1982–83 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1982–83 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Tony Barton
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	6th
European Super Cup	Winners
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Second round
European Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Peter Withe (16 goals); All: ; Peter Withe (18 goals)

The 1982–83 English football season was Aston Villa's 4th season in Europe and 84th season in the Football League. Villa competed in the Football League First Division. 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.

There were debuts for Alan Curbishley (36) ^[1] and Ray Walker (23).^[2]

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	9	13	65	50	+15	69	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Note	Scorers
28 August 1982	Sunderland	H	1–3	—	Gordon Cowans
31 August 1982	Everton	A	0–5	—	—
4 September 1982	Southampton	A	0–1	—	—
8 September 1982	Luton Town	H	4–1	—	Dennis Mortimer, Peter Withe, Gordon Cowans (2)
11 September 1982	Nottingham Forest	H	4–1	—	Dennis Mortimer, Peter Withe (2), Gordon Cowans
18 September 1982	Manchester City	A	1–0	—	Gary Shaw 36'
25 September 1982	Swansea City	H	2–0	—	Dennis Mortimer 32', Allan Evans 45'
2 October 1982	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	—	—
16 October 1982	Watford	H	3–0	—	Peter Withe 28', Tony Morley 58', 89'
30 October 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4–0	—	—
6 November 1982	Coventry City	A	0–0	—	—
13 November 1982	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	—	—
20 November 1982	Manchester United	H	2–1	—	—
27 November 1982	Stoke City	A	3–0	—	—
4 December 1982	West Ham United	H	1–0	—	—
7 December 1982	Arsenal	A	1–2	—	—
19 December 1982	Liverpool	H	2–4	—	—
27 December 1982	Birmingham City	A	0–3	—	—
29 December 1982	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	—	—
1 January 1983	Manchester United	A	1–3	—	—
3 January 1983	Southampton	H	2–0	—	—
15 January 1983	Sunderland	A	0–2	—	—
22 January 1983	Manchester City	H	1–1	—	—
5 February 1983	Nottingham Forest	A	2–1	—	Peter Withe (2)
12 February 1983	Everton	H	2–0	—	Tony Morley, Peter Withe
26 February 1983	Watford	A	1–2	—	Mark Walters
5 March 1983	Norwich City	H	3–2	—	Peter Withe, Eamonn Deacy, Gary Shaw
8 March 1983	Notts County	H	2–0	—	Peter Withe, Gary Shaw
19 March 1983	Coventry City	H	4–0	—	Gary Shaw, Peter Withe (2), Allan Evans
23 March 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	—	—
26 March 1983	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–0	—	—
2 April 1983	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	—	Gary Shaw, Peter Withe
4 April 1983	Birmingham City	H	1–0	—	Gary Shaw
9 April 1983	Luton Town	A	1–2	—	Gary Shaw
19 April 1983	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	—	Dennis Mortimer
23 April 1983	West Ham United	A	0–2	—	—
30 April 1983	Stoke City	H	4–0	—	Gordon Cowans, Ken McNaught, Tony Morley, Allan Evans
2 May 1983	Swansea City	A	1–2	—	Gary Shaw
7 May 1983	Liverpool	A	1–1	—	Gary Shaw (pen)
14 May 1983	Arsenal	H	2–1	—	Gary Shaw, Colin Gibson

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

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)

Intercontinental Cup

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'	Report	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:

FA Cup

League Cup

References

^ https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/alan-curbishley
^ "Ray Walker #621". AVFC History.

[1] ttps://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/alan-curbishley

[2] "Ray Walker #621". AVFC History.

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