52--36--28

There were debuts for Nigel Reo-Coker, Zat Knight, Scott Carson, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davies, Moustapha Salifou and Wayne Routledge.[1] Reo-Coker scored his first goal for Villa in a 5–0 League Cup 2nd round victory over Wrexham on 28 August 2007.[2] Zat Knight signed from Fulham. His last Fulham match was the 2–1 defeat against Villa, in which he played a part in Villa's equaliser when an Ashley Young shot deflected off him into the net, although this was later given as Young's goal.[citation needed] Carson was loaned from Liverpool where he had been 2nd choice to Pepe Reina with further competition from Charles Itandje.

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Transfers

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Transferred in

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Date Pos Player From Fee
5 July 2007 CM Nigel Reo-Coker West Ham United £8,500,000
17 July 2007 CF Marlon Harewood West Ham United £4,000,000
29 August 2007 CB Zat Knight Fulham £3,500,000
31 August 2007 AM   Moustapha Salifou   FC Wil £750,000
30 January 2008 RM Wayne Routledge Tottenham Hotspur £1,250,000
£18,000,000

Loaned in

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Date Pos Player From Loan End
10 August 2007 GK Scott Carson Liverpool 31 May 2008
31 August 2007 CB Curtis Davies West Bromwich Albion 31 May 2008

Transferred out

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Date Pos Player To Fee
8 June 2007 CM Gavin McCann Bolton Wanderers £1,000,000
27 June 2007 RB   Aaron Hughes Fulham £1,000,000
1 July 2007 RB   Mark Delaney Retired
1 July 2007 CF Chris Sutton Retired
1 July 2007 DM   Eric Djemba-Djemba   Qatar SC Free transfer
1 July 2007 GK   Stephen Henderson Bristol City Free transfer
1 July 2007 RM Lee Hendrie Sheffield United Free transfer
1 July 2007 GK   Bobby Olejnik   Falkirk Free transfer
1 July 2007 LB   Jlloyd Samuel Bolton Wanderers Free transfer
5 July 2007 CM   Steven Davis Fulham £2,000,000
3 August 2007 CB Liam Ridgewell Birmingham City £2,000,000
30 January 2008 CB Gary Cahill Bolton Wanderers £5,000,000
£11,000,000

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Loan End
19 September 2007 CB Gary Cahill Sheffield United 16 January 2008
16 January 2008 LB   Stephen O'Halloran Southampton 16 February 2008
28 February 2008 LB   Stephen O'Halloran Leeds United 31 May 2008

Overall transfer activity

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 +39 76 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 +22 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Aston Villa 38 16 12 10 71 51 +20 60 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 +2 58
8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 +8 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
Notes:

Players

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First team squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   NED Wilfred Bouma
4 DF   SWE Olof Mellberg
5 DF   DEN Martin Laursen
6 MF   ENG Gareth Barry
7 MF   ENG Ashley Young
8 FW   ENG Luke Moore
9 FW   ENG Marlon Harewood
10 FW   NOR John Carew
11 FW   ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor
13 GK   ENG Stuart Taylor
15 DF   ENG Curtis Davies (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   ENG Zat Knight
17 MF   TOG Moustapha Salifou
18 MF   ENG Wayne Routledge
19 MF   BUL Stilyan Petrov
20 MF   ENG Nigel Reo-Coker
22 GK   ENG Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool)
23 MF   CZE Patrik Berger
26 MF   ENG Craig Gardner
27 MF   ENG Isaiah Osbourne
28 MF   SCO Shaun Maloney

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   ENG Gary Cahill (to Bolton Wanderers)

Reserve squad

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The following players made most of their appearances playing for the reserves, but may have also appeared for the youth team.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   DEN Thomas Sørensen
29 DF   IRL Stephen O'Halloran
DF   SWE Erik Lund
DF   IRL Shane Lowry[notes 1]
MF   ENG Jonathan Hogg
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Sam Williams
MF   SUI Yagó Bellón
MF   HUN Zoltán Stieber (on loan Yeovil Town)
FW   SWE Tobias Mikaelsson (on loan to Port Vale)

Youth squad

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The following players made most of their appearances playing for the youth team, but may have also appeared for the reserves.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   ENG Nathan Delfouneso
GK   ENG Elliot Parish
GK   IRL David Bevan
GK   AUT Thomas Dau
DF   ENG Nathan Baker
DF   ENG Durrell Berry
DF   ENG Daniel Bradley
DF   ENG Steven Clancy (on trial to Crewe Alexandra)
DF   ENG Ciaran Clark[notes 2]
DF   ENG Calum Flanagan
DF   ENG Matthew Roome
DF   ENG Sam Simmonds
DF   IRL Danny Earls
DF   USA Eric Lichaj
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Marc Albrighton
MF   ENG Harry Forrester
MF   ENG William Grocott
MF   ENG Jason Lampkin
MF   SCO Barry Bannan
MF   AUT Dominik Hofbauer
MF   SUI Damian Bellón
MF   AUS Chris Herd (on loan to Port Vale and Wycombe Wanderers)
FW   ENG Kofi Poyser
FW   ENG Ryan Simmonds
FW   IRL James Collins[notes 3]
FW   AUT Andreas Weimann
DF    Will Ricketts
   Aaron Griffiths (on trial to Coventry City)

Other players

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ENG Deale Chamberlain
GK   IRL Lee Boyle (contract cancelled)
GK   FRA Steve Mandanda (on trial from Le Havre)
DF   ENG Scott Bridges (to Banbury United)
DF   ENG James Clifton
DF   ENG Jordan Collins
DF   ENG Ben Love
DF   WAL Tomos Roberts
DF   IRL Mark Power
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   CIV Arsène Menessou (on trial from Le Havre)
MF   ENG Richard Blythe
MF   ENG Jack Dyer
MF   ENG Gary Gardner
MF   ENG Charlie Ward
MF   HUN András Stieber
FW   ENG Ethan Moore
FW   NIR Adam McGurk
   Joseph Jackman

The 2007–08 season saw the unveiling of Nike as the club's kit producer, taking over from Danish firm Hummel. The deal – worth £25 million over 5 seasons – was announced on 7 February 2007, with all home, away and goalkeeper kits being unveiled on 17 July 2007. The home shirt was made available to purchase on 8 August 2007, and the away on 4 October 2007. A charcoal and white third shirt was unveiled and released in November 2007. The home shirt followed the club's usual template of a claret body and blue arms, with a white "AVFC" banner and printed lion featured on the hem and back of the collar respectively. The away shirt featured a white body, with blue pinstripes – in a similar style to that of the 1982 European Cup winners' jersey (which featured claret stripes in place of the modern blue alternative). The third shirt was charcoal with white piping. The home goalkeeper shirt featured horizontal stripes, with different alternating shades of grey. The away replicated this style, with different shades of yellow.

Gibraltar-based betting firm 32Red continued their sponsorship of the club, however with the contract in its last year, Villa are expected to announce another deal for the forthcoming 2008–09 season.

Crest

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A new crest was revealed on 2 May 2007 to be introduced for the 2007–08 season. The new crest included a star to represent the European Cup win in 1982, and has a light blue background behind Villa's "lion rampant." The traditional motto "Prepared" remained in the crest, and the name "Aston Villa" was shortened to AVFC, FC having been omitted from the previous crest. Randy Lerner petitioned fans to help with the design of the new crest.

Transfers

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Summer transfer window

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Following the transfer of prolific striker Juan Pablo Ángel to New York Red Bulls in April, several Villa first-teamers followed the Colombian out of the door in the summer of 2007. Gavin McCann joined Bolton Wanderers in £1 million deal on 12 June, then a fortnight later, versatile defender Aaron Hughes left for Fulham, also in a £1 million deal. McCann was joined by Jlloyd Samuel – who had spent much of the previous season on the bench for the Midlanders – at Bolton, signing on a free transfer when his contract expired on 1 July. However, the two most surprising deals occurred with two academy players, in Steven Davis and Liam Ridgewell. Davis – who had won Player of the Year for the club in the 2005–06 season – signed for Fulham on 5 July for an undisclosed fee. Liam Ridgewell made the trip across the city to Birmingham City on 3 August, in a £2 million move. Other moves saw midfielder Lee Hendrie end his 14-year association with the club in a free transfer to Sheffield United, Phil Bardsley returned to Manchester United after a 13-game loan stint at the club, whilst Stephen Henderson, Bobby Olejnik, Mark Delaney, Scott Bridges and Eric Djemba-Djemba all left Villa Park.

Villa clinched their first transfer on 5 July with the £8.5 million signing of midfield battler Nigel Reo-Coker from West Ham United. 11 days later, Marlon Harewood also moved from Upton Park, for an undisclosed fee. Scott Carson was the next to arrive on 10 August, in a loan switch from Liverpool (although some media sources claim a fee of £2 million up front was agreed), before defenders Zat Knight and Curtis Davies both signed on 29 and 31 August respectively. Knight signed for his hometown club for a fee of £3.5 million from Fulham, whilst Davies signed on a season-long loan from local rivals West Bromwich Albion. Other deals saw Austrian youngsters Andreas Weimann and Dominik Hofbauer sign, as well as Eric Lichaj, Harry Forrester and Togolese international Moustapha Salifou.

Winter transfer window

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After failing to find a suitor in the summer, Gary Cahill was allowed to leave on a loan deal to Sheffield United in September; however, he joined Bolton on a permanent deal on 30 January for an undisclosed fee. Youngsters Chris Herd, Tobias Mikaelsson, Stephen O'Halloran and Zoltán Stieber were all farmed out on loan. The biggest news, however, was that Swedish international defender Olof Mellberg, was to join Italian giants Juventus on a free transfer at the end of the season.

Unlike the summer transfer window, Aston Villa were extremely quiet in the winter equivalent, purchasing just one senior player in Wayne Routledge (£1.25 million) from Tottenham Hotspur. He was also followed by youngsters Thomas Dau and Lance Heslop.

Summary

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Date Player Previous Club Fee Ref
June 2007   Andreas Weimann   Rapid Wien Undisclosed
July 2007   Harry Forrester Watford Undisclosed
July 2007   Eric Lichaj   University of North Carolina Undisclosed
5 July 2007   Nigel Reo-Coker West Ham United £8,500,000
17 July 2007   Marlon Harewood West Ham United Undisclosed
29 August 2007   Zat Knight Fulham £3,500,000
31 August 2007   Moustapha Salifou   FC Wil 1900 Undisclosed
4 December 2007   Thomas Dau   SV Schwechat Juniors Undisclosed
December 2007   Lance Heslop   Auckland City Undisclosed
30 January 2008   Wayne Routledge Tottenham Hotspur £1,250,000
Date Player Transfer to Fee Ref
12 June 2007   Gavin McCann Bolton Wanderers £1,000,000
27 June 2007   Aaron Hughes Fulham £1,000,000
1 July 2007   Stephen Henderson Bristol City Free
1 July 2007   Bobby Olejnik   Falkirk Free
1 July 2007   Jlloyd Samuel Bolton Wanderers Free
5 July 2007   Steven Davis Fulham Undisclosed
19 July 2007   Lee Hendrie Sheffield United Free
3 August 2007   Liam Ridgewell Birmingham City £2,000,000
30 January 2008   Gary Cahill Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed

Pre-season results

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Date Opponent Venue Result
F – A
Competition Scorers
25 July 2007 Toronto FC   A 4–2 Friendly match Moore (3), Carew
28 July 2007 Columbus Crew   A 3–1 Friendly match Young, Barry, Moore
01/08/2007 Stoke City A 2–0 Friendly match Berger, Agbonlahor
04/08/2007 Internazionale   H 3–0 Friendly match Barry (2), Lausren
07/08/2007 Walsall A 1–1 Friendly match Boertien (og)

Players of the year

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At the end of season awards dinner, Martin Laursen was announced as the Supporters' Player of the Year, whilst Gabriel Agbonlahor was the Supporter's and Player's Young Player of the Year.[4]

Results

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Premier League

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Results by matchday

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Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDWWLWDWLDWWWLLDDDWWWDDLWWDDLLLWWWDLD
Position148953645598866788887766666666778776666
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
11 August 2007 1 Aston Villa 1–2 Liverpool Birmingham, West Midlands
Mellberg   26'
Bouma   58'
Barry   67',   85' (pen.)
Petrov   89'
Report Laursen   31' (o.g.)
Pennant   55'
Reina   84'
Gerrard   87'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
18 August 2007 2 Newcastle United 0–0 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST Report Gardner   68'
Reo-Coker   87'
Stadium: St. James' Park
Attendance: 51,049
Referee: Howard Webb
25 August 2007 3 Aston Villa 2–1 Fulham Birmingham, West Midlands
Young   51'
Maloney   90'
Report Baird   6' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,638
2 September 2007 4 Aston Villa 2–0 Chelsea Birmingham, West Midlands
16:00 BST Knight   47'
Reo-Coker   56'
Barry   66'
Carew   71'
Agbonlahor   88'
Report Drogba   70' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,714
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
16 September 2007 5 Manchester City 1–0 Aston Villa Manchester
16:00 BST M. Johnson   47'
Sun   68'
Moore   78'
Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 38,363
Referee: Martin Atkinson
23 September 2007 6 Aston Villa 2–0 Everton Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew   14'
Agbonlahor   50'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 38,747
1 October 2007 7 Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Aston Villa Haringey, London
Berbatov   20'
Chimbonda   69'
Keane   82' (pen.)
Kaboul   90'
Report Laursen   22', 33'
Agbonlahor   40'
Gardner   49'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,094
Referee: Mike Dean
6 October 2007 8 Aston Villa 1–0 West Ham United Birmingham, West Midlands
Gardner   24' Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 40,842
20 October 2007 9 Aston Villa 1–4 Manchester United Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor   12'
Reo-Coker   60'
Carson   66'
Report Rooney   36', 44'
Ferdinand   45'
Giggs   75'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
Referee: Rob Styles
28 October 2007 10 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Aston Villa Greater Manchester
Anelka   22' Report Moore   57' Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 18,413
3 November 2007 11 Aston Villa 2–0 Derby County Birmingham, West Midlands
Laursen   57'
Young   61'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 40,938
11 November 2007 12 Birmingham 1–2 Aston Villa Birmingham
Forssell   62' Report Ridgewell   11' (o.g.)
Agbonlahor   87'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 26,539
24 November 2007 13 Middlesbrough 0–3 Aston Villa Teesside
Report Carew   45'
Mellberg   48'
Agbonlahor   58'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 23,900
28 November 2007 14 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 Aston Villa Blackburn, Lancashire
Report Carew   29'
Agbonlahor   53' (pen.)
Young   81'
Harewood   89'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,776
Referee: Phil Dowd
1 December 2007 15 Aston Villa 1–2 Arsenal Birmingham, West Midlands
Gardner   14' Report Flamini   23'
Adebayor   35'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,018
8 December 2007 16 Aston Villa 1–3 Portsmouth Birmingham, West Midlands
12:45 Carew   4'
Berger   67'
Barry   72' (pen.)
Report Gardner   10' (o.g.)
Muntari   40', 61'
Mendes   43'
Johnson   68'
James   74'
Pamarot   75'
Kranjčar   80'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,790
15 December 2007 17 Sunderland 1–1 Aston Villa County Durham
Higginbotham   10' Report Maloney   73' Stadium: Stadium Of Light
Attendance: 43,248
22 December 2007 18 Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester City Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew   14' Report Bianchi   11' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,455
26 December 2007 19 Chelsea 4–4 Aston Villa Fulham, London
Shevchenko   45+4' (pen.), 50'
Alex   66'
Carvalho   80'
Ballack   88'
A. Cole   90'
Report Maloney   14', 44'
Knight   45'
Laursen   72'
Barry   90+2' (pen.)
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,686
Referee: Phil Dowd
29 December 2007 20 Wigan 1–2 Aston Villa Wigan
Bramble   28' Report Davies   55'
Agbonlahor   70'
Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 18,806
1 January 2008 21 Aston Villa 2–1 Tottenham Birmingham, West Midlands
Mellberg   41'
Laursen   81'
Report Defoe   79' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,609
12 January 2008 22 Aston Villa 3–1 Reading Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew   22', 88'
Laursen   55'
Report Harper   90' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 38,288
21 January 2008 23 Liverpool 2–2 Aston Villa Merseyside
Benayoun   19'
Crouch   88'
Report Harewood   69'
Aurélio   72' (o.g.)
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,590
26 January 2008 24 Aston Villa 1–1 Blackburn Birmingham, West Midlands
Young   73' Report Santa Cruz   68' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,602
3 February 2008 25 Fulham 2–1 Aston Villa Hammersmith
Davies   73'
Bullard   86'
Report Hughes   69' (o.g.) Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,760
9 February 2008 26 Aston Villa 4–1 Newcastle United Birmingham, West Midlands
Bouma   48'
Carew   51', 72', 90' (pen.)
Report Owen   4' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
Referee: Lee Mason
24 February 2008 27 Reading 1–2 Aston Villa Berkshire
Shorey   90' Report Young   45'
Harewood   82'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 23,889
1 March 2008 28 Arsenal 1–1 Aston Villa Highbury
Bendtner   90' Report Senderos   27' (o.g.) Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,097
12 March 2008 29 Aston Villa 1–1 Middlesbrough Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry   74' (pen.) Report Downing   23' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,874
15 March 2008 30 Portsmouth 2–0 Aston Villa Hampshire
Defoe   11'
Reo-Coker   38' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,388
22 March 2008 31 Aston Villa 0–1 Sunderland Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Chopra   83' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
29 March 2008 32 Manchester United 4–0 Aston Villa Trafford, Greater Manchester
Ronaldo   17'
Tevez   33'
Rooney   53', 70'
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,932
Referee: Mark Halsey
5 April 2008 33 Aston Villa 4–0 Bolton Wanderers Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry   9', 60'
Agbonlahor   56'
Harewood   85'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,773
Referee: Martin Atkinson
12 April 2008 34 Derby County 0–6 Aston Villa Derby, Derbyshire
Report Young   25'
Carew   26'
Petrov   36'
Barry   58'
Agbonlahor   76'
Harewood   85'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 33,036
Referee: Keith Stroud
20 April 2008 35 Aston Villa 5–1 Birmingham City Birmingham, West Midlands
Young   28', 63'
Carew   42', 53'
Agbonlahor   78'
Report Forssell   67' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,584
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
27 April 2008 36 Everton 2–2 Aston Villa Merseyside
Neville   54'
Yobo   84'
Report Agbonlahor   80'
Carew   86'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,936
3 May 2008 37 Aston Villa 0–2 Wigan Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Valencia   52', 63' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
11 May 2008 38 West Ham United 2–2 Aston Villa London
Solano   8'
Ashton   88'
Report Young   14'
Barry   58'
Stadium: Upton Park

League Cup

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28 August 2007 Second round Wrexham 0–5 Aston Villa Wrexham, North Wales
Report Maloney   30', 72'
Moore   52'
Reo-Coker   62'
Harewood   78'
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 8,221
Referee: Graham Laws
26 September 2007 Third round Aston Villa 0–1 Leicester City Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Fryatt   86' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 25,956

FA Cup

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5 January 2008 Aston Villa 0–2 Manchester United Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Ronaldo   85'   87' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,630

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of end of season[5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
13 GK   ENG Stuart Taylor 6 0 3+1 0 2 0 0 0
22 GK   ENG Scott Carson 36 0 35 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
3 DF   NED Wilfred Bouma 39 1 38 1 0 0 1 0
4 DF   SWE Olof Mellberg 37 2 33+1 2 2 0 1 0
5 DF   DEN Martin Laursen 39 6 38 6 0 0 1 0
15 DF   ENG Curtis Davies 14 1 9+3 1 1 0 1 0
16 DF   ENG Zat Knight 28 1 25+2 1 1 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Craig Gardner 25 3 15+8 3 1 0 0+1 0
Midfielders
6 MF   ENG Gareth Barry 40 9 37 9 2 0 1 0
7 MF   ENG Ashley Young 39 9 37 9 0+1 0 1 0
17 MF   TOG Moustapha Salifou 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   ENG Wayne Routledge 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   BUL Stilian Petrov 31 1 22+6 1 1+1 0 1 0
20 MF   ENG Nigel Reo-Coker 39 1 36 0 2 1 1 0
23 MF   CZE Patrik Berger 9 0 0+8 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 MF   ENG Isaiah Osbourne 10 0 1+7 0 2 0 0 0
28 MF   SCO Shaun Maloney 25 6 11+11 4 2 2 0+1 0
Forwards
8 FW   ENG Luke Moore 18 2 8+7 1 1+1 1 0+1 0
9 FW   ENG Marlon Harewood 25 6 1+22 5 2 1 0 0
10 FW   NOR John Carew 33 13 32 13 0 0 1 0
11 FW   ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor 40 11 37 11 2 0 1 0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
21 DF   ENG Gary Cahill 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0

Last updated: September 2017
Source: Competitions

Topscorers

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Notes

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  1. ^ Lowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.
  2. ^ Clark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011.
  3. ^ Collins was born in Coventry, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and has represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.

References

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  1. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  2. ^ "Wrexham 0–5 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  4. ^ "Gabby's Double Gold". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Aston Villa players: Premier League 2004".
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