Aston Villa Squad, Coach, Transfers and Competitions

Aston Villa are a historic Birmingham club founded in 1874, recognised by claret and blue colours and a long presence in English football. This team page brings together the recorded 36-player squad, the coaching timeline led by Unai Emery, recent movement in and out of the club, and documented competition participation. Villa Park remains central to the club’s identity, while its history stretches from the Victorian game to domestic and European football.

Xtra rating

1905

Conservative: 1477

Rank club

Updated: 8 September 2026

Aston Villa Upcoming matches by league

Premier League

19 September 2026 - 11:30 Regular Season - 5

Tottenham

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
10 October 2026 - 14:00 Regular Season - 6

Aston Villa

No H2H

Brentford

Villa Park
17 October 2026 - 16:30 Regular Season - 7

Newcastle

No H2H

Aston Villa

St. James' Park
24 October 2026 - 11:30 Regular Season - 8

Aston Villa

No H2H

Manchester City

Villa Park

UEFA Champions League

14 October 2026 - 19:00 Group Stage

Aston Villa

Fenerbahçe
21 October 2026 - 19:00 Group Stage

Aston Villa

Viking
3 November 2026 - 20:00 Group Stage

Barcelona

Aston Villa

League Cup

16 September 2026 - 19:00 Round of 32

Coventry

Aston Villa

Aston Villa Last matches by league

Premier League

12 September 2026 - 14:00 Regular Season - 4

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Nottingham Forest

Villa Park
5 September 2026 - 16:30 Regular Season - 3

Hull City

0 - 0

Aston Villa
31 August 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 2

Aston Villa

0 - 1

Arsenal

Villa Park
23 August 2026 - 13:00 Regular Season - 1

Brighton

4 - 0

Aston Villa

UEFA Champions League

8 September 2026 - 16:45 League Stage - 1

Club Brugge KV

2 - 3

Aston Villa
15 April 2025 - 19:00 Quarter-finals

Aston Villa

3 - 2

Paris Saint Germain

Villa Park
9 April 2025 - 19:00 Quarter-finals

Paris Saint Germain

3 - 1

Aston Villa

Parc des Princes

League Cup

16 September 2025 - 19:00 3rd Round

Brentford

1 - 1

Aston Villa

Friendlies Clubs

15 August 2026 - 13:30 Club Friendlies

Borussia Mönchengladbach

2 - 1

Aston Villa
7 August 2026 - 12:00 Club Friendlies

Bayern München

2 - 1

Aston Villa
4 August 2026 - 13:00 Club Friendlies

Bangkok Glass

1 - 3

Aston Villa
28 July 2026 - 18:30 Club Friendlies

Aston Villa

2 - 4

Real Sociedad

UEFA Super Cup

12 August 2026 - 19:00 Final

Paris Saint Germain

2 - 1

Aston Villa

UEFA Europa League

20 May 2026 - 19:00 Final

SC Freiburg

0 - 3

Aston Villa
7 May 2026 - 19:00 Semi-finals

Aston Villa

4 - 0

Nottingham Forest
30 April 2026 - 19:00 Semi-finals

Nottingham Forest

1 - 0

Aston Villa
16 April 2026 - 19:00 Quarter-finals

Aston Villa

4 - 0

Bologna

FA Cup

14 February 2026 - 17:45 Round of 32

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Newcastle

Villa Park
10 January 2026 - 17:45 Round of 64

Tottenham

1 - 2

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
26 April 2025 - 16:15 Semi-finals

Crystal Palace

3 - 0

Aston Villa

Wembley Stadium
30 March 2025 - 12:30 Quarter-finals

Preston

0 - 3

Aston Villa

Deepdale

Aston Villa Team Roster

The recorded Aston Villa squad contains 36 players, with 16 midfielders, eight attackers, nine defenders and three goalkeepers. Goalkeeping options are E. Martínez, J. Wright and M. Bizot. The defensive group includes E. Konsa, I. Maatsen, Pau Torres, T. Mings and V. Lindelöf, while midfield features B. Kamara, E. Buendía, J. McGinn, João Gomes and R. Barkley. Up front, O. Watkins, T. Abraham, L. Bailey and A. Garnacho are among the named attackers, with several other roster entries adding depth across the positions. This is a balanced squad summary rather than a full player list.

position Goalkeeper

Zion Suzuki

GK Japan

Marco Bizot

GK Netherlands

James Wright

GK England

position Defender

Matthew Stuart Cash

DEF England

Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf

DEF Sweden

Tyrone Deon Mings

DEF England

Taylor Jay Harwood-Bellis

DEF England

Matteo Ruggeri

DEF Italy

Pau Francisco Torres

DEF Spain

Ian Ethan Maatsen

DEF Netherlands

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

DEF England

Modou Kéba Cissé

DEF Senegal

position Midfielder

Rodrigo Fortes

MID England

Ross Barkley

MID England

Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba

MID England

John McGinn

MID Scotland

Leon Christoph Goretzka

MID Germany

Boubacar Bernard Kamara

MID France

Emiliano Buendía Stati

MID Argentina

Theodore Carroll

MID England

Aidan Gerald Borland

MID Scotland

Luka Lynch

MID England

Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana

MID Senegal

Lamare Trenton Chansey Bogarde

MID Netherlands

João Victor Gomes da Silva

MID Brazil

Johan Manzambi

MID Switzerland

George Hemmings

MID England

Theodore Carroll

MID

position Attacker

Trai-Varn Mulley

FWD England

Nicolas Jackson

FWD Gambia

Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra

FWD Spain

Tammy Bakumo-Abraham

FWD England

Ibrahim Mbaye

FWD France

Brian Djomeni Madjo

FWD England

Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha dos Santos

FWD Brazil

Last Aston Villa Coachs

Unai Emery is Aston Villa’s current head coach, having begun his recorded spell on 1 November 2022. The Spanish coach leads a timeline that also includes A. Danks between October and November 2022, S. Gerrard from November 2021 to October 2022, and D. Smith from October 2018 to November 2021. K. MacDonald appears for a same-day recorded entry on 1 October 2018. Emery’s tenure is therefore the latest documented appointment, with the earlier names providing concise context for the club’s recent managerial sequence.

Unai Emery Etxegoien

Spain

Coach since 1 November 2022

Coach until

History

Coach	Coach country	Coach since	Coach until
Unai Emery Etxegoien	Spain	1 November 2022
Aaron John Danks	England	1 October 2022	1 November 2022
Steven George Gerrard	England	1 November 2021	1 October 2022
		1 February 2019	1 November 2021
Kevin MacDonald	Scotland	1 October 2018	1 October 2018
Steve Bruce	England	1 October 2016	1 October 2018
Stephen Clarke	Scotland	1 October 2016	1 October 2016
Roberto Di Matteo	Switzerland	3 June 2016	3 October 2016
Rémi Garde	France	3 November 2015	29 March 2016
Kevin MacDonald	Scotland	1 October 2015	1 November 2015
Paul Lambert	Scotland	1 June 2012	1 February 2015
Alexander McLeish	Scotland	1 June 2011	1 May 2012
Kevin MacDonald	Scotland	1 August 2010	1 September 2010
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill	Northern Ireland	1 August 2006	1 August 2010

Aston Villa Transfers

The recorded arrivals show a mixture of transfers, a loan and returns from loan. A. Garnacho arrived from Chelsea on loan on 22 July, while João Gomes joined from Wolves and J. Manzambi from SC Freiburg in recorded transfers during July. M. Cissé arrived from Lask Linz on 30 June, and T. Rowe returned from Annecy the previous day. Other recorded loan returns came from clubs including Real Unión, Huddersfield, Crystal Palace, West Brom and RB Leipzig. The listed arrivals are a recent sample, not a complete window total.

Latest player transfers from

Player	Team from	Transfer type	Transfer date
I. Mbaye	Paris Saint Germain	Transfer	31 August 2026
T. Harwood-Bellis	Southampton	Transfer	31 August 2026
N. Jackson	Chelsea	Transfer	27 August 2026
L. Goretzka	Bayern München	Free agent	27 August 2026
A. Wan-Bissaka	West Ham	Loan	20 August 2026
M. Ruggeri	Atletico Madrid	Transfer	18 August 2026
Z. Suzuki	Parma	Transfer	18 August 2026
A. Garnacho	Chelsea	Loan	22 July 2026
João Gomes	Wolves	Transfer	19 July 2026
João Gomes	Wolves	Transfer	18 July 2026
J. Manzambi	SC Freiburg	Transfer	16 July 2026
M. Cissé	Lask Linz	Transfer	30 June 2026
C. Pavey	Stourbridge	Return from loan	29 June 2026
Kane Taylor	Oldham	Return from loan	29 June 2026
E. Simpson	Hamilton Academical	Return from loan	29 June 2026

The recorded departures include loans, transfers, free-agent moves and one return from loan. S. Iling-Junior moved to Bolton on loan, while E. Guessand went to Crystal Palace on loan. L. Digne joined Paris Saint Germain, M. Rogers joined Chelsea and Y. Tielemans joined Manchester United in recorded transfers during July and August. K. Smith and E. Simpson left as free agents, while H. Elliott returned to Liverpool after a loan. The listed departures are a recent sample rather than a complete account of all movement.

Latest player transfers to

Player	Team to	Transfer type	Transfer date
L. Bailey	Olympiakos Piraeus	Transfer	2 September 2026
T. Rowe	Charleroi	Loan	31 August 2026
B. Burrows	Wigan	Loan	31 August 2026
Joshua Feeney	Peterborough	Loan	30 August 2026
O. Watkins	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	Transfer	29 August 2026
E. Martínez	Chelsea	Transfer	29 August 2026
O. Watkins	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	Transfer	28 August 2026
T. O'Reilly	Doncaster	Loan	25 August 2026
Kane Taylor	Rochdale	Loan	20 August 2026
E. Konsa	Arsenal	Transfer	20 August 2026
K. Nedeljković	Rangers	Loan	18 August 2026
S. Iling-Junior	Bolton	Loan	13 August 2026
E. Guessand	Crystal Palace	Loan	11 August 2026
L. Digne	Paris Saint Germain	Transfer	8 August 2026
L. Digne	Paris Saint Germain	Transfer	7 August 2026

Transfers Synthesis

The recorded movement around Aston Villa in the available period shows activity in several forms rather than a single type of change. Arrivals include two transfers in mid-July, another transfer at the end of June, a loan from Chelsea and multiple returns from loan. Departures include loans to Bolton, Crystal Palace, Lincoln and other destinations, transfers to clubs such as Paris Saint Germain, Chelsea and Manchester United, free-agent exits, and a return from loan to Liverpool. The movement therefore combines club additions with the circulation of players between Villa and other clubs. Several returning players also appear in the arrival records, while some players recorded as arrivals later feature among departures, reflecting the changing status of loan and squad pathways. Because the available lists are not exhaustive, they indicate the kinds of movement recorded in this period without establishing a complete incoming or outgoing total.

Leagues Aston Villa has participated in

Aston Villa’s recently recorded programme includes the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Europa League, with club friendlies also recorded through 2025. UEFA Champions League participation is recorded for 2024, while the Premier League Summer Series and UEFA Europa Conference League are historical entries from 2023. Championship participation is recorded from 2016 to 2018 and is also historical. Across the available timeline, the club appears in domestic league and cup football, European competition and club friendlies. The Premier League is the latest recorded league competition in the timeline, while the latest recent participation entries reach 2025.

Premier League

England

UEFA Champions League

Europe

League Cup

England

Friendlies Clubs

UEFA Super Cup

UEFA Europa League

FA Cup

England

More about Aston Villa

Aston Villa Football Club, commonly known as Villa or the Villans, is an English club based in Birmingham in the West Midlands. Founded in 1874, it belongs to the formative generation of the professional game and remains one of the country’s most historically significant clubs. Villa was a founding member of the Football League in 1888 and later helped establish the Premier League in 1992, giving the club a distinctive link to both the early national competition and the modern top flight. Villa Park is the club’s home and one of its defining cultural landmarks. The stadium is associated with traditional architecture and stands beside Aston Hall, reinforcing the sense of place that surrounds the club. Home colours of claret and blue are equally central to the identity, while the nickname Villans is widely associated with supporters and the wider Aston Villa community. The club badge’s rampant lion provides a visual emblem of strength and heritage, connecting the modern brand with a longer heraldic tradition. Aston Villa’s historical profile extends beyond domestic football. The club has a substantial record in English competitions and a notable European legacy, highlighted by its European Cup triumph. Its recorded modern ecosystem includes the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup, alongside UEFA competition and a broad programme of domestic and international fixtures. The available competition timeline also captures periods in the Championship and appearances in newer formats, reflecting movement across different levels and structures of the game. The club operates within a private ownership model and presents a cosmopolitan football environment, combining British talent with international players. That blend is visible in the recorded squad and in Villa’s broader place within English football. The club’s identity rests on continuity: a 1874 foundation, a historic Birmingham home, distinctive colours, a recognisable lion and a European pedigree carried into the contemporary professional era.

Last matches statistics for Aston Villa

match	shots	Poss.	Pass %	Fouls	Cards	Saves
Aston Villa 2 - 4 Real Sociedad 28 July 2026	0 / 0	0%	0%	0	-	0
Bangkok Glass 1 - 3 Aston Villa 4 August 2026	0 / 0	0%	0%	0	-	0
Bayern München 2 - 1 Aston Villa 7 August 2026	0 / 0	0%	0%	0	-	0
Paris Saint Germain 2 - 1 Aston Villa 12 August 2026	4 / 15	39	78	13	3	4
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 - 1 Aston Villa 15 August 2026	0 / 0	0%	0%	0	-	0
Brighton 4 - 0 Aston Villa 23 August 2026	0 / 6	27	76	9	3 1	3
Aston Villa 0 - 1 Arsenal 31 August 2026	0 / 7	39	81	17	3	1
Hull City 0 - 0 Aston Villa 5 September 2026	1 / 13	74	0%	5	-	4
Club Brugge KV 2 - 3 Aston Villa 8 September 2026	9 / 21	36	83	14	3	5
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Nottingham Forest 12 September 2026	5 / 7	53	0%	11	2	5